Closer to bethesda. If you are traveling in the area, beach drive is a good option. We have 16th street that are good options for you. You wont be able to use grubb road. Expect a lot of extra congestion if you travel through Silver Spring or live in Silver Spring. That is a look at traffic. Back to you. Leon all right. Thank you. Speaking of congestion, one morning rush hour down. The first evening just beginning. In the last hour or so, metros general manager gave us an update on how the first weekday of the Safetrack Program is working out for everybody. We have Team Coverage of the Maintenance Plan and the impact on commuters on and off the rail. As well as the local businesses. Lets begin with transportation reporter Brianne Carter standing by outside the foggy bottom station where Paul Wiedefeld spoke a few minutes ago. Fill us in. Brianne well, we heard from the general manager who said yes a few tweaks need to be made but overall things went smoothly. There are still adjustments as they work their way into tomorrow. Tonight they urge riders whatever commute choice you chose t action tomorrow. Platform crowding. And confusion. This morning for orange and silver line metro riders. The guy upstairs said no, no, downtown d. C. Go on that side. We all go down. No, no, on the other side. We all go back up again. Brianne lynn frasier was among the many who had to shuffle from one platform to another at the ballston station to catch a train in the city. Im irritated anyway. If metro rail had been doing its job for the past 40 years, we wouldnt in this mess. Brianne frustration for others came in the way of delays. Further down the line. Some riders say their trip today more than doubled. Even before an offloaded train and switch problem on the track. I wake up earlier. An hour earlier to give myself a little cushion. But that is ready for it to be over. Riders have to brails for around brace for aroundtheclock single tracking while it work to replace the track continues for two weeks. That is just phase i. Tonight, Paul Wiedefeld saying this is just day three of 300plus in terms of the entire safetrack. Now today overall the riders across metro were down 1 . In the impacted area west of ballston we understand 26 fewer people were on the train. Metro tonight saying that is a good thing. So there is not too much crowding moving later into the week. Reporting live, Brianne Carter, abc7 news. Leon thank you. Todays abc7 instapoll is asking if your commute was more difficult because of safetrack today. So just log on to wjla. Com votenow to get ready to vote in a few minutes. Alison even if you dont ride metro you could feel the impact of safetrack as more drivers are taking to the roadways. Chris papst is commute is shaping up tonight. Chris . Chris well, for the past hour and a half we have been driving around hear on 66 going east and west. It has been looking good. Probably less traffic than what you would expect on a monday. So lets take a look at it now. We are four or five miles west of 495 on 66 heading west. We are in the vienna area. This is what it looks like in front of us and behind us and what you expect it to look like at 5 0 a 5 on monday 5 05 on monday afternoon. We reached out to metro who said the overall ridership is down 1 from two mondays ago. But for the stations west of ballston which is where the track started for the Safetrack Program, they are down 26 . So you can expect that these are the people that would take metro, one of the 26 that did not take it today. Overall, the traffic does look good. For monday afternoon. Back to you. The longterm closures wont just have an impact on commuters. Businesses are also gearing up as people have fewer places to park and less time to get home. Stephen tschida picks up our coverage in northwest d. C. Stephen well, we are between the north and the south entrances and exits from Dupont Circle metro station. The businesses here, many of them are Small Businesses and acknowledge they are highly dedependent on foot traffic dependent on foot traffic. Much of them are worried that safetrack could take a bite out of their bottom line. The first day of safetrack. This bakery saw fewer customers than usual. A little slow. Stephen operation safetrack will tromp commuters to take alternate mode of transportation to deviate from the usual routes and pit stops. It will prompt some to skip metro and she expects to bypass the usual Morning Coffee joint. I dont have a luxury to wait for another train or another line. The district is extending rush hour parking along some routes to keep buses moving smoothly. Bike Share Offering discounts to lure more people to pedal to work. Its pervasive and disruptive and not predictable. Modify the work flow. Not everyone is bracing for drop in business. Some uber drivers had a spike for customers. Raking it in. Its nice. The board of trade stressing this is going to go on for several months, possibly up to a year and throughout the period the businesses in this part of the business will feel the impact. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Leon thank you. You can sign up for metro text alert from wjla. Com by texting metro to 43817. At wjla. Com, you can find information on all of the safetrack plan. A lot of the alternatives that are offered to help you navigate the surge. Alison new developments in ohio where the prosecutors desaided not to prosecute the mother of the little boy who fell into the gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. Elizabeth hur explains the reasoning behind their decision. Reporter no criminal charges for the terrified mother of the 3yearold boy seen here in the now the cincinnati zoo. She was attentive to her children by all witness accounts. The 3yearold scampered off. My son fell in with a gorilla. Male gorilla standing over him. I need someone to contact the zoo. Reporter the mother who made the frantic 911 call according to the investigators did not act recklessly in the moments before her son fell in the gorilla exhibit. For instance, had she been in the bathroom smoking crack and let her kids run around the zoo that is a different story. Reporter Authorities Say tenets minutes after the trial crawled over the threefoot barrier and plunged 15 feet in the moat, the zoos Emergency Response team shot and killed the 17yearold endangered gorilla named harambe, prompting protests against the zoo and huge outcries online blaming the boys parents. 