a csx train derailing in northeast washington causing the hazmat situation. this is in the 900 k rhode island avenue. d.c. fire has shut down rhode island avenue between 4th and 10th streets northeast. metro has suspend abouted the red line service between noma and brookland. buses are being brought in and this will cause significant delays, that word from officials. of course you can stay on top of the story throughout the day as it develops on the nbc washington app. >>> you'll need a rain coat or umbrella. i love these types that can fit in a large purse or briefcase. we have the rain continuing to fall. you see it moving southwest to northeast. there is one line of more moderate showers in central fauquier county coming down pretty hard there, but right rain around washington and the beltway. but this one area of that moderate rain about 40 minutes out of prince william county. so we'll see the moderate maybe briefly heavy downpours coming right through the metro area. a look at the timing and when we'll see the sun, that's coming up. >>> we have new details on a d.c. homicide. police arrested 67-yea

>>>nd at latest on the breaking news in northeast d.c. we're following the csx train derailment this morning. we know hazardous materials leaking from at least one of the cars. ten cars are off the tracks. >>> well, it is the end of an era for president obama. last night he attended his final white house correspondents' dinner and provided plenty of political punch lines. >> they might actually invite him pack. >> he also joked about the anxiousness some are feeling to leave the white house. >> but the prospect of leaving the white house is a mixed bag. you might have heard that someone jumped the white house fence last week, but i have to give secret service credit, they found michelle, brought her back, she's safe back at home now. only nine more months, baby. settle down. >> secret service guy not even cracking a smile. he also talked a bit about the other candidates in the race for the oval office. >> hillary trying to appeal to signed up for facebook. dear america, did you get my poke? is it appearing on your wall? i'm not sure i'm u

. >> and we begin with breaking news out of northeast d.c. where we're learning about the armed carjacking of a metro bus. we're getting information about this. what we know is that at least several juveniles got onto a bus, we believe in northeast d.c., within the last hour, assaulted the driver of that metro bus and then took off on the bus. we know there were several minor accidents for the short distance that these people had this bus. at this point we know the driver is safe. he was injured. he's being treated right now at the intersection of minnesota avenue in northeast d.c. that is where this bus stopped. what we don't know at this point is whether there were any passengers on that bus. we don't know where the suspects are at this point. either we do know a knife was involved in the jacking of this bus. so at this point i can tell you we have a crew headed to the scene there. we're working with d.c. police and metro transit police to get more information about this. as soon as we learn more details, we'll have that for you from the ly

live in northeast d.c., amy aubert, abc 7 news. anchor: we continue our live team coverage with cheryl conner. what are commuters going to deal with come monday morning? just yet.t know what so far the red line is still suspended. it may reopen later tonight. we are on the top level of the parking garage, metro's parking garage right across the street from where amy aubert just joined you live. arecan see no trains passing here. we heard in that news conference from metro spokesman dan sasso. he said the red line could reopen later tonight or it right now service is suspended between noma and brooklyn. the tracks he said were not damaged, they are closed off because of the close location to the derailment's and the ongoing wo h ws available between nomar and brooklyn. csx and amtrak also use the rails. the brunswick line will not be in service tomorrow. t, sessile tells us the trains will go to silver spring. as far as south of silver markg, they will except passengers. amtrak uses the service as well. capital limited also not in s

>> well we've been following breaking news out of the district specifically northeas northeast. d.ciled in that part of d.c. and several cars derailed and they're leaking hazardous material. rhode island station is closed metro station as well as rhode island avenue. lindsay watts just arriving on the scene with breaking details and lindsay i know you're getting there and we spoke to d.c. fire minutes ago and we were able to find out basic info. what are you seeing out there? >> there's a huge emergency response to the train derailmentment we're continuing to see police and firefighters arrive here. this is rhode island avenue and we're away from where the train derailed and we're near 4th street and train derailed closer to 9th street near rhode island metro station and to reiterate basics here the train derailed 7:00 this morning and csx train d.c. fire says several cars went off the tracks and overturned and at least one is leaking hazardous material. needless to say you're going to want to avoid this area at all costs this morning and we'll give you a look here. this is why the

live in northeast d.c., anywhere, abc7 news. jonathan: you can find out about breaking news anytime you like as soon as it happens. sign up to abc7's as soon as something happens, you will get texted. you can always go to our website at wjla.com. michelle: this morning's hijacking came at the same time the national transportation safety board met about last year's deadly smoke incident at the l'enfant plaza station. it included video of a similar months ago. brianne carter spent her day at the hearing and joins us live from southwest d.c. just in the past two hours, not only did metro reveal probable cause in the deadly smoke incident, but also, 43 findings and more than 30 recommendations for metro into the deadly smoke incident that happened on january 12, 2015. officials say that the ntsb, probable cause was a short circuit that came from practices a really maintenance, failed practices, that h circuit where water and contaminants got into improperly constructed power cable connectors as a result of ineffective inspection and

