l'enphant plaza has been evacuate and closed down. there are reports of smoke inside the station right near the platform. we see images confirming it smoke inside the l'enphant metro station. you can see these along 7th street northwest. d.c. fire and emergency medical services responding. by phone we're joined by the chief spokesman for metro. dan, good afternoon. what's going on? >> good afternoon, scott. this was first reported to us started getting these reports around 3:20 this afternoon of smoke and at times heavy smoke on the up ef level at l'enphant plaza. the station is closed for the fire department response, d.c. fire on the scene with metro transit police. the station has been evacuated and is closed. what that means for riders yellow and green line service the temporarily suspended through downtown. if you're top green line those trains will make it as far north as navy yard and turn back to branch avenue. yellow line makes it as far

north as pennington and come back to the city. for green lines, there's no service on the green or yellow lines between mt. vernon square and either navy yard or pentagon city. good alternates for folks, the lower level of l'enphant plaza, trains are passing through but not stopping at the station. that's your orange blue and silver line trains will go through l'enphant plaza without stopping. you can use federal center southwest, which is a short walk. if you use any of those three lines and your normal station is l'enphant plaza, use federal center southwest as your alternate. if you're down at the navy yard looking for alternates walk to capitol south, about .8 miles to the north and that will get you back on metro rail to make other connections. >> do we know the source of the smoke? >> we don't. the fire department is on scene now. there are -- there was one train in a tunnel when all of this was reported. they're dealing with the passengers accommodating the

pass jers on that train right now. obviously, that is their priority attending to those passengers. then we'll get to the source. we have not yet heard what the source of the smoke is. we have not seen any active fire. i can tell you that. but as to the exact location for where the smoke is coming from, we don't know. >> one more question dan. we assume the red line's unaffected doesn't get hit by l'enphant plaza, but there's got to be the potential of delays cascading through the system with so much bypassing and turning around of trains. >> exactly. expect delays not only on green and yellow which are affected by the suspension, but the but baseline in virginia will see residual effects as the yellow line trains turn around. that would be the primary thing to expect blue line coming northbound or inbound toward d.c. from virginia but heading outbound should not be a problem and the red line is not affected. >> dan, thanks for your time. bitz si afternoon. we appreciate that.

we re capping, the l'enphant plaza metro station evacd and closed for now, smoke seen from an upper-level platform at the station. there will likely be delays because of this. so many trains being turned around. a lot of people opted for metro instead of driving because of the sloppy road conditions from the freezing rain this morning. at the live desk i'm scott mcfarland. talk about the rain we have and the roads during the commute this morning, what a mess. will we see that again this evening? >> veronica what about that? >> we won't see this evening, the refreeze roads just wet, but we have some fog and that will sink in. it's going to thicken and we could see visibilities trop to around zero. tower cam where the roads are wet. we still have showers falling, getting a little bit of a break around frederick and herrigerstown and points to the north. but more to come as rain continues to stream from southwest to east-northeast through the area. i think the rain hold up until maybe 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

this evening. temperatures at least cooperatin ther the range from 36 in hagerstown 37 frederick to 41 i-95 around fredericksburg around quantico, going out tonight wet roads, showers a big thing for us yes. we'll see falling temperatures tomorrow and with those falling temperatures know that we're talking about some icy spots on area roads. i'll show you where and take you hour by hour throughout the day tomorrow. that's coming up in a few. now to a developing story. the pentagon searching for the hackers who broke into central command social media accounts and there appears to be a terror let's go straight to scott mcfarland again with more on that. >> happened just as president obama was getting ready to talk about new plans to protect us from data breachech breachers. hackers call themselves the cyber caliphate and appear to support isis. we posted the y on our

facebook page as it was breaking. hackers posted a picture taken from a web cam inside a military office as well as contact information for a number of generals. one pentagon official telling nbc news today the hack is embarrassing but not a security threat and that no classified information was compromised. >> this is something we're obviously looking into and something we take seriously. however, a note of caution to folks as they're covering the story, pretty significant difference between what is a large data breach and the hacking of a twitter account. >> quick reminder stay on top of stories just like this. we push alerts to your smartphone. if you download our new nbc washington app and turn on the breaking news alerts. pat? >> thanks, scott. that's not the only online issue affecting people here in our area this afternoon. the government says a technical malfunction could affect the private data of federal employees. the office of personnel management says a mal function is impacting online services for

