Memorial bridge. They have banned buses and other heavy vehicles from using it. Suzanne kennedy has more on what is causing the safety concerns. Suzanne this bridge has never undergone a significant renovation. As you can see behind me there are signs that the bridge is suffering suffering from structural damage. It has outlived the life for years and another lane of the Memorial Bridge shut down last night. The first closed ten days ago. We put it in place and close the lane to make sure that the bridge is safe to prolong the life of the bridge. A tenton limit in effect indefinitely. No tour or metro bus can use the 83yearold bridge linking arlington to washington, d. C. The result is more bus traffic on three surrounding spans. The Memorial Bridge is a vital route for commuters. Triplea warns the loss of lanes will have an impact. When you remove two traffic lanes what you are doing is snarling traffic, forcing people to seek alternatives. Elongating the commute. Suzanne its 100 funded by the federal government. Cost to replace it is 250 million. Money that congress hasnt funded. Washingtonians think its time for the necessary repairs. If you need upkeep on something do it sooner rather than later. We should fix it. Get used to way it looks on the bridge. A project to strengthen the structure will begin at the end of july. That is going to take six to nine months. When it is complete they will be able to remove the barriers. All six lanes will reopen. But only to automotive traffic. Weight restrictions will remain in place. Reporting live on the Memorial Bridge suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. Maureen thank you. As she mentioned the cost of completely renovating the bridge would be as much as 244 million. That is ten times the amount budgeted for the National ParkServices Budget for such projects in the d. C. Area. That would require two to four years of construction. New details emerging about the moment shots rang out in yesterday mornings rush. The shooting killed one man and injured another. Today the son of a surviving victim said the father survived because he reclinedded his car seat to duck for cover. His brotherinlaw Pedro Alvarado was driving and killed almost instantly. It was a mistake. Suspect got the wrong car and confusedded them with someone else. Police asked anyone who witnessed the shooting to call them. Pedro alvarado leaves behind a wife and three children. The d. C. Police released the names of two men arrested after a chase and officer involved shooting yesterday. Police say malek biedlemann and david smith fled the scene of a robbery. The two were arrested following a chase that ended in cleveland. An officer fired the weapon when a getaway car tried to run him down. Maryland former governor is expected to jump into the race for the white house in a matter of hours. Martin omalleys push to win the democratic nomination will include some uphill battles. The Maryland Bureau chief brad bell explains. Brad former Maryland GovernorMartin Omalley tweeted out the 24second youtube clip this morning. Listen as he tunes his guitar and picks out a few note of hail to the chief. He follows with this affirming nod. On federal hill in baltimore with a gleaming skyline as a backdrop, the stage is set for omalley after months of teasing to announce his candidacy for president of the United States tomorrow morning at 10 00. We have a strong vision of the country he can back up with what he delivered for state. A former spokesman back in town to launch the campaign saying the inner circle is confident the former governor can overtake presumed front runner hillary clinton. In Silver Springs we asked about a omalley candidacy. Name recognition is a problem. This man is from michigan. Have you ever heard of Martin Omalley . I havent. Even the locals familiar with him are noncommittal. Would you vote for him . That remains to be seen. I think he will have a tough go of it. Omalley hopes to make a big flash with a big Old Fashioned campaign rally. He will be surrounded by hundreds of supports people like tony bird eager to talk about omalleys executive experience and record. We have done the dream act, the marriage equality. He repealed the death penalty. They created jobs for people. Brad omalley is likely to face the first challenge even being on the stage making the announcement tomorrow. A protest group plans a march here to draw attention to what they say were his Brutal Police policies during his time as the mayor of baltimore. Brad bell, abc7 news. Maureen the announcement by former governor Martin Omalley expected at 10 00 tomorrow morning. We will air the event live on the sister station newschannel 8. Ahead on abc7 news at 6 00 new concern about technology at two new york airports. Man who pleaded guilty heads back to court and the punishment he is facing for a highspeed chase in virginia. Next, fears over a planned protest outside a Muslim Community center after organizers tell people to come armed. Maureen there are concerns about an event planned for two hours that many feared could spur violence. A group is going to display routines of the Prophet Muhammad outside a Muslim Community center in phoenix. This follows last months attempted attack at a cartoon driving contest in texas where they killed two suspected gunman. And one of the gunman prayed at the Community Center that is the site of tonights protest. He urged the protest reporters to bring the guns. In front of the family coming for the friday prayers. That is not dialogue. That is provocation. The cartoon contest especially i think is stupid and ridiculous. But it is what is needed to expose the true color of islam. Maureen another guilty plea today from the man who admitted jumping the white house fence and making it inside the executive mappings. Omar gonzalez pleaded guilty to two felony counts tied to highspeed chase. The army veteran has been diagnosed with post Traumatic Stress disorder. He will be sentenced on charges from the white house incident. Four rockville families are looking for temporary housing after a twoalarm fire at their apartment complex. The fire happened this morning in the 300 block of congressional lane. No serious injuries. The red cross is helping those forced from their homes. It was caused by a flammable material being in context with a heat source. Damage is estimated at a 150,000. Next at 6 00 two incidents at new york airports raise concerns about passenger safety. And rough storms bringing a rough start to weekend. Where they are and what is happening tomorrow . Tim how about tonights game seven . I have the latest. And Stephen Strasburg is on the hill against the cincinnati reds. That is coming up in sports as abc7 news at 6 00 continues. 