The only exception being public notification could hamper the ongoing investigation. Also new today we just obtained charging documents from Montgomery County showing the alleged red line rapist 39yearold john hicks was seen masturbating inside of a moving red line train car ten days before the rape. That occurred around 9 00 p. M. On saturday april 2 near the Medical Center station. At least one victim used their cell phone to record hicks touching himself. By april 6 of, Metro Transit Administration identified hicks as the suspect but the officers did not immediately arrest him. Keeping him on the street. April 12 hicks allegedly raped the woman inside the red line train car as it traveled between forest glen and the glenmont stations. Only then did they go to hicks northeast home and take him to jail. Since we broke the story metro rider blasted wmata not putting out an of release about either of hicks alleged crime. Today general manager Paul Wiedefeld answered tough questions from reporters. A terrible crime. The person was arrested. We are not hiding it. We put it out. I will take a look at it. Again, from my perspective it was no threat to the community because we got to the person. Kess at 5 00, ill te you why wmata says Transit Police did not arrest hicks after the masturbation incident. We will also share criticism from a local Congress World cup. Im kevin lewis congresswoman. Im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Michelle on the green line a man pistol whip and robbed going to work. He reached out to abc7 to make sure the story was told. Specifically he is concerned about crime happening on metro. Sam ford has the interview you will only see on abc7. Sam washington man said he got on the green line here at the branch avenue station at 9 00 last night. He was headed to work. He said he got on a train car that was empty and followed by several young men. No sooner than the train left the station they were on him. One had a pistol. Ran up on me and hit me with the pistol. Let me get the shoes. He took my shoes. Then his friend come up to you. If you have a friend in your face, you will try to move it. He said, if you do it again i will shoot you. The dude with the pistol hit me and didnt stop hitting me. Sam he was injure and he has staples in his deadlocks. They took a number of options from him from his backpack to the iphone and the shoes. We have more coming up on abc7 news at 6 00. Michelle all right. Thank you. 7 on your side fighting back against crime by letting you know where it is happening. Check out the spot crime map tab. At wjla. Com. You can enter your address to see what is going on in your neighborhood. Fairfax county leaders outlined their relief plan today to help residents get around in the metro safe track repairs. June 4, the orange, blue and the silver line will singletrack between falls church and ballton. There will be extra buses on the street. They are encouraging commuter lots. Communication, communication, communication. Providing people with information about transportation alternative that people may want to consider. Michelle v. R. E. Is also working to add more rides but it is limited by the railroad administration. Jonathan another big story we are following this afternoon comes from pennsylvania. That is where Comedian Bill Cosby will have to stand trial in the sex assault case. Career. Cosby is now 78 years old. He could be facing up to ten years in prison if convicted. The comedian maintained his sexual encounters were consensual. He is free on bail since the december 30 arrest. Now to an annual tradition that never gets old. These guys are amazing pilots. Flying 18 inches from wing tip to wing tip. The blue angels performing for graduation week at the Naval Academy. Some say today which is practice day is just as good if not better than the show that is coming tomorrow. They were buzzing annapolis on a perfect day today. Maryland bureau chief brad bell joining us live from annapolis. This is quite the assignment. Going out to watch the angels practice. I could think of worse things to do. Brad you know what . Its always been an interesting job. It keeps me coming back. Isnt it great to talk about something fun like this on a Beautiful Day . We are at the scenic overlook at the world war ii memorial outside of an entire area back here was covered with lawn chairs. Happy people. All looking into the sky to see the blue angels. Take a look at the video. We can show you this as well. Another great Vantage Point we have with news chopper 7. Not too far away. Had the cameras trained on the show. Absolute spectacle. I have to admit im a real blue angels geek. Ten years ago i was lucky enough to be offered a ride in blue angels 7. That is the one plane with two seats. It doesnt perform in the sixplane show. It knocked me unconscious twice because of the gforces. So i have tremendous respect for what the pilots do as they perform these maneuvers over whatever show they are. But this is really a special one because its not an airport. This is a beautiful backdrop here. They are in town as you said for commissioning week. Graduation week at the Naval Academy. They will do a flyover