carries coal. it has derailed. cars immediately this side of that, we're looking south, immediately north of that are also off the rails. i'm told on the other side of that, what we can't see from here may be some tappinkers tha have also derailed that apparently have a chemical in them. we're told it reacts with water, it is an acidic type chemical. we certainly hope there is no airborne threat, but probably not the kind of thing you want to come into contact with. i spoke to a gentleman earlier who said that he heard what he thought might have been a plane crash. want to give you a view from another angle here. take a look at other video that we have. he says that he thought it was a plane crash. it was a very loud and sustained sound. and he came out it see exactly what was going on. we also talked to some folks who said that they are just having some trouble getting to

getting around. listen to this woman. >> raining, i've been driving around trying to get to work since like 6:55. i just hope i don't get fired because i'm late for, would, i can't make to work today. >> reporter: now, you will be counter some closed blocks so expect some delays because of the closures. the tracks from union station going to points north, and this is a very long train. it appears to have happened toward the end of the train. as far as i can see around the bend looking in the other direction, up toward other parts, you can still see the train there. p so it is indeed stopped. you will have trouble getting around this area. we didn't know anything about evacuations. we did hear from someone who lives over on rhode island road, some of the newer houses

but we haven't heard anything official from that yet. we're checking this with local authorities to see if there is any information like that that we need to convey to you. so right now, do expect some delays. we are told metro is suspending some of its service in this area until they can get a handle on this. derrick ward, news 4. and metro is an issue because maybe anyone getting to union station trying to get down there. and rhode island avenue closed from 10th to. you can see the backup that that is cause. try to avoid that area if you can because delays will continue throughout the morning for sure. and just to recap for you, a csx rain derailed causing a hazmat situation. this is happening in the 900 block of rhode island avenue right near the rhode island metro station. we know at this point d.c. fire has shut down rhode island avenue between 4th and 10th streets. metro has sus

service between noma and brookland. and they are bringing this buses to help the situation out. but this is going to cause significant delays. you can get more for you on our be in washington app. we're also broadcasting live on the nbc washington facebook page. you can enter act with me and adam throughout commercial breaks and we'll try to answer as many of your questions as possible. kochlly indicating that derailment is rain. steady rain falling since last night. it's been mostly light rain. good morning, i'm tom kyrgios tracki kierein tracks these showers through the morning hours. a few pockets coming down harder these areas in yellow just to our west in the dark green and shenandoah valley coming down harder, that will be coming right into the metro area here in about an hour or so between now and then, just some light

you will need a light jacket, umbrella, rain foots. we're just in the low 50s. a look at finally where we get sunshine back and a warming trend, that is coming in just a few minutes. taken down by malkin. malkin in front. score! and it's 2-1. >> came down to the wire, but the caps lost to the penguins by one goal. now, the caps loss ties up the series at one game a piece and the series now heads to pittsbur pittsburgh where the it team will have their work cut out for them. carol maloney explains.

>> reporter: a problem that plagues the caps all season long is now a part of the playoffs. slow starts. holtby helped the caps kill off five penalties. caps only trail 1-0 until they convert the power play. marcus yohansen ties the score and the caps have new life until an old friend game winner and caps lose 2-1. >> getting embarrassed out there and we were only down a goal. so it was a positive thing. but too late. >> i think we got a little mad and we just said we can't control what we can't control and put our heads down and went to work. and i think it showed. it would have been real nice to have that one, but first two periods just weren't good enough. >> we had periods six minute games and can't give it to a team like that. had much time and space and we'll go in there and it will be a good thing to get on the road and play more of a simple style.

you. >> reporter: caps lose the game and they may lose more than that. orpik with a late hit and elbow to the head on maatta who did not return. the league will review the hit. >> i'll let the league handle it. if you know anything about brooks, he plays hard and clean. he's not a dirty player. pittsburgh people know that. he plays the game hard, but the right way. so whatever the league cities, we'll just deal with it. >> reporter: the series now shifts to pittsburgh. and the caps hope the momentum does, too. at verizon center, carol maloney, news 4 sports. we want to get back to the breaking news, the derailment of the csx train. joining us on the phone, doug p buchanan. nine to ten are on the tracks? >> that's right. maybe even more than ten. but i think we're in that

