Ambulance response times in the district. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford has been following this story. He joins us live in southeast d. C. With this big announcement from mayor Muriel Bowser today. Sam . Sam yes, alison. Well, the mayor said that she is going to be putting more ambulances on d. C. Streets and its not that people dont get care. These Engine Companies go quickly to the scene. Problem is the holdup is getting transport there quickly enough. And to transport the patients. In a breakfast meeting with Council Members today, mayor bowser said shes increasing the number of ambulances on d. C. Streets by 25 . Thats from 39 units to 49. Her deputy said theyre paying overtime to current staffers to maintain the highest level between 11 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. There has been a higher demand for ambulances and the city will use more of its reserve units. We have more than 100 ambulances and we have half of them available for use so our Long Term Plan and commitment to getting those vehicles operational is very important to our overall response. Sam and the mayor says that her administration has done a top to bottom a top down review of some of the problems that they have had in recent weeks. And theyre trying to fix them at least on a temporary basis as they wait for the new fire chief to take over in may. And well have more on all of this coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00. Reporting live from southeast washington, sam ford, abc 7 news. Leon new developments in the latest scandal involving the secret service. Video has been released showing two agents driving through a secured area and then tapping a temporary barrier earlier this month. The agents are accused of drinking before this incident. This all happened as officers and agents investigated a suspicious item that was thrown near the white house. The director of the secret service talked about the incident with lawmakers today on capitol hill and things got a bit heated as maryland congressman Elijah Cummings demanded changes within the agency. Were better than that in some kind of way we have to take advantage of this transformative moment. If we dont, it can only get worse. Leon abc 7s Stephen Tschida is on this investigation for us. Look for his live report tonight at 5 00. Alison the Rugby Club Team at the university of Mary Washington has been suspended for actions off the field. Leon this involves an offensive chant captured on videotape at an off campus party. Brianne carter has reaction for us. What are you hearing, brianne . Brianne some people here on campus knew about this. Others did not. Now, we listened to that audio recording and because of the graphic nature decided not to air it. Now, in this statement from the University President to students, the audio recording is described in words such as offensesive and sexually explicit. Now, University Officials say that the blurred lyrics as theyre being called spread through social media but they say they originally learned about it and when first made aware of it late last semester. Immediate action was taken. The rugby club was charged with violating the universitys code of conduct. Now, the club was later sanctioned by the school. According to officials, the rugby club appealed the sanctions and that appeal process wrapped up late last week. Now, the teams activities are suspended indefinitely and each member is required to attend training on Sexual Assault and violence. Thats the way we looked at it is its a team. And, you know, that everybody is in this together when they, you know win or lose. And we really didnt have any means by which to determine the individuals involved. But it was clearly a rugby chant. Brianne now, coming up here on abc 7 news at 5 00 what students across the campus are saying about all of this and what one organization hopes comes out of all of this as well. Reporting live in fredricksburg, Brianne Carter abc 7 news. Alison meanwhile, a university of Virginia Fraternity is exploring a possible lawsuit. This comes after Charlottesville Police announced yesterday they found no evidence a student was raped at the Phi Kappa Psi house as alleged in that Rolling Stone article. In it a girl claimed she was raped by seven men at a party thrown by that fraternity. Phi kappa psi asked Rolling Stone for a full retraction. Also at u. V. A. This afternoon, the board of visitors is expected to vote this week on a possible tuition hike. Its in response to a projected 30 million increase in cost to the next school year. Proposal includes a more than 3 increase in tuition for both in and out of state undergrads and tuition for graduate students could go up 2 to 6 . Leon turning to the weather, cooler conditions continue outside today. Alison thats right. Meteorologist Eileen Whelan in the stormwatch Weather Center with whether or not well need the umbrella today. Hi eileen. Eileen hi i think tomorrow morning, some of you may want to bring the umbrella especially southwest. You can see some of the showers through Southern Illinois and indiana and it will continue pushing north and eastward over the next several hours. But nonetheless, temperatures are definitely on the cool side. Look at our live shot from rooftop camera. 47 degrees and some mostly cloudy skies. Ive been looking out the window and see a few peeks of some sunshine. Farther northeast into baltimore, 39 degrees. 