Will likely impact you for more than two weeks. Metro is planning to shut down at least one section of track for emergency repairs. Transportation reporter first reported it on twitter, an entire section of the orange, blue and silver line is shutting down. First at 4, joining us now. Adam. Reporter how about a 16day complete closure on those lines. It would happen between eastern marquette and eastern marquette and minnesota avenue. All of this, still deals with the problems weve been having this past week on that section of the rail line. Of course, the aerial structure that was causing so many problems. The stadium armory and potomac avenue stations will be closed completely. Metro stresses it is still being finalized, but the impact will start to really be felt in just a couple of weeks, most likely starting in june. Metros gm talking about the ed apart of the way i manage, i make decisions in which the downside is sometimes im impatient. When i sat there at the ntsb hearing the ot
Accused in the death of freddie gray is under way in baltimore right now. Edward neario is one of three involved in grays initial arrest. He has pleaded not guilty to assault charges. Prosecutors say gray died for injuries sustained after being arrested. Chris gordon is live in baltimore with how this trial will be different from the first officers. Chris, good morning. Reporter Opening Statements this morning lasted less than an hour with prosecutors accusing officer nero of assaulting freddie gray by shackling his legs and risking his life by loading him on to a police wagon face down on the ground without securing him with a seat belt. The lawyer, the defense lawyer for officer nero said he acted in a reasonable matter and it was the responsi driver, not nero, to see to grays safety. Nero chased gray on 2015. Gray was on the ground and said he needed his asthma inhaler. Prosecutors say he suffered a broke neck and died a week later. Officer nero is not charged with his death. He is
Quite a distance down the trail. You can get an idea of what the area is like. Heavily wooded, at times very secluded. At the bottom theres a creek. Police say the body was found in the creek just after 11 00 last night. Its unclear how the person died, whether foul play is suspected or not. They dont know if the person is theyre not saying if the person is a man or a woman. People who use this trail were surprised to hear that a body had been found. They say they normally feel safe using it. Yeah. Im really surprised. You know, its a trail where everybody uses it in the neighborhood. And we never have any kind of issues. Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy. Theyre also looking for witnesses or anyone who has information about what happened here. If you do, youre asked to call Montgomery County police. In silver spring, megan mcgrath, news 4. Well, weve got some mighty foggy weather throughout the region now. Look at that. You can barely see anything on our live tower camera.
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