News4 midday. Metro needs even more money to keep the system up and running for the next decade. The breakdown looks a bit like this. Metro wants 15. 5 billion over the next ten years. Thats 1. 5 billion a year. It also wants dedicated funding to the tune of 500 million every year. For d. C. And virginia, youll likely pay some kind of tax. The cap increases at 3 a year. Just a few minutes ago, wiedefeld was asked if he thinks this proposal will become a reality. He says he remains positive. The system cannot fail. Weve got to get this right. The future of this region is dependent upon it, and we have to do what it takes to get there. For workers, wiedefeld wants changes lets turn to the weather now. A much warmer day ahead after some morning rain. Suns out. You see on the right hand side of your screen temperatures close to 70 degrees. As we go through the rest of the afternoon, were talking about temperatures in the low 80s. Currently 68 degrees in the district. We had that morning rain, but now those clouds starting to clear out for part of the area. As we go into the afternoon, 80s return, low 80s. Then we see a bit of a dip by about 5 00 p. M. Thats because we also expect scattered showers, maybe even some thunderstorms. Right now were nice and dry. Off to our west, you still notice some showers flaring up. Were still in this unsettled weather pattern. More rain though as we go into yourwe forecast coming up. A metro car is getting transformed, and theres a chance you can see it again in Montgomery County. A sculptor is returning the retired car into benches and industrial art. We are live at his warehouse in brookville, maryland. What does it look like . Reporter this is really a cool project. Just take a look behind me here. Weve been hearing for sometime about how the metro is decommissioning the 4,000 series rail cars. Five Squares Development has teamed up with new york artists and they are literally slicing up an 80,000pound metro rail car. Take a look at the video of some of the work theyre doing here. Theyre going to turn some pieces of the main body of the car into theyre slicing the car up into seven different directions. Then theyll be using pretty much everything they can. The goal is to recycle and reuse as much as possible. Theyll take the shell of the car and make those kiosks. Theyll be taking the seats and the benches were familiar with. Those will be outdoor seating. Its art. Its sculpture. Its entertaining the public. Its recycling. Its bringing back history. When you walk into one of these cars, you just get a feeling of going back in time. Reporter and the old rail car, where will it be found . Youll see it at the grove metro station. Here. Another reason to use the metro cars. A lot of work still to be done. They have quite a lot of things left to do, but a really cool way to use an old metro car. Back to you guys. Indeed. Thanks very much. Meanwhile a new security measure at the white house is making people see it from the back. The secret service has perman t permanently closed the south lawn fence. Thats where tourists used to stand on the sidewalk to snap those pictures. Recent attempts to jump on the white house lawn has forced the secret service to beef up security. Meanwhile Foreign Policy will be the focus of the Trump Administration today. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is talking tough on iran while the white house is explaining why a ship that was supposed to be heade t reporter secretary of state Rex Tillerson accused iran of sponsoring terrorists, violating human rights, and making the middle east instable. An unchecked iran has the potential to travel the same path as north korea and take the world along with it. Reporter but he admits iran is complying with the nuclear deal. The state department is reviewing whether the u. S. Should stick with it. To tear up the iran deal would mean we would be giving iran a license to go get a nuclear weapon. Reporter President Trump calls it a bad deal, but endless worry theres a risk going against the agreement to impose sanctions. The sanctions are reimposed on iran. Iran could walk away from the deal. Were well aware of any potential negative impacts an action could have. Reporter the administration is also explaining why a strike group that was supposed to be we are sending an armada. Reporter was actually going in the opposite direction. She will be on her way, and ill determine when she gets there. Reporter promising help ais on the way when it is not could rattle our allies in asia. Vice president mike pence is visiting indonesia today. He announced President Trump will attend a summit with the leaders of Asian Countries later this year. Its a sign, i hope, to all of our firm and unwavering commit to build on the Strong Foundation we already share. That meeting november. Authorities are investigating an alleged stalker who they say turned up at malia obamas workplace in manhattan on three separate occasions this month alone. Our sister station wnbc cite Law Enforcement sources saying the man had a sign with a marriage proposal. He was turned over to the hospital for a psychological evaluation. The secret service is not commenting at this time. It is april 20th or 4 20. This year marijuana supporters are taking their call for legalization directly to capitol hill. Advocates for legalized pot plan to hand out free joints to members of congress and congressional staffers. Its part of a protest that starts in just about an hour against federal states that have legalized marijuana use. It