American airlines went United Airlines went down first. There was no way to process. Sam 5000 flights halted. The lines were so long we couldnt get in the door. Sam the computer connectivity issue affected communication with the aircraft and didnt allow the tickets to be printed. They fixed it around two hours around the same time the computers crashed at the New York Stock Exchange. We got spooked or panicked by this we are in the wrong business. We deal with things that are greater risk of importance than this. Minutes after that the final domino fell. The wall street journal website crashed. The department of Homeland Security said the incidents arent related. The white house echoed it saying its not a cyber attack. The administration is keenly aware of the risk that exists in the cyber space. There are a number of steps they have taken to improve communication between the private sector and the federal government when it comes to safeguarding cyber space. Sam the New York Stock Exchange briefly reopened this afternoon. Closed down more than 260 points. Im sam ford abc7 news. Maureen im sam sweeney abc7 news. Maureen thank you. The man at the helm of the Police Department during freddie gray incident is out of a job. Stephanie rawlingsblake fired Anthony Batts today. Mayor rawlingsblake too many die on the streets. Families are tired of feeling the pape and so am i pain and so am i. Maureen 155 people have been murdered in baltimore so far this year. Kevin davis named interim Police Commissioner. A former police chief in anne arundel county. Commissioner batts termination came hours after the Union RepresentingBaltimore Police blasted the City Response to the april riots. Equally as important is the lack of preparation that puts citizens in harms way as well. Maureen more than a hundred officers were injured in the unrest following the death of freddie gray. Lieutenant gene ryan says many officers lacked a quite equipment. In some cases were ordered not to wear riot helmets or engage rioters. Leon back to the news we have been following at how should county where two lanes of i69 i95 southbound just reopened. The traffic is still crawling through the area. That is the scene on the right side of the screen. This is because of a serious crash. Maureen mayor military cuts in the work as the army plans to limbnate 40000 eliminate 40000 jobs jobs in two years. Scott thuman tells us it could be the beginning. Americas fighting force is slimming down. The army telling us today that they will shed 40000 soldiers soldiers from the ranks over two years. Another 17000 army zillion employees are also facing pink slips. All due to budget cuts. I think that is a bigger question, though. How we make sure that we keep america safe. That means there is a smart way to cut and a stupid way to cut. Senator mark warner represent asthmas i military presence in virginia says the timing is a problem because of other already scheduled looming layoffs. Beginning in october for another reason. Sequestration forces us to the stupid way of cutting. It doesnt look at the quality of any program. That could be mean 30,000 cuts possibly bringing the Army Fighting force below the benchmark for preparedness. I for one dont think its a time for america to retrieve. Its a time to retrench. The war from iraq to afghanistan and syria the white house contended should not be affected. The goal is to equip and train others to do the fighting. We have to develop local securement forces that can sustain progress. Its not for us to send in american troops. At the height of the war the army had 570,000 soldiers. That number will drop now to around 450000. With the war winding down some of that was expected. An Army Spokesperson tells me tomorrow we will get more details and a statement. Capitol hill scott thuman abc7 news. Leon investigators say its too early to know what caused a fighter jet and a small plane to collide. Yesterdays crash over South Carolina killed two people. The Fighter Pilot ejected safely. But killed in the crash was 68yearold Michael Johnson and his 30yearold son joseph. This is the second tragedy for the family. Over the weekend, michaels brother and wife were killed allegedly by another family member. Maureen the Washington Redskins team can no longer be trademarked. That is the ruling today from a u. S. District court judge who said the team name may be disparaging to native americans. Judge Gerald Bruce Lee ordered the patent and the Trademark Office to cancel theteams trademark. The judgment emphasized the team can still use the name but with the fewer legal protections. The team owner can appeal the ruling. Still ahead at 6 00 i raised the frustration before but we are past the boiling point. Maureen virginias governor sends a blunt message to metro and what he says must change to bring riders back. Leon plus what the founder of bens chili bowl is saying about the controversy surrounding her longtime friend bill cosby. Maureen next, another local businessman dutches donald trump dumps donald trump but he may face a fright from trump. Leon this is video posted to instagram. Doug hill will be back with