Home, until it closes at midnight. Wedefeld stresses there is a low chance of riders being at risk tonight. He also stresses that inspections are something that at the same time, while there is a low risk, cannot be pushed until the weekend, when rider demand drops. He said that it is something that has to be addressed immediately. He doesnt want to take any chances. Live at metro headquarters, im mola lenghi. Peggy fox is getting reaction at the Springfield Metro station. No doubt, not a lot of happy people there, peggy. Reporter absolutely. It is the number 1 topic when the train comes. And everybody comes off everybody i ask. Many people have no idea what theyre going to do tomorrow. Especially people who dont have cars. Heres claudia pars. You live here in the area and you work downtown . I do. And you work in mcfierce mcpherson square. And you dont have a car . I do. But i dont th to drive. Traffic will be a mess. I dont think there will be any parking. I dont think my company wil
The wrong way at 4 00 this morning. That wrapped up. College park a decent trip as you go around on the outer loop 95 and 270. 10 minutes make your way to the bethesda and potomac area. Andrea, mike. Over to you. Thank you. She may be gone, but her legacy lives on. Former first lady, nancy reagan died yesterday in los angeles. She came into the white house with more style than substance and left with more substance than style. We hmo reporter thats right. The nation continues the mourn the loss of former first lady, nancy reagan. Those who knew her well saying a loyal woman, she was firm and stylish and she protected the image of Ronald Reagan. A great loss. Just a classy [ no audio ] who had alzheimers disease for years. When he died, she was a and advocate for families dealing with the same reality. She is going to go and be with him now. Along separation for her. And i think what i remember is that she was always just so classy. Reporter now, you wont find much information on the Fu
Leave or tell work. D. C. Public schools will also operate as usual. We have Team Coverage of the metro shutdown. We begin with jim lokay life at metro headquarters. O reporter this is when the anounment came about 4 30 today. Not a lot of notice. When you saw gm approach the podium, his voice this was a very different man than the one who took over metro. O. As you mentioned this all started after yesterdaysrday incident at mcphearsons square. No one was hurt when the smoke filled the station, but what the inspectors discovered was roughly the same issue that led to the deadly incident over at Lenfant Plaza last year. Tomorrow is the plan to get the inspectors and engineers out on the tracks inspecting piece by piece the jumper cables. We asked paul whether it why are you doing this in the middle of the week, why arenty you doing it on the weekend . He said in this case safety trumpsu convenient. I cannot rule out a potential life safety issue here and this is why we must take this ac
It is in my blood. Im a thirdgeneration fireman. Reporter the chief took a few questions but did not answer any questions about the medic, would not tell captain kelly his location, keeping kelly from making an informed decision about whether to wait. The medic never responded and told him the location. Is that not against policy . Reporter captain kelly said hes happy to be back on the job but he feels targeted and worries about the future of volunteer firefighters and stafford. He said it feels like the county is trying to push out the volunteer firefighters. Live in stafford county, peggy fox, wusa9. The fire chief said the two firefighters were not disciplined or suspended, just put on leave. That accented put the volunteer fire station out of service, temporarily. Subway system is in much worse shape than he thought. In his first public address about 90 days after taking over, the new gym told the press club about plans to boost the safety and reliability and put the financial hou
A big impact on the road. For that well turn to erin cuomo following the situation as we progress throughout the day trying to help us get around and deal with what is going on. Thats right its absolutely a very, very busy day and the good news is right now bob barnard showed us the roads are currently quiet and i can guarantee it will not stay that way much longer. If you are up, getting out to work, right now, is your best bet. You should have left yesterday. Dont do your hair just get in the car now. Know the curling iron seems look a good idea its not. But the good news is theres a lot of other options. The bad news theyll be really crowd the. This is a lot of people in the city of d. C. That depend on metro every day. So what can you do. Extra Metro Bus Service now. You can take Metro Bus Service. Theyre tweeting outleting you know hey its crowded. Ill make it ahead. And free parking at the metro lot. A t today during the shut down. Uber is capping pricing at 3. 9 thats high make