of those managers, it says: safety trumps service. nothing comes before safety, it says every decision a metro employee makes should be put safety ahead of operational concerns. including on time performance, schedule adherence, convenience, and cost efficiency. safety trumps service. live at the station, bruce leshan, wusa 9. >> when you think about it, bruce, safety is everything. all right. the transportation secretary told his inspectors not to take no for an answer if metro tries to keep them off the rails and he says the more he sees of that, the more likely he is to shut down the s. he's also pushing met to cut from 8 to 6 car trains to reduce the flow of electricity and the risk of fire. but that of course could leave more of us waiting on the platform. turning to prince george's county now where a connected to the shooting death of police officer colson. prosecutors say michael ford's brothers drove him to the prince george's county county police headquarters and recorded him as he opened fire on random cars, and ambulance and responding officers. officer colson found himself in the middle of the gun night and was killed by friendly fire. >> this really has caused quite a bit of harm, and you know, an officer colson, as we are always mindful came there to help. and was killed and so this is damaging, but we are appreciative for the support the community has given us. >> all three ford brothers are facing multiple counts of attempted murder and other related charges. we pivot to the campaign trail now, and voters in nebraska and west virginia make their choices today. >> yeah, even though hillary clinton has 93% of the needed to clinch the nomination, bernie sanders says the fight is not over. >> we have a chance to end up with a majority of the pledged delegates. and if we do that, i think you are looking at the democratic nominee for president. >> sander is leading in polls in west virginia. clinton talked about early childhood education with voters in kentucky today. donald trump is running unopposed in the west virginia and nebraska primaries, he's narrowed potential vice presidential candidates to five or six is experienced politicians and he has not ruled out chris christie. not only is ted cruz not ready to back donald trump he says he might decide to get back many the race. -- in the race. that is if he sees a path t to victory. can we see a path to sun? after another day of showers and gray weather, good enough for a yellow weather alert. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is inhe center and top, please, tell us the end is near? >> okay. the end is near. not that near. depends on your definition of near. i saw brightening of the sky today, needed my stun glasses. not much on radar. a couple of sprinkles around frederick, the east side of 270, along i-70, and is showers at east of leesburg, it's quiet now r r a little bit of shower on the east side of 270, rockville and 28. and also around the corner. the good news, the stadium is dry, we're in pretty good shape in terms of nats park. as long as they play the game in a timely fashion, before 10:00, you should be okay. should be try. can't rule out a sprinkle at 8:00, but by 10:00, we will see showers and the rain roll in. temperature there 59 at 10:00. 8:00 tonight, 61 downtown. but someho manassas. 10:00, they're racing in here, they will be into the ballpark by 10:00. a little bit of yellow showing up, okay, a little moderate rain up to 70. temperatures in the upper 50. by midnight, most of the heavy activity stays south of fredericksburg and the northern neck. by morning, the good news, a lot of clouds, and just some left over showers, temperatures in the mid 50s ch we'll come back, we'll talk about just how long our rain streak will continue, and we'll show you the best day of the weekend. we have had about enough, we are all the way up to here with this rainy weather. >> there with you. regular viewer, you probably noticed a trend in the last couple of weeks. >> it's going to rain like crazy tomorrow. the worst part of issuing the yellow weather alerts, you are hearing them. a string of cool wet weather will continue. >> we're going to talk about another yellow weather alert. >> another yellow >> dooiz is live -- diaz is live back from maternity live. people are losing hope for nice weather. >>reporter: and you know what, i'll tell you this, in the last 30 minutes or so, the sun actually came out. we're going to pan the camera over here, it's beautiful outside. we finally see some sun, a lot of rowers out there and a lot of people walking around in short sleeved shirts, but i'll tell you, people are fed up with the rain and they cannot wait until the spring season is actually here. take a look. okay. a little closer. >> almost, like you can see a little bit of the sun. >>reporter: but not quite. instead, these cloudy skies blanket d.c. and while we battle the rain for the 14th day straight, rainy seattle has clear blue skies this week. birthday month and i'm giving up on it. >> today i felt like going outside, because i've been tired of being locked inside because of all of the rain. >>reporter: and while the rain took a break for a few hours on mother's day, this dad said it's been hard to keep busy pretty much every day. >> my family has not been doing anything, we've been stuck in the house. my wife is driving me crazy, hi, dear, it's just -- it's annoying, really irritating. i want it to stop. >>reporter: but the odds don't look good. >> forecast is awful. the rain has been awful. if you want to get outside and enjoy this wonderful walkable city, you need to have an umbrella. >>reporter: and in all of this rain and darkness, there is one ray of hope. >> i know it's just the season. and sunny days will come. we'll have fun here soon. >>reporter: and so, again, it ended up being a sunny day here now in the georgetown area. but don't get rid umbrella just yet. unfortunately, it looks like we could have some more rainy days ahead. live in georgetown, i'm -- wusa 9. >> there is a light at the end of this tunnel. >> will is, and welcome back, great to see you again. by the way, condolences for the guy who said he was annoyed by his wife. he's going to hear -- he's not going to hear the end of that one. >> we're going to keep playing it over and over and over again. sorry, dude. all right. moving on. sentencing handed down for one of the former campaign workers who lied to tral investigators. 