what we should know a maureen a family is safe but their home destroyed after a morning fire in silver springs. At first, firefighters led a frantic search for the family of four in the home on white drive. Then they learned the family is away on vacation. The home is likely a total loss. Leon a legal battle may be brewing between donald trump and the latest business to shun the president ial candidate over the comments. Today the superstar Chef Jose Andres says he no longer plans to build an upscale restaurant that trump is building at the post office pavilion. He cited trumps controversial remarks about mexican immigrants. Trumps Company Fired back saying it intends to hold andres to the tenyear lease. Maureen a National Scandal cast a big shadow today over the expansion of an iconic d. C. Restaurant. Three, two, one [cheering] bens chili bowl maureen yes bens chili bowl opened a new location on eighth street. You can see quite a crowd but notably absent was bill cosby who spoke at openings in the past and is depicted in the mural on the side of the original location. Virginia the cofounder didnt want to talk about cosbys absence or the sex abuse scandal surrounding the comedian. We are very sympathetic by recent news and sadded by that but we are focused on opening the new store. Maureen cosbys picture is hanging on a wall in the new location. Cosbys likeness though has been removed from the Disney Hollywood studios. Disney removed a bust of the comedian after hundreds signed a change. Org petition. Leon up next on abc7 news at 6 00 the man Virginia Governor the demand Virginia Governor makes of metro and tells the agency to get it back together. Maureen plus, rain brings problem and flooding to the area. We have a crew on the way to cover reports of a car stranded in floodwaters. Doug hill shows us the problem areas ahead. Robert im robert burton. Coming up in sports the nats hoping to avoid the sweep against the reds. The injury bug wont go away. Another national sittingout. Details as abc7 news at 6 00 leon metro needs leadership. That is a message coming from Virginia Governor as he calls on the Transit Agency to make tough changes. Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg joins us with a look at the governors statement today. Jeff . Jeff the governor is known for speaking with a lot of passion on any topic. That is again today when talking about a lack of leadership at metro. Just as the governor was speaking in downtown washington, metro making the announcement they are moving forward to address this issue Virginia Governor was all smiles today chatting with the members of the metropolitan Washington Council of government. He got soars you in a hurry. Its time to get the act together. We need a dynamic leader from metro now. Metro has been without a general manager since january. After months inaction the chair announcing the search for a leader is resuming with an emphasis on leadership, safety management. Are you telling me we cant find qualified people . What is the issue . The fatal smoke incident at Lenfant Plaza in january. Many riders are fed up. Its not efficient. Even ones who say they are not. It can get gross down there but as far as the efficiency its fine. The governor says fine is not good enough. He wants results. Finance, service and much more. We need confidence in the system making feel good about the system. Jeff governor talking about not just the employees but the riders like the ones you look at here in arlington. In a statement, metro saying it will look for the g. M. Or ceo candidates that come from outside government and outside the transit industry. Metro hopes to have a new leader in place by sometime this fall. Live in arlington, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Maureen thank you. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser picked off the first alley palooza campaign. Its a plan to renovate 64 alleys each in the eight wards. And alleys are vital and often overlooked part of a city infrastructure. They were selected based on Community Feedback and review by the department of transportation. You see which valleys were chosen and track the progress. Click on this story at wjla. Com. Leon few people will be able to see in person Pope Franciss speech to joint session of congress in person. You can however watch it outside the capitol. The address will be simulcast on the giant screen on the national mall. The pope will be meeting with president obama and holding mass. At the shrine of the immaculate conception. But today pope francis arrived in bolivia. For the past three days the giant crowds turned out at every stop in the popes visit to ecuador. This morning he visited a site run by nuns. Interestingly, he will be skipping hisme country of argentina. Maureen we have had quite the afternoon and water. Doug we had a story of a high water rescue in clinton. The Prince George county Fire Department said they got the people out and everybody is fine. There was deep water. They were under a flash flood warning. Lets get to the Doppler Radar to show you the other areas of concern on the wednesday evening. Heavy rain