They need to be replaced. We dont know what shape they are in overtime. Brianne a number of questions remain. What is leading up to this . Did it have to do with the inspections or does it have to do with procedures happening or is it deterioration . Still questions we are waiting to get answers to. Waiting to hear later this evening from the metro general manager from Paul Wiedefeld regarding service tomorrow morning. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. The trickledown on this is huge. Its everywhere. Think about it. Metrorail system funnels from Northern Virginia, prince georges and Montgomery County to d. C. Michelle the heart of the subway beneath d. C. Streets is above where we are seeing the significant impact. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford continues the Team Coverage from southwest washington. Sam . Sam Something Else that numbers in here is traffic. We are at the southwest freeway where there is a lot of traffic in every moving slowly out of the city. F
To spark a fire. Wiedefeld says he understands this is a huge impact on the d. C. Area but said safety is the biggest concern. The risk to the public is low. I cannot rule out potential life safety issue here. We must take this action immediately. This will impact the entire metropolitan region. No doubt. We recognize its difficult to get to work and get to school. Everyone relying on metro. They are trying to figure out a plan to deal with this. They are talking to the d. C. Public schools. They will provide buses above ground to include for school is a major hassle tomorrow. Reporting live, richard reeve, abc7 news. Leon first time we have seen this without a storm involved. Because of that the announcement is causing a lot of commuters draws to drop. Maureen sam ford picks up the Team Coverage in southeast washington. Sam we are at the armory metro station in southeast washington. People have heard about the situation. The way it is affecting the city, the Mayors Office feel the gov
Possibility of walking away from metro if he did not get the support. Im always thinking of it as, you know, my 16yearold daughter on the train, your children riding the train, thats how i think of this. Reporter the gm says flatly after seeing what he saw this week and being sotold what he w being told, he could not be comfortable with the system being open in the state it was in. There were serious issues. We should not have been running training under those conditions. Reporter he says more details are needed about why the system is in such rough shape. Riders with their own thoughts. I think the new general manager is making efforts to show hes a tough guy and wants to make it better. Reporter would you be okay if they shut the system down for extended periods of time to get in and fix things . Yes, i would. Reporter an extended maintenance shutdown could be a possibility as we go forward. Now, we also asked the new general manager if longterm shutdowns could become more commonplac
Falling behind financially. Among nontrump supporters, republican exit polls show six in ten saying they would seriously consider a Third Party Candidate if trump became the gops nominee. More than 40 say they definitely would not support trump in november. On the other side of the aisle, 66 of voters give Hillary Clinton a better chance of defeating donald trump in november. Only 30 are feeling the burn in that way when it comes to Bernie Sanders. In tuesdays contests, more voters find sanders honest and trustworthy. 80 versus 60 for clinton in an area where she has been vulnerable and different from the gop race, reena and kendis, the majority of democrats in tuesdays primaries would be satisfied if either clinton or sanders was the eventual nominee. More satisfaction on the democratic side. With either one. No doubt, he think Bernie Sanders feeling a little bit of heartburn after last nights results. Lauren lyster, thank you for being with us. Look for more coverage all morning long
The children are suffering badly from the cold. The way forward blocked by razor wire and macedonian police. Behind back to the aegean sea is not an option. About 3,000 refugees attempted to go around the fence crossing a rushing river tuesday. It was chaotic and several people drowned and the macedonians detained and deported about 700. The others we found walking back the three miles to camp earlier today. Ambitions moving on to mad doania crushed. We want a solution, she says. We cannot take it anymore. We want to kill ourselves. This is a disaster. And back to the greek camp they went. This man has been here for three weeks. We are running away from isis, this man says. We are from the ton of hasaka. We have doctors and engineers. Security and peace. As refugees continue to flood into greece eu countries will meet later thursday to discuss the crisis and refugees here hope that means opening the borders. Reena, kendis. So powerful. Molly hunter out there. It is a story i feel somet