50 degrees farther southwest in culpepper. Well below our average of 58 this time of year. So overnight tonight, mostly cloudy. I think a few showers possible by dawn. So it probably doesnt hurt to bring the umbrella early tomorrow morning but shouldnt cause too many impacts to your wednesday morning commute. Then big changes thursday as highs climb into the 70s. Oh its going to feel so nice but with the warmup also comes the threat for some spring storms and coming up in just a few minutes, ill detail when the likliest chance of seeing those storms is. Alison . Alison see you then. Thank you. Meanwhile, relief is on the way for drivers traveling through the district because tomorrow mayor Muriel Bowser will launch this years pothole palooza campaign to repair roads damaged by the storm. Over the past two weeks, ddot has filled nearly 7300 potholes in the city. Leon construction crews caused quite a mess this afternoon in the district. This is at Second Street and massachusetts avenue northwest. Officials say this geyser began spewing water when the contractor struck a water main in the third street tunnel. D. C. Water quickly responded and the water was turned off and the road was reopened. Alison the secret service is expected to follow up after someone called in a threat against president obamas niece. Leslie robinson plays for princetons Womens Basketball team. The university of marylands Athletic Director received an eight minute voicemail just before their game in college park last night. The caller claimed there was a gunman on campus possibly targeting robinson. Local police later determined that the threat was unsubstantiated. Incredibly disappointing. First question you get being 311 in the ncaa tournament is about a freak. College park police im sure have that under control. Leslie is safe. Alison the game took place without incident. Princeton lost to the lady terps and the score was 8070. Leon president obama met with afghanistans president today at the white house. His meeting come as the u. S. Finalized their plans to slow down withdrawal from that country. Senior political reporter scott thuman is live in the newsroom with more on activities there at the white house. Scott . Scott were talking about some huge developments today. Remember, the plan was to cut the roughly 10,000 u. S. Troops on the ground in half by the end of this year. Now, that is not going to happen. President obama today has decided to change course and going to keep the current troop levels in place through the year 2015. This announcement coming as president obama held a joint press conference with afghanistans president ghani. He came to d. C. Specifically hoping to get president obama to slow the draw down. Now, this is a significant change in plans even though the president says it wont alter the goal of getting all but about 1,000 troops out of the country by the end of the year 2016. This will mean that there are going to be some of our folks who are in afghanistan under the new schedule who would have been home. But it is important to keep in perspective first of all, that weve gone down from 1,000 down to 110,000. That they are not on the front lines because theyre not in a combat role. Scott the fear of president obama explained if we dont leave behind a stable afghanistan, theres a chance that we have to go back. Some are facing right now in iraq. So is this the right choice . Does it make us safer as a whole . We are going to explore those questions, have answers for you and talk about new concerns in other parts of the world where u. S. Special forces are actually backing out as we speak because its gotten too dangerous. That story in tonights town hall. It is live at 7 00 on newschannel 8 called the new Terror Threat the countdown. It will be streaming on line as well. We hope you will join us members of congress and a panel of experts will be here so the day is very important topic. Live in the newsroom scott thuman abc 7 news. Alison ok see you shortly. Thank you. Meanwhile, we have a headsup for pepco customers today. The company says theres an error on some bills and its impacting about 650 customers. Due to this error, pepco is holding back bills or issuing partial bills to ensure customers dont get the wrong information. Public Service Commission of d. C. Has been notified and looking into the matter. Leon getting rid of a nuisance. Ahead at 4 00, how you can weigh in on a plan to chase away geese on parts of the national mall. Alison wild scene near philadelphia. Look at this school bus right into a house. What students say the driver did moments before the crash. Horace and im Horace Holmes. A local motorist said one of these construction barrels nearly cost her her life and she was driving down there on 395 just about to head into the third street tunnel. What happened . Well tell you coming up next on abc 7 news. Leon scary morning for some students near philadelphia. Take a look at this. A school bus slammed right into a house. Students on board that bus told police that right before the crash, the 58yearold driver started hyperventilating and then hit the gas pedal. He was taken to the hospital for evaluation. The students on the bus are ok and the three people inside the home it turns out were not hurt. Alison wow. One woman was left really shaken up after a barely came off a bridge right over 395 and damaged her car as she drove on the street below. She doesnt think this is an accident. Leon Horace Holmes spoke with that driver and hes live in northwest with her story. Horace . Horace well she said it happened so fast she was driving down there when suddenly something came falling out of the sky and crashed right through her windshield. She says she was driving home from work on 395 around 8 30 sunday night. She had just passed under the overpass just before entering the third street tunnel when all of a sudden she looked up and saw one of these orange and White Construction barrels crash on the hood of her car and then bounce in the air. It wasnt nothing in the street so i know i didnt hit it. It came from the sky because of the way that it landed in the window. It came head on. So i know somebody had to drop it over or it must have flew over. Horace well theres lots of construction here on 395 and you can see these orange and white barrels are just about everywhere but were there