federal retirees. for a short time this morning people logging into their personal accounts could have accessed other retirees' information. that page has since been disabled. the government will notify anyone whose information has been compromised. this comes on the same day that the president was already scheduled to talk about hacking and how to make sure you're protected during a breach. consumer reporter erika gonzalez will join was that later this hour. the weather is causing some problems for travelers out there. nearly 900 flights have been canceled so far across the country and about 5,000 have been delayed. reagan national had about 60 flights canceled dulles more than 30 and at last check flights leaving atlanta and philadelphia were having to wait an average of an hour. while many youngsters in the national area went to school on the a two-hour delay, students in loudoun county got the whole

day off. loudoun saw some of the worst conditions and there were several accidents along route 9. but to the east some par questioning the decision to close schools today.'t really understand especially after last week how we didn't get school off when it snowed like five inches. >> i'm surprised. a few hours i got but after last week i mean like come on. >> a little gun shy. >> the school system had 18 people on the roads this morning testing conditions to decide whether or not to close. and we're following new developments in a 40-year-old cold case out of maryland. a search is under way right now for the remains of the lyons sister who is disappeared in 1957 after visiting wheaton shopping mall. katherine and sheila were just 10 and 12 years old at the time. authorities today said based on new information, a recovery team is searching a mountain site in bedford county virginia east of roanoke. federal, state, and montgomery county investigators are involved in this effort.

>> the investigative work of this task force regardless of the outcome of today's efforts will be as tenacious as humanly possible with the target of locating these children and providing the parents closure in this nightmare that no parent should be forced to ep d. >> the search is expected to take a couple of days. we've just posted a story that looks back at the lyons sisters' cold case on our app, nbc washington. during the break, take a moment to catch up on one of our area's most heartbreaking mysteries. the university of virginia has reinstated phi kappa psi after an investigation of sexual assault allegations. the fraternity was suspended after the allegations were made in a "rolling stone" magazine article last november. the magazine apologized after discovering discrepancies in the story. a police investigation found no basis for the allegations.

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back to our breaking news smoke and evacuations at the l'enphant plaza metro station. scott mcfarland is following developments. >> the station has been closed down and evacuated. a large response of emergency medical services to l'enphant metro station. smoke inside the station. according to metro's spokesman, it started from an upper-level platform inside the station just after 3:00 this afternoon. here's a live picture outside the station. you see just how many emergency vehicles have arrived on scene. the l'enphant metro station is closed down green line sentence suspended between mt. vernon square and roads closed in the immediate area. the terror cells that launched the paris attacks may have six members at large and one has been spotted driving the

mini cooper that belongs to the widow of the kosher market attacker. >> security officials in washington are expanding their security presence at federal buildings. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill with details. >> reporter: hi barbara. thanks. good afternoon. the secretary of homeland security jeh johnson, confirms today that for what he calls in light of recent world events there will be more security at more federal facilities in more cities. again, no specifics. meanwhile, the french feel they have to do a lot more than that. in france, police are out in force, especially at jewish neighborhoods. in friday's supermarket attack all four of the murdered hostages were jewish the latest in a series of anti-semitic attacks in europe by expected islamic extremeistextremists. turns out the supermarket terrorist, before he was killed by police made a video. koul koul amedy coulibaly

pledging allegiance to isis. the search for hayat boumeddiene is called off. she was spotted on security cameras on-in white on the right routed through turkey, a nato nation critics charge also led isis fighters out of syria. >> here is the real soft underbelly of terrorism and the underground jihadi express that is going to affect us as well as europe. >> reporter: european leaders joined the paris solidarity march yesterday. leaders of israel and pal sign too, but not president obama, just the u.s. ambassador. critics are slamming that decision and the president's spokesman today admits a mistake. >> we agree that we should have sent someone with a higher profile. >> reporter: but the white house says the french know america is with them. and the french ambassador to the united states today is praising the support of president obama. i'm steve handelsman news4. turning now to the weather,

