Resume until 5 00 tomorrow morning. The impact is being felt on the roads for the morning rush and is expected to be a problem again this evening. At thete reyes is live king street metro in alexandria. Jeannette we have been covering since this we have been covering this since this morning. Take a look behind me. The gates are closed and it has been surprisingly slow. Believe it or not, this is what it has looks like for most of the day. They have not been as crowded as we expect. Take a look at the line of taxicabs. I have talked to them at the stop and others. This stop and others. They are telling me it has been slower today than it was yesterday. We have not seen that rush all rail lines are closed in this unprecedented move that metro has taken to make things safer. We are talking over 700,000 people that take metrorail and many of them are federal workers and have the option of working from home. It seems many people decided to do that. But there were some frustrated writers ear
Decided who hes nominating for the Supreme Court. The very latest right now. Also breaking overnight, twisters tearing through the midwest. Nine reported tornadoes touch down destroying homes. As hail, lightning and severe storms wreak havoc on roads now there are new warnings out this morning. We do say good morning, america. Big night in the race for the white house. Both Hillary Clinton and donald trump winning big. Well have more on that in just a moment. Breaking news right now, president obama has Just Announced hes made his choice for the Supreme Court. Abcs terry moran is at the Supreme Court with the latest. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, george. Well, let the battle begin because thats what its going to be. At 11 00 in the rose garden president obama will reveal his choice to replace Justice Antonin Scalia whos been the cornerstone of conservatism. The frontrunners Sri Srinivasan considered the leading choice born in india, raised in kansas, a judge here on the A
It will be busy. If you can get on the road earlier to get to your destination, we suggest you do. Lets talk about the issues right now. We have Road Construction going on on the outer loop of the beltway between richie marb on rof road. Because of the metro being shut down today, hov restrictions along i270 are being waived today which means commuters travelling southbound will be able to hop on hov to work your way into town. That is going to be for the morning as well as for the afternoon rush. A lot going on on marcus lyle where theyll add additional train cars to deal with all of this increased volume theyll see on the trains this morning. Theyll be operating extra trains on train l 870 and 977 for the brunswick line. Brunswick line train will see additional train cars as well. Note, that will help friends from prince county working their way into the station. Bre is running on schedule and we will check in with them to see if they have any additional train cars as well. Lets chec
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Im wendy rieger, we have Live Team Coverage on how this is going to affect you whether you take metro subway or not. Breaking news and politics. Marco rubios out, while the two frontrunners separate themselves from the rest of the pack. That unprecedented move by met electro. The first ever nonweather closing of the entire rail system. From midnight tonight until 5 00 a. M. On thursday, our subway system handles 725,000 trips every weekday, all this is to inspect 600 cables that could pose a risk similar to what we saw in that deadly fire last year. Wendy rieger is anchoring our Team Coverage tonight. Its the calm before the chaotic commute. People coming out of as usual right now. But at the strike of midnight and all day tomorrow and into tomorrow night, until 5 00 a. M. Thursday morning, its going to be whats above ground that you have to worry about, for the first time metro is shutting down its entire subway system. What is this going to do to the entire region . Its going to have