and caught fire. the handrails line the steps at stations. underunderneath the handrails lights are built in to light the steps in the dark. a couple of those handrail lights overheated and caught fire. no one was hurt. the root cause of the fires has still not been identified. so now all of the lights in these handrails are off and riders are left shaking their heads. i mean it does surprise me it s starting on fire but this being a new station you kind of surprised when stuff is breaking already. but a handrail starting on fire was not really in the things you thought would occur. reporter: now, this is an important point to remember here. metro didn t build the silver line. the metropolitan washington airports authority did. metro says it s going to hold them and their contractors responsible for this work. coming up at 6:00 why metro is now calling this problem with the handrails a systemic problem. back to you, jim. firefighters are still searching for the cause of
prime minister benjamin netanyahu. president obama saying he s going to quote, reassess the american relationship with israel. this is a huge development in what has been one of america s closest allegiances in the world. this is the first time that the two men have spoken since netanyahu won the israeli election on tuesday night. jim acosta begins our coverage outfront from the white house tonight. and jim, ordinarily this kind of phone call comes very quickly and it s a simple congratulations. this one wasn t quick and it certainly wasn t a friendly congratulatory call. #awkward erin. the white house says the president congratulated president netanyahu on his election victory in a phone call today, but there was more to this conversation than just small talk. this was a call with consequences. reporter: speaking for the first time since israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu s re-election win, the president made it clear that relations between these longtime allies