to pull funding from metro, diane cho in the newsroom with the safety directive he is issuing today. diane: he signed an executive directive this morning during his asked the governor segment instructing his secretary of transportation and the head of the real department for the state to sit down and come up with safety protocols, the governor says it he does not meet their safety protocols he is personally comfortable with, then he will withhold funding, he stressed during his discussion on the radio that he wants to have the safety -- safest system in the world and he needs to have confidence in that. i am sickcauliffe: and tired of it, concerned about the system. we take safety in virginia as our number one issue and we are on top of this and i want accountability and people to take responsibility. diane: the directs fast the directive -- it all accident investigation. melanie: the transit agency is making changes to alert you storycrime because of a we were first to uncover about a rape on a red line train. this as police release new pictures of another attack on metro. sam sweeney with what is being done to keep you safe. metro transit police looking for three men they say violently robbed a man a monday night on the green line. they got away but not before they were captured on surveillance. ase a good look at the team they leave the metro station the victim tells us he was pistol whipped for his sneakers and blood gushed from his head as they got away. this happened hours after we first told you about a rate on the red line train -- rape on a red line train which happen in april but metro never told the public. we manager about why it was kept sacred -- secret, they said they did not tell anyone because the captured -- the suspect was captured almost immediately. they have changed their policy and will release information within 24 hours when a major crime occurs. as long as it does not interfere with the investigation. we took the security topic to metro riders. >> it will make people afraid to ride the metro because they know how much crime is going on. >> i think it is pretty rare. all the time i spend on the train and people spent on the train, no more dangerous than other places i go. sometimes i think my ride it to the metro is more dangerous than my ride on the metro. sam: their goal is keeping everyone safe, if you want to see the surveillance pictures one more time, i just tweeted them. back to you. melanie: the head of the tsa grilled by congress again, answers about how the administration is working to speed up those long security lines at the airport. this comes as the busy memorial day weekend travel time ramps up. suzanne kennedy at reagan national with more details. suzanne: 2.6 million air travelers will head to security checkpoints at reagan national tsaort this weekend, the has come under fire for the negative experience air travelers are having an today its administrator testified on capitol hill about what is being done to improve the situation. 740 million people will be cleared on security checkpoints this year, 100 people more than last -- three is ago. some of the improvements are the establishment of a national incident command center to monitor staffing and wait times at the nation's airport, authorization of more overtime for tsa officers, and the conversion of more part-time employees to f >> i directed a fundamental review of the staffing -- we must meet the demands of real screening volume and we are continuing to work closely with congresstment and the to adjust our appropriations to allow us to match resources with mission demands. 800 new tsa officers being hired and trained with the hope they will be in place at the nation security checkpoint by mid-june. at reagan national airport, suzanne kennedy. at noon, aaa mid-atlantic predicting nearly 966,000 washingtonians will hit the road this memorial day weekend, the highest travel volume in 11 years, they expect drivers to drive 50 miles or 165,000 areland, expected to drive, that is combined with the number of drivers expected to hit the roads nationwide. >> with more than 30 million americans projected travel miles or more this holiday weekend, the highest memorial day travel body tense 2005. marylanders are expected to travel by train or bus. jamie sullivan is checking on the roads. noticing the volume increasing because of travelers heading out? jamie: we are not, the busiest time of the day, it should be between 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., people getting out of work, leaving early and getting out on the roads to start the weekend early. currently, 20's in down, northbound on 395. we do have the nationals game this afternoon, increased volume on the freeway. heading southbound, great shape. our northbound traffic slow as you continue north closer to washington, d.c. no problems on the capital beltway, looking good into virginia. from the -- that is a look at traffic. melanie: our beautiful weather continues. it just seems to get better as we get closer to the memorial day weekend. doug: it does, the question is whether it will continue through the holiday weekend. probably not. it does not appear to be a washout. beautiful view from the boardwalk at second street in ocean