fixed. >> reporter: of course the big new out of the press conference that just watched up here a little while ago is that metro plans to open the system again tomorrow but both the general manager and the chairman of the metro board say that the issue that inspectors found as they walked through that hundred mile of tunnels make them convinced that shutting down the system today was the right call. inspectors found 26 areas where jumper cables were damaged or frayed, most of the problems on the silver line and blue and orange line. this he have replaced 18 of those and they are not done. they still have at least eight more frayed cables they fled to relace and about 14% of the system left to inspect. the main concern is getting the line opened for tomorrow. getting all the lanes opened for tomorrow. >> my task today is to quiet the system open by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. that is what we will focus today. there's a lot more that i have to do to find out how do we get to this position that i found myself in 48 hours ago. >> reporter: the general manager said while they are finishing that work through the night if they find any other problems there is a possibility that they could see some single -- riders could see single tracking tomorrow. again there's about 14% of the system left to inspect. they do anticipate for the majority of it to be open tomorrow morning. reporting live. allison barber. >> thank you. we are going to talk about rider who found today's closure annoying -- annoying but they seem to understand why metro had to do it. we are in springfield with reaction from riders there. >> reporter: this isn't just a shopping plaza but a lot where people will park their cars and go together to get into dc. we asked people here what they thought about metro opening up tomorrow at 5:00 a.m. but first what i did was i snapped a were showing on the aaron wusa9. this is a picture of frayed jumper cables. the reason why metro was closed. >> that's very disturbing. i don't use the metro myself because of the problems. to see something like that, you know, at the same time not surprising because all the problem they have been having. i like to say that -- it's very disturbing. >> at least now they know what to fix. now they can just single track or work their way around this or establish shuttle buses but not -- you know -- the system wide outages, not acceptable. >> reporter: we want to hear about your drive today. tweet me. in springfield. >> she will be popular. people opening themselves up and sharing today. people had to get creative to find another way to work the district's transportation department spokesman said more street car this morning. rider ship was up 13% over the same time last week which amounts to another 380 people. you know it still is free. also between last night and this morning more than 500 people signed up to up for a free membership to capitol bike share. the high demand kept bike share workers busy. during rush hour they saw twice as much business as normal. employees tried to keep pace to replace the bikes. >> about 50% busy right now i thought it would be a headache but it wasn't >> great to be on a bike on a beautiful day. i want metro to be safe and i accept it needed to be closed. >> capitol bike share is free one day memberships available at all 372 stations today. they also called in extra staff at certain docking stations to help riders out. its been a busy taxi, uber and lyft has people tried to get around. around >> reporter: normally things calm here at union station on a wednesday afternoon. today it looked more like grand central station out here. something moriah and her son are use to. they just came from new york city and they are from la. >> i know about traffic i live in traffic. i didn't come here to be in traffic. we will get to where we are going and stay put for the afternoon. >> reporter: few cab drivers. >> just like a normal day. i don't -- that's no ditch many >> reporter: with lyft and uber officering -- offering discounts. >> none stop people keep requesting rides. ive just had to park over here and go to the bathroom and now i have to turn my app bark on. i know it's going. >> reporter: zip car and car 2 go also other major players. >> we normally keep ten cars centerwe had two available. >> [inaudible] arrive any minute this is the second i'm ordering because they canceled. this he are to lazy to drive up here. >> reporter: the private transportation heads said they don't know anymore about tomorrow than we do but they say whatever happens they will be ready. at union station. stephanie ramirez. a lot tweeted about the evening commute. this is from carolyn. she writes not quite as pleasant a bus ride home. you can see how packed the bus is. here is abby who said watching shut down coverage. it was necessary for the future. she wrote thank you. safety first. james says dc metro is on the lamest hunt ever. i'm liking what i'm hearing jack evans. i think he and paul will actually effect change talking about the metro board as well as metro a new gm. kevin says who needs a ride. petty cab. no if you want to know what the traffic situation will be like tomorrow you can down load the free app. it has the latest tweets about service disruptions ands. hopefully a lot of have you gotten home by now. for those still out the walk, bike ride or drive tome hasn't did not dry for everybody. todd with us now tracking showers around the metro. >> reporter: yeah. they are few and far betweenf. you are underneath this storm it's weakened a bit. just tweeted about. put it on facebook a weaker storm into he you still see yellow which is method raid rainfall. we had some orange and red in here earlier. it's weakened a little bit. the rain does extend across the beltway into upper marlboro. that will roll off to the east quickly. pretty good rain or just to the south of the airport and down toward national harbor and old town. everything will push east- northeast. while it's raining now in fed ex and camp springs it will increase in intensity through the next 30, 45 minutes. headed toward fedex. the main part will be there at about 7:29 and over toward the -- bay sox stadium about 7:45. after that we are in good shape. by seven, eight tonight. boom everything is gone. we will come back. we will talk about winds increasing tomorrow. perhaps a couple of showers for saint patrick's day and we get snow on the seven day. they need some of that rain. that's where we are