closer to bethesda. if you are traveling in the area, beach drive is a good option. we have 16th street that are good options for you. you won't be able to use grubb road. expect a lot of extra congestion if you travel through silver spring or live in silver spring. that is a look at traffic. back to you. leon: all right. thank you. speaking of congestion, one morning rush hour down. the first evening just beginning. in the last hour or so, metro's general manager gave us an update on how the first weekday of the safetrack program is working out for everybody. we have team coverage of the maintenance plan and the impact on commuters on and off the rail. as well as the local businesses. let's begin with transportation reporter brianne carter standing by outside the foggy bottom station where paul wiedefeld spoke a few minutes ago. fill us in. brianne: well, we heard from the general manager who said yes a few tweaks need to be made but overall things went smoothly. there are still adjustments as they work their way into tomorrow. tonight they urge riders whatever commute choice you chose t action tomorrow. platform crowding. and confusion. this morning for orange and silver line metro riders. the guy upstairs said no, no, downtown d.c. go on that side. we all go down. no, no, on the other side. we all go back up again. brianne: lynn frasier was among the many who had to shuffle from one platform to another at the ballston station to catch a train in the city. >> i'm irritated anyway. if metro rail had been doing its job for the past 40 years, we wouldn't in this mess. brianne: frustration for others came in the way of delays. further down the line. some riders say their trip today more than doubled. even before an offloaded train and switch problem on the track. >> i wake up earlier. an hour earlier to give myself a little cushion. but that is >> ready for it to be over. riders have to brails for around -- brace for around-the-clock single tracking while it work to replace the track continues for two weeks. >> that is just phase i. tonight, paul wiedefeld saying this is just day three of 300-plus in terms of the entire safetrack. now today overall the riders across metro were down 1%. in the impacted area west of ballston we understand 26% fewer people were on the train. metro tonight saying that is a good thing. so there is not too much crowding moving later into the week. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: thank you. today's abc7 instapoll is asking if your commute was more difficult because of safetrack today. so just log on to wjla.com/votenow to get ready to vote in a few minutes. alison: even if you don't ride metro you could feel the impact of safetrack as more drivers are taking to the roadways. chris papst is commute is shaping up tonight. chris? chris: well, for the past hour and a half we have been driving around hear on 66 going east and west. it has been looking good. probably less traffic than what you would expect on a monday. so let's take a look at it now. we are four or five miles west of 495 on 66 heading west. we are in the vienna area. this is what it looks like in front of us and behind us and what you expect it to look like at 5:0 a 5 on monday -- 5:05 on monday afternoon. we reached out to metro who said the overall ridership is down 1% from two mondays ago. but for the stations west of ballston which is where the track started for the safetrack program, they are down 26%. so you can expect that these are the people that would take metro, one of the 26% that did not take it today. overall, the traffic does look good. for monday afternoon. back to you. the long-term closures won't just have an impact on commuters. businesses are also gearing up as people have fewer places to park and less time to get home. stephen tschida picks up our coverage in northwest d.c. stephen: well, we are between the north and the south entrances and exits from dupont circle metro station. the businesses here, many of them are small businesses and acknowledge they are highly dedependent on foot traffic -- dependent on foot traffic. much of them are worried that safetrack could take a bite out of their bottom line. >> the first day of safetrack. this bakery saw fewer customers than usual. >> a little slow. stephen: operation safetrack will tromp commuters to take alternate mode of transportation to deviate from the usual routes and pit stops. >> it will prompt some to skip metro and she expects to bypass the usual morning coffee joint. >> i don't have a luxury to wait for another train or another line. >> the district is extending rush hour parking along some routes to keep buses moving smoothly. bike share offering discounts to lure more people to pedal to work. >> it's pervasive and disruptive and not predictable. >> modify the work flow. >> not everyone is bracing for drop in business. some uber drivers had a spike for customers. >> raking it in. it's nice. the board of trade stressing this is going to go on for several months, possibly up to a year and throughout the period the businesses in this part of the business will feel the impact. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. leon: thank you. you can sign up for metro text alert from wjla.com by texting "metro" to 43817. at wjla.com, you can find information on all of the safetrack plan. a lot of the alternatives that are offered to help you navigate the surge. alison: new developments in ohio where the prosecutors desaided not to prosecute the mother of the little boy who fell into the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. elizabeth hur explains the reasoning behind their decision. reporter: no criminal charges for the terrified mother of the 3-year-old boy seen here in the now the cincinnati zoo. >> she was attentive to her children by all witness accounts. the 3-year-old scampered off. >> my son fell in with a gorilla. male gorilla standing over him. i need someone to contact the zoo. reporter: the mother who made the frantic 911 call according to the investigators did not act recklessly in the moments before her son fell in the gorilla exhibit. >> for instance, had she been in the bathroom smoking crack and let her kids run around the zoo that is a different story. reporter: authorities say tenets minutes after the trial crawled over the three-foot barrier and plunged 15 feet in the moat, the zoo's emergency response team shot and killed the 17-year-old endangered gorilla named harambe, prompting protests against the zoo and huge outcries online blaming the boy's parents. 3-year-old can scamper off quickly, they have never had kids. reporter: the zoo under a separate federal investigation which is standard in these cases is making changes to the barrier. but maintains it was not negligent. in a statement the boy's family said they are pleased with the prosecutor's decision and they are looking forward to putting this tragic episode behind them. for this gorilla exhibit, it's set to reopen tuesday. elizabeth hur, abc7 news, new york. alison: now closer to home. the officer who drove the transport wagon that freddie gray rode in before dying chose to have a trial by judge rather than jury. caesar goodson's trial begins thursday. he faces charges including second-degree murder and manslaughter. the last officer who chose a bench trial edward nero was acquitted last month. leon: a pair of arrests in the war on terror to report. authorities arrested a french citizen and an accompl 2016 soccer championship. under surveillance for months the two were taken into custody crossing into the european union from ukraine. authorities say they planned blow up synagogue and mosque. the month-long championship starts next week in france. today marks 72 years since the allied forces stormed beaches of normandy in world war ii. leon: friends of the national world war ii memorial observedded d-day with a commemoration and wreath presentation at the national mall today. the largest amphibious operation in human history that involved more than 150,000 u.s., british and canadian forces. alison: let's switch gears now to talk about the weather. a beautiful day. a little breezy but pretty gorgeous day outside. what does the everything hold for us? our chief meteorologist doug hill has kek on the forecast -- chec doug: it's beautiful. very warm. but it is low humidity. 38% humidity. 85 now around the capital. if you are grilling out, a perfect night to be outside. winds will diminish closer to sun set. 83 at 6:00 p.m. 80 at 8:00 p.m. tonight. the high cloudiness is coming well ahead of the moisture associated with the tropical storm colin. another tropical storm. 50-mile-per-hour winds. just northwest of tampa, florida, and the gulf. we will track that and the weekend events for you weather wise. that is all coming up in a few minutes. leon: you got it. coming up as well at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- remembering the greatest. muhammad ali spent plenty of time in d.c. meet 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because of the tropical storm colin. in st. piecersburg beach, chuck webber reporting. alison: we're having a discussion of the pronunciation. colin. we will do what you do. doug: it works. beautiful weather here. the action is south where he was reporting. a lot of rain there. winds are 40 miles per hour. start there to give you update on what is happening. you see the dark red. that is the highest top. the most potential for the heaviest rains. if you see it is quickly the actual tropical storm center is up here. so all the energy is east and northeast. it's pushing rapidly to the northeast with the torrential downpours. it will continue tonight. the speed is moving quckly. 