we are expected to hear from the chairman of the ntsb as well as the ramada board and jonathan rogers was a passenger on board that train who tried to save the life of carol glover. as we know now, she was 61 years old and lost her life on that smoke-filled train last month. today the house government oversight committee will learn more about the tragic timeline of events and what metro is doing right now to keep riders safe and to prevent another situation like that from happening again. investigators found metro made the smoke incident last month even worse by turning on fans that blew the toxic smoke instead of fresh air directly into that train trapping the folks in that smoke-filled train for some time. now, is the ventilation problem just a small sign of a much bigger safety issue on metro? that is one of the questions that we'll be -- that will be asked today. coming up at 6:30, i'll tell who you is asking that question and the answers they are demanding. i'll see you in a half-hour. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, delia, live on capitol hill this morning. >>> the nati

. >> reporter: jonathan rogers' voice broke as he recounted the terror of being trap underground while his fellow metro passengers collapsed around him. >> other passengers laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> reporter: we also just learned there was a smoke alarm sounding right next to the arcing wires in the tunnel sounding long minutes before the train even left the station and entered the tunnel and metro's control center allowed the train to head into the smoke with hundreds of passengers on board. >> to what extent are those alarms apparent in the control center and how do they react when they see a smoke alarm in front of a train? >> reporter: metro's board clair is calling for an outside -- chair is calling for an outside audit of metro's control center. >> i think it will deserve an outside look to give us advice about what we have. >> reporter: the ntsb says that metro still has no way of pinpointing the precise location of heavy smoke in its tunnels. in d.c. bruce leshan, wusa9. >>> look at this surveillance video closely. the loudoun county sheriff's office said that fellow

resident jonathan rogers he was on the smoke-filled train, video taped part of what was happening and even gave cpr to the virginia woman who later died. >> in a photo i believed to be the last i took before giving cpr to ms. glover -- sorry -- other passengers are laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> the hearing is the latest in the series of ongoing federal and local probes looking into the cause of the january 12th incident near the l'enfant plaza metro stop. >>> this just in to our newsroom video of a fire tearing through a home in clinton, maryland. that fire is out now, but three adults have been forced out of the home. nobody was injured here. >>> also new at 11:00 tonight, several people including some kids face charges tonight in connection with a string of carjackings in the district. >> chris lawrence caught up with one victim tonight who was hit more thanonce. >> reporter: the car thief got caught but not before teaching one capitol hill family a tough lesson. >> you know kicking myself as much as i am applauding d.c. police. >> reporter: one of the victims told news 4 wha

. >> that is testimony from an emotional jonathan rogers who was a passenger on that fateful day last month and tried to save the woman who ultimately died. >> before giving c.p.r. to miss glover sorry, other passengers laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> he's part of a congressional hearing today as metro comes under more scrutiny for how it handled the deadly electrical arcing incident. >> there is a troubling pattern where d.c. fire and rescue appear to be repeating past mistakes. >> some members of congress on capitol hill have been very critical over the last several weeks. today, they aren't holding back. >> you're telling us that now it does work. and it's been tested? >> there's now a regular process of testing by the -- >> does it work? >> things have been identified that need fixing are being fixed or have been fixed. >> just this week the ntsb issued preliminary findings showing that the large fans inside the tunnel at the l'enfant plaza metro station were not working properly. >> you weren't sure that there were passengers on the train. is that correct? >> yeah, at the ti

jonathan rogers was on the train and and gave cpr to a virginia woman who later died. >> in a photo i believe to be the last i took before giving cpr to miss glover -- sorry. other passengers are laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> the hearing is the latest in a string of ongoing federal and local probes looking into the cause of the january 12th incident near the plaza metro stop. >> ray rice is asking for forgiveness from his fans for what he said was a horrible mistake ahead of the one-year mark since the domestic violence charge. in a statement posted on his facebook page he said he is sore for letting down the fan who is look up to him. there is no excuse for domestic violence. he is charged for assaulting his then fiance jenay palmer. they showed him punching palmner an elevator. >> you know what today is. it's valentine's day and even though it's a saturday the marriage bureau will be open. the court will perform 14 weddings that will start around 9:00 this morning. i want to send congratulations to the happy couples. you might want to bundle up. >> an effort to protect houses

