The number of knives went up 30 . And stun guns have went up more than 1000 . Reporter now, the department of education responded this morning by insisting quote there is absolutely zero tolerance for any weapons in schools. In fact, they said they work closely with the Police Department to ensure the safety of all school communities. Were live outside city hall this noon, im lucy yang for channel 7 Eyewitness News. Lead testing continuing in newark Public Schools today and more planned through the weekend. The district will examine every single tap at all 67 of its schools for possible contamination. Newark Public Schools is in the process of also testing students for possible lead poisoning. Eventually, around 17,000 children will have their blood checked. The city of newark says there is no lead contamination in its water supply. The count down to spring is on. It officially arrives on sunday, but it is going to feel meteorologist bill evans is timing out a major storm heading our w
From raleigh, durham to laguardia. Taking them in to a storm. Reporter but moments later out of nowhere. Reporter passengers saw something they may never forget. Wow, never experienced this before. It was a flash of light and big explosion, the plane dipped about 100 feet, i dont know. It just felt like i was on a roller coaster. 3233 just got hit by lightning. There was visible damage to the jet in at least two places. As for the passengers, you know how they feel. My last meal is going to be the bag of peanuts and the cup of water i got on the flight . It was pretty intense but im glad we made it safe. It was an American Airlines jet operated by Republic Airlines according to the faa. Port Authority Police were out there on the runway but the jet landed without incident. The average commercial jet is struck by lightning at least once a year and the last one to crash from lightning in this country was back in 1963. Live tonight at kennedy airport, n. J. Burkett, Eyewitness News. We fi
Killer accessed the home through the window. Police have not said whether they believe the vilardos were targeted or the victims of a random act. You would hate to think it was targeted but in a way it could make more sense in the situation. They were known for the work they had done at nih. Former Virginia Governor Bob Mcdonnell heads to federal court to appeal his conviction. The hearing is expected to last about an hour. He was sentenced to two years in prison for trading political influence for gifts. A decision could take weeks. We are anticipating probably the hottest day weve seen so far. Can you believe it . It is may 12th and tom is telling us its going to feel more like july. It will. This is more like mid summer temperatures. Its near 70 near the bay, 60s in virginia and that includes Shenandoah Valley. Waiting at the metro and the bus top, it will be mild in the 60s. Between 8 00 and 9 00 the winds will start to pick up a blustery wind coming out at 20 25 Miles Per Hour out
5 00 hour. Beltway at colesville everything looking good. Dont have any major issues right now. Keep your fingers crossed for that. 5 01 a lot of you are worried about making it to work on time this morning. If you have to take metro. Yesterday was a long day filled with problems for a lot of you. Late last night, track problems at metro center shut down the station just as the wizards game was letting out. Earlier today there were major issues on the red, blue and silver lines. Were working to get in touch with metro officials to find out how things are going this morning. Megan, how are things looking now . Were waiting for that official update at metro. We still have the gates closed. Im at the g street g and 11 street entrance to metro center. About the last ten minutes or so they actually turned on the escalators but they have not yet opened the gates and this station is supposed to open at 5 00 a. M. So whats going to happen here this morning . Were still waiting to see. D. C. Go
Chopper 4 over the scene now. This is a southbound problem at Montrose Road and just as chopper got there, things looked like they were clearing out. Thats great. 20i7 south, a picture here from our Traffic Camera looking a heck of a lot better than it did earlier. Branch avenue at surratts road still have that crash. Thats the slowest spot probably in Prince Georges County otherwise looking pretty typical as you looked in the map. Up open the map. 395 actually looking pretty good moving right along and at 6 11 ill have some travel times for you. 6 01 your time now. Metro mess has many of you worried about getting to work this morning. Major problems on both sides of your metro commute made for a long day yesterday. This was Megan Mcgrath live outside the center right now. Reporter commuters on metro hoping for a much better day today and actually things are back to normal here at metro center. A little bit after 5 00 this morning, take a look at this video. They have reopened the stat