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105 tomorrow and events across the area are being cancelled. tracks expanded and bent. it was a green line train that went off the tracks. more than 50 passengers are stuck under ground until rescuers showed up. jackie bensen will have more on what they call a heat link -- kink, that is, responsible for the derailment. we go first to shomari stone at the west hyattsville station with the story from the passengers. >> that train was hitting here to the west hyattsville station and we talked to some of those passengers. >> reporter: how are you feeling with your boy and you are on the trail and it derails. james and his son wait outside the ambulance when the paramedics treat his pregnant fiance. what is going through your mind? >> fear. >> reporter: medics drove her to

the hospital. the train was going to d.c. when it derailed, rocked and came to a screeching halt. >> me by myself that's one thing but with my boys it was scarier. >> it was shaky. >> reporter: she said there was no air-conditioning. metro cut the power to the thattings. >> the pain just crashed. >> reporter: nearly 100 firefighters, and police rushed to the scene and escorted passengers through the dark evacuation shaft. >> we didn't understand what happened. >> reporter: the fire chief said it was incredibly hot when the folks were walking up the stairs and 100 degrees outside the tunnel. when they came above ground they started drinking bottled water and passengers cooled off in air-conditioned shuttle buss. no one was hurt but the derailment rocked people's

nerves. >> my son is crying and my 10-year-old is nervous. >> reporter: james and his family are back home tonight. doctors released his wife from the hospital. she is going to be okay. for more information on what caused the derailment we go to my colleague, jackie bensen. >> reporter: thank you, and good evening, everyone. we want to show you the bus bridge still busy at this hour even if you do not ride the green line the derailment affects you if you plan on using metro this weekend. this video shows the section of the green line tracks where the derailment is believed to have begun just before the tracks go into a tunnel prior to the west hyattsville station the rail on the right is bent. the third rail also appears to have been damaged. bottom line through sunday all metro trains will be forced to slow down to 35 miles an hour when they are above ground while investigators try to determine

whether the blistering heat caused the bend often referred to as a heat kink. >> it's too early to make those determinations but in the days ahead we will take stock. >> reporter: heat kinks are not uncommon and have caused problems before. but this happened two days after passengers on this same green line self evacuated a malfunctioning train and walked to the college park station in the sun. now commuters spent another evening waiting for buss in 100 degree heat. >> it's so hot out here. >> hot and the fares just went up? >> reporter: this weekend's previously scheduled work on the green line, the track work has been cancelled so the investigation into the derailment can be conducted. jackie bensen, news4. and the heat could cause more problems tomorrow. d.c. parks officials cancelled all little league and rec league

games and activities on city fields. >> an excessive heat effect goes into affect at 11:00 tomorrow morning. we are currently at 88 degrees with the dew point of 70. so it is very warm and it is very humid out there. winds out of the south at 8 miles an hour. this this is 11:00 at night. and the heat index is 98 degrees. 91 in lees burg. in the district, it is 93. and annapolis at 90 degrees. you can only imagine where we will be during the day tomorrow. that's why we have the excessive heat warning in effect for just about everybody along the i-95 corridor and places off to the west. this darker red here this is an excessive heat watch to see if we get to heat index above 110. and the advisory out to the

west. i raised my numbers for the weekend. it's not something you want to hear but the numbers are higher than what i showed you at 6:00. i'll show you how high i think we can go. and a warning for drivers and motorcyclist in the heat there has been buckling along roads in virginia. the concrete expands and makes uneven surfaces. they are warning everybody to look out for problem spots. pools will be packed and fitness centers will be busy. washington sports club is welcoming anyone over 18 to use the showers, charge electronics or cool off if they don't have power at home. animal shelter officials are were whatting pet owners to watch out for signs of heatstroke especially in dogs with shorter snouts. they have a harder time breathing in hot weather.