resident jonathan rogers who was on the train and videotaped part of it and gave cpr to a woman who later died. >> in a photo believed to be the last i took before giving cpr to miss glover -- sorry. other passengers were laying on the ground at 3 tiny tiny 39 p.m. >> it's the latest in a string of ongoing and federal probes looking into the cause of the incident near the metro stop. >> reverend al sharpton will join a leader to call upon the justice department to look into the murders of three muslims as a hate crime. he is charged with shooting and killing three muslims in chapel hill. they found 12 guns and a large stash of ammunition in his home. president obama condemned the killings and the fbi said they are opening up an investigation. >> the first openly bisexual governor is set to take office on wednesday. kate brown will take the oath of office when oregon governor steps down resigning amid a scandal with his fiance. he maintained they worked hard to avoid conflicts between her public and private roles. >> the military says yes to hormone therapy and no to growing long hair. che

resident jonathan rogers was on that smoke-filled train. videotaped part of it and actually gave cpr to the virginia woman who later died. >> in a foetphoto i believe to be the last i took before giving cpr to ms. glover. sorry. other passengers laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> not much new information expected to come out of this. this was more about congress getting its turn to put the transit agency on notice. in fact congressman gerry connolly of virginia was among the first to lash out about sdisht sis sdish ancy deficiencies not working than fateful day. during part of the ntsb investigation still underway the public will get its chance to weigh in at two hearings coming up in june. back to you. >> thanks. >>> a man walking his dog found what appears to be human remains. the remains were found in a wooded area along zahara court in alexandria that section of fairfax county. this happened yesterday. the second time in a week human remains were found in that county. someone spotted remains in herndon on sunday. >>> today marion barr

a man named jonathan rogers is also scheduled to testify. he was one of the passengers who posted a series of alarming photos from inside that smoky train car near l'enfant plaza. keep your phone handy. the nbc washington app will send push alerts with any new developments from today's hearing. >>> maryland lawmakers are smeting a fewsmet ing a submitting a new bills based on recommendations from the economic development business climate commission p one plan is to restructure agencies under a secretary of commerce another bill creates an apprentice ship program for create job opportunities for young people. >>> well, the time is 5:06. while high school graduation rates are rising in some parts of the country the concerning distinction d.c. students have this morning. florida and >>> and if you're waiting in the cold, make sure you're prepared. tom is tracking your windchills. and if you think we have it bad here, wait until you hear what our neighbors in the northeast are expecting again. >>> a majority of americans want president obama fig

and a man named jonathan rogers. the passenger from d.c. who posted a series of alarming photos from inside that smoky train car january 12th. one footnote -- the subcommittee investigating metro tomorrow has no d.c. area members of congress on that panel. congressional staffers tell me the committee is likely to let some at least one local member of congress join the hearing anyhow. so they too, can question the executives. doreen? >> thank you, scott mcfarlane. >>> a developing story in ukraine tonight where a cease-fire deal has been reached after 16 hours of negotiation. but there are many doubts that the agreement with russia will hold. the deal calls for a cease-fire beginning on sunday with heavy weapons pulled out of eastern ukraine within two weeks. tonight, though there is still disagreement over the status of a key town under rebel siege and whether rebel groups will be given autonomy. >>> the senate today voted to confirm ashton carter as the new secretary of defense. the vote was overwhelming. 93-5. carter's first pressing prio

jonathan rogers tried to save the life of carolyn glover as their subway car filled with smoke and she was overcome. today before a house subcommittee even as he calmly narrated pictures he took of the incident, he welled up. >> in a photo to be i believe the last i took before giving cpr to miss glover -- sorry -- >> reporter: a federal investigation is ongoing, but preliminary findings so far point to reoccurring issues in the metro incidents. first responders' radios that don't work underground. lawmakers were openly frustrated. >> i can think of nothing worse than being smoked to death underground in a subway. >> i looked at some of the questions and answers with 2009 and some of the same things were said back then. we're going to do training. we're going to do this do that. and yet here we are some six years later and the same thing happened. >> reporter: there was more information about why d.c. fire and ems radios didn't work. d.c.'s assistant fire chief says that metro controlled equipment designed to boost radio signals in the tunnels wasn't working. >> however, all communicat

jonathan rogers fought back tears as he described a frightening and painful event. and his struggle to save 61-year-old carol glover. >> before giving c.p.r. to miss glover, sorry. other passengers were laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> january 12th, public confidence in metro was shaken once again. >> this week, the national transportation safety board stated the fans designed to whisk smoke out of the tunnel actually sent smoke swirling toward the halted train. while the operator kept the train's fans on sucking smoke into the cars. >> there is a troubling trend where they seem to be repeating past mistakes. >> now members of this house committee said that this most recent incident is a wake-up call for metro. reporting live stephen tschida, abc 7 news. >> stephen in just the last half-hour, word from metro about some new decals that are going up on the rail cars. metro tweeted out this picture, it shows the signs on the exterior of the cars now. they're designed to help firefighters identify the train doors. they can be opened from the outside without a key. a

