hello and thank you for being with us. swret names of the two girls killed when a csx train detrailed in ellicott city, maryland. sky 9 is live over the crash scene where the national transportation safety board is leading an investigation. the crash haened just after midnight. scott is joining us now from ellicott city. the investigators released the names of the victims. scott? reporter: that's right. the victims are 19-year-old college students from here in howard county. they have been identified as elizabeth nass and rose mayor who by the way apparently tweeted photos of themselves that were taken from that railroad bridge in the minutes before the derailment that killed them.

from sky 9 just after dawn, 21 cars of an 80 card coal train overturned. the train derailed on a bridge over main street frederick road in the heart of ellicott city just after midnight and these are photos tweeted, apparently from the same bridge minutes before the incident. one showing a pair of young feet hanging over the bridge as if left the citied over the street. now officials have coirmed. 19-year-old rose mayor and friend elizabeth nass were killed in the derailment. the source of the photos were mayor's twitter account. the girlwere on the tracks investigators have not pieced together exactly what happened. >> at this point we have no indication of what caused the actual derailment. we are fortunate to have two operators who are both safe and not injured so we will be able to talk with them. at this point we don't know

what happened. >> the derailment has left thousands of tons of coal up and down the tracks to be cleaned up. some of the cars were crushed. crews expect the clean up will take days. deaths of propromising young college students apparently on a dangerous midnight lark on the railroad tracks will impact this community for a long time after that. we are back live now. you taking a look at the overturned carriages on top of the bridge. i talked to a number of local teens that in fact is that hangout place for kids up on the tracksive everybody -- tracks. everybody knows it's dangerous. it still happens. investigators are here to determine how it happened perhaps did the train driver slam on the brakes when he saw the girls? we just don't know. it's speculation until they are finished with. that tonight we know that nass was a student at james madison university and mayor was a student at the university of delaware. reporting live in ellicott

city, 9 news now. police say they have arrested one of the suspects involved in yesterday's crash that killed prince george's county officer adrian morris. police tracked down the suspect after finding the stolen getaway car on st. louis street southeast near d street southeast in the district. the manhunt began at 1:00 yesterday afternoon when officer morris and his partner were investigating a theft at a shell gas station on sandy spring road in belchville. investigators say the suspect sped off and police gave chase. they say at some point during the pursuit on i- 5 southbound the officers lost control of their car and crashed. police say the driver of the stolen car may have rammed the police cruiser. d.c. police chief cathy lanier spoke about what happened on news channel 8 a few minutes. some things that to the general public seem like routine stuff can be the most dangerous

things. and simply trying to stop a car oftentimes becomes very dangerous and in this case this is the result. police are still searching for a second man believed to be involved in yesterday's deadly chase. officer morris is the first prince george's county police officer to die in the line of duty in mor than two years. corporal thomas jenson died in march of 2010 after crashing his car. he was responding to a call when his patrol car hit a patch of ice in college park. jenson had served on the prince george's county force for five years. d.c. government employees who were forced to take furlough days last year are going to be getting extra money in their pay checks because d.c. mayor vincent grey says nearly 22,000 workers will be repaid for those furlough days starting today. they were imposed to help close what was expected to be a major budget gap but then the city

government ended fiscal 2011 with a surplus. fairfax county police are hoping the fliers that they put around lincolnia apartment complex will lead them to the man that they say sexually assaulted a five-year-old girl. police say the man assaulted the child at a complex sunday evening. investigators say that the little girl was playing in a common area when the attacker led her away and assaulted her in one of the apartments. parents say they are now going to keep a closer watch on their children while they play. >> when a minor tries to play outside so i was watching him around. so i am there and watching because the people coming already know can happen. >> police say that the man was holding the little girl's hand. they say that is not unusual

and they are hoping that someone remembers seeing him. it could help officers capture the suspect. missouri congressman todd akin says he has no intention of quitting his senate seat after this week's uproar. he is under fire for comments that he made about women and rape. manuel gallegus has more. reporter: congressman todd akin says he is not going anywhere he is running a new ad apologizing for his comes about rape and pregnancy. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that i apologize. >> the controversy began sunday when akin was asked in an interview about a woman's right to get an abortion if she is a victim of rapes in it seems to me first of all from what i understand from doctors that's rare if it's a legitimate rape the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. >> two weeks ago akin won a three way primary to challenge

