On all metro lines will be parked at the station. Metro says the closure will be a result of systemwide emergency safety inspections and this after monday ace cable fire near the Mcpherson Metro station. Employees have option for unscheduled leave or telework and d. C. Scars on tardiness and absent teeism will be excused today and heads up metro parking lot will be on an free. So passengers can catch buses or car pool. Lets begin now with the woman of the morning erin aaron i hope you got a lot of rest. I did. Just starting to pick up on roads. Weve been telling everyone all morning get an early start. That time is capped because were seeing really crowded roads 270 inbound and hov restrictions in place in virginia and maryland. How different is it this day than yesterday morning. The commute hit a lot earlier. Usually its 6 were starting and right now its full on congestion. Hov lanes though could get the commute going and car pool and everybody on board. Plan ahead best advice. Figur
Amtrak and also Metro Officials down there on the tracks found some cables that they thought were enough of a problem that they had to replace them today. We dont know the exact amount. Were hoping to get that answer at 5 30, but the fact that the cables were replaced, one Metro Official said that the shutdown today was worthwhile. And also, adam, yesterday they were talking about the smoky fire incident on monday at Mcpherson Square and then that awful episode where it got smoky at Lenfant Plaza last year and ended with the death of a woman. Are they connected to this . Reporter eerily similar is what i was told today, wendy. If you look at the things, on monday the episode at Mcpherson Square is really what led to all of this. General manager Paul Wiedefeld went down onto the tracks, took a look at what he saw down there with those jumper cables, and one Metro Official told me that if that incident on monday at Mcpherson Square had happened just a few hours later at the heart of the
And those, too, the ones that have been replaced, he said they will also be looked at. And this will certainly be a major inconvenience. As you guys talked about. You have to think about the folks going to work, folks going to schools. Really throughout the metro politan area. Wedefeld stressed this is not something that could have waited until the weekend when demand began to dip. It was something that had to be looked at tonight. They did mention that this is unprecedented. Nothing like this, aside from shutting down for weather. Nothing like this in terms of shutting down the entire metro system has ever been done. Guys . Moa, just to be honest, i was only listening to half of the press conference. Because i was listening to tweets on the air. But some said, hey, youre going to shut down metro because they think its not safe. What am i to think if im riding it tonight . Was that addressed . It was a question that was brought up. D the most rational decision he could make was to at l
That led him to take the action that, unfortunately, resulted in this friendly fire death. Reporter colson was an undercover drug officers who was off duty and in plainclothes when he arrived at the district 3 station to find a shootout in progress. Police i was say he engaged michael ford in an exchange of gunfire before he was shot by krauss. Krauss, a district 3 police officer, was once officer of the month. What the ford brothers precipitated was a tragedy involving some of the very finest Police Officers on the Prince Georges County police department. Reporter for First Time Since their arrest, all three ford brothers appeared this court for a preliminary hearing. It was ruled the men will remain in jail while the states attorney prepares to indict them on seconddegree murder and assault charges. And we intend to take as much time as we need. Reporter the ford defense team maintained michael ford wanted police to shoot at him and his gunfire, more than 20 rounds, never hit police.
Mayor. Who he is blaming for the water crisis. New developments in the shooting of a Prince Georges County police officer. Were learning more about what will happen to the men police are holding responsible for officer jacai colsons death. And what they were doing during the shooting. Megan fitzgerald has some new information from court documents. Good morning. Reporter good morning, barbara. Yeah. According to those court documents, when the brothers arrived here at police headquarters, it says the alleged gunman, michael ford, got out of the car, he didnt know which building to go to. His brothers directed him to the police department. Were also learning about statements made between officers and the brothers in the middle of that gunfight. Reporter it was sunday afternoon at around 4 30 when police say 22yearold michael ford opened fire resulting in the death of Prince Georges County police detective, jacai colson, while his brothers, malik and elijah ford looked on. They had every