a closed stairwell her at the amtrak side. appearing to be the stairwell connecting to the amtrak station. what we saw up close and we're not going to sho you i some kind of blood spatter on t scene. a heafa ic. perhaps a coat fabric or denim fabric ripped or cut there. now back out live. have calls to amtrak to find out what exactly took place here we're hearing several things. nothing yet confirmed, though, but we haveearned that amtrak says their service will not be impacted this morning and wil esume at 4:45 a.m. in a few minutes. back in to you. k> looks like metro's system. we'll check b in with you justice, thanks. 4:32. we want to turn to the forecast and the rest of the commute this morning. >> we're going to check in with jack tayr for more in a moment but first, lauren rickets and more on our forecast. a little bit colder today, lauren. >>ityeah. ae bit chillier today. the temperatures starting under clear skies in the 30s and 40s now. 41 at reagan international airport and we'll take the temperates only into theid

amtrak will build a walk way to access the new platform. a federal grant is going to pay for this project. this will allow more people to travel through union station. 2022. t to open in >> this time next week christmas will be here. we're counting down the days. we're only a week away right now. thanks to the salvation army raangel tree pr thousands of kids will be waking up with presents under their tree >>nbc 4 is one of dozens of companies taking part in this effort. what happens next you might add? >> well, molette green is live at the salvation army warehouse with more. good mornmog. >> good ing to you. take a look at how your generosity just showed up bigit time all of these here at the warehouse. in just a matter of hours, parents will get to aome pick up these items. this may be my favorite little bike here for a little girl heaven. isn't that awesome?lo ok at that little oneerver e for a little girl named nadia. i want to show you the bags and bags of toys ready to go today. we have some salvation army volunteers. we have a specia

we do have calls in to amtrak. police working to learn more about what happened but w can tell you their service is not going to be impacted. that will still be closed for morenvestigation asell as clean up. but service on amtrak is going to flow a norma this morning. >> justin, thank you. >> 5:01. we turn to th forecast and t rest of the commute. >> we'll check in with wtop's jack taylo for more in just a moment. sun coming up 20 minutes after 7:00 but a beautiful morning once again. once again, clear skies leading into your tuesday morning. you can see that wind picking up just a little bit. we had breezy conditions throughout the night. we'll continue to see winds 5 at to 15 miles per hour throughout theday. and continue to head into the lower to mid 40s for the afternoon with plenty of sunshine. we also have christmas on the way so we'll talk about those forecasts coming up in a few minutes, but first let's talk to jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> good morning. eastbound prince william parkway we have contin

amtrak will build a walk way to access the new platform. thederal grant will pay for project and allow more people to travel through union station to their destination. this new track is set to open in 2022. >> good news for anyone that drives i-66 oro wants avoid driving it, a newco commuter lo and buservice is operating in the area. buses makeour trips each way each day. >> the goal is to move more . people not to move more cars. >> there's no charge for bus rides through february. >>ppour sg window is closing. today is the last day for e amazon's fre shipping. this is available for everyone. if you place your order today, amazon says it will arrive by christmas. >> an iconic dance that you have probably done when none was looking perhaps is now at the opnter of a lawsuit against a veryar video game. >> the fresh prince of bel air star is sui the creators of fortnite and nba 2k for using his dance moves on the video games. >> remember he danced the carrolton in the fresh prince of bel-air. in aaw separate lit he said the makers used his d

their local metro but with frequent delays electrical failures and in several extreme cases both amtrak and local commuter rails have experienced deadly human error catastrophes and although the president promised to fix infrastructure problems such. these former congressman jim moran is doubtful that he'll keep his campaign promise you know are in washington really believes that it will have a there is going to happen is going to have to be done by states and localities and he just took away the money from this from the high growth states that needed that state local tax deductibility p.t.c. or positive train control was mandated by congress back in two thousand and fifteen following a deadly amtrak wreck which killed eight in philadelphia but after lobbying efforts by train companies congress pushed that requirement by three years to twenty eighteen places like europe and japan have not only had p.t.c. on their tracks for more than a decade providing a safer more secure by but now china has launched their most ambitious bullet train project that will also cut commute time by nearly se

