end. i know that all this is a lot, but what are the highlights? >> reporter: rep there were major communications for responders. getting new details about that. a 911 transcript and go ahead and show the video. there were problems communicating with the radio panel for d.c. fire and rescue. some had to use cell phones to communicate in that smokey tunnel. we are finding out back on january 8th the fire department notified metro that there were major problems with communications in the metro station. this is highlighting that metro knew there were communication problems four days before the event happened. it shows that two people self-evacuate and that's a dangerous situation. the third was in operation when they got out of there. they were in fear for their life and they went ahead and got out. a lot of other people stayed

inside the metro train. this transcript shows that people were frightened and calling 911 and coughing and saying that people were suffocating in the train and begging for dispatchers to rescue them. very fearful. when you read through the transcripts, you see how frightening it was for people stuck inside the train cars in that smoking tunnel and as we see from the video, the smoke was filling up in the train cars. many were fearful they were not going to make it out alive. the 911 tribute transcripts were showing how scary it was for the folks. this is a 37-page report by the fire department just this morning. we were digging through it looking for the new information for you. a live report in the next half hour. we are reporting live from the wilson building news 4. >> thank you, darcy. our transportation reporter was from home and he has done

extensive reporting on the sources that there have been communication news throughout the metro system. you can look at the reports on nbcwashington.com. >> much more to be raised after it came out. now we are skimming through it during the show. we want to let you know we are working at this minute to get all 37 pages up online at nbcwashington.com. that will be up there shortly to go through it for yourself as well. >> all right. as angie mentioned, we will post that on nbc washington and you can check on the app. let's get a look at the forecast. chuck bell is standing by for that. >> good morning to both of you and everyone on the news 4 nation. the sun is out and temperatures are below freezing in most neighborhoods, but the warm up is under way. here's the view looking

eastbound eastbound. temperatures will go upward throughout the course of the day. sunny and temperatures remain on the cold side and most low below freezing and with time temperatures will be back up to the 30s by 40 degrees. clouds back tonight and rain chances are up for first thing tomorrow morning. when i see you, we will talk about the timing and more importantly the location of the brain drops for tomorrow. not everyone will get wet. 29 in washington. 21 in damascus and gaithersburg. mid- to upper 30s by lunchtime and upper 30s to near 40. we will be dry and dry if you are going out to dinner and a movie as well. rain chances are back as we get into your sunday. be advised to get you more into

detail on when it will stop. >> new into our newsroom a violent crash involving a police cruiser. take a look at this video. you can see officers are shining a flashlight on to the squad car. they landed on the side of the road and it happened overnight at central avenue and hall road. we will find out if anyone was hurt and why it happened. >> a developing story as they hope to enter the fuselage. 85 answer 1. they hope to do that by today. they will search for bodies meanwhile. they tried to lift the wreckage from the bottom of the java sea. they tried to reach the wreckage and all 162 passengers on the plane were killed. only 51 bodies have been recovered from the sea. you with join them for mem democrats

will meet at the library going on at noon. on wednesday night, a 17-year-old was shot and killed in a double shooting on martin luther king,jr. avenue southeast. they are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the case. >> a few minutes ago, the chief was discussing the recent violence as leveragy leaders are gathering to review the shootings as well. local leaders are asking to stay vigilant until someone is charged in the crimes. they are scared to let their children play outside. just this week there were five shootings in a matter of 24 hours. a meeting will be held at 1:00 at the boys and girls club. >> all new, six former virginia attorney generals say former virginia governor bob mcdonald should remain out of jail while

appealing his case. they requested staying out of prison and just sentenced him to two years in jail. in federal prison a jury convicted him and his wife of accepting gifts and loans in exchange for political favors to a former supplement company ceo. he is expect to be sentenced next month. >> a teenage bony and clyde. a 13-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend. they should be considered armed and dangerous. >> president obama is going to bat for your children's education and how to make sure congress leaves no child behind. >> temperatures cold but things warm up for the first half of the weekend. chuck bell said the second half

