Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm 20160606 : compareme

Transcripts For WUSA Wusa 9 News At 5pm 20160606

Wreaking down on the breaking down on the single track, et cetera. I just have to prepare. Im pretty resilient. So ill take the bus and walk and do as necessary for me. So all good. Reporter so honestly, guys, the worst we heard today was one commuter this morning had a normally 30minute metro ride. Today it was 50 minutes. But he had done with clearly a lot of metro riders did, planned ahead, left a little early and had a contingency plan. Bus riders are way up today. Well head back into the plaza metro station. And well have updates for you at 5 30 and 6 00. Until then, reporting live from the plaza, im adrea mccarra, eyewitness news. Thank you. This is a dozen operations theyll do to complete three years of Maintenance Work in just one year. Our coverage continues with ken molestina. Reporter metro workers pleased with the work so far. They were pleased with the work done. That has been done at this point. Theyre pleased with the rider experience folks experienced today. But, again, he reminded us, stressed this is just day three of this maintenance effort. Still a long way to go here. System wide, ridership was down only 1 as riders went back to work today. Blue ballston and east side s riders adjusted their ravel routes accordingly. Nothing major popped up as far as un adjusted their travel routes accordingly. Nothing major popped up. This is the third day of many days. Theres a long way to go. There will be ups and downs, no doubt about it. But i think the public continues to heed the warning, i think well be in good shape. Reporter metro officials are expecting tomorrow to be another big test. They say monday ridership in general. For the most part, its usually down compared to the rest of the week. Jack evans really likened this today to a snowstorm. Today was the day of the storm. It was the day everyone was warned about, the day people made adjustments to their plans. But tomorrow, once this storm has passed, everybody tries to go back to normal and there could be a surge in rider which i tomorrow. So theyre keep ridership tomorrow. So theyre keeping an eye on. Whatever you did today, do it tomorrow because by their metrics, everything went well. No one can say they werent warned either. Thank you. If you want traffic and update alerts on your mobile device, anytime, download our free wusa9 app. A vigil is underway in fred rick county in maryland. Thats where searchers and divers are wrapping autopsy a second day for searching two up a second day for searching for two men. It appears flood waters caught them and a lot of others by surprise. Scott broom is live there to tell us more. Reporter yes. You can see behind me here the river is high and muddy right now. And given the weather, a lot of people may not have expected that. The search has been up and down the river today with no results locking for these boaters. And these conditions with high and muddy water are likely not what these boaters figured they were in for befo launched before dawn yesterday morning. But what they found on the river, clearly a different story. Reporter family and friends gathered for a vigil today. While searchers used graveling hooks to drag the bottom, spotters in the air tried to find the missing boaters, too with no luck. Missing walter gray of brunswick, maryland, and lee of fredrick, fast friends who were out fishing. The water is higher today. Reporter 911 calls came in sunday morning about 10 00 reporting a boat overturned in the river and at least one man seen clinging to a branch. Their 14foot john boat with a small motor was found more than a mile downstream. The fishermen have been been seen havent been seen since. We have undercurrents. Very fast. You have to be more careful when the waters high. Reporter fellow fishermen sharing the sense of loss on the river bank today. I know theres danger. Life that way it makes me scared. I dont want him out by himself. Reporter it was still sunny and beautiful here, but there was a pulse of flood water that surged quickly. Its making its way from big storm that is happened 100 miles away in West Virginia five days ago. Flood water thats arrived here with tragic consequences. Reporter so while there were flood warnings in West Virginia on thursday, by the way this water got down here, there were no warnings at all. Its nowhere near flood stage. But as you saw from the graphic, it came up very quickly. And right now for small boats, its what Natural Resources police consider at this portion of the river, a danger level for boaters. By tomorrow, you may be safe out here on a canoe. Pretty sad reminder of what can happen on maryland waters there. Thank you, scott. An lives last year. Six have died so far this year. And the majority of them were not wearing life jackets. A medical examiner is conducting an autopsy on the man struck and killed by a csx train in laurel. It happened very early this morning at lafayette avenue and buoy road before 1 00. Thats where they offed to found a 25yearold man dead on the tracks. The 85car Freight Train was stuck 90 minutes while they looked over the scene. This forced a pilot to make an Emergency Landing this morning. They inspected United Express flight on the tarmac. They did not find any fire. A judge will decide the state of the Baltimore Police officer facing the most serious charges in the death of freddie gray. At a hearing today, officer Ceasar Goodson chose a bench trial rather than a trial by jury. He was driving the transp van when gray suffered a broken neck that led to his death. Edward nero was acquitted by a judge last month who also chose a bench trial. Goodsons trial starts thursday. The mother of the 3year old boy who got inside the gorilla exhibit in cincinnati zoo will not face any charges. The