3yearold can scamper off quickly, they have never had kids. Reporter the zoo under a separate federal investigation which is standard in these cases is making changes to the barrier. But maintains it was not negligent. In a statement the boys family said they are pleased with the prosecutors decision and they are looking forward to putting this tragic episode behind them. For this gorilla exhibit, its set to reopen tuesday. Elizabeth hur, abc7 news, new york. Alison now closer to home. The officer who drove the transport wagon that freddie gray rode in before dying chose to have a trial by judge rather than jury. Caesar goodsons trial begins thursday. He faces charges including seconddegree murder and manslaughter. The last officer who chose a bench trial edward nero was acquitted last month. Leon a pair of arrests in the war on terror to report. Authorities arrested a french citizen and an accompl 2016 soccer championship. Under surveillance for months the two were taken into custody crossing into the European Union from ukraine. Authorities say they planned blow up synagogue and mosque. The monthlong championship starts next week in france. Today marks 72 years since the allied forces stormed beaches of normandy in world war ii. Leon friends of the National World war ii memorial observedded dday with a commemoration and wreath presentation at the National Mall today. The largest amphibious operation in Human History that involved more than 150,000 u. S. , british and canadian forces. Alison lets switch gears now to talk about the weather. A beautiful day. A little breezy but pretty gorgeous day outside. What does the everything hold for us . Our chief meteorologist doug hill has kek on the forecast chec doug its beautiful. Very warm. But it is low humidity. 38 humidity. 85 now around the capital. If you are grilling out, a perfect night to be outside. Winds will diminish closer to sun set. 83 at 6 00 p. M. 80 at 8 00 p. M. Tonight. The high cloudiness is coming well ahead of the moisture associated with the Tropical Storm colin. Another Tropical Storm. 50mileperhour winds. Just northwest of tampa, florida, and the gulf. We will track that and the weekend events for you weather wise. That is all coming up in a few minutes. Leon you got it. Coming up as well at abc7 news at 5 00 remembering the greatest. Muhammad ali spent plenty of time in d. C. Meet a member of the enderrage that sometimes entourage that served as a bodyguard for him. Alison new report to the obesity epidemic in the u. S. Leon later the woman known as chewbacca mom gets her own booth at fan expo. We find out why it best part of her weekend. Alison but first, packing a punch. We take you to florida as the Sunshine State braces for Tropical Storm colin. Well be right back. Mediterranean collection. R itll make anyones day brighter. My girlfriend and i just broke up. Ohh. I need something to make me feel better. Ohhh, i just broke up with my boyfriend and i need something to celebrate with. Bree . I thought it was mutual. Yeahhh. The mediterranean collection. Try with chicken or steak. Topped with crumbled feta and creamy tzatziki sauce. I feel better. Me too subway. Fresh is what we do. Vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its more than helping customers, its helping neighbors. Stand by me alison we are back on storm watch. Heavy flooding is taking place on the country east coast. Three people are dead. Hundreds of others have had to be rescued after trying to walk or drive through the fast moving water there. The storms are so powerful, they say a Swimming Pool slid right into the sea. Leon well, meanwhile in this half of the globe, florida residents keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm colin tonight. The Sunshine Skyway bridge across tampa bay is closed down because of the high winds. And chuck webber reports governor rick scott declared a state of emergency hours ago. We are at st. Pete beach getting another bit of rain. Take a look over here. This is what neighbors are dealing with here. Flooded streets. This is mostly caused by the tide. The tide affected by Tropical Storm colin. Tourist they say they are making the best of it. The school, the government, parks closing early because of the Tropical Storm colin. In st. Piecersburg beach, chuck webber reporting. Alison were having a discussion of the pronunciation. Colin. We will do what you do. Doug it works. Beautiful weather here. The action is south where he was reporting. A lot of rain there. Winds are 40 miles per hour. Start there to give you update on what is happening. You see the dark red. That is the highest top. The most potential for the heaviest rains. If you see it is quickly the actual Tropical Storm center is up here. So all the energy is east and northeast. Its pushing rapidly to the northeast with the torrential downpours. It will continue tonight. The speed is moving quckly. 