Number of workers affected by fatigue appears small. But the problem is big. A study of Railroad Workers found when the effectiveness of tired workers fell below 70 , the risk of accidents went up. And the problem is you cant necessarily eliminate that shift. These people are building trains in rush hour. We have to figure out how they can do that job and be wellrested and alert. Reporter some workers load up on coffee to stay awake. Do that all of the time, and experts say it loses its affect. Bottom line, workers need sleep. Reporter in the coming months, metro plans to have some workers log their work and sleep habits. A small number of them will wear a monitor like a wristwatch that will record their activity 24 7. And this should help them determine, will, whether workers truly are getting enough sleep. Anything that helps. Thank you. Metro has been trying to make safety a priority for some workers. But some are still not getting the message. A survey of metro workers found a majo
Worry about windchills and as far as our highs are concerned, expected to be in the 40s. But that sun will be evident all day long across the area and thats at least good news. 46 for your daytime high. Changes ahead in the weekend forecast. Ill have that later. Back to you. First this hour, a traffic watch and a messy commute on the outer loop of the beltway at 270. A truck full of pineapple flipped over causing major back ups. Julie wright was on this story all morning long. Took a long time to get the pineapple loaded. This is video from a few hours ago. But the right lane is still shut down. Crews are going to try to get the truck back on to its wheels after rush hour winds down. Turning now to some of our top stories. Still no deal between republicans and the president to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Speaker john boehner spoke by phone yesterday. Visit a Northern Virginia family today to highlight his call to extend current tax rates to 98 of americans. The two sides are at a
Star studded cast to light the National Christmas tree, highlights from tonights pageant of peace. Thanks for joining us tonight. Im will thomas. Im shawn yancy. We begin with a frightening of George Washington university. Someone tried to sexually assault a woman in a restroom. Police have their hands full with several burglaries all within the last 36 hours. Fox 5s Audrey Barnes has tonights news alert. Those burglaries happened in the ivory Tower Residence Hall this afternoon. Around the corner in rice hall a female employee was attacked in a third floor bathroom on tuesday. The incidents have triggered a flurry of security alerts across the downtown campus. Theres a guard posted at front desk rice hall on i street now after someone tried to sexually assault a female employee in a third floor bathroom. When she walked in, the suspect turned the light out and jumped her. She fought back and he fled. From now on no one can get in or out of the building without a g world card or escort
Carolyn johnson. Three other locations in this corruption bust, our cruise were at all of the lobings and we have Team Coverage beginning with abc7 News Reporter vic lee live at the federal court house. Vic . Reporter most of the 26 people charged appeared at the court house this afternoon among them, state senator yee. Were told he will have to problem meeting that, and will be released sometime this evening. The fbi hit the chinatown headquarters of the chinese free masons looking for evidence linked to the arrest of raymond chow known as shrimp boy. Chow serves as a chairman of the free masons and charged with Money Laundering and dealing in stolen property. He served 22 years now under racketeering conviction. He became active in chinatown politics. In this interview six years ago, chow said he was a reformed man. Raymond, myself, i upfront face up to the past i have done. And to try to correct my life. But the big fish was state senator leland yee arrested and driven to the Federa
Capitol. A chp officer stood guard he is a candidate for secretary of state. One of californias highest offices. The predawn raids involved fbi, other agsz and local police. This morning fbi executed multiple arrests and search warrants. Hundreds of agents and police hit homes and businesses in San Francisco. The raids including this building where federal agents and Police Carted off boxes of evidence. One of the tarring writs was this home on 42 avenue in san mateo. Federal agents seized Marijuana Plants and other evidence from the house which one source says was the site of a pot grow. Those arrested appeared in court to be arraigned one is keith jackson, a wellknown political consultant and former School Board Member whose mostserious charge is murder for hire. The complaint accuses of conspireing with cow and says jackson, a close friend brought the senator into the deal and and and almost caught by an under cover fbi agent. And before going to sacramento, yee was a twoterm superv