Well, we do know that that is the priority for general manager paul wiedefeld. We do expect that to work on safety and maintenance in the coming days or weeks. He is expected to lay out a new maintenance plan. So what do the general manager think of what happened here today . What is his takeaway . We talk to him oneonone moments ago. There is a clear understanding of the importance of the system to this region and we better get it right. That is what i keep hearing for everybody. Not saying this is a dumb idea or why are we doing it . They are not saying that. They are saying look, we cant survive without this. Make it work. Get on it. Brianne that is one of the things touted is the ridership and the number of the federal employees that rely on metro every day. Also here testifying in this Committee Hearing we heard from ntsb and the f. T. A. We did get an update from the ntsb in terms of the investigation into the deadly smoke incident at plaza. We understand that report now concluded. It is expected to be made public next month. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Alison this hearing on capitol hill comes as metro releases video showing the beginning of the end of the 1,000 series cars. The cars which have been repeatedly flagged as a safety concern date back to the opening of the system. 40 years ago. The ntsb recommended removing all of the cars from the service after the 2009 red line crash that showed those cars crushed in on themselves in a collision. Nine people died in that crash. As of last year, 280 1,000 series cars in service and being replaced with the 7000 series cars. Leon they will not be missed. The Atlanta Braves might miss one of their players off the field and in the courtroom now. He has been arrested overnight in arlington. Hector olivera accused of assaulting a woman at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in pentagon city. Jeff goldberg broke the story first on 7. What have you learned . What is the latest . Jeff we got word minutes ago that Hector Olivera has been officially charged with one count of misdemeanor assault and battery and bond is set at 10,000. He was with the braves in town playing the nationals. He will not take the field tonight. It could be some time before he is able to bond out in arlington. Possibly as late as 10 zer or 11 00 tonight. Jeff hectors career started last fall but could be in jeopardy. 6 51, Arlington Police receiving a call from a woman saying she had been assaulted at Ritz Carlton Hotel in pentagon city. They found the woman in physical distress. She was immediately taken arlington. Hector olivera was arrested without resistance and brought to the county jail. Olivera and the female victim did know one another prior to the incident. But to what extent is not known. Police also say that alcohol was a factor. We just know they had been drinking earlier in the night. They had gone to bed. At some point this dispute occurred before 7 00 a. M. He threaded the needle on this one. Jeff olivera an outfielder is 31 years old. Native of Santiago De Cuba who defected from cuba in 2013. He accused to 62 million sixyear contract with the dodgers before being traded to the braves last year. In a Statement Today the braves saying this we are extremely disappointed and troubled to learn of the allegations involving Hector Olivera. Major League Baseball has placed olivera on administrative leave effective immediately. Oliveras attorneys have been here facilitating the process throughout the afternoon but they are not commenting. Arlington police saying the victim in this case has been released from the hospital. We will be staying with the developing story all night so keep it with us for the update. Live in arlington, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Leon olivera is the third player to be disciplined in mayor League Baseball new Domestic Abuse policy. Yankees chapman and the rockies reyes are the other two players. A fourth outfield eryasiel puig was investigated but never disciplined. Alison a crime alert in green belt after a woman was attacked leaving a mall. Police say monday night the woman was shopping at beltway plaza when a man began talking to her. The man followed the victim outside. But eventually she lost sight of him. He turned up again. With a knife. As the woman walked home. This was near cherry wood terrace. That is when he sexual assaulted her. Police have not identified suspect. A d. C. Public School Teacher banned from his own classroom amid allegations of inappropriate behavior with children. Yesterday staff at the Brookland Middle School in northeast d. C. Escorted the male language teacher from School Property and placed him on administrative leave. Parents and students tell abc7 the teacher made lewd comments, entered the girls locker room and played movies in class that contained nudity. The d. C. Police say they launched a criminal investigation. But they have not filed any charges at this point. For the School System it told us by email, the safety and the security of our students is the number one priority. In this case School Administrators acted swiftly to follow protocols. Alison new information now on the shootout that claimed a Prince Georges CountyPolice Officers life. Today, we learned for the first time the name of the officer who mistakenly shot officer jacai colson. We also learned what the man accused of starting that shoot out planned do with the video that they were recording. Bell joins us live from the scene of the shooting which was police headquarters. Brad . Brad yeah, a lot of new information came out in this Court Appearance today. You are right. One of the big things the motive of the alleged shooter. What we were told today was that michael ford intended