amtrak said power was knocked out to the platform. the train was stuck at l and second streetnortheast. they were able to see the platform but couldn't get off the train f more than three hours. >> if you're hitting the road today or thisin ev here's a few things to keep in mind. get plenty of rest before your journey. >> developing now, we are just hours away fro a partial government shutdown if congress up the president don't com with an agreement to keep the federal government open. >> they havehe short-term spending bill that includes $5 billion to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. now the new bill goes to the senate for ira consion that passed a separate bill that did not include funding for the wall. the senate i expected to meet at noon today. however many senators have already lef for the christmas break. president trump met with republican congressional leaders yesterday and insisted any bill should i flude fundi the wall. >> anyeasure that funds the government should include border security. not for political servic

amtrak said a meter was tripped knocking out power to the platform.ake a look at this.in the t was stuck at l and 2nd street northeast. passengers said they're able to see the platform but couldn't get off the train for more than three hours. >> last night house republicans have a short-termpending bill that includes $5 billion to build a wall along the u.s.-mexico border. now that goes to the senate for consideration tha passed a separate bill that did not include funding for the wall. they're scheduled to meet at noon today. many already left for the christmas break. president trump met with republican cgressional leaders yesterday and insisted any bill should include funding f the wall. >> any measure that funds the government must includer bor security. it has to. f no political purposes, but for our >> president trump is plunging the country into chaos. >> more than 400,000 federal workers are stuck in limbo and they could go without a paycheck over the holidays. the president is scheduled to spend christmas ina. flor if the government shuts down

the bags are made from recycled amtrak leather seats. the collection are an effort to stop things like this from being dumped in the land fills. the bags range from 75 tlars to $435 which seems like a lot of money to spend but it's a growing trend. we have seen it here in the newsroom, the stadiums sell off floors, why not? i guess a lot of people have happy memories on amtrak okay, pam thank you. >>> a final goodbye to the 41st president of the united states. we're in houston, texas at today's funeral. the final service honoring george h.w. bush. >>> new information in the case of the man accused of being the golden state killer. how much his trial could cost taxpayers. ♪ ♪ ♪ connecting people... ...uniting the world. ♪♪ >>> the m uksni bus driver story is much worse than authorities thought. a new report details what could be causing the problem. >>> all eyes on wall street once again after a big drop in stocks as soon as we heard the opening bell. amongs on two continues now. >>> right now in houston a funeral service is about to get

teaming up with the nonprofit people for urban progress creating a first class hand bag made from amtrakts. unique in its own way, it features small holes and even has stained on it. it's in an effort to stop quality infrfrastructure from being dumped into land fills. the bogs cost between 75 dollars $75 and $435. >>> the pantone color institute named the color it believes will be the trend next year. it has selected living corral as its 2019 color of the year and describes it as a saturated orange base with golden undertones. it's warm and life affirming. last year's pick was ultraviolet. >>> 6:59 is the time. california has won a multimillion dollar lawsuit against target for unlawfully disposing of hazardous waste. the investigation took place between 2012 and 2016 and revealed target improperly disposed of electronic, batteries, aerosol cans and medical wastes. some items contained the confidential medical information of customers. now target will pay the state $7.4 million. >>> a shortage of muni bus drivers is much worse than officials first start. a new report details what could b

a chicago-bound amtrak train that left union station slammed into a big rig near harpers ferry. that train left d.c. at 5:30 with 108 passengers and cw onboard. it hit the truck in the town of ranson. people ran to get it off the tracks, but couldn't move it in time. here you see video. amtrak says no one was hurt in the crash, but this is going to impact tomorrow morning's commute. because of the crash, thereill be no mark service in west virginia at all.st the f train will leave brunswick just after 6:00 in th mornin >>> jurors are resting at home tonight. tomorrow,nu they con deliberating how much time james fields will spend in prison. h fields dis car into a crowd of counter protesters at a white nationalist rally in arlottesville last year. today, jurors listened and a doctor detailed fields' long history of mental health problems. heather yer's mother cried as she told the jury the impact her ughter's death have having on her family. other victims described the physical andog psychal impact of being hit by the car fields was driving that day. late last week, many of those

