. >> adam, you also talked to the attorney representing carol glover's family. what's his take on this? >> reporter: his take is simply that metro isn't doing what it needs to do to maintain the system. patrick reagan told us that today. take a listen. >> that's absolutely the top of the list to see what just preventive maintenance they were doing. they were apparently, from what we have been told by our experts, they were just ignoring it. they weren't doing any preventive maintenance. >> reporter: yeah, so he says that this was an incident that simply could have been prevent f ed from the top to the bottom. 41-year-old carol glover never would have died. he's waiting to get his lawsuit started. he just needs this ntsb hearing to wrap up for probable cause. >> in light of this hearing, do you expect metro out and make any immediate fixes? >> reporter: so what happens, pat, when the ntsb does these hearings is they usually make safety recommendations right in on the hearing. what metro has to determine is how they're going to go about and fix those things that t

. >> they said the probable cause of the smoke incident in 2015 that killed carol glover and ajured others anwas prolonged short-circuit. >> my first reaction is for the family and victims. clearly, it challenges we are up against. procedure is to stop trains during reports of smoke and that did not happen last january, adding that trains ran through the station for more than 30 minutes. instead, they did a routine response and they pulled the theate -- they told operator of the trained to look for smoke. if the operator says they see something that did not seem offloadhat we do is we the train and the next operator goes by to see if there is anything. >> today, they are fixing what says is a lacking safety culture. >> if they had stopped all the beens, 302 would not have trapped in the tunnel. trains, the spokesperson for the metro said that is not a policy and that the policy has not changed. they touted a new sheriff in town and spoke about the general manager. safety saw a new chief officer who will join metro on may 9. reporting live, brianne carter. now closhe polls are ed and ted cr

carol glover died in that incident. during today's hear going, the ntsb will address faulty he is lags around power cables. coming up, kristin wright will explain what metro is doing right now to make their communications work in case of another smoke emergency. >>> if you take marc's brunswick line, you're in for another tough morning. service is still impacted by sunday's csx train derailment in northeast. only three trains are operating on the line this morning. all trains will stop at silver spring and passengers will have to transport to metro. today crews will work to totally clear the mangled railcars. >>> voters in indiana go to the polls today. they control 57 republican can delegates and 92 democratic delegates. this is an open primary, so independents can go to the polls, too. today's gop primary is winner takes all. senator bernie sanders has a shot at winning today's democratic premie area. he's nearly tied with hillary clinton this our nbc maris "wall street journal" poll from sunday. a win from sanders to

the ntsb report says that if metro had stopped all the trains at the first report of smoke, carol glover might have survived. that is actually metro protocol. according to this report. but it was not followed on that day in january. nearly 100 other passengers were hospitalized, when smoke filled that metro tunnel up near l'enfant plaza january 2015. other problems are electrical issues at the station. and officials learned the smoke detector close to the arking piece of equipment was not working. >>> someone plunged a knife into a man's upper body and dc police are trying to find out who did it. this is the scene just before 7:00 this morning on galveston street. just east of mlk avenue. in southwest. police say the stabbing was inside an apartment building there. at last check, the victim was unconscious. the suspect or motive has not been identified. the investigation is continuing right now. >>> it turns out, that the u.s. navy seal in iraq was the grandson of a notorious financier charles keating iv, died while helping the peshmerga forces fight militants in iraq. 391-year-old is th

exactly what caused last year's deadly smoke event at the l'enfant plaza metro station. 61-year-old carol gloverb will address faultily insulation around power cables. and they will also talk about poor communication and lack of proper protocol during the la plant incident. this week metro will decide to fully staff a fire liaison 24 hours a day to help with fire situations on the rails. and this morning crews will continue to work to clear the damaged rail cars from sunday's csx train derailment. surveillance video captured the moment the cars crashed in to one another near the rhode island metro station in northeast d.c. csx says they have removed the chemicals that leaked as a result of the derailment. today he wieleanor holmes

