Weather. We were there. It will be closed for 29 hours as metro crews inspect. Power cables after a fire earlier this week. Our crews are spread out around the town tracking the impact the closure has had on your commute. We begin with Melissa Mollet with the problems on the roads. Melissa, good morning. Right now, we have a couple of additions on the roadways. We want to start with chopper 4 over metro station showing us whats going on. Grosvenor and rock. And the few extra buses on the roads this morning. Once gern the entire metrorail system shut down. Metrobus, running and scheduled and on time. As for marc, brunswick and camden running extra trains help alleviate the extra volume on roadways. Vre, on schedule. Angie, you have been out and about driving around. How are things looking right now . Reporter we sure have. Weve been all over the place. Weve been traveling around i270 northbound. And take a look to the left of me, youre seeing southbound. More congested roads. And we know right now, some of these drivers there might be just a little bit of confusion because 270, it was announced that the hov lanes would be open to all traffic. But then this morning, we got an alert that Montgomery County decided to alert that decision. And in virginia. Plan on lanes, theyre going to operate as normal which means the tolls can be extremely high with more drivers on the roads. Back to you. Angie, thank you. It is 6 03. In response to the metro shutdown, federal workers have the option of taking unscheduled leave or unscheduled tell loewo. The d. C. Schools will open on time. Absences and tardies will be excused and more buses will be running to accommodate service. Buses by thousands of people trying out the alternatives with metrorail shut down. Team coverage with how this is impacting you. Erika gonzalez just talked to commuters at vienna station. Reporter good morning, aaron, people have to learn very quickly which bus to take if they can even take it at all. Or quite possibly grab a taxi to the nest destination. People calling into work, of course, letti metro as 775,000 trips a day. You can imagine on a day like today, its going to be massive disruption. Metro gm Paul Wiedefeld trying to ensure safety. One rider telling us he was pleased that metro made that decision. Commuters relegated to other forms of transportation we talked about, buses, taxis, uber saying they will cap surge pricing. Federal workers are scheduled to work at home or take unscheduled leave. And kids still have to get to school, people still have to get to work. Lets hear from those Rhode Islanders now. There are a lot of people traveling like myself, working, who depend on the metro. And it just never occurred to me to think about an alternate route to get there. Now, i have to think about that. So thats making it really difficult. Reporter and he was saying that he had chosen to go ahead and shutting this down for one day instead of piecemealing it for several days. Whether or not that takes longer to get solved, remains to be seen. Its 6 05. With metrorail shut down at least until thursday morning, thousands of commuters do have to find a way to get to work. So many options, marc and vre will run normal schedules today. And marc plans to add extra trains where it can. Mu metrobus will also offer more bus us. And uber and lyft are encouraging people to use the car service. Uber surge fares will be capped this morning. You can find out a full list of alternative ways to get to w on the nbc washington app. Use the search term d. C. Transportation. We are going to go all the way to cleveland and secure the republican nomination were going to go forward and were going to win. But more importantly, were going to win. American needs a conservative movement but one thats built on principles and ideas, not on fear. 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Outside this morning, dealing with locally thick fog especially for our friends and neighbors in the snd gaithersburg, only three miles. Halfmile visibility in leesburg and winchester, quarter mile from frederick. Take a look at the morning commute, fog in the morning, and sun up, top down this morning. Be on the lookout for a passing shower from 4 00 to 6 00 p. M. A lesson your kids dont usually see in the classroom. How this little girl is teaching her classmates and teacher about life. And a live look at mcpherson its about taking a stand. For too long, wall street banks had their way. They crashed our economy. But democrat Donna Edwards wont take their money because she stands up for us. As a single mom, she knows the challenges our families face. Shell be our voice. Tightening regulations on the big banks and fighting to keep dark money out of politics. Democrat Donna Edwards, marylands next senator. 