. >> the new carrolton amtrak station.hone calls out toal offi as we try to learn exactly what happened. but take alook. here's video at the scene. it shows that heavy policees ce that you mentioned. it also shows a crime scene investigators the amtrak police responded. we did see an investigator walk into the train station. beyond that, we don't know at this point what happened.insi we can tell you, justin finch is working to learn more and just got to the scene. he'll have live reports on this coming up.t you'll wo stay with us here on news 4 today. >> thank you. let's turn now to wtop's jack taylor in for melissa this morning. of e's a lot of trains out new carrolton. new word on impact of service at this point? >> thankfully, what we can report so far is normal service will be on tap this morning. as of yet, not effecting service on

. >>> amtrak is teaming up to create a first-class bag from recycled amtrak leather seats. it is unique featuring small holes and inconsistency and stain >> they are the effort to stop infrastructure from being dumped in the landfill. >>> a woman started a nonprofit to help girls develop leadership skills. >> they are learning how to make products and how to sell products and how to build a business.>> these are my bath salts for christmas. you can hang them on the tree. >> reporter: she started making bath products in january. mont told her it was too expensive to buy them. with the help of a nonprofit, the 10-year-old and dozens of other girls have a venue to showcase creative and business skills. >> we want girls to flex leadership muscles. >> roxanne founded the nonprofit . her daughters may have sold items in demand at school and popular at a farmer quest market. they wanted to help them and girls built a foundation for life skills. >> we want the girls to know they can create an own way and a rope. they create their own destiny from within. >> reporter: the girls ran

orning an this investigation between a crash involving an amtrak train and semitruck in west virginia. the train was traveling to chicago when it crashed into the truck near harper's ferry. the truck stalled on the track as i wascrossing. this is video from the scene. 108 passengers and crew members on board there. the deadly adeno virus outbreak is gettingworse. >> justin finch is live in college park now with more on what the university plans to do about this. justin, good morning. >> so whis stude are away the university is going to have cleaning crews here ons cam in dorms like this one wiping downg disinfecdorms, apartments, suites and this comes after they confirmed some 30 cases, student casesf adenovirus, the cases linked to students that live a inleast 9 on campus dorms as well as off campus housing. itas just last month that an 18-year-old freshman died of adenovirus complications. however the spread of that virus is not linked to mold found in dorms a the virus as some have pected. however they're concerned with cold and flu season in full ing. it's linked to the common col

developing this morning,ven igation into a crash nvolving an amtrak train and semi in west virginia. the train left union station and was traveling to chicago when it crashed into a truck near harper's ferry. the truck stalled out as it was croshe tracks. >> the deadly adeno virus outbreak in college park is getting worse. >> more on what the university plans to dobout this justin, good morning. they confirmed these 30 cases of anedovirus. this comes weeks after an ea 18old freshman died of mplications of adenovirus. this ces after allegations that mold in the dorm was causing the spread of the illness. but testing doesn't show a consistent connection. so right now, the have confirmed that they have an adenovirus strain here on campus. that's a serious illness if you have an deying condition though it's commonly linked to the common cold. so for a person with asthma or diabetes or an immune system compromising disease,ld this c get serious. we'ren flu c andd season. >> justin in college park for us. thank you. >> later this week, access to medical treatment in northeast d.c. will tak

bart, cal train and ace and amtrak on time. bart will be running on special services from 8:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. with extra trains. free service for caltran from 8:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. the last train leaving san francisco at 2:00 a.m. no service for monday and tuesday on new year's day. just take it safe out there. taking a look at the traffic times, not too bad. traffic is light has you work your way autism of the altamont pals. 580, 680 to the interchange. keep in mind there is a wind advisory. this is a live look at the maze. not a lot of cars. coming off of 580, 880, here's a lock at conditions there. we have cars stacked up. still light, about a 15-minute ride. michelle? >>> a couple of championships and a whole lot of hype. the golden state warriors, for 16 years straight they have sold out. that's 311 consecutive sellouts, the fourth largest sellout stroke in the nba. the nba team with the most dallas mavericks. >>> a star studded tribute to arrow that franklin, plus a progress report on the famous new year's eve ball. that's all coming up. first, we want to take a look outsi