will take place at first street and constitutional avenue northeast. Former president george h. W. Bush is still in a houston hospital this morning, but he could be heading home soon. He is recovering from a mild case of pneumonia. Bush is regaining his strength and his spirit. You might remember that bush spent 16 days in the hospital for treatment of pneumonia back in january. Today a multimillion dollar project to repair or reconstruct eight alleys in d. C. Gets under way. We have video from last years alleypalooza. Those Sustainable Materials will capture and filter storm water runoff before polluting rivers and streams. It will take about eight weeks to complete. His murder dominated the news in recent days. Were going to show you the new tribute to the 74yearold whose Facebook Page of his killer. And the steps local lawmakers are now taking to clean up your neighborhood of any fios is not cable. Were wired differently. By jd power 4 years in a row. And now you can love fios too. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone. All for 79. 99 per month, for the first year with a twoyear agreement. Its the only internet with equal upload and download speeds. Cable only offers upload speeds that are a fraction of the download speeds. Plus get hbo for a year and free multiroom dvr service for two years. And Verizon Wireless customers can stream tv on the fios mobile app, datafree. Get the best. Go to getfios. Com well, an air brush artist in kentucky is getting some pretty good social Media Attention for his latest piece of work. After sundays shooting of Robert Godwin in cleveland, spencer painted a portrait in godwins honor. It received thousands and thousands of comments and a lot of shares as well. That expression on his face in this picture, you see a lot of things. You see how kind he is. You see that hes not an evil person. The portrait also went to godwins daughter. Spencer sent it to her for free. That is beautiful. It is a beautiful piece. Switching gears. Speculation this morning from Aaron Hernandezs legal team that he did not commit suicide. He was serving a life sentence for murder. Guards found him hanged by a bed sheet in his cell, but his lawyers say his death was suspicious and theyre calling for a detailed investigation. Very hard for me to accept the fact he may have committed suicide. Hernandezs legal t wants his murder conviction overturned because the appeals process wasnt done, but the mother of the victim, odin lloyd, is pushing forward with a wrongful death lawsuit. All thats left to decide is the amount of damages that should be awarded to the family. Marylands Emergency Management agency is partnering up with a popular app. It will announce details of its affiliation with nextdoor. Its helped people across maryland, d. C. , and virginia provide information to their neighbors about safety concerns. Lots of other cool stuff you can do there as well. Its even helped police solve a couple of crimes. Maryland will be the first state to connect its Emergency Management agency with the app. Well, theres a push in montgomery and Prince Georges County to do something about zombie they are neglected properties often in disrepair. Darcy spencer is talking to homeowners who live near some of these homes. Reporter neighbors say no one has lived in this house for years. They havent seen the owner in sometime. Theyve grown frustrated as the house has continued to deteriorate. The house has been abandoned for at least a decade, and its just crumbiling and falling apart. Reporter tom huckhucker is trying to deal with properties in foreclosure. Theyre targets for arson and fires, utility problems. Theres drug parties that go on reporter and the county is going after vacant Property Owners with threats of big fines if they dont make improvements. This is another house in Silver Spring that hasnt been lived in sometime. That house has been an eyesore for a very long time. Reporter here in Prince Georges County theyre also dealing with vacant, abandoned and foreclosured properties. The council is also taking action to hold banks accountable. Mel franklin is proposing a package of bills to go after banks and others to better maintain zombie foreclosures. Zombie foreclosure is not a complete foreclosure, but the former homeowner is gone. There is this limbo of who is accountable for this property. Lets show you a live look outside right now. Our region is getting its best report card ever on air quality, but a still a threat to the Publics Health departme health. D. C. , arlington, and Prince Georges County received f grades. Loudoun and arundel received ds. And fairfax and Montgomery County, cs. If you think your teen is always on social media, youre right. Sq a new poll breaks down which sites theyre using the most. 75 of teens are using instagram and snapchat. Twothirds use facebook. The poll also revealed that older teens with access to a smartphone were among the highest users of social media sites. Harper high in the air to center, going back. Grand slam. Bryce harper. That was one, one of two grand slams in the nats game yesterday. And they werent even the biggest thing in sports around here. The wizards and capitals both getting big playoff wins. The caps now coming back home all evened up. Sherry burris is with the team and has the play you just have to see. Reporter playing in front of his grandfather, tom wilson scores two first period goals. The most impressive part, diving into his own net to keep the puck out of it. Then racing down ice and deflecting