77-year-old vernon hawken was ordered to spend the next 7 months behind bars. a secret effort to funnel money to the mayoral campaign during his successful run for office. he acknowledged he helped to provide $8,000 to a potential witness, so he would be out of town and unavailable to talk to investigators. imagine going out to get in your car finding it up on cinder blocks with no tires. >> gone. that's happened a dozen times in fairfax county over the past few months. northern virginia bureau chief peggy fox showing us where those steps are happening. >> the most recent thefts happened at the end of this street. the fairfax county parkway, the thievess came in the middle of the night. the targets was the g.m.c. pickup truck. the four-door pickup is where the thieves left it, up on cinder blocks, minus the tires. >> horrible. i mean, why would people do such a thing? i don't get it. >>reporter: the thieves could have stole the whole set, tires and rims for a few thousand dollars. >> they picked probably the one house for a reason. >>reporter: fairfax county police released this video of a still sil ver ford explorer suv believed to be involved with a similar is theft on april 3rd. it, too, happened in a culdesac. >> had to case the place out, to understand the timing. they go after that particular car. >>reporter: since february 2nd, th they haves from gmc suvs to chevy tahoes and suburbans to chevrolet corvettes, all the thefts happened overnight between 2:00 can and 4:30 a.m. . >> quietness of it, the time of night. professionalism of how they put it on the cars. how do you lift a car up like that? >>reporter: this woman was first to notice her husband's car on blocks. >> all four tires gone. >> and the window was smashed in the suburban, a white chevy suburban. some things stolen from inside of the car. >>reporter: her home is equipped with outside lights, but the thieves fixed that. >> they came to my side lightbulb and twisted the lightbulbs off so the space is dark. >>reporter: if you own a chevy corvette or a newer hod l gmc truck or suv, police say you should try to park in well-lit areas. in herndon, peggy fox, wusa 9. you can azle get some locking --o to help other people out there in the neighborhood. we are just getting started on wusa 9 news at 5:00, a pregnant woman makes a difficult decision after coming home with the zika virus. >> cleanup and devastation after deadly tornadoes sweep across the midwest. >> and topper is back with more on when we might see this rainy pattern get on out of here. >> by chopper and by boat, crews out practicing river rescu thanks for coming today. i want each of you to grab a 2x8 and cut it. you'll have 2 saws to choose from. you all chose the best tool for the job. wouldn't it make sense to make the same choice, when it comes to your truck? a good-looking pick-up. incredible. i love it. find your tag and get a total value of $9,000 on this silverado double cab all star. find new roads at your local chevy dealer. high anths for two window washers in manhattan today, they were stranded on scaffolding that broke loose and tilted at a dangerous angle. some 17 floors tauf ground. the fire depart police were called in, they pulled those workers to safety through a window and taken to a downtown hospital where they were treated for some minor injuries. president barack obama will make a historic visit to hiroshima. the first tile a sitting president has -- time a sitting president has travelled to the site. he is expected to deliver a speech during that visit which will happen may 27th. the white house says the president will not be apologizing for the 1945 decision to drop the bomb that helped to end the war. one person killed and three injured in a knife attack. that happened today in germany. at a train station during the beginning of the morning rush hour. the 27-year-old suspect was arrested shortly after the attack. officials say he has a history of mental health problems. two people were killed after a series of tornadoes ripped through the midwest. they include this dramatic pie decimated garvin county, oklahoma. violent high-speed winds ripped away everything in its wake. forecasters declared a tornado emergency for communities in the path of that moving tornado. a 76-year-old man was killed. family members say they were on the phone with him when the storm hit. >> back to the cellar, locked down, and started praying. >> when he got there, he said he was still -- thought he was still alive, but it was bad. >> in lincoln, nebraska, hail and heavy rainfall pummelled conspire neighborhoods and flash flooding strapped drivers in their cars. seeing video like that makes it easy to put into perspective, we don't have anything to complain about. it's been raining for two weeks straight