. >> coming up tonight at 11 we'll head back to northeast d.c. security guard was arrested and accused of bloc blocking transgender woman from kus using the ladies room in a grocery store. >> and your wedding day is supposed to be happiest day of your life it was quite the opposite for one couple. wait until you hear what happened that already has them headed for divorce. we'll be right back. >>♪ >> you can hop on the couch and dance, too. >> in kas you have not seen this we made this video for justin timberlake brand new mass single can't stop the feeling. >> you have some moves. >> our own kevin mccarthy showed the video at the film festival. justin loved it and today gave us a shout-out phone facebook. take a look. justin shared the video with his 39 million fans and said our moves were impressive. by the way that's matt taylor. you can check out the entire video at our web site and on our "fox5" d.c. facebook page. >> thanks for the love and we lover you back. >> sure do. >> i think he is incredible. he's very down-to-earth and amazingly tale

. >>> and we continue to follow breing news from northeast d.c.re police are investigating a deadly shooting. kristin wright is at the scene and will tell us what she's learning in jt a few minutes.us >>> breaking news. there is a homicide investigation in northeast washington. >> a man was killed on 24th street. here is kristin wright at the scene. >> reporter: this is a homicide investigation and one man is dead. we think the shooting happened somewhere in front of this building -- or in the building even on 24th street. we know that police got the call around 2:15 this morning. it they came out here to 24th street? northeast. they said they found a man who had been shot and that he died. so again, right now police calling this a homicide investigation. they are looking for suspects and also a motive. in northeast, kristin wright, news 4. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm molette green. checking up on the forecast before you have to head out to memorial day parade or event out there. or even outside this the backyard to gril

he is assigned to engine 27 in northeast d.c.e're told he's been placed on administrative leave. >>> some female firefighters who work for fairfax county say their disheartened by a negative spotlight that's been cast on their department. that spotlight comes after the suicide of firefighter paramedic nicole mittendorff last month. there are allegations of disparaging comments posted by colleagues in an anonymous blog. last week, a fire department administrator was placed on administrative leave aft complaints about lewd pictures and posts on his facebook page. today, a group of female firefighters and paramedics talked about their positive experiences with this department. >> this fire department and these men and women have worked hard to earn your respect. we're a family and like any family we have some black sheep, but these black sheep do not represent who we are as a whole. >> fairfax county plans to hire a third-party consultant to work with the department on morale and communication issues. >>> one would-be burglar near c

have led to the partial collapse area about the same time, wind gusts brought down a big tree in northeast d.c., tumbling onto this bridge connecting beach drive with the national zoo. soggy ground likely played a role. the tree smashed down a railing and knocked out a light post and the bridge remains closed. late tonight, construction crews brought in concrete barriers, putting it all around the debris field. that means this portion of fenwick least until further notice. roz plater, abc 7 news. kimberly: thank you. if you want to know when it will warm up, rain, or get colder, sign up to get the weather alert and forecast sent to your phone. just go to wjla.com/text and enter your phone number. emergency, you want this woman by your side. time,s off duty at the but this d.c. fire paramedic is credited with helping save the life of a seven-year-old boy. the boy remains in the hospital after somebody shot him in the shoulder late yesterday afternoon, insight of a church southeast.ce in there was a baby shower at the time, and one of the attendees rush to help. >> he was alert, made eye contact

kellye: new pictures from northeast d.c. where d.c. fire is confirming a cfx train has derailed.ne service is suspended between noma gallaudet and brooke land. we have a crew on scene getting more information and we will up eigh of that information. a rainy sunday for you. we will have more of that in a moment. in northeast police investigating a triple shooting. the three victims were all shot on the 600 block of edgewood street northeast. just before 1:30 this morning areas one of the victims to be a juvenile. all three were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. police to not have any information about a suspect. jacqui: we got steady rain and cool temperatures this morning. sunday looking at temperatures in the 50's. the rain steady and has been for the last several hours and will continue to be fairly steady for at least lunchtime today. the larger view showing spotty showers to the ohio river valley. temperatures cool today in the 60's at best. tonight we will see patchy fog. isolated thunderstorm possible this evening area our best chance for seeing wa

