Out. Transportation reporter Brianne Carter rode on one of the trains with no a. C. She is covering metro for us tonight. So, how hot does it get in these cars . Brianne well, alison, almost hot enough to make you feel sick to your stomach. We came to the gallery station, rode end to end along the red line and soon found one of the hot cars. At the gallery place almost 92 degrees. It was just as hot on that car. It says it right on the train. The 7000 series cars are supposed to be more reliable and more comfortable. But some of the new cars are forcing riders to sweat it out. Hot, man too hot. Brianne despite being the newest in the fleet, some of the 7k have an issue keeping the a. C. On. We found a hot car on just the second train we got on along the red line. While riding to the end of the line, the temperatures soared beyond 90 degrees. Humid. Its not 100 degrees today but it is almost in here. Brianne metro says it has to do with a new issue on the new trains on board computer when the voltage fluctuates. In a statement a spokesperson says, in the interest of protecting the rail car the onboard commuters will turn off the hvac system and require a reset before air handling resumes. These these cars are all under Manufacturer Warranty and the kawasaki techs are at metro to address issues quickly. Riders who are often switching cars midcommute i was dry when i got on the car. Now im sweating. Brianne believe it shouldnt happen in the first place. I dont know where the money goes. I dont get it. You have a nice train with no air. Brianne now for awful of these riders here, the question, of course, is when is a permanent fix coming . Well, coming up here tonight at 6 00, the work underway right now here at metro to make sure the a. C. Stays on. Reporting live, Brianne Carter, abc7 news. Alison th meantime, metro riders enjoy it while you can. Today is the lull between safetrack surges. Tomorrow work resumes in a case of good news, bad news. The good is the 12 days of work will not involve any bus bridges or closed station. The bad it will be nonstop single tracking between East Falls Church and ballston on the orange and silver lines. That is the same area affected by surge one. Trains will only run once every 18 minutes. Remember, you can get immediate alerts for any problems on metro. Just text metro to 43817. We have updated our Metro Safetrack payment at wjla. Com. Leon as you know with the weather we have had in the last few days this is a long time to be without air conditioning. Whether youre inside or on a metro train or wherever. Our chief meteorologist doug hill is standing by in the Weather Center with what you dont want to hear. It is only going to get worse. Doug it is. But in the shortterm we are getting a break. Frontal system came through to and brought in drier air. Still plenty warm. Check out the numbers. Humidity levels are lower from the district metro area northward to pennsylvania. 89 in washington. 90 in frederick. 78 in fredericksburg and culpeper. They had heavy rain there so the temperatures are lower. We will have tough weather conditions later this week and this weekend. Outdoor dining in the metro. You couldnt ask for anything better at this point in july. Sunshine. Lower humidity. 87 at 6 00. Dropping to 83 before sunset. At 8 00 p. M. The showers and the storms we have been tracking continue to stay south and along the cold front pushing through South Central virginia. The large pink area. Severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for a few more hours. A few showers coming across the blue ridge to passing toward culpeper away from the area. The majority of the region is rain free with pleasant conditions. The forecast overnight, partly cloudy. Continuing to become less humid. A light breeze out of the northwest. Morning temperatures. 64 to 70 we will highlight how hot it will get. Trust me, big numbers in the sevenday outlook coming up in a couple of minutes. Leon all right, doug. Now, the Republican National convention is pushing into the second day and is doing so with no shortage of controversy. The democratic National Convention chair, well, wasted little time taking all that to task. Day one of the Republican Convention was a mess. On so many levels. We heard a lot of anger, a lot of yelling. But no substance. Just empty rhetoric and divisive language. Leon well, not included that scathing assessment was the mention of Melania Trump. She, of course, facing accusations today that she plagiarized part of her keynote address from Michelle Obamas 2008 d. N. C. Address. Right now as we take a closer look at Melania Trumps speech last night the abc7 instapoll is asking do you think she plagiarized the speech . If you have thoughts on that weigh in now at wjla. Com votenow. Right now for those who have been waying in most are saying yes, th we will look at what the fallout is on that. Lets turn to marci gonzalez. She joins us live from the Republican National convention in cleveland. Good to see you. Today the headlines are about Melania Trump but not the way the campaign expected. Marci no, not at all. With more members of trumps family scheduled to speak here tonight we are told the g. O. P. Is now reviewing their speeches, trying to avoid a repeat of last night. Melania trumps keynote speech on Opening Night of the Republican National convention quickly going from celebrated to controversial. With two parts of the speech standing nearly identical to first lady Michelle Obamas words at the 2008 convention. You work hard for what you want in