when they do the Graduation Ceremony on friday. For the new grads. The Naval Academy family. Today, rehearsal day is the local secret. They were flying at 11 00 until 3 00 with the quick break to refuel over at Andrews Air Force base. So, again, tomorrow, 2 00. They will be in the air again. If you want to come over and see them, this down here is a great Vantage Point. Take route 50 east. Come south on 2. Until the police tell you to stop. They will let you park along the side of the road. Beautiful Vantage Point. We are looking forward to another Beautiful Day tomorrow. In annapolis, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan before we let you go. I got to ride them as well. They didnt knock me out but they turned me as green as the grass behind you. When they come flying over water how low are they when they come across from your Vantage Point when you turn around there . Brad that is a little bit of an optical illusion from the ground. That is the route 2 bridge. Call the Naval Academy bridge it looks like. They make one or two passes where they really dip down to try to startle the crowd. They are a couple hundred feet up off the deck. Jonathan brad bell, have a Beautiful Day. Appreciate it. Thanks. Michelle finally coming to twitter to make it easier to tweet. They are stretching the 140 character limit. Well, to the limit. User names, image links those wont count. Its just the actual text of the tweet. That is one of a few changes on the way. Like including a way for other users to see ones private replies by letting your retweet, letting you retweet your own comments. We want to let you know how you feel about the changes . That is the subject of our, of course, twitter poll. So far by a 2 1 margin the twitter users are ready for the update. Keep voting and let us know why you like or dislike the change. Jonathan still ahead at 4 00, shakeup at t. S. A. Who is in and who is out . What is in the works to cut down on the huge wait line . Glory lifetime. Michelle its finally here. A look at ahead at tonights dancing with the stars finale. Doug sunshine. Temperatures in the 80s. Its beautiful heading toward the weekend for memorial day. What will the weather be like . We have it in the forecast. Still to come at abc7 news at 4 00. Jonathan hours away from the dancing with the stars finale on abc7. Alison this the closest race in history of the ballroom. Anyone can win. Michelle this is the subject of the instapoll tonight. Who do you think will win . Jonathan i have my favorite. Go to paul wjla. Com votenow. Alison lets go l. A. Lauren lister is live in los angeles tonight. Hey, what do you think . A lot of excitement there . A lot of excitement. Right here at dancing with the stars. Behind me in the studio rehearsals are underway. We are not allowed in. But the three celebrity finalists getting ready for last performances before a season 22 winner is after nine weeks of dancing while celebrities shimmied their way up, down, off the leaderboard, now down to the final three. America top model winner and deaf contestant. I love your fearlessness. U. F. C. Fighter paige van sant. And giner zee. In the twopart finale a redemption dance to remedy the past mishap and the freestyle number. Ginger bouncing back from more than the injury. From week three when you did the dance is amazing. Evoking fred astaire and generalger rogers ginger rogers. But impressing the judges with an edgy contemporary piece. In 22 seasons that is the best dance i have ever seen. Van sant dancing a salsa. Her partner had to sit out originally. Nailing ten in the second round. Next one more night of performing to determine who takes home the coveted trophy. They have to have 24 hours to rehearse the final dances of the competition. In the end its a combination of the judges and the fan vote that will determine the winner. Jonathan, michelle, alison . Alison two questions. What else can we expect tonight . Secondly, we want to know who you think will win . So tonight they do have an exciting show planned. There will be performances from big stars including it pitbull. He was rehearsing ea the season. They will have a reunion for the opening number where we will see all the contestants dancing together. Since abcs ginger zee in the competition so ill just say i have been super impressed with all three finalists and i think it will be a great show. Alison okay. Diplomatic. Jonathan you can get a job in d. C. With an answer like that. Thanks. Have you been watching . Michelle i like niles. Jonathan that is amazing. I have been watching and im kind of watching paige is amazing. She came from a background of being bullied and m. M. A. And a gymist and now she is gymnast and now she is dancing. Alison ginger just had a baby a few months ago. Michelle impressive. Jonathan all three of them. Alison as you know tonights final is huge. We want to know who you think will win in the subje instapoll. Go to wjla. Com vote. Let us know what you think. Michelle nial is leading. Prime time starts with jonathan time now for check of the traffic situation. Jamie, who do you like . Jamie im with michelle. Nial all the way. I felt that strongly about it after last