and 10, maybe as many as 11 trains derailed earlier this morning. >> and the big concern is about the chemical that is there. we heard it was sodium hydroxide, something that you might find in like draino or what not. what is the concern for anyone who is in that area right now? any evacuations for that area? >> absolutely not. they are not calling for at this time and i don't think we're going to at this point. we're not calling for any evacuations. we're not asking anyone to shelter in place. it looks like our guys have it pretty well contained. everything is running just the way we had hoped when we respond to things like this. we have two possibly three of the derail cars leaking some sort of hazardous material. exactly what that is,

septemb extent ever tof the league rema unclear. the bigger part for your viewers is that rhode island avenue basically remains shut down about a half mile stretch. anything in and around the rhode island metro station is basically shut down at this point until we get a handle on what is going on. >> and we know obviously as you mentioned drivers will realize that there are roads that will be closed. but we do have people tweeting us telling us that they had difficulty getting away, we know metro is impacted. do you think this is going to be an all day event, something that will be cleared up by the end of the day and won't spill into the workweek going forward? >> i have no way to guess. i'd be speculating if i told you

rhode island avenue would be open in x amount of hours or days. and go, i'm only speculating, i don't think this is a multiday thing. again, we have no injuries.the greater impact is the rhode island avenue metro station. but we'll just have to wait until the fine men and wichlt d.c. fire department give us some larger scope as to what is going on and what they think held need to get this train uprighted and the tracks repaired and people back out on to the roads and on the tracks. >> i know it's still early on and obviously we have some rain out there. but at this point, any talk about what possibly might have caused this derailment? >> none. just that we had gotten a call around 7:00 this morning, but no idea. it looks

stretch, so still no exact cause or reason so why it derailed. >> okay. thank you very much doug buchanan with d.c. fire. we'll check back in but and we have crews out on the scene. again, a csx train derailed earlier this morning in northeast d.c. by the rhode island avenue metro station. metro service is impacted. rhode island avenue itself in that area is impacted. there is some sort of hazardous material that is leaking we're told by mark segraves that it's sodium hydroxide, but nobody has been hurt, no rack sayievacuatid for, so it looks like a cleanup effort. >> we'll continue to follow this unfolding situation in northeast d.c. we're following a csx train derailment. we know hazardous materials leakinging from at leastne quarte or.

a c schlcsx train has derai the 900 block of rhode island avenue near the rhode island avenue metro station. d.c. fire has shut down rhode island avenue between 4th and 10th streets in northeast. metro suspended red line service between noma and brookland and they closed off the rhode island metro station, as well. they are bringing in buses to help. good morning. just shot video right out here with rain pelting coming down there. i have it posted on instragram

you can see the rain falling, it continues to move southwest heading theeftd. we'll get one moderate area of some rain coming through in about another hour and then settling down during the afternoon. a look at the timing and as well as when we will finally see the sun return in a few minutes. developing right now in texas, the death toll has risen to six after severe storms la slammed the state. more than 7 inches fell in less than an hour. police say about 35 homes sustained major damage. and severe weather also slammed st. louis area where golf sized hail. you can see and hear the hail coming down. two inch sized hail shattered several car windshields. just an amazing scene.

attended his final correspondents dinner. >> and he joked about the anxiousness that some are feel to go lea feel to go leave the white house. >> it's a mixed bag. you live heard that someone jumped the white house fence last week. but i have to give service service credit, they found michelle, brought her back, she's safe. safe back at home now. only nine more months, baby. settle down. >> may have to make the fence big foremichelle. the president also talked a bit about the other candidates in the race for the oven office. >> hillary trying to appeal to young voters is like your relative who just signed up for facebook. dear america, did you

poke? is it appearing on your wall? i'm not sure i'm using this right. love aunt hillary. >> haven't heard of a poke in a while. >> pretty good. the president said this after calling bust the bright new face of the democratic party. and he of course left the stage with a mike drop. literally dropped the mike and walked off. >> it was good stuff. 9:16. as the caps continue their quest for the cup, you might have noticed that a specific co-anchor continues his quest for the perfect playoff beard. who could it be? tom kierein? no. it's adam tuss. a few not shaving it all until the run comes to an end. >> i need a little bit of help. >> no, looks pretty good. >> a sharpie maybe. in honor of the playoff beards, jason pugh asked the caps players to give

