Fox5s anjali hemphillhemphil explains why and what you needhn to know to prepare for your your commute this morning. Orning. Good morning. Reporter good morning, yeah, this metro station was able to open yesterday m moring, orning on time for that rush hourou commute even though the same the hasue happened the nighte beppfore but a ts yoheu can sees behind me here the station istai closed at a and it will remainem closed for most of the dayhe d today for additional inspections after two days in i a row debris fell from the t ceiling here 6789 now, you can see a temporary barrier set up around the metro station heretir thats to keep riders out and a this is after about if you have clock yesterday evening during that evening rush houharr commute metro says smalls sma pieces of concrete fell from fro the ceiling and Officials Say the happened 20 feet away fromio where concrete and a piece of metal fell from the ceilinghe cg the night b this is all in the t mezzanine area of the station si which is bloat tracks. No one was hurt inwh eitherithe incident butter metro wants to make surecide thentir butte asse enough time to assess the problem. Lem. Theyll keep the stationhe closed until at least the end ed of today. 5 oclock we expect shuttle buses to show up. You might want to avoid thishis station altogether thisstat morning if you have the optionit hebecause it is closed tption at will add some time to yourto you delays and metro does insist that at this point this is nots due to any structural issues. Ou course we dont know the c exact cause orsf thie we dson y. Hopefully their inspection going on today will give usgi us more answers later. Were live from the road ioa would metro station anjalitro st hemphill fox5ion local news. 4 32 right now and and happening today the maneng to accused of killing threeilhr people including his estranged g wife will be back in court for f a pretrial hearing. Youll Eulalio Tordil is being g held without bond. Ut hes accused of going on a the t shoeing rampage and killing kli two others in separatete shootings. Shoongs. The 62yearold faces life i prison. Pris a Montgomery County woman and her baby are sontitgllti recovering this morning afterrit the babys fatherhis morn allegy tried to kill them both. 18yearold dakota brother broth center city now being held on on 5 million bond. Police say he tried to kill the woman ndpoli the unborn babyor because he was not ready to be a father. He doctors were forced to deliveriv the baby girl early and werere told shes in criticaltical condition. Police are looking for whoho shot a 17yearold shot along ao 16th street in southeast sou yesterday afternoonly he laterly died at the hospital. Pil. Then minutes later policeole responded to another shooting so a block away on 17th street. Ee a pizza delivery man was shot so in the let me hes expected topd be okay. Be o Police Believe the twowo shootings are connected. Nd four 33 right now and wereha talk all things hurricanee hermine this morning right morng gary. Exactly. Still a hurricane and well get a new e coming outg o close to 5 00 a. M. This. M. This morning. Maybe down to Tropical Stormtorm streng then. Just a minimal hurricane now. Any hurricane is a badaad hurricane, all right. Winds 75 Miles Per Hour. Per movement is northeast ateast a 14 Miles Per Hour. R hou the faster she goes, thehe better it will be for everyoneon because less wind and lessess hours of wind and then itnt helps with the rain as well wl but theres still going to be a lot of rain, a lot of wind wd along this path. Path. There is the path over the the next couple of days. D shes going to come out back bac over the Atlantic Ocean asans something we call extra tropical which basically means loses the warm core and beginsen to switch over to more of a shell be along a frontal system so no need to get allo gl beat up with the semanticsemancs here but just so you know. Doesnt mean she really reall weakens all that much. Theres a possibility that next week this storm lingers off the coast for two, three, r four days and becomes a fullfledged hurricane again. An sew still a lot we dont know. N. Heres what we know. W. The Hurricane Center continues s to keep the path to the south su of us, well to the east of i think we stay dry under this scenario here in town andn a along i70 over the weekend. Eend not the case for the beaches. Ea. The winds are still going too be maximum 65 Miles Per Hourr h all weekend