nights performance. Really did a great job. Lets start with the slow traffic on inner loop of the capital beltway. There is urlly a volume. There is a crash at Silver Spring at colesville road which is down to 10 miles per hour. If you are traveling in d. C. , its typical slowing. I want to mention tomorrow. We check in with the wazers and they have done research for us. We are talking best and the worst dates totrap leading up to memorial day. The best day is sunday. Tomorrow, wednesday, that is the worst a. M. And 9 00 a. M. Then again from 4 00 p. M. Till 6 00 p. M. So again, tomorrow is going to be a rough ride for us. Especially if you are going to be traveling. Just trying to get to work. We have a lot of the holiday traffic. This is 270 heading northbound. Pretty typical as far as the volume outbound. No crashes here to report. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Michelle thank you. Time now for eagle cam check. Freedom and liberty at the National Arboretum on the beautiful afternoon. Enjoying the sunshine. They could leave the nest any day now. We have seen them flapping their wings, getting air and venturing out on the free limbs there. Keep a close eye for when it happens. A nice day for flying. You everybodys best friend. Doug this has been a long slog of lousy weather. Well take it. We will update you on the possibility that we told you yesterday as we get through sunday and monday and the memorial day weekend the weather could downhill. That is a possibility. Start off with a pretty picture, live view from the boardwalk in second street. Ocean city, maryland. 77 degrees. Comfortable. A lot of sunshine. High clouds to the east. Beautiful weather. The beach is empty here late in the afternoon. That is all going to change in the next couple of days as we get ready to begin what is historically known as the unofficial start of the Summer Season on memorial day. As far as the numbers around the area. We start with a pollen count. High range of the free pollen today. High level of mold spores. Grasses in the low category. We are not present in the count today. This is a huge change from the recent weeks and the months. The first time this month we hit 80 month of may we waited until we hit 80. We got it. Put three on top of it. 83 at Reagan National. 81 in fredericksburg. 813 in 83 at culpeper. 79 in annapolis. Weather tonight. First pitch is 7 09. Its perfect ballpark weather. Temperature is 80 degrees when the first pitch goes. As far as the features were watching here. A big area of High Pressure spread out along the appalachians. I will in the next 48 hours drift to the east and southeast. The wind direction which is out of the southwest now goes offshore. That is all going to change. The winds. Watch the wind balance here. You will see how it changes. We will get a southerly component in the day late tomorrow and thursday. Tomorrow, nothing but sunshine. Dry weather. Warm temperatures. Thursday the heat and the humidity will combine on us to feel humid and feel like summertime. Late afternoon and the evening, scattered showers and thunderstorms, possibility around the area. Computer models are not all in agreement but enough evidence that something will develop in the bahamas for the next several days. This feature is north late sunday and monday that could affect the midatlantic beaches in your area with the rain and the cooler temperatures. Because of that we will see the possibility of weather going downhill. But enjoy it while it lasts. Sunshine, warm weather. Afternoon storms thursday and friday. Monday and tuesday you see cloudy and turning somewhat cooler. We will have more in a little bit. Is that see you then. Thanks. Drinking alcohol when pregnant the c. D. C. Is announcing no amount a safe. Michelle but it is still illegal to refuse to serve a pregnant woman alcohol if she orders a drink. 7 on your side consumer investigator kimberly suiters joins us live with her 7 on your side social experiment. This is fascinating. Kimberly i think it is, michelle, jonathan. This caught our attention after new York City Human Rights Commission reported cases where women with baby bumps were turned away from bars and concerts. That is so, 7 on your side sent this 24yearold actress, a graduate of American University into four local bars protepidding to be pregnant. We had pretending to be pregnant. Two producers there, and i was there to gauge response of the wait staff and drinking public. Thank you. Its unacceptable. That wouldnt cross my mind to be okay. Kimberly you can tell the responses ran the gamut. Now, coming up in a couple of minutes we will talk live with haley travers the actress that suited up for 7 on your side experiment and she will describe what it was like to feel the stairs, the judgment and the comments directed at her. Back to you. Jonathan all right. Michelle ordered up shots. Not one. Shots. Jonathan fist pump for ordering the shots. Michelle look forward to that. Still ahead at abc7 news at 42 30. Terror scare in los angeles. Why every passenger o this plane was searched by police. Jonathan was it a catch of the lifetime . A massive fish is hook. What happens next will blow your