metro was this close to signing this general manager and neal cohen had a background in aerospace and defense. he had a financial background. he had a background with the airline, and it just didn't get done. we are told with sources over the past couple of days after cohen got out there he grew increasingly uneasy with all of the attention that was being put upon him and the two sides had a conference call this morning and finally withdrew, the talks broke down. what happens next? metro will have to go back to the remaining candidates that it had set up. remember, they had a search firm, lackland partners that has been looking for general managers to run the transit agency and metro will in essence have to go with its tail between its legs to the candidates and finalists knowing they had wanted this one guy to be the general manager and ask them if they want to take the reins at the transit agency. what a mess. all we can hope for is that metro finds a permanent general manager soon because the transit agency needs that in a bad way, jim. >> adam tuss. thank you, adam. >>> looking at

of course, news 4's been telling you that neal cohen, an aerospace executive was the leading caidate be the general manager of the transit agency, but talks about his contract and the negotiations have broken down over the past on of days and neal cohen will no longer be the general manager of metro as most people expected. sources say that he became unease we some of the criticism and the attention after news broke about his possible gm pick. we'll stay on topf the story for you and we'll have much more as it develops throughout the night. >> adam tuss. thank you, adam. >>> the meantime, metro is trying to figure out what caused one of its rail cars to go off the tracks this morning. we are told a single car derailed in brentwood near the transit agency's maintenance yard in northwest d.c. there was no one onboard inside of the car and metro said this derailment did not impact service. >>> i'm triee wilkins with a story you will see only o 4. we have learned that the budget cuts that have happened here in prince george's county are impacting not only the police department, but speci

neal cohen pulled out of negotiations yesterday. the board had zeroed on cohen to run the troubled transit agency. he was not happy about having his name in the media before even signing his contract. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss says the board will go back and let people know the position is now open. metro planned to get rid of the 5a bus when the reston east metro station opened. more than 3,000 of you argue that the train takes longer, is expensive and not reliable. now they will reduce the service between bwi marshall and d.c. >>> four things to know on your weather and traffic on the 1s. chuck bell has that from the storm team 4 weather center. >> got to know what you're facing as you head out the door early this morning. it is going to be a nice day, but we're off to a chilly start this morning. let the warming begin, everybody. temperatures will be back up to the 70s i think today. this is the beginning of our little mini heat wave. heat wave by november standards. and fairly dry as well. couple of chances for sh

in a statement metro says neal cohen and ramada mutually agreed he wouldn't be considered for the jobce january after a string of safety incidences forced the former gm to resign. you can get more news, weather narrator: for state senate, who shares our values? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales. hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed d education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. >>> good morning, america. it's 8:00 a.m. sound asleep and walking nine miles. >> it's a shock to me that i made it that far. >> the 19-year-old who disappeared from her bed sleepwalking far from her home. her story for the first time in her own words this morning. >>> "gma" exclusive. the family of a boy with autism sued by their neighbors saying he is a p

. >>> wendy rieger at thi we hard metro has an opening at the top because neal cohen who was tapped to be the next general manager of metro, and it looked like it was a done deal, he just pulled out and asked that he no longer be unde consideration. we just got this word from the washington metropolitan area wn we thoughtasd metro hasto nr at job. >>wow! >> the sa contins. >> wow. you said it. huge development for metro. of s story. just not looking good for the transit agency right now. >> thanks a lot. >> sure. >>> the calendar has barely flipped over to november. it was just halloween on saturday and holiday shopping is already under way. major retailers like amazon are launching sales right now. the site posted 30,000 so-called lightning deals as part of a black friday event. jet.com is launching products with the promo code 20now and on sunday walmart kicked off eight weeks of holiday sale prices. >>> she has no problem doing it in the song, now taylor swift is trying to literally shake off a multimillion dollar lawsuit. i posted this on my facebook page. the suit accuses swift of

neal cohen pulled out of negotiations yesterday. sources say he was not happy about having his name out in the media before even signing his contract. news 4 transportation reporter adam tuss says the board will now go back to the other four candidates and let them know the job is back open. >>> after many of you spoke up, metro decided to keep the bus that connects the district and the dulles international airport. metro planned to get rid of the bus open. more than 3,000 of you argued that the train takes longer and is more expensive and unreliable. now metro says it will reduce the service between bwi marshall and d.c. >>> different man now considered the front-runner to be the national next manager. cbs reports that dusty baker is now being offered the job. you'll remember last week sources said former san diego padres manager bud black was the first for the open job. usa today reporting though that black and the nats could not agree on a contract. we're keeping an eye on the situation and we'll let you know once an official dea

last week, sources told abc 7 that neal cohen was the pick for the new general manager.week, a back track. metro announced that cohen was no longer being considered. no new candidates have been named. and new national manager dusty baker gets his day in the spotlight this morning. the team will formally introduce baker as their new skipper at an is 1:00 a.m. news conference. baker is already settling into dc, he was spotted at the game. you can get more news, weather and traffic on good morning washington on news channel 8. hope you have a great thursday >>> welcome back to "gma" and look at that surveillance video of serena williams. abc news obtaining it exclusively overnight. the tennis star stopping the thief who swiped her phone. >> he was not going to get away. >>> a lot of other headlines. the investigation into the passenger plane that fell from the sky in egypt. preliminary information suggests a bomb may have caused it to blow apart in midair. thousands are stranded with flights to the region suspended. >>> a major milestone for facebook. the site now averaging