>> what do you think of this beard, what advice do you have for him. >> well, if's a little spotty in parts. but if he's supporting us in the playoffs, any support is appreciated. but looks like a little spotty. >> i don't think you can really give any advice to a playoff beard. you see it all different shapes and sizes. obviously he has a little work to do there. coming in in different places. >> he's a good looking dude. i'm comfortable with my manhood. he's a good looking dude. he wears the beard nice. >> most people will agree. >> i like it. need a couple more weeks and he'll be in good form there. >> does the itching go away at

but like i said, the beard oils and conditioner, things like that, there's some pretty good things that you can -- the art of shaving. you can get some stuff there. but it's all fun. i love the beard. >> so you're a little spotty, but who has raised more money? because this is all for charity. >> i was winning. doug is now ahead. and i put out an impassied plea to donate. we've raised together almost $2,000. i've raised about $850, doug is like $1,000. >> who compares what you look like. it's all for a good cause. >> will you check adam's beard oil? >> nice and soft. >> i didn't know there was such a thing. hey, this morning we have the rain tipping to pelt

but we've had many reports of pinout accidents, people going too fast and hitting those ramps. you lose traction especially if you have worn tires. the rain is continuing to fall. there is one wand of more moderate rain that is off to our west. it's a gusty pockets of yellow where it's coming down pretty hard now here in rappahannock county about to come into fauquier county. it stretches up farther north to mere winchester. all this coming into loudoun county, prince william county, fairfax, montgomery and the district. within about an hour. and we're just in the low to mid-50s. hour by hour timing, there that band of showers. it tracks across the eastern shore. things settle down this afternoon. maybe sprinkles and drizzle. but thundershowers bri 8:00 p.m.

and midnight. no severe weather, just heavy downpours and thunder and lightning. by 1:00 a.m., they're south and east of the metro area. and then they cross the bay after that. and then just some lingering clouds tomorrow morning. hour by hour forecast, temperatures stay steady in the 50s throughout the day with the lighter showers during the afternoon. and then with the thundershowers this evening, it will still be hovering in the upper 50s as they roll through and then cloudity tomorrow morning in the upper fifth and during the day monday, big change. sunshine back, a little bit of sun in and out, highs around 80. i've never seen angie so giddy. and then on tuesday, maybe more showers and a little sun back wednesday. maybe a few more showers thursday and friday. but it really has dropped the pollen count. we continue to follow the breaking news this morning on a csx train derailment in northeast d.c. right now

teams are containing the chemicals. an underground gas line was ruptured. more in a minute. it's been ten months since donald trump announced his candidacy but this tuesday may be the last chance for his rivals to keep him from steam rolling the republican nomination. and it all comes down to the state of indiana. >> that's right. the hoosier state votes on tuesday and it's almost certainly the stop trump movement's last chance to derail the frontrunner before he locks up the nod. >> john kasich announced he wouldn't compete in the state to boost ted cruz, but recent polls shows trump with the lead in the state. >> if trump wins in indiana, he almost certainly will be able to rack up delegates in places like california and new jersey to get to made that magic number of 1237. and be crowned the resu

>> but if ted cruz can somehow win in indiana,

two took sight seeing in a the big apple a little bit too far. they were arrested after climbing on to a beam on

brooklyn bridge. they claim they wanted to watch the sunrise and take some pictures including, yes, a selfie. >> not recommended up there. >> no definitely not. >> the two are charged are trespassing and reckless endangerment. more fallout over the death of firefighter nicole mittendorff. we told you yesterday about fire chief richard bowers calling out the fairfax underground blog. the site owner says they're just trying to shift the blame, you about thelt remove the posts if this comes from the mittendorff family. her death was ruled a homicide. you will see a lot of pink around town today december pits the rain. the avon 39 walk to end breast cancer continues today. hundreds of survivors and participants will walk the final 13 miles around the district, it started at 7:00 a a

at the washington monument. it's a wet and soggy start to your sunday. tom is tracking the best times to run errands and when you can finally put about away your umbrella. and we continue to follow this breaking news on a csx train derailment. several cars are off the tracks and this just in, an underground gas line was ruptured during the derailment. the gas has been turned off in the area. we will have much more ahead.

we continue to follow this breaking news, csx train derailed in northeast washington causing this hazmat situation. that the point we know ten cars went off the tracks around 7:00 this morning. this is on rhode island avenue. >> and this is affecting traffic and metro. with more, let's get to terrick ward live from the scene. >> reporter: yeah, we're here on the franklin street bridge, i'll direct your attention down south looking at those tracks. you see the metro tracks sort of two the left and there on that easement under that footbridge there is the incident. as you said, about ten cars in-dweindeed off the tracks. we're told at least one is leaking a chemical that reagents with water. an acidic lye type chemical.