. >> a majority of students are laced in poverty. they found 51% of students were eligible for plunges. they come from low-income families. we checked in west video virginia and it's 32%. they looked from the 2012-2013 school year. >> the o ba amma administration is ready to take on the no child left behind app. we see how the secretary of education is drawing a line in the sand.

they supported the testing requirement. they made a comment this morning and duncanilate out his vision for a rewrite and expired in 2007 and about to be reviewed by congress. he wants to keep the statewide standardized test aligned with what happened in the classroom and said they will ask for more funding to improve the quality and limit what he calls unnecessary tests. they said law needs to go away. >> no child left behind flexibility. no child left behind has ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed or reward success. you need to do exactly the opposite. >> president obama will ask congress for an extra $2.7 billion in education money next month. they said the focus of those dollars need to be on better resources and support for

schools and teachers. back to you. >> there new rules for the grounds of the university of virginia. fraternity life is changing the way adults are reporting. the families need to be involved in from the start. >> good morning, everybody. as we have been talking about, the last couple of days is a 50-50 weekend. we have sunshine and may have raindrops especially for our friends in southern maybe land. the details of the sunday

>> welcome back. teenagers suspected of a crime spree across the south have been spotted in florida. the teen sweethearts surrender is not going to be good. they have been accused of pan handling and stealing a red toyota pick up and a stolen silver toyota with a 45 and 38 caliber hand gun in the back seat. they have been able to allude capture and have been dating for three months. >> last night they had a rally and now they are asking that a statue of joe paterno be returned. they agreed to restore the football team's 112 wins making

paterno the winningest coach in major college football history. they stripped them of their wins following the child molestation scandal. authorities at the university of virginia look different this weekend. new rules went into effect for all fraternities and sororities. kegs are banned and they must be patrolled by security. all organizations have assigned the new agreement. two fraternities refused to sign. they pushed ahead with the policy after a rolling stone magazine report about a gang rape on ground. much of that has been called into question. >> sex assaults on college camps, there were 3900 nationwide but what is alarming is that it is believed 80% of rapes and assaults go unreported. northern virginia bureau chief

said whenone lawmaker is rallying for change. >> you need to tell the victims they will be heard and the system will support them. >> delegate eileen is talking about her bill to change the way sex assaults are handled. it would require college and local police to report sex assaults to the attorney within 48 hours. >> by getting the attorney involved it will make sure that the investigation is promptly pursued and victims are given the resources that they need. >> there to lend support, dan and jill harrington families united in law and determined to deep others from suffering the same pain. alexis was abducted and murdered in 2013. morgan was abducted and killed when she was on the campus for a 2009 conference. >> i urge the legislature to pass this bill for a lesson for

morgan and hannah and my daughter and yours. >> he charged with abducting haney graham with raping a woman and a connection to the harrington case. he was accused on sex assault and never charged. >> there is a conflict of interest. the chairman signed on as a cosponsor. in richmond virginia news 4. >> president obama saw a special screening of the movie selma at the white house. oprah winfrey and her castmates were expected to attend. they show the march from selma to montgomery and a passage to 1960 voting rights act. they are nominated for best picture and best song. >> i have a dream that we will

have the true meaning of the crude and all men are created equal. >> this weekend, people from across the region are celebrating the legacy the martin luther king,jr. 100 fifth graders reciting the i have a dream speech. there several service projects that you can use. you can donate food for the at the giant stores in montgomery county and there is a beautification project at the doctor martin luther king memorial beginning at 9:00 this morning. or you can help clean up rock creek park at 10:00 this morning. >> a lot of service events. >> and the shadow of the

memorial. that's where martin luther king was. >> that's the good thing about having that if you are visiting. you get to stand on the spot where he gave the speech 50 years ago. >> no teleprompter. >> dr. king himself did not have a teleprompter. he was off script. the original draft is at the hotel in washington. the cool thing to go see. back to what i'm here for, the weather forecast. almost forgot. sunshine for now. enjoy it. we do have a rain chance coming our way. first thing tomorrow morning. the whole weekend won't be as pretty as this picture might lead you to believe. that's the city camera over downtown. nothing but sunshine this morning. blue skies and no clouds to be found. this is the way we like all of our weekends to start. winds have gone calm and they are going to the south and that will begin to help warm it up,

