one day before, nass tweeted their upcoming plans. you, me, handle of brunettes and some form of public transportation. >> this should be an exciting time for students to come back to school, but the loss of elizabeth is tragic. >> on the jmu campus, a sign hangs at nass's store sorority house. >> she was a interdisciplinary studies major. in harrisonburg, virginia. 9news now. >> we have much more on the lives of elizabeth nass and rose mayr on 9news.com. >>> in honor of a prince georges county police officer killed in the line of duty. tonight, one of the people inside the car that officer was pursuing is under arrest. bruce leshan is following the investigation joining us live now from beltsville with more on the story. bruce. >> reporter: yeah, derek. this prince georges county police station is in mourning tonight. you can see the officers here putting black bunting on the police cruiser right there. sasheses tell us that the suspect here is 24-year-old kenneth mitchell of laurel, maryland. there is a bench warrant out for him in

rose mayr and elizabeth nass were sitting on the rail bridge. they were high school buddies, spending a final night together before heading back to school. >>> i'm andrea mccarren in harrisonburg, virginia, where the james madison community is mourning the death of one of its students. >> it should be an exciting time for students to come back to school. the loss of elizabeth is tragic. >> a sign paying tribute to elizabeth nass hangs outside her sorority house. >> i know our hearts go out to elizabeth's family and friends. i can't imagine what they are dealing with right now. >> nass and rose mayr, a nursing major were spending a final evening together before returning to their respective universities. nass posted this photo just minutes before their lives abruptly ended on a railroad bridge suspended high above old ellicott city. andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> and that derailment is disrupting verison service. the company says the crash damaged some facilities and it is affecting the land line services. verison restored some customers by rerou

donations can be made to the elizabeth nass scholarship fund m&t bank stadium. all the information can be found at abc2news.com. >>> as we take a look out there, temperatures in the upper 80s. 88 in frederick. 77 in hagerstown. hey, what we're watching is this developing coastal system showers extending into the south carolina border area. ystem likely tos ripping north, keep things cloudy especially from baltimore eastward off the eastern shore to kick off the weekend. for beach goers there will be showers for sat date sunday looks better. 80s and variably cloudy. we'll talk about the very latest on isaac. that's coming up in a few more minutes. >>> it was already a busy rush hour in midtown manhattan when gunfire erupted outside the empire state building. >> reporter: investigators worked quickly today to figure out who the gunman was and why he would have opened fire outside one of the city's most iconit began as a normal busy dy when all of a sudden shots rang out. >> we heard multiple gunshots, about 12 of them. everybody started running for cover. >> repor

police say the bodies of elizabeth nass and rose mayr were found buried beneath caloal underneath the bridge. crews are trying to right the overturned cars. >> automatic function of the air brake system. there was a separation in the air line which caused the emergency brakes to apply. >> investigators interviewed the conductor and the engineers and said they did not hear or see anything strange before the brakes were applied. there are a number of roads closed in downtown ellicott city. it is not clear when things downtown will be back to normal. george lettis, wbal-tv 11 news. >> thank you. charges are pending against a man allegedly taking his son. police found cesar martinez safe just before 1:00 this morning. the alert was issued after his father allegedly took the boy and drove off. the search continues for a missing girl in baltimore county. we're told she was last seen on august 17 at her grandmother's home in dundalk. she's described as 5 foot 3 inches tall, one under 62 pounds. she was last seen wearing a striped blouse with capri jeans. there is some concern she may have go

donation can be made to the elizabeth nass scholarship fund care of m and t bank in ellicott city. you can find all of that information on our website, abc2news.com. >>> prince george's county police have arrested a second man who they say was involved in the chase that killed one officer and injured another. police said 23-year-old kevin neil turned himself. we're told neil was a passenger in the car the officers were pursuing when the car ran off the road and crashed. >>> a 20-year-old man has been charged in the stabbing death of a howard county mobile home park. it happened in the 10000 block of north second street rob better tasker got no a fight with robert foster and ended up stabbing him. tasker later died. cops still aren't sure what the two were fighting about. >> it has been a warm august dray around here but not a lot of sunshine. now we're seeing a few showers pop up. take you into one of the showers just offshore of chesapeake bay to the west. showers in this direction over the chesapeake. coastal system will influence us throughout the weekend. could mean a lack of s