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So you can build in a drone that no drone can fly within five miles of the airport or five miles of the white house or five miles of the pentagon. That is easily doable. Maureen at least one drone manufacturer is willing to make the changes that senator schumer proposed. No one on the flight this morning was injured. Police are trying to find whoever is responsible for shining lasers at several jetliners near new york j. F. K. Airport last night. Five jetliners were targeted just after takeoff. Police think the lasers came from a state park in long island. They searched that park but they found nothing and there were no reported injuries to the pilot. Cuba is no long other the state Department List to support terrorism. Cue what was orig cuba was originally placed in 1982 when the government accused fidel castro of sponsoring terror groups latin america. Showers this weekend. Doug we have had a cluster of heavy rain south of washington in fredericksburg. Not good for the commute south of 95. Here we go. Live look for you now. A dark red shows up very clearly to you. That is the problem. Is it not going anywhere in a hurry. If this keeps up much longer longer there will be localized flooding concerns over the area. That is something we will watch closely here. Not raining itself out. If you head south or living in the area and watch. A frontal boundary. The ideal condition to bring more rain exists. Take a look at the numbers. 86 was the high at Reagan National. The coverages are among average. They will through the weekend. 85 at Reagan National now. 75 in fredericksburg. And the rain. 86 in frederick. Temperatures through the midatlantic, northeast, coastal areas a pleasant. The number values are four or five degrees above average for this time late may. We have high pressure. It will draw moisture from the south. Tomorrow we will get a break. Later in the afternoon rest of the area. So what will happen is tomorrow the partly sunny. Low shower chances in the metro area. Best chance late in the day to mountains to the west. By 3 00 or 4 00 the front will come in and the Energy Source from the south. The showers and the storms are widespread in and the the evening. The slow movement the showers and are likely monday. Tomorrow on the bay breezy. Southwesterly wind. Beaches, a weekend. Cool water temperature. Virginia east southward maybe a storm. Seven days hot and rainy and stormy. Ladies and gentlemen, Maureen Bunyan and tim brant. Maureen thank you. Tim its not the caps. We wish they were there. Same seven for the stanley cup. But Henrik Lundqvist and the rangers and another game seven in new york and the nats play the reds. Significant in the fact that strasburg is and now the toyota sports desk. Brought to you by your local toyota dealers. Leon all tim all right. Start with baseball. Nats are on the field getting ready to play the struggling reds. Stephen strasburg on the hill. Strasburg is trying to find himself again. 35. The second worst e. R. A. In the national league. This is a guy that is not mean enough or tough enough. He has only gone six inning twice this year. Its not his arm or his talent. Its between his ears and he needs a check up from the neck up. Football flans, deflategate wont go away. Bill belichick was asked about the footballs. He said it w year not now. Go to hockey. Nothing in sports better than a game seven. No one better playing in a game seven than Henrik Lundqvist. His stats are less than a goal. I have tears in my eyes. Lundqvist and the rangers against the lightning tonight. Finally, this is my last night at abc7. No im not retiring. Ill continue to announce games. I have told everybody here at channel 7 how much i love them. But i want to say this to you. Thank you. Thanks for your support and for your wellwishes and most of all for letting me come into your home and have me join your family all these many years. I was born and raised in d. C. More than 40 years on the air. Believe me when i say thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Maureen tim, we are going to miss you so very much. Tim ill miss you. Maureen we had a great gathering in in the newsroom to share some cake. Best wishes tim cake. Some tears. Tim like i need more cake. Maureen notes about some of the jokes and your career. Your career has been no joke. Your corny jokes have made your career. Before we go a few of your other admirers want to share good wishes with you as well. Tim, i cant believe you are retiring. Youre much too young. You are younger than me, anyway. Watching you do college football. A. C. C. Basketball has been great. Every night you are positive and a big booster of College Sports. We appreciate what you have done for College Sports and for the university of maryland. Our school. Just thanks. It has been great. Im sure i will see you on the golf course. Tim brant mr. Brant, a true d. C. Monument. I dont want to say we will miss you because we expect you to still be around. Just not in this capacity. Thanks for all the years of us watching you. In a slightly different role we look for many more. Congratulations. I want to congratulate you on a fabulous year at channel 7. It doesnt surprise me. I look when you were a great athlete at st. Johns and the fact that you really knew the area sports wise. You probably knew more about sports you grew up in it and played here and were great athlete. A great reporter have you been of the athletics that have taken place in the washington area. We have been blessed with great reporters and people that know athletics and know the game. In my humble opinion, no one is finer than tim brant. You are the best. I wish you all the luck in the future. Maureen isnt that great . Wow. Tim i love them all. Maureen i have to correct gary williams. Youre not retiring. Tim im not older than he either. Maureen we will talk about that later. We wish you the best. Tim love you. Maureen i love you, too dear. We are all going to cry. Doug we had a kiss earlier. Im going to start crying. Bottom line steve rudin has eye on this for the weekend. This is okay. It will diminish but it will clear up for the day tomorrow. Sunday a big storm for the afternoon. Leon okay. Maureen world news tonight with david muir is next. Join us at 11 00. Have a tonight, the rescue playing out on live tv. The officer hoisted into the air. The sex scandal. The 1. 5 million secret. Allegations from his time as a teacher and coach. And a driver shot in the neck and a bicyclist too. And a plane almost hits a