city, maryland, 74 degrees, beautiful sunshine, clear skies. locally, the same story. downe weekday daytime game at the park, first digit 1:05, perfect a small weather this afternoon. perfect pitch 1:05, baseball weather this afternoon. still dry today but as the high friday and the weekend, humidity levels will come up, warm and humid. dry today but showers and thunderstorms could be this afternoon through thursday and friday, our forecast calls for today, 86, tonight, 66, tomorrow, probably sunny, warm, humid, 88, it will feel like summer with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms. the driving travel day here on friday, we will have plenty of sunshine, warm temperatures, upper-80's but a 30% chance of late they storms, the beaches, holiday weekend, all that coming up in the big forecast in a few minutes. melanie: pleasant around here, but bad weather in other parts of the country. the national weather service has assessing the damage after tornadoes ripped through the planes overnight coming kansas, it at least 18 twisters reported, six homes were destroyed. early estimates of one tornado in dodge city had winds at 140 miles per hour, and ef3 at least. in front of me, i have never seen anything like that. melanie: two people were critically injured in the storms since yesterday, 20 six reported tornadoes touched down and five days from michigan to texas. forecasters say the severe weather threats continue today across several states. closer to home, we have learned the identities of two victims of yesterday's deadly plane crash in orange county, virginia. authorities say the pilot, charles neal caldwell of florida and passenger john joseph quinn jr. of culpeper, virginia were killed. the single engine aircraft crashed in the road a long tender lane just after 4:30 last night, the faa and the ntsb are investigating the cause. 2016 violence, the protest erecting at a campaign event last night and the next up for all the candidates. plus, a big problem for the hillary clinton presidential campaign, time as secretary of state and where elaine is doing placed. -- blame is being placed. another shooting spree on in arizona highway, the terrifying moments for drivers and the latest on the suspect's arrest. doug is back with a look at the holiday weekend forecast. and when we could see storms. vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me melanie: president obama arrived in japan this morning after wrapping up his three-day visit stopetnam, japan the final of his asia tour, before leaving vietnam, the president met with 800 young adults in a never to strengthen ties between the u.s. and southeast asia. in japan, he will attend the g-7 summit and become the first sitting president to visit hiroshima since world war on the race for the white house turns violent, protesters clash with police outside a donald trump rally in new mexico last night. this follows days of increasingly nasty attacks between donald trump and hillary clinton, all three candidates are expected to make waves today. demonstrators breaking two barricades at his new mexico rally. here, donaldown trump flag set on fire, a broken window leading to a gunshot scare. inside, he fired back at protesters, including this little boy screaming at him. donald trump: how old is this kid, still wearing diapers. >> he took shots at new mexico's republican governor, the first and only latino governor and chair of the republican governors association. donald trump: your governor has to do a better job. lowlife for running this advertisement. >> if there is a bubble burst, you can make a lot of money. >> charging trump wanted to make money when people lost their homes in the recession. >> that is the -- i am a businessman, that's what you do. he can make money. >> clinton not mentioning bernie sanders on the trail. she got last on the ellen show, choosing tony goldman over sanders as a vp pick. sanders still drawing big crowds and on the attack. senator sanders: she has a number of super pacs. the clintonnews for campaign, the state department inspector general releasing a report to members of congress, it found clinton did not comply with federal records policies when she was secretary. in northwest, megan hughes. melanie: new developments in the investigation into hillary female use while secretary of state, a state department audit faulted her as well as past secretaries of state for disregarding various guidelines for avoiding cyber security risks. an inspector general's report cites long-standing systemic weaknesses related to the agency's communication. if all clinton in particular for weak information management at the state department. it specifically cites her private e-mail server which the report says she installed without approval from senior information officers. this audit does not determine if classified information was compromised and it is separate roman fbi criminal investigation. a suspected highway shooter is in custody in arizona after a terrifying crime spree and manhunt overnight. >> several reports of a shooter on sr 87, machine gun years. melanie: witnesses say the suspect drove the wrong way down the highway while opening fire on passing cars last night. the alleged shooter struck one of the cars