Conger . Ryan hughes is outside the conger home in rockville. You have been staking out the home and the airport as well. What is the latest . Ryan we have been here for a long time. In the past hour we saw the family car pull in the garage of their home behind me. A short time after that, congers dad seen driving out of the neighborhood. He would not tell us where his son is. But we know he was set to land at Reagan National airport around noon today. But we never saw him get off of that plane. This video taken today, conger and his teammate gunnar bentz landing in miami. On wednesday they were taken off a plane and detained in rio. Ryan lochte and his teammates have been under fire after authorities revealed the swimmer fabricated the story being held at gunpoint and robbed the last week after a night of partying. Rio police now saying the four men lied to cover their tracks after and have losing a station after vandalizing a gas station. We spoke to congers dad a short time ago. Tak
Discourage the use of the hand brakes because of the challenge in the use. Another finding showing the operator training manual arent up to date to include the 7,000 rail cars, the newest on the system. They issued new safety directives to make sure the vehicles are properly stored. We reachedded out to metro who said metro has been working with the f. D. A. To identify the issue in the safety directtive and undertake the necessary corrective actions within f. T. A. Deadline. This is coming a day ahead of a special Board Meeting called by the board of directors. That will meet tomorrow. The key topic they will be discussing safety on the system. Back inside to you. Leon thank you. Indiana. We learned a tornado touched down there. You are looking at video coming in the newsroom. We are getting reports of widespread damage including a starbucks being leveled. Indiana governor is leahing the campaign trail to head home. We havent heard reports of injuries but the information is changing q
It open by the end of next week. We think now it will be longer. At the earliest midseptember. That really does bother me. This i regard as an emergency situation. Sam now the monument, of course, is important to d. C. Tourism. The National Park Service Officials say the alone elevator is a one elevator at the monument. And basically they are going to have to go into a big overhaul program that means having people bid on contracts. Its going to cost about 2 3 million and take eight to nine months to complete. We will have more details on that coming up on abc7 news at 5 00. Reporting live from the National Mall, im sam ford, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Turning now to the developing story in italy where at least 120 people died in an earthquake early this morning. In the last hour, an 8yearold girl was pulled from the rubble in amt virtually wiped out. This is what it looked like before the quake hit. You see that image there. As ray raimundi reports now the race is on to find people
Its scary. Really scary. Now that im here there is a relief off the shoulders. The family says they will miss family gettogethers. Jareds birthday, father is on labor day. Thats right. Labor day. They also believe that the babys birth date will be on valentines day. In fredericksburg, virginia, richard reeve, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. New information tonight about the deadly apartment explosion in silver spring. In the last two hours Montgomery County Police Identified two more victims at David Morales who is 8 and 3yearold fernando ariana. Casa del maryland are trying to help people. Kevin lewis is live with the latest. Kevin this is the second of the three evening meetings at the Long Branch Community center. Officials inside right now are getting input from the 136 they are also trying to figure out the most effective way to divvy up all of the donation money and there is a lot of it. More than 500,000 has been raised. The money will be split between the 55 households that live
Current a big issue. We talk about the warnings up. They are along the eastern shore. And in the by a from st. Marys to the northern neck. We time out the chances for rain and wind and what to expect in a bit. Maureen breaking news for ocean city from the beach is closed until further notice. Brad bell is joining us from the Tropical Storm is in effect. How does this affect the Business People there. Nobody is happy. At the end of the meeting they decided they need to get the beach closed until 5 30 when the lifeguard came for those thinking about coming down to ocean city, they are urged to use their best judgment. This is a gorgeous day. Sur sof not bad at all. The conditions are expected to worsen very quickly. Its expected to be up and dangerous and the rip currents. That is why they dont want anyone in the water. We say the beach is closed. Its closed to swimmers. For now they are allowed on the sand but the lifeguards are patrolling up and down on a. T. V. To make sure nobody goe