serious threat environmentally at the least immediately in this area. we've seen some csx people surveying the damage. and this all happened at about 7:00 this morning. and the folks that live around here say that they are quite used to hearing trains go through this area. it's something that they almost set their watch by especially this time of the morning. it's not unusual to hear trains, but what is unusual is to hear what a man heard this morning and this gentleman lives rather close to the track. listen. >> all of a sudden boom, boom, boom. about three different loud noise that i heard. and i seen them stop. >> reporter: so he came out to see what it was and he said when he saw those cars stop, he knew that it was something indeed out of the ordinary. metro traffic has been disrupted in this area,

these csx tracks run adjacent to the hemetro tracks. no word yet when service will be restored. >> we were told 94 were carrying mixed freight, one leaking sodium high drox eight. you've been on the ground there for about an hour. do you smell anything different in the air? what have you observed? >> reporter: when the air blows a certain way, when the wind comes to a certain direction, you almost detect a diesellike smell. that is only my point of reference. i can't tell you what those chemicals smell like under those ideal conditions. but you do something some out of the ordinary here. nothing that is an irritant considering where we are. i don't know if we're directly down wind. when there is a breeze cming a certain way, you to somethingwa something that

ordinarily smell. >> officials haven't fold us exactly what may have caused this, but you can sdrcan you de point on the tracks? it almost looked like there were two rail lines running into each oth other. >> reporter: yeah, we can take a look. if you look back down the tracks here, i can't a tell you -- they do seem to be some switch rails in that area. there are two adjacent lines there and this train seems to have been on one of the inner most lines there. there is a lot of switch rails on the metro tracks which are adjacent. the csx tracks, though, there a slight bend, but not a sharp turn. it's a pretty straight hear. in terms of access to these tracks, there is a bike path that runs in the

of the rail line. there is a fence there. and of course with the metro easement, there is a barbed wire fence and you have some open space. now, looking at the debris, there are obviously signs that people are able to get to that part of the tracks, but it's isolated and pretty straight. so it will be interesting to find out what indeed this caused this. >> all right. derrick ward ut out on the scene. and rhode island avenue is closed from 10th to 4th streets northeast. take a look at the map. you can see exactly where that is. and if there are any backups there this morning. you will want to try to avoid that area. i think probably police have that pretty well cordoned off. in and we have some bullet points for you. a csx train derailing in northeast washington causing the hazmat situation. this is in the 900 k

rhode island avenue. d.c. fire has shut down rhode island avenue between 4th and 10th streets northeast. metro has suspend abouted the red line service between noma and brookland. buses are being brought in and this will cause significant delays, that word from officials. of course you can stay on top of the story throughout the day as it develops on the nbc washington app. you'll need a rain coat or umbrella. i love these types that can fit in a large purse or briefcase. we have the rain continuing to fall. you see it moving southwest to northeast. there is one line of more moderate showers in central fauquier county coming down pretty hard there, but right rain around washington and the beltway. but this one area of that moderate rain about 40 minutes

out of prince william county. so we'll see the moderate maybe briefly heavy downpours coming right through the metro area. a look at the timing and when we'll see the sun, that's coming up. we have new details on a d.c. homicide. police arrested 67-year-old wilbur whitaker and charged him with second-degree murder. he's accused of shooting leo hackett on saturday morning. hackett was taken to the hospital where he later died. police say they arrested whitaker shortly after that crime. transit police investigating a stabbing at the fagallery pla station yesterday. a man was stabbed on the platform, he is expected to survive, but they say he is not cooperating with deek difference detectives.

mark marc or amtrak. track work will force schedule changes. marc penn line, a number of southbound trains will leave baltimore 3 to 5 minutes earlier than usual. amtrak train 151 will depart five minutes later than scheduled. most northbound marc trains will leave union station from 1 to 5 minutes earlier and northbound amtrak oig acela trains will leave union station 5 minutes before the hour instead of on the hour. we'll have a link to all the changes in our nbc washington app. it's 9:36. breaking news, a csx train derails in northeast d.c. ten cars off of the tracks at road d hode island avenue. it is a big mess.

