Questions reporters, metro g. M. Paul wiedefeld mandated the agency publicize all Violent Crimes the same day they happen. Members of congress applaud that decree. I think people are more concerned with incidents like that, than they are with smoke in the car. I feel that he will take to heart what we said today and put more information out. Kevin Metro Transit Police say they did not arrest hicks after his alleged master base incident master base incident because they were waiting for the arrest warrant to come down. He used his smart trip card after the alleged crimes and undetected until after the fact. Im kevin lewis, abc7 news. Alison now to the violence on the green line. Last night a 24yearold man way to work at the branch avenue station at 9 00. He says he boarded an empty car and that the group followed him. As soon as the train left the station he says they attacked him and that one of them was holding a gun. Hit me with the pistol. He took my shoes. That is when the friend came up. You know, reflex. You will try to move it. I did that, he was like if you do it again ill shoot you. His friend grabbed my shoulder and he kept hitting me with the pistol. The dude with the pistol didnt stop hitting me. The man suffered a number of injuries. Currently has staples. The suspect made off with his iphone, his back pack. And his shoes. Awful. Leon metro general manager Paul Wiedefeld said in the past there arent enough Metro Transit Police officers to have one on every train at all times. But today he told abc7 transportation reporter Brianne Carter that metro is working with local Police Departments to try to get more help from officers on board the train. Alison breaking news out of land over. This is where route 704 is closed at Ardwick Ardmore road. After tractor trailer caught fire. The flames are out. Jonathan elias has more on what happened. Jonathan the truck was hauling iced tea which is appropriate considering what is going on outside. Warm temperatures. The truck caught fire and the driver got out without injuries. As a result, a Hazmat Team Called to the scene. Working to offload the diesel fuel from the truck. What we dont know is exactly how this fire got started in the first place. The driver does tell the Fire Department he had been having problems with the truck turbo and on his way to dealership when this happened. That fire caused 150,000 damage. Again, that highway was closed down in both directions for a time. We are now in touch with the Prince Georges CountyFire Department. Alison a brazen Jewelry Store robbery that led to a gun fight with police and a car crash and then a decade crash. The suspects are behind bars. They just spoke with the Jewelry Store owner. In a busy Springfield Shopping Center a Police Officer exchanged gunfire with armed robber trying to escape the Jewelry Store. He ran from there. He jumped over. He had the gun right here on my head. The owner reyes said his arms were zip tied behind his back. His life threatened but he had the courage to grab the cell phone. I t guy stood up and said you want to get killed . You want me to shoot you . I will shoot you. At some point he threw reyes in back storeroom where he called 911. Minute later he heard shooting outside. We thought it was construction. It was loud. I hear pop at the Sandwich Shop next door the manager said he rushed 15 customers and employees in the restaurants fridge. Saturday afternoon. I have kids in here. The chief called responding officer actions brave. This is my opinion is in accordance with how we train. The high level of training. This officer is a hero. Meantime, Muhammad Reyes thanks god he was not injured. He is hoping the police will recover stolen merchandise so he can he open the store. He took 80 of the jewelry in the showcase. There are multiple surveillance cameras inside the store and in the plaza. Because of the Ongoing Investigation police have not released the footage. We should note a bystander injured in the gun fire is expected to survive the injuries. Police also say they believe that round was fired by the suspect not the officer who responded here. Reporting live in sp mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Alison thank you. You can track crime in your neighborhood with the spot crime map we have on the website, wjla. Com. Leon days and weeks of dreary weather around here we earn todays gorgeous day. Dont you think . Alison we did. Leon chief meteorologist doug hill has a check on tonights forecast. Looking good. Doug about time, isnt it . Its delightful out there. The temperatures are in the 80s. A little cloudy at times but its all fair weather cloudiness. We are in fine shape. The numbers are impressive. 83 at Reagan National airport. West northwesterly winds at 10. Fairly dry. The first time this month we have hit 80 degree mark. Tonight is a beautiful weather for the nats. 80 degrees at first pitch with the sunny skies. Mostly clear. The forecast tomorrow, sunny and warm. Low humidity. 