Problems with the lab revealed a bigger problems with testing nationwide. Hundreds of zika tests had to be retested after it was discovered that the lab had made results. The final results show for the hundreds of patients who were told they were negative, three were actually positive, including one pregnant woman. 26 patients test results were unconclusive and 3494 were actually negative. Dr. Jennifer smith, director of the Department Says while the problems at the d. C. Lab have been corrected, they revealed a bigger problems for labs akrocr the country. An independent agency found the instructions from the centers for Disease Control to more than 75 labs across the country on how to conduct zika tests were wrong. Weve notified the cda immediately and then they took about a week to notify all of the other Public Health labs. Cdc, the agency sent this alert to labs ordering them to change the way they conduct zika tests. Smith says even when done correctly the current test for zika test supplied by the cdc are inadequate. A 20th century test for a 21st century disease and unfortunately we need a better test and we dont have access to that. A spokesperson for the agency tells news4 the cdc has updated the guidelines and continues to work to improve the test. But in the meantime its a useful test to screen for zika virus exposure. Its a story you saw first on 4, a popular spot in front of the white house will be closed for months to undergo major repairs. Federal officials tell Scott Mcfarland that Lafayette Park has broken pipes and spring her heads, all needing to be replaced. The project will be divided thirds so that the entire park doesnt have to be shut down at once. This is expected to take months. Theyll also renovate the historic fountain. New reports show how much safe track Maintenance Work with make you late. Safe track hit the blue and yellow lines hard in march. On the blue line, online performance was 45 . And 53 on the yellow line. Riders we spoke with say its really weighing on them. Yeah, its getting a little old and annoying. So i wish it was over sooner. I would get to the station, hopefully wait 25 to 30 minutes for a train. Safe track is expected to wrap up in the summer. For a closer look at your metro commute and how to improve your ride on the rails, heres adam tuss with a gridlock game changer. Catching a ride on metro can be tough but therea you havent thought of. Tip number one, in youre on a section of the system with multiple lines and see a train with space heading in your direction, take it. Even if its not your exact color. For example a lot of downtown orange riders will see a silver lane train with space and let it go by. But a pro tip is to take the silver train to a transfer point, step off and catch the orange train there. You will spend as much time on the platform but youll have a more comfortable ride. Dan has another tip you may not have thought of. There with more an more eight car trains out there. You want to take advantage of the eightcar trains. What a lot of people dont know is that the last two cars of eightcar trains are always going to have more space than the rest of the trains. And one more tip. You never have to wait at a fair card machine again. Ever. Smart trip auto reload is available to put money back on your smart trip card just like an easy pass. Am decades of history were nearly erased from the landscape of capitol hill when a fire gutted this Hardware Store. The store still sits on e street but now four years later they have a new owner and a new future. Cast iron skillets still hang on hooks, circular saw blades still in place. American flags singed and soiled by the great fire. The great fire of 2013. It destroyed the Hardware Store on capitol hill in business since 1920. Long time residents whove lived nearby for decades miss it. Well, you know, they had everything that i needed. You know when i needed something from the hardware, it was right here. A temporary shop on nearby e street has some but not all of the tens of thousands of items normally for sale. But now a ground brei gina shaffer and her husband who own a dozen small Hardware Stores own this store and promised it h will be faithfully rebuilt by early 2019. A lot of what makes this store beautiful will remain the same. We treat our employees, the customers the same. We embody the neighbor and neighborhoods that we are. Were not going to change anything. The new store at 11th and pennsylvania will have 34 condos on top. The Hardware Store with a long term lease, it will be ready when the condo lights start burning out. In the district, tom sherwood, news 4. When we come back, what you need to know about the changes to d. C. s red top parking meters downtown. And we have a very personal look at the life of a former Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia from one of his sons who just happens to be a priest. Narrator to do time is what is right. Ralph northam. Army doctor during the gulf war. Volunteer director of a pediatric hospice. Progressive democrat. In the senate, he passed the smoking ban in restaurants, stopped the transvaginal ultrasound antichoice law, and stood up to the nra. As lieutenant governor, dr. Northam is fighting to expand access to affordable healthcare. Ralph northam believes in making progress every day. And he wont let donald trump stop us. Finish quantum, proven dont to clean better thanlean. Cascade complete gel. Switch to finish quantum and get really clean dishes first time, every time. Intelligent technology can help protect it. The allnew audi q5 is here. Some big changes when you park at the red top meters in downtown d. C. Now you have to pay when you park there. There are about 350 red top meters in the Central Business district and you need a disabled parking permit or disabled plates to use them. Parking at red top meters now cost 2. 30 an hour and you can pay for up to four hours. Drivers caught breaking the law can get a 250 ticket. This story has a lot of folks upset, especially those who want to bike in northern virginia. A man in sterling posted signs telling drivers dont stop for pedestrians and cyclists along the trail right where it meets sterling boulevard. Most folks think it doesnt make sense. But ray johnson says he just saw a near collision and thinks stopping is unsafe. Johnson wants the cars and truck to go by first and then pedestrians and cyclists can cross. I didnt just gr up some signs. I put some thought into what i was saying. Cyclists say his heart is in the right place but the signs are misguided. This intersection is scheduled to get a bridge crossing but thats still years away. Still ahead, Law Enforcement officers from across the area come together to remember those who paid the ultimate price. Legacy is influential yet polariz polarized. Well get a glimpse into the life of the late justice this week Law Enforcement officers from across the area came together to pay tribute to those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Some of the fallen officers family members joined them outside headquarters in d. C. And deputies who have died serving our community. We spoke with one family still grieving their loss about what this tribute means. Ashley marie glen don. Mark and stephanie are here to represent a family who lost one of its most vibrant members when he was shot and killed responding to a Domestic Violence call in february of between. Ashley was a strong individual. Ashl ashleys mom has really per ser veered through everything. But these Services