democrat clair mccaskill's senate seat. she faces a tough re-election battle and wants him to stay in the race. >> ultimately at the end of the day the republican primary conducted and the candidate was selected and now it's time to move on and for the voters to decide between congressman todd akin and me. >> akin has lost millions in campaign funding and prominent members of his own party are urging him to leave the race. >> i found those comments unacceptable really outrageous and obviously i asked him to step down. >> akin said monday he is not quitting. >> i'm announcing today that we are going to stay in. >> missouri state law allows candidates to withdraw 11 weeks before election day and still be replaced on the ballot. that deadline is 5:00 tonight. manuel gallegus, cbs news. still to come, when the news continues, they are making progress but proves battling a huge wildfire in northern

california say their fight is far from over. and nato's air base in afghanistan comes under attack. damaging a plane used by the u.s. joint chiefs of staff. we will have details when 9 news now continues.

militants fired two rockets into the main nato air base in afghanistan. damaging a plane that u.s. army general martin dempsey uses. the close call is one of many violin encounters u.s. troops face every day.

monica has more. reporter: america's top military officer left afghanistan unharmed after an attack on his plane. the general was sleeping at bagram air base when rockets hit the airfield. the c-17 aircraft like this one was parked and empty when shrapnel struck it. there was enough damage to stop dempsey from using the plane. >> he took another c-17 in order to continue his trip and out of afghanistan. >> in the on-line statement, the taliban claimed responsibility saying they had inside information about where dempsey's plane would be but the pentagon says it's unlikely the attack was aimed specifically at the general. two american maintenance workers were slightly injured. insurgence sometimes shoot at the base from nearby hills but rarely hate target. the general was paying a surprise visit to the country after a wave of deadly insider attacks. afghan forces have turned their guns on u.s. soldiers killing ten troops in the past two

weeks. american forces are now required to carry a loaded gun while on base. monica, cbs news. olga has our forecast when we come back.

investigators will resume looking into what caused a ride on bus driver to lose control and crash into a silver spring home. medics rushed five people to

the hospital after the bus slammed into their home near new hampshire avenue. there were actually two people in the home at the time and the witness told us what happened. >> he lost his brakes. we were right there outside. looked behind and see this bus coming and shooting by me side ways and he went up this there. the next-door neighbor's yard and splowed -- plowed. we watched him plow that house. >> none of the victims was seriously injured and the house is being evaluated for structural damage. firefighters say they are making progress in their battle against a massive wildfire in northern california. but the fight to save hundreds of homes is far from over. fire gutted this home leaving only the brick walls and few appliances. the shed is warped beyond recognition and tires melted off this car. ponderosa fire is burning extremely high destroying

several homes and dozens of structures. >> from a distance it looks like an atomic bomb went off. >> crews are starting to get the upper hand thanks to better weather. 3500 homes in this rural part of northern california are still threatened. residents who evacuated hope they have a home to return to. >> it will be okay. we will be okay. promise. everything will be fine. i promise. >> overwhelming. we are strong. and i pray every night that it's not going to take my home. >> authorities told people in more than 3,000 homes to evacuate. some are coming to shelters to like this one about an hour from the fire lines. >> it can wipe out a community in a very short time and nobody can predict what the fire is going do. >> not everyone is leaving their homes behind. ron cowin says he will stay as long as he can and the former fire chief says his community will feel the impact of the fire for years. >> smoke, the health, not being able to go back to your house that you left and the cost. all of this is extremely

expensive. reporter: jets are dropping retardant from the sky and nearly 1900 firefighters are on the ground. officials hope those resources will help them get the wildfire under control. cbs news, redding, california. lately downpour is bad news for residents in d.c.'s bloomingdale and ladetroit park neighborhoods. those communities were flooded on three separate times last month. with water and raw sewage backing up into several homes and businesses. this morning d.c. mayor grey announced establishment of a flood prevention task force. task force members will take a closer look at the utility pipes and other infrastructure to see is what causing the flooding. a volcano has rumbled back to life in ecuador. scientists have recorded at least nine explosions this week. the explosions have released vapor clouds and ash and there are reports of small lava

flows. nearby residents are now being evacuated. parents of children with autism watched from the shore this past weekend as their children did something they thought they would never be able to do. they hopped on surf boards and they enjoyed the waves. katie reports from virginia beach. reporter: the virginia beach surf welcomed more than 225 children. >> hi, littley how are you? >> all of them autistic. >> go, lilly! >> lilly olsen didn't let the rain stop her from catching a wave. something her mother felicia loves to see. >> she doesn't really talk. she looks like she is having fun. >> the healing event bitter sweet for lilly and her mom. >> the first year she was part of surfer healing her dad went into a coma from melanoma. two days prior she served and he passed away two days after. every year it's kind of a