and then fled to a nearby casino where he shot and wounded another person during a carjacking. he was finally arrested overnight, this comes after last summer's roadway shooting spree in the same area. tonight, abc seven is fighting back against drug abuse and the heroin epidemic. it is the vocus of our next town reports will have live from communities across the country struggling to deal with this deadly addition, a live studio audience will be joining us during the discussion. that is tonight at 7:00 on our sister station, news channel 8 and you can also watch it online at wjla.com. looking to add a new puppy to your family in the near future, we have our troubleshooter with a warning, a concerns bogus online breeders. people aresay these targeting customers and the better business bureau i them, they show pictures of puppies and they take a deposit from the consumer and then they deliver nothing. 11:00, more about how these companies operate and share some tips on how to spot them and how to protect yourself. watch our troubleshooter's report, broken puppy promises tonight at 11:00. that would be heartbreaking to have your heart set on a puppy. doug: we got a puppy that was bred and we went through a lot of investigation, a lot, a lot, a lot come almost did not do it, looking forward to the report. you have to be careful. here we go, our due diligence for the weekend, a good positions to make good decisions regarding what you will do for the next few days and the weekend regarding the weather. melanie: like sunscreen? doug: absolutely, and which days would be best for outdoor activities. the national with sunshine, pollen count justin, high levels of tree pollen and grass pollen, moderate levels of mold spores, midday temperatures, suite come 83 at reagan national, 79 in hagerstown. 80 in annapolis, 83 in lexington park maryland. days, sunny,le of warm, maybe it thunderstorm or two tomorrow afternoon and friday afternoon. the bigger question is the it sincetalking about monday, the development possibly of a subtropical system somewhere in the bahamas, the national hurricane center watching this and they say between now and sunday, a 50% that a subtropical storm could develop and start moving to the northwest. late in the weekend. regardless of whether that storm actually develops, one thing that will develop is an area of low pressure. that will interact with high pressure off the coast and the combination of those feed a steady supply of moisture as we get late in the weekend. sunday afternoon, sunday night, monday come in the mid atlantic coast and beaches, for the beaches especially, increasing cloudiness sunday, monday, maybe an isolated shower or storm sunday afternoon at the beaches. and then again on monday. locally, we are far enough north where we make it a shower or two on monday but it does not look like a rainout. on the warm side. the local weekend forecast, sunny come 85 on saturday. a chanceoudy, 83, with of afternoon showers on sunday. partly sunny, 79, on monday. we might have a 30% or 40% chance of showers or thunderstorms in the local viewing area. beaches, saturday probably the best beach day because there will be more sunshine, a cold breeze off the ocean will keep the high as 70. sunny -- sunday, a southeasterly wind of the ocean, there could be scattered showers in the afternoon and evening. monday, more so and water temperatures at the beach, 58 to 63 degrees. a little chilly. the next couple of days, straightforward, the weekend especially, sunday, monday, into tuesday, determined by what happens over the bahamas and how that system interact but plan on being it human and turning a bit cooler with increasing chances of showers and afternoon thunderstorms. melanie: nice and toasty for our beachgoers and pullovers. -- pool lovers. coming up, spelling their way to the top, hundreds of students participating in the scripps national spelling bee. a look at the competition melanie: the start of scripps national spelling be, 285 young scholars from all across the country are putting their skills to the test, john gonzalez has a look at the competition. cheering today already but some sorrow, the national spelling bee is well underway inside the maryland ballroom at the gaylord. 285 children, students ages ranging from six to 14, from every state pretty much and even a few foreign countries, how good are these kids? the first 60 contestants only six spell their word incorrectly. it will be a tough today's and we can tell you -- two days and locally well represented. this is an old competition, going on since 1925. last year, dual champions, the officials said they do not want this to happen so this year they raised the standard. harder words. earlier, we spoke to one of the he has a bit of a challenge. quite he was born death -- >> he was born death -- deaf, early intervention is key, the sooner you find out, and can get the ball rolling, the better. john: he got his first cochlear implant at one-year-old and he mastered his first spelling bee in the third grade and has been doing this ever since. this goes on all day, around 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, then the ground a champion tomorrow night, 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