but it's a cold start. 19. 26 degree in leonardtown early this morning. 35 degrees in edge water, maryland. what a great town to live in. 32 degrees at 9:00. 39 your high today and dry for all of your saturday. sunday morning could be wet. hourly temperatures with a steady but nice rise. if you are planning what to wear, we need the sunglasses. you need the warm jacket and the hat. it looks and feels like winter time. 42 in fredericksburg. for tomorrow's rain chances, not everyone is going to get wet. the storm is racing up the coast and rain chances increase and rainfall amounts the further

east you live or travel tomorrow. medium chance in the metro and lower rain chances for leesburg and may not get a drop from martinsburg to winchester. our friends and neighbors into southern maryland a high chance for rain and not just a high chance but what could be quite a bit of rain as well. about how much rain to expect. all the goose eggs. into the immediate metro area. rainfall amounts to a quarter or will half an inch or more. they could get over an inch or an inch and a half. with the forecast it's a lot different depending on where you live. we have the weather app are ready to go. here's a way it times out. moderate rain through the morning hours, and the seven-day forecast is dry and showers for about the eastern half of the

viewing area. everyone gets a nice day for the holiday on monday and we have a chance of a rain-snow mix. no big storms and outbreaks to worry about. >> thanks. it killed a woman almost a year ago illegal cosmetic procedure that has a man behind bars. >> it's time for a fresh start. that means giving your savings a work out as well.

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a story that is getting a lot of buzz on our facebook page. . >> the mayor's report regarding the deadly incident. darcy spencer is going through the report and we will check in with her in a moment. stay with us. technology has improved our lives, in small ways. in big ways. but what about this? couldn't this be better too? at redfin we asked ourselves the same question. which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real

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breaking news all new this morning. d.c. releasing their initial reports to d.c. mayor on the response to metro's underground emergency. >> person died in monday's accident and we have been reading the 37-page report since it was released. we want to check in with darcy spencer live with they are stuffed inside the cars not knowing if they would make it out alive. they show some of these callers and what they were saying to 911. one said okay but we need something to happen. people had to get on the floor because they can't breathe. a third caller hi we are on

the train and it's filling with smoke. we have been here half an hour. we are having trouble brothing. when are we getting help. later on in the transcript you can see where a metro officer was asked how long it's going to be. he said i can't tell you how long. frightening for the people in the tunnel not knowing if and when they would get there. there was a lot of confusion whether they were to the operators or metro police. as we have been reporting, there were communication problems among the responders trying to get in that tunnel and rescue the victims. that's what they want to do. they are hampered by communication problems. the evaporate shows that fire alerted metro days before this fatal incident and there were major radio problems at the metro station.

that's one of the systems, a major system that is used. some of them had to go to walkee talkee modes to communicate and that's what they do. they rescue people trying to get them out of harm's way. we are continue to find the new information. we will have another live report later in the broadcast. live from the wilson building darcy spencer. >> good work out there. i know we got this new information and all of it is fresh. >> for sure. it is something we are looking to put on nbcwashington.com. the mayor's report is different from the report. the government released the report yesterday. >> the national transportation safety board said it took about 45 minutes after smoke started filling the tunnel to shut off

power to the third rail. wey ing spoke to a congressman who calls it unacceptable. >> the preliminary report is illustrated with images of what is described as severe damage to a section of the third rail that was about 1100 feet in front of yellow line train 302 when it came to a stop at throw3:15 p.m. minute. the report said that at 3:06 the breaker at one end of the trip and ten minutes later, metro operations activated lentvation fans in an effort to exhaust smoke from the tunnel. according to a fire department document when first responders arrived to evacuate riders nearly 40 minutes after the train stopped, after the third rail had been shut off, they said there was so much smoke in the tunnel they could not see the tail lights until they were