a shot from eller into the leaf net, one of two goals in an impressive g its that time of year. There are some fabulous heroes. Not always the ones you think that are going to be there. He played hard. He went to the net, got rewarded. His game continues to grow. When your a kid, you always have a big dreams. I was lucky enough to fulfill them. Its a huge privilege. Fun to win in toronto for sure. Reporter the caps and their momentum return to the verizon series on friday for game five. We cant move on without mentioning the nfl. Were going to learn the redskins regular season schedule later today. Theres a twohour special program where the schedule will be announced. Thats happening at 8 00 tonight. Sheena is back after the break to look ahead to the weekend. Outdoor plans, it could be in jeopardy. List of most influential people. See the familiar faces in the white house that made the top 100. Stronand restoringding a a fathers faith. Its standing tall after one surgery. Not six. Disorder. Stronger is finding it earlier. And coming home sooner. Stronger is seeking answers. And not giving up, until you find them. Because we dont just want your kids to grow up. We want them to grow up stronger. Today time released its list of the 100 most influential people of 2017. Gavin grid made the list this year. Hes the youngest person on this ye President Trump, ivanka, jared kushner, steve bannon, and Reince Priebus all made that list. It also includes simone biles, pope francis, and viola davis. Dozens of people had to be rescued in fact from the high water and the flooding situation here. Take a look at the water there. Up to car windows and right now theyre kind of wading through that. Three women were trapped inside a burger king in the Shopping Center there. They did make it out alive, but they did lose everything they had with them. Im cold. My phone is destroyed. I dont have no blanket, no jacket, no nothing. I dont know what to do. Id consider myself lucky and im sure they do. It looked bad in ohio. Chec the midwest was slammed by lightning, thunder, and sheets of rain. No reports of serious damage or injuries. I dont think they have any reprieve coming anytime soon. I think their forecast is still rainy. I think theyve got more rain coming for them today. The good thing is they have really dried out for a while. There are still storms that are going to be moving through. We have a round of showers and storms as we go through the afternoon today. Dont put away with the umbrella just yet. Well have quite a bit of a breakthrough the middle of the day. Then we go into the afternoon. Were going to warm up to the low 80s. Thats going to help fuel some showers, even some thunderstorms as we go through the afternoon hours. So thatll be later on today. Then we go i tntohe weekend and were talking about rain. Sunday could be a day where we see pretty steady rainfall too. Heres a look at satellite and radar. The clouds are starting to break. We have plenty of sunshine. Thats going to help the temperatures jump up. Pattern. Shower chances today, tomorrow, and over the weekend. 68 degrees currently in the district. Were warming up. Leesburg, 72. Quanti quantico, 69 degrees right now. Heres future weather. It starts to move this cloud cover away. We see the breaks of sun. 4 00 p. M. , we could already see some showers and maybe some thunderstorms developing in areas like leesburg, the shenandoah valley. By 9 00 p. M. , we could have some stragglers. Overnight, we do start to dry out a bit. If youre walking the dog or you need one to walk, we have xena here. Temperatures will be in the low 70s, but we will be dry. 5 00 p. M. , thats a better chance for a shower or thunderstorm. Even by 7 00 p. M. Temperatures will be around the low 80s today, so much warmer today. Afternoon shower or storm stays t tomorrow well be in the low 80s again. Afternoon showers still in the forecast. Look at the weekend though. Mid 60s on saturday. Rain more likely the second half of the day. By sunday, that looks like some steadier rain. Could be Holding Temperatures down into the 50s. Well take a look at the tenday forecast coming up. 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The first time mr. Trump clashed with judge curiel was over a Trump University lawsuit. This time the judge will preside over an immigration case involving a socalled dreamer who was recently deported. Reporter judge Gonzalo Curiel back in the spotlight. Hes the judge who then candidate trump thrust into the headlines saying i have a judge who is a hater of donald trump, a hater. Hes his name is Gonzalo Curiel. Reporter the world first met judge curiel last year when he oversaw a lawsuit against Trump University. The judge was appointed by barack obama, federal judge. [ booing ] frankly, he should recuse himself. I believe he happens to be spanish, which is fine. He is hispanic, which is fine. We havent asked for a recusal. Should have been thrown out. Reporter mr. Trump arguing judge curiel was biassed because of his quote, mexican heritage. Hes a mexican. Were building a wall between here and mexico. The answer is he is giving us a very unfair ruling. Reporter judge curiel approved a 25 million settlement between Trump University and students who clai t seminars. Mr. Trump never admitted any wrongdoing. Juan manuel says back in february he was arrested and deported from a Southern California city for no reason. When he tried to reenter the country again, he was deported back to mexico again. He has dhaak daca status. In an interview over