News4 midday. Metro needs even more money to keep the system up and running for the next decade. The breakdown looks a bit like this. Metro wants 15. 5 billion over the next ten years. Thats 1. 5 billion a year. It also wants dedicated funding to the tune of 500 million every year. For d. C. And virginia, youll likely pay some kind of tax. The cap increases at 3 a year. Just a few minutes ago, wiedefeld was asked if he thinks this proposal will become a reality. He says he remains positive. The system cannot fail. Weve got to get this right. The future of this region is dependent upon it, and we have to do what it takes to get there. For workers, wiedefeld wants changes lets turn to the weather now. A much warmer day ahead after some morning rain. Suns out. You see on the right hand side of your screen temperatures close to 70 degrees. As we go through the rest of the afternoon, were talking about temperatures in the low 80s. Currently 68 degrees in the district. We had that morning ra
5 00, police have arrested an elementary schoolteacher and basketball coach on disturbing charges. Christopher speights is accused of distributing and possessing child pornography. Investigators found it in his home this morning. Hes been a substitute teacher and coach at brad bury heights in Prince Georges County. He also coached at south county sports academy, Prince Georges County School District is contacting parents right now. Now to the first part of what is being called a congressional joint session. Police arrested several people during a free cannibis giveaway today on capitol hill. This happened as they were handing out joints to Congressional Staff members. Mark segraves shows you the arrests live on facebook this afternoon. Hes still on the hill with a look at what led to these arrests. Mark . Reporter good afternoon, wendy. The organizers thought they were safe here on this they researched it and thought this was a safe place to have this event. What started out as a peace