>> if you get the dog to a veterinarian quickly a lot can be done. but the problem happens when you don't recognize the signs. >> the signs are severe panting, leather joy and vomiting. because the heat will be dangerous for animals, the washington nationals are discouraging people from taking part in the pups in the park day. the money used for tickets will go to the washington humane society. talk about bad luck for people in virginia? dominion power restored everyone's power at 8:00 tonight. then at 9:30 tonight a tree limb fell on power lines in herndon, 4,000 customers were out again. dominion says crews just got that power back on. here's a look now at those without power from the derecho. about 3,000 pepco customers sweating another night with no

air-conditions. bg & e with 1500 outages in the area. tonight we hear from a bethesda woman who says a guardian angel saved her life last week and is looking for the man who appeared out of nowhere to help. >> it's a line -- >> susan riley may be the happiest woman ever to have 40 staples in her head and two black eyes. as they say it sure beats the  alternative. she could have been killed driving down old georgetown road in her toyota corolla just after 10:00 friday night. >> a tree was down in the headlights of the car and then i tried to sit up and couldn't get my head up. and i thought, this is so silly my car is too short. my car is not this short inside. >> reporter: this pictures show how a tree slim pancaked her car

and the storm was raging around her. a man appeared from out of nowhere to help her. >> and he and i worked myself out of the front seat window. >> reporter: and he helped a dazed and profusely bleeding riley into his pickup truck and negotiated around downed trees and power lines to suburban hospital. she asked a nurse a write down the man's name but it was lost in the confusion of that night. her wish is simple. he wants to let him no she survived and wants to know if he got home okay. >> the nurse at the hospital said it is clear god is not threw with you yet. >> riley said it is incredible she made it out alive. it seems the capital where are is awfully slow to respond to emergencies. the roads stay snow covered, the power is out for days. people trying to get out and flee the disaster just see in

terrific for hours. two local leaders were asked about the troubles on wamu radio this morning. they discussed the earthquake and the gridlock that ensued on the roads. >> that was completely unexpected. but that is what a terrorist attack would be. >> there is no adequate form of transportation that allows that to happen in a way that is orderly. there is no jurisdiction in the country. >> there was a plan to have people hunker down in place instead of running for the exits. both agreed that power companies especially pepco must react more quickly. fire investigators said a propane grill on a balcony started a four alarm fire. three firefighters were overcome by heat while fighting the flames yesterday. grills are not allowed on apartment balconies if there is a roof own the balcony.

the man who shot and killed ray is von martin this year is at a safe house in florida tonight. his name is george zimmerman. he was let out of jail after posting a $1 million bond today. zimmerman is wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet and not permitted to leave the county. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder for killing martin in february. zimmerman maintains he shot martin in self defense. high speed rail is coming to america. california lawmakers approved billions of dollars to build a high speed rail line between los angeles and san francisco. altogether the project is expected to cost $68 billion. california will get $3 billion in federal fundings. supporters say it will create jobs. opponents worry it will push the cash-strapped state over a fiscal cliff. coming up tonight, the incredible video of a life and

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the truck came within inches of the pump. no one was hurt in this crash yesterday. witnesses pulled the driver and a passenger out of the cab. the driver said the brakes gave out and walked away with just a citation. president obama is spending the night in camp david after going to ohio and pennsylvania. a dismal june jobs report sent the stock market plunging. and mitt romney says he knows how to get the economy back on track. >> reporter: continuing his his tour of ohio, president obama came to akron about the time that the bad news kamt in on u.s. jobs in june. 80,000 new hires. unemployment stuck at 8.2%. but at a rally, the president looked on the bright side. half a million manufacturing jobs in states like ohio have been regained.

>> that's a step in the right direction. that's a step in the right direction. but we can't be satisfied because our goal was never to just keep on working to get back to where we were back in 2007. mitt romney was in new hampshire. >> the president's policies have not got america working again. and the president's going to have to take responsibility for it. >> reporter: romney says he would cut taxes and regulation. >> the health care plan has to bring down the cost of health care for american families not just adding new expenses and new taxes to the american people. >> reporter: back in ohio the president toured a plant that makes pasta sauce and noted he cut taxes $3600 on middle class families and pointed out no one pays a health care penalty tax if they buy coverage instead of

refusing too. i'm steve handelsman, news4. a sad development at a diner that got a visit from president obama during his bus tour. officials say that the restaurant owner josephine anne harris died this morning of natural causes. she told the local newspaper she was thrilled to have met the president yesterday when he had breakfast at the diner. today mr. obama made a call to harris's daughter to offer his condolences. the heat sweeping the country forced a chocolate shop to close early. even with the air conditioner set at 68 degrees, the owners cannot keep the chocolate from melting. they tried moving everything to the back of the store. but every time people over the door it lets hot air in and the chocolate cant take it. >> they have to have a party and eat all the squishy chocolates.