life. That you work hard for what you want in life. That your word is your bond, that you do what you say you are going to do. That your word is your bond and you do what you say and keep your promise. Manager denying the accusation of plagiarism saying they are small parts of longer speeches. To say she lifted words from anybody is absurd. Marci but trumps former Campaign Manager saying there could be consequences. There is no comment on the controversy as the delegates vote to officially nominate him as the republican president ial nominee. With more possible backlash on the Convention Floor from the delegates with a failed never trump movement, House Speaker paul ryan is among the speakers tonight focusing on trying to unify the party behind donald trump. He lost control on the floor. With the messaging, with the accusation of plagiarism in his wifes main speech. He needs to get control and fast. Otherwise this week is going to spiral away from him. Marci other speakers planned for tonight include two of trumps children. And two former rivals. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and dr. Ben c gonzalez, abc7 news. Back to you. Leon before we let you go. We know partisan either side will have what they want to say about what we heard from Melania Trump. But there are objective numbers related to what she had to say. What do you have there . Marci okay. So this is from a Company Called turn it in. They track plagiarism. They say that the odds of two writers writing the same 16word sequence identically is 1 in a trillion. But they point out that the longest sequence of matching words between the two speeches is actually 23 words. So that expands the odds even more. By comparison they point out that the odds of winning the powerball jackpot, the record jackpot earlier this year, was just 1 in 292 million. So they are saying this is not definitively plagiarism but call it disconcerting. Leon what are the odds . All right. Thank you so much. Marc see you later down the road. All right. Now our coverage of the r. N. C. Continues on abc7. At 5 30 our chief Political Correspondent scott thuman will examine the effort to unify the republican party. At 7 00 on newschannel8 an hourlong special look at the convention, including analysis from political insiders. And marylands former first family. We are also going to be streaming all of the Convention Events online for you at wjla. Com. Alison . Alison all right. Back at home now. A push to add civilian oversight now to Fairfax County police is bringing new concerns to the surface. The push began in 2013 when a Police Officer killed an unarmed man. Now there are concerns about how often police use force against africanamericans. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg joins us live with how the county is responding today. Jeff . Jeff well, alison, Fairfax Police chief says he wants all the data, all the information out there so procedures can be reviewed an this is what was going on here today at the Government Center with the chief joining other members of the Fairfax County police department, member of the board of supervisors and plenty of others in this meeting this afternoon that at times did get a bit intense here at the Government Center. The chief supporting findings of ad hock review commission calling for greater the ad hoc review commission calling for greater oversight in practices for Fairfax County. The commission was created in the wake of the Fatal Shooting of john geer. An officer adam torres was sentenced to a year in jail for the shooting. There are a total of 539 incidents that revealed 40 of the use of force cases involved africanamericans who only make up 8 of the county population. Unfortunately, the numbers do show the africanamerican male community. That is the reality of the numbers. I need more dialogue with the community to see how to drive the numbers down. Try to talk about how to improve police practices. They were hiring an auditor for practices and to preview the incidents taking place. It will be reviewed by the board of supervisor. Possibly a vote in september. This conversation continues. We have not heard the end of this. More to come. Live in fairfax, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Alison thank you. Another note here. Cathy lanier is blasting a recent resolution approved by the d. C. Council calling for more oversight of her department. This is what she told us bruce de to say we need more oversight, im not sure who will do the policing in the city if we have more oversight and how much better we can get than best practice. Alison the best practice chief lanier referenced is the result of an outside audit that looked into her department use of force and it gave m. P. D. A good report. Chief lanier blasted the timing of the vote days after five Police Officers were killed in dallas. You can hear the entire response on news8newstalk. Com. Leon an usual scene at the Arlington National cemetery. Instead of peace and quiet, there was a picket line nearby. 