d.c. fire shutting down rhode island avenue between 4th and 10th streets northeast.railcars have overturned and one of them at least one of them is leaking hazardous fluids. derrick ward just arrived to the scene, derrick, what you can tell us? >> reporter: we've actually been here for about a half an hour and we're at the franklin street bridge. take a look. what you're seeing at the he far end under that footbridge a carries coal. it has derailed. cars immediately this side of that, we're looking south, immediately north of that are also off the rails. i'm told on the other side of that, what we can't see from here may be some tappinkers tha have also derailed that apparently have a chemical in them. we're told it reacts with water, it is an acidic type chemical. we certainly hope there is no airborne threat, but probably not the kind of thing you want to come into contact with. i spoke to a gentleman earlier who said that he heard what he thought might have been a plane crash. want to give you a view from another angle here. take a look at other video that we have

hospital for more medical attention, all of this after the united house of prayer annual parade inay northeast d.c. an estimated 2000 people took heart in the parade. happening now, the death toll is climbing following heavy rain in the southern plains. four another four missing. 11-year-old boy was swept away by swollen creek in kansas. a similar search is underway for a boy in fort worth. evacuation orders are in place houston, hits near with record flooding just a few weeks ago. a maryland family demanding answers after one of their dogs died at a pet resort. prince george's county police and animal control are investigating what happened after this person dropped all three dogs at axiom that -- pet resort in clinton. one of the dogs never came home. the other two were injured and afraid. >> for somebody to hurt an animal, it's like hurting your kid. we want answers. kimberly: ax was hit by a car after employee left a gate open. axiom said they are paying the vet bills for the other two dogs. he haser tells abc 7 been out of the country but will sit down for an interview when he returns. memori

kimberly: following breaking news of the district right more violence erupting in northeast d.c., where the police are investigating their second shooting today. right now the police are looking into a shooting in the 2600 block of 22nd street near douglas street that happened at 9 p.m. tonight. the victim is an adult male, conscious and breathing at this hour. the police are all also looking for two suspects right now. about two miles away, another community is fighting back against crime tonight, hours after a deadly shooting. hisn fatally shot daughter's boyfriend in an apartment on the hundred block of 21st street. the 30-year-old was rushed to the hospital but did not survive. .> i see a man just lay down i guess the child possible came out and was like, my goodness, he a shot. i don't know what homicides they have prevented. we wish they could he arrested 67-year-old wilbert whitaker, charged with second-degree murder, the murder coming on the very same night humidity members had planned for a crime walk -- community members had a crime walk planned for a call to the end of violen

in northeast d.c., diane cho, abc7 news. maureen: metro getting he from the d.c. firefighter. a fuel-time firefighter will -- full-time firefighter will work with the system and stand by at the center 24 hours a day and help cocoordinate communication between metro employees and the first responders in an emergency. the change comes one day before metro issues a final report on a fire that killed a woman at last year. leon: two years after the scene in the piscataway hills neighborhood, in prince george's county and final repair to the road complete. brad bell explains why not all of the homeowners will ever be satisfied after the slope failure. brad: two-year nightmare for the people of the piscataway hill neighborhood. starting with a landslide or smoke failure as the engineers called it. it happened after a period of heavy rain, may 2014. five houses on the ridge top deemed unsafe. >> walking for six months. it was taxing to bring in everything we needed to and from the trash out and the groceries in. brad: today robert riley and his neighbors finally able to exhale. >> i a

security guard is under arrest tonight accused of attacking a customer inside a giant store in northeast d.c. >> customer is reportedly a transgender woman trying to use the grocery store's women's restroom and is liver with the latest. >> tony, shawn, it happened at this northeast giant and in fact if you look over my right shoulder inside that woman's bathroom according to a report filed by police the guard followed the customer identified at ebony bellchar transgender woman into the bam room and used physical force to escort her out and then altercation ensued and i wonder what the viewers know. i got a text from ebony she's telling me how she felt. she felt terrified she was attacked. just because i identified myself as a transgender woman going into the bathroom. that should not happen. >> again the scuffle happened today around noon at the giant here on the 300 block of 8 plg street and was also captured on surveillance video which police reviewed before me made arrest arresting secure sdi guard. when officers we were emailed this statement saying "as this matter involves a third party

we start tonight with a freightt train derailment that created a hazmat scene in northeast d.c. it was a csx scene that caused the mess. it caused delays on met re as well as mark trains. alexandra limon is life in i northeast where we just got an update from officials a short s time ago. alex? >>reporter: guys, at this time we still don't know why that csx freight train retrailed. i can tell you right now that d.c. heavy equipment is out her working on egypt. egy the train was carrying flammable and hazardous material and it essentially derailed where the rhode island metro station shutting that station down and at this time it remains closed. now, the csx train was one of the cars was carrying a substance called sodium hydroxide, which is hazardous,o, the leak is plugged,. we're told that a second car is still slowly leaking ethanol, but the fire department says that leak is contained and they're working on plugging that week. csx says a third train car was leaking calcium chloride which is a toxic substance. s that leak was plugged shortly of after the derailment happened. the

