we are at the twinbrook station in rockville. this is where surge 16 is getting started. the folks here are the men that have been doing this. they are all contractors. some come from as far away as new jersey, baltimore and these have been the people who have been hands on on the rails. they are about to start this work on the red e sttle buses that rough j will take people among those stations that are closed. and metro is asking for the red line trip usually starts at shady grove. you do twinbrook or the grove station as well. trains will be running close to the usual schedule while the surge take place. you might add two to three minutes on the red line. the other lines are not affected. after the end of the surge, you will see new hours on metro. and this will be to allow regular intervals of preventive maintenance, which has been the problem here and why the surge was necessary because the preventive maintenance has been put off. you won't see any more rush hour disruptions. those repairs will be planned. now, if there's an emergency, all bets are off. they will hav

that's the latest here in rockville, angelie hemphill, fox 5 local news. >>> 7:36, let's take a look at the top to story, in montgomery county, authorities have found a body in a lake in gaithersburg. yesterday, firefighters responded to the lake after receiving a report of a teen in the water. some of the teen's personal belongings were found 94 the lake in a washington grove section of gaithersburg, firefighters searched that lake and a body was found. and in a the district. police are looking for the gunman responsible for a deadly shooting in three people were hit. one passed away and another adult and little boy were hit and are recovering, no word on what sparked the shooting. >>> someone hung a noose in district. near the national gallery of art. it was found on pennsylvania avenue near the museum, apparently been there several days, u.s. park police are investigating and would like to hear from anyone who may have information about this case. >>> and jetblue rolling out official recognition system that could help speed up the boarding process at logan international airport. d

closed stations shady grove to rockville. free shuttle buses available between shady grove and twinbrook. factor in that time for your monday morning ride. allison and wisdom, back to you. >> six another 09 right now. two dangerous inmates on the run in georgia for more than two days back behind bars this morning. next, how and where they were captured. >> plus it took half a century to open but only after two and a half years, cuba, well, it could be closed to americans once again. >> and before we head to the break, father's day is sunday of course just a couple of days away and fox5 wants to honor all the dads out there. please continue t to send us your amazing pictures of your dad using #fox5 dads. we're back in just 30 seconds. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> new this morning, more american soldiers will soon sent a afghanistan. almost 4,000 additional forces will be deployed. an official announcement from the pentagon could come as early as next week. it follows the president's move to give defense secretary jim mattis the

right now from 70 down to rockville it's about 50 minute delay. watch out for that. and then as we head 95 northbound crash blocks the shoulder out by 6:30. that's in the midst of delays into stafford from fredericksburg so allow for extra time. things open up and then again slows through dale city as you cross the aqua quon. in college park the outer loop is heavy metro on time and on time all morning much that's your traffic. back to you guys. >>> we are just three days away now from our next zip trip. it's friday, june 30th. we'll be in stafford county, virginia from 6:00 to 11:00. i'll be there along with holly and tucker and we would love to see you. extra big love. >> we missed in you annapolis on friday, al >> aww. >> we had so much fun. >> love applause. kevin is here witness fox beat at 7:50. good morning, kev. >> we'll have some fun this morning. last night, drake hosted the nba awards. there was pretty funny sketches. >> he is hilarious. >> have you seen any of of these. >> he's a great host. >> he's hilarious. >> i suggest he host next

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if you take the red line, this next surge may effectou shadyville and rockville are shut down. there are free shuttle buses. you should try to avoid the stations and instead, start your trip at either twin brooks, light flipt and grove ner. this is the first say tax surge. finally in the homestretch here. wee spoke to a relieved rider. >> wait, wait. for real. can't wait for it to be done. >> reporter: you may also see delays on other parts of the red line this week. for more information about all your transportation options, you can head over to the nbc washington app. just search safetrack. live at the shady grove metro station. back to you. >> thanks, aimee. double murder arrestst, he killed him one day for their operation and the details about the emote us for the attack. >>> war onter tore and things you may changes. the new law. >>> good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. already thunderstorms here in the early morning hours down across southern west virginia. that line of sthorm chances is coming our way later on this afternoon. i'll show you future weat

then they get on the shuttle bus to the rockville station. soon as the next one is up, this one will come down and for weeks. they are urging people to go down to twinbrook, where the service arts and trains run every four minutes to six minutes. this is the last surge, but metro says that celebrate, only 20% of the tracks have been fixed and they will continue to service up rates over the coming months and years. minutes until? autria: let's get a look at the forecast. veronica: today is one of those days were you have to monitor the weather very closely. this morning we are seeing some spotty showers, even clouds and sunshine out there right now. awfully warm and humid. later today starting at 2:00, thunderstorms coming into the area because of the possibility of heavy rain in the storm threat. in a few locations, because the atmosphere is so juiced up. there's a thunderstorm watch today running through the evening. flood threat, moderate, gusty wind threat robert for today. if you have not subscribed yet to our text alerts, be sure to do t