i amtraking a high wind watch on sunday, and i'll break down your new year's day weather plan. >>> plus, the fbi looking into one of the president's golf courses. the investigation into undocumented workers and how they got some questionable paperwork. >>> and they were there to cheer on the irish, but something unexpected landed on them. the story behind this picture right here, going viral, when we come back. of the president >>> new at 11:00, an investigation into whether managers at one of the president's golf clubs gave undocumented immigrants fake green cards. the "new york daily news" is reporting that the fbi and new jersey prosecutors are looking into allegations of fraudulent green cards and social security numbers at the trump national golf club in bedminster. this comes after two women claimed they worked there illegally. the women say they came forward because the president's inflammatory comments about undocumented immigrants. >>> the city of lights turned into a city of flames. today, 800 demonstrators took to the streets of paris. numerous cars were set on fire. it is un

it's 4:02 and developing this morning, an investigation into a crash involving an amtrak train and semi in west virginia. that train left union station and was traveling toca c when it crashed near harper's ferry. this videos from the scene. 108 passengers and crew members on board the train. none of them was injured. but because of that, train 874 will leave from brunswick instead of mainsburg. >> a group of registered nurses plans to protest the shutdowntht e hospital. they stopped taking er patients to that hospital and this friday any department that does n support the emergency care center will be closed. the emergency department and services that do support it will stay open through the end ofap l to help patients through the flu season. the hospital says it willo continue provide services at its carroll manor center. >> the number of sick students has jumped to 30. lade month a s that lived on campus died from complications from the virus. adenoviruss are common causes of colds, but some strains cause more serious illnesses. ey belief the mold issue in the dorms is connected to t

look at amtrak could the government took over train company, big train company. there used to be a lot of little train companies are now most of them are gone. >> and amtrak has never made a profit, david and every year. >> we pay for it. >> that's exactly what you see when government gets to the business of manufacturing drugs. you call a democratic socialist. but this is socialism writ large. >> drugs reduce the cost of the health care system. they don't increase it. when you have a drug that can take the place of very expensive treatment and keep people out of hospitals, drugs are the biggest favor of health care costs and they save lives. but, i have any sort of epilepsy. my daughter would give up everything she has for a cure for epilepsy. why would it want to do anything to slow the race for the cure? >> agree with you completely that the transparency within the system is just failing. the fact that the commercials now are going to put the list price on them. what is that even tell me? the list price means nothing to me. why is it so complicated in this cou

major problems for amtrak travellers. >> a power outage at union station created problems there. >> of all the times, all the folks trying to get home for christmas. minimal power has been restored and trains are starting to resume services, but dozens of passengers spent hours stuffed on a train outside of union station. ssengers were able to see union station and the platforms, but they were not allowed to get off. one of those passengers was ann thompson. she posted updates throughout the ordeal. >> it's 1:11:00 a.m. it's still raining and we're still stuck. >> i'm tolde are just five minutes from union station. so far we have been waiting an hour and 15 minutes to get oere. >> that first was around 1:00 in the morning. anne tweeted this out, finally freed at 2:52 a.m. so almost 3:00 in the morning g mo. we'll be updating you as we learn more about what has thhappen. >> a nightmare for commuters. all of this rain. it a messy making and slow ride for millions of holiday travellers and it's not. do the wet weather is expected to continue through early tomorrow morning. the showers cou

