Are wrapping up their first day of commuting under the safetrack plan and some are returning home fired and frustrated. The Safetrack Program begins with crews focusing on the orange and silver lines in virginia with continuous single tracking between boston and East Falls Church. Thats where we find Garrett Haake tonight who has been out talking to riders about their commute. What are you hearing there, garrett . Reporter you can think of this as ground zero for the safetrack plan over the next 13 days with both orange and silver lines through this station single tracking. Even have the mobile command center set up behind me. They are also handing out these fliers here warning of extreme crowding and delays on these lines and tonight we saw both. Passengers packed like sardines in the metro train cars returning to virginia from d. C. Tonight for the real but the real frustration could be heard on the platform itself where passengers told us they spent far more time than they had anticipated today, thanks to delays. Metro had encouraged riders to use buses or other means of transportation during this 13 for many folks that just wasnt an option. Well, theres no other way. Either i take the metro or i dont go to work and, well, kind of need the money so i guess im getting up instead of, you know, half hour earlier, im getting up 45 minutes earlier to make sure i make it on time. Reporter how long have you been waiting here . I dont know but its been long enough that i had to put my shoes down and my bag down a couple of times, so its been a while. Reporter and tonight what we saw plenty of construction workers coming and going from the station, much of the actual work was happening out of sight. We expect that construction to become much more visible as this process drags on. Reporting at the East Falls Church metro, Garrett Haake, wusa9. Metro did ask commuters to work from home or find another way to get around and looks like they listened. The agency tweeted that overall ridership today was down about 1 from a typical monday. However, when you look along the orange and silver lines, theres a big drop, especially at the West Falls Church station where there was about half as many commuters on a typical day. Wusa9s ellen bryan talked with those who talked extra patience and rode the rails this morning. Good morning, good morning. Reporter handed out 1800 express papers for the vienna metro stop every morning. Free, no refunds. Reporter on the first day of safetrack they probably wont hit that goal. A lot of people missing. Yeah. Folks, theres a brandnew shuttle bus behind you that goes directly to the pentagon. Reporter fort the first for the first few hours its running smooth. Reporter but once people were inside the metro it required more patience. Typically it sits for about two to three minutes and then moves into d. C. Reporter today riders sat for more than 20 minutes. Wait time here what normally takes me about half an hour will probably take me closer to an hour. Step back, doors closing. Reporter couple stops later another delay. We cannot closed. Reporter everyone unloaded, found new seats and continued their commute. But the delays caught up with passengers forcing people to call into work late. And by the end of the morning, some commutes tripled their normal time. Delays on top of already planned delays makes a commute that you thought was going to be an hour closer to hour and a half. Reporter many people started talking about driving into work tomorrow but the number 1 idea, i heard from a lot of people, was carpooling. In vienna, ellen bryan, wusa9. Also a lot of people use do you knowers car poole used ubers carpooling feature. In Arlington Uber pool rides were up 25 . Of course weve got all of these metro safety search details on the free wusa9 app plus live traffic maps so you can see the trouble spots on the roads before you get there. At this hour the search is for a pair of boaters who went missing near point of rocks maryland. It appears the men their 14foot fishing boat overturned yesterday. 1911 caller reported one 911 caller reported seeing a man clinging to a wall in the water. They have not been seen since but their boat was found downstream. Baltimore Police Officer caesar goodson, jr. Will be on trial. A judge will determine his guilt or innocence. He drove the police van in which gray had a spinal cord injury. They faces the most serious charges including murder and manslaughter. Npr photo journalist and his afghan translator were killed in southern afghanistan yesterday. David gilkey and has translator were on assignment when his convoy came under fire and they were killed. Gilkey was a veteran Award Winning photographer. He had an amazing eye for humanity in the circumstances. He would go into places either war zones or natural disasters and he would find the individual stories. The president of afghanistan says that their deaths were the result of taliban brutality. According to the committee to protect journalists, 31 journalists and media workers have been killed in afghanistan since 9 11. A life and legacy of muhammad ali will be honored this week with two public memorial services. Both will be in the champs hometown of louisville, kentucky. The boxer known as the greatest died over the weekend at the age of 74. Some 18,000 people are expected to attend a Prayer Program thursday, another 15,000 will be welcomed into an arena for alis funeral on friday. Former president bill clinton, comedian and friend Billy Crystal and sportscaster Bryant Gumbel are among those giving eulogies and our Bruce Johnson will be in louisville for fridays services and he will bring us l a sunblock white photo of a blackandwhite photo of ali now hanging on the memoriam wall at the National Portrait gallery museum. Hes staring into the camera with his hands on his hips wearing a pin stripe suit. Next to the photo is a note for visitors to leave a note of their favorite memory. You can find a tribute on the first floor of the museum. This is also a day to honor our war veterans. It is d day, National Remembrance day which marks the 72nd anniversary of the allied invasion of normandy during world war ii. On june 6th, 1944, more than 9000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded. Today troops who served in that battle placed wreaths at the world war ii memorial along the