, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: after a messy morning commute we are looking ahead to what metro riders can expect tonight. nancy: wmata says the staydown had 15 trails unavailable today and the metro saw crowding at the red line at union station. and mike carter-conneen is covering metro to explain what happened. mike? mike: metro says 20,000 rail cars are on the track for rush hour and they can expect relatively normal afternoon commute. many complain their experience this morning normal. they had a look of information about what caused it. and the cause we have learned is a decision to review the safety concerns by the local 689, metro labor union. that came after a metro mechanic was was shocked working on the new 7000 rail cars. in the review, inspections were suspended, meaning fewer cars in service this morning and very long waits. >> we waited for three trains to pass. they only had six car trains. i had the stop the efforts and take an

take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. larry: there are new developments tonight in the debate over crumb rubber on sports fields. today they issued moratorium on the fields in the move comes after the field at several schools failed a key test. today's abc7 instapoll is asking how concerned you are about your fields playing on the crumb rubber field. go to wjla.com/votenow. while we go to d.c. bureau chief sam ford live in northwest standing by. on one of those fields. sam? sam: we are outside the adams campus of the oyster adams school. one of four schools where the city says the condition of the athletic field is so poor they are replacing it. but there are two issues here. not just the condition but also the cushion used in the artificial turf. some are concerned that crumb rubber is a cancer causing agent. last night, some of the alarmed parents here said they were more concerned about that than how hard or soft, weather the field passed a g-max test. while the city says crumb rubber is safe, today officials from the d.c. g

! we also know you can avoid drama so we're partnering with cigna to remind you to go see a real doctor. go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. doctor poses! dad! cigna. together, all the way. alison: in the air on the ground the u.s. military conducting drills with japan and south korea. all three countries dropped weapons on a firing range east of seoul after north korea fired another mid-range ballistic missile over japan on friday. of course north korea is on the minds of many as the united nations general assembly in new york. tonight president trump will host a working dinner with latin american leaders. earlier the president attended a meeting of 120 countries all focused onup me form -- on u.n. reform. trump we support the area to look across the system to find ways to be better at development, management, peace and security. alison: tomorrow morning the president will deliver his first ever s you can watch it live on abc7 at 10:30. jonathan: update on friday's terror attack in britain. "the sun" obtained this video that shows a man car

. cigna. together, all the way. >>> good evening. thank you for joining us. tonight another escalation in the war of words between president trump and north korean dictator kim jong-un. this time with the leaders of the world watching. the president's first address to the united nations. so what comes next? we go inside the brutal regime. >> a war of words across the pacific. >> details about north korea's missile launch -- >> north korea claims it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. >> north korea has fired off another missile. >> and a show of force from both sides. >> he has said things are horrific. with me he's not getting away with it. >> escalating tensions between the and u.s. north korea on extraordinary heights in recent months. >> they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> and this morning at the u.n. general assembly -- >> if it is forced to defend have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> president trump singling out kim jong-un on the word stage in one of the most high stakes foreign policy speeches of his presidency.

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with cigna to remind you to go see a real doctor. go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. doctor poses! dad! cigna. together, all the way. >>> tonight, two major breaking stories as we come on the air. the massive and deadly earthquake this afternoon, a magnitude 7.1, shaking mexico city. dozens confirmed dead. buildings coming down. rescuers pulling victims from the rubble. and the urgent effort at this hour to get to people still trapped. >>> also breaking, the monster hurricane, maria, a category 5. tonight, puerto rico right now preparing for a direct hit. authorities warning evacuate, or you could die. and the new models coming in tonight, the new track as it then moves closer to the u.s. >>> president trump's new threat tonight, vowing to, quote, totally destroy north korea, if the u.s. is forced to defend

of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. alison: you have to start paying to use i-66 inside the beltway as soon as december. but today, plenty of t for the new toll system is happening. the transportation reporter brianne carter clears up some of the confusion. >> driving along interstate 56 inside the beltway. you may have seen them. the bright flashing lights. >> see all the cameras. >> this is all part of testing the virginia department of transportation doing ahead of the new toll system coming along this stretch of the road at the end of the year. >> it was like testing. i don't know what they are testing. brianne: to try to clear up and win. they launched this website. 56 express lane.org to educate drivers on how the lanes will work and how to get an easy pass and how to calculate the new cost. >> if you want to go in, in the morning to see the approximate tolls you can check the website. we are hoping to change for that soon. >> the expss effect monday through friday 5:30