any barrels up here on this overpass. Well talk about that coming up at 5 00 and hear what police have to say. And youll hear more from temecular daniels. She talked about that accident. Reporting live in northwest, Horace Holmes abc 7 news. Alison see you then. Some lanes of rock creek parkway are still closed between m and p streets in northwest washington. Overnight, chunks of rock fell on to the parkway from a bridge that is crumbling. Structural engineers are still assessing the damage but some runners that we talked to say theyve been concerned about this bridge for a while now. Ive never seen pieces come down. Thats terrible. Alison ddot said two lanes will be maintained until 6 30 and then after rush hour that will go down to one lane until everything is fixed. The bridge is on a list to be rehabilitated later this year. Leon timing is everything. We want to welcome now a new member to the abc 7 team. Alison thats right. Were excited to introduce you to Jamie Sullivan our new traffic reporter and shes here now with a look at the roads. Hi jamie, welcome. Jamie thank you so much. Good thing is i dont have many big problems for you this afternoon. I want to begin taking a look at what we do have. Definitely a few spots that were seeing some of that red but pretty typical as far as the afternoon traffic. We zoom in though i want to talk about something that we did actually just talk about and that is mainly in the d. C. Area with rock creek parkway being closed. It has reopened. You have some lanes blocked. Really want to be careful. Take a look at the overview slowest spot were seeing right now will be on the beltway in both directions right near chain bridge road. We have some slowing once you get out of lets say, Montgomery County near bethesda working your way a little bit closer in towards virginia. Were ok 25 miles per hour. Take a live look to show you what weve got as far as volume. Its been in both directions you can see near seven locks roads this is the beltway. No big crashes to report this afternoon. Just some slowing. Back to you guys. Leon good deal thank you jamie. Alison thank you very much. Nice to have you as part of our team and nice to have eileen here with us today. We have an interesting change coming ahead of us. Eileen this warm front we keep talking about because were all focused on the 70s come thursday. But its going to bring us a little bit of some moisture come tomorrow morning. I dont think its going to be a big deal. But as of right now, we are starting to see some of the clouds beginning to move in. Lets get you started with one of our weather bug cameras at st. Vincent high school in laurel and you can see some of that filtered sunshine but today, one of those cool days. Coolest days of the week. Its only 39 degrees at b. W. I. Marshall. 47 at reagan. 46 degrees in manassas and remember, our average high this time of year is 58 degrees so well below that. So here are those clouds that you can see. The showers off to the west associated with this warm front starting to move through Southern Illinois indiana and ohio and i think some of these might be pushing into the metro area by dawn tomorrow. So your morning commute may be a little bit wet but look at how light the precipitation is. Its thursday that we tap into the really warm air off to the south. But overnight tonight, temperatures will fall from the 40s now into the middle 30s. Youll likely wake up to maybe a few sprinkles. Otherwise, just cloudy conditions. Highs tomorrow a bit milder than today but still below average. Only about 50 degrees and relatively light wind. And then thursday, when that warm front lifts to our north we climb to 70 degrees so a 20degree difference just in this span of 24 hours. But late in the day on thursday a cold front slides through. That will bring a chance for some showers. Even a few spring storms. And it may coincide with the evening commute so the stormwatch weather team will be watching that for you and looking into friday we dry off but also cool down into the upper 50s. Saturday and sunday look dry. However, it will be on the cool side saturday highs only in the middle 40s. And by sunday only around 50 degrees. So the ups and downs of spring continue. Leon . Leon all right, thanks, eileen. The National Park service wants your input on how to chase away the geese from parts of the national mall. The agency says that big plots of geese have excessive amounts of droppings and that can damage the pipes in the reflecting pool and create a Health Hazard as well. They want to use border collies to chase away the geese to other parts of the park. Alison coming up here on abc 7 news at 4 00 you might have noticed a larger Police Presence on the streets of arlington. Well explain the crackdown. Its designed to keep commuters safe. Hello leon you have got to see this. A fire rescue from the perspective of the Police Officer right in the middle of it. See what else is captured on his body camera. Reporter this is critical television. We are gearing up for a diabetes alert day here at the abc 7 on your side help center. Standing by to answer your calls. Weve got experts from across our area. Stay with us. Alison nearly 30 million americans have diabetes. But eight million of them dont know they have it. Well, today is diabetes alert day and our Jennifer Donelan is live in the abc 7 help center with more on the symptoms to look for and also how one young girl found out she has diabetes. Hey, jen. Jeanette hi alison. There really is no age discrimination with this disease. Shenandoah wynn was on a family trip when she suddenly became ill. At the time she was only 7 years old. When Shenandoah Wynn was dying nieced with diabetes her stomach hurt and she became nauseous. I started feeling really off. Jennifer in the four years since, shes learned how to manage her diabetes. I have to check any blood sugar 10 or 15 times and