Still too painful. Mark and stephanie are here to listen to the tributes. She had a passion for life. She had a passion for everything she got involved with. The family says the outpouring of support theyve received from Law Enforcement and the community have touched them, helped with the grief. I think its a Huge Community of love, you know, the police officers. And name and they knew that, you know, we were related, its just as caring and outpouring of support. Like other relatives of fallen officers here today, they hope ashley is remembered for her life not her tragic end of watch. Everything she did was about service. Her life is remembered about serving other apsz and not just herself. And the familys personal tribute continues as stephanie and her mom join hundreds of cyclists traveling from chesapeake to washington this week. I think the whole thing is going to be a tear jerker. There wont be a dry eye. The family has not yet come to the national Law Enforcement officers memorial to see where ashleys name is freshly engraved here on the bottom row. But that emotional moment might come on friday when the unity tour cyclists complete their ride at this memorial. In northwest washington, im julie carey, Justice Antonin Scalias death last year left the Supreme Court uncertain. His unexpected passing brought deeply personal touching tributes from his colleagues on the bench. But to his nine children, Justice Scalia was just dad. And of his sons, brother paul scalia recently sat down and opened up about his fathers passing and talked about his new book. What are some of the memories that come back to you. Probably the dinner table. And i dont know if thats the same for all my siblings. My mom and dad put a priority on that. On having a family dinner, coming together and being together. The six of nine scalia kids, father paul scalia was a junior in high school when he dad was appointed to the u. S. Supreme court. It didnt matter what was going on on the court and things like that. When he came home he was there and we went through the things that fathers and sons go through. I remember one summer my brothers and i helped him to put in a front walkway, you know in front of the house. Not anything huge. It was not that big of a project. But there was a great satisfaction of doing this together. What about your mom . Well my mom is a reader. She reads a lot. Shes very well read. When i was in college i think for all of us she would write letters, before the internet, try to imagine that. But getting handwritten letters from mom i think every week. To all of the kids . To all of us, yeah. Father scalia says part of what inspired him to publish this, his first book. A collection of things over 17 years or so. It carries a religious and spiritual message, one rooted in the catholic faith. Father scalia says its their faith that has gotten him and most of his family through the pain of the last year. How do you go through this process which is a process. I think like any family does, your lean on others. You lean on those around you. And most of all for us it was leaning on our faith. He told the healing also comes from stillness. Many online were talking about who would fill his sfart fathers seat on the bench. I went away for a couple of days. And i think its just to decompress. Discussions of who would replace scalia lingered for more than a year, from one presidency to the next. Father scalia along with his mother went to the white house when President Donald Trump announced his choice. Last month judge neil gorsuch was sworn in. Here we have been in a limbo position but this also must bring some sort of stillness well, youre right, closure is not the best word because you know, its not like we just simply move on. Mean, thats natural. The scalia children have taken turns traveling with their mom across the country attending countless memorial to Justice Scalia. At george masons law school bears his name. Its bittersweet because the occasion of all of those things is his death. Its been tough going through it but its been a great blessing. In the outset of his book father scalia makes mention of another book, one that his dad carried women him for more than half a century. Its the prayer book if you will that he had, he got in 1960, the year my parents were married. Its a wonderful connection with him, with the family, with his faith. So much we never knew. Still ahead, how a group of veterans is changing minds about Mental Health by taking a very. But did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too . Introducing megared advanced 4in1. Just one softgel delivers mega support. This week Vice President mike pence welcomed a group of honor flight veterans to the white house. The event commemorated National Military appreciation month. Vice president spoke about his own father who served in the korean war and he told the vets no matter where they served, they all fought on the front lines and because of them freedom endures. Mr. Pence also added while they are among the rest of us, they are the best of us. A group of veterans is raising awareness about Mental Health literally one step at a time. They journeyed 350 miles just to change peoples minds about ptsd and suicide among vets. They walked from North Carolina all the way to Arlington National cemetery this week. News4s derek ward has more on their message. The final steps, the last leg. A journey of 300 lejeune in North Carolina to arlington, national cemetery. A lot of people stop us on the side of the road. North carolina people would pull out in front of us, ask us what were doing. Cheer us on. Their is a message of remembrance and prevision. Trying to raise awareness of ptsd that our vets go through coming home. Brandon knows all too well the toll of ptsd. Eight years ago his brother committed suicide after returning from afghanistan we carry this log. Its in remembrance to symbolize the burden that a lot of veterans carry coming back from war. This veteran carried that burden, contemplated taking his own life. And he reached out to p. O. W. And now hes literally reached out to life. Its the organization, the support, everyone, it saved my life and changed my life. The end of this effort will mark the beginnin y the way to address the problem of suicide and ptsd. P. O. W. s add, a place for returning veterans to shed the horrors of the war they left behind before they consume them. We can make it mandatory that v veterans coming out of the service come to our retreat and were going to try to raise as much awareness as we can. Derek ward, news4. Nbc 4 is committed to providing education and hope for people trying to cope with Mental Health challenges. We have so many resources on our nbc washington app. Search changing minds. Thats going to do it for news4 this week. Were going to leave you. Pictures of people working together to rescue some duckl g ducklings that got stuck in a storm drain. Thanks for joining us. Have a good week. And we are starting with a soggy saturday. Just look at the radar right now. Storm team4 is showing a lot of green moving through. It will be a busy weekend. And comey replacement interviews get underway today. Meet who could soon be at the top of the fbi. And clearing the way for the win, and the Washington Wizards will live for game seven. Yeah, they will. Bring on game seven. The wizards tying up the series with a big matchup that could make or break their championship series. We welcome you in on this saturday moin
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