amtrak is saying poweras knocked out after 11:00 last night. we are seeing a problem with one of the trains that services dwi marshall. we'll update you as we learn more. >> we'll get more updates in a moment from dave who is in for melissa this morning. >> but first to chuck bell. we're in the weather alert mode again here. ide now.tty warm ou >> man, oh, man, you'd never guess that the winter solstice is an hour from now.ha tomorrows good news. but for right now flood watches or most of the area this mornin it is all moving in our direction. you'll absolutely positively need your umbrella today. rain likely to continue off and on in spits and starts betwe now a midnight tonight. a huge range of temperatures. mid 30s in the west virginia mountains. mid 60s in souther maryland this morning. so a wide range. plan on a mild and rainyay today. temperatures in the low 60s for most of the d.c. metro area all afutrnoon. more ahe chilly changes for the weekend coming up. good morning. >> good morning. an the result o all of that rain, spin outs onramp

a power outage on amtrak's new york to d.c. line trapped riders for hours overnight, including our own ann thompson. >> i am told we're five minutes from union station, and we've been waiting an hour and 15 minutes to get there. >> reporter: in places coast-to-coast, a slow ride with christmas fast approaching. right now new york and boston's airports are experiencing the most delays and that is rippling across the country. travel conditions are expected to improve tomorrow. lester? >> all right, gabe. >>> let's get to al roker, what's the latest on the threat? >> we have heavy rain appalachians and that will make its way east, as well. the storm system is moving out quickly, that's the good news. flood threat tonight. the rain leaves early saturday with high winds still behind it but today is the first day of winter, lester, and look at this, from boston to allentown, record-setting temperatures but you know that's not going to last. back to you. >> never does. all right, al roker. thank you. s>> it's been two ce wildfires rav

amtrak offering changes. let's get to rob marciano, tracking it all. several states will be affected this weekend. >> reporter: absolutely. you saw what it did to california and now it's moving to the eastern cold air. and the flood threat in texas is for real. the flood watch up for there and louisiana. and winter storm warnings posted for north carolina. heavy rain across houston. and austin, san antonio, 3 to 5 inches overnight. it should move out quickly, but i think we'll see some flooding. down i-10 tomorrow through new orleans, and pensacola, south of atlanta. owcosee 2 inches just ide ryo >>> next to the breaking news from charlottesville, virginia. there is a verdict in the trial of a man who drove his car into counter protesters. killing a young woman. erielle reshef with the verdict. >> reporter: tonight, that guilty verdict for the man who plowed his car into a crowd at a unite the right rally in charlottesville, killing one woman and injuring nearly three dozen. james fields, convicted of first degree murder in the death of 32-year-old hea

dollars plan would include congress three directing two hundred billion dollars of federal funds to amtrak and transit programs over the next ten years while calling for millions of dollars to come from cities states and the private sector the downside is that public private partnerships usually work and urban areas but require projects that generate money like toll roads and airports now only thirty five states allow that democratic congressman and ranking member on the house transportation committee peter de fazio believes trump's and friends structure plan will fall apart if there isn't any substantial federal funding adding quote cutting other already underfunded transportation programs to fund a new program is not going to happen experts believe the likelihood of congress focusing on infrastructure this year is slim to none and washington eisley banks are. time for a brief pause but hang here because when we return we'll look at the all important electrical grid and as we go to break here's a quiz question for you how many cars trucks buses motorcycles and other vehicles are there in

dozens of passengers were stuck on an amtrak acelan. tr there was no power on the platform. passengers were able to see the platform but they couldn't get off the tra for more than three hours.tr am said a feeder was tripped, knocking power out. >>> developingight now, the clock is ticking for lawmakers to agree on ag spendill to keep the government running. part of the federal government could shut down at midnight if congress doesn't passge a b the president will sign. he's meeting wh republican lawmakers right now to try and come up with some solution before t holidays. >> reporter: stalemate with less than 24 to go. h thse just passed a temporary budget through february 8th. >> the motion is adopted withou. object >> reporter: that includes $5 billion for the presidens border wall. democrat nancy pelosi said that would never happen she was wrong. "nancy does not have to be right." the senate as version include f no money the wall. >> any measure that funds the governme must include border security. >> you are in charge of the house, senate and white house, get a grip and

