A guy hijacked a metro bus after attacking the driver with pliers. They say he side swiped a van with Senior Citizens on board and ran over a guy outside of the gas station. We have team kofrm coverage e hijackers. Lets start with pat collins. What are you hear sng. Reporter chris, a guy assaults a metro bus driver and then steals the bus. He side swipes the van. It was a strange procession, police cars front and back as they towed away this stolen metro bus from the death scene. Reporter this metro bus, the striking vehicle in a bizarre bus in the parking lot of this crown gas station in northeast. It is a bizarre incident, very uncharacteristic for someone to try and take a bus and attack a bus driver. Reporter it started a few blocks away when a man using long needle nose pliers attacks the bus driver. The driver manages to break away and stumble off the bus. The passengers race out the back door. Reporter a lot of cops . Did they have their guns drawn . Yeah, when they first got n
Line because of a malfunction at franconia and springfield. We have a crash on 85 near buckeystown pike. Theres a crash on the Left Shoulder there. And 75 at ed mcclain road, we have a crash reported in that area of monrovia as well. Northbound gw parkway near the roosevelt bridge, we have a spinout causing slowdowns. Well have travel times in ten minutes. Right now a busy commuter line is back up and running for the first time this week. Sundays csx Train Derailment shut down the Marc Brunswick like. Heres more from Erika Gonzalez. Reporter after a couple days of gets back to a regular operating schedule today. There could be minor hiccups, but for the most part things resume normalcy in this area. This after a csx train carrying Hazardous Materials derailed sunday morning spilling hundreds of gallons of sodium hydroxide. So the line we are speaking of was blocked between Union Station and silver spring. So a lot of people wound up taking metro instead. Were told the 5 of the 16 cars
Religious needs at more than 100 shelters in 12 states while case workers look for adult sponsors to take them. But theres a terrible untold story. Its whats happening to thousands of the youths once they begin their new life. Instead of the american dream, theirs are broken dreams. Commissioner kerlikowske when i first took office in march of 2014, i was down in texas within a week, and that was the summer that we had well over 60,000 young people turn themselves in, mostly in mcallen, texas. Sharyl Border Patrol commissioner gil kerlikowske. Were you shocked to see it climb to those levels . Commissioner kerlikowske to go into a Border Patrol station and see kids sleeping in every possible corner on concrete without the resources of food services, health care, etc. , and to see those Border Patrol agents trying to feed those kids, and bringing clothes home from their own kids to give to them was pretty amazing. Sharyl they came and are still coming from mexico, el salvador, guatemala
Took pictures recorded video inch stepped of helping the victim. Woman named lionel posted the cell phone video on twitter. We reached out to get her side of the story. Also noticed a number of people began tweeting and asking her why she didnt help or why she didnt do anything to prevent others from taking pictures of the victim. Lionel later deleted the tweet without any explanation about the video. Unfortunately metro bus drivers endure safety issues like this almost on daily basis metro says it is on plan to keep their drivers safe. Made the use of butts shields mandatory last year, right now, out of the 1500 buses in its fleet more than 300 have the she had now, and more will get the equipment. Metro says by the ends of the year, a third of the buses should have them. Todays incident is one of many, heres a taste of what metro bus drivers deal with on daily basis. I would never. I screamed at him. Where . This is cell phone video up loaded to youtube of other assaults on drivers f
Victory. It is going to be time for ted cruz to rethink what his Campaign Looks like tomorrow. Chuck, thanks very much. Again, were following that democratic contest as well. Well be back on the air with updates as they happen. Nightly news will continue for some now. Im lester holt, nbc news. Good evening. You just heard the latest results in tonights indiana primary. With his victory tonight, donald trump may have just dashed opponents hopes of stopping him from getting the republican nomination. So much hanging in the balance, ted cruz went personal on trump today like weve never seen him. A stinging tirade, attacking the frontrunner as a serial philanderer and so much more. Lets get to Hallie Jackson with more f reporter good evening, lester. The loss tonight not surprising to the cruz campaign. The question now, by how much. Unless its devastating, watch for cruz to stay in this race as today he lashed out against his rival. On a day that could decide the future of the republican