30 landscape workers have gone on strike. Currently they are getting paid 13. Say they never received a raise. The Officials Say its between a dispute between the workers and the private employers and they have no position in the matter. Still ahead at 5 00, wrestler goes to court. Allegation against the w. W. E. And the high profile founder. Leon could russia be banned from the olympics . The punishment handed down in the doping scandal as they debate drastic action. We have seen the violence against Law Enforcement across the country. How is it impacting Police Recruitment . Im cheryl conner. We talk to a ca alison 7 on your side with Health Matters tonight. The w. W. E. Is facing a lawsuit now from 50 of its former athletes. The lawsuit claims that w. W. E. Is promoter Vince Macmahon did not do enough to protect the wrestling and they hid information about risk of wrestling from the employees. They call the claims ridiculous. Leon you mean to tell me hitting somebody in a chair is not good for them . Alison its a surprise. I know. Leon who knew . Well, this could be one of the biggest olympic shocks in decades. More than 30 years perhaps. The International Olympic committee is deciding whether to ban russian athletes from the olympics because of a doping scandal. This debate is raging with two and a half weeks to the opening ceremony. As Elizabeth Hur reports this debate comes as the i. O. C. Is slashing russia with hefty penalties as well. Reporter russian athletes still focused on training and preparing for the Olympic Games in rio according to a defiant russian president Vladimir Putin dismissing a new report calling for a ban of all russian athletes from this summers olympics due to their findings that russia had a statesponsored doping program. The Russian Ministry of sport directed, controlled, and oversaw the manipulation of athletes analytic results or sample swapping. Reporter the World Antidoping Agency in november first accused the russian track and field athletes of drugs in the 2012 olympics which led to a ban of russias entire track and field team in this years olympics. Now, the head of an ind commission impendent commission claims the abuse and the co widespread than first reported. This is not just about what we in north america call track and field and others call athletics, it covers many sports. Reporter russias track and field team is fighting the real ban in court. And a decision is due this thursday. Based on that ruling, olympic Officials Say they will determine if a blanket ban of all athletes from rio is valid. With russia set to host the 2018 soccer world cup, fifa, soccers world governing body says it will review the doping allegation of the russian soccer players referenced in this report. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. Leon thats all right. Invite the russians over here. It feels like were in rio now anyway. Alison boy, you say e have a little bit of a break for the next day or two. Doug a front came through this afternoon. Thats where we get the big storms south of washington. Drier air. Comfortable tonight and tomorrow. But then the heat and the humidity build in by we are talking the highs, air temperatures near 100 degrees saturday and sunday. When you factor in the humidity in the air it will feel like 105,108 at times. We might have a heat advisory this weekend. Alison they will be playing tennis in that. The citi open. Doug lets get started. Start with a time lapse. The front came through and this is a view off idaho avenue in northwest washington off wisconsin after. 86 there now. Interesting clouds when we start. Watch in the progression. You will see really interesting cloud. Mammatus clouds they are called. Turbulence in the clouds, not so much rain. Its scary looking but didnt do any damage. It did the opposite. It changed the winds to the north, northwest and that brought in the drier air even though it is warm at this hour. As far as the dew points, that is a true measure of moisture. Look the farther north and west you go, the lower they get. 50 in hagerstown. 54 in cumberland. 642 in the Nations Capital and still 70s to the south. Thats how humidity. Combination of the lower dew point and lower winds is more comfortable. But it wont last for long. Enjoy tonight and tomorrow. Here are the showers we talked about. They push well south of the area. They never form up in metro washington. But they came up in 81 in the blue ridge and they head southeast to virginia. Severe thunderstorm watch in effect in those areas farther south. But for us the whole metro area will be fine shape tonight for any outdoor plans. The successive showers and storms form up along the front from south of woodstock to make their way south and southeastward as well. A big picture version of it as well. The large area under severe thunderstorm watch. Clearing skies north and west of washington. Drier air. The whole frontal zone continues to shift south and to the southeast. So with that in mind with mostly clear skies we have a pleasant overnight. Look at the wakeup temperatures. Frostburg, Allegany County 67 tomorrow morning. 63 in Berkeley Springs and 64 in berriesville. 67 in ashburn. Metro area wakeup temperatures are nice. Mostly in the 60s. But 71 is the forecast reading in Downtown Washington tomorrow morning. Now we look ahead at the heat alert. Different heat alerts. Heat advisory in the orange area. Excessive heat warningsings in e northwestern section of missouri and northeastern kansas. Part of nebraska. South dakota to minnesota. Then excessive heat watches. Well, the problem is its all moving this direction. That is what we expect later this week. I think by friday and most likely the weekend there will be some kind of heat related advisory in effect for the area. Because of the excessive heat and building humidity levels. Tomorrow, beautiful. Sunshine in the morning. 72. Comfortable in midday and 84. The high is 87 tomorrow in washington. The average is 89. We are below average. Not as hot. Definitely less humid. Look ahead to the next seven days. It all changes