. >> a sign paying tribute to elizabeth nass hangs outside her sorority house. she would have returned to alpha sigma alpha within days. >> our hearts go out to elizabeth's family and friends. i can't imagine what they are dealing with right now. >> nass and 19-year-old rose mayr, a nursing major at university of delaware were spending a final evening tother before returning to their respective universiti nass posted this photo minutes before their lives abruptly ended on a railroad bridge suspended high above ellicott city. minutes before she died, nass tweeted about her get together and 11:40 p.m., 22 minutes before the derailment, she posted, drinking on top of the ellicott city sign with rose pedals. that was her friend's twitter handle. and just one day before, nass tweeted their upcoming plans. once more before i leave for school. you, me, handle of bernettes. plans to take public transportation weren't enough to keep those two young women alive. coming up tonight at 6:00, we'll hear some thoughts about nass from the sorority president. in harrisonburg, vi

this is the scene of the devastating derailment that claimed the lives of 19-year-old elizabeth nass and rose mayr. they were on this track bridge when the train and veered off course. >> i think it is horrible. >> the train was headed to baltimore from west virginia. 21 of the cars flipped over. she heard it all. >> it was screeching. he did not start not -- sound normal. >> residents say the train is part of the community and people often walk along the>>-never seen anything of this magnitude. >> authorities figure out what caused the crash. >> maybe it will teach people not to do that. >> you can't take a live look here, a close-up of one of the -- you can take a live look, a close-up of one of the train cars. the ntsb is on the scene. they say it could be days before they have this cleaned up. ellicott city, brianne carter, abc 7 news. >> we will stay on the story. on our web site, wjla.com you can learn more about the young victims, elizabeth nass and rose mayr and horace holmes is also tracking the story. watch for his reports tonight at 5:00. >> the other developing story we a

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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 thousand

nass was currently a student at james madison university. mayr was studying nursing at the university of delaware. >>> a funeral for elizabeth nass is planned for tomorrow and rose mayr will be remembered on saturday. authorities say the investigates could take months to complete but the clean-up may be done in the next several days. >>> a water rescue in anne arundel county now. sky fox over the scene in pasadena where four adults and five children were injured after two boats collided in the river. the crash happened just before 7:00 last night. it is not clear what caused the accident. all of the people involved have nonlife-threatening injuries. >>> today is the one-year anniversary of the east coast earthquake that devastated much of the region. the 5-point # magnitude quake caused large cracks in the washington monument and also damaged parts of the national cathedral. fema is marking today's anniversary with an event at the monument at 10:30 this morning. and it caused more than half a mail wrong dollars in damage to a historic church

nass tweeted about 9:00 drinking on top of the ellicott city sign. they were both killed when the cars toppled. >> we look at every aspect of the railroad. >> reporter: investigators aren't sure what, if any, role the women on the bridge may have played, but they do believe the train's emergency brakes were automatically activated. >> each of these cars have air hoses and air systems on them. when there's a break in the connection or a break in the brake plate either from the derailment forces or whatever it may be, that will cause the trains to go to emergency braking. >> reporter: people living and working in the area can only watch and wait for the clean-up to wrap up. this barista working a few doors down considers himself lucky. he passed under the bridge moments before the derailment. >> it blew my mind like how close that incident occurred to me being right there. >> reporter: the clean-up is expected to take several days out here. weo know the train was heading from west virginia to baltimore just about 12 miles shy. you can see the work will

good morning guys,the victims are elizabeth nass... a student at james madison university in virgina... and rose mayr... a student at the university of delaware. both of them were just 19-years old. old.voice only: (diane connolley)"how quickly things change in life." life."in the moments before they were killed... the girls tweeted this picture of themselves.the caption read... levitaaing.earlier tweets stated... drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals and looking down on old ellicott city.now... there's a crowd on main street... looking up... watching the clean up and speculating... (michelle suazo-mother of three)"trying to get that good shot was more important then thinking about what they were doing"(marlo geist-19 year old student in ellicott city)"i would assume if they heard the train coming which you can definitely hear from a ways away that they would have moved.. butt.(shrugs) i dont kn" know"some teens at the crash scene admit to us... the railroad tracks are a hangout for kids. we're told one pastor is alrea

elizabeth nass and her friend rose mayr were both killed on the bridge when it dumped coal on top of them. thorp buried urn -- they were buried under the crushing weight. they plan to examine the girls' cell phones which were used to publish pictures on twitter just moments before the derailment. they say it's going to be a lengthy process and they plan to remain on the scene at least through today. we've also learned csx plans to resume train operations along this track as soon as they get those derailed train cars removed. now funeral arrangements have been set for the two college girls, a viewing will be held today for elizabeth nass. her funeral is tomorrow at the church of the resurrection at ellicott city. on friday, there will be two viewings for rose mayr at the harry whiskey funeral home. her funeral will be held on sad. also nas's family set up a scholarship in her honor and they will be awarded to nonheparin high school graduates. you can find full details on the website at abc2news.com. but back out here on the scene, workers are back on the track trying to remove those d

the two grads, rose mayr and elizabeth nass, both 19 were sitting on the ledge of the bridge. they were facing east. their backs were to the side of the train as it passed just a few feet behind them. . there were three crew members on the train as it headed from west virginia to baltimore carrying a load of cold. atfv investigators say the train was traveling the speed limit, 25 miles per hour. it was more than 4 thousand feet long, 98 hundred tons. something went terribly wrong, and it tripped the automatic emergency brea >> three crew members on board. e reviewed their statements. all their statements indicated they felt nothing and saw nothing before an emergency brake occurred in our train. >> investigators say there was a video recording of what led up to the derailment. it's being taken back to dc where it's being download and had evaluated. >> our team coverage begins tonight. he is live at the scene of the derailment. jamie the lead investigators said it best tontd, it was something that happened in a matter of seconds but finding out what was wrong and led to those t

