Alcohol to school this morning. Purple rain, purple rain remembering prince, one year after his untimely death. How music fans are honoring his leg sixt your news starts now. I love that song. Well play more for you later on. We begin tonight with the wild weather. Not only todays storms that knocked over trees and power lines but also the changes in store for this weekend. We have stream coverage ton. Tisha lewis is live on storm damageage control. Lets start with sue palka. Is all this behind us now . It depends what you mean. And yes, not done with rain and more on that in a moment. And all of the activities started after 4 00 Loudoun County and then Montgomery County and grays the district to Prince George to Anne Arrundel and reports that the reports of large hail anywhere from the size of d dimes to quarters to half dollars to even pingpong balls and golf balls. Large hail is a sign of a severe storm. And this hail was seen in bethesda. So, we thank all of you who september in pi
And lack of communication. Specifically at the ballston station this morning. In terms of what platform they needed to be on to get to the trains and get to their job this morning. Now while metro officials could be seen inside and outside of the stations impacted by stage one of safetrack, metro riders tell us they couldnt get clear information on shuttle buses or which train to get on. Now this comes as the first weekday of the safetrack phase one, which has trains single tracking from ballston to east falls church. Crews replace the tracks at the Ballston Metro station in the middle of rush hour. Riders had to rush from one platform to another to catch the correct train into downtown. Right now we want to turn it over to the podium here. We understand that the metro officials jack evans getting ready to speak. Im here joined with the general manager paul wiedefeld. Im jack evans, chairman of the board of metro. We want to give you an update on really our third day, but the first wee
Kimberly forget the running of the bulls in spain. This involved Ernest Hemingway inkalikes and fake bulls key west, florida and probably a little bit of rum. Andeatured past winners current competitors in the Papa Hemingway lookalike contest. Only lived in key west for 10 years, lived in cuba for 20. Robert i just learned a lot of people look like Ernest Hemingway. Kimberly i would have gone with a fake bull, absolutely. No running tomorrow, people, it will be hot. Josh exactly, take it easy. Sunday at the citi open, mid 90s. Not quite as muggy as today, but it will still feel hot. Monday i think will be the hottest temperatures of the season. Kimberly we are not going to go to bed yet. Why should over two hundred years of citi® history matter to you . Well, because it tells us something powerful about ogress. That whether times are good or bad, people and their ideas will continue to move the world forward. Inanced the transatlantic cable that connected continents. And the panama ca
Globe causing safety concerns to talk about tonight. We are talking about pokemon go. The newest fear is distracted driving. This is after Baltimore Police released a body camera footage from monday night here showing a drive slamming into an empty police cruiser. No one was hurt but the driver immediately admitted he was playing the game at the time. Now at 5 00, ryan hughes found that is one of many prompting a push for safety now. Ryan she has been playing pokemon for as long as she remembered. Im a giant fan. That is all i can say. Ryan she cant even describe why except it basically brings all the pokemon that life. Like a dream come true for me. Ryan ever since pokemon go hit the market like many kids, she has been glued to her cell phone. So imagine 12 nonstop hours. Pokethon. That is the Government Center in Fairfax County. We thought it was a great opportunity to have an event, partner with the police, share safety tips. Ryan kids are led on poke walks and they are learning how
American history. It is with Great Sadness that i share we have not 20, but 50 casualties. And this morning were learning more about the man behind it all. Its been reported that mateen made calls to 911 in which he stated an allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State. Im Aaron Gilchrist in orlando. As the investigation here continues, this community is trying to come to terms with a historic loss of life. How theyre coping with this tragedy, just ahead on news 4. I thought i was going to die, like i didnt know if i was going to come out alive. And this morning, stories of horror turned heroism continue to unfold. As the nation lends its support. We shall overcome, we shall overcome good morning. Im eun yang. An Aaron Gilchrist who as you saw is on assignment in orlando. We want to show you the emotional cover of the Orlando Sentinel which reads our community will heal. We have Team Coverage for on you this tragedy still rippling through florida as well as the nation. So many to fig