well it's cleared up a little but are we done with all this stuff? >> not quite yet. as a matter of fact it could be even some other issues thrown into the mix beside just the wet roads and the rain that's fall across the area. that is fog, and then there could be a little bit of icy conditions around early tomorrow morning, not like we saw this morning, but there could be a few, so as we start out, we're going to talk road impacts for early part of the day tomorrow and that is again watching out for ice in some area roads and also of course on sidewalks, too, because temperatures in some locations will be down to around freezing. we're at 39 degrees right now. it's even hard to see on our tower cam, and that is the issue right now that until the wind starts picking up, which is not going to cur until late around 11:00 p.m. to midnight until that happens, with the rain that's falling and with all the moisture we're talking about fog that will only thicken and visibilities will continue to diminish throughout the area. so 39 38 degrees, temperatures pretty much hold steady.

here's a look at your future weather. we start with today the green showing where the rain is any snow well off to the north and west western maryland areas of northern west virginia where you see purple and white, morgantown but watch this this rain continues throughout our area so keep the umbrella handy until about 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. before it starts making its way out of here. but it is around midnight when i think there could be some spots, some neighborhoods dropping to around the freezing mark montgomery county howard county if there's any moisture whatsoever left hanging on even if it's just drizzle, that may make for a little bit of freezing rain especially to some of the more isolated areas down through anne arundel, even st. mary's where calvert county we'll be watching that close hi in the next couple hours. a slight possibility, a low chance of that happening but nonetheless there. tomorrow afternoon, some sunshine partly sunny to mostly cloudy. it will be breezy too, throughout the area and that is the catch word for tomorrow that while today at least we've

seen temperatures into the upper thirty tomorrow it's another cold one, breezy too, and you know what that happens. that makes the windchills come down throughout the area. windchills in the teens first part of the day, 28 there, po30 degrees at 9:00 a.m. ad 32 33 but around 1:00 it's back down again, so for the most part we'll be locked solidly in the upper 20s to low 30s with windchills feeling like we're around 15 to 20 degrees tomorrow. later in the newscast i'll take you through all the day parts tomorrow and show you what it will feel like around your area. for the most part temperatures fall tomorrow. there are some cold days coming up wednesday, a little better by thursday and this is what i like this warming trend that starts on friday later in the newscast. also we'll show you how long that could be sticking around. back to you. >> thank you. a major recall today of a popular frozen meal. morningstar farms is recalling two of their black bean burgers. the items may inadvertently contain peanut, an ingredient

that was not declared on the label. as a precaution, the items are being removed from shelves. one of the most controversial laws to ever affect the classroom. >> but now some changes are on the way that could affect your children's success in school. plus first at 4:00 beating cancer may not be enough. what we've learned about some severe health problems that could affect people who have already been through enough. and we are following developments at the l'enphant plaza metro station where smoke has wreaked havoc for rush hour commuters this afternoon, especially those on the green and the yellow line.

back to our breaking news right now. news4's jackie bensen has arrived on the scene at l'enphant plaza metro station. what's the latest? >> reporter: i can tell you what you're seeing behind me this is one of the entrances to the station, you can see that is the epicenter of the firefighting operations that are going on right now, trying to figure out what is causing the smoke in the tunnel in the l'enphant metro station. this operation is taking up multiple square blocks in downtown d.c. and southwest, even going into other can kwauld rants of the city. this is unbelievable about how many blocks are closed off with fire and rescue equipment and

people walking through trying to figure out what to do because we are nearing the end of the workday. so far i have seen one person put into an ambulance with shortness of breath. i have seen two other people given oxygen masks by firefighters on the scene. i understand all those conditions were related to the stress of having to get out of that station. i understand that there is one place in which the metro riders had to actually exit through one of the ventilation or the exit shafts. so when we get a feeling for exactly what's going on here what they have found in the tunnel we'll bring it to you right away. back to you. >> thank you very much jackie. first at 4:00 not backing down why an american who survived ebola says he's heading back into the worst of it despite his harrowing ordeal. five years ago this afternoon, the world was in shock. how people who survived a disaster are getting a second chance in our area. and some live pictures from

