I said im getting on my bike to ride the 17 miles down to capitol hill because i dont know when im going to get in. I think metro in so many ways is, unfortunately, an embarrassment of our nations capitol. Reporter this mornings issues messed up the morning commute. Metro gm Paul Wiedefeld said it was all related to water issues. As you know there was a lot of rain in the last two or three weeks and that not only brings moisture and sediment and then clings to the insulators and collects dust and the brakes and that keeps that cycle going. Reporter weve documented the water problems in this section of track even though maintenance crews are putting an extra focus the red line right now. Metro says maintenance teams havent had a chance to make meaningful repairs at the Medical Center and this morning that turned into one brutal commute. At the height of this mornings commute and the problems, some reported delays of well over an suspected rain case, well ask the general manager exactly
Angie goff this morning. Im going to say its cold out there. In the 30s some areas . It has dipped into the upper 30s across much of maryland and virginia, areas west of i95 and around the Shenandoah Valley early on this sunday morning. The autumn constellations are gorgeous this morning. You clearly can see oryan up there. The bright spot in the venus sky is uranis. Visibility is down to a quarter of a mile. Winchester, 39. 38 in martinsburg. You can see many areas down into the 30s. Manassas, only 37. Warrenton at 38. Closer to washington at the start of army there, 48. In nearby prince georges, fairfax counties only around 40 degrees. A look at our warming trend, though, and our dry pattern thats coming up in a few minutes. All right, tom. Thank you so much. Developing right now, major damage to a house in Prince Georges County. Youre looking at brandnew video of a home that caught fire on Old Baltimore pike in beltsville. You can see the flames that are shooting out of that home fr
Morning. A look at the hour by hour warming for the day ahead. Anything going on . So far looking pretty good right now start anything virginia. 66 is moving along. 95 into out of town, looking fine. A lot of construction we saw a little bit this morning at 2 00 a. M. Is now out of the way. Maryland, 95. Bw parkway, all of that headed into the beltway. Also looking good. 270 at montrose rolling along. Market street between clark place and 144 we have that area completely shut down because of a house fire. We are going to try to get chopper over this to see whats going on. I am back at 5 11. A live picture in Prince Georges County. 5 02. Students at gonzaga are preparing for a difficult week. 17yearold dominic petty was killed in a crash on the beltway over the weekend. Live outside the high school with a special tribute happening today. Zachary, good morning. Reporter good morning, aaron. Dominic petty was a student, an athlete. He was the kind of guy people wanted to be around. He was
A cultlike church group is changing an east texas town and its congregation is growing. This afternoon, russia vetoed a u. N. Resolution that would have declared thely tomorrow illegal. This has groups moving into the mainland. The Ukrainian Army pushed them back. Violence erupted again today in Eastern Ukraine, not far from the border. Its where thousands of russian soldiers are running military exercises. Ten hours from now, the polls will open in crimea. The vote on whether they want to leave ukraine and rejoin russia. Our jennifer glass is in sevastopol, which has declared itself part of russia. Jennifer, what have you seen there today . Reporter well, jonathan, here in sevastopol, they are ready for this referendum. It seems everyone thinks its a pretty foregone conclusion the vote will head in moscows direction. Many are very much in favor of voting to become part of russia. The bill boards we have seen have been prorussian. Campaigning we have seen has been prorussian. There are
Way. Fire and floods threaten thousands. The rain just wont stop in the midwest. Floodwaters in minnesota are expected to crest at their highest level in more than a decade. A tornado blew through texas, ripping the roofs off of buildings. Yes, they lost the game but won the battle. The americans advance to the round of 16 at the world cup. Terrorists in iraq march closer to baghdad. The u. S. Military has armed drones in the sky above the capital city. The detroit boy who went missing for 12 days and then turned up in his own basement is out of the hospital. Police are not allowing the boy to speak to his father or stepmother. Actor shia labeouf in Police Custody in manhattan after being escorted from a broadway show. The transformers star was smoking inside the theater and laughing at random. He was quite a mess. A terrifying scene in texas. A second floor collapses as 100 people gather inside a home. The landing of this hairier jet no easy trick when the front landing gear failed to