6 16 now, were watching your commute as tens of thousands of you look for another way to work today. So far, were not were watching for additional traffic out there. Live look from the metro station in rockville which is much quieter than it would normally be. The picture from chopper 4, were a little more than six hours into the 29hour inspection work. On the average day, 730,000 take metro. General manager Paul Wiedefeld said he thought of each and every one of those riders when he decided to shut down the entire metrorail system today. News4s molette green takes a look at the emergency that shut it down in the first place. Reporter good morning, this is a wednesday morning rush like no other without raining trains and passengers. Heres how it plays out. The systemwide emergency inspection covered some 600 jumper cables, or power cab their well insulated and reliable. And for how long . Lasting all day, specifically for 29 hours until reopening on thursday morning. That is the best plan, thats the plan metro has put forward right now. Now, many riders got caught up in the aftermath of mondays electrical fire near mcpherson square. And metro leaders also point to a deadly smoke incident near lenfant station a year ago involving the same type of cable. All of this leaving rail passengers other ways to get around. It is really not that bad. The bus takes about an extra 15 or 20 minutes than the train. Its really not that bad. Safety first, thats cool. I can get around. Reporter many people keeping it all in stride. Some taking the bus. Some telling me theyre taking uber to get to work. If inspectors should find some problems, parts of the system is quitess down for longer than thursday morning. At 5 00 a. M. The goal, again, is to be able to reopen everything thursday morning at 5 00. That is the latest live from mcpherson square, back to you. Thank you. Now, instead of taking a metro train you could take marc or vre in some places. Both are bracing for more riders, marc is adding more cars on the penn line, marc is not adding more cars but you can take a bike. Ride sharing Services Like uber and lyft are offering discounts for firsttime users. Theyre also encraging people to use their cal pool services. Surge pricing is likely but capped. Uber and lyft are reaching out to drivers across the area to keep up with the expected demand. Now, with thousands of folks looking to get to work this morning seems some are having fun with tweet last night, so, were open tomorrow if anyone needs a ride. Sure is, plenty of people are going to need that ride too. D. C. Police had fun with the news of metro shutdown. A throwback to al bundy here. Montel williams, he suggested a new hollywood movie called straight out of service. And then another person tweeted a picture of john candy from vacation. Thank you for tweeting the correct movie. Its safety and its worth it. And just deal with the changes. Theres nothing you can do to avoid the shutdown of the metrorail systems. Trying to take everything in stride. Well, this morning, share your commuter story with us on twitter using th the metroshutdown. You can also Facebook Page and let us know how youre doing with the system shutdown and how youre getting around the met. Breaking news, the uva student arrested in north korea now facing a 15year prison sentence. North korea saying its highest court convicted Otto Warmbier sentenced him, rather to 15 years hard labor. Warmbier is 21 years old. He was arrested earlier this year apparently for trying to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel room. He was convicted and sentenced in a onehour trial overnight. And the Prince William county will have a Board Meeting on changing the name of the Goodwin Middle School whether it prompted that message. The school will be renamed after a highly respected leader who is black. He found the message in mailbox last week. When the democratic process is playing out, you get some people whose voices are raised in an unfortunate way. Hopefully, at the end of the day, the focus is going to return to what is going to be the inspiring name for students in the future. Community members will have a chance to voice their concerns, the meeting begins at 7 00 p. M. At the kelly center in manassas. And nhl playoffs begin. Score our caps clinching a spot in a big win over the hurricanes last night. That big goal from Alex Ovechkin in overtime made the game. The caps have more games and only win in the playoffs and win the stanley cup. We have the team to do it. We really do. Win the stanley cup, bring it home. You caught up on the forecast this morning. Chuck bell is in with a warmup today. Absolutely. A little bit of fog outside early this morning will give way to plenty of sunshine by lunch shower. There will be a quick shower chance coming up late this afternoon