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womelcome back. we always love telling wednesday's child success stories. this week we have not one, but two of the unusual success stories of a child getting adopted. this is about one who actually didn't get adopted. >> but something happened in her experience as a wednesday's child that gave her the will to succeed. she called us out of the blue 15 years later to share some good news. barbara heirearrison has more. >> reporter: a little girl with a bright hopeful smile. her second time as a wednesday's child and still hoping to be adopted. >> it's so good to see you. you look nice. >> you're all grown up. >> reporter: 15 years since we first met, still a smile that rye flegts her enduring optimism. when she was nine, we visited

wanted to be a judge some day to help children get adopted. >> welcome to my chambers. >> reporter: grown up now and just weeks away from getting her before lore's degree in criminal justice, she called us to share the news. and we planned a special surprise. this time at a different courthouse. >> welcome back. >> thank you. thank you. >> do you remember? >> i do. >> she was such a little thing. >> and now getting ready to graduate college. >> reporter: judge blackburn was thrilled to welcome her back. >> i was so proud of you then, but i was really excited to hear what you've been doing since then. >> reporter: she said the judge's advice about finishing school made a difference in her life. >> growing up in the system, being bullied or moving from place to place, it almost got in the way of school, but i always kept in mind that i can do this and i'm going to gradu

>> reporter: she watched as the judge put on her black robe and headed to her courtroom. and it reminded us of a similar scene years ago. >> and a few years later that is going to be you walking through the door in a robe. >> you bet. >> reporter: and something tells us that's going to happen. barbara harrison, news 4 for wednesday's child. >> pretty awesome. if you have room in your home and your heart for another child who is waiting, call our special adoption hotline or search wednesday's child on nbcwashington.com. feels like deja vu. we're off to a rainy and cool start start. >> and we continue to follow the breaking news of the morning, a csx train derail the, hazardous chemicals being contained from at least one of the ten cars that went off the tracks mere the rhode island avenue

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we're continuing to follow a csx derailment around rhode island avenue near the metro station. d.c. fire has shut down the street between 4th a

the it also ruptured an underground gas line. you can check out the nbc washington app for how this derailment is also affecting metro. so far we've had mostly light rain in the metro area, but there is an area of moderate to heavy down pours owi s comin fauquier county and about to track into prince william county and getting closer to the metro area. that one batch right now that is in fauquier county, that is about 30 minutes away of getting near the beltway. so right around 10:15, 10:30 or so, we'll see it moving into the metro area. a look at other rain chances we have for the week ahead, that is coming up in just a few minutes. marijuana laws in colorado could be changing giving tourists the same buying power as residents. right now colorado residents over 21 can possessan

marijuana but retail pot shops can't sell more than a quarter ounce in one day to people without colorado i.d. now state lawmakers are considering a measure that would allowing tourists to buy that one full ounce. the families of two boys who vanished at sea are hoping an iphone can help provide answers. the family wants an he will to help open it and the judge ruling to send to apple. >> i'm very pleased that the judge has ordered that the phone be sent someplace for thorough transparent and truthful investigation. >> there is another wrinkle in the case. a pilot who was part of the massive search now says that he spottne

on some debris two days after the boat caps tomorrow the trial is set to begin against a man accused of killing a fellow university of mary washington student. steven briel is accused of the strangulation. the two had shared off campus housing with two other people. briel and his lawyers planned to use the insanity defense, but last week the judge denied their request. the trial is expected to last less than a week. it's a huge week coming up for metro. the national transportation safety board is meeting on tuesday to determine the probable cause of that deadly smoke episode at l'enfant plaza. the findings could have major implications for metro because metro could be forced to fix critical parts of its infrastructure. faulty power cables, water issues have all been talked about as major factors that contributed. 61-year-old carol glover of alexandria died in that incident. we have traffic alert to tell you about.

some major streets. take a look. streets around freedom plaza, pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 14th as well as 13th street between e and pennsylvania all affected. streets will be back open between noon and 1:00 this afternoon. and it is certainly a soggy day to be out there to doing any so of running or walking. >> and we have the live facebook broadcast and everyone is saying what's up with this weather. >> it's up, that's for sure. >> but we actually needed the rain, right sf. >> and we're catching up and it is helping allergy sufferers. you're noticing the change. have had reports of multiple spinout accidents, though. so if you're about to get out and do some driving, slow down, make sure you have your headlights on, especially shall i when you hit the exit ramps. we are seeing a big area of rain all across virginia, maryland, the district along the 95