25 miles per hour. it will quickly transit. look at the plan here. it will skim south carolina and the coast. off the coast of hatteras. out to sea quickly. it will kind of maintain the strength. it won't be over land all that long. maximum winds now 50 miles per hour. it continues out it will eventually weaken here when it gets to the cooler waters to lose the environment to develop. as far as the rainfall potential, take a look at savannah. 4.1 inches of rain forecast. gets weaker, lighter when you go north to wilmington and the outer banks. it will exit. cloudiness outside is on the northern edge of the moisture stream from the gulf of mexico. i wan lapse from st. petersburg, florida. nothing much has changed. my bad. put it on my list of bad stuff. the rain all over the lens here. you will lose the visibility in the squalls. blowing in. wavers are high. high tide times. inland flooding a little bit. the winds are 50 miles per in the afternoon we will watch skies and the doppler radar for pop-up showers and the thunderstorms. mid-80's. the push of cool air. wind stream out of the northwest. by the time we get to wednesday. it could be a sprinkle. but it will be different. highs in the 70's wednesday and thursday. lower humidity. gusty breezes. it will be nice. if you bike to work or around the area beautiful in the morning. 74. with sunshine. 80 in midday. watch for an afternoon shower as the temperatures will head 80's. the next seven days for you, do the numbers. stay warm tomorrow. then it will turn noticeably cooler and less humid wednesday and thursday. friday is comfortable. saturday the next chance of showers and storms and 84. typical mid-to-early june weather as we head to sunday and next week. alison: not much to complain about. thank you. leon: all right. update the breaking news we are following out of silver spring, maryland, where a metro bus crashed into a tree on east-west highway. kevin lewis made his way to the scene and checks in with the latest. what do we know about what kevin: we are learning that the bus driver has life threatening injuries. this is a remarkable scene. take a look. the bus rammed into a tree. evergreen or a pine tree of some sort. this is on top of the tree. the front two tires are airborne. you can see broken glass from the front windshield. both on the tree and on the ground. if you look here to the front entry way, the fare machine, metal is pried halfway off. you can see the driver seat. it appears that there is a seat belt. unclear if the driver was wearing one at the time of the crash. all the glass in the front broken out, presumably from impact and possibly from the first responders. the driver was trapped for 20 to 25 minutes. if you come with me, we have the metro personnel on board this bus right now. there is a gentleman sitting down on the seats. we were just talking to him briefly before the metro personnel took him away from us. evidently he was struck he is walking, talking. he does not appear to have serious injuries. take the video from the news chopper 7. only about 30 minutes ago. first responders actually extricated the metro bus driver. took him to an ambulance. again, we are just learning here. i got word 30 second before you came to us that the bus driver does have life threatening injuries. metro bus telling us that this is a j2 bus that starts at silver spring transit center. works down the east-west highway and ultimately goes to the westfield montgomery mall in bethesda. metro telling us that the bus left silver spring and was working east-west highway to bethesda. around ten people on board. that is what fire department is telling us. it's unclear, the number could give or take by one or two. those individuals had injuries. but much more minor than the bus driver. we will bring you updates when we get them. for now reporting live in chevy chase. i'm ke back to you. leon: thank you. alison: thank you. leon: all right. moving on now. quite a zinger from hostess. alison: we will tell you why it wants you to avoid the snacks. >> why celebrity could hold key to fight teenagers in teenagers. >> can you help find this man? that is coming up later in the show. >> a look at what is coming up tonight on abc7. sign up for fan blast at wjla.com. ♪ one day a rider made a 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1997 when the researchers started using the current surveying method. obesity rates were highest among middle age and black americans. probably not number with diabetes is also on the rise. so how do we fight obesity? well, in teenagers the key may be celebrities. new research found that 20 of the hottest teen music stars have done ads for products, nutritionists call unhealthy. in fact, 80% of the celebrity endorsed foods are for high callly items like chips, soda, chocolate or fast food chains. company want the star power because it sells but the end result may not be healthy for your kids. 20% of the u.s. teens are considered obese and even more fall into the category of overweight. we have work to do. you wonder do i have any good news? we do. the c.d.c. says half of adults say that they are getting the recommended amount of the exercise. more americans say they have access to health insurance and healthcare. back to you. alison: d.c. wa fiddest city in the country. so maybe that -- fittest city in the country. maybe that is good for us. manufacture he in the fight against can. today vice president joe biden unveiled data base for clinical data on cancer to help researchers and the doctors taylor treatment to individuals. biden says the data-sharing is critical for speeding up development of the treatment to save lives. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- how does your garden grow? which local students help with the white house harvest today? sam: i have before everglast boxing love. d.c. reasons muhammad ali. that is next. alison: plus, we are keeping close eye on breaking news out of silver bring where a metro bus -- out of silver spring where a metro bus hit a tree. we have an update for you after the break. alison: all right. we are having audio difficulty with kevin lewis on the scene of the metro bus accident. we'll try to get back to him in a minute. stand by for that. but now we move on to the story out of prince william county. the 11 people killed in that to more than were shot in the county in all of 2015. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg has that story from woodbridge. jeff: police say there is not a specific trend to point to but the majority of the cases the victims and the suspects knew one another. that was likely the case with the recent killing the took place here in this fourth floor apartment in the complex in woodbridge. the victim was 24 years old. there are others just like him. david has lived in woodbridge all his life. a month ago his high school friend 19-year-old was shot and killed in dale city. >> everyone was shocked. sad to see people you know die. it's not something you expect to see happen. jeff: he says things don't feel as safe in the area lately and he wishes that wasn't the case. >> if you live in suburbs you are detached but you are not. 11 homicides county wide. ten in all of 2015. seven in all of 2014. of the 11 homicides this year, eight were shootings. and nine of the 11 were not random crimes. meaning victims and the suspects knew one another. >> our detectives are working around the clock on the cases and they are getting solved. >> officer jonathan says many of the killings are related to drug, gangs or domestic disputes but police have not seen a spike in any of the three areas of crimes. >> they are not clustered around anything. they are typically all over the place. >> the initial hearing of it shocked me a little bit. jeff: anthony james moved from new jersey to the elon apartment complex in woodbridge where a fatal shooting happened. he's not moving again. six of the 11 homicides cases six are considered closed with the arrests or the warrants on file. the others are u most recent one that took place here two nights ago. in woodbridge, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: all right. thank you. now let's get back to the montgomery county reporter kevin lewis now on the scene of the metro bus crash in silver spring. what is the latest? kevin: well, we have just learned now that metro g.m. paul wiedefeld arrived on scene to survey the bus crash firsthand. that gives you an idea how seriously metro is taking the bus crash. look at the video. this is the bus that hit the tree. the front two tires are airborne still. trunk and the stem of that entire tree now forced to the ground. the driver, we have been told is now in stable condition. but his injuries are still very, very serious. i want to introduce you to rudy velazquez. he was driving home. you were working in d.c. heading back home to bethesda. you tell me that you were going down east-west highway and the bus started t what happened next? >> after that, all i hear is heat on the right side of the truck. jeff: what happens? >> the tires blow. obviously, i "lost" control of the -- i lost control of the truck. other fires were fine. try i told avoid it going left but the truck kept coming right, right, right. so i guess him trying to avoid hit me again, got up on the curve and ended up hitting the tree. my truck came down and i let it keep going before it stop. maintain myself. jeff: so even when you are in a truck the bus has extreme force on the road. you don't have injuries thankfully. you run up to the bus and what happens next? >> so, when my truck hit over there, wherever it stopped. i got out of the truck. i was free. i took my belt, got off and come here to try to help the guy. another guy with me opened the door and tried to bring the jeff: everyone is focused on the driver. news chopper 7 overhead and has remarkable video of the fire department removing