to stand hear in the middle of barlow road where we can still see evidence paint. Open fire on the district iii station to bring Police Officers out so he would die in a hail of police gunfire. Its alleged he wanted his brothers to send the video to Website World star hip hop. A website that has become known for putting out fight videos. We did learn the name of the officer who came out the back door of the district station to confront that threat. And just down there mistook officer jacai colson for the bad guy. Officer Taylor Krauss has been a model cop. He is from a police family. Officer of the month. On march 13 he was one who ran to confront alleged gunman michael ford as he fired at the District Three Police station. Now, police are confirming krauss is the officer who mistook undercover detective jacai colson for the bad guy and who fired the tragic friendly fire shot which killed a fellow officer. We know officer krauss was the only one armed with a rifle as opposed to the other officers armed with the handguns. That is one way we were able to distinguish that. Brad chief Hank Stawinski makes it clear he stands by krauss and continues to view what happened as a tragic accident. We have made certain that all the resources the department have been made available to him, to all the involved officers, to the colson family. They are very strong and they are doing well. Alison michael accused of opening fire. Brad officers and the ambulance crew accused of getting the gun driving and videotaping the attack. The lawyers claiming none of the three is responsible for the detectives death. The judge ruling there is probable cause. An aunt saying the police have it wrong. I cant believe it. These are not the guys i know. Ill be here to support them and love them. Brad back live york you can see that the black bunting is still up in memoriam for officer jacai colson. Today is the end of the official morning period and it will be coming down. As a result of the hearing the three ford brothers will be held in jail for another 30 its expected they will be officially indicted on the charges very soon. Brad bell, abc7 news. Leon thank you, brad. Barely a month after the National ParkService Released this video showing that the Memorial Bridge is going to have to have repairs and they say it has to be shut down if its not rebuilt now a major stumbling block. The park service is likely to miss the deadline for applying for federal repair funding. Kevin lewis joining us live from the arlington side of the bridge. How did this happen . Kevin you know that is a good question, leon. One can understand when a seventh grader forgets his or her science project is due. But this one has a lot of people perplexed. The Memorial Bridge is not only at National Landmark but its also as you can see a necessary link for some 68,000 vehicles every day. When the d. C. And the virginia congressional delegation first heard about this looming deadline it sent a stern twopage lette the agency to get its act together. But also offered assistance. As it stands, Memorial Bridge is the worst high volume urban federally owned bridge in the entire nation. In order to shed that title, someone needs to cough up 250 million. That is why this thursday the federal aid deadline is so important. If renovations do not begin by 2019, a full closure will likely take place in 2021, stifling an already hectic a. M. And the p. M. Rush hour. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes norton says the onus is now on d. C. And virginia to help the park service put together a Grant Application by tomorrow nights deadline. This bridge is falling down. Each jurisdiction has the same problem of its own. If it allows it to fall down. And if we allow this application period to go by because the two jurisdictions shame on us. Needless to say a lot of folks whose fingers are on the pulse of the Memorial Bridge will not get the eight hours of sleep tonight. Even that critics say may not be enough to get the park service out of the hole. Life in arlington, im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison thank you very much. We turn to the weather now. Things are finally starting to feel a little more like spring. It doesnt mean the risk of frost and freezes is over, though. Chief meteorologist doug hill has a look of what to expect in the coming hours. Nice right now. Gorgeous right now with the temperatures in the upper 50s. Tonight clear skies, everything will drop. Chance of frost north and west in the city. First things first look live at the campus of the st. Marys Elementary School in annapolis. Crystal clear skies. Light winds. 54 degrees. Same time, 57 at reagan national. Warmer in western maryland. 61 now in cumberland. 60 in fredericksburg. 54 in advisory tonight. Its the area shaded in blue. Upper montgomery county, frederick, maryland. Each panhandle and across the 81 corridor. The temperatures overnight out west are the coldest in the low er30s. Metro area will stay safely above freezing. Upper 30s to lower 40s. Southern zones zones will do ber near the 40 degree mark. Expect a chilly clear night. Another nice day tomorrow. In a few minutes we check out the weekend and the next seven days as part of the extended forecast. Alison one more note. Remember the blizzard . We are trying to forget. Local fallout continues because d. C. Public schools extending the school year by one day. The new final day of the school year will now be june 17. Still ahead5 00 a strange discovery at the bottom of loch ness in familiar shape. Leon plus the fight against zika virus becomes a political football. What it means for your health. Alison plus, two major parades in district on the same day. How the mayor is responding to the coincidental