national mall. Turning to weather right now, and Tropical Storm colin, its caution headaches for folks in florida. It is already bringing clearwater and tampa sustained winds of 50 Miles Per Hour and as much as 7 inches of rain. Florida governor rick scott has already declared a state of emergency. Following this all day so what can you tell us . Not far from landfall, of course it doesnt mean much because they are still getting hit hard along the coast of florida but landfall next hour, hour and a half. But its not going to intensify and the good news for us, its going to stay to our south. Now show you the computer models and each line represents a computer model so the closer together the lines are, the more confluence or agreement there is among the models. Pretty darn agreement. Its going to kind of go right along the southeast coast and really begin to race. By 9 00 on tuesday its going to be well on out to sea in the Atlantic Shipping lane so that is good news. Now, we will talk about the track. By 2 00 youre going to have 60 mileperhour winds, going to be very close to hatteras by 2 00 p. M. Tomorrow but stay well south of us. That said we have some clouds right now, also in combination with a stationary front. We are tracking another cold front. We will tell you what that means to our possibility of showers tomorrow and what it means to the direction of colin. Okay. Thank you, topper. Newborn kittens and full found inside boxes left outside a local Animal Shelter. Still ahead, whats to become of them . And officials explain why they are not charging the boy the mother of a boy who ended up in a gorilla pen. Now back to the breaking news we brought you at the top of the newscast. Sky 9 as you can see right here over the scene of a Small Plane Crash at the stafford regional airport. You can see investigators there on the scene right now. We are told that plane crashed at the end of the runway. There was only the pilot on board and she is expected to survive. Of course we will continue to follow the latest developments on the wusa9 app and have the full details tonight at 11 00. Prince georges county Animal Shelter wants to know who mysteriously gave them 28 cats, kittens over the weekend. According to a the cats in boxes at that citys Animal Shelter on both friday and saturday. We are told the cats are doing fine but animal control would like to know where they came from. If youre looking to give up an animal, this is not the way to do it at all. Try to contact someone, even contact us. Even if we cant take the animals, we will tell you where you can take them. But just dont leave them out for dead or for abandoned. The cats may be put up for adoption in as early as two weeks. No charges for the mother of a boy who got into the cincinnati zoos gorilla exhibit. The prosecutor today defended that decision by saying the woman had three other children with her and she was looking after them when the 3yearold just scampered off. The childs family says they are relieved and ready to put this tragic incident behind them. The 3yearold climbed over a barrier and fell 15 feet into that mote. Officials had to kill the gorilla to protect the boy. The exhibit will reopen tomorrow with a higher reinforced barrier. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders tonight in california with concerts. Sanders leefnt feature dave a event about feature Dave Matthews band while the clinton rally will have Christina Aguilera and stevie wonder. Tomorrow the voters will go to the polls for the last big primary this season. It could be a close one too with clinton edging out sanders by just two points. Clinton is now 23 delegates shy of the number needed to win the nomination. A Campaign Year is prime time, as we all know for the robo calls, even if you signed up for the no call list you can still get robo calls mostly because companies dont abide by the registry and they will call anyway and theres rarely a punishment. Now a california congresswoman is hoping to force phone companies to give customers the ability to block telemarketers. Telecoms, you have to provide for no charge the opportunity for your consumers to not be bothered. There are robo call bills in both the senate and house now. In meantime you can try a couple of apps for your own cell phone privacy. You can look at privacy star, true caller and who app can identify telemarketers and block those calls. Meet the new miss u. S. A. , she callsher home and when calls d. C. Her home and when she is not in an evening gown you might find her in uniform. Well, pollen was very high today, a beautiful day, yes, but that means trees were in the moderate range. The grasses and mold spores in the high range. We will come back, we are talking about another cold front. We will tell you if that spells more showers and storms for your tuesday afternoon. Vo for dominion, part of delivering Affordable Energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. Our Energyshare Program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energysaving upgrades. Its helping neighbors. Stand by me last night miss d. C. , deshauna barber took home the crown in the mus u. S. A. Pageant. She calls northwest home but also reports to fort meade. Stephanie ramirez reports. Reporter the new miss u. S. A. May be taking a small break from interviews today but the buzz about her just like the cars on the roadway have not stopped from northwest d. C. All the way to fort meade and especially after her answer to last nights question on women in combat. We are just as tough as men, as a commander of my unit i powerful, i am dedicated. We should all do what we want to do. Pursue our dreams. I think its pretty good, just another things we can take care of. Very important. I feel especially for younger females growing up to see that. Reporter nothing but excitement and respect for the 26yearold army officer who not only comes from a military family, but she is a commander in the Army Reserves based out of fort meade. She is the first ever military member to win miss u. S. A. Yea for d. C. Its about time people started recognizing us. Reporter deshauna barber said after last nights win she plans on taking a small break from the military reserves so she can go for the next crown and says she plans on using her miss u. S. A. Title to advocate for veterans. In northwest d. C. , stephanie