standing next to it. >> that's a long time. >> metro must get to the bottom of what's happening immediately and ensure the public it won't happen again. >> we saw in a dry evening last night, thursday night, traffic coming out of d.c. and virginia. it was like a snowstorm. we see with a little small percent% percent of population. >> jackie benson news 4 today. >> this is just preliminary. the final report will take months to prepare and it will be comprehensive and longer. our transportation reporter is working the story from home and we will check in with him to clarify the things just released in the report. >> the time is 9:05 and we want to get a check on the forecast with beautiful sunshine. >> it started out cold. let's check in with chuck bell who is outside. how does it feel?

>> it's cold. still feels like winter time. temperatures including ours here in northwest washington still below freezing. 31 degrees on the front lawn. temperatures also below freezing. here's the way it looks from just over my head. all of northern virginia in the district bathed in sunshine. darkness but that's not to be the case for the rest of the day. the national harbor nary a breeze. temperatures 23 and 30 in menassis. you will definitely need your warm jacket. that depends on how poll rant. temperatures in the mid 30s and

spending most of the afternoon in the upper 30s to near 40. know abundance of sunshine. enjoy it. rain chances are back before the sun comes up tomorrow morning. rain moving into southern maryland. 3:00 and 4:00 in the morning. the rain likely to be in the metro as well. 10:00 or 11:00 tomorrow. drier for the second half of the day. we will get into more and the look ahead on monday and the rest of the seven-day forecast coming up. >> new is a basketball analyst arrested for soliciting a prostitute here in the district. he is under arrest and charged yesterday evening. the 47-year-old was scheduled to announce the michigan state men's basketball game today in college park. it's unclear if that is going to happen. d.c. police said he is facing solicitation charges that carry anywhere from 180 days in jail. we are looking for more on that

arrest. >> a pennsylvania man is facing emergency charges for charges for injecting a woman's butt with silicone. it took place in a capitol heights hotel room. the woman eventually died. the people who do these illegal procedures are hard to track down. >> no one knows who it is or the credentials of that person or more importantly what they are injecting. silicone gets into the blood stream and can result in a series of complications and many of them can be life-threatening. >> she charged with second-degree murder and assault and reckless endangerment. he was arrested in st. louis and brought back to prince george's county. how a long walk home by local children is fueling a debate about free-range parenting.

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we continue to following that breaking news. d.c.'s mayor releasing the report on the deadly metro >> we have been going through the about 37 pages and a lot of information in here. >> we are joined by our reporter and a lot of members of our team skimming through the report. you have been on it since it came out and what is the most alarming thing you have been able to find so far? >> i think the most important thing is this is not good news for metro. it points to a lot of communication issues which we were suddenly aware of happening. you start to find out about the communication and the most damning and alarming thing that came out of this is included in this report that shows that personnel has been saying before

the january 12th incident that there were communication problems not only in the metro station, but the tunnel. that is a big, big finding in this report. >> adam, we saw the release or a preliminary report yesterday. how did that differ from what the mayor put out? >> the report is more based on what caused this whole thing. the communication issue while a big factor in response to this thing is not what caused the issue. what caused the issue still is everything is pointing to the massive situation and the arking he has been hearing about and getting pictures and seeing the damage that happened. still everything points to electrical cables and power and a major, major electrical event. you have to figure out why that happened in the first place. of the maintenance not done or

was the system not maintained? >> real quick, what is your general consensus. when it comes to safety and how the people feel when they get on the train. things are heightened but this adds to the problem. do people feel safe? >> i think that's up to each individual person. when they had the crash in 2009, they said is metro safe. her answer is they want metro to be as safe as it can be. i think that's up to interpretation. obviously this is going to cause more heightened fear but there a lot of people who will get back on the trains tomorrow. people will get on the trains today and say that's how they get from point a to point b. if you look at the statistics comparing metro to the highway,

clearly metro moves 700,000 people a day. and often times it delays and you never talk about injuries or death for that matter. this is the first death they had since 2009. more people are killed on the highways every day. it's a matter of interpretation but the bottom line is that this incident got out of hand and no one should get on a train wondering if they will make it alive. people put faith in metro. that's really what it boils down to. you have to be able to think you will get on a chain and get to where you need to go. >> the story from home this morning. we appng up early and helping us out. >> we do have that full report on our website. you can open it up on your phone inside the nbc washington app. we made it easy for you.