. >>> we have an update now on a bizarre story involving a rockville man collecting blood at an apartment in southwest dc. they say prosecutors have dismissed the charge against 43-year-old newan accused of practicing medicine without a license. after his arrest, a woman in prince george's county reached out to us after recognizing him from o she claims he drew blood from her after she answered an ad on craig's list. also said a rash showed up on her right arm. despite the dismissed charge, prosecutors can still fire additional charges later. >>> a northern virginia man remains in jail tonight. and is facing espionage charges. 60-year-old kevin mall lori of leesburg is accused of selling top secret documents to the chinese, he's a self-employed consultant at global x. because of his work as a special agent he had top security clearance until he left in 2012. he faces up to life in prison if convicted >>> traffic is back to normal at this hour after a terrible accident along 8th street northeast today. involved a mega bus, and as many as ten cars, three people were hurt, but those injuries

out toward rockville, look this shot. looking pretty good across our area. 355 there rockville pike looking all right, too. as far as the d.c. metro area, we're with at 82. temperatures dropping through the 70s. nationals game looking fan fantastic. on the radar, nothing to show. we'll have a dry night tonight and we'll stay dry. we need the rain, but we will stay dry the next few days. we're tracking this storm system back to the west. it will move to our north and actually help to bring the rain in across our region. so let's talk about that forecast for tomorrow. or bring the warmer weather in, because we will stay dry. 67 at 7:00 a.m. mostly sunny at noon. 91 at 4:00. and increased humidity at 8:00. but tomorrow not much in the way of humidity. although that humidity is going to be going up in a big way over the next i canmelia draper is o more about the humidity. >> reporter: yeah, the humidity not too much of an issue tomorrow during really builds in over the holiday weekend. tomorrow day one of our six or seven day

the rapid transit buses would run 6.7 miles between the rockville and wheaton metro stations. the lines would allow for larger buses to travel in lanes bypassing traffic. we know today montgomery county council is expected to choose a preferred route for this line. also on the agenda, the council will review a plan that would let you park in the same spot for a lot longer. you could see you are allowed to leave your county in for a loss. the way it sends, you aren't supposed to park in those spaces for more than 24 hours at a time. if it does pass, it will be discussed. >>> how far would you go for kids with cancer? one northern virginia dad plans to go the distance by going cross-country for cancer. we havehe >> reporter: aaron, angie, talk about a case of major endurance, check this out. this father is biking from san diego to annapolis and he says it's going to go and be done in 12 hours. he's doing this to raise money for his non-property called hope camp. he got the idea when his son matt was battling leukemia, and now he's dedicating each day of this race to a child with

that wrapped up but residual delays to twin brook in addition to safetrack closing shady grove and rockville stations but shuttle service replaces, watch for the metro delays, and as we take a wide view of our roads, you can see where skyfox is the top side of the beltway, inner loop from basically 210 to just approaching the wilson bridge. 295 is stacked and through cheverly very heavy. back after the break. s . >>> 6:40. trending on the web, nasa's high powered plan in it hunting telescope led to the discovery of tony planets which could possibly sustain life. the planets look to be the right size and right temperature. the telescope detected a total of 49 planets. >>> coca-cola tweeted today's forecast in pittsburgh record heat followed by an ice cold ah. share a coke. they mistakenly use philadelphia instead of pittsburgh. they apologized missed the mark. >> amazing footage as caught on tape of a pair of frantic elephant. when the two parents jumped to action an incredible display of teamwork, they came to the youngster's aid, entering the water as he kept his trunk above water and got i

red line shad shady grow and rockville stations closed. outer loop, taillights at university boulevard. you can see that normal slow down there. clinton, woodyard at richardson, lanes blocked because of a crash. we have travel times coming up. eun? >>> thank you. breaking news now. we just received information about prince philip. >> angie goff at the live desk. >> not many details, breaking news out of london where we learned that prince philip has been admitted to the hospital to be treated for an infection as precautionary measure and as a result of this, we're hearing he will miss the queen's speech this morning, this according to british media. many outlets reporting it. the queen's speech signals state opening of parliament and once the speech is delivered, new parliamentary session begin. we'll continue to follow up on any updates on his condition. once again, prince philip is not attending the queen's speech. she will do that alone this morning, that should happen shortly. back to you. >> thank you. >>> if just waking up, prince ge