timing that has never happened before. Leon first, though, off the cable line and on top of the picket lines. How long the verizon workers say they are willing to stay off their jobs. Alison thousands of verizon workers are off the job tonight. They are trading in their hard hats and cherry pickers for picket signs. Kellye lynn live in falls church where the protest is happening right now. Kellye you can see some of the employees are part of the thousands of workers who have walked off of the job. Because they failed to reach an agreement on the contract with verizon. Installers, repairmen, Customer Service workers, construction workers. These are individuals who work in wire line operations. That is land line. High Speed Internet and tv services. Now at issue is fair wages, keeping jobs from going overseas as well as not being forced area. Verizon is disappointed with the action saying that they have been working with the Union Leadership in the past few months to reach a fair contract. The contract expired in august. And verizon says that the leaders of the union have been unwilling to negotiate in good faith. Any talk of offshore jobs or cutting jobs verizon says is nonsense. If you are a verizon customer you might be wondering how you might be ffected by this. Verizon says that service will mostly be unaffected. They have been training nonunion employees for months to take over. For the employees while they are striking. The service will be unaffected. Many of them held the jobs for a long time. One of the local Union Leaders i asked how long could the protesting last . It could take between three and four weeks. Reporting live in falls church, kellye lynn, abc7 news. Alison okay. One more note that start Bernie Sanders joined the picket line in new york today. They are showing courage standing up to them. It comes on the same day endorse sanders. Leon love of parade and make sure the district make sure their way. For the first time in history the Cherry Blossom parade and the emancipation day parade happen on the same day. The Cherry Blossom parade is set for the morning. Down constitution after. And the emancipation day parade is one hour later. One block over. It will be in the afternoon on pennsylvania avenue. We think that is good. We extended day of entertainment along the mall. We will have many more people participating in both parades. Leon dont even think about trying to drive downtown in that area on april 16. Emancipation day parks the day that president Abraham Lincoln paid owners to free 3100 slaves held in the district. Abc7 will carry the entire parade for the national Cherry Blossom festival live. Watch it saturday at noon. It will replay at 2 00 p. M. On the sister station newschannel8. We are the official media sponsors of the national Cherry Blossom festival and proud to be so. Alison right. We had a rehearsal today. We are looking forward to hosting it. Doug weather is fine. Cool but if you hang out in the afternoon it will be warmer. Leon you did your part. Doug yeah. Feel good about it. Another one of those days. Alison good job. Doug time lapse we will start and take you to Prince William county, 51 degrees. Lunch time is bright and sunny. The midafternoon siesta time in the weather center. We really dont. Sunshine right now. Gorgeous. 59 degrees. Clear skies will continue all across the region. Temperature at the moment. Western zone to 50s and 60s. Petersburg, west virginia, 63. One of the warm spot. Frederick is 55. 55 in andrews. 55 at the air station. The as are visiting us. Temperatures will drop a few degrees. Headed out there. Jacket is a good call. Chilly tonight and great baseball weather with the light winds. Tree pollen count. No surprise high today. For some papal tree and the oak trees are predominating the pollen count. Low grasses are absent. Mold spores in the low range as well. For a second night running we areas north and west of the immediate metro area from upper montgomery county, to northern Fauquier County west to the old dominion and the eastern panhandle of west virginia. The areas may see temperatures close to freezing before sunrise. 68 degrees in charleston, west virginia. 60 in roanoke. 64 in raleigh. Milder air. We will incrementally warm up the next couple of days. Sunday and early next week you will feel a difference as we top 70degree mark. No major weather system. A few clouds here and there. Otherwise mostly sunny. We can probably broad brush the next seven days saying partly to mostly sunny in the entire stretch. 38 for wakeup temperature. 56 at midday. 62 with another full day of sunshine through the afternoon. Our afternoon high by contrast is 66. We are getting closer to it. The next seven days will hit average and then go beyond. The numbers, low 60s with the sunshine tomorrow and friday. Beautiful weather saturday. 66. Close to 70 on sunday. Upper 70s on monday. Cold front coming through monday night. No rain with it. A change in the wind direction. Cooler. 70 degrees on tuesday. 67 on wednesday. Alison not a bad looking sevenday forecast. Doug i think its sweet. Alison nice. Thank you. Doug okay. Leon coming up next at abc7 news at 5 00 the fight against zika becomes a political one. What is happening on capitol hill. And the weather becomes light for mosquitoes to spread. 7 on your side if you want to sell your home. Call 7032369220. A great group of realtors standing by to answer your questions. Well be right back. Kathleen matthews imagine paying 20 more for a cup of coffee just because youre a woman. So why does congress think its ok that women get paid ill fight for pay equity, to protect planned parenthood, choice for women, and expand paid and family leave. Now some politicians will belittle this as a womens agenda. M