long and then then through the day on labor day. Thats going to mean horrendous conditions alongditil the shore, rain, heavy surf,vy s wind gusts 55, 65 miles permile hour out there, okay. Tropicalho sr tormou watchesches rightfully so have been posted along all of the virginiaginia beaches, the delmarva and upp through jersey. Jsey. This probably will get extended up to long island as a well so again as we said yesterday, definitely the defint beaches get impactedd 100 percent. Its not going to be pretty out there. Ty here in town be awill b little bit better. Bter. Well have some clouds but itdsi looks like were going to stayoa dry most of the weekend. Temperatures just so you know this morning very close to the upper 50s out there. Its goingup toper be a gorgeousorgs day. Well have time to talk about like itsit looks like its just going to be real, real rl,a nice. Ce. Hopefully n traffic. Erin como is in fridayrida morning. Gain, friday fri morning erin. Erin. Gary i like the sound ofou o friday morning. 4 35. 4 35. Hoping for a quieter ride rid around the dmv. He dmv. Metro problems on the red line. Rhode island avenue station isld closed. En working on that ceiling problem. Shuttle buses Service Available to and from brookland. Brooklan no delays on the green orange or silver. Ver safe track surge eight eig impacting the blue line. Ine. Give yourself extra at a time. A this is a full week of safe o track work inimpacting thattingt blue line. I really like what im seeing problem free in oxon hill as you cruise across the wilsonheio bridge. Brid looking good on the inbound 14n4 street as well as 11th streett memorial and roosevelt. Overnight road work 267 west. W. The beltway is looking really rl nice across the american america legion bridge and problem free e 270 south towards the spur. Ar te thats your look attack. Att back to you holly and maureen. Going to pick up your you fiveyearold at the airportirpt only to find the airline the wrong kid. The former Stanford University swimmer convicted coi of Sexual Assault just hourst hs away from freedom. Freom time now 4 37. 47. Were back right after this. You back at 4 39 with every parents Worst Nightmare going to pick up your child woatrs the airport and finding ang different kid waiting for you. That story going viral this morning. But first weve got to tal vk about the latest headlinesea swirling around colincolin kaepernick. Last night the embattled 49ers9e qb knelt during the singing of f the national anthem. This time he had company. Compay kaepernick was joined by safety eric reed read who wasd s not in uniform but also took a knee. Next up in health headlinesea three mosquitos tested positive for the zika virus inn Miami Beach Florida which is whi causing concern as theshe Sunshine State hurricane hermine. Ermine a storm that could leave standing water. Er other countries now dealingowli with their own outbreaks including singapore which hasg r e dozens of new cases. Ces several major latino isatino your gators for gop nomineer donald trump arego now n reconsidering their support supo for him following his hardis had line speech on immigration wednesday night. Jacob monty a member of Trumps NationalHispanic Advisory Council resignedil resg after the speech. Alfonzo aguilar president ofsidt the Latino Partnership for conservative principles saystive in p an interview hes also als inclined to pull his support. S s the moment when a parentn a t fears theyve lost their child and 38yearold maribel mib martinez experienced just thatut when she arrived at j. F. K. J. F airport to pick up her soner s from a jetblue flight from the Dominican Republic. The airline had no idea wherea e he was. Heas turned out he ended up on an a flight to boston and the ihe dont know child had been sent to her in new york. Jetblue apologized andapol their correct destinations andtn parents. The incident is now undere inw private investigation. Itiga cannot imagine. No. I heard this story ird yesterday. Both the boys were coming from the Dominican Republic andlic ad they also had gotten theirn th passports switched. Tc how does that happen. Does th how does that happen . S t h serious questions need to be answered there. The Georgetown Universityeoetow taking a major step towards towr amending its role in a crucialnu part of u. S. History. F u. S. Ry. Up next your reaction to plan to offer priority admission to hundreds of descendants of slaves. Gary is back with a check ludingr forecastaves i. Nc luding hurricane hermine could impact c our region this weekend. Weekend it is 4 41 and its 69 trees. 