mother didnt do anything criminal. He says she had three other kids with her and just got distracted. A gorilla grabbed the child once he got in the area. A zoo crisis team killed the gorilla. The child was not seriously injured. A 17yearold honor roll student with dreams of harvard was shot to death in her own bed. The murder of Amber Stanley has haunted detectives and Community Since august of 2012. Now a new book is revealing how close theyve been the whole time catching her killer. Hi, what a great book. A good month for murder. Out from dale quinton wilbur. He had almost unprecedented access to the investigation, including the assassination of Amber Stanley. Its really hard, you know. Its hard. Happy birthday. Reporter the grief still burns. A bright teenager with brilliant dreams killed in the place she thought was safest. He kicked open the door and mistakenly shot her dead in her bed. Reporter the brand new book reveals what he learned inside the homicide squad. Detectives still believe ambers killer was gunning for her foster sister, a troubled young woman who will be raped five days earlier. She reported the crime and had taken to facebook to threaten her attacker. The rapist foster sister. Reporter solve the rape case, solve the murder. February 27th, they get a, did na hit back on a ser dna hit back on a serial rapist whos pled guilty on two other rapes. He watched as he tried to sweat out a confession. He admitted kicking down the door but backed away saying he had no gun and knew nothing about ambers death. This is not solve it in an hour, special victims unit. This is real reporter he came away impressed by investigators caught in the crewsable of a brutal month of a dozen murders. Detectives hunting the truth under nearly unbearable pressure. They were focused on catching the right person, the person they really believe did it and not just closing the case. Now that rapist is still a suspect in the murder. Hes incarcerated in those other crimes. Hope to get him back in the Interrogation Room to get him in a confession in a murder thats likely to haunt our region until its solved. Police work a lot harder than people think. A good month for murder goes on sale tomorrow. The lights are back home in 40,000 businesses and homes in maryland. Those power customers were without power much of the afternoon on a hot day. They blamed a transmission line problem for the blackout. The power was restored to all customers about an hour ago. This could cause power outages. Theres a state of emergency underway right now in 34 florida counties as Tropical Storm cool approaches from the coln approaches from the gulf of mexico. Colin approaches from the gulf of mexico. Hope youre not going to the beaches this afternoon. Theyre providing sandbags to many areas prone to flooding. Some schools closed and graduation ceremonies to take place in tampa have been postponed. Our chief meteorologist is tracking this storm from the weather center. Not a nice friend there, topper shutt. Reporter good news, though. Wont become a hurricane. Will move back out to sea. Right now, just a disorganized mess. Its about 191 miles north northwest of tampa. You see that running through south florida. Not very well organized. That said, were still looking at the Tropical Storm warnings as far north as oregon inlet. But look at the track. It really moves out. By tuesday afternoon, its offshore. [no audio] [ technical difficulties ] all right, the opp. Just Getting Started on all right, topp. Were just Getting Started. Police return to leesburg at a home thats already been waded once. Also ahead, Hillary Clinton looking to lock up the democratic nomination for tomorrows president ial primaries. But up next, tens of thousands are expected to celebrate the life of muhammad ali at a Memorial Service in his hometown of Memorial Services have been announced for boxing legend muhammad ali. The threetime heavyweight champ died over the weekend at the age of 74. Kenneth craig is in louisville, kentucky, with details of the reporter jimmy smith is teaching his young son about muhammad ali. He had planned to stop at the ali center in louisville, kentucky, while on a family trip from ohio to atlanta. As were driving down the past couple days, we heard the news he was passing away. And just tragic timing, i guess. Reporter his death has been met with an outpouring of love and memories from fans all over the world. His life and legacy will be honored during two interfaith Memorial Services. 18,000 are expected to attend an islamic prayer event and another 15,000 will be allowed into a Public Service friday. He was larger than the muslim community, larger than the African American community. Reporter his family says the former heavyweight champ helped plan his memorials and gave his approval before he died. Former president bill clinton will a eulogy. Reporter while smith wont be able to attend the services, hes glad he has achieved a lifelong goal of visiting the center. He says its appropriate for ali to fill an arena one last time. I think its important to allow Public Access to it. Thats his style. I wouldnt expect anything less. Reporter a fair well worthy of the greatest. A farewell worthy of the greatest. And our own Brett Johnson will be there for the Memorial Service. The family says theyll continue to work in their fathers name, including parkinsons research. A 1970 portrait of muhammad ali is on display in the museums in memorium space. They have 14 images of the boxer. Hillary cln sanders are campaigning in california. One of the handful of States Holding primaries tomorrow. Clinton is hoping to gain enough delegates to lock up the nomination. But Bernie Sanders is predicting a win there in the golden state. If the turnout is very high, i think well win by big numbers. Reporter presumptive nominee donald trump is defending his comments over the judge thats over his trial over his trump university. He says the judge cannot be fair because hes of mexican heritage. Latest news from the campaign trail and up to the minute results for everything that happens in the president ial primaries. All you have to do is reach out and download our free wusa app. Temperatures going up, up, up. So far, good, good, good. And were feeling pretty good about the da not so sure. But feeling good. We went progressive in the upper 80s, mid80s. 85. 