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
Able to get out there so far and there are some dry patches in this shower activity so far today. So, its not going to be a total complete washout but there is a good chance that, yes, well be dealing with cooler temperatures and occasional showers throughout the day today. So, not the best weekend. Heres Storm Tracker radar. You can see scattered showers about through Prince Georges County, Southern Maryland, through the Northern Neck of virginia down towards fredericksburg. Very very light this morning. Then kind of a second batch out towards front royal that extends up towards hagerstown through the maryland and West Virginia panhandles there. Very light very scattered this morning. Unfortunately this is going to be the case throughout the day today where were going to continue to see these showers kind of streaming in from the south and from the west. Check out your Bigger Picture. You can see it all kind of extending through West Virginia and look back towards kentucky you see a h