apparently isn t addressing the question of her parents. and her race. stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: the naacp issued a statement today calling for respecting dozier s privacy and said one s racial identity is not a qualifying criteria or a disqualifying standard for naacp leadership. that story of course is the focus of the question of the day. what is your reaction to this? go to our wjla facebook page to join if conversation. we ll share a few of your responses later in this hour. johnathan? jonathan: more importantly, what people are feeling is hot. hot, humid and hazy. this weather gives your full attention. if you are in air conditioning and you walk outside, the next thing you know you are drawning in your sweat. let s bling in storm watch meteorologist steve rudin to talk about this. for most people this is just take necessary precautions but other folks you have to be careful. steve: we have been here for two minutes. it s hot out here. surrounded by concrete m
the problem was as we show you video of the frustrated people milling around out here, the problem is they were doing some work on the tracks. they were tracking and then a switch broke so they shouldn t single track. they had to suspend operations. that situation lasted for about 45 minutes. from were actually some people on trains stuck very briefly in tunnels. we talked to a couple of them. i we have places to go and metro wasn t telling us anything at all. we were stuck a few feet from the platform. then they finally moved the train for us to get off. very angry. i m supposed to be somewhere at 5:00. brad: we heard a lot of people saying they were very, very angry. this is typical of the problems that metro has been dealing with. when we come back at 5:00, we will take you to the congressional hearing today absolute earful. alison: brad, thank you very much. do not get caught by surprise when there are service disruptions on metro. sign up for the text alert by textin
Plymouth remembers 46 people who have died recently
The funeral and death notices, which have been placed in the Plymouth Herald, pay tribute to loved ones lost
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Beautiful tributes have been paid to Plymouth people who are sadly no longer with us.