two girls, 19-year-old elizabeth nass and rose mayr were on the bridge facing the patapsco river side looking back that way. when the train derailed, tons of coal fell on to the two girls, on to a parking lot, at least seven or eight cars crushed. those girls were smothered in coal. it's a long, long process. those 21 cars are full of coal. what they have to do at this point, they take the flipped over cars, empty the coal out. these two bulldozers are taking the coal, piling it up so they can get that out of the way. in bit by bit they're taking the train cars. they're rolling them out of that area and there's one coming down the tracks now. they're moving very slow. talking about tons and tons of waste that they have to move out of here. these big lifters have been doing this all day. i saw them lift about seven or eight cars. again, 21 cars flipped over. this will be a slow process. main street in ellicott city is closed in both directions from the baltimore county end right over the patapsco. so one of the things they ask is to stay out of the area. if you want to come down park u

rose mayr on the left and elizabeth nass. they were signature on the rail bridge that crosses over the main street. their backs to the tracks as the train tracks. >> i can't imagine what their families are going through and how quickly things can happen. they were good girls. >> tweets from the women just before the derailment showed some of their final moments. here's a fee toe as they look down from the bridge. their feet dangling. the tweet read, lev taiting. generations of people have walked along the same tracks. >> we used to spend a lot of time criming around the rails. so it hits home that much more. it could have been any one of my friends. >>we couldn't believe how easy it was. the railroad tracks are right there. >> a facebook page has been created, those who knew the women and those who did not could make comments. ntsb investigators are trying to figure out what caused 21 coal cars to topple. >> it's an computative effort to find the rail. put it back together and much like a puzzle where the pieces belong. >> th

elizabeth nass on her way to james madison university. rose mayr. both were killed by this csx train. according to each girl's twitter account, the teenagers were sitting on the train bridge over main street when the accident happened. we spoke to members of both families who were obviously too distraught to talk. they asked us to respect their privacy, and we di.d the two teens were friends for awhile. both were good students with great families. both girls participated in a dance program at the school and were well liked and well known. just an unfortunate tragedy as they get ready to start their school year in the coming week or so. now both girls were alum night at mt. heb been class -- hebron class 2010. they will have counselors on hand. >> what do you think about this being a hang out. it's been a long tradition with kids running up and down the tracks, even with posted signs to stay off. >> reporter: it's a popular hangout spot, to hang out on top of the ellicott city sign. we hear it's a popular hangout. >> all right. we'll talk to ken ulma

good morning guys,the victims are elizabeth nass...mes madison university in virgina... and rose mayr... a student at the university of delaware. both of them were juss 19-years old. old.voice only: (diane connolley)"how quickly thhngs change in life." life."in the moments before phey were killed... the girls tweeted this picture of themselves.the caption read... levitating.earlier tweets stated... drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals and looking down on old ellicott city.now... there's a crowd on main street... looking up... watthing the (michelle suazo-mother of three)"trying to get that good shot was more important tten thinking about what they were doing"(marlo geist-19 year old student in ellicott city)"i would assume if they heard the train coming which you can definitely hear from a ways away that they would have know"some teens at the crash scene admit to us... the railroad tracks are a hangout for kids. we're told one pastor is already preparing.. for the fuueral. so far, no details have been released aaout t

the victims are elizabeth nass... a student at james madison university in virgina... and rose mayr... a student at the university of delaware. earlier tweets by the girls stated... drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals and looking down on old ellicott city. now... as the crowds gather below watching the investigation unfold... neighbors are mourning the loss. (diane conolley)"you expect that children will outlive their parents and its really a tragedy when children go first... so my heart goes out to the mothers and dads of the two young ladies.. who were killed"(kathy vitek- pastor)"god weeps too when tragedies like this happen and as the faith community gathers. gathers. again both of the victims were gettinggready to return to college. now their families are preparing for their funerals. so far... no details have been released about those services. we did talk to other teens in the area... coming up next half hour... hear what they admit about the railroad tracks.i'm megan gilliland, fox45 morning news. 3 a homeless shelter employee is suspended ..