exactly what caused last year's deadly smoke event at the l'enfant plaza metro station. 61-year-old carol glover died. incident. during today's hearing, the ntsb will address faultily insulation around power cables. and they will also talk about poor communication and lack of proper protocol during the la plant incident. this week metro will decide to fully staff a fire liaison 24 hours a day to help with fire situations on the rails. and this morning crews will continue to work to clear the damaged rail cars from sunday's csx train derailment. surveillance video captured the moment the cars crashed in to one another near the rhode island metro station in northeast d.c. csx says they have removed the chemicals that leaked as a result of the derailment. today he wieleanor holmes address the impact the chemicals could have. >>> let's get you caught up on 4 things to know about the forecast. >> a very stormy monday night turned into a far more tranquil tuesday morning. what you need to know about the weather, number one thing, the severe weather threat is over. rain chances remain very, very high.

this was real life consequences that they were talked about 61 year old carol glover died il that incidentrain that day dr. lillian pitch.dr she was one of the passengers on train 302. she told us she had to leave this hearing today because she became so emotional. so am people were affected. i can recall it like it was yesterday. it's something that i would not want anyone to experience and i hope that we all of the victims, all of us can pull through this. and continue on with our lives with our families. > the probable cause of the 2015 incident is one by now is familiar to metro riders. an electric connector like thiss one became corroded from constant water leaks. that prolonged an electrical short filling the l'enfant plaza station with sme. release video from the very typy of fire from february that tookk place at mcphearson square. that fire led to that one-day metro safety shutdown.hutd there was a long list of problems in these findings and 33 recommendations.ecom ventilation systems that weren'n used right, masstive communication problems that tha prevented first responders pres

should hear the definitive cause of the deadly smoke incident here at l'enfant plaza. 61-year-old carol glover died in that incident. she was an alexandria resident. during the hearing ntsb is going to lay out a host of issues. things like faulty power cables, problems with communication, a lack of following the proper procedures. metro took an important step today. they actually fully staffed a fire liaison position 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. there's a new step they have taken. metro's new chief safety officer is going to be present at that ntsb hearing. we're going to be following all of the developments for you all day long, bring you any updates as they become available. at l'enfant plaza, adam tuss. >>> millions of people in the south are cleaning up after a weekend of deadly storms. six people died in flooding in texas, including four children and their great grandmother. a kentucky man drowned after he left his house to get something out of his truck. he was swept away in a flash flood from storms. in louisiana, neighbors are helping neighbors after flash floods hit the city of lake

. >> reporter: attorney patrick reagan represents the family of carol glover. glover, an alexandria resident, died when her yellow line train was consumed with smoke on that day. her sister talked to news4 after she heard someone died on that train. >> i said, wow, someone's family member will not be coming home to them tonight. >> reporter: in fact, it was her sister. in everything the attorney studied about the accident, metro wasn't taking care of its system. >> that's absolutely at the top of the list to see just what preventive maintenance they were doing. they were apparently, from what we have been told by our experts, they were just ignoring it. they weren't doing any preventive maintenance. >> reporter: he's anxious to get his lawsuit going, but ca the ntsb is expected to deliver numerous safety recommendations. the biggest issue is fans that were supposed to push the smoke away weren't used properly. here on the system today, a lot of riders still on edge. >> do you ever worry about your safety on metro? >> sure. i mean, i've come in here some morning

cables, water issues have all been talked about as major factors that contributed. 61-year-old carol gloveralexandria 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 no

