Per hour. Back in ten minutes with more on the metro issue. Thanks. As melissa just mentioned happening right now, metro having some problems as it tries to roll out the newest 7000 rail car at the greenbelt metro station. We want to get to Meagan Fitzgerald with more on what happened before the rail cars get there. Whats the issue . Reporter well, a lot of folks are frustrated because theres an issue with the train that stalled on the tracks. Its monday morning, they were excited to ride on a brandnew 7000 series train. But if you take a look here, youll see thats not happening any time soon. Metro officials tell us that some sort of an issue with this train here. Not able to function properly so passengers had to get off and theyre certainly not happy about it. Now, it was around 5 35 when we noticed that the train was stalled. Passengers waited inside for a few minutes before metro employees told them they had to get off the train. Were told theres some sort of a mechanical issue th
Apparently the 12yearold son got in an argument with the 17yearold neighbor. Itcalated and ended in the i a apartment where she was shot. The son is hospitalized. Jonathan coming up in the 4 30 half hour we will talk about the riot and the killings in the city. Hear why the unchron believes the dismantling is contributing to the rise in the gun violence. Kimberly now breaking news from the national zoo. The veterinarians believe the giant panda mei xiang is pregnant. Look at the picture from the ultra sound from this morning. Based on the size of the fetus she could give birth early next week or early september. She spends more time in her den and the other behaviors consistent with the pregnancy. Abc7s tom roussey following this. Live report coming up tonight at 5 00. Jonathan one of goldsborough in bethesda is closed. We have been following the progress since the water main broke. Quite a site. Crews had to cut out a section from the broken water pipe. This is a typical situation whe
Recent string of attacks. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Kimberly a former Fairfax County Police Officer charged with seconddegree murder collapsed in court today moments after a judge denied bail. Adam torres collapsed hitting the chair before landing flat on his back. Torres was taken to the hospital to get checked out. His attorney said he was awake and alert this afternoon. You cant help but feel sorry for the entire situation. Kimberly torres shot and killed john geer in a standoff outside his home two years ago. G his hands were up. And the trial date is december 14. Leon tonight a water main break tying people up before 6 00 this morning. We spoke with the crews out there who say a temporary patch put in place. You can expect the delays to start clearing up now. Ten. I pipe put in 1941. The water back on to the few folks there who were affected. Kimberly we dont remember that long ago. Do we . Live outside, its hot and muggy. We look ahead to rain on the way. Meteorologist steve rudi
Uproar, a tiger goes rogue escaping interest a photo shoot roaming in a stairwell as these men try to secure it. This feels like the dumbest thing weve ever done in how did they catch this reallife detroit tiger . And we do say good morning, america. And as always, a lot to get to this tuesday morning. Donald trump making headlines again. The cameras following him not for the campaign, jury duty. Following him everywhere. He took questions on the courthouse. Was not picked for the jury but a brandnew poll out this morning shows him the pick of Republican Voters right now. He is pulling away from the rest of the gop field. Well talk about that a little bit later. But we have right now that severe weather, reported tornado, hail, damaging winds and ginger tracking it all. Hey, good morning. The picture behind me comes from just south and east of denver and there were tornadoes reported in colorado yesterday including this one in mississippi too so more than 50 reports of severe weather.
Behind seven children. And changing minds. As fall semester gets started, we look the at number one Mental Health problem on campus. New tonight, our first look at that former Fairfax County Police Officer who is now charged with murder. Yeah. Adam torrez booked into Fairfax County jail. Today the grand jury indicted him for shooting john geer two years ago when geer was unharmed. Jackie bensen is live with reaction. Jack . Reporter he will remain behind bars until his next court appearance. Former Fairfax County Police Officer adam torrez now facing charges of Second Degree murder in the august 2013 death of john geer. Torrez was among the first officers who responded to the springfield home for a domestic dispute. According to internal documents in the case, witnesses say geer was not holding a gun and had his hands up when torrez shot him. Chief gave reasons for firing torrez july 31st two weeks before the indictment was handed down by a grand jury. Specifically, it was an administr