Way. But jack evans told me should sd that come back and that the t general manager recommends recos that one of the lines needs to e be closed down, well, he as metro chairman and he says theey board will back the gms gm recommendation lets take youtin to video now. Ow this news comes just a few weeks after metros emergency shutdown, you remember that, it really messed up the dayp th for many people. E. Evans says that the metro mro system has been neglected for so long that maybe the onlyy way to make needed repairs is is to shut down a line for a long period of time. Peod o this would give metro the ability to renovate everything, basically making, ba it brand new. One of the suggestions isstio as other systems have done weon close down the entire line, the entire blueline or orangerra line or whatever it is and doito all the repair work thatshat necessary that could take months to do and then open it tn up as a brand new line and we fix then the infrastructure ofce that its inconve
Department. There are temporary road closures. The Washington Convention center and mount vernon station is closed for two days at 8 00 tonight. They will be skipping the station. In block after block there are parking restrictions creating a challenge for commuters ands residents here. Plan ahead of time. If you take telework or work from home. I was leaving town. Planned ahead . Convenient to be not in the area. Mike the summit is thursday and friday but many continue saturday at noon when life gets back to normal around here. Reporting live in northwest, mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Thank you. We will have the latest for you on air and online at wjla. Com. Online you can find a full listing of the street closures that you need to know about. Maureen president obama is computing the prison sentences of 51 people serving time for drug related offenses. A third of the inmates were serving life sentences. The president comunation shortens them. And most are nonviolent offenders. A few
It went up and all you heard was another crash. And heard an explosion. Kevin flores lived in the hyattsville home with his wife and four children. Andrew blocker says he would hang out with him and drink beer. What he enjoyed doing was working. Working. Coming home to take care of his family. Yet, Maryland Court records show that the Police Arrested flores in 2011 for seconddegree arson and disinstruction of property. Then destruction of property. Then he was cited for drunk driving, driving on the wrong side of the road. Flores son. He didnt seem like that kind of guy. The lingering question. Was flores under the influence sunday night . There is a huge accident here. A car is on fire. There are so many people hurt. Kevin just hard to listen to. Tonight three teddy bears sit behind a telephone pole where the crash happened. Flores toxicology result could take days to process. If not weeks. Live in hyattsville, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Maureen thank you, kevin. Our coverage of the d
Someone online is calling for people to use halloween events to attack police officers. What is the f. B. I. Saying tonight . Stephen we are in the heart of georgetown. Come saturday night, this spot where we are, will be hopping with people partying for halloween. This is what they are talking about that could be potential target for anarchists. The f. B. I. Warning they could be targets for terrorists this year. They issued a report about a Anarchist Group known as the National Liberation militia. Similar to those that target it would world bank and the i. M. F. The plan where they join in the festivities starting ady turbans the attack police. They arrive and they attack them with bricks or fire arms. Halloween is a big party in the capital. The potential for danger may exist but the f. B. I. Alert will not discourage them from partying this year. I havent seen Dupont Circle be a spot in the past. Liz visiting from france plans to take in a Good American halloween regardless of warn
Knows who they are and will come forward. Kevin the suspects are not afraid to get physical. One cabby was pepper sprayed and another punched square in the face. In last saturdays Armed Robbery the driver was cut with a knife. Kevin lewis, abc7 news. Leon thank you, ketch. Today the man who nearly died of the hands of a hitandrun driver was in the courtroom when she was sentenced to ten years in jail. We have more on the emotional testimony today. Jeff goldberg . Jeff it was, leon. Noor shaikh is a husband and a father of three who said his life took a horrible turn on the afternoon of january 27 at his own business. Crying today in court, shaikh says he cannot work anymore. He is in constant pain. And his medical bills are totaling nearly 900,000. As noor shaikh addressed a judge in court today he could barely talk through the tears. Its hard for me. Im completely broke. I swear to god, i want to die. Today, 40yearold Alexandra Mendez was sentenced to ten years in prison for the d. U.