Sickout. He has more on whats behind all of this and how it will impact you. Thats right, wendy. Metro and its Largest Union are locked in a heated and contentious contract dispute, thats where all of this is coming from. Metro workers have been telling their supervisors theyre not coming into work on friday. That is what our sources are telling us. An email has been going around telling supervisors theyre going to have to staff up and be ready to work 12hour shifts this entire weekend, just in case metro front line workers, like train operators and Bus Operators dont show up. What does that mean . Really, it comes down to the nasty blood that is just going on now between metro and its Largest Union, as these contract disputes go out. A spokesperson for metro said there have been an unusually high number of absentee requests for this weekend. Thats why they are taking this action. A says he doesnt believe a sickout will happen, but its a tactic that they are using to try to get the gen
Saturday and sunday. I dont have that today. We better stay tuned, thank you, doug. You can download the nbc washington app and set weather at your home screen. Developing now, the man responsible for killing two people outside of two different Shopping Centers in Montgomery County last year, has pled guilty to those murders. Chris gordon was in the courtroom today when prosecutors outlined a motive and played his confession for the first time. This was a man who knew there would be innocent lives lost, even wrote in his musings, he was apologizing to his potential victims before they were their victims. Reporter prosecutor John Mccarthy laid out the evidence against 63yearold eulalio tordil, who was arrested when police surrounded his rental car in aspen hill. The prosecutor said the gun police found inside the car matches the bullets and shell casings from all three shootings. Tordils shooting he shot his wife gladys and wounded a good samaritan. Her daughter saw it and called 911. T
Work or school, you can probably get away without it. Just a couple drizzly drops around early this morning. But things will improve dramatically after lunchtime today. Theres your planner. 30 chance of light rain or drizzle early this morning. Kid do kiddos like her they will be smiling. May not be much recess day, but after school, you betcha. Sunshine coming back at least by 3 00 or 4 00. And sunshine back in the 70s. Lets take a look at Melissa Mollet and traffic. Good morning, were done with the inner loop problem as the truck crashed blocking the right side that is cleared out of the way. The rest of the beltway looks good. I want to show you again, eastbound e street shut down. Because of that on the scene oakmont, lanes blocked. Response on the scene, we showed you pictures from the live desk a couple minutes ago. 270 at montrose, month problems inbound or southbound. Its 5 02. Lets check in by angie goff at the live desk with an electrical problem happening in d. C. This is im
Looking for possible criminal activity but nothing was found. I think the police are doing the best they can. It is an issue. I think its an issue throughout the county. Reporter the search was reassuring for a lot of neighbors since it was just last month when Fairfax County police recovered human remains in the same area. Police believe it was gang related so the search today was just another example of officers taking every precaution to keep neighbors safe. I think in general its super safe around here. Theres just little pockets, little areas reporter now the principal sent an email and a news letter out to parents letting them know about the Police Activity in the area but reassuring them that it had nothing to do with the middle school. Reporting live here in Fairfax County, megan fitzgerald, news4. Thank you. We continue to follow some breaking news from silver spring. These are live pictures from chopper 4. One person is in custody in what appears to be spring. This is happeni
And from metro to the mark train. Everything is back to normal after a small fire forced passengers off of a mark train. Chopper 4 over the scene last night. This was on the brunswick line in silver springs. Vectors tell us the brakes overheated. There may be hope that the government wont run out of money to pay the large number of federal employees that live in our area. That is now a oneweek extension on the table. It would delay the deadline until next friday night at midnight giving lawmakers a chance to work out a longerterm deal. That oneweek extension still needs to be voted on. Meanwhile, President Trump revealed his tax reform plan but attention has quickly shifted back to health care reform. Coming up, Edward Lawrence will talk about how repealing the Affordable Care act is showing new life today. Hundreds of Airport Service workers plan to walk off the job. The strike is to protest their employer, huntly corporation. The organization is accus this walkoff comes on the heels