liz nass back to james madison university. autopsies will need to be completed before investigators will give an exact cause of death. >>> in a astrange twist here, the train derailment forced the postponement of the pretrial hearing no khalid sheik mohammed, the alleged 9-11 mastermind. when the train crashed, verizon says some fiberoptic lines that provide communication to guantanamo bay were knocked out. the lawyers didn't have a computer connection. the service has been restored and the hearing is expected to take place tomorrow. >>> in our other top stories, one of the suspects whose car was involved in a fatal crash is under arrest. investigators are still hunting for the driver. the chase ended with the death of prince george's county police officer adrian morris. >>> attorneys for george huguely are expected to a formal request to a circuit court judge in charlottesville today. they contend there was a series of errors before and during the trial. huguely was convicted of killing yeardley love in 2010 and is facing up

college.the victims are elizabeth nass... a student at james madison university in virgina... and rose mayr... a student at the university of delaware. this is the last picture the 19-year old victims posted on twitter before they were killed in the accident.the caption read... levitating.earlier tweets by the girls stated... drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals and looking down onnold ellicott city. now... as the crowds gather below watching thh investigation unfold... neighbors are mourning the loss. (diane conolley)"you expect that children will outlive their parents and its really a tragedy when children go to the mothers and ads of the - two young ladies.. who were pastor)"god weeps too when traaedies like this happen and as the faith community is present and works ttwards healing... but its a terrible l" loss"the families are preparing for their funerals. but so far... no details have been released about those pervices. police need your help finding a missing teen. teen.this is 16 year old nyaira mcmillion.she was last seen august 17th at her grandmothe

of the autopsy ...are being releasedd..//.nass.... was... a student... at jjmes madiion university.../ mayor.... was... a nursing student.. at the university of delaware. the damaged cars are gone, but the process of cleaning up tons of coal is still underway. csxxofficials say they are hoping to get the railroad liie operational as early as tomorrow. however, ppening up main trret for vehicles may take longer.. (ken ulman)"were gonna ake sure csx pays for all the improvements and fixes the repairs..not just from the accident but from all the heavy equipment coming through here over the past couple of days its chewed up the roads pretty good theres sidewalk curb and gutter damage.." damage.." officials also tell us tonight ,the bridge ovee the patapsco river also needs to be repaved before it can be reopened. baltimmre... police... unveil... their... latest... crime-fighting tool... today.../ which... &pcosts... 9..---million dollars. this... is... one helicopters... the... departmentt... recently purchased..../ upgrades... include... a... military grade

a viewing is set for tonight 419-year-old elizabeth nass. jennifer franciotti, wbal-tv 11 news. >> you can find continuing coverage of the derailment disaster on our website including photos from the scene and more on the lives of the young women that were killed on wbaltv.com. the families of two essex teens that were killed or grieving this morning. police say alejandro wine and james boothe were killed. investigators say the teenager was speeding and could not navigate a curve. both were days away from starting their senior year at bayview high school. >> we are a very close-knit community here at kenwood. we are giving the teachers that have taught these students the support that they need through our counseling staff. most of all, our prayers and our thoughts go out to the families of these two young men. >> a viewing for wine will be held this friday. a woman is charged with manslaughter in the death of her mother. police say she left her mother on the toilet for two days back in january. investigators say she told officers she knew he

yore yawrp and -- rose mayr and elizabeth nass were near the csx tracks. that's when a train carrying coal derailed and killed the two of them. the two had been tweeting moments before the crash. what we don't know is what caused the train to derail. investigators are looking at that right now and will be looking at that throughout the evening. verizon said the train derailment is disrupting some service. we'll continue to stay on top of the story throughout the newscast and on abc2. >>> all right. start off with a lock at baltimore. a very clear looking and pleasant looking afternoon and a good looking summer day. average temperature. 51% the humidity. dew point at 51. show you some of the weather as it has unfolded. boy, it was gorgeous. you can see passing cloud cover. just fair weather cumulus clouds. towson, a blue sky with some of the clouds bubbling up later in the afternoon and a mighty fine day down on the severn river. you have to love it when you see that type of scenario. temperatures low 80s and upper 70s north and west. we'll keep an eye on t

services to remember elizabeth nass are scheduled for friday and on saturday, friends and family will gather to say good- bye to rose mayr at the bethany united church there. >>> a deadly outbreak of antibiotic resistant bacteria spread throughout the center last year over a six month period. a new york city patient carried the bug and it infected 17 others. six of them died. >> we are seeing a rise in these super drug resistant bacteria, really throughout the world. including the united states. and it is resulting in increasing difficulty and treating infections and hospitalized patients. >> experts at nih used se sequencing. the kpc turned out it was hiding in sink drains and a ventilator shaft. >>> the race for the white house, on the republican side, vice presidential candidate, paul ryan, worked up a crowd in roanoak. he told the champion by president obama will devastate medicare. >> you think sending one out of six hospitals and nursing homes are dropping medicare patients to pay for obama care is an achievement? neither do we. >> president obama for his part was out in nevada

