Caused by the same condition as the deadly Lenfant Plaza smoke incident. Forced metro to get crews back on the rails immediately. This is the damage from mondays fire. This is the damage after last january smoke incident. Last year, metro Operations Manager who since resigned show problems with the cable also highlight since resigned showed the problems highlighted by the ntsb report and said at the time it would take longterm single tracking to address the issue. We know there were plans in place to replace all 600 of those within the system under ground. Now again, we have learned that we do expect to get an update from metro on todays inspections. That will be live right here on abc7 news at 6 00. Reporting live, brianne carter. Alison thank you. Metro closing prompted the federal government and the d. C. Schools to offer alternatives to employees and all over the city. Sam . Sam well, we are standing over the overpass of Lenfant Plaza. As you can see the traffic coming out of Downt
Good afternoon, im josh benson. And im stacie schaible. This is first at 4 00. Cooler temperatures are getting a lot of peoples attention. We went back into the winter section of the closet. Its true. Heres storm 8 meteorologist jewel ulie phillips. Good afternoon, guys. Were dealing with cooler weather now. The Winter Clothes in the back of your closet getting use out of. 63 degrees in the auto mall. You can see beautiful blue skies. It feels cooler is the breeze. In the east winds at this location coming in at 18 milesanhour. Temperatures in the low to mid60s. 61 in st. Pete. 66 in zephryhills. 6 in weeky washy. They need a light jacket. Heres the winds at 10 milesperhour. Were seeing gust over 20 milesperhour at time. Does feel chilly outside. High pressure in place, so besides the stronger winds, we actually have quiet conditions across much of the eastern half of the its looking dry. As we look closer at the tampa bay area, a few high dealing with plenty of sunshine. For the rest
Help substantiate what im saying that the hummer ran in the front three times, hitting a man in his 70s in front entryway. We heard he had trauma to lower half of his body. At some point then the hummer started to smoke. And then orange flames were seen emitting and shooting through the roof. Customers had to use a knife or some sharp object to cut the seat belt and get the driver out in time. They then dragged his body across the parking lot and pinned him down until police arrived. Police then cuffed him, took him to a hospital because he had burns on his face. This was more than chaotic inside of the restaurant. This was the height of the lunch hour. We talked to a number of witnesses. Here is short medley of what they had to say. I said, oh, my god. This guy has just ran into the building. It scared me to de would blow. He didnt stop. Sounded like a bomb going off. People were screaming. The people next to me in the next booth fell over and passed out. Kevin Fairfax County police t
Throws it into the hands, and lays it in. The unbelievable ending being called one of the best ever. Today, monday, march 21st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a monday morning, everyone. Lets say youre not a College Basketball fan. You dont really care about the game. March madness is special. Its so exciting. It always lives up to its reputation. Its exciting to watch all the teams i pick lose. Its a joy. You dont care about your own bracket because its so exciting to watch the games. Well give you a recap in a couple minutes. Our top story this morning is this spring snowstorm here in the northeast. After what amounted to a really mild winter. Well get als forecast in a first, Miguel Almaguer is in massachusetts. Good morning to you. Good morning. This is an interesting way to kick offspring. Weve had steady snow in cape cod the last few hours and i want to take you to a
Donald trump reportedly set to meet with Republican Party leaders today, ahead of a key speech on americas role in the middle east. This as the gop front runner says he doesnt condone the growing violence at his rallies but understands it. And pure madness. A string of fantastic finishes caps a wild weekend at the ncaa mens basketball tournament. From buzzer beaters rises up, and its good its good to lastsecond heroics. No. To a comeback for the ages. Throws it into the hands, and lays it in. The unbelievable ending being called one of the best ever. Today, monday, march 21st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a monday morning, everyone. Lets say youre not a College Basketball fan. You dont really care about the game. March madness is special. Its so exciting. It always lives up to its reputation. Its exciting to watch all the teams i pick lose. Its a joy. You dont care about your own bracket because its so