of course 61-year-old carol glover died in that incident. smoke overwhelmed her train.oday the whole host of issues including faulty power cables, poor communication and lack of following the proper procedures. we'll follow all of it for you all day long and bring you any update as they're veil. adam tuss, news 4. >>> police in prince george's county are working to find a suspect and motive in a deadly shooting. officers say someone shot a man multiple times yesterday afternoon. chopper 4 flew over the scene on general la fayette boulevard in brandywine. officers are asking community members to come forward if they have any information that can help close the investigation. > former stafford county school board member could be going on to jail for emilital lon was indicted on embezzlement. the freelance star reports fallon is accused of embezzling money while pto president. she resigned from the school >>> 6:15. it's not your typical heist. usually thieves are interested in cash or jewels or electronics. but police in nonry counmontgom are now looking for a bathtub. >>

sixty-one year old carol glover lost her life because of that train incident, on board that train she was sitting on 302 was another woman, a woman named doctor lillian pits. now, she was listening to all of this today, and finally had to get up and walk out that far hearing room. she said at one point it just became too emotional to listen to. >> so many people were affected, i can recall it like yesterday, like it was yesterday, fresh in my mind. it is something i would not want anyone to experience, and i hope that we all, all of the victims, all of us, can pull through this ankle continue on with our lives with our family. >> well the probable cause of this 2015 incident is one that's by now familiar to metro passengers. an electrical connector like this one became corroded from constant water leaks. ntsb says prolonged electrical shortage filled the last with smoke today for the first time ntsb also released video from the same type of fire, back in february, at the mcpherson square station. that led to the one day metro safety shutdown. again, there was a long list of findings a

that is what carol glover's family attorney is saying tonight. the ntsb fifers had to release the report about it. now he expects attorneys on both sides to meet with a depositions could begin as early as next month. the report did not specifically say what was in the smoke that killed glover. metro has been the focus of several federal hearings of late. but today, it was the district's delegate to congress calling for change. this was with c.s.x. after this week's derailment in northeast. richard reeve live in southwest with the new develop developments today. rich? rich: lawsuits are talk about the derailment. the federal railroad administration is now in charge of the investigation. it could take as long as a year. there is talk of new tougher oversight in d.c. c.s.x. continues here, the cause of sunday's derailment remains under investigation. of the 16 cars that derailed three contain hazardous materials. >> we were concerned that ethanol was one of the substances being carried. ethanol is both flammable and explosive. >> congresswoman elean

brianne: patrick reagan the lawyer representing the family of carol glover, the woman who died in the smoke incident in l'enfant plaza in january of 2015 speaking to us tonight. after the ntsb issued more than 30 recommendations for not only metro but other agencies here in this city. he said he was looking for information specifically related to what was in that smoke that filled not only the tunnel but the train. while t mr. reagan says the report is still a positive step. he said until the report was issued, the law preventing him from moving forward in this case and now he expects that all the lawyers in the case will be able to meet with a judge in a matter of days. he says then depositions could begin as early as next month. he said until the ntsb investigation was finished and the report was,, issued, they were prohibited from doing that. glover son filed a lawsuit against the transit agency. their lawyer again today saying the goal is to make metro safer. >> we are hopeful. the problem has been that safety was a last priority and not the first priority. the new head of metro i

carol glover died in that incident.tsb will address faulty insulation around power cables on the track. follow us on twitter for updates. >>> the caps have tomorrow circled in red after losing to the pittsburgh penguins. the team squared off last night in game three of round two of the stanley cup playoffs in pittsburgh. they're now up two games to one. the teams face off again tomorrow night in pittsburgh before they head back to washington. >>> much better commute, inner loop and outer loop at georgia avenue. this is as good as it's looked all morning long. those delays are dissolving this morning. 270 south going 40 miles per hour there. 295 southbound still slow because of water pooling in the roadway. >> melissa, thank you. >>> your forecast is nex >>> fortunately all the severe weather from last night is a thing of the past. no severe weather in the forecast for today. there are rain chances, already light rain in and around the metro area. more rain to our south. temperatures are mostly in the rain-cooled low 60s