into early parts of this evening. Not everyone is going to get rained on. You may have that pocketsize umbrella to play it on the safe side. Tower cam looking over the city. Not a whole lot of fog. Temperatures are milder. Where temperatures allowed to fall more quickly and down into the low 40s, the fog is thicker. Quartermile visibility in frederick, maryland, martinsburg, and winchester, virginia. What to expect, the dense fog advisory going to 8 00 a. M. , another hour and a half from now. And rain chances generally 30 or less. The main threat of rain and bad weather today is up to our north. Theres the one front which actually generating thunderstorms not too far from state college, pennsylvania this morning. Thats not our rain chances. A rivet of showers in Eastern Kentucky now is racing in our direction. Should be here in about ten hours. That puts it in the metro between 4 00 and 6 00. Could have rain showers earlier than that Shenandoah Valley. Hagersto hagerstown, not all that heavy. Most of the suburbs well back down into the 40s. Youll need your jacket fir thing this morning. Today is the day. You have exactly 12 hours of daylight. The sun is up at 7 17 this morning. Down at 7 17 this evening. 50s by 9 00. 60s by lunchtime. Highs generally in low to mid70s. If youre already thinking about the weekend, dont think for a second that its going to be anywhere near this warm. Today will be saturday, 50 for the high. Could even have wet snowflakes in Northern Maryland in Shenandoah Valley. Dont get used to the warmth, melissa. Ill try not to. Chopper 4 right now over Rockville Metro station. Again, just talked to a friend. She got on marc there and said its actually not bad. Volumewise, not a ton of people on there. Its looking pretty good for her this morning. Taking a look now entire metrorail system shut down. Metrobus running as scheduled. You cannot get on metrorail. 66 east some slowdowns as youre headed inbound on 66. Im showing you a big look at the beltway. And highlighting a come spots slower than normal. Heading slower at 66 than normally this time indian head highway. Back of course with more on the metrorail closure. 6 26 right now. A little girl with cancer obviously fighting a lifethreatening disease is teaching her classmate, teacher and family a lot about life. Sadie has an aggressive style of cancer, shes missed most of the school year that doesnt mean that students have forgotten about her. How could they . Sadie made it to school in helping her classmates live life to the fullest. She helped her classmates with a bucket list of what they want out of life. The thoughtfulness and care that they have shown, its been an amazing experience, not only for sadie, but also for the 29 other students in my class. You see them applauding for her. Positive. She wants her classmates to set goals, dream big and do not take life for granted. Lessons we can all use in our day, every day. Shes going to have six weeks of proton therapy. Best of luck to her. Well keep an eye out and make sure it goes well. Shes a fighternd inspiration. The metro shutdown is not all doom and gloom for commuters. Why some are turning this day into a chance to get on their bikes. Reporter im Erika Gonzalez at the metro station. An unusual morning commute for tens of thousands of users who usually rely on metro. This was the scene last night as metro workers shut the gates the kennedy town metro station. It will open at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow at the earliest. Melissa mollet is watching trouble spots on the roads if you plan to drive or carpool but we begin with news4s angie goff live on 270 for us. Angie. Reporter hi, aaron. Met met met metro pockle list. Theres a good bit of traffic going southbound past montrose road. It doesnt seem like its anything out of the ordinary for this time of day. It is important to note that decision to open up all the hov lanes to all traffic, that has been reversed. We got an alert about that this morning. We also saw a lot of signs alerting people telling them to telecommute or carpool. It looks like many of them will be doing that. For traffic to avoid, lets send it to Melissa Mollet. Good morning, angie. We have chopper pretty much over the area where angie showed. This is the rockville station. No metrorail today. Metrobus is running. Marc just talked to a friend riding marc out of rockville. She said its really not that busy. That is good news for folks riding marc. Speaking of marc, brunswick and camden, they have added some extra trains. And no issues in fredericksburg yet. Showing you a couple of atypical spots. A little slower than normal, inbound 66, 295 inbound as well. Chuck, you have better news than i do. First of all, i wouldnt have a high metro today. But yes indeed, a beauty of a day coming