. >> reporter: this bus ran over him while he was taking out trash at the crown gas station in northeast d.c. he worked here. >> it is a bizarre incident, very uncharacteristic for somebody to take a bus and attack a bus driver. to get off the bus and passengers raced out the back leaving loving on board. police say loving jumped behind the wheel, stole the bus and hit a van with senior citizens on it. >> ma'am, news 4. i'd like to ask you about keith. >> reporter: we tried to talk to the suspect's relatives at a southeast d.c. apartment. they didn't want to talk. back at the scene, witnesses were in shock. >> we looked and it was just chaos. this bus did not have a protective shield separating the driver from passengers. tonight, metro officials tell us that new buses will have the protective shields. live in northwest d.c., shomari stone, news 4. >>> back to politics and a big night for donald trump. the likely presidential nominee tonight causing ted cruz to drop out of the race. steve handelsman is live on where both parties stand now. steve? >> there were cries of no, don't do it here a

stephen: the puppies are believed to spent the first four months of their lives in this northeast d.c. home. veterinarians say months of neglect and abuse left dogs sick. emaciated and covered in sores. >> it's similar to having a child. it's helpless. it depends on you. stephen: perspective dog owner michelle has trouble understanding how anyone could treat puppies so badly. the sickest puppy is called chase. >> chase being the worst was severely underweight. too we walk around or move. stephen: chase received thousands of dollars in care and underwent a complete blood transfusion. annual control office -- animal control officers learned of the dog's condition from the owner. >> she called animal control to have three sick puppies picked up from her house. stephen: since the three puppies were rescued april 13. one recovered and been adopted. the other is in foster care. the littlest one, the sickest one chase is in medical foster care. with someone taking him back and forth to the veterinary hospital to continue treatment. >> she might need time. >> -- might do time. >> that's what

csx train has derailed in northeast d.c. on rhode island avenue near the metro station. t several rail cars have overturned, at least one is leaking some sort of hazardous fluid. d.c. fire has closed rhode island avenue in that area. metro has suspended red line service between noma and brookland. buses are being brought in and this will cause significant delays in that area. derrick ward is headed to the scene and will give us a live update as soon as he gets there. >>> soggy sunday. we've had rain falling since last last night. it continues this morning. good morning, i'm tom kierein tracking this rain moving from the southwest it's a broad area of rain coming out of the mountains now into virginia, west virginia and coming into maryland, the district on the eastern shore, as well. now, the areas you see in the lighter green, that is some lighter rain and it's continue itting to move off. a few pockets here, we're getting moderate showers winchester up to martinsburg. so today you will definitely need the umbrella and your rain the boots. have a light jacket because it

hometown outside richmo, >>> police are looking for the shooter who fired at two women today in northeast d.c. both women were found conscious and breathing along the 3700 block of hayes street. there is no word on a motive or suspect. >>> to some disturbing testimony about an attack in 2014 on a mclane virginia couple inside their home. leo fisher said his attacker barged in, phased him, put a pillow over his face and cut his throat from side to side. his wife was also stabbed and beaten. on trial, prosecutors say he was seeking revenge against fisher for firing his wife from a law firm. testimony continues tomorrow. >>> a robotics submarine has joined the search for the black boxes from egypt air flight 804. the sub can go down nearly 10,000 feet. the batteries only last 30 days. the jet liner crashed thursday caile flying from paris to black boxes can help explain why the plane went down. so far investigators have not ruled out anything including terrorism. >>> president barack obama has lifted the decades old ban on selling arms in vietnam. he received a warm enthusiastic welcome in the c

. >>> now northeast d.c. csx says it expects to restore freight train operations through the area sometime tomorrow. crewscrews have hazardous chemicals that leaked through the cars. they're now back-filling. then they will rebuild the damaged tracks. >>> a former d.c. governor is heading to prison for federal income tax fraud. mark had been an employee with the district's department of youth and rehabilitative services. they said battle used his access to government computers to steal social security numbers and other personal data from juvenile offenders and their families. he then used that information to file bogus federal income tax returns over a three-year period. now, the scheme caused the irs to issue more than $2 million in fraudulent refunds to battle and others. battle was sentenced today to four years in prison. >>> an american service man has been northern iraq. he was advising kurdish forces, battling isis terrorists near mosul. he was at least two miles behind a kurdish front line, when isis u

