Rehearsal for an invasion. At the live desk, im aiericka gonzal gonzalez. Good morning, everybody. Im Aaron Gilchrist about. And im eun yang. Lets check our weather. Chuck bell talking about rain still in our forecast. Whats going on, chuck . The rain has been in the forecast for a while and its staying in the forecast for quite some time. We actually need the rain. Weve only had about half of our average rainfall here in the month of april about a. And not much better for tomorrow. Any chance to get outside and enjoy some tdry weather, all those hopes hanging on saturday morning and afternoon. For now, though, here comes the rain moving right up i81 and i95. So to plan on a soggy finish to the thursday morning commute even though its not necessarily all that wet outside just yet. Next 24 hours, cloudy with showers moving in at 7 00. Occasional showers, nothing all that heavy by early this evening. Temperates and light rain likely to get your day started for tomorrow, too, with tempera
News 4 at 6 00, ill it will you about two key things police say might have prevented this teenager from becoming a victim. Live from arlington, julie carey, news4. Now to a story we first told you first on 4, we are talking act a systemwide slowdown on metro. The Transit Agency says the speed restrictions are in place now because of the potential for rails cracking from this cold. Our transportation reporter adam tuss first told you about this breaking this story this afternoon on twitter. Hes now live outside the station at Reagan National. Adam . Reporter metro says this is a proactive move slowing down trains so things like cracked rails dont happen. Lets take a look at the Reagan National station. Theres a speed restriction about a mile south of here between Reagan National and the braddock road station, and yet this could change how long your commute takes. Metro technicians ride the rails in a sophisticated machine called the track geometry vehicle. It studies the rails and sends
What station did he exit . You know, what time of day . What line . What platform were you on . We have cameras all over. A lot of times well see, oh, he was, you know, a tall man in a dark shirt and dark jeans. Well, maybe he was wearing shoes with neon shoe laces, and thats a defining character. Reporter the most recent victim tried to take a picture of his face. He actually noticed me taking a picture of him, and while the doors were closing, and he just ran. Reporter metro doesnt encourage people to take pictures of possible perpetrators on trains. Now, yes, as we mentioned just a few minutes ago, indecent exposure happens on metro more than you might think. Coming up tonight at 6 00, well tell you just how often and also explain a very quick and subtle way you can report any incident like that to police. Live at penway town station, kristen wright, news 4. Kristen, thanks. After five long weeks of testimony, prosecutors and Defense Attorneys in richmond right now are making their
Winter weather advisories cover everybody else back to winchester and luray from essentially midnight to noon tomorrow. When you see the radar, you can look at this yourself, it really looks to me like the storm is building a little more, taking more moisture back to the west. I dont see a whole trend of the precipitation sliding east. This storm is supposed to slide off the carolina coast. This precipitation is moving almost due north. Might remember the storm back in january of 2000 where the storm was supposed to go off the coast and kind of moved further north. I kind of see the same pattern here. I upped again snow breaks out before dawn tomorrow, right now snowing heavily in the piedmont, north carolina. We are already Getting School closings for tomorrow in anticipation of that snow youre talking about. Most notably d. C. Public schools which will hope two hours late, Nova Community open two hours late, Nova Community college open at 11 a. M. And king county, virginia schools ar
A new rim. Its a couple hundred dollars to get one from mazda. I feel sorry for those folks there. Coming up at 6 00 Bruce Johnson shows us some nasty potholes in the district. So if you want a pothole for our Pothole Patrol Team to get fixed, go to www. Wusa9. Com and give us the location. Please include a cross street or block number. Sky9 flew over this sinkhole on garden city drive in New Carrollton a short time ago. The state Highway Administration closes the ramp from garden city drive to u. S. 50. Traffic detours will be in place until repairs can be made. These detours will impact metro riders using the New Carrollton metro station. Breaking news out of ferguson, missouri, Ferguson Police chief Thomas Jackson resigned in the wake of a report by the Justice Department that concluded fergusons police force exhibited racial bias. That review was conducted after the controversial shooting of Michael Brown by former Police Officer darren wilson. Fergusons city manager stepped down j