Will likely impact you for more than two weeks. Metro is planning to shut down at least one section of track for emergency repairs. Transportation reporter first reported it on twitter, an entire section of the orange, blue and silver line is shutting down. First at 4, joining us now. Adam. Reporter how about a 16day complete closure on those lines. It would happen between eastern marquette and eastern marquette and minnesota avenue. All of this, still deals with the problems weve been having this past week on that section of the rail line. Of course, the aerial structure that was causing so many problems. The stadium armory and potomac avenue stations will be closed completely. Metro stresses it is still being finalized, but the impact will start to really be felt in just a couple of weeks, most likely starting in june. Metros gm talking about the ed apart of the way i manage, i make decisions in which the downside is sometimes im impatient. When i sat there at the ntsb hearing the ot
We are still working to find out why. Dominic simons is charged with robbing, kidnapping, and sexually assaulting a 16yearold boy. It happened monday at 3 00 in the afternoon. The teen says simon struck up a conversation with him at the bethesda metro station and borrowed his phone, but then wouldnt give the teenager his phone back. When the teen chased after this guy to get his phone, thats when the suspect allegedly told him he had a gun and threatened to shoot him if he didnt do what he told him to do. He forced that teen to board a metro train and then get off the Friendship Heights administration. Then he forced the teenager to go to the chevy chase pavilion bathroom where he was sexually assaulted. We spoke to riders today who were very concerned about safety on metro. It is very scary. Its sad that were on Public Transportation and theres all i would say they need to bump up police, but if they dont have Police Officers to bump up, then it is kind of hard. We just have to be ver
Tonight, congresswoman Barbara Comstock wonders how he got that job. Right now, were not getting answers from ice or from any of the agencies involved that explain to us what type of process they went through. Reporter the allegations against youssef ali arent new. In fact in 1998, jim handly questioned the colonel on his military past in somalia. Youve been accused of ordering the executions of more than a hundred people. Do you deny that . Reporter the most recent claims against ali come from a somali man who says he was beaten, torture, shot and ultimately left for dead at the direction of youssef ali. In february, the court of appeals said it didnt have jurisdiction to rule. I spoke with alis attorney. Ali is entitled to immunity as an official or former official of the somali government. Reporter ali left somalia before the countrys regime collapsed. He worked as a Security Guard in canada in the early 90s. Ali for serious human rights abuses and then he came to the united states.
Number of Police Officials were here, as homicide detectives and evidence techs looked for clues and some sort of information that might lead them to a motive or a suspect in this case. Come on over here now. I want to show you this. This gray car down the street is believed to be the victims car. Somehow it came down that hill and then crashed over the curb here. Its unclear as to how that played out in this shooting scenario, but police are investigating and theyre trying to figure out why. Again, this happened around 1 00 this afternoon. Police are still on the scene. Over here is natalie williams. Shes the anc commissioner in this area. What is all this daylight violence doing to our city . Its really causing people to be afraid to simply live. Weve gotten to the point where weve got to be doing a better job. Its not enough for us community meeting. Its not enough to keep arresting folks and dont hold them truly accountable to their crimes. Its a shame that weve got kids that are g
Someone who, quote, dared to love black people at a time when black people had a problem loving themselves. Right now, were streaming the entire service live in the nbc washington app. Now to an attack that police say started when a man followed a woman out of a metro station and sexually assaulted her inside a business. This afternoon were seeing new video as Police Search for him. Darcy spencer is at the New Carrollton station and has details for us now. Darcy . Reporter bwe just got ahold of that video late this afternoon. It shows the images of the man theyre looking for in connection with the Sexual Assault. Youll see him on the left side of your screen walking toward the camera in a red jacket. And he does appear to be walking what limp. Photos show he has some sort of cross or emblem on the back of that red jacket. He followed a woman from the new morning to a nearby business where that woman was sexually assaulted in that building. Police are hoping to get a tip that will help