now, but put it into perspective. >> we to see sun from time to time during the day. last month we had the severe weather, but it's a beautiful day. and we're still an inch behind for the year, so is it hadn't >> it does. in fact, to that point, our longest stretch of a trace of rain or more, so we talked about measurable rain yesterday being 13, that is a record. we've not measured any rain today at national. we're going to see a trace of rain today. so the streak is 17. way back in 1935. if we get a trace today, it will be 14. if we get measurable rain today, it will also be the same number of days 14 days in a row. 3 degree guarantee, oh, boy. i don't know what i was thinking. well, me we've might make it. i went 61 yesterday. anticipated a little heavier rain in the morning to keep the temps down. i'll let you know how we did did tonight at 11:00. temperatures 64. that's a good thing. as long as it stays there, we're okay. winds northeasterly and a peek of sunshine. here's the radar, not a whole bunch going on. most of the showers are well across the bay. a couple of sprinkles here and there on the just north of -- close to sunshine, too, that's where george avenue. a couple of showers west of silver springs. these are moving off to the east. these are going to move through rockville on our storm tracker, 5:41. laurel about 6:49. nothing heavy, i think these particular sprinkles and showers will stay north of nats park. so we are tracking more showers and maybe a thunderstorm tonight. the biggest threat for storms will be south of fredericksburg tonight. bus stop temperatures tomorrow, 54-62. a couple of showers but not too, too bad. right now, we're not going to issue a yellow weather alert for tomorrow. we reserve the right to do. scattered showers and thunderstorms on wednesday. warmer with more showers on thursday and friday. but again, no one day will be a washout. 10:00 tonight, here comes the showers racing eastward. we want the nats to dispose of the tigers in a timely fashion tonight. by 10:00, 59 downtown, 58n leesburg and 55 in gaithersburg. notice the heavy activity kind of roll through between la plata and points south, and by 6:00 a.m. in the morning, most everything is gone. clouds, yes, low 50s, 53 at gaithersburg, 54 in silver spring. no shortage of clouds, by 9:00, a couple of sprinkles here and there. by noon, 1:00, a line of showers trying to develop, even some thunderstorms down to fredericksburg, now we're 64 downtown and 64 also in fairfax. that rolleds through, by about 24 hours from now, kind of a lull. a lot of clouds. a couple of sprinkles, upper 60s. so on the day planner, generally dry. until about 1:00, and 64 degrees by 1:00 as well. now, showers and storms possible thursday. 70. showerss and storms possible friday, 74. at least we're going up in terms of temperatures. as opposed to the 50s last week. next 7-days, saturday, thunderstorm, 70. we're still better of the two weekend days. upper 60s on monday. by the way, nats on 9, if you can't make it to the ballpark on sunday, you can watch it right here. more now on the deadly maryland shooting spree, that killed three people and injured several more. it started with an incident of domestic violence, the suspect eulalio tordil, was at one point on the radar of the prince george's county police department. wusa 9's stephanie ramirez reports from outside of police headquarters. >>reporter: yesterday, the police spokesperson told us they did not know of child abuse allegations against eulalio tordil, today, we learned that they did in fact receive a report, a detective along with a social worker looked at it, and decided to kick the investigation back to child protective services. why is one of these several important questions in the aftermath of the deadly shooting spree, the prince george's county county state's attorney is look intoog this among in other thing, but the main issue for advocates of domestic violence victims remains suspect was able to maintain a firearm. even after protection orders required him to turn them in. >> there were so many highly -- factors in this case, the access to firearms, his highly trained military background. an assessment was a test, a tool to assess what kind of danger they might be. in fr july 2014 to last june, 55% of domestic violence related deaths in maryland involved the use of a gun. the protection order in this case didn't stop the suspect. jordan hopes what happened here doesn't discourage victims from seeking one. >> yes, protective orders are awesome, the most effective and the first line of defense for survivors of domestic violence. they're not magic wands and not the only one that anything should do. >>reporter: this is a civ criminal charges filed against someone, which could be another way to get police involved. in prince george's county, stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. now, stephanie did get an update from the police saying some of the most serious abuse allegations made were believed to have happened in arizona and not in maryland, police tell us why the case was investigated by cps that eventually pushed to arizona for further review. we'll continue to follow this. hold that pacifier, and how you could fight back against the long lines at airport security check points, that's coming up tonight t. a couple of red pandas at the national zoo. >> and a member of our wusa 9 family opens up about her battle wl turrets syndrome. the stigma and the stereotypes associated. that's tonight a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet 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woman, who