elizabeth nass and rose mayr died when the train jumped the traction. they were buried in tons of coal. they are trying to make the area secure. ulman said no one should be on those tracks, that they're incredibly dangerous. he said the county wants to make sure nothing like this happens again. now we'll check in with wyatt everhart. he has a look at our weather. wyatt, are you there? >>> it has been a nice start to weather around here all day. sunshine back out in force. that's what we like. let's take a look at some of the weather through the day as we take a live look at downtown baltimore. you see the skies partly cloudy and, again, we're looking at, again, a good looking weather scenario. 83 at bwi. the sun sets tonight at 7:52. sunset comes awfully early out there. all right. show you some of the weather through the day around town and the state of maryland. annapolis showing partly cloudy skies with sunshine. the everall pattern with nothing more than a stray shower. how about the beaches. still got the structure. we are looking at a nice looking

elizabeth nass 19-years-old. investigators say the women were crushed by the coal as the train derailed... ////////////////////vo////////// ////// howard county officiall say nearly two dozen of the train's 80 cars flipped over at around midnight. the railroad crosses over main street in ellicott city. investigators now believe the young women were sitting on the edge of a bridge.. when the train passed and tipped over.. spilling coal on top of the women.. killing them. investigators are looking into whether the engineer slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting have caused the crash.h may - crash. (southworth/ntsb investigator) "we've got some event recorder and video event recorder information which we are downloading and looking at. it will take some time to find out those answers.. but that is an area we are looking into very closely." closely." police say nass was a student atjames madison university in virginia.. and (mayer) was a student at the university of delaware. live in ellicott city, keith daniels, fox

of the wing for elizabeth nass -- a viewing for elizabeth nass will be at the same location. stay attuned to wbal for continuing coverage of the derailment disaster. you can go to our website for all of the most up-to-date and its -- investigation. >> another tragic story, this time at the baltimore county. the loss of two high school students who were killed in an accident. sheldon dutes joins us from the newsroom. do police have any idea what caused the crash? >> the accident is under investigation but alcohol was not a factor but speeding was. alex and ryan, both seniors, were killed in the accident. a third passenger was rushed to the hospital. alex was driving north around 1:30 this morning. police say he was speeding and could not navigate a curve. that is when he went into the southbound lanes. the car went off the road and hit two utility poles. both of them were pronounced dead at the scene. a third passenger was rushed to the hospital. officials say these boys had promising futures. >> we are a close-knit community. we are giving the teachers that have taught the st

friends and family gathered at the church in ellicott city to say good-bye to elizabeth nass. nass and rose mayr were sitting on the side of the bridge on a final night home before going off to school when the coal carrying train went off the tracks earlier this week. they were buried under the coal. visitation for mayr is getting underway now. her funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. >>> a virginia family's grieving tonight after losing their two small children in a fire. >> reporter: i'm surae chinn in winchester, virginia. a family, the neighborhood, this community is in mourning after the loss of these two little boys. the children were up in that second floor bedroom. the youngest boy would have turned 5 next week. the family tried desperately to save them, but it was too late. >> god, don't let your kids go to bed without hugging them tonight, please. >> reporter: message from a grieving grandfather of 4-year- old braden and 6-year-old landon. >> you can lose them so quick and it's just not worth. it. >> reporter: family friends say the boy's step grandfather was woken up

elizabeth nass and rose mayr were both 19 years old. nass' first union rail is -- funeral is set for today and mayr's funeral is tomorrow. investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the emergency brake on the train to automatic deploy. >>> a maryland lawmaker admits he was drinking while operating a 26-foot speedboat that crashed into another boat in pass deadbeat awednesday night. don dwyer says he has been told his blood alcohol content was more than twice the legal limit in maryland. dwyer and several other people including children were hurt in that collision. last night, he spoke for reporters outside a hospital in baltimore apologizing for his actions. >> no one, no one should be drinking and operating a motor vehicle or a powerboat. i deeply regret my actions and i ask for forgiveness from the public. my heart and prayers go out to the family that was involved in the incident and i pray for them to have a speedy recovery. >> investigators say they are still trying to determine the cause of that crash. and it is ille

nass's funeral is tomorrow. mayr's is saturday.y don't know why the train went off the tracks. >>> a frightening medical mystery was disclosed today in the new england journal of medicine. a new aids-like disease that has doctors con founded where it comes from and how to stop it. they're hundreds of patients, mostly asian. but where the disease originates, they don't know. gary is here with what we do know. >> reporter: a lot of head scratching. one of our favorite cally clichis is they have more questions than answers. the disease severely damaged the system. odd findings, doctors call it an adult onset immuno deficiency syndrome because it strikes patients at age 50. it does not appear to be contagious. it's not a virus like hiv, but it severely damages the immune system making it hard to protect against infections and disease. >> so even though the end result is that they look like an hiv infected person because they have so many of these complicating infections, in fact it isn't an infection that's causing it. it's the body's