continues to advance from west to east across the area. One of the situations where the area rain is fairly narrow. No it a lot to the north or the but showers and the storms keep forming up to go to the same area over and over. That is how we got in theflood situation. The iest areas we will zoom in quickly to show you south and west of the district coming through the Arlington County fair fax to alexandria. Across the river to Prince Georges again. More heavy element of rain. We have been noticing trends we have seen here on the radar in the past hour or so. That is the western edge here. Seems to move east than the southeast. The areas that havent had the rain wont have the flash flooding like here. We will keep a close eye on it. I think they have delayed the start of the nats game because of rain. We will see how that works out later on. Temperatures 81 at reagan national. Plenty of heat and humidity to the south. Once we get rid of the rain the heat will bubble up on us in the lower 70s. Notice how much cooler it is. Columbus is 68. 72 in pittsburgh. The front ahead of the cooler air moves in tomorrow, more showers and the heavy thunderstorms possible tomorrow. The satellite and the radar, the big picture. More elmants of rain come tonight. E vest rains will come in the next hour or two. Notice Something Interesting here. Throw days in a row. Anytime that there is 88 friday and saturday. 91 on sunday. Back to thunderstorms next week. Leon what is the word on the nats . Just put a red cross on the uniform. Robert yeah. I cant remember maybe doug had brown hair men the nats had a healthy roster. The problems wont stay away. Details on that. It wont help tonight because they are trying to avoid the sweep by the reds. Sports is next. Leon long time ago man. Sfx music throughout sfx crowd cheering sfx crowd booing sfx crowd chanting sfx crowd cheering music stops sc johnson a family company. Announcer and now the toyota sports desk. Brought to you by the local toyota dealers. Robert there will be a delay tonight. No work on the start time. But natsreds. Trying to avoid a sweep. Stephen strasburg jason worth, rindone on the d. L. Depending on spans back examiner tomorrow we could see him on the d. L. As well. He will sit out tonight because of a back injury. He has been playing for a month. That is just what the nats need. More people on the disabled list. We talked to denard in the clubhouse today. Help the team by doing what ive been doing for three or four weeks with the games here and there. Playing four games. This is happening too frequently. I have got to figure out what is going on. Robert hoping for the best. Day action for os against the twins in minnesota. Sixth inning backtoback home runs. Dozier with a tworun shot. M abuer with a home run of his own. The final is 53. Well defending british open champ will not be defending his title this year. Number one in the world rory mcilroy announced today he took back to instagram posting a pick of his elevated ankle while watching women bl don. A few watching wimbledon. He tore a ligament playing soccer with friends in northern ireland. This is the first time in 61 years the defending champ will not play or defend his title. No word how long he will be out. If rory was rooting for andy murray who made it to the semifinals today. So did seventimehamp roger federer. It took an hour and a half to take out gilles simone. A straight set victory so its murray versus federer in semifinal. After verbally committing to the mavericks, Deandre Jordan they be reconsidering and may sign with the clippers. Leon make up your mind. Maureen we have video from water problem. Doug this is dave lucas that shot this. The creek is raging. The next batch may stay south or north metro that is saturated in the past few hours. Brian van de graaff is in for steve tonight at 11 00. We will catch you up on what to expect. Leon bumpy night. Maureen world news tonight with david muir up next. 2 leon see you at 11 00. Why are we watching this again . I pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. Joey, ill watch anything except this. Except this. Go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. Fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you dont. 100 fiber optics is here. Get out of the past. Get fios. Now for 79. 99 a month. Go online or call. Call the Verizon Center for customers with disabilities at 800. 974. 6006 tty v tonight, the major meltdown at airports coast to coast, thousands of flights cancelled from l. A. To denver houston to new york the airline blaming computers. Then the New York Stock Exchange paralyzed for hours. Again the blame, computers. Also a fast moving commute for the ride home the sweeping radar tonight from texas to the northeast. Breaking news baltimores mayor late today firing the Police Commissioner saying it was not easy. Tonight, her explanation. The disturbing twist, the california woman killed alleged pli by an undocumented immigrant. Now we learn the gun belonged to a federal agent. Are you fed up with those robocalls . Tonight the woman who fought back and is now getting 1500 for every unwanted call