lisa fletcher is live in rockville to explain how we can help you. lisa? this is the place where it happens where the viewers call in and they have consumer issues, whether they're wrong, have a bad product or not getting what they pay for. this is where you call. shirley started the call for action in our region 41 years ago. she is the president nationally. you are always looking for volunteers that you train. why should people come volunteer here. >> i can't imagine a more fun way to spend your day. we only ask for one day a week. our hours are really -- people who have small children for example, hours from 10:00 to 3:00. middle of the day. you will be interested. let me tell you a case we worked on. we just got back $16,000 for a homeowner because we are persevering, we purr sigh the problem. we don't >> so they called in and they had something wrong with the deck and you solved it. >> they had a deck and a wall built on the house. the wall was leaning. that is not something that you want to happen with the wall. so we got the wall replaced to the tun

also safetrack closing shady grove and rockville on the red line, shuttle bus available between shady grove and twinbrook brook and the wide view, 295 slow, let's take a look at the cameras, outer loop jambs 95 over to georgia avenue. this as you make your way down 70 pat 109 congestion building about a 15 be minute delay. >>> it's 6:19, today is one week since a gunman ambush add baseball practice in alexandria at 10:00. the fbi will hold a news conference to share findings of its investigation into the shooting and we're going to string that on our fox 5 dc facebook page. steve scalise, capitol police officer crystal remain hospitalized. >>> the eugene stadium park officially remained open. the first responders were celebrated they threw out the first pitch before the little league games. scalise is still in serious condition, as we reported. still recovering from his injury >> based on know gave a shout-out to steve scalise and said he hopes he recovers soon. >>> bar bee's boyfriend ken is getting a make over and we'll that i can next. >> it's been awhile. >> we want you to share y

come westward from the bay, and i want to show you rockville. they are having just as pretty a day. a few more clouds, but look at the temperatures. 75 and a nice, westerly wind. good shape. along with warmer temperatures comes an increase in pollen. weeds are starting to show up. mold spores are high. if you have allergies to any of these, it may be a tough day for you out there. you are headed out to lunch, early afternoon will give you a view of the whole day. partly cloudy skies. a beautiful afternoon. some models have suggested pop-up showers, but i think m pleasant. a few cumulus clouds starting to pop up west of the mountains, but east of the mountains, it is sunshine from verizon to verizon. a pop-up shower here and there. cloudiness through the day tomorrow. that will keep temperatures lower but also increases the chances of showers. by midday, there could be steady rain developing from the d.c. metro areas south, quickly moving out to the evening hours and then another gorgeous pattern the for the heat and humidity return midweek. nats and cubs, 79 for first pitch. we will

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he was last seen yesterday morning in rockville. he went missing back in september. that time for about seven days. >>> you may notice a c d.c. this morning. met metro's largest labor union will hold a symbolic funeral. they plan to eulogize their status as a middle class workforce in metro. it will involve a casket, tombstone and speaker to deliver a eulogy. the union represents more than 9200 employees and 3,000 retirees. >>> you may want to start to plan ahead now for sunday. metro is making major changes to its operating hours. monday through thursday trains will run between 5:00 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. on friday and saturday, metro will close at 1:00 a.m. cuts on sunday or more significant. metro is adding bus options for riders after the rail system closes. >>> covering the district, a live look from our city cam. as we learn mayor muriel bowser is about to announce a plan to get rid of the rats in d.c. it starts with finding a better way to eliminate trash. up to 60 businesses will be able believe to compactors. they will use solar trash cans and smart litter bins

the final surge impacts the red line, shady grove and rockville stations will both close from june 17th to sunday june 25th. buses will run between shady grove and rockville and the twinbrook and glenmont station. >>> we continue to track breaking news in the district. two police officers and a city worker hurt after a driver slammed into them in adams morgan. >>> we are live from the scene as well as the hospital with updates on their conditions. our team coverage continues just ahead. >>> plus, breaking news right now in prince george's county. a major shutdown. we're going to give you all the details about this problem on indian head highway. >>> plus, another check on your friday forecast. you may want to grab a you'll need to ditcht a i narrator: the washington post endorses dr. ralph northam. mr. northam would make the better governor. and virginia progressives agree. ralph northam is the only candidate who stood up to the nra after the virginia tech shooting. dr. northam led the fight to stop the republicans' transvaginal ultrasound law. ralph is a leader for education, expanding