visitation will be held for nass tonight at the church of resurrection in ellicott city. her funeral will be held tomorrow. mayr's funeral is set for saturday. >>> in the day ahead, first lady michelle obama will meet with family members of those killed at a shooting at at wisconsin sikh temple. she will sit with relatives of six killed when wade michael page. page eventually shot and killed himself. the first officer to arrive, lieutenant brian murphy, was released from the hospital just yesterday. he was shot nine times. >>> seven minutes now after the hour. a political storm of a different kind in tampa. the backup plans for republicans, should isaac hit. >>> also ahead, royal repercussions facing prince harry this morning as he returns home after bearing it all. >>> plus, storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking some potential fog [ male announcer ] since 1996 welfare recipients were required to work. this bipartisan reform successfully reduced welfare rolls. on july 12th president obama quietly ended the work requirement... gutting welfare reform. one of the m

nass and mayr graduated two years ago. grief counselors will be on hand when students head back to class. >>> campaign 2012 came back to the battleground state of virginia today. republican running mate, paul ryan, was in roanoak this morning and at a rail lee, mitt romney is the leer. danielle nottingham has the latest. >> president obama sat down with a group of teachers at a north las vegas high school to talk about education. >> i know that you don't do it for the money. you are doing it because you really deeply care about these kids. >> the president is trying to portray his republican opponents as out of touch when it comes to the challenges teachers face in the classroom. at a rally in the school's gym, he said the gop's budget would cut teacher use jobs and children's programs like head start. >> i've got a question for governor romney. how many teachers jobs are worth another tax cut for millionaires and billionaires? >> a new associated press poll shows president obama and mitt romney neck and neck, both campaig

funeral services will be held for elizabeth nass at the church of the resurrection at 11 this morning. viewings will be held today for vows mayr from 3 to 5 p.m. and -- rose mayr from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 tonight. the funeral is tomorrow at 11 at bethany united methodist church in ellicott city. again, crews working all night to try to clear the mess but it could take days for things to return to normal here in ellicott city. in ellicott city, linda so, abc2 news. >>> about 10 minutes until 7. a terrifying accident all caught on camera. look at the middle part of the screen. take a look at this video because the cameras were rolling what massachusetts woman look at that she had her child in her arms falls on the subway tracks and the child is is 4 years old. the the video unbelievable. she says she saw the outbound train on the other side of the tracks and thought it was hers and walked over the edge. you saw her fall. she was pulled from the pit just moments before that next train arrived. the two were not hrt but they were taken to a -- hurt but they were taken to a hospital to get che

a funeral mass for nass will be later this morning. mayr was a nursing student at the university of delaware. her viewing is this evening and her funeral will take place tomorrow. >>> today prince george's county police will continue their search for the suspect who killed a 17-year-old girl. detectives say a man broke into amber stanley's home late wednesday night and shot her and then ran pauch stanley, a senior at charles flowers high school, was an honor student that dreams of attending harvard. neighbors had nothing but kind words for her, calling her smart, quiet, and kind. >> i can't say anything except she was a nice young lady and you would see her and she would speak to you. >> she was a quiet girl, you know. and just watching her grow up to be a beautiful young girl, that's really was so heart wrenching, because she was a good kid. >> amber stanley lived with her mother and older sister and her child and a teenage foster sister. police visited the home recently because of a reported assault on amber's foster sister. it's unc

the two girls are identified as rose mayr and elizabeth nass. they were just sitting on the bridge a few feet from the tracks when the train rolled through ellicott city just around midnight yesterday. minutes earlier, and this is really sort of the chilling part, these two teens had posted pictures on their twitter accounts of what appears to be their view from the bridge 20 feet over main street. one twitter post suggests the two may have been drinking. they were just ending to school but the loss of elizabeth is just truly tragic. >> it's really, really sad. i hope that my children learn something that train tracks are not places to play. >> reporter: the main street bridge is known to be a very poch regard spot for -- popular spot for both teenagers and tourists. officials are still investigating whether the teenagers' presence on the track contributed to the accident. right now a ruptured airline caused the automatic brakes to trigger. crew members on board the train say they felt nothing, saw nothing before the emergency braking occurred w

elizabeth nass and rose mayr were 19 years old. autopsies show the two college students were crushed to death by coal after 21 train cars toppled over. they were sitting on a brim right here the track at the time of the wreck. the ntsb is still trying to figure out what caused that derailment and what triggered the emergency brakes on the train to automatically deploy. >>> a maryland lawmaker admits that he was drinking while operating a 26-foot speedboat that crashed into another boat in pasadena wednesday night. 54-year-old delegate john dwyer says he has been his blood alcohol ton tent was more than twice the legal limit in maryland. dwyer and several other people including children were hurt in that collision. by the way, it is illegal to drive drunk on maryland waterways. waterways. >>> our big story this morning, it looked like lance armstrong is going to lose his seven tour de france titles and be banned from cycling for life. the u.s. anti-doping agency is expected to officially make the announcement today. this move comes