>> a silver spring couple under investigation for allowing their kids to walk from a park alone. this is the debate on when it's okay to let your kids walk home alone. >> several of you have comments. the so-called free-range lifestyle. >> at this neighborhood park the topic of free-range parenting comes up for debate. >> most feel it's okay at some point. >> no confusion for the family. the children enjoy playing here with or without their parents watching over them. >> they are getting e-mails of support. >> they can find a couple of friends to play with and come back when it's their time. >> it all started when the 10 and 6-year-old walked home from

a park close to their home without an adult. someone called police and now child protective services is investigating the neglect. >> i was amazed. >> i like the freedom and i think it's really fun to be independent. and that we really are old enough to do it. >> not so according to maryland law that prevents a child under 8 from being unattended unless a reliable person at least 13 is with him or her. >> my little guy is 6 years old. when he is 9 or 10 let him go. he will be fine. >> next week the safe child protective service will get their chance to argue their side of the story. the mother danielle said she is much more terrified of the possibility of her kissed being taken away than she is of the

danger of allowing them to walk home alone from a park like this. that's just a couple of blocks from her house. in silver spring news 4. >> so you can start us off. the question s is it going to hold? >> i know it's saturday, but it's that kind of an outdoor day and it will be winter time and it's the middle of january. statistically we are in the coldest part of the year. our average high and low is 43 and 28. our average temperature kicks up again, a sign that string time cannot be far away. the snowiest month was march. it will be milder and the days are longer but that doesn't mean we are done. outside right now, the city camera video. not much of a breeze blowing right now and it is indeed cool.

30 degrees and a mirror calm finish. winds are light out of there and winds turn around to the and south told temperatures up tonight. it won't be quite this cold tomorrow. for now the temperatures are 25 to 30. temperatures are 5 to 15 degrees colder now than at the same time yesterday. it will be a colder day today than the experience yesterday. you will need the warm coat and the hat and the sunglasses as well. out and about, winter sunshine for all of the afternoon, but colder than average. highs in the upper 30s to near 40. going out to dinner and a movie. dry and 36 and movie time is cold down to about 33 degrees by 11:00. temperatures start to rise after midnight. the push of moisture coming our way. heads of rain and almost nothing in the valley and colder air late tomorrow. rain chances tomorrow and lowest

to the west and highest to the east. southern maryland will get wet. northwestern may not see a single drop tomorrow. rainfall amounts again because of the large gradient and how steep it is between rain and no rain where you get the rain you can get an inch or more. southern maryland and eastern shore. probably only about a quarter of an inch or so of rainfall. most of it from a timing perspective early on in the day. the storm team 4 app will have the latest forecast for you here in the palm of your hand. here's the seven-day. 40s tomorrow with rain most likely before lunchtime. sun is back out for the holiday on monday and most of the weekend is trending downward. a chance of rain with the snow make on wednesday.

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which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. but we paired that with our own agents who aren't paid on commission but on your happiness. and that's what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. . here is a lot of information in this report. some of the big takeaways, confusion and panic and major communication problems among first responders. this is a report that was just filed this morning from d.c. fire about the tunnel emergency that happened last week. now, let's go to one of the transcripts of the 911 dispatch

call. the caller said hi we are on the train and it's filling with smoke. we are having trouble breathing. when are we getting help. that caller was told we can't tell you when help will arrive. we have a full report on our website. go to nbcwashington.com. >> that will do it for the news for today. >> we're will be back here tomorrow morning at 6:00. have a great saturday.

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