in rockville, horace holmes, abc7 news. larry: a year and a half ago there was a baffling new illness impacts more kids that attacks children and mimics one of the most feared illnesses. polio. the center for disease control is working hard to understand why led to the increase in the cases but no clue what is causing it. >> many are infected with the edv68 but for few come down with par rli do we know why certain are paralyzed? >> we don't know yet but the same virus can impact thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of people with only a few individuals with the katzic events from the virus is true for almost every virus in human biology. larry: the c.d.c. gave it a new name. a.f.m. you can learn more at 10:00 on "full measure" on abc7. nancy: now a look at the stories coming up at 6:00. no description on this attempted burglary suspect sent to say he was naked. where police say he was spotted spearing in window -- peering in the windows. plus, why ireland newly elected prime minister made history and the beach warni

and finished his senior year at montrose christian school in rockville. he has two olympic gold medals and now he has the title that had been eluding him. john gonzalez, abc seven news. adrianna: coming up, an intense -- manhunt skate in for skate inmates. plus, no love in paradise. ae shocking allegations that put a halt on the spinoff of "the bachelor." and it looks like a scene from the movie "twister." we are looking at midday -- midday is looking pretty good. on the district, not a lot of color. but we have been dealing with a closure due to an earlr twelve street should be reopening any minute now. traffic line cameras, we do have a j am the capital beltway heading into greenbelt and college park. the crash is on the outer loop. we havee bw parkway, just reopened travel lanes and traffic does remain heavy and 450.from in the beltway, interstate 66, sluggish. outside the beltway on 66, clash -- 66, crash cleanup. >> you are watching abc 7 news at noon. on your side. adrianna: the manhunt is intensifying for four inmates who escaped from a jail in okl

numbers wise across the air area, we're looking at 87 area the rockville at campus. humidity levels are pretty high. does she met the conditions with the current temperatures. we need to go up a few -- combine humid conditions with the current temperatures. ass going to be in the 90's the afternoon wears on. 94 in new york city. boston at 93. the heat is widespread. detroit, 91. columbus, ohio, 93. we are not in this alone. but there are signs it will break down on schedule on wednesday. in the metro area are in the 70's. search for signs of rain. nothing today. nothing tomorrow. as we get through the afternoon, there is some indication we could get a few isolated thundershowers popping up. this will take us until noon and when showers and storms the cold front gets closer. a better chance of showers and thunderstorms. mid 80's.tomorrow, upper 70's. back to 80's. when you get to the middle of june, there is no way to hold temperatures this low for long. it's just a matter of time before they pop back into the mid to upper 80's, probably the 90's again. let's see how

there's your radar coming through rockville. light drizzle around up towards the gaithersburg area and maybe a little steadier shower northern half of beltway to the buoy area dealing with light shower activity as well. and grab the umbrella not everybody will need it and even those that do will not need it all morning long and there's a chance you could run into drizzle or shower activity early this morning and it will be cloudy and cooler. paekz of late day showers locally. if are you in town you're sokd with the clouds and there's a chance of showers through the evening hours. let's look at the forecast and then to erin airport for traffic. >> 5:07 now. police activity still blocking left shoulder. 95 northbound in virginia north of fairfax county parkway. all lanes getting by. a minor delay through ewing town now. we'll let you know when that clears out of the way a side from that switching to maps she showing against beltway is quiet in college park. same story largo, oxon hill, titans nice conditions on up erin outer loop

right now we are near 71 degrees montgomery county, rockville. iswill be a good night if it not too late for you to open the windows and let the fresh air inside. on the big board, we are looking at a few clouds, but that is about it. most of us have clear skies. dry air in clear skies together, allowing for us to see the nice, crisp temperatures take over. there is quite a bit of green showing up on the map. these are temperatures that have dropped into the low 60's. warrenton in the metro, we hang onto the warmth a bit longer, 76 d.c., 70 quantico, mid 60's fredericksburg. tomorrow morning, about 63 degrees the average across the region, but some places as low as 54. we bounce back quickly, 75 by 10 a.m., 82 the high. the humidity is still low. by the end of the week, back to feeling like summer, and bringing thunderstorms. i will give you the timing and about 10 minutes. kimberly: a fairfax county community is mourning the loss of a football coach. scholz, his brother, and if you were involved in the terrible accident on the beltway yesterday

while he slept with a prostitute in hotel room at the extended stay america along research boulevard in rockville. the care-giver from montgomery village is now facing charges of soliciting a prostitute and vulnerable adult abuse. the patient was 19-year-old nonverbal man with autism was not injured but the care-giver employers parted way with the 40-year-old. still to come on "abc7 news at 6:00" -- group of persistent a battle against stingy a.t.m. michelle: the fire that keeps growing and the latest attempt to knock down the massive wildfire out west. doug: perfect weather at the ballpark. first pitch against the cubs 7:05. 80 degrees and sunshine. tomorrow afternoon will be ten degrees warmer than that. we check out the weekend in the next ten days still to come at "abc7 news at 6:00". announcer: you are watching "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> the wildfire in utah still burning out of control now. the brian head fire topped over 54,000 acres. this is despite an army of firefighters working to tirelessly around the clock. so far only 10% of the fire has been contained. 1,500 people were