nass would have been a junior this year and donation can be made at m and t bank in ellicott city. >>> we have information for the fund on the website. we have posted some amazing pictures from the crash scene. if you haven't check out, log onto abc2 news and scroll down to the slide show section. >>> and with main street reopening of course a very nice night for people to head down to ellicott city and pat ronize the business but -- pay theronnize the weather -- patronize the weather but wyatt joins with us the first look at the forecast. >> the weather looks decent tonight and early tomorrow. things change as the weekend wears on. out there this evening, upper 80s. low 80s rather in up -- and upper 70s on the map. but a rain show because we had 70 at state capital but 71 in dover. humidity is on the moderately high side. and that will hold temperatures up a little bit overnight. that along with quite a bit of cloud cover as we look at the overall setup into the next few days. you can see showers to the eastdeveloping tomorrow afternoon and in fact, that could wear on into the latter

funeral services will be held for nass at the church. of the resurrection at 11 this morning in ellicott site. viewings today for rose mayr from 3 to 5 p.m. and again from 7 to 9 tonight at the harry witzke funeral home it's the funeral is tomorrow morning at bethany united methodist church. it will take several days to clean up the mess. they have cleaned up some of the coal that was piled up high. but it remains by the track. they will be here working all day to get things back to normal. in ellicott city, linda so, abc2 news. >>> funeral arrangements are set for a prince george's county police office aer killed in a crash while chasing another car. friends and family say their final good-byes to adrian morrisat the wood stream church in mitchellville. the 23-year-old was thrown from the car while pursuing a person believe to have been connected to a theft in laurel. morris was on the force for just more than two years. >>> three workers accused of endangering toddlers to fight one another at a delaware day care are going to appear in

rose mayr and elizabeth nass. they were buried in coal. nass's family will have the painful task of saying good-bye to her with her funeral being today. she was supposed to head back to the university next week for her junior year of college. >>> this brings the total right now this year alone to 41. the most recent victim the youngest one that we've seenenings he was a man from baltimore county under the age of 45. officials say th he ed earlier this summer as more details become available we'll keep you posted. >>> a maryland gun range being sued for offering women free admission on mondays. >> yeah a man who is suing says this isment fair to men. so tom has the story. >> reporter: maryland's small arms range in upper mile an hour bro is popular with lots of folks, we even found the lieutenant governor brown there with his son. monday, has long been ladies' day here but now the range is being sued over it. basically is it wrong if he had to pay more to be here today? than he did. >> just because i'm a man doesn't mean that you know i sho

set up a memorial of nows are and a facebook page in honor of 19- year-old rose mayr and elizabeth nass. the girls died after 21 freight train cars carrying coal toppled over. >>> tropical storm isaac is churning in the cache other than forcing people to get ready ahead of its track. >> it is not a very powerful storm but it is big spanning more than #00 miles. ainsley earhart shows us how the islands are getting ready for it. -- more than 800 miles. >> winds are picking up in st. croix and the u.s. virgin islands and folks in that area are taking precautions. >> i took a hotel room here so i can keep an eye on the boat during the storm. worse case scenario is that is my blue dingy. i'll go out and drop achingor if i have to. >> reporter: as a precaution, officials have placed the entire southern coastline of the dominican republic on alert. >> use of the beach is proarkted across the coast of the country. >> reporter: much of the same in puerto rico as boats are being pulled from the water while residents are stocking up on supplies. the u.s. naval base in southeast cuba are getting re

elizabeth nass and rose mayr both 19 were killed when the train derailed. they posted this picture on twitter moments before it happened where they're seen sitting off a nearby bridge. investigators don't know if the teens' presence near the tracks may have led the conductor to slam on the brakes in turn causing the train to derail. ntsb officials will only say a broken airline caused an automatic brake to trigger. >> the three crew members on board i've reviewed their statements. all their statements indicate that they felt nothing and they saw nothing before emergency braking occurred in their train. > reporter: jim southworth from the n.t.s.b. says the train was traveling at 25 miles an hour. a data recorder was recovered. meanwhile these ellicott city residents are left with heavy hearts over the two teens killed here. >> it's a sad situation that they were there at that time. why they were up there i have no idea. kids will be kids. >> reporter: the ntsb says they hope to have all that information from the data recorder downloaded by wednesday. at that

the accident claimed the lives of elizabeth nass and rose mayr. leaders gathered for a town meeting on wednesday. the meeting was scheduled before the train derailment. business owners were looking for the status of the cleanup. >> we rely heavily on the foot traffic. you can only park on the outskirts and walked in. it will be a lot slower. >> a viewing is scheduled this evening for elizabeth nass in ellicott city. we have continuing coverage of the train derailment on our website, wbaltv.com. more on the lives of the women killed in the accident. >> two baltimore county families are dealing with tragedy's following a deadly car accident. wine boothe adnd alejandro died. the teenager was speeding. both died at the scene. there were set to begin their senior year at kenwood high school in just a few days. >> we are giving the teachers that taught the students the support they need through our counseling staff. our prayers and thoughts go out to the families of these two young men. >> a viewing for wine will be held this weekend. a suspect assaulte