25 miles per hour. It will quickly transit. Look at the plan here. It will skim South Carolina and the coast. Off the coast of hatteras. Out to sea quickly. It will kind of maintain the strength. It wont be over land all that long. Maximum winds now 50 miles per hour. It continues out it will eventually weaken here when it gets to the cooler waters to lose the environment to develop. As far as the rainfall potential, take a look at savannah. 4. 1 inches of rain forecast. Gets weaker, lighter when you go north to wilmington and the outer banks. It will exit. Cloudiness outside is on the Northern Edge of the moisture stream from the gulf of mexico. I wan lapse from st. Petersburg, florida. Nothing much has changed. My bad. Put it on my list of bad stuff. The rain all over the lens here. You will lose the visibility in the squalls. Blowing in. Wavers are high. High tide times. Inland flooding a little bit. The winds are 50 miles per in the afternoon we will watch skies and the Doppler Radar for popup showers and the thunderstorms. Mid80s. The push of cool air. Wind stream out of the northwest. By the time we get to wednesday. It could be a sprinkle. But it will be different. Highs in the 70s wednesday and thursday. Lower humidity. Gusty breezes. It will be nice. If you bike to work or around the area beautiful in the morning. 74. With sunshine. 80 in midday. Watch for an afternoon shower as the temperatures will head 80s. The next seven days for you, do the numbers. Stay warm tomorrow. Then it will turn noticeably cooler and less humid wednesday and thursday. Friday is comfortable. Saturday the next chance of showers and storms and 84. Typical midtoearly june weather as we head to sunday and next week. Alison not much to complain about. Thank you. Leon all right. Update the breaking news we are following out of Silver Spring, maryland, where a metro bus crashed into a tree on eastwest highway. Kevin lewis made his way to the scene and checks in with the latest. What do we know about what kevin we are learning that the bus driver has life threatening injuries. This is a remarkable scene. Take a look. The bus rammed into a tree. Evergreen or a pine tree of some sort. This is on top of the tree. The front two tires are airborne. You can see broken glass from the front windshield. Both on the tree and on the ground. If you look here to the front entry way, the fare machine, metal is pried halfway off. You can see the driver seat. It appears that there is a seat belt. Unclear if the driver was wearing one at the time of the crash. All the glass in the front broken out, presumably from impact and possibly from the First Responders. The driver was trapped for 20 to 25 minutes. If you come with me, we have the metro personnel on board this bus right now. There is a gentleman sitting down on the seats. We were just talking to him briefly before the metro personnel took him away from us. Evidently he was struck he is walking, talking. He does not appear to have serious injuries. Take the video from the news chopper 7. Only about 30 minutes ago. First responders actually extricated the metro bus driver. Took him to an ambulance. Again, we are just learning here. I got word 30 second before you came to us that the bus driver does have life threatening injuries. Metro bus telling us that this is a j2 bus that starts at Silver Spring transit center. Works down the eastwest highway and ultimately goes to the Westfield Montgomery mall in bethesda. Metro telling us that the bus left Silver Spring and was working eastwest highway to bethesda. Around ten people on board. That is what Fire Department is telling us. Its unclear, the number could give or take by one or two. Those individuals had injuries. But much more minor than the bus driver. We will bring you updates when we get them. For now reporting live in chevy chase. Im ke back to you. Leon thank you. Alison thank you. Leon all right. Moving on now. Quite a zinger from hostess. Alison we will tell you why it wants you to avoid the snacks. Why celebrity could hold key to fight teenagers in teenagers. Can you help find this man . That is coming up later in the show. A look at what is coming up tonight on abc7. Sign up for fan blast at wjla. Com. One day a rider made a decision. He decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. Theres no shame in saving money. Ride on, ride proud. Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Stroand restoring aing a newbfathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Stronger is being a typical kid. Despite a rare disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. We want them to grow up stronger. Leon 7 on your side in health matters. The centers for Disease Control and prevention completes one of the largest and the broadest surveys of health in the united states. Michelle marsh is here to break it down for us. Michelle some of the findings are encouraging but others show americans are fatter than ever. The 2015 survey by the c. D. C. Found 30. 4 of americans over the age of 20 are obese. That is up slightly from 29. 9 . T the year before. The numbers have steadily grown since 1997 when the researchers started using the current surveying method. Obesity rates were highest among middle age and black americans. Probably not number with diabetes is also on the rise. So how do we fight obesity . Well, in teenagers the key may be celebrities. New Research Found that 20 of the hottest teen music stars have done ads for products, nutritionists call unhealthy. In fact, 80 of the celebrity endorsed foods are for high callly items like chips, soda, chocolate or fast food chains. Company want the star power because it sells but the end result may not be healthy for your kids. 20 of the u. S. Teens are considered obese and even more fall into the category of overweight. We have work to do. You wonder do i have any good news . We do. The c. D. C. Says half of adults say that they are getting the recommended amount