amtrak plans to install a new track and rebuild a platform on level.er it's currently a storageac a federall pay for this project. it will allow more people travel through union station. the new track is set to open in 2020. >> ll, we're just a week away from christmas now. the salvation army's angel tree program is helping thousands of children in need in the region. >> organizers held a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning in blatansberg and mette green talked to volunteers who are sharing the christmas spirit. >> reporter: hundreds and hundreds of bikes, around 1,500, i belie. we're ready to give these away. it's angle tree pick up day here at the salvation armywa house. kathy is one of about the 100 volunteers that will come in. they're trying to get families in and out to pick up all of t thess going across the dmv. look wns is joining us, redski superstar santana moss. thank you for joining your 89 ways to giveio found with the salvation army this year. >> it's a great way to give. a bunch of my friend are going to come come out and help. i adopted ten angels. i'o ecstatic t see them

. >> joe biden said wait an amtrak minute here.to be president he said. >> tucker: i don't know what sis-gender means. that's the first and last time i will use the term. you are right. question number 2. politicians come up with excuses for their short comings. this week the best on record. which not so bright democratic senator said that her party has problems relating to americans because they are just too smart? >> oh! >> the democratic party is just unsmart from this unsmart senator. >> is it maisy who is too smart? >> tucker: asked what democrats must do. risked it all. >> democrats know so much. that is true. we have to tell everybody how smart we are. >> tucker: you know when you know too much. >> i have to tell everyone how smart i am. >> me too! >> tucker: the national game show commission required that the remaining 3 questions be food related in honor of the holiday season. question 3, millennials are blamed for killing off which canned food product because they don't ike using can openers? >> do we get multiple choice.

or is amtrak diswroa on the joeg track. >> i feel for biden, he has voter fatigue from hillary and creepym bill. they should, to your ncaa analogy, let them bring out their special kills. >> he is not allowed to drive. but, i think it will be a free-for-all. this benefits an outsider. kennedy: we hear up to 40 people could run on democrat side. >> how do you narrow that. >> we thought 2016 that 17 -- aren't side orepublican side wa. that a lot. >> lincoln chaffey still saying. how did i -- >> kennedy: everyone thinks that trump is so dumb and awful. >> so crazy with 18 person primary. >> a debate stage with 4 dozen people. >> we'll nom nigh nominate 3 gue hundreds. >> i feel bad for biden, a guy he worked with for years and years is turning on him for o'rourke. they say, if you want a friend u get a dog. >> the guy in his 40s media en adores him. >> i understood it, i realize there was fatigue after a two term republican president. i understand that. good guys. great person tality. >> he is rocky 1. by in court of public opinion he won by losing he kept it close, now he is seen -- >> trop

. >>> amtrak is getting into the luxury goods business and has teamed up with people for urban progress to create a first- class bag. there it is. it is made from leather seats that are recycled. they feature small holes and even stain >> the cost of the bags range from $75 to $435. >> okay. >>> let's look at traffic. >> i draw the line at stains. i was out after i heard that. >> good morning. what do we have on tap? the gilroy commute. thank you for asking. 101 into the area, you can see it looks good. this is a good time for the gilroy commute. they're getting up to san jose gets busier but it looks good into the silica and valley and continues to be on 280 in san jose. in east bay, it is getting crowded at that toll plaza yesterday, it was wet and rainy and now it is mostly dry on the roads. >>> we will start in the north where the coldest temperatures are. there is clear skies to the south and 32. healdsburg is 39 and raven is 35 . granville is in the 30s. coat valley is 33. there is one observation. the rain? we get a break for about three days. will not be a big system. santa rosa

transportation gaunlet full of big rigs coming and going around the clock and regularly scheduled amtrak trains sot kaval/oakland a's president: "well certainly transportation has been a big concern at the howard site and we have a mutli-faceted approach addressing that. one facet that people know is the gondola. the aerial tram which is something that we are including">the a's have entered an exclusive negotiation agreement with the port of oakland for the howard terminal. alameda county and the city of ners of the current sitesotsotwhile that is being sorted out, one thing that is not under negotiation is who is paying for thissottarget date for first p