got zika on a trip to central america, and brought it home. the outcome wasn't good. wusa 9 scott broom is there to tell us more. >>reporter: this was frankly an alarming interview particularly if you're pregnant or thinking about it, alarming because it happened here. not in some tropical country, although the disease was brought in from a topical country. and it involved a tragic decision to abort a zika-infected fetus, a the doctor that led the way, talked about it. >> she was a ply 11 weeks when she travelled to central america. >>reporter: director of maternal fetal medicine, author of an important case study, published in the new england journal of medicine, that appears to confirm the suspected link between zika and a tragic birth defect called microcephaly, babies with denormed tiny heads and se fear neurological -- severe neurological l damage. >> on our doorsteps. >>reporter: her d.c. patient and her husband got zika from the dreeded mosquito while -- dreaded mosquito while travelling. >> the problem became evident. >>reporter: it was alarming that early ultrasounds of the fetus looked okay o, but a couple of weeks later, there was clearly terrible trouble developing in the fetal brain, a difficult decision to make. >> it was confident that the neurologic outcome of the baby her and her husband came to the decision that they would term that the pregnancy. what they wanted more than anything was for people to learn from their misfortune. she underwent induction of labor, which allowed us to perform fushl further evaluation studies on the baby. we certainly want to advise people that if you don't have to travel to a fekted area s. but we may become an affected area come the mosquito months. >>reporter: her paper on all of this was published at the end of march, as huge anxiety about this because the type of mosquito that spreads sdik canca is not -- zika is not just a tropical mosquito, it is in 50 u.s. metropolitan areas, including here in washington, d.c.. so far, the 472 people who have opinion conifered with zika in the u.s., they got it somewhere else, but clearly, there is anxiety because of of this mosquito. and at some point in the future, we'll start getting cases that originate here in the united states, and doctor drigers and the other doctors here are most certainly on the lookout for that. i'd like to mention by the way, she says she's seeing women every day now, who have travelled somewhere else who are deeply concerned that they, too, may be facing a zika-infect fetus. scott broom, wusa 9. >> it will get worse, unfortunately as we enter the sticky season. zika symptoms include fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes. 80% of people infected with the virus won't show any symptoms, here's how you protect yourself. first, avoid travel to any areas that have an active infestation. also, use an epa approved repellant over sunscreen, wear long pants and long sleeved shirts and sleep in air conditioned screened in rooms. searching for answers and a attempted rape in silver springs, montgomery county police handed out composite fliers today in the area ofsca l drive at bricks cheney road. a 16-year-old girl says the suspect followed her into her apartment building last week, he reportedly exposed himself and tried to take off that teen's pants. the attacker ran off when the teen's brother showed up. it is practice for rescue crews and a reminder for the rest of us, d.c. fire and ems workers and along with u.s. park police, spent the day on potomac river, brushing up on their life-saving skills. crews taking part in drills or when somebody needs help this summer. emergency workers remind us of the river's dangerous undertow, and they reiterate, there is no safe part of the potomac for people to swim in. >> one of the officers charged in the death of freddie gray is set to go on trial this week. officer edward -- has requested that his fate be decided by a judge and not a jury. heas took gray into custody when he ran from him and he's charged with a handful of misdemeanor, including second-degree assault. that trial is expected to begin on thursday. and last five days. two to maryland now, governor larry hogan signing legislation today reducing the cost of birth control l in the state. among other things, the bill eliminates copayments for vasectomys, the measure makes maryland the first state in the country requiring insurance coverage for over the counter contra septemberive medications like -- contraceptive medications like the morning after pill. >> this is a big deal, it's wonderful to see the state of maryland pushing forward in a time where so many places across the country are holding women back and holding back reproductive rights and is reproductive health. but not here in the state of maryland. >> maryland's con -- facebook responding to allegations that it is conservative stories. >> sharon osbourne opens up about her split with ozzy. and budweiser wants to change the name of the iconic brand. topper? >> that a good idea? remember new coke? just saying. all right, here's a look at the pollen count. low for weeds and moderate for mold spores, you can find that on the website and app, scroll down to weather map, we'll come back and talk about tracking more showers and thunderstorms and which day will be the best trending now, sharon osbourne broke her silence today, talking about her husband ozzy osbourne's alled affair with a hair dresser. >> appearing on her show, the talk, osbourne says she kicked ozzy out last week, when he moved back in, she moved out. and says they are still on speaking terms