86. We get to thursday and friday. Heat and the humidity build more. Then the holiday weekend. We have time for that and give you complete details here at the ocean beaches coming up in a couple of minutes. Back to you. Alison we look forward to that. Thank you very much. We are keeping a clos out of virginia. Where Governor Terry mcauliffe says he followed the law when he accepted donations during his 2013 campaign. Northern Virginia Bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is live on capitol hill where the governor matched up a meeting. Jeff . Jeff that is right. Governor mcauliffe saying repeatedly today he is 100 confident he did not accept any Illegal Campaign contributions. The governor ending his day of prescheduled press events at the capitol. He is meeting with the member of the virginia delegation to discuss issues related to metro. This morning it was in alexandria announcing funding for probation and parole funding. But the questions are focusing on the investigation by the f. B. I. And the Justice Department in one of mcauliffes donors, businessman wang wenliang. Wang is a Chinese National and american citizen who through his American Company donated 120,000 to the governors 2013 campaign and governor mcauliffe saying today he has never met or spoken with wang but the lawyers fully vetted wangs donation closely. It still remains unclear what started the investigation. Or what evidence, if any, authorities have against the governor. Investigations happen. No one alleged any wrongdoing on my part. There is an individual who wrote a check who we feel 100 certain is entitled to write the check. That is all i can tell you. Do your own research. Jeff probably the f. B. I. And the federal investigators are doing exactly that. The governor says he learned about the investigation through cnn and that he has not been contacted by the federal authorities. But said that if he is, he is certainly happy to talk about the situations. Coming up at 6 00, what the investigation potentially means to governor mcauliffes close ties to the 2016 president ial election. Until then live at the capitol. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Leon thank you, jeff. Bill cosby will stand trial in a criminal sex assault case. That ruling came out hours ago. Michelle marsh with reaction. Michelle it took three hours for the judge to hear from three witnesses. But it only took ten minutes for her to decide the case will go to trial. We are here because we want to seek the truth. We are here to serve justice. Cosby is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in his pennsylvania home in 2004. The judge reaching her decision after hearing from three officers involved with the initial investigation. Including the detective who interviewed the former Temple University employee. That detective testifying constand told police cosby gave her three blue pills and wine. She then had blurred vision, couldnt talk and felt paralyzed. It was intoxicating to her and she was unable to concept. That is michelle cosbys defense team maintained taco median is innocent of the charges and the encounter was consensual. They tried to argue there were inconsistency in constands statements to no avail. She is one of more than 50 women accusing cosby of Sexual Assault and misconduct. This is the only criminal case filed against him. Attorney Gloria Allred who represents several other women in civil suits reacted after the ruling. I think it was the right decision based on the law. Based on the facts. As provided. Michelle Andrea Constand was not in court today but the statement she gave police 12 years ago was front and center. Civil settlement was reached in the case ten years ago and was reopened because cosbys deposition was unsealed and dozens of other women came forward. If he is convicted he faces up to ten years in jail. Back to you. Alison okay. Thank you. Now. A man has been arrested in connection with the drug involved death of alexia springer. 18yearold david evers is accused of distributing the drug at the Birthday Party where springers overdosed. They attended high school. The Fairfax County police are still investigating the case. Leon we have seen it over and over again. Heroin is the drug of choice in the u. S. Its more acceptable. Its stronger and cheaper than before. Drug users cross all boundaries and race, religious and even social socioeconomic lines. We want you to join us on a town hall meeting and discussion on heroin abuse. We have people struggling all over the country. Watch for it tomorrow at 7 00 on sister station newschannel8 or streamed live at wjla. Com. Join the conversation. Coming up on abc7 news at 5 00 we can tell you about with twitter in 140 characters or less. Find out why we dont have to you. Alison then later the fall out from the long lines at t. S. A. Checkpoints across the country. Forget about bats in the belfry. How to help a woman fighting to get bees out of her chimney. After the rain put a damper on some businesses, farmers are coming together to help each other out. Im amy aubert with the s alison trending now, changes on twitter. The social media site is sticking with 140 characters. However, in the next few months photos, video and other media wont count toward the limit. The at symbol wont doesnt. If you start a tweet with the at symbol, all the followers can see it. Todays twitter poll is asking what you think of the changes. So far 68 say they think its great. Leon . Leon all right. Well, plenty of pictures and videos on twitter todayment folks outside enjoying the sunshine. All of this is coming after what seemed like never ending rain. As the amy aubert explains this evening even after the clouds break up one o storm. It has to get done. Samuel and christopher at least its not raining. Amy dont normally work at glen mire farms. The majority of the strawberries rely on you pick to clear them out. Because of the weather, no one is coming out to pick them. That is where the duo and the entire group of others steps in. You have to hit the work when you can. Example of farmers working together in weatherrelated issue. What is normally clear from the you pick customers is not only left sitting but will soon go bad. Strawberries become ripe every day. It is important that you pick during that window. When it is ready to be picked. Even on the sunny days the rain leaving the mark. Just like jump in the pool. Amy leaving rows empty. Its taking someone laid a layer of Peanut Butter on the ground. Amy they picked a thousand pounds of strawberries so far this morning. They expect to total 3,000 pounds