ramirez, wusa9. Barber was born in georgia into a military family and she has a bachelors in Business Management from virginia university. Tell you what, there is nothing like a fresh home cooked meal, is there . Well, today students helped First Lady Michelle Obama pick kale, broccoli and herbs from the white houses kitchen garden. The same kids helped plant the seeds earlier this year and after getting their hands dirty, the students got to eat the fruits of their labor with celebrity chef rachael ray. I used to not like rabbit food which is kale, but with the right ingredients and the right seasoning there, its not so bad. Rachael ray can probably make anything taste pretty good. Exactly. This is making me hungry just thinking about it. I know. You know what . We are looking at really another cold front tomorrow thats going to drop temps a little bit, kind of refreshing here as we get into midweek. Let me show you a different graphic on colin quickly. Staying to our south. This is wind anywhere from about 39 to 58 Miles Per Hour in yellow. And notice most of the winds are offshore. This is by early in the morning, tomorrow, just after midnight at appoint and continues off to the south and east and goes in the shipping lanes. By tomorrow evening its pretty much history. Its 81 right now, humidity 50 . Its cloudy but it is a very, very nice evening. In fact its going to lead to a very nice night. I think the clouds will actually wane as we go through the night. Bus stop temperatures, comfortable, 52 to 78, dry in the morning. We are talking about showers with the next front. They will not roll in until late morning, afternoon. And just a few showers at that and then windy and much cooler on wednesday but really kind of refreshing. Temps hold in the 70s. So 10 00 tonight, most folks, mostly cloudy, rockville south and say manassas south and up towards leesburg and frederick, partly cloudy temps in the low 70s. By morning they kind of wane a little bit. They will linger into Southern Maryland and down toward the northern neck. Cannot rule out a shower toward readville, a stationary front. Remember the front twe the showers and storms . Now its stationary to our south so you will have lingering clouds. For the rest of us, early in the morning mid60s to about 70. By 9 00 sunshine, by early afternoon a few showers here and there with temperatures in the low 80s. Maybe 82 downtown, 83 83 in bowie, 83 in fairfax. The evening showers, most of the showers are gone and temperatures still now in the upper 70s and low 80s. Notice the winds more northwesterly, drier air moves in tomorrow evening. So on the day planner, sun to start, temperatures 76 by 9 00, but then 80 by 11 00 and 82 by 1 00 and thats when your shower chance is probably the highest. Next three days just a sprinkle possible on wednesday, only 76, winds going to gust over 25 Miles Per Hour on wednesday and then beautiful on thursday. Wow, sunshine, highs only near 80. Next seven days. Nats on 9 ay thunderstorms possible on sunday. We are back to the upper 80s and then monday, wow, a little bit cooler but gorgeous. Nats have a game next monday, high in the low 80s. A couple of good golf days for some folks, huh . Its like chamber of commerce weather out there if youre trying to play golf. Reporter weve got local celebs in town at a Charity Golf Tournament. We will tell by it coming up in sports. I donor wonder whether i theshould seek treatment. C. A revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Harvoni is proven to cure up to 99 of patients whove had no prior treatment. It transformed treatment as the first cure thats one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Harvoni is a simple treatment regimen thats been prescribed to more than a quarter of a million patients. Tell your doctor if youve had a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv, or any other medical conditions, and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with harvoni may cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects of harvoni may include tiredness, headache and weakness. I am ready to put hep c behind me. I am ready to be cured. Are you ready . Ask your hep c specialist if harvoni is right for you. Now wusa9 game on sports with frank himmerhan brought to you by xfinity. A legend in the broadcasting game and johnly holliday understands giving back to the community. Holliday holding his Charity Golf Tournament benefiting the Youth Leadership foundation which gets mentoring for 3000 kids in the d. C. Area. So far hollidays charity raised over 1 million thanks to big local celebs. You saw brooks there as well to support. 35 of some of the biggest sports names in washington. Everything you call, nobody says no. Everybody says when is it, what time . Ill be there. You dont get a chance to see all these people. To meet Brooks Robinson is pretty cool. Im seeing a lot of guys i havent seen in a long time. They are honoring morgan lutein tonight and i havent seen him in 60 years. What johnny has been doing over the past 10 years, benefiting young kids, trying to help them get into college and beyond is tremendous. We are so blessed. The lives that we have and any way i can help johnny raise money for his charity is what we want to do. Every single year you say can you top this and every year we do top it. Good memory lane, robinson, that was my guy back in the days. Youve actually played with her and she is pretty good . Very good. Maryland has got a great chance out there. Thats all for our news at 7 00. You can get our news anytime with the free wusa9 app. Have a g tonight hollywood remembers muhammad ali. The greatest of all time. How the celebrities are paying tribute as we unlock the e. T. Vault to show his Lasting Legacy with the star. v ie been a fan since i can remember. I have more photos of muhammad ali hanging in my home than anyone else. Including my family. Then taylor swift always a bridesmaid, never a bride. Crashing a wedding. But did she really just want to marry calvin . What an inside choice told us about their split. Plus, Richard Simmons new health care hospitalized after bizarre behavior. What we know tonight. And sharon stone has tip for all you single ladies. Best move ever. Now for june 6th, 2016, this is entertainment tonight. Muhammad ali once said dont
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