the operator said we would be stopping, a worker was hit. reporter: what happened after that? we sat for 40 minutes. reporter: in the tunnel? in the tunnel. i tried to take a nap, it was so long. reporter: what did you see around you? darkness. after about a 30-minute sit i was in the last train. we saw the guys coming up with flashlights in the tunnel. reporter: this is a blue and yellow line route. it was reported by the operator on the yellow line. what happened today was extremely unfortunate. it s something that we are in the early stages ofgatoring facts. i can tell you whatever it turns out to be, we are going to have to look at all our procedures again. this train is out of service. everyone must unload this train. reporter: for some time, train service between the airport and the braddock road stations suspended. the all-too familiar metro shuttle bus bridge used to transport people from one station to another. reaction from some passengers. acc
richard trumka said he is encouraged. everybody said the public option was dead. last night it sure as heck wasn t dead. we ll fight for it. i think we ll end up getting there. reporter: last night after president obama was heckled you lie. reporter: by republican joe wilson of south carolina, wilson called an obama staffer to say his outburst was inappropriate. we needed to have a civil discussion about the health care issues. reporter: words right out of the president s mouth. we all make mistakes. he apologized quickly. reporter: mr. obama said today he hopes the fever breaks a bit in the overheated health care debate. but republican leaders warn, many americans remain frustrated and republicans still insist the basic obama reform plan still needs to be changed. from capitol hill, steve handelsman, nbc news. the speech last fight was just the beginning of the president s latest push for health care reform. he will talk more about his p n plans in minnes
handly. we are going to begin with the news out of mexico city where a plane hijacked just two days before the eighth anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. here is the scene in mengs city where passengers have been released from the air mexico passenger plane hijacked at the airport in cancun. reporter: a couple of things we do ow. the flight was in routero f m cancun to mexico city. anexeiaic mediaed is rtporeg stateae liv fpo menro fm the hijacked plane are in handcuffs. they are believed to be bolivian citizens demanding to speak with mexico s president felipe calderon. mexico s transportation secretary said all the passengers and crew members are safe, but he would not say how many of the hijackers were detained or give any details of their motives. there wasn t a bomb on the plane, according to authorities, but passengers told the mexican media one of the hijackers held up a package that resembled an explosive device. there is no word to where the plane was heading before
welcome to this edition of news4 today. first we want to go to meteorologist, chuck bell, who has a very important holiday forecast. a beautiful day outside. already here in the washington area the sun is shining on the friendly peacock here in northwest d.c. temperatures are climbing out of the 60s and into the 70s thanks to all of the sunshine out there. the temperature at the national airport inched its way up to 72 degrees. still, 65 in prince georges county and 64 in montgomery county, maryland. and 66 in winchester, virginia. dew points remain in the comfortable range, upper 50s to 60 degrees. and the fog out there this morning is gone. visibility is 10 miles or more across the area. that s welcome news. sunshine will give way to a little cloud cover this afternoon. on the whole a. usable outdoor whether day. thank you, chuck. we are following a developing story. police in maryland are waiting word from theedical dybondmeou ftham. somebody foundosysi pbl s,inos pybl
maryland. it is going to be a nice day today. mostly sunny and quite warm. highs today mid to upper 80s sun does not go down until 7:32 this evening. lipt wind out north five to ten miles per hour. good weather will last for much if not all of the holiday weekend. i will detail that in a complete forecast coming up in a few minutes. sounds good. labor day weekend is one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. definitely comes to metro. the transit agency is using this holiday weekend for much needed track work done. and that includes closing stations. one of those stations is here at reagan national airport. getting to look there. that closure has upset some people. derrick ward is live at reagan national with more. good morning. reporter: good morning. metro is in the process repair being 2,000 feet of rail and replacing 700 railroad ties and doing concrete work on the raised platform at reagan national pmt amounts to delays for northern virginia riders. this work