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breaking news smoke at the l'enphant plaza. scott mcfarland at the live desk. scott? >> the l'enphant plaza metro station remains closed and evacuated. you can see the emergency response from our tower cam and our news4 vehicle outside the scene. a lot of emergency response there and a lot of shuffle rg for commuter who is use this station today. take a look at your screen you can see the l'enphant plaza metro station. the green line and yellow line are suspended.

turning the trains around before they reach l'enphant plaza. blue and orange that go side to side they are bypassing the station going straight through. smoke visible this rampb on the platforms inside the station. jackie bensen is there. darcy spencer, derrick ward en route, and d.c. fire already there trying to find what caused this smoke and put it out. the most recent statement from metro is they don't know what caused the smoke. we do know it came from an upper-level portion of the more as it comes in. for now at the live desk i'm scott mcfarland. >> all right, scott. we are watching more rain in the area. storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson has an update. how much more? >> it's been wet ever since the morning rush now we have a few more hours yet before this all shuts off and that will take us right through the evening rush. let me show you the hourly forecast here. 7:00 9:00 11:00 p.m. i think that rain continues until arnold 9:00 maybe as late as 10:00

p.m. to our south and east. there will be fog with the rain. we have some fog out there right now. visibility down to around 2 mile but i think they'll continue to drop. there's a look at the cold for tomorrow. here's a look at the real deal though. windchills 10 to 15 tomorrow morning. the full forecast later on. it was five years ago today the magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated port a-au-prince. more than 1.5 million haitians were left homeless and the government all but collapsed. today a tempered optimism replaces the despair we saw in the immediate aftermath of that quake. >> a lot of survivors still bear the scars, though both physical and emotional. but as news4's lawrencechris lawrence shows us they've started new lives, some of them right here in our area. >> reporter: a full-on celebration inside the living water church.

things are better for montgomery county's haitian community five years on. >> i was in haiti at that time. i was in school. >> reporter: she saw buildings full fallg apart around her. >> i walked more than four hours to walk looking for her father. >> she was in church and then the church was ruined and he passed away. >> reporter: then the rest of her family. >> my sister was at school then we never see her since now. >> reporter: haiti's government se it killed more than 250,000 people but a number that big is hard to get your head around. i got to port-au-prince within 18 hours to report on the earthquake. i remember the people they pulled out from under collapsed slabs of concrete and the desperate families looking for something to eat or just clean water. i'll never forget the sight and even more so the smell of thousands of dead bodies decomposing in the streets and the dump trucks that had to haul them away to make sure more people didn't get sick.

>> it was terrible. everybody was in panic. >> reporter: this pastor couldn't verify who had lived or died in haiti. >> we tried to call. there was no communication. everything was upside down. >> reporter: knollta is married now and living in silver spring but nobody here forgets january 12th 2010. >> for me kind of sad for me because when you lost a family your close ones it's not easy when you think about that. >> all that aid that poured into haiti has help. the cholera outbreak is under control and crews rebuilt thousands of thomes. but tonight more than 80,000 people are still living in tents. coming down with ebola is getting in the way of one american's mission to help others. today dr. rick sacra explained why he's going back to west africa. he contracted ebola in liberia in august. he's now in good health after being treated back here in the

u.s. doctors tell him he's now immune to ebola. on thursday he will return to liberia for about a month. he says he feels called by god to finish his medical mission. >> i know i'm just a normal person like anybody else with all the flaws and mistakes and he accepts me and he asks all of us to take part in that work of bringing equality and love and justice around the world. >> the ebola virus killed about 8,000 people last year. president obama's administration says it's time to repeal and replace no child left behind. and today education secretary arne duncan visited seton elementary school in northwest to talk about the education law he wants to see. >> no child left behind created dozens of ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed or to reward success. we need to do exactly the

