Possibility of walking away from metro if he did not get the support. Im always thinking of it as, you know, my 16yearold daughter on the train, your children riding the train, thats how i think of this. Reporter the gm says flatly after seeing what he saw this week and being sotold what he w being told, he could not be comfortable with the system being open in the state it was in. There were serious issues. We should not have been running training under those conditions. Reporter he says more details are needed about why the system is in such rough shape. Riders with their own thoughts. I think the new general manager is making efforts to show hes a tough guy and wants to make it better. Reporter would you be okay if they shut the system down for extended periods of time to get in and fix things . Yes, i would. Reporter an extended maintenance shutdown could be a possibility as we go forward. Now, we also asked the new general manager if longterm shutdowns could become more commonplac
Had been suspended by the secret service. He had been in court shortly before his murder. Stephen tschida, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Also the interest of promoting safety, the d. C. Public schools change the dismissal times of two high schools beginning monday. Mckinley Technological High School will end the day at 3 05. Dunbar high school will send substitutes home send students home at 3 25 so fewer students heading home to the metro station at the same time. Alison . [inaudible] [inaudible] what we are talking about here is the Text Messages and the phone calls we got a look at earlier today. Batemans wife elsie telling a dispatcher she was punched in the face, had to talk down her husband. She claims he was drinking, violent and had guns everywhere. What is going on . He punched me in the eye. The voice you hear is Elsie Bateman talking to the 911 dispatcher claiming violence at the hands of her husband, a man with a recognizable name. Joce the newly released call flipping the scr
Easy to use. We are testing out other ways to get down here and park. One a total fail we found out. We will have it coming up at 5 00. Right now im live along the tidal basin. Tom roussey, abc7 news. Scott all right. Helpful information. Thank you, tom. This might be the best day to head out and participate in National Cherry blossom festival events. There is a change in the weather coming. Meteorologist steve rudin is here with the forecast. Steve a cold front on the way but it will hold off until late tonight and early tomorrow morning. If you have plans to head to the tidal basin this everything go for it. It will be beautiful. 77 degrees right now at Reagan National airport. 79 in leesburg. A little cooler to the south and west of us. Luray in the lower 70s. Satellite and radar. A lot of sunshine. Clouds building to the north and the west. That is part of the could front that is eventually going to move through early tomorrow morning. Wouldnt you know it, bringing shower activity
Police. His brothers named malik and elijah took videotape of the incident. We the show you still frames of the video of michael ford in the middle of the street. His gun raised. Pointing at the Police Officers and firing. Another image shows according to police a brother giving a thumbs up as his brother stands in the street the saddest thing today, officer colson was a victim of friendly fire. In the middle of the shootout, he was hit by one of his fellow officers. You could see the grief and hear it in the words of the police Union Situation he didnt ask for and he reacted. Reacted to protect the fellow prefers and the community. We have individuals videotaping it as if it is a game and something well put on youtube to glorify. Brad tremendous disgust on the police. People over and over saying they stood by as the human beings were shot at by their brother. They stood by as they thought their brother was about to be killed. The police revealing they actually recorded a last will and
Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Fans were flocking to paisley park as the news of princes passing spread. Some holding each other and others crying. Others took to social media to express condolences and share the pain. Horace holmes picks up the Team Coverage with the newsroom from that part of the story. So many performances that he put out there, including the super bowl that was epic. Great stuff. Horace one recently in june in washington, d. C. People have been posting about that. Social media is abuzz. 4 million tweets on twitter. Banjo captured half a million posts. Its one of the top trending items on facebook. Look at the responses. When doves fly. This is a picture of prince and michael jackson. See if we can get it to m here. Well, ive got a few more. I will come back. Right now is not operating the way i would like for it to. People from all over the world and all over the area. Warner theater last june here we go. The American History museum pu