closer to home, it's mostly light rain here now, but that band you see in the yellow, that's where it's coming down a little harder right around northeastern and eastern central part of fauquier county just now coming toward manassas is this brief heavy downpour. about 25 minutes away from central fairfax county and then the beltway maybe about another half an hour. that will be moving right through the metro area. that will be coming up here around 10:30 this morning. and temperatures are chilly. still in the low to mid-50s from the shenandoah valley all the way to the bay. and future weather into the afternoon hours, after this one wave, it moves off east of the bay by 3:00, maybe lingering sprinkles. and then some thundershowers come into the shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia around 8:00, 9:00 this evening. and then they move off to the east, this is a brand new model run showing heavier downpours, thunder and lightning 10:00 p.m., northern wester

by 11:00 tonight with heavy downpours, flashes of lightning. then by 1:00 a.m., it's into southern maryland crossing the bay and moving away. by dawn tomorrow, just lingering clouds around. hour by hour forecast, we'll stay in the 50s, a little bit of drizzle during the afternoon hours. and then the thundershowers coming in this evening. heavier downpours with thunder and lightning again 9:00 to midnight. and then big change tomorrow. sunshine back up near 80 in the afternoon. and angie doing her happy dance again. and then tuesday, we'll get some more showers maybe coming on through with a high near 760. and then toward the end of the week maybe thursday and friday, it will be in the low to mid-60s. >> thank you, tom. we continue to follow breaking news. csx train derailed in northeast d.c. we're taking a live look. we know that ten cars have gone off the

now working hard to continue the hazardous material that has spilled. no evacuations have been ordered. we know nobody has been hurt. but there are some big traffic impacts. we're talking metro and roads closed by.

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there is a plan to help one of the most congested corridors in our region, we're talking route 7 in northern virginia. a new network of fast moving buss with their own lanes is proposed from tysons corner to alexandria, but not all residents are on board with that new idea. >> reporter: thousands of commuters riding up and down route 7 in northern virginia on a new 11 mile transit system. >> route 7 is really northern virginia's main street and it's about time that we treat it like that. >> reporter: this may be the treatment that is coming. a network of fast moving buss with their own lanes and systems much like the system that opened along route 1 in arlington and alexandria. good idea? people here are split down the middle. >> it should be. it would eliminate some of the traffic. >> i don't know where the bus route would be if it's on route 7, it would create more traffic. >> i think we want to make the road far more usable forar

project is all about. >> reporter: the fact that buses were picked means that the project can change more easily as it navigates the landscape. >> it will link that whole part of northern virginia together in a way that the purple line is intended to do in maryland. >> reporter: right now the public getting a chance to weigh in and fine tune the project. after that, it's up to planners to find the money to pay for it and get it built. if it's done right, it could potentially get you to leave the car at home and let someone else do the driving p. wouldn't that be nice. a new series of public meetings was scheduled for june. a maryland family is heartbroken after learning the map who ki man who killed a park police officer more than 40 years ago could be released from prison. this is the result of a controversial court ruling in maryland. darcy spencer has the story you'll only see here on news 4.

>> it's just a tragedy. >> reporter: a tragedy that this man's cousin officer raymond hawkins was gunned down in a robbery in 1971, a tragedy that the man who did it may get out of prison. >> we truly honestly thought that if you kill any officer of the law that you were going to be locked up and they throw the key away. >> reporter: the shooter, charles hopkins, had been sentenced to life without parole. but his conviction was recently overturned along with more than 100 other cases in maryland because of a flawed jury instruction. >> we were devastated. again, it was something that we just could not believe. >> reporter: just this week, hopkins agreed to plead guilty to the murder and was sentenced to serve 65 years. the officer's family members say hopkins could be eligible for patrol in five years. hopkins now 64 years old apologized in court. >> it was surreal. totally surreal.

park police agree this was better than risking retrying hopkins more than 40 years after the crime. u.s. park police union issued a statement saying, while the men and women of the u.s. park police do not like this arrangement, it was the best that could be expected given the circumstances. >> we'll always now be wondering and watching our backs. you just don't know. people are crazy. >> reporter: in montgomery county, darcy spencer, news 4. a look at radar, we're off to a rainy and cool start this sunday morning. tom is tracking how much longer the showers will be in your neighborhood and when that sun will finally return. >> reporter: a freight train derail him, officials on the scene. there a chemical spill. we're told that there is not a serious threat. it's in the early stages. more coming up.

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we've had mostly light rain falling since late last night, but now moderate to even briefly heavy rain about to sweep through the metro area coming in from the south and west. you can see that line there beginning to form in central and south central virginia. that is t