. >> reporter: it happened just below the rhode island metro tracks in northeast d.c., forcing the station to close and riders to use shuttle buses from noma to brookland. >> we will run test trains to make sure it is safe to restore service. >> reporter: the derailment involved 14 cars of a 175-car train. one of the tankers loaded with 15,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide ruptured. >> we believe half of that had leaked in to the rail bed n to the gravel and ground underneath it. >> reporter: two other cars had leaks, one filled with etno another with calcium chloride, commonly used to treat icy roads. officials say the chemical spill did not affect air or water quality in the area and no one was hurt. >> i have to say our first responders were here and acted professionally and contained the scene as quickly as we can expect. >> reporter: maureen is with the d.c. safe rail. they have been fighting a project along virginia avenue near the navy yard. >> csx carries hazardous materials through the tracks many have an evacuation zone of a mile or more. even though it was hazardous derailment it

he's from northeast d.c. andd. tonight he's facing second degree murder. people running, hollering.ho it was just chaos. in less than three minutes police say a man singlely high jacketed metro bus u6 and struck and killed a pedestrian. >> that's crazy. cr somebody would lose a life because somebody wanted to actct crazy out here. police would not speculate whether the suspect was intoxicated or influence of drugs as he boarded the bus and stood over the driver.he as soon as the bus made its next stop on kenilworth avenue, thehe suspect attacked the driver.ver. the metro driver pushed theushe emergency button. a driver and passengers jumped off and the suction peck jumped in the driver's seat hopping several curbs and eventually barreling through the crown gas station on minnesota avenue.aven it's here at this a bus hit a man those who saidad would help out byç taking trask out to help with local businesses. the next thing i know i see the bus coming through the gas station. kenilworth, 3300 block of burrows. we'll check that location right now in burrows

we begin in northeast d.c. d.c a man was shot and killed on 24th street. street.t happened around 2:15 this 25 morning. the shootn from spring garden higharhigh school.sc police aren't saying anything right now about suspects inus the case. c >>> let's go to northerno nther virginia where prince williamria county police arecounty investigating a deadlyvestig shooting there.oohere happened this morning aroundd 2:20 in the 3,000 block of glansky boulevard.ouva police say a 23-year-old manar-m was killed.was kil this is prince williamam county's tenth murder of the year. year >> meantime more violenceime moo impacting metro. last night a teenager was shot t near the anacostia metro station in southeast.ou police say the girl was shotas in the leg near the station's sn bus area.s are she is expected to be okay. o so far no arrests in thisn th case.case the shooter still out thereter this morning. mor we spoke with d.c. council member ruby may about the ongoing violence in the district.. >> we want to be able to walk our streets without the fear fea of being shot or be

train derailment in northeast d.c. a total of 16 cars derailed yesterday morning, and today we're hearing from one of d.c.'s leaders on this mess. our sam sween see live with that and the progress being made at that site today. sam? sam: jummy, good aer we are making progress, but the clean-up still continues. take a look. you can see they are continuing -- jummy: all right, we've got problems with the live shot there, and we'll try to get him up. in the meantime, our other top stories -- the metro station are reopening, but thousands are still dealing with the brunswick line. suzanne kennedy continues our coverage in silver spring. suzanne: this is the first marc train to come in off the brunswick line here to the silver spring station. all of the trains from that brunswick line are going to have to stop near silver spring. the passengers that were on this train got off and went and got on metro or found other transportation to downtown washington. three lines were hopefully they are thinking that by tomorrow morning

. >>> in northeast d.c., a man was stabbed outside a metro station and police are still looking for the person responsible. this happened outside the minnesota avenue metro station. the victim was stabbed at the bus bay near the station at around 12:30 this morning and is expected to survive. meanwhile metro transit police released this picture of a man >>> we have now learned the name of the man shot to death in the district just before 2:00 this morning along nelson place in southeast. when officers arrived, they found don williams jr. emts rushed him to the hospital but was not able to survive. police need the public's help to find his killer. they have not released a motive in this case. >>> on "meet the press" this morning, donald trump discussed the lack of support from gop leaders. the presumptive presidential nominee calledeb jus bh and senator lindsey graham dishonorable