carol glover died in that incident. >>> we have a traffic alert to tell you about this morning.pe 5 k is closing some major streets across the area today. today a look, streets around fleem plaza, pennsylvania avenue between 12th and 14th and as well as 13th between e and pennsylvania all shut down. the streets will be back open between noon and 1:00 this and as the caps continue their quest for the cup, you might have noticed people like the guy right next to me, he's been on the quest for the perfect playoff beard and you may have also noticed that a few of the news # men are not saving at all until the caps playoff run comes to an end. >> not sure perfect beard and my face will ever go together 37. >> it looks good. >> coming in in spots. but in honor of the beard, jason pugh asked the players to give us some pointers. >> 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 t

the probable cause of the deadly smoke incident at the l'enfant plaza metro station. 61-year old carol gloveron january 15 when smoke filled the meter tunnel and trains. the board meeting is set for 9:30. our transportation reporter brie an carter will be there. your commute on mark still a mess following sunday morning derailment in northeast. crews tell abc news it will be several days before the rails are back to normal. the brunswick line is only running 3 trains in the morning and 3 in theve for you on our website. wjla.com, key word commute. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a terrific tuesday. ♪ it's time to get the chains out ♪ >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. inside the super bowl of fashion. beyonce dazzling in peach. seine and gigi rocking the red carpet. katy perry looking fierce and check out this guy in his tux. >> ten minutes. >> no. >> it took me ten minutes. >> behind the scenes getting super ready with supermodel miranda kerr and what madonna told us on the red carpet. >>> a new battle for hulk hog

all the failings that led to tho death of carol glover, a a 61-year-old grandmother from alexandria january2th 2015. pretty much underground where we are here.are her this was yellow line train thatt was heading south out of the t l'efant plaza metro station. sti not far from here. there was according to investigations and the ntsb hearings last june, that thisths was an electrical issue, a firee that started an arcing insulatol along the third rail.l that smoke was sent into the io tunnel.tu and because some of the passengers fled the train self evacuated they say that metro shut down power to the third t rail which stranded the trainhet inside the tunnel.l. and miss glover and some 99 99 other passengers were sickene she died overcome with the the smoke, the terror of being and side a smoke filled dark trappep train underground for upwards of half hour.ou the investigation revealed thatt there were communication issuese between the firefighters, thes,t first responders, firsters, responders underground and metro transit police, that there was a ventilation system that may have malfunction

not far from where carol glover died on the train leaving la front plaza metro station in the afternoon of january 12 of 2015. and miss glover 61 years old died and scores of other metro riders on that train were sick eped when smoke filled the train which remained stuck in the tunnel more than half an hour. ntsb held hearings last summer during which many factors were cited as contribute together chaos and it appears to have about electrical fire and arching insulator happened since then. some passengers fled the train which led metro to turn off pow tort third rail which basically stranded the train in the tunnel. it was not able the platform to let everybody else get off. first responders also had communication issues. there were vent problems with ventilation system getting smoke out of tunnel since then federal investigators have taken over safety factors for metro and there's federal oversight of safety and ntsb clearly makes some recommendations and "washington post" says there's no urgent recommendations but one former ntsb board member who i interviewed in the past says it's al

pits gotly feeling sheit was watching a rerun of what shs went that was herself the night carol glovercaught up with her.up with hr she had to leave the hearingearg because she emotional not takeok it. i'd like to listen to what she said about this.. >> i just heard, um, the event.e it like like it was i can hear the women screaming, crying, screaming for help and i remember seeing the wall of smoke.ok it was dramatic. was dramati i couldn't sit in there and a watch it. >> all right. none of us are clinicallycall trained.aid. but clearly that shows some post traumatic stress still in herer over a year since that incidentn that is a mindset of a lot of al the passengers that get on youru trains every day. d where are they at with this as i far as their sense that they'ree not going to lose their livesirl when they step on train or windd up with these images she has ini her head or god for bid somebodm who loses their life like coralc glover when we continue to havev these incidents day after day seemingly. >> right.>> that is, um, you know, i mean im it's terrible obviously to see that