but she doesn't know if their 33-year-old marriage will survive. >> i honestly, at this point, today, have no idea what i'm going to be doing with the rest of my life. i don't know where i'm going. who i'm going with. and i just need >> the couple has three grown children. allegations tonight, facebook manipulate its trending news section for its own 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[ laughter ] thousands of blue tags. thousands of low prices. my giant. i'm andrea mccarren on capitol hill. many soldiers go to war and have injuries that impact their ability to have children. this time to have reproductive surgery paid for by the v.a.. i'll have that story coming up at 6:00. a startling study just released today, shows deadly crashes are up in dc and other states that have legalized marijuana. >> live to explain just exactly what this means. stephanie. >>reporter: adam, it all boils down to safety, when you get behind the wheel of a car road, as for the results of that study, some are surprised by that study and some aren't. >> as a driver and a parent, it makes me very nervous. >>reporter: linda green has two teens that are new drivers, she's alarmed by these sta tics. mbnuers show in d.c. from 2013-2014, drug impaired directs doubled. while alcohol impaired deaths remain the same. >> my worst fear is that they would get hurt or they would be with somebody whos was making a bad decision and driving impaired. you know, i think all of the worries you have as a parent of teenage drivers are there. >> i tend to be on the side of supporting legalization for the benefits. i'm surprised that the numbers have increased. i'd be interested to know more about the causal link than just saying it's marijuana. >>reporter: in an attempt to enforce drug impaired driving, some states who have legalized marijuana have created legal limits. still, some say that's not enough. because science hadn't caught up. >> with marijuana, as you know, it stays in your system for a longer period of time than alcohol. so you might be seeing if you do the -- seem if you do the blood test under the the influence, if you are not. i don't know what this study does, gron it takes -- i don't know if it takes into account there needs to be a more sophisticated test. >>reporter: the legal limited are not supported by science, concern is that people under the influence of marijuana right now, could be driving down the street, putting your loved ones at risk on the flip side, others could be wrongly convicted. wusa 9. >> thanks, stephanie. d.c., alaska, colorado, oregon and washington state have all legalized the recreational use of marijuana. 20 states have it legalized only for medicinal use. a opiate addicts. the main ingredient in immode -- immodium. some are taking large doses to get high. experts say people are turning to this because it is cheep and easy to get. and they are warning parents that teens buying immodium in large quantities could send up immediate red flag gls the curtain is coming down on the screen on the green program in washington. comcast and hbo are pulling the plug on the series that featured popular movies being shown out on the national mall. friends of the screen on the green festival say they are looking for other possible sponsors for the program. this is a yellow alert day. now, here's wusa 9's first alert weather. >> not a bad evening, actually some a live look outside. still 64 right now. dew points in the 40s the air has dried out a bit. winds out of the northeast at 8. radar is quiet, over the last hour, we saw a few showers move across 270 and across montgomery county and howard county. it's dry at the ballpark, it will stay dry until 10:00 p.m. at nats park. showers at fair land to laurel, that southbound it. we're going to be tracking showers and a couple of thunderstorms overnight. particularly south of town. bus stop temperatures, just cool, 54-62. a slight chance of a shower tomorrow. but nothing widespread. scattered showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. not a washout. and warmer with more showers on thursday and friday. we should top 70 on thursday, we certainly will top it on friday. again, showers and storms in the forecast. not a washout. 10:00 tonight, here's what we mean. showers already encompassing and developing the nats park. 59 at 10:00, walking the dog after dinner, an umbrella probably a good yd. 57 in hagerstown. by morning, a lot of cloud, not too many green specks here. yes, the showers are possible. at 54 in fairfax, 55 in bowie, and by 9:00 a.m., showers growing and building out to the west, around romney and lor ray and those roll flu the afternoon. right -- through the afternoon. heavier activity to the south. between d.c. and fredericksburg. here's the day planner, showers maybe early the morning and then a break, but still cloudy. and then showers redevelop by 1:00, 64 degrees. 70. not a washout. same on friday. 74, not a washout. next 7-days, some thunderstorms on saturday, 70. nats on 9 sunday. if you can't make it to the ballpark, make it here. 64. that's the better of the two a couple of showers after sunset. now, wusa 9 game on sports. brought to you by xfinity. so it's dollar day down at nats park, a lot of dollars. 