special thing for us to be able to come out here and remember him and she is out there surfing for her daddy. >> the healing powers of the water volunteers hope the children feel. >> got something for the kids that i think is just wonderful. >> dwayne webster wailings a pro surfer for 20 years before he was a surfer's healing volunteer. >> biggest reward right there. that's seeing the kids are having time of their life. >> wave after wave these children of all levels of autism show their excitement and joy of just being, well, a kid. >> it's so empowering to be able to see her out there and actually doing something she enjoyed that i never in a million years thought she would be able to do. >> maybe these surfers do more than just heal the children. judging by the happiness of all of the faces, maybe, just maybe, they heal families as well. >> i'm so grateful there are things like this and people out there that have creative minds and come up with programs like.

this it's awesome. >> and that was katie reporting. i love that story. that's a great story. what about our forecast? >> our forecast is looking good especially for folks that are going out to the beaches over the next couple of days. long-term looks good. for this morning it started off with the fog and overcast skies. right now we have broken out with brilliant sunshine. in fact sunglasses are getting a workout and from our camera it's a little hazy. we don't have too much in the way of moisture just yet. i am looking at our radar which will bring in a little bit more of that moisture later on today. day planner is sitting at 78 degrees for reagan national airport. we will keep ongoing. we should hit those lower 80s by early afternoon. i would say 3:00 to 4:00 we should hit our peak around 92. 93 to 94 degrees in town and then a little bit of cloud cover we will start to push on through late in the day. that means it's a slight risk for a late day shower and thunderstorm to bubble up but that chance is very slight.

doppler radar quiet and will stay that way for the next couple of hours and the satellite and radar view shows a little moisture starting to bubble up toward our west and that will make it up and over the mountains and regenerates as it gets closer to us. that remains to be seen but we will continue to track that for you. current temperatures are rising rapidly. upper 70s to near 80 degrees around the region and we will keep on moving. you will need those sunglasses throughout the afternoon and then the clouds will pull on through and that means warming temperatures today and not as hot. our winds out of the northeast have held us below average just by a degree or two. definitely see our humidities and our dew point levels remain high so it will feel muggy in that summer time pattern for the next couple of days. future cast forecast model is giving us the opportunity for the late day showers and storms mainly across our northern and western locations. i think most of us will come through rain-free but that changes tomorrow by the time it's at thursday afternoon and evening we could see some showers and thunderstorms

nearby. highs today into the 80s. overnight lows in the 60s and 50s even and that seven-day forecast is definitely going to feature a bit of a warm up. we will keep it dry for thursday and friday. not too bad as we head in toward the weekend but watch for the warm up on the way as we go into next week. stick around, 9 news now will continue after this.

today i'm one-on-one with evelyn, the owner of the

philippine oriental market and deli. it's located on lee highway in arlington virginia. and today she is preparing a vegetarian dish. stuffed egg plant. she has started. what's in the pan. >> i have onions, mushrooms, green peaser carrots and potato and they are all diced. all tiny diced. >> they are. >> little foil -- oil. and saute and put some salt and pepper to season it and then these are almost ready. don't have to cook. this can be cooked. that should be ready. that should be ready. and we have to let it cool. let it cool before you can make the stuff the egg plant. >> the recipe is on. you have given it to me. you can go see evelyn at the philippine oriental market. you have egg. >> i have egg, yeah. and i have cool down the

ingredients. >> how much egg? >> it's about four or five eggs. >> you mix that. >> and then all you have to do is just pour on the skillet and form like you are forming egg plant, the shaich the egg plant. >> and saute' it. >> and then what do you do with the egg plant? >> what did you do with the egg plant. >> the egg plant, i steam it. i steam it or cook it in microwave oven. microwave oven takes two or three minutes and we can season this. >> inside there. >> i did not because it's very young. very young eggplant. and little bit of salt. then i put this here. and then -- okay. >> and we will show the finished product. this is how it looks. when you put it in -- all

right. and then let that cook. >> that's how it looks. >> that's right. >> it's beautiful. have i been eating the spring rolls. absolutely delicious. in fact i will have one right now while she finishes the egg plant. thank you for being with us. thank you, come back and visit us at 5:00. this is delicious.