him. took 25 minutes to extricate him. >> he was fine. conscious. jeff: he was talking to you? >> he was saying, "what happened, what happened?" i said we got in a car wreck. jeff: visible injuries? >> no. jeff: bleeding? >> not at all. jeff: what were the other passengers? we were told 16 other passengers on thes but. >> i don't think it's major injuries. they have cuts. something like that. a lot of people were bleeding. jeff: were the passengers saying anything to you? >> no. shock. when you get in an accident like this. jeff: you look at this bus here, this is a pretty remarkable crash scene. this has been a wild last hour for you. >> i look back and i saw, i pass and i look back and i saw the oh, my gosh. i was holding the wheel hard so i don't get hurt. then i tried to help the people. jeff: i'm sure everyone on board appreciates what you did. >> pay attention. shock to everybody. in shock. you know how it is when you get in an accident. jeff: rudy, thank you for taking your time to share your firsthand account for us. he walked up to the bus, pried open the front doors and tried to render as much aid while first responders were en route to the scene. we will update you when we learn more. but for now live in silver spring. leon: a touching scene. the national portrait gallery is placing portrait of muhammad ali on the inmemoriam space. he die friday in arizona. sam ford is live with loc reaction. >> i'm on 14th street northwest. no, this was not muhammad ali's glove. it belongs to one of his contemporaries. -- eugene hughes, who has been teaching young people boxing for more than 30 years. he said muhammad ali has visited this place. as we learn today time made a difference in how d.c. remembers ali. inside the southeast d.c. barbershop, they know who ali is. but times have changed. >> we really don't know agent ali. we were too young. >> mayweather fan. that is my time. i don't know about ali. sam: for young people, ali is an historical figure. but an older barber remembers when. >> when you knew he would box it was like a holiday. sam: in 1980, when ali came to d.c., abc7 sportscaster spoke to him. >> he comes to me and gives me myself why i'm doing this. >> he was big. benjamin was frequently part of the d.c. entourage back then as the bodyguard or driver. he recalled once when ali got out of his van, rough part of northwest. >> he got out and started to throw punches at people. everybody just, it created a whole atmosphere. people came around. everybody just started oh, it's the champ. sam: he last visited ali in phoenix last year. they sat and watched cowboy movie, ali's favorite. >> he was the quintessential example of what we should all be about. sam: we spoke in the midtown academy gem owned by eugene hughes, golden glove contemporary of ali who even visited this place. a lot of kids learned to box here. >> he came in here and he takes wow, man. you made him great. no, you're amazing. >> hughes is 79. he the 1960's he met ali on the golden glove circuit. the former bodyguard said he is on his way to louisville for the many ceremonies in honor of muhammad ali that are coming up later this week. reporting live from northwest washington, i'm sam ford. abc7 news. leon: thank you. got one up on you, sam. i have two gloves that ali signed for me. so. -- some of my prized possessions. alison: you did charity work jennifer: hi, i'm jennifer donelan. this is a "7 on your side" fighting back wall of justice. tonight we are adding a domestic case out of arlington county. police say a husband allegedly stole from his wife and they want him off the streets. arlington county police say juan hernandez-castro standing in front of a store with his wife when he pushed her. the wallet in her hand fell to the ground. police say he stole it and took off. he joins the search for winston, d.c. police say he is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. d.c. detective tiffs are looking for -- detectives are looking for crystal ross for burglary. they want to find jamal for an armed robbery case. in stafford county, she menjivar who they say abduct and killed a young woman. now, let's set the wall of justice many motion. tonight the spotlight is on krystal ross. d.c. metropolitan police need your help to find her. detectives say on april 7, the 23-year-old participated in a crime that ended with shots fired. police say she helped break into an apartment in the 5800 block of foot street. once inside, another suspect opened fire. police say the shooter was arrested but they are still looking for ross. >> what is unfortunate in this case she was able to force open a door to a residence that ended one a juvenile shot. jennifer: she is 5'4", 150 pounds, black hair and brown eyes wanted for burglary. detectives want her off the wall of justice and put her behind bars. miss ross, if you are watching, detectives urge that you turn yourself in. viewers with information please call d.c. police. i'm jennifer donelan. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a local boxing trainer inspired by muhammad ali. the champ's lasting legacy lives on in southeast washington gym. we'll have details. brad: two men missing on the potomac river. the search is on as maryland's death toll from boating accident rises. at subway, you'll love our mediterranean collection. it'll make anyone's day brighter. my girlfriend and i just broke up. ohh. i need something to make me feel better. ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. bree? i thought it was mutual. yeahhh. the mediterranean collection. try with chicken or steak. topped with crumbled feta and creamy tzatziki sauce. i feel better. me too! subway. fresh is what we do. alison: of course, summer means for boats on the water. and the chance of boating accidents. but bun simple act can drastically cut down on people who die in local rivers. even the chesapeake bay. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live in point of rocks where two men disappeared this weekend. brad? brad: the simple precaution is to wear a p.f.d. we don't know if the two men out here who are missing were not wearing them yet. but that is the suspicion. let me show you something here. see this red line. i'm showing you with the stick. red line on the launches ramp here at point of rocks. if that is wet as it is here, that means the river is dangerous. i will throw the stick out. look at the current. it is heading downstream fast. investigators believe when the river came up, it certainly made an impact on the calamity. thigh wait under the shade tree hoping for a miracle. hoping that one of the crews searching the potomac river will find their missing loved ones but knowing the conditions on the rising river are making that less and legislation likely -- less and less likely. >> the water is higher today than yesterday. that is impeding our ability to do any dives or side scan sonar to look underneath the water. brad: fellow potomac fisherman dave bravo coming to the point of rocks to pay his respects. he says when the river gets like this, it is frightening. >> i go out by myself. it's my hobby, my therapy. it's dangerous but for somebody to lose their life the wa touched me. brad: it was a tough weekend on maryland waters. firefighters yesterday recovering the body of a man on the south river. he had gone overboard saturday night. a happier ending this morning after they found a jet skier missing after a night on the water. after a high number of boating fatalities last year the natural resources police preaching the need for life jackets. >> last year we had 21 fatalities. 18 of which the people did not have the life jackets on. brad: now live here as you take a look at the potomac river. they are changing from rescue to recovery operation. this year is believed that the two men are include that there have been five fatalities on the water. three of them are known to have not been wearing their life jackets. devices. as we said, the suspicion here is that the two fishermen were also not wearing the vests. point of rocks, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: okay. thank you. astronaut jeff williams made history this morning and became the first person to enter the station new inflatable module. he collected air samples. downloaded data from the expansion. it takes up less space in a rocket and could be used on future missions to mars. leon: speaking of the space mission, remember cubaca mom -- chewbacca mom? this weekend she met the real thing. >> to see my names next to the names they are sitting next made me laugh out loud. leon: i can believe that. alison: she is a good laugher. leon: she met actor peter mayhew who played 1977. she has become so popular she actually had her own booth at the convention. she signed autographs to raise money for charity. do you believe that? it's insane. alison: there you go. good use of the 15 minutes of fame. leon: she is stretching it to more like 20, 25 now. good for her. alison: i know. really funny. leon: let's see if there is anything to worth laughing about on the roads. jamie sullivan on traffic watch. jamie: not laughing. more of a headache. this is the pickup truck pulling by where we have a bus accident. it's in chevy chase. originally we thought silver spring. but technically we are talking chevy chase now. you can see the bus right here. grubb road, east-west highway is where it happened. police say they did reopen east-west highway. we are seeing volume with a lane blocked off westbound with the crews on scene an doing investigating. move to the map. this is east-west highway. 16 is an option. beach drive. just to avoid it, or i are trying to get to silver spring or the area of bethesda, capital beltway is not a bad option. 