Can i know this weekend. Felt a little bit more like march than may, but thats okay. Weve recovered. And yesterday was still a cool day, but a dry and clear what. And today were up eating a lot of factors that we had yesterday looking outside from san jose, a few fairweather clouds up about, but still plenty bright out there. Skies are going to stay clear and importantly dry today. But were also going to stay kind of cool. Temperatures fell into the 30s for some of us this morning, especially in the north bay. Were back up in the 50s now and later on today, we will be seeing daytime highs climbing back into the 60s a lot like yesterday. Ill be talking the details of the rest of this forecast. Still ahead, michael. Hey, good morning, everyone. It is 901. Taking a look at the roads right now. If youre using 101, those southbound lanes, things are kind of congested right now. All the lanes were blocked, but they are some of them, i should say, are back open its in san mateo. Its near east
Potomac avenue to east of stadiumarmory. Ballston to east falls church. Medical center to van ness. The first stretch impacting the blue, orange, silver lines is already slated to be shut down for 16 days in august, as part of Paul Wiedefelds safe track plan. The question tonight is with the f. T. A. s demands. Could it come much sooner . We will be coming out shortly with a revised plan. Chief Safety Officer Patrick Lavin who was formally introduced today said they had the same goals but different ways to get there. They say workers need 16 hours a week on the track. A glaring problem. Brianne four days in the job tonight he is outlining immediate priorities. Wmata is good at telling you what happened. We need to work on the why. We need to delve into yes, there is a burning and yes there was an event. We mixed it and resumed service. But we need to get into more detail. Brianne this comes as there was a discussion about why the general manager did not include the f. T. A. In the orig
Teenagers in and around the schools in the district. This evening, we are getting the inside look of the growing problem. Pat collins is live outside of Mckinley Middle School in the northeast. Pat . Jim, she is just 14 years old. She says that she was beaten up down there. She says she was beaten up over there. Hear now the story of destiny carson. Right there. Reporter this is video of teenaged girls in a fight outside of Mckinley Middle School monday. One of the girls destiny says she was jumped by five others. Destiny is 14 years old, and this morning, she was suspended for ten days because of fighting. This morning she says she hit a girl who had attacked her on monday after the girl threatened her inside of the school. She was said that, i hit her in the face, and we started fighting again. Reporter with the permission of her father, she telling us how she was jum and beaten monday. One of the girls videotape the incident and posted it on instagram. And another one jumped in, and
Over metro safety, and they are looking at everything safety wise, and they say they found certain sections of the rail line that urgent repairs have to be made. They were on the red line, the blue line, and in this particular area here, and a section of the orange line as well. So what that means for metro is that the general managers new safe track plan that he laid out last week, the big plan to fix the system has to be put on hold, because federal inspectors say that the sections of the rail line have to be finished first. And they are delaying the new Safety Upgrade Program before they can start. What are they doing in the meantime, and what kind of safety fixes are they making now . Right now, metro said that they are going to be reporting the porcelain insulators where you stau smoke and fire last week at that station, a replacing all of those insulators that could be a problem, and they are saying that they have to slow downtown now, and it will reduce the draw of the power fro
No Consumer Complaint will go unanswered. Consumer reporter susan hogan has a story that hits at the heart of our mission. Reporter a retired air force veteran and his wife say they could not believe what should have been a simple transaction turned into months of frustration. One call to nbc 4 responds got them the results theyd been waiting for. A broken smartphone brought doug hawkins into a verizon store. I wpent to the verizon haymarket office. One of the people looked and didnt think he could fix it. Reporter instead of fixing it, doug says the salesman had a better idea. Shed, this is your luck he said, this is your lucky day. Youll get a free phone. Reporter who couldnt resist . Doug certainly couldnt and didnt. I said, what are you going to do with the old phone . He said, ill send it back. Reporter simple transaction, right . Off you went . Yes. Reporter that wasnt the end of it . No. Reporter the next month when doug and his wife pam got their bill, the socalled free phone c