He said he was going to go to t the mayor, he was going to go to to the council and see if see i there is any more of a compromise. Mise a little bit later we askedle b the general manager aboutager ao this. We said why cant you do it in i a year . Why do you need twotw years . Heres what he said to o us. Theres no way were goingoi have this Preventive Maintenance Program up and running and get realna datnca ba in a year. Y its knot realistic. List reporter so, what so, w happens next here . Well, there is a full metro Board Meeting vote in two weeks. Ee can come together and say listen were vetoing this. That would 19 v right after safe track it goes back to 3 a. M. 3 m in the morning back to the regular hours but there is but e hope possibly the mayor, mor possibly the council will meetet with some kind of prom compromise. Compromise. The mayor issued a statement a t today saying she stille sti believes in these late night hours and she wants to makeants sure that the local economyco
contractor ctor a look ato this proposal and you can see why its a problem for d. C. Board members. Metro would close 11679. 30 through 1 00 a. M. And it would run from 1 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. On sunday. That would give metro an extra eight hours a week to complete maintenance work. K. A vet ohio from board membersrs could kill the plan. We are not willing to go beyond a year. You can resolution and at the end of this meeting i will inform the board that we plan to exercise our jurisdictional vote ohio. Cto its in the a threat, mr. Golden, it is what i its a threat. A it is the position of the district of columbia. Um theres no way were going to have this preventive maintenancn program up andti running and get reel data back in a real. Its not realistic. Jurisdiction veto and after safetrack the hours of service will go back to what it had been, that Means Service on saturday and sunday until 3 00 a. M. Now, the full metro board will meet in two weeks and the Mayors Office is also pus
Appearance right here in d. C. Good day at 9a starts right now. . . And good day dc. D dc it is 901 on this wednesday wedd morning december 7th is theths date. Im holly morris alongsideisngsi maureen, steve and wisdom. Is all right. Also ahead, this morning, manassas eighth grader getting t very lucky middle schooler just awarded 25,000. 2500 thats not luck. That is skill. When it comes to science. Within ago national scienceence etmpetition. Bob barnard just talked with her and well check in with himithim coming up. U first at 9 00 lets talk about the weather because were going to get a little warmup wmu before temperatures drop again. N the good news, the rain is overe for details now Tucker Barnes be back with a check of thechec the forecast. Hey, tuck. I didnt win so manyan competitions when i was kid. Heni im not surprised by that. Shocker. Fame surprise. Prise 45 in washington. Hito 40 up in new york. Or th guys. Uys. Chicago 24. Yes, we got the colder air out o to the west. The
Hillary clinton is leading in montana and north dakota we now know she has enough delegatesgae over the top to become thethe democratic partys presumptive nominee. Tonight she claimed victory. Thanks to you weve reached a milestone. cheers for the first time inim our nations history a woman will be a major part. History in the making there. He meantime on the republican sidei a clean sweep for donald trump. He thanked his supporters tonight. He even reached out to voters who may have been backing Bernie Sanders and asked them to join his campaign. Coming up later we hear present political strategist jack burke man. Fox5 is in Fairfax County, a High School Student is under arrest accused of sexually assaulting a 12 year old girl. I. Crews at fire facts high schoolh last friday. He is accused of having seven with a 12 year old girl. Crews is now charged with rain of a island chough. He is currently being held at the Fairfax County a adult detention center. Nter also in Fairfax County pol
Streetlights and other safety improves. Marina more rack company went to the neighborhood to see waits been done. Reporter if they say improvement have been made or havent, behind me youll see new bright led lights theyve been placed on a small pocketed inward agent if you look across the area alabama avenue youll see these dimmer sodium vapor lights some saying all the lights need to be changed. More than a month ago a seven Year Old Girl was shot as she was walking home with parents just about a block from the 7th Police District urge south east. It was a shooting that marked the beginning of a slew of high profile shootings leading up to the summer for folks at ward eight of the after that girl was shot mayor bowser walked through the neighborhood and rets departments expressed concerns about how poorly lit this area was. In just weeks residents say the mayor followed through and did improve lighting. Any. Led lights for three residential streets where that seven year but some say i