jonathan rogers walked the committee through photos he took as he waded through the emotion. >> in a photo i believe to be the last i took before giving cpr to miss glover -- sorry -- >> reporter: referring to the lone victim who died in the january 12th incident. some committee members were getting their first initial firsthand accounts of the incident that day, but others like virginia congressman don beyer told him about how a constituent wrote about how he got himself and his sons out. >> they pulled the doors open. using flashlights from their cell phones they crept through the smoky tunnel to the platform at l'enphant plaza. >> reporter: reportedly there was no help for them once they got there. it's one of the things the ntsb will look at this summer when the agency holds public hearings. no findings of probable cause are expected before then. coming up on news4 at 5:00 lawmakers' frustrations over having been down this road or rail before. derrick ward news4. >>> a man is dead after a shoot-out with d.c. police today. investigators say it may be -- he may be the one who pulle

. >> reporter: jonathan rogers' voice broke as he recounted the terror of being trapped underground while his fellow metro passengers collapse around him. >> other passengers are laying on the ground at 3:39 p.m. >> reporter: newly released 911 calls show just how hard it was for the trapped passengers to get help. >> we need everybody to come together to help us. >> okay. this is d.c. police, sir. you are in arlington. >> reporter: one caller is passed off to arlington. >> mold on, sir. are you -- hold on, sir. are you on the metro? >> yes. >> oak. give me one second. -- okay. give me one second. i'm going to transfer you to the metro police department, okay? >> reporter: and then passed off again. d.c. operators were still confused when someone else called. >> are you still in d.c.? >> we're outside l'enfant plaza in the tunnel. >> how is it possible after 14 years and hundreds of millions? i assure you, mr. mills, it's in the hundreds. >> reporter: we also have just learned from the ntsb that there was a smoke alarm sounding right next to the arcing wires in the tunnel, sounding long m

wayne rogers jonathan, michelle field and juan williams. >> a colossal contradiction on capitol hill. take a look at this split scream. president obama refuse to go meet with the leader of israel when he comes here next month, but his state department did have time to meet with sympathizers of the muslim brotherhood. listen. >> members of muslim brothers were in town and two days ago they had meetings in this building. >> well, state department officials recently met with a jup of visiting egyptian former parliament arians whose visit was org miced and funded by georgetown university. such meetings are fairly routine at the state department we regularly meet with political party leaders from across the world. >> michelle are their priorities mixed up and are they putting us in danger? theel he' meet with friends of muslim brotherhood but not netanyahu. >> they will not meet with our biggest ally at a time when terrorists are trying to can i go us. we are at war with terrorists they just killed innocent people in paris yet they will meet with the muslim brotherhood sympathizers of the

our "cashin' in" crew jane rogers jonathan row begin, juan williams and lisa booth. mall of america on high alert, busting jihadists in brooklyn. why the mixed signals? >> you're absolutely right. there are mixed signals from this administration but that's what happens when you have an administration that's whose foreign policy is being dictated by incompetency. it's putting our security and economy at risk. what do you expect when you have an administration who thinks that global warming is a bigger threat than terrorism or who wants to find terrorists jobs. instead of criticizing christians and criticizing conservatives what this administration should do is be honest about the real threat and that threat is from radical islamic extremists. >> wayne, the director clapper and fbi director both said these are very very dangerous times right now. yet your president obama and we just heard secretary of state kerry saying no things aren't that bad. >> well eric to say that they are wrong is the easy to say and they are. i mean at one point they said sovereign extremists

are too many people to thank, but i would be remiss if i did not mention jonathan, stephanie, matt, claude marcus, marcus, roger, jim joe and michael but i also must thank think two people in my office especially. louis for always being that eagle eye attorney and rebecca who worked days on end to see that night was right. i thank you very much. last but not least i would like to thank you, the american people. more than 4 million of you wait in. thank you for your amazing role in framing this historic order today because of your efforts we are better able to allow millions of americans to tell there stories, to reach their potential and to realize the american ideal. thank you very much. >> thank you, commissioner. [applause] thank you for your leadership on this recognizing that, as mr. lewis said, every voice matters. commissioner jessica rosenworcel. >> there has been a little noise on the way to this decision today. i we will do something radical i we will be brief. our internet economy is the envy of the world. we invented it. the applications began right here on our shores. the broadband below us and the