police say the bodies of elizabeth nass and rose mayr were buried under the main street bridge. the cause of death will be determined by autopsy. crews spent tuesday trying to the cars. it appears the brakes were automatically applied. >> an automatic function of the air brake system. there was a separation in the airline. >> 9 investigators combed through evidence on tuesday afternoon and several were expected to work through the night. >> we are looking through every aspect of this occurrence -- relic, track, witness statements. >> we will determine not just what happened and try to determine why it happened so we can make recommendations that can prevent similar incidents from happening again. >> there is continuing coverage of the deadly train derailment on our website. you can catch this afternoon's conference.'s news we invite you to upload breaking news photos on our website, wbaltv.com. >> charges are pending against a man who allegedly abducted his own son. police found cesar martinez unharmed this morning in the neighborhood of district heights. his father allegedly dr

visitation will be held for nass tonight at the church of red direction in ellicott city. her funeral will be tomorrow. mayr's funeral is saturday. >>> prince george's county police officer adrian morris will be buried on tuesday. the 23-year-old died when he crashed his cruiser chasing two suspects. video shows the station in laurel where it started. kenneth mitchell jr. was arrested on tuesday. police are still looking for kevon neal. a $25,000 reward is being offered for his arrest. the redskins plan to honor officer morris with a moment of silence before the game onsatur. the investigation acknowledged morris did something wrong. policy allows officers only to chase suspects during certain crimes, and this crime did not qualify. morris was also not wearing a seat belt. >>> many students are going to school hungry. a non-profit, share our strength, just released a new survey. 63% of maryland teachers said they have students who come to school hungry. the survey also found hungry students of lower academic performance suffer from health and behavior problems. today, secr

nass was attending james madison university. mayr, the university of delaware. the teens were close friends and 2010 graduates of mount hebron high school. >> it's devastating for the community. mount hebron has a close-knit community and to hear of the loss of two members of our community and two graduates, it's tragic. >> reporter: csx officials worked throughout the day to upright the rail cars. the national transportation safety board is leading the accident investigation to determine what caused the derailment. >> we have no indication of what caused the actual derailment. >> reporter: valerie mohammed says her 17-year-old daughter recently told her she and her friends had climbed on that bridge. >> i brought her here today, because i want her to see how dangerous it is to walk on the train tracks and how fatal it can be. it's awful. >> reporter: i spoke to that 17-year-old girl. she says this today was definitely a wake-up call. never going around those tracks again. apparently, that is something that young people do here in this community. it is a train t

elizabeth nass and rose mayr died on tuesday. police say the 19-year-olds were sitting on a train bridge. they were buried in coal when they train derailed. the funeral mass for nass will be held later this morning in ellicott city. she was a student at james madison university. mayr was a nursing student at the university of delaware. her viewing is set for this evening. her funeral will take place tomorrow. >>> 6:07 is our time right now. paying the price. the legal fallout surrounding a new book on the death of pin os bin laden. >>> also ahead, the prince harry effect has many people trying to party like a royal. >>> highs you side right now but storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein tracking changes that could impact the weekend with [ obama ] i'm barack obamaith and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chances are you pay a higher tax rate than him... mitt romney made twenty million dollars in two thousand ten but paid only fourteen percent in taxes... probably less than you now

recess for 19-year-old elizabeth nass r. tomorrow and the memorial for 19-year-old rose mayr will take place on saturday. -- funeral services for elizabeth nass are tomorrow. survey found many students are coming to school hungry and they have lower academic performance and suffer from held issues and behavior problems. secretary of education arne duncan is meeting with maryland officials this morning to discuss the growing problem. >> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton is hosting her annual jobs and opportunities fair today. it will be held at the washington convention center. jobs tips workshops and ready to work fashion shows are taking place from 10:00 until 11:00 this morning. job fair is from 11:00 until 3:00. the event is only open to d.c. residents. you must bring proof of d.c. residents say. >> the d.c. mayor's urging the democratic national committee to include pc stated in its party platform ahead of the democratic convention. a good was mentioned in the democratic party platform in 2000, but not in 2004 or 2008.

scene. 80 cars that are 3,000 feet long coal from west virginia and two lives lost. ,and elizabeth nass 19, there were hanging out near the tracks when the derailment occurred. the ntsb is continuing to investigate what happened with this 9,000 ton train 20. one cars derailed. some toppled next to the tracks and others in a wooded area. the railbelow bridge, crushing a number parked cars. schoolebron high students are remembering their classmates. >> they cannot be moms and cannot graduate. because youeaking, never think it's going to happen friends. with the ntsb, says this was much more than just a hard stop. the train was going about 25 per hour when it derailed. live in ellicott city, john gonzalez. the district is giving the for plans to install n taxicabs.s i there could be a speed bump when it comes to how to pay for this. brianne carter is live outside union station to explain. morning. >> many of the taxicabs that station will get a the upgrade that , includingming away for passengers to for their ride. vincent gray and the head of the d.c. taxicab commission are the new smartv