87 was our number today. You know, average high is 83. So thats pretty progressive. Well let you know at 11 00 when the numbers are here. A live look outside. Right now, 85. Thats a good number. Thats within 3. Look at the dew points, in the 50s. Dry air mass. Winds southwest at 10. Were tracking another cold front tomorrow. Well track another stationary front to our south and keep a look on colin. Hammering south georgia, carolinas, and florida with heavy rain. We have Tropical Storm watches up into florida and north carolina. But flash flood watches more prevalent. Heavy rain through wilmington in southeast north carolina. Between colin and a stationary front, partly cloudy skies tonight. A nice night. Dry but comfortable. Further north and west you go, generally clear skies toward cumberland. Looks like this. A pleasant evening will lead to a very nice night. Bus stop temperatures, 62 to 87. Itll stay dry tomorrow morning. If we see any showers with the front, late morning, early afternoon hours. A few showers. Not much. And windy and much cooler on wednesday. Well lose 10 degrees by the way we end up in wednesday. But itll feel refreshing. Theres that cloud shield with futurecast. Probably will be as north as rockville and just north of fairfax and d. C. Then by morning it retreats to the south. Folks in Southern Maryland will have a cloudy morning and probably cloudy day tomorrow. But look at this. 65 in gatorsburg. 65 in manasas. Dotting the area with nothing too heavy. Dont think youll have to change your plans at all. 76 at 9 00. 79 at 11 00. 82 at 1 00 and maybe a couple sprinkles. Wednesday, a slight chance at a sprinkle. Windy and cooler. Only 76. 79. But gorgeous on thursday. Next seven days, maybe a shower on friday because the nats are back in town. If you cant make it to the ballpark. And then maybe a thunderstorm on sunday. 87. Gorgeous on monday back in the low 80s. All right. Topp, thanks. Lawmakers look to stop the annoying rob ocalls. But first, the database that could help doctors better treat cancer patients. Joe biden is announcing the launch of an open access cancer ittabase. s to help Research Share information on the disease and treatment. Its known the genomic data commons and part of the cancer inst university of chicago. We know how annoying the robocalls can be. And complaints over them continues to grow. Now launches are pushing phone companies to provide us with some technology they already have to access and block those unwanted calls from tell marketers. You have to provide for no charge the opportunity for your consumers to not be bothered. A Service Called no mo robo uses a massive database of known illegal robocallers to block calls. Theres cellphone apps that can block those marketers. That legislation is pending in the house. Its been more than 15 years and now General Mills is bringing a with less artificial ingredients to a store this year. Its called tiny toast and will be flavored with real fruit, strawberries and blueberries, not high fructose corn syrup. It comes as americans crave more Natural Ingredients in their foods. And a fingershaped sponge cake once on the verge of extinction teams up with a reboot. Hostess will honor the all female ghostbusters film with a twinkie. Its flavored to taste like key lime. That does not look good. Thats a big twinkie. Im sure it tastes better than it looks. Ill trust you on that. And a leesburg home first edraid on friday. Who is responsible for these abandoned kittens . And up next, beaver live in Silver Springs after this wer vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me a second raid is underway at a leesburg home. Started earlier this afternoon. But this after an Early Morning raid on friday left several residents traumatized. Chief fox spoke to the homeowner and several others ordered out. She joins us live from leesburg with whats going on. Reporter the past few hours weve seen officers show up once again to this house on appletree drive. We know the homeowner isnt there because she had a meeting with child protective services. Shes trying to get her kids back. You know, my kids were scared. They were, you lake, whats going on . Im, like, i dont know. The police are here. Reporter she has no idea, she says, why local and federal police raided her home friday morning. A neighbor took this video. We all lined up to the door. And the police had rifles and spotlights. They made us come out, one by one including the kids. Reporter her kids are 7, 10, 12, and 15 years old. And the worst thing is the kids were coming out. They had guns in their faces. Reporter the two are seen being ored out of the home ordered out of the home. Having a high powered weapon pointed at them has left them both traumatized. I thought i was going to get shot. But i didnt do anything wrong. Theyre not asking us. Theyre saying, you are a gangmember. You, them, and this person, this person, and this person are all gangmembers. Im, like, how are you telling me if i myself know im not a gang job member . Reporter everyone taken into custody was released hours later and no charges have been filed. They acted like they were in a war in iraq when there were kids in there. Reporter they say theyre not in a gang and dont know anybody in a gang. They have tattoos but nothing gang related. Sanchez says n

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