we are all feeling squishy and melty right now. it's ridiculous. >> it is ridiculous. day nine and hitting day ten tomorrow and day 11 on the day sunday and we increased the numbers for the next couple days too. let's show you what is going on out there. an orange moon. why is the moon orange? that is what you get when you get a hazy atmosphere a lot of humidity. it looks like a big orange egg or a golden egg. the temperatures in the 80s but we hit 99 degrees earlier today with a low of 81 this morning. i think we will be around that low temperature tomorrow morning. the record high is 103. tomorrow's record is 102 and i don't think we're going to have much of a problem beating that record. here's a record. a record heat wave. days 95 degrees or higher, nine days in a row and it will be 11 by sunday if we get above 95 on

sunday. we had three streaks in the past. this is the only nine-day stretch and we will get to ten and 11. 88 degrees right now with a dew point of 70. that puts the heat index at 93 degrees. you will feel it tonight and you will feel it tomorrow. and you have been feeling it for the last week and a half. 82 in martens burg. 77 in culpepper. what is going to be happening tomorrow? well, let's just take a look at the numbers. i raised the number tomorrow to 104. we have only hit 104 in d.c. 11 times in 140 years. so tomorrow could make it an even dozen. 105 in culpepper. these numbers could be even higher in some locations. so that's why the weather

service put out this excessive heat warnings. but the dew point. you add in the dew point and you get a heat index of 110 plus in all of southern maryland. back to the west heat advisories and watches. what this is telling you this is going to be a hot day maybe the hottest day of the stretch. satellite and radar showing a good thing. no storms out there tonight. i don't think we'll see storms during the day tomorrow for the most part. tomorrow morning, mostly clear, warm and muggy. temperatures 73 to 82 degrees. tomorrow here's the high temperatures between 99 and 105 with record heat. temperatures tomorrow will soar and there is an isolated chance of a thunderstorm. but most of us will be fine. temperatures at the beaches do look better here. 87 on sunday, 83 on monday.

but could be a lot of rain monday and tuesday at the beaches. next couple days, here comes relief. 99 on sunday, 86 on monday and temperatures in the 80s all week long. and something else to point out here. if we continue on this we could see strong storms on sunday night. >> thank you, doug. still ahead tonight, hundreds line up to meet a hugging saint who believes love is her religion. jesus f

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we talked about that chocolate melting a couple minutes ago. the nats doesn't quite melt but it wasn't fun. >> try throwing 100-mile-an-hour pitches 100 times in 100 degree heat. i'll let the math guy do the math of there. it was 104 degrees for strasburg's last start. tonight with temps near 100 degrees he put up a quality start for the nationals. but the four-game winning streak would come to an end because in this blazing heat the nats' bats turned ice cold. strasburg trying to get to ten

wins before the break but wasn't his day. scoreless in the top of the second. tyler call vin into foul territory. jesus flores goes back to it. he drops the ball. guess what happens next, guys. yeah two pitches later. see you later. the bomb to right. second-deck job. the rockies take a 1-0 lead. top of the fourth, strasburg, colvin again and once again gets the best of him. first player ever to hit two homers off strasburg in a game. laroche possibles it but sticks with it. a great play by laroche. he is just trying to show off. zimmerman likes what he saw and liked this one too in the ninth. his eight homer of the season.

but that is the only run the nats would score. they fall 5-1. game two is tomorrow at 4:00. wnba action. trudy lacy's mystics hosting san antonio. second quarter tied at 25. monique from downtown nailed it. three of her team high 15. mystics up 3. but back comes san antonio. silver stars up 9. becky hammond fakes the three and goes inside to sophia young and one. mystics fall 78-72. tiger woods is supposed to be back but today back under the cut line after winning the at & t last weekend he had a tough round one and today in round two after bogeying ten his first shot on 11 and he doesn't like

it. he bogeyed the hole. and then later on 18 at plus one, tiger needs a hole in one to make the cut. not good chances. gives it a good ride. could be the? and no. it stops. good shot. it stops. he birdied the hole but it is too late. tiger misses his second cut of ♪

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