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

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

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

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

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