opposite. >> duncan says president obama's budget will propose $2.7 billion to improve education. in today's news4 your health many evidence that cancer survivors face lingering problems and worries long after they beat their illness. researchers interviewed a group of cancer survivors about their continuing need. 38% said they are still dealing with cancer-related issues. for example, men who had prostate cancer mentioned sexual problems or suffering from lack of confidence. and minority problems cited problems due to the cost of their cancer treatment. common survivor anxiety about their cancer making a comeback. ford and volkswagen are holding top honors this afternoon from the detroit auto show. ford's aluminum f-150 is named truck of the year and the volkswagen year is named car of the year.

60 automotive journalists vote for the winners. winners must be all new or substantially changed. gunshots ring out in the middle of a chris brown nightclub performance. we have new video of the early morning drama and a brand-new witness account. plus sleepweeping changes could be coming to the way companies handle data breaches. why the obama administration is fighting for new legislation. and we are continuing to follow breaking . waiting for the l'enphant plaza metren some people have suffered minor injuries but we don't have an . we have a view krewe on the scene.

ward war is now at ninth and main where we understand there is an evacuation point. >> reporter: there these are those grates you often see in the street. i'm going to direct your attention to this ambulance. just a few seconds ago it appeared that a firefighter was loaded onto there. the person had on a mask. they were conscious. didn't seem to be in any distress or pain from what we could tell but that person came out of that tunnel. shortly before we got here if you could take a look behind me this is where the pe test ran sign is that raised concrete platform is that access point to

the tunnel. now, we are a few blocks from the l'enphant plaza metro station entrances, but as you know the tunnel is running here and just to give you a scene setter this is where the old gates, h2o, the downtown southwest waterfront used to be. most recently the tennis stadium and soon to be some waterfront development. so this is pretty much a construction site with the access tunnel being on the edge of that construction site. like i said we are several blocks away from the entrance but of course this is where firefighters emergency personnel can get access to the tunnels and in an emergency where people can be taken out of those tunnels. as we said when i got here there were two yesmen who had just come out of here. they were actually taken away in a police car. they didn't seem to be in any kind of distress or seem to need any sort of medical attention. as a matter of fact they're on their cell phones talking to folks.

just a few seconds ago, a firefighter was put on this ambulance. again, a person who didn't seem to be in any immediate medical stress or what have you. she was wearing an oxygen mask. we're assured that's just a procedural thing. the ambulance is still here so probably something from smoke inhalation. we don't know exactly. if you heard earlier on metro doesn't exactly know what caused this smoke or led to the smoke in the tunnel. but of course with smoke being in an enclosed area like that, if you inhate it breathe it it's definitely not a good thing. we can't joel few if there's anyone else that's going to be coming out of there, any more evacuations to be made but we did know one was made here and two earlier. we'll keep you posted on this situation as it develops. right now we are live in southwest. derrick ward news4. back to you. >> thank you, derrick. we'll stay on top of this breaking story. we have multiple crews on the scene at l'enphant plaza. we're receiving new video and new pictures. our live team coverage will continue in just a moment.

we still are waiting to find out the cause of the smoke on the upper level that prompted evacuations.

welcome back to our breaking news. part of d.c. at a standstill. scott mcfarland has details. >> the l'enphant plaza metro station remains closed and evacuated, smoke seen inside. new images just in to news4, people being treated outside the station by d.c. fire and ems

employ spokesman just on the phone with him, he characterizes these injuries as minor but he does confirm there are injuries. seeing new images of people being treated outside the l'enphant plaza metro station just in to news4. we're told the fire the smoke that's inside this station began emanating at about 3:20 this afternoon. here's a live picture skrout side the station. you can see the size the scope of the emergency response. smoke began around 3:20 metro not able to tell us yet the source of the smoke. back to you, pat and barb. >> thanks. veronica this is a messy day to have something like that happening. >> exactly. the wet roads, rain still coming down fog building out there, all kind of getting in the way i would think of some of what's going on down there. but for us i think our biggest issue will be tomorrow in terms of what it feels like. there could be some pockets of icy conditions around the area as temperatures drop close to