66 heavy volume heading outbound. extra volume. nothing terrible because of the safe track plan. in d.c., single digits. normal. heading outbound on the baltimore parkway. everybody is looking at the accident on the southbound side of powder mill. but rough ride. only the shoulder getting by. doug: cloudy skies around the area. weather is fine. look at the riverdale baptist school in upper marlboro where it's in the lower 80's. clouds but no rain. that is not expected tonight. 86 in martinsburg. 85 at reagan national. 94in fredericksburg. there is going to be some high cloudiness tonight but delightful. 84 at 16 erz. lower 80's to sunset. and later tonight the bit. we are watching the tropical storm colin. just west of tampa. we will see the rain heavy along the coastline. looking ahead to cooler weather in a few minutes. 5:53. that means sports time. erin hawksworth. erin: thank you, doug. it has been nearly three day since heavy weight champion muhammad ali passed away. but the greatest of all time is still a topic of conversation. we are in southeast washington where his leg legislatives on. >> if he would lose a fight i'd cry. erin: for barry hunter, it started more than 40 years ago in this northeast washington home. >> he fought joe frazier. i remember listening to it on the radio. erin: ali lost the fight but hunter was not just in the ring. >> the courage that ali had and the way he stood up to people. it gave me courage. erin: he helped so many lives. this brothers were homeless before hunter took them in. they have been prominent pros and if it wasn't for ali he might not be here. >> if barry is not here i'm probably not here. ali touched that many lives. i always wanted to talk to him. erin: one day on the plane hunter had a chance. >> i saw him. you know, i didn't know what to say. i clammedded up. the whole nine. erin: but in this story, less was more. >> funny thing happened. i looked at him. he wasn't brash. he wasn't ali of old. he was fragile. his head was bowed. the selfish side of me wanted to talk to him but at that moment i felt like i needed to protect him. as many years that it took me to get close to him i spoke and walked away. >> what would you say now or anytime if you could? >> i would say to him, thank you. thank you for giving us all a thrill. thank you for giving me the courage to stand up for myself. erin: just a great story. we have another one at 6:00. leon, you have your own. we should have interviewed you. you have been on vacation. leon: i like to hear people like that tell their stories because what he says is a matter of fact. you have no idea what it was like when he fought. when he fought it was literally a national holiday. for many people. like me. in my neighborhood, everything completely came to a stop. i will never forget it. alison: then you got a chance to know him at charity events. saw a different side of the man. leon: yeah. it was great. erin: me, too. leon: we'll be right back. - the novec team hits the home field to score big with energy savings. carol and bob set up for a hit with power bill savings. bob readies a power strip to turn off items when not in use. carol signals bob to use an led lightbulb. bob gives the nod. the energy-efficient led is put into play. oh, wait, there's a runner on the move, turning the power strip off! the novec team has hit energy savings out of the park. novec, your not-for-profit electric cooperative, providing winning ways to save. from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. leon: it's in chevy chase where a metro bus struck a tree trapping one person and injuring 15 others. this happened east-west highway near grubb road. that is where montgomery county reporter kevin lewis is live with breaking details. what is the latest? kevin: well, leon, this happened around 4:10 this afternoon. j2 bus heading westbound on east-west highway. got in to a collision with a white pickup truck on the road and then the bus went off the road and hit an evergreen tree. you can see the two front tires are still airborne. if you look above the tires under the not in service sign there is a laptop. they are re viewing surveillance video from the bus to see what caused the accident. news chopper 7 overhead as the fire crews opt the paramedics took the bus driver off the bus. he was trapped for 25 minutes. he was taken to a local hospital in serious condition. he has been stabilize. that is the good news. there were around 15 passengers on board this metro bus. ten of them were taken to the hospital. the individuals had non-life threatening injuries. if you back live to us, i want to show you metro industrial sized tow truck that just arrived on scene. it is going to begin the very complicated task of pulling this bus off the tree. trying to minimize the damage to what is an expensive vehicle. east-west highway in this area. shut down going westbound. again the bus driver with serious injuries. the other passengers on board however had much lesser injuries