69 degrees maybe. And i old eyes cant see that far. Rdee take your wo for it. I its nice outside. Utde its nice outside indeed. Ee were back after this. This is fox5 news morning. Oxi straight ahead, hurricanerric hermine making landfallandfall overnight in florida but will wl we feel its effects this thi weekend right near our region. Ro heads up metro riders. Rer a red line station closed cse today due to falling debris. How it could impact your friday morning and what you need to knowhow it cfridayorni d commuting nightmare. Re. Taking a live look outside oi on this friday september 2nd it is a beautiful start to the weekend, 69 degrees, feeling very good out there. Lets hope it but well check in with garyit just to make sure that itthatt does. Good morning to you. Thank you fgoorod joining us. Ng im maureen umeh. And im holly morris. Ris. Wisdom is off today. Tay today is friday september 2nd but the rest of the gang gan working hard. Erin como tracking yourg y commute and. Ute and and gary is checking theary k forecast today especially icrricane hermine. Rr gary, okay, shall we pack our o umbrellas this weekend . Wevess got that i wmportaeent zkeip trp this morning. Th do we need our umbrellas. Rellas today is still great, okay. Y. No worries with today at all. Or well seeri aes with to few higo late this afternoon. Erno thats actually from hurricanehc hermine coming up. P. And then this weekend is looking pretty decent here in the city but off to the east eas on the shore its not going to g be too good. Let me show you. Be gorgeous out this morning. Let hi urmperature in somes mnger neighborhoods close to the upperne 50s. Frederick is 61, westminster is 63. Is 63. Couple clouds out there but all things considered, pretty,ic pretty nice. Onsiderepret cutylpeper isice. 63. Leonardtown 70 and annapolis is 72. 7 today we warm up, upper 70s 7 and low gets pushed to the south, soto h no,t a lot of humidity. Umidit sunny all day. D this afternoon well get et well begin to see the highig clouds from south to north and a i think before sunset theythey could come on across and really give us a kind of a muted sunset before its alltsa said and done and then thatnt sets the stage for this for weekend because it looks likeeck were going to end up with a uph good amount of cloud cover ater least tomorrow and sunday butday for the most part it looks like its going to stay dry. Dr. Real quickly winds have come c down so now its a Tropical Storm hermine. Mine its now a Tropical Stormto moved to shore along apalachicola last night earlier this morning aboutut 1 30 or so. R so. Here is the track. Ra it will stay well off shore. She Tropical Storm watches now inown place for our beaches alles a weekend long. On 65 Miles Per Hour extraxt Tropical Storm. It will lose its tropical characteristics but it doesbut d look like this storm will stayl of a shore for and guys, before its all saidli and done, next week the stormrm could become a hurricane again a off shore so this is one thateha still has a lot of questions. Qo we should stay dry here inn d. C. Throughout the Holiday Weekend. Showers will stay to the eastwit ofay u ts. Of us. Erin como is in friday morning i a look at your traffic. Ffic hey, erin. 4 47 and just saying youayino should definitely use caution if youre heading out ofinit ten via airport definitely checkefik your flight status thistatus weekend if youre travelingling anywhere to or from floridaloria especially. Es. Taking a live look as you makeiv youreoo way 95k northbound from stafford up to springfield were not seeing any problems. Ligh t volume seein pickingg an up. K. Heme story on the southboundn t side all the way through thrgh fredericksburg. Were at speed. Ill let you know if that that changes. Lets move to our maps rightur r now from our camerigas. Cameras we have a new crash reported,epe this just in in prince ipr georges county. Orges county. Inner loop on the ramp to Saint Barnabas road. Ba road. The ramp is still opened. One once you access the inner loop youre moving along just fineusn through annandale and tysons. On. Overnight road work 267 near7 nr centreville road as well 267 west past reston parkway so 267 impacted by overnightveit construction in both directions. No major slowdowns there justret yet. Yet. Taking a wide view of ourf o