from this farm alone. Even the less than perfect berries getting a second chance. With the help of fabioli celliars they are throw cellars they are throwing around the idea of local strawberry wine, cider and perhaps beer. We want to do this in a way is repeatable and other regions see how we work together. Amy in loudoun county, amy aubert, abc7 news. Leon strawberry wine and cider. Strawberry beer . Alison it would be different. Leon you think . Doug pass on that. Alison they are being innovative. Leon we are seeing sun. That is all that matters. Alison so nice. Doug it will turn into a summer pattern. The computer models suggest sunday and monday the weather could get not pretty around here. Especially storm system developing from the bahamas possibly. Get into it and give you everything we know and what we are thinking now. Walk to the weather wall. Enjoy a beautiful time lapse from the weather bug camera. This is from john champs high school. 81 is there now. Fair weather clouds. Plenty of sunshine throughout the day. The pictures now is how it looked across the entire area on tuesday. Pollen, that is up there for the tree pollen especially. Mold spores in the high range. Everything else is lower. The temperatures we havent seen this warm in a long time around here. Everybody in the 80s. A couple of exceptions. Baltimore at 79. 82 right now in Lexington Park and fredericksburg. 81 at winchester and hagerstown and martinsburg and cumberland. Delightful weather across the board. Farther south we see the air mass of the High Pressure system influencing temperatures up and down the midatlantic to the carolina. 83 in raleigh. Cooler in columbus. 79 there. 85 in detroit. This is nice to see the pattern finally catching up we have clear skies on the satellite and the radar. Large area of the High Pressure through the midatlantic states. Giving us beautiful weather now. The winds out of the west northwest. Dry air. Over the next couple of days the high will slide east. As it does, our winds will turn southerly and southwesterly. It will bring in more heat. Then more humidity. Also chance of the showers and the thunderstorms. Watch it through the day tomorrow. Plenty of sunshine. The winds will start veering a little bit here. Out of the south by thursday. Added humidity in the air. Temperatures midtoupper 80s thursday and friday. Then heat and the humidity, energy in the atmosphere. Enough to kick off late day showers and the thunderstorms thursday afternoon and evening. Friday afternoon and evening, saturday looks dry. Then we get into sunday and monday. This i has a lot of moisture in it that could develop in the central bahamas that come in north and west. This will move this way and not to sea. This will force it to move up the coast. This looks like clouds increase sunday and monday. A look at the sevenday. Showers and the thunderstorms are warmer. Midtoupper 80s. A chance of shower and storms. Cooler for monday and tuesday. 85, 82. Clouds and rain on monday. Sunday there will be gorgeous weather in the day. Highs in the 60s. Alison everybody is aptsy to get to beach. Leon they want to get the summer started. Alison let us know. Thanks. Nasa released spectacular image of saturn. This is from the cassini spacecraft. In orbit around is a furn for a decade. Leon i love it. Alison i know you do. It doesnt look real. It looks like computer generated. Leon you know if it makes someone like you that doesnt care about it interested. Coming up, more video here. We are on the internet. The blue angels roared back to town. Performing for the Naval Academy graduation. I will tell you when and where you see them, too. Alison first, a look at what is coming up tonight leon back today. Canadian armed forces did a flyover at the National Mall around noon. Tomorrow the planes will be at dulles airport. They get lower and lower and lower. Farther east the blue angels are dazzling the crowd in the skies over annapolis. Alison brad bell was on the ground taking it in. Brad they are the Aerobatic Team in the world. The blue angels. Streak of blue and gold across the finally cleared sky. Its awesome. Incredible. Brad the six f18 hornets are in the air to perform for the National Academy graduation, the flyover on friday and the full show tomorrow at 2 00 p. M. The local secret is they do to same show a day in advance in rehearsal. Today. Its emblematic how the blue angels are part of the fabric of the community. The military bring positive things. If you want to see the blue angels fly they will be in the air again tomorrow. The good place to see them are across the river over there. Route 2. Brad bell, abc7 news. Alison great. Reminder roads will be close for the blue angel performance. A list of those at wjla. Com. Leon coming up at 5 00 dooshz what is this guy doing . A mother forced to the ground and handcuffed. What police say she did to deserve that. Alison later the 7 on your side troubleshooter turns to you as we try to get help for a woman with a buzzing problem. Leon after another meltdown on metro, the general manager heads to the hill. What happens when an allencompassing brain scan is followed up with an allembracing hug . What happens when the worlds latest Surgical Technology is combined with caring for the worlds newest mother . Gentle touch . You get extraordinary medicine and remarkable care. Novant health and Uva Health System are proudly partnering to bring better care to every patient. Leon checking back in on the breaking news. Stephen tschida live in landover on the scene of a tractortrailer fire that looks like it may be cleaned up now. What is the word . Stephen not cleaned up yet. You can see the buned out hull of a tractor trailer. This burst into flames an hour ago. We have video of tractor trailer exploded in flames. The driv