mind. The surprise at the end of the line in the video. Alison welcome back. Controversial subject a lot of drinking during pregnancy. Some say yes, some say no. We put local bars to the test. Suited up an actress in a pregnancy costume. Well, she found it wasnt a very happy hour, you could say. 7 on your side consumer investigator kimberly suiters and actress haley travers are both with us today. Nice to have you. Thank you. Kimberly here is the bump. Alison there it is. You are an actress, so you stepped into this role. Im so curious. What surprised youabout the peoples reaction. Obviously, i had never been pregnant before. Im 23. It was interesting to see how all ages, all genders stared at me no matter where i went. Even if i was going to bar to get a diet coke. They would havent known. The second i walk in and headed toward the bar it got awkward. Kimberly you notice the difference between you ordered a glass of wine and when you took shots . Definitely. I ordered not a big deal. Two glasses gets weird. The shots is where it got hairy. Alison did people approach you . Yes. I would approach someone to try to engage them in a conversation to see what the energy was like. One woman that kind of, she was like a grandmother almost like you cant have that. I kind of felt defensive as the character. Its none of your business. But then stepping out i was like im glad someone said something when im taking a shot and eight months pregnant. Alison interesting. Kimberly we are running a poll on this. abc7news. Were saying is any amount okay . Just a half glass okay . Trimester . What is your experience being i think you and i have similar experiences where a lot of our friends thought a half glass in the third trimester was okay. Alison that is what you hear. I was so sick the whole time i didnt want any. I cant talk about it. There are so many different complexities to what you are doing. You are discussing drinking and whether people then you discuss the social experiment part. When people are crossing a line to Say Something or if someone people a responsibility to Say Something. Like they are protecting you and the baby. There are so many things to touch on. Kimberly you are right. You hit on a woman who is pregnant has a legal right to order an alcoholic drink. But do people like to see it . No. We dont. So, as a society. Alison this society is different than others. Kimberly right. Alison across the world. Europe is ver different. Kimberly we continue the story at 5 00. Big story to see the whole social experience is tonight at 11 00 on abc7. Pregnant, drinking and pregnant is at 11 00. Alison thank you. We see you tonight. Look forward to the story. Michelle next for us at abc7 news at 4 00 big changes. One man loses his job over the long prepares for the big Summer Travel rush. Who is now tasked to get you through securities in a timely fashion . Jonathan plus, check this out. Every passenger on board searched by police after landing in los angeles. The flight was coming in from houston. The security scare that prompted this scene at l. A. X. We have it for you after the br nowwhich means its the perfect time to create the perfect home. Now through may 30th, take an extra hundred dollars off every thousand dollars you spend. Plus, enjoy 36month, nointerest financing. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. Sfx nocking. Were early the memorial day sale. From classic to contemporary. Havertys. Morning noon or night theres always a moment to discover visit annapolis and create your moment announcer from abc7 news this is a breaking news alert. Jonathan breaking news right now. I want to tell you about a tractor trailer fire at route 704 in landover, maryland. Prince georges county Fire Department tweeted out a video of tractor trailer engulfed as you see on the side of the road. This is blocking traffic. It was carrying iced tea. Route 704 is closed in both directions. Until they knock it down. Alison all right. Check this out from los angeles today. American eagle plane that arrived from houston searched from nose to tail inside and out. The t. S. A. A apparently received a threatening phone call about the flight. Investigators with bombsniffing dogs determined it was safe to allow passengers to deplane. Each one aboard was searched. Nology was found. The phonedin there threat deemed not credible. Flying you will wait in lines. At some airports getting through security can take hours. Major shakeup at the t. S. A. Head of security is out. There is a scramble to tackle the long security lines at the airports as frustration are soaring. We missed our flight and we are told there is nothing they can do. Alison the t. S. A. Head of security kelly hoggan is out desperate the show of support from the administrator a week ago. I dont have a plan to remove mr. Hoggan. Alison the voice of criticism and congressional ange every proved to be too much after it came to light hoggan received 90,000 in bonuses since he has been at the post. Even after they failed to check fake bombs and weapons in security test last year. The bonuses were given to somebody who overseas part of the operation in total failure. Alison the agency has opened