morning commute were lookingeg good on o 2951395f youree taking metro this morning weve been giving you a heads up. Rhode island avenue station isas closed. Theyre working on fixing the te ceiling at the station. Shuttle bus service to and a from brook lands. Ok lan were also dealing with saved surge eight single tracking franconiaspringfield to van do. We got you covered this morning. We got you coveredst a few. Aspa back to you. To you nk thanks erin. Ha Georgetown University isgetoy taking a major step step prompter please to, a step to atone for its slave tape. E. Residents in our area engagingag in serious conversationsrsatio online on social media. Social m. It is the number one the n trending story in our regioneg and has been since early last lt night. Melanie alnwick is on this hot topic for us this morning morni joins us now with all the details. Mellism good morning maureen and holly. Georgetown u niversm itgoyod mning taking tan slavery. They plan to offer priority admission to the descendantscenn of former slaves. Back in 1838 the university swoled hundred 72 slaves toundr pay down its debts. Its dts today the schools president rese said georgetown will need to ndt identify and reach out to their descendants and recruitdan them to the university. D ro the the school isit also calling ono its leaders to offer a formall apology for the universityss participation in the slave thela trade. Now for people in our area andna around the nation this storystoy is a huge talker on social media. Michael s. Wrote on our on Facebook Page my son mikeyon went to georgetown on an athletic and academic scholarship but got injured. Njed if they still honored him withit allowing him to finish his h degree i salute them. Alicia said this is setting ang minor precedent but i doubt arrogant universities will follow suit. Versfollowuit. Dana commented on f may not be able to changehange history but you can certainly cr make sure that there future does not repeat the past. Repea t Georgetown University alsorsitlo plans to create a memorial toemo the slaves and establish anablin institute for the studydy slavery and its legacies. Holly and maureen. Thanks, mel. Nks, mel 4 50 is the time right now. Coming up a d. C. Community demanding answers afterco a 17yearold is gunned down inne broad daylight. And questions lingerstions following the massive spacexpae explosion. Explion. What the rockets owner elon musk is saying about that accident. E fhappening today, the former h Stanford University swimmerwi convicted of sexuallylly assaulting an unconscious girl l is just hours away from freedom. Brock turner only served halfdal of his already controversialtroi six month sentence. Sennce. Protestors are expected e ofide of the jail when he is released later this morning. Moi since his conviction, a letterne has been sent to the states sts governor asking prison sentences for all Sexual Assault cases. Ases happening today, president obama will leave the hawaiian hi island and head to china attending the g20 summit. Obama has been there to do a trio of small islandsan controlled by the u. S. Promoting his climate changee ca agenda. It was made famous by a pivotal battle between thee bwen u. S. And japan during worldurino war ii. Nasa trying to figure outas o what caused a figure massive fie ball and explosion at spacexs launch pad yesterday e destroying a rocket and rockeand satellite that facebook wasfacew counting ton spread internetnter service in africa. Afric spacex says an anomaly on thel pad caused the explosion. Explo. Hell mon murk said it happened as the rocket wasket wa being filled with propel prope lander. L the blast created near the upper stage tank. T pretty dramatic video. 4 53 is our time city beach florida. Rida reporter getting ready to do a live shot from that hurricane batteredurri region. Rio gary mcgrady were wonderingondg if that is going to affect us u up this way. Ay certainly l does look likeloe the greatest effect is going to be out towards the beaches. Ha theres just no doubt aboutoubto that. Okay. So, right now looking at everything on the current curret forecast track, it does looks lk like we will stay dry here ine n the dmv. D all up and down i95. Dn i9 you start getting over on the Eastern Shore thats where i whe think we could see some showers and certainly out tok wt the beaches, okay, so thats tha one thing. Hi next thing to talk about isbo basically where were going toro end up