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control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. alison: new information in the aftermath of hurricane irma. another person has died after the nursing home when the air conditioning went out. the family of a patient who survived is now suing the home and three agencies launched investigations. back at home, covering metro now, safety concern caused big delays in the morning rush. a number of the new 7,000-series rail cars were pulled out of service. mike carter-conneen joins us live from union station to explain what happened and how things are going tonight. mike? mike: riders say they completely understand. emergencies happen. safety is the priority. this morning at union station and many other stations especially with the red line, riders say there should have happened today. >> i was late for my pintment for one thing. >> it's low and very crowded. >> a metro mechanic was shocked on an inspection of the new 7,000 series rail cars and the labor union raised concerns about the electrical components, wmata says a safety standdown resulted in l

we're partnering with cigna to remind you to go see a real doctor. go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. doctor poses! dad! cigna. together, all the way. ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored is ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs., but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. >>> tonight, we're on the scene. the race against time. and the stunning moments. the woman visibly shaken, pulled through the debris. the child pulled from a crumbled school. our team in mexico city. >>> also breaking, from puerto rico, for the first time, rob marciano takes us to the part of the island where the hurricane made landfall. the urgent plea tonight. the woman waving our team inside and what rob found. >>> we have news on north korea. presi

>cigna. together, all the way. >>> finally tonight tracking yet another potentially devastating storm in the caribbean near many of the islands slammed by irma. hurricane maria a category 5 with sustained winds up to 160 miles an hour. rob bracing for a catastrophic hit. >> reporter: puerto rico boarding up, the second major hurricane bearing down on the island in less than two weeks. flights to san juan usually packed with tourists, mostly residents scrambling to get back home. are people nervous, scared? >> definitely. it's been a while since we had such a strong hurricane hit us directly. >> reporter: the eye of hurricane irma passing just north of here. winds on the island reaching 70 miles an hour. devastating the virgin islands and the island of st. martin, destroying some 90% of the buildings on the island of barbuda. >> we cannot afford to become complacent. >> reporter: the islands racing to clear debris left behind by worried about that becoming project tiles. >> reporter: residents asked to weigh down anything that could be in the debris. >> thank you. stay safe. >>>

could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. >>> time for pop news. adrienne is here. >>> we start with breaking news from the kardashian camp. "people" magazine reporting 20-year-old kylie jenner is expecting a baby with travis baby girl. the couple has reportedly been dating for five months and she's rumored to be due in february. >>> the last jedi finally ready. post production announced on instagram, three months before it's scheduled to fly into theaters. will we find out who ray's family is, where did she come from, who's her daddy. >> who is the last jedi. >> right. having a staredown and more. "star wars," the last jedi, debuts december 15th. >> i'm really excited. >> i think the world is holding their breath. >>> check out these original supermodels. you're going to like this one, dan. >> i might like it too. >> i think we all like it. carla bruni, naomi campbell, cindy crawford and elena christianson paying tribute to jionni versace. >> sorry, 00i was distracted by this thing. >> it's not a hanging chad. it's a hanging sheath. >> this is a grilled cheese on

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go, know, and take control of your health. it could save your life. cigna. together, all the way. ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law sports. the smoking ban in restaurants. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him. larry: now to a "7 on your side" exclusive. rat infestation inside three delab tated -- town home and two are respected on airbnb. the -- rented on airbnb. it's so bad the rats are eating the car wires. people reached out and sam sweeney stepped up to get results. >> dead rats. holes. oh, man. this is a cemetery back here. >> the rats breathe at the home in logan circle. if for years the neighborhood complaints poured in, to dc 311 and the owner. still little has been done. now the problem is so bad rats have turned cars into food. >> the p

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