freezing to our north and west. the other thing is the wind was going to pick up tomorrow. we're talking windchill temperatures that will be low. you can see rain showers coming down throughout the area from frederick toward waldorf and to the north and west, the white, a little snow around morgantown around i-68. this area of snow up here will stay put right there. around midnight close to the freezing mark could get icy. tomorrow a temperature around 29 degrees in the morning. breezy and cold tomorrow night with 25 the high temperature. we're back to 26. not much movement tomorrow. the feels-like temperatures throughout the area 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning in the teens. listen it's going to be a bundle-up kind of day throughout tomorrow. 12 to 17.

20 degrees we max out around noon then maybe a little better 22 21 degrees by 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. but cold and windy. that means moderate conditions at least at the bus stop some icy spots on the sidewalk so watch for that. cold and windy at recess. by dismissal, 15 to 20 degrees that windchill temperature. however, while we have not one but two really cold days it looks as though we are going to be moving into a milder pattern i think by the time we get to day four. doug, you have more on that. >> everybody is waiting for the milder pattern. temperatures have been so cold couple day, some of us not making it above the freezing mark for a couple days straight. the old kold air is here denver dallas towards the northeast. that cold air finally beginning to retreat after the next couple days. we're talking act the weekend here thursday and friday here comes the weekend, nice weather moving in, the cold air retreats back to the north. how nice is the weather? temperatures warming towards the weekend, temperatures near 50 degrees.

unfortunately for many of us it will not last though but good news is it comes just in time for that weekend. much more on this forecast and the rest of us coming up around 5:15. >> here's your storm team four-day forecast. two cold days as we promised right there on wednesday, chance for some flurries mainly east of i-95 and to the southeast with windchills that will be in the teens and 20s. folks around pax river, pocket around st. mary's calvert county, could be the possibility of some flurries coming in with no accumulation but 48 to 50 the weekend, again more on the falling temperatures for tomorrow before the warm-up this weekend. stick around. >> thanks veronica. a new law may require companies to change the way they handle data breaches. >> consumer reporter erika gonzalez joins us now with news from the president. >> and it could actually be really really fantastic news for consumers. president obama wants congress to pass a law requiring companies to let customers know of a data breach within 30 days. this is called the personal data

notify case and protection act. right now, there aren't any standards in place for how a company should handle a breach and that's the main reason for the legislation. it would also make it a crime to sell customers' identities overseas. the move of course comes after hundreds of companies were hacked last year including big chains like target home depot, and michael's. president obama is also asking lawmakers to pass the student digital privacy act, which would prohibit companies from selling student data to third parties. today's speech is a preview of proposals that the president will formally outline in his state of the union address next week. and starting today, we are helping you get a fresh start on your finances every day at 5:00. all this week coming up you're going to hear from one local family struggling with crippling debt. plus we are going to let you know the resources that can help you and your family come up with a plan to tackle your debt.

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what the engines were doing when the plane went down. lit take quite a lot of time for investigators to go through all of this information, possibly two weeks at the earliest maybe as many as four weeks or longer before they have their preliy report. in terms of the cockpit voice recorder they believe they know where it is. problem is getting to it. navy divers have had a lot of trouble seeing it. they believe it's under a very large piece of wreckage. they can't access it. what they may have to do is use flotation devices as they did in lifting the tail section off of the bottom of the sea over the weekend. they'll take another look when they go down to dive again, but they're fairly confident that they will have both black boxes in the hands of investigators in a very short time. back to you. more troubles. right now we are working several news stories in our newsroom. a major data breach reveals sensitive information about a government -- on a government website. we are learning more about the personal material that was

exposed and why someone you know could be at risk. then a popular high school basketball player murdered during a party. tonight at 5:00 news4's pat collins looks into the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death. and pat talks to the classmates. plus, a judge decides whether a local bishop charged in a deadly drunk driving accident can get bond to get out of hundreds packed boo a nightclub to see chris brown and end up ducking gunshots. new video of the dance floor melee and a new account from an eyewitness there. plus -- >> want to take a ride in a couple 40-year-old cars? all you have to do is hop on metro. i'll explain coming up. and you saw the breaking news first with a push alert from our nbc washington app. l'enphant plaza metro station is evacuated as smoke fills the platform. several people are injured. we've seen some people holded into ambulances. news4's live team coverage will