tracking breaking news. check coming out of a three story apartment. justnside in north of the beltway from sky nine. you can see the thick heavy smoke. that leaves part of the roof of this apartment has collapsed. moments ago the fire department saying that the fire sunday control and fortunately there are no known injuries. police are saying tonight that -- the [inaudible] was shot by another officer. during a strange assault on a police station sunday night. at first police said he had been killed by a bullet but today the chief said they have learned it was a tragic shot taken by a colleague. he was in plain clothes and had just arrived scene of chaos when he was mistaken for an attacker. one of the gun men collapsed in court today. the president's supreme court justice pick dominated twitter. what the hash tag the president introducing merrick garland in the rose garden. the 63-year-old didn't have to travel far for today's announcement. all the way from bethesada. he has been the chief judge of the court of appeals for dc since 3013. 2013. he was born in chicago, graduated from harvard law and is a known liberal. >> this is the greatest honor of my life. other than my wife agreeing to marry me 28 years ago. for me there could be no higher public service that being a member of the court. >> it's a president's right to nominate a just as a check on a president and with hold its consent. >> if confirmed garland would replace justice scalia which 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call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v what better way to celebrate the start of spring in the capitol than with a special caffeine fix. turning on facebook is the new cherry blossom frappuccino. >> low fat. >> no sugar . >> low calories . it's a blend of strawberries cream. that fat free kind i guess with white chocolate sauce. it'll be offered until sunday which marks the first day of spring. i'm told by my director it's delicious. >> now they are petting in things you can't even pronounce. you don't know what they are. >> i will give them a free plug. i deserve a free one now. here is a look at tidal basin cherry trees. they are closer to bursting in to shades of pingw. he are a week away from the start of the projected peek date the national park service pushed back yesterday because of chilly temperatures in the forecast. >> you have some more and did you say snowflakes in >> did i hear you say that? >> i put two on. why not? >> what? >> is that just to mess with us? >> little bit. there's a chance. all the models not agreeing but if this degrees -- we will have enough cold air. let's start with the three degree guarantee. no snow today wind for a high especially given some of the morning fog. we will see. tonight at 11 if it were high enough. the weather camera. there is the cathedral. showers, this he have lightened -- they have lightened up. here are the showers. this is over the last hour. you notice when you go back toward -- fairfax county. little bit of prince william they were pretty heavy. the red and orange and yellow. now they move through dc into -- they have weakened which is a good thing. still light rain. out 495. down 301. this a separate storm. looking at some light rain. egg pushing in to the county will be gone in the next 45 minutes. 42 to 58. that's good. warmer with a shower poib on saint patrick's day a good day and cooler with a shower possible on friday and even so that won't by a bad end to the week we are talking about 60 on friday. ten tonight we are around 60. downtown. 61 -- we are clear. maybe 48 fredricksburg but 50 in leesburg and already 50 in gaithersbub. no green blob. by one, look at this. we are back in the mid60s. after a cold front comes through. w. you will he see green push through between one and 5:30. couple of stray showers possible but not a big deal and not worthy of a yellow weather alert. no. all right. day plan some clouds by 11. look at that. with re65 by one. friday some showers possible. down to 61. then we are down to 51 but a nice day on saturday. clouds return at night. next seven days. sunday, rain, here is your flake right there. overnight on sunday into monday. temperatures in the 40s. spring arrives at 12:30 in the morning. ba to 50on tuesday and then back to the mid60's on wednesday. we have made our picks, you have made your picks, the president making his final ncaa turn mint prediction from the oval office. his film four includes kansas, texas a and m. north carolina and michigan state. he thinks the jay hawks will win the whole thing. >> overall number one >> clearly maryland will so i don't know -- i know he gets advice by smart people. >> we are going with our heart. >> the fun starts tomorrow. it's -- it's a great time of year. i have to fill out my bracketts. round one gets started of the local teams the cavaliers are up first ? now wusa9 game on sports with kristen. brought to you by xfinity. >> the first round of the ncaa tournament guests started tomorrow the virginia cavaliers are on the dock ethnicities. the cavaliers got the number one seed for the second time in three years. they haven't been able to ride that to the finals going only as far as the sweet 16. their first test is against hampton tomorrow night down in raleigh north carolina. are you looking at practice and inlookg to avoid being the first top seed to be ousted by a 16. >> if its been at the beginning of this season or, you know in past tournaments getting off to a slow start hurts us at the end of the game. that -- in games we loose by two or lee points. it's important for us right now because it's do or die. >> this stage where it's one or done and you have seen all the tournaments past. not taking anything for granted. champions and back in the big dance for the second three year. reginald johnson junior called virginia the most beatable number one. >> wrong. >> the team is confident despite facing a top seed and so are some of the fans. >> we have a few players. special to do something that's never been done. it would be special it's -- all records are meant to be broken. it's time. the terps don't play until friday. the coach round up the family and the team to trek to spokane. first up the jack rabbits the state university. >> we are getting ready for the long road trip cross country. we have had good practices. we are looking forward to getting and landing ready to play on friday. we will try to win two games. 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