175 million of them as the nats decide signing strasburg to a contract extension here we thought we could show up with our dollars. not so much. kristen berset, is there, though. >>reporter: the rumors started trickling out last night about the big contract extension for stephen strasburg, it became official today. this is something that's been going on since spring training, stephen sprasburg left the team in kansas city to get a physical and nobody knew about it t. story line of the impending free agency is over. >> this is really a special day. a special day for me and the organization. one of our rl really put us on the map is decided to stay home. >>reporter: stephen strasburg has had iz share of ups and downs, but there is no other uniform he wanted to wear and no other city his family wanted to leave. >> we're very, very comfortable here and you know, to see the commitment, in the players, but the guys that they draft. you know, there's a t lot of high character guys, a lot of guys with a lot of talent, you know, i definitely want to be a part of that. >>reporter: strasburg's newest deal is a 7 year extension worth 175 million dollars. it's the highest contract for a starting pitcher that has undergone tommy johns surgery. >> i think it's great, if the organization, you know, put faith in him, in his future, and their future, especially the fact that he had, you know, been injured early l in his career. >> during the season, you don't want to deal with it. and you want to pitching. so it's actually amazing that he was able to still go out there and pitch as well as he has. >>reporter: in this day in age, a social media, the news of an extension didn't leak out before monday night. strasburg appears to be as good a secret keeper as he is a pitcher. >> this is kind of something that was set in stone for almost two weeks now. but you know, i guess your secret is safe with me. >>reporter: it's really impressive. all right. today's inside pitch goes perfectly with the contract, until this afternoon, this guy, former national, jordan zimmerman was the highest paid pitcher that come off tommy john surgery when he signed the 110 million dollars contract. zimmerman will take them out tomorrow night in the series finale. we'll have much more of the big contract, plus there's a big game tonight. the capital, game is. coming up, a new poll of swing states shows the likely clinton-trump is a dead heat. >> the u.s. secretary of transportation come to shutting down metro after some recent safety failures. >> up next, a pilot with roots in northern virginia flies his way into the rec 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, it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me it is a video that is about to go viral, a world contest for who can land a plane in the shortest distance. >> the new champ is right here from our backyard, wusa 9, a pilot himself, just talked with the winner, hey, pete. >>reporter: guys, you don't have to be a pilot to like this, a landing in tensover feet, thousands of views. and the young pilot at the controls told me over skype, he owes it all to his virginia roots. with a quick salute, bobbi once again flew into the record books. last weekend, his takeoff of 40 feet, earned him the championship title at the alaska fly in, for the 5th time. >> it kind of established that i think i know what i'm doing. and it might be time to retire at this point. >>reporter: retirement at 22 years old. it he graduated from high school. >> most of my practicing was in warrenton where i learned how to fly. >>reporter: it paid off, his landing was only 55 feet. enough to get first place and close to his record of 20 feet. >> helicopters, you know, they're longer than 20 feet. >>reporter: alaskan bush piets this to access remote area, now she training special forces to do it. >> there's something in the water, i know a few other people who are out and about in the world doing great thing, too. so i think it's just something local that makes us allen want to two out and be -- all want to go out and be our best. >>. >>reporter: he's getting a degree in unmanned aircraft, drones and his mom, crystal, still lives in warrenton. transportation secretary threatens the to shut town the entire metro system if federal safety directives are not followed. >> a u.s. senator makes it her mission to make the government pay for in vitro fertly vags for veterans. the new round of polls in swing states show donald trump is running neck-and-neck with hillary clinton. >> i'm bruce johnson. >> i'm jan jeffcoat. >> the new poll numbers couldn't have come at a better time for trump as he struggles to reunite his fractured republican party. clinton still has a lot of work to do with the democratic nomination. live tonight with why that is not going to be any easier tonight. >>reporter: west virginia holds their primary tonight and you won't see the three remaining candidates there. donald trump will win by being the last republican standing. and bernie sanders with a healthy lead there, too. he and hillary to bigger battlefields. >> california. >>reporter: adoring crowds welcomed berp bern to northern california -- bernie sanders to northern california last night, and again today, where he had comforting words. >> it's not going to happen. >>reporter: but hillary clinton's daunting delegate lead over sand isers still makes it far more likely that keeping trump from the white house will be her task this fall. in two kentucky appearances, today, she focused oon reducing child care costs. issued the clinton campaign hopes will strengthen her support in female voters. >> making our country or any community as strong as it can and should be. >>reporter: and clinton will need their support. swing state polls released today by the university shows her leading trump by one point in florida can and typically blue pennsylvania. she trails trump by 4 points in ohio. perhaps the most 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