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ferguson missouri today. counterprotesters showed up at a police appreciation rally. they are argued there hasn't been any accountability for the recent police brutality. despite the clashing group, the rally did remain peaceful. chris brown at the center of more trouble over the weekend. >> five people were shot while the pop star performed in the middle of a crowded nightclub in san jose early sunday. >> a witness who was just a few feet from the gunman spoke to a reporter mariana favreau. >> reporter: chris brown took the stage with hundreds of people jamming to his music. but before he could finish his first song at the fiesta nightclub on monterey road witnesses say shots rang out. video, the shooting sent the crowd in a panic. five people were shot and wounded. chris brown was kickly taken backstage. he was not injured. hundreds raced for the front door trampling on one another. we talked to the person who shot this video who asked not to be

identified. >> i could see people hiding under the bar, just everybody hiding just panicking. it was like a scary movie. >> reporter: wjss say people crouched under the bar and behind chairs. >> there was blood everywhere. it was a bloody massacre. >> reporter: a witness we talked to says it doesn't appear chris brown was the target. instead, the shoot eight peered to involve concertgoers. the nightclub's parking lot is strewn with broken glasses and people's belongings including these shoes some concertgoers left behind. >> security should have probably been a lot tighter. >> reporter: neighbors are stunned and questioning whether the nightclub offered adequate security. >> the first thing that came to my mind was, you know, we're just checking to see if they had, like weapons when they came in? >> reporter: the witness we talked to says what happened here is unforgettable. >> the scariest thing i've ever

experienced in my life. >> the event was moved to that venue at the last minute because of concerns over the size the crowd might be. >> and sources tell our station in san francisco that two other venues refused to host that chris brown performance. breaking news off the top tonight, smoke in one of d.c.'s busiest metro stations. >> and this is crippling the evening commute for those who are taking metro. >> within the last hour we have learned that the l'enphant plaza station is closed due to smoke on the upper level at the metro station and metro buses are being brought in to help now. >> this is affecting the orange the silver and the blue lines and green and yellow line service, just about all of it. it's suspended right now through the area near the national mall. we have live team coverage as the situation continues to develop. let's begin with jackie bensen, who's at the l'enphant plaza station. how is it looking now? >> reporter: wendy, mess does not begin to describe this. take a look over amy shoulder at

the massive police and fire response that this has caused here in southwest washington in the l'enphant plaza area. we have some pictures of what it looked light earlier as people were being evacuated from the l'enphant plaza station after smoke, thick smoke, according to the pictures that we've seen was reported inside the station, inside the tunnel. we also spoke with a number of passengers who tell us that they were in there as long as 40 minutes. here's what one of them had to say. >> i got on the train at gallery place on the yel. d once we proceeded to l'enphant plaza and we wept to go through the tunnel, the train shut down and there was a lot of smoke and people had to evacuate off the train through the tunnel. >> reporter: i'm joi tim wilson from d.c. fire and ems. i understand you have tom

updated information for us that there were some injuries people who were taken away by ambulance. >> yes, jackie. at the moment we've transported up to six patients with various injuries one serious and others with minor injuries. >> reporter: and a lot of it was due to panic, people seemed to be having trouble breathing. >> correct. it's a tough situation, but our members were able to get to the scene and put the fire out, and, you know right now we're trying to determine exactly what the cause was. >> reporter: the fire being out is good information because that's one step towards getting the station open at rush hour. but, again, no feeling that the point for exactly what caused it? >> no feeling at the moment. it's still under investigation. >> reporter: all right. tim wilson for d.c. fire and ems. again, now, coming up on news4 at 6:00