starting off, still very mild. 75 degrees right now rockville. for some of us, not getting out of the 70's tonight. a warm start tomorrow. we are tracking this low-pressure starting to come together off southwestern virginia. where it goes will be predominately south of d.c. some of the latest guidance, meaning most of the rain stays further south of d.c. still worth taking the umbrella tomorrow, but in general not raining all day. tomorrow morning, about 70 degrees. district,tside of the the temperatures will start in the 60 as the low comes together, working south of d.c., 10 a.m., the rain starts to get closer, but a lot of this, especially the heavy rain, staying further south of richmond. about lunchtime, showers overtake the area, but one and all. not raining all day long. off,t it will be on and not raining all day long, quick hitting stuff. monday evening, a push of a few more showers. the middle of the week, a very stubborn upper-level area of energy. this low-pressure does not what to move out, leaving us cloudy, cooler, and with chance

even some 50s. 58 in rockville. 59 in fairfax. 59 in buoy for low temperatures. we'll come back and talk about how low it will get tomorrow and if the humidity holds off for a couple days. >>> also ahead, buzz off, the heights a beekeeper had to go through to protect a busy tourist spot. >>> coming up next, a new way to deliver the flu vaccine that's just as safe and effective as the flu shot. ,, researchers are testing a new way to deliver the food vaccine. it contains microscopic needles. very tiny needles that deliver the vaccine and then dissolve. you press the patch on with your thumb. leave it there for a few minutes and then you take it off. >> our goal is to make it so that people can receive their flu vaccination and be able to do that at home without the complexities of having to know how to use a needle and syringe or really have to go to a doctor or nurse to have that done. >> right now only 40% of adults in the united states get the flu shots every year. a new study finds the new flu vaccine patch to be safe and effective. with only mild reaction in

the shady grove and rockville stations will be closed. we'll learn more about surge 16 and the end of safetrack this morning. metro has scheduled a news conference at 11 a.m. at the twinbrook station. a day of celebration today in northern california. the golden state warriors will hold their nba-finals championship parade. it is the second time in three years the parade will march through oakland... this year it's expected to bring closer to 2-million fans into the city. it all begins this afternoon at one.. today, the daredevil "wallenda" family will perform another death-defyiing stunt the stunt is being done to commemorate the anniversary of nik wallenda's famous wire walk over the falls five years ago. for the stunt, his wife erendira (ar'-en-deer-uh) will do an aerial routine where she will fly over the falls and hang from a helicopter --- by her feet and teeth. she says it's to show mothers everywhere that anything is possible. wallenda stunt is expected to happen wallenda stunt is expected to happen around 8:30 this morning. she s

the red line, this should be the final surge, 16, shady grove and rockville but free shuttle between shady grove and twin brook. again service picks up in a few moments and take a look we do have an inner loop on the shoulder of connecticut. other than that, keel keep you updated if anything else change. >>> a low lawmaker getting ready to enter maryland's gubernatorial race >> conflicting stories are coming out between the u.s.s. fitzgerald and a cargo ship. >>> going to break with a live look outside on the longest day. the first official in the books day of summer. at 4:47. back in a moment. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ . >>> today on fox 5 news morning, family and friends of a slain muslim teenager prepare for a funeral. they're looking at a possible hate crime. >>> a dc landmark is planning to reveal a new version of its wall. >>> a live look outside on this first official day of summer. good morning

yesterday, humidity lower and lower temperatures and the comfort factor is up with a beautiful sky in rockville over montgomery college where it is 81 degrees. through the afternoon, temperatures climb but you will not notice it as much because of the breeze and the air is much drier. 83 in 82 in fredericksburg and 84 at reagan national airport. the keyword today as dew points are running in the 50's and 60's which combined with temperatures in the 80's, as good as it gets, nationwide in summer in the washington area. a couple more comfortably warm days and the humidity returns with the heat later in the week. teacher test shows mostly clear for us and the rain continuing, even through tomorrow morning around the outer banks as they get soaked in that area. that is moisture and energy along the cold front that came through yesterday, the same system that caused the severe thunderstorm, the tornado in the four corners neighborhood of montgomery county. through tomorrow, disturbed in the mid levels of the atmosphere, low pressure will come into westerly winds and a chance we could see a passing s