Incident Command Center at t. S. A. Headquarters to better track the line and operations at airport like chicago past few days the wait times plummeted since the t. Z. A. Thed more screening officers. This was always avoidable. It was noble and avoidable. Alison will the changes work nationwide . Summer air travel is expected to increase and security is getting tighter. At the end of the day everyone has to travel and be safe. You try to plan ahead and do whatever you can to help keep things moving. Alison congress will give t. S. A. 34 million to pay overtime and hire more screeners by june 15. This is a temporary solution when air travelers, of course, are demanding a permanent fix. Jonathan i hope they fix that. Across the heartland yesterday more Severe Weather. This is just outside of woodward, oklahoma. Video of a tornado touching down. The weather crew said it didnt go far. That is the good news. In report of damage or injuries so far on this one. Live pictures. Oklahoma as well. These folks have been dealing with rough weather the whole season. Doug the same tame we have been so cool and wet. In the central and the Southern Plains they have had a classic Severe Weather season. Just right on schedule. A lot of damage. This one keeping an eye on. But right now it doesnt appear to be spinning anything up yet. There is a large area in oklahoma and colorado. Even to the west where there is Severe Weather warnings now. Keep an eye on that here. Nothing but sunshine. Take a look at the shot from the weather bug camera along the potomac river. Its gorgeous around the area. Sunshine. A few fair weather clouds and warm temperatures. Just delightful here. Just going to be fine for whatever you have in mind to do tonight. We are going to see the skies remain mostly clear. Then we will see the temperatures drop slowly tonight. 83 degrees right now. At Reagan National airport. Northwesterly winds at 15 miles per hour. Dew point is 49 degrees. Its come fortable. Its not humid out. That will happen here in the 82 in richmond. 85 in virginia beach. 79 in pittsburgh and State College and columbus. 82 in raleigh. Everybody reporting sunny skies. So the forecast for this evening will be clear and mild. Then overnight 56 to 62 degrees with light winds. As far as what will happen in the next few days, sunny, warm, dry. 86 tomorrow. Thursday and friday we pump up the heat and the humidity combination. It will feel like summer. Partly sunny skies but a chance of showers and thunderstorms both thursday afternoon and again on friday afternoon. Hoping to pool up on saturday its fine. Temperatures in the 80s. A dry day. As we get in the weekend that is a problem. The weather for the city is fine. Temperatures in the 80s. Chance of showers and storms especially rolling into monday memorial day. We have more on the forecast in a few minutes. Jonathan see you then. Thank you. Scary situation over the weekend. Jewelry store robbery ended up in a shatout with police. Now we can tell you got news. They tracked this guy down. The f. B. I. Fairf police, two departments in maryland all Work Together to catch him. Mike carterconneen is joining us live in springfield, virginia. This was a desperate manhunt considering this is a guy who opened fire on him. A busy and a popular Shopping Center in springfield that started with the Jewelry Store here. Inside the owner visiting with a regular customer. We can tell you the Police Officers today giving credit to the other agencies for helping in the arrest of the two suspects. 24yearold William Tiffany franklin and 26yearold sethie. Both from waldorf, maryland. That is where franklin was arrested, at his home. The other man stopped at Newark Airport in new jersey. Unclear what his destination, where he hoped to try to get to. But was stopped. Now this all comes after the incident starting here at the Jewelry Store saturday. Here at this busy shopping plaza. Armed robbery here. Then a shatout with police. Getaway. A crash. Couple of crashes. Then a car jacking. Followed by a over a couple of days. Investigators say both men now face felony robbery charges. Franklin faces a firearm charge. And the police are tight lipped about the details in the case. The ongoing investigation. They hope to learn more interviewing suspects after extradition. We have taken two violent individuals off the street. We are about to bring them to justice. Mike that man just inside now. We spoke to him a few minutes ago. Coming up at 5 00, he will detail minute by minute what happened saturday here. His hands zip tied behind his back. Gun to his head. How he was able to call 911. Reporting live in springfield, mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. We have an update on breaking news we showed you a short while ago, the tractor trailer on fire. The Fire Department put it out and the fire is no more. The flames are gone. We showed you earlier really raging so they worked quickly to put it out. Its completely gutted. You can see from the live picture. The truck was carrying iced tea. Maryland route 704 is closed in both directions until they get the scene cleaned up. Meanwhile, Virginia Governor mcauliffe is confident an investigation in Campaign Contributions will clear him of any wrongdoing. The governor spoke about the department of justice investigation before an event in alexandria today. Mcauliffe says he was unaware of the probe until new reports surfaced yesterday. He believes the investigation is focused on donations to his 2013 campaign. Governor mcauliffe they havent alleged wrongdoing. Its an issue about a donor in 2007. He had a green card and was vetted by the campaign. He says certainly entitled to give money to the campaign. Michelle investigators are also reportedly look at any donors and charitable contributions to the clinton global initiative. The governor said he will answer any questions investigators want to ask him. Jonathan coming up for us at abc7 news at 4 00 reeling in the big one. What happens next . Does the massive tarpen break free . Pull the angler in the water . Or does a bigger fish take it away . Think about what will happen. Michelle its a choose your own ad vernture book. This is a adventure book. Drone video. We will show you how many sharks show up and what they were feasting on. Great time for a shiny floor wax, no . Not if you just put the finishing touches on your latest masterpiece. Timings important. Comcast business knows that. Thats why you can schedule an installation at a time that works for you. Even late at night, or on the weekend, if thats what you need. Because you have enough to worry about. I did not see that coming. Dont deal with disruptions. Get Better Internet installed on your schedule. Comcast business. Built for business. Nobody would believe this. Michelle the large fish called tarpon was snatched away by a huge hammerhead sharp. He snapped the fishing line so it wn if you wondered in is what a shark feeding frenzy looks like. Michelle beautiful the waters are. Crystal clear. Gorgeous. Video off the coast of Western Australia shows 70 tiger shark on a did whale. Tourists got a look from the safety of boat. This is home to one of the largest tiger shark populations in the world. Jonathan im not going to shark bay. Michelle yeah its loaded. Jonathan tiger sharks are big, too. They can be kind of nasty. We want to check with the instapoll on the dancing with the stars finale. Michelle we asked who you think will win. Go to wjla. Com vote now to let us know what you think. Jonathan there are the results. Ginger so far, the abcs own. Doing well. But they are close. Jonathan page is my favorite. Michelle you need to vote. Jonathan wait until the commercial. Coming up next at abc7 news at 4 00 money with your name on it. Im talking literally. Unclaimed funds sitting out there. Where to find out if there is some for you. How you can state your claim. That is up next. Michelle speaking of money. Adele has plenty of it and more on the way. Megacontract for the record books next. Morning noon or night visit annapolis and create your moment jonathan it never hurts to come into extra money to pay down the debt. John matarese tells you how to claim it. John there are thousands of people with money to claim but they dont know it. Throughout the u. S. , treasure surers office are treasurers offices are sitting on billions with a b of money. Find out if your name is on the list. John grace went to pay the property tax bill but sh another reason. Making pilgrimage through stack of books that list unclaimed funds and check for her name. Have you ever found unclaimed funds . Yeah. John a few years ago she found 2,000 in the name of her late father. A lot of money. We are a 150 million waiting for people to come get. Treasurer says the unclaimed funds can come from anywhere. Mostly we find that there is old bank accounts. Someone moved, forget to leave a forwarding address. Insurance policies. Or utility or Department Deposit or inheritance you never know was coming sent to the old address. Dottie was skeptical until she awe herself fathers name. I found 34,000 after my dad died. I had to split it with my sister but 2,000 is a lot of money. She lives on Social Security disability it was a godseptembersend. Looking up your name the Old Fashioned way is time consuming. Look yourself up on the home computer. Get right on your phone. The best site to start is unclaimed. Org. Or check the state treasurers website directly. But that is not the only place. You could be eligible to join class action lawsuits. Web site called top classaxes. Com lists the current cases you can join. Grace didnt find anything this time but says she will be back to checkbooks next time the tax are due. Beware of the companies that want to charge you mind to find your money. Might be titled 25. But the number on her mind today is 130 million. Maybe really 90 million. Its worth 130 million. According to the report that is the number on the contract. Nice addition after being named the Billboard Music award top artist of the year. Doug i like her. Jonathan i do, too. Michelle i like the weather. Steve this is nice. Temperatures in the 80s. We will continue the trend and upcoming weekend. It gets shaky toward the end of the holiday weekend. This is the Torpedo Factory toward national harbor. A few clouds out there. It w evening. Its 83 at Reagan National airport. It feels great out there. Show you satellite and radar. Not a lot going on. This could be a good travel weather. Upper 60s to around 70. We head to 70s. Monday is probably not the prettiest beach days. The upper 60s. Clouds and showers. Pool day opening on saturday for many communities. Temperatures will make it in the middle take you out for the next seven days. Moving in the day on monday, added showers and a rumble of thunder with the highs in the middle 70s. A few things to let you know about. Jamie this issue is because of a tractor trailer fire. You can see right here. It burnt up. A lot are on the scene. You can get around this using ardmore road to 92nd street and that will help you loop around the area that is blocked. We are seeing heavy traffic in Montgomery County. As you ge virginia. Taking a little while. The big picture that you can see. There is a lot of slowing in d. C. Get there from springfield is a slow go. As soon as you get to wilson bridge we will clear out closer to branch avenue. I want to talk about travel. The heaviest day to see the traffic is tomorrow. This is the Research Done by waze. We partner with waze. You can find us at traffic watch 7. Tomorrow at 7 00 a. M. To 79 00 a. M. And 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. You will see a lot of increase traffic. Use caution. We will get you through it. Jonathan thanks. Coming up next at abc7 news at 4 00 michelle the way the school teaches french earned a prestigious award. Kellye im kellye lynn in arlington. I will tell you what makes the School Program so special coming up in spotlight on education. Michelle new at 5 00, the sun may be but it could be too little too late. How they are coming together in the time of need. Jonathan a shining moment for the plebe turned midshipman. The ties for theca dell that cleated the herndon climb. Who said his dad had his back along vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me Michelle French is one of the worlds most widely spoken languages and an Arlington School is getting reck nix for recognition on how it teaches it. Thats today in spotlight on education. Kellye high marks for the French Program at Wakefield High School from the teaching they always make time to help you if you need help. They are involved. Kellye to the increased enrollment. Since 2011the program doubled in terms of numbers. Kellye and they are taking notice to award the school with exemplary honors. Wakefield is one of only ten schools around the country to receive the award. We are not textbook teachers where we pull out the book and say these are the pages we are doing. But rather we are trying to find ways for them to have opportunities to use the language in reallife situations. 17yearold jake is president of the wakefield French National honor society. He has benefited from Creative Teaching and cultural activities that extend outside the classroom. If you enjoy what you do, you work harder at it and you improve. This sparked an interest in me. Kellye plenty of other students are interested, too. 200 are signed up to take french next school year. In arlington, kellye lynn, abc7 news. Leon tonight a new move by metro to clue you in after a rape on the red line and a brutal mugging on the green line. I havent done any wrongdoing. Leon the f. B. I. Is interested anyway. Virginias governor on the spot thanks to a donation investigation. Rainy days are costly. Strawberries and laying Peanut Butter on ground. Leon two area Businesses Team up and get money to make the best of a soggy situation. Now, abc7 news at 5 00. On your side. Leon questions about track safety are taking a backseat to concerns about crimes on metros train cars tonight. This is after a woman was raped on a red line train leaving the forest glen station. A man says he was attacked on a green line train outside the suitland station. You saw the story about the rape first last night on 7. Now live at the rhode island avenue station with an update for us and including a look at what metro will do now to keep drivers in loop going forward. Kevin . Kevin riders blasted metro for essentially keeping this alleged rape quiet. But this afternoon the Transit Agency announced it will soon begin to publicize all Violent Crimes that happen on the very same day they occur. Today we also found out that metro transits police want t rapist but for some reason that man fell through the cracks. Saturday april 2, 9 00 at night, a person reports a man mast bathing on the red line masturbating on the red line. The victim recorded the incident on the cell phone. By april 6, metro Transit Police identified the suspect at 39yearold john hicks of northeast. But officers didnt arrest him. Then one week later, hicks allegedly raped a woman at knifepoint. Inside of a red line train car traveling between forest glen and the glenmont station. Despite quick arrest, wmata never put out an alert. The only hint of john hicks alleged crimes, this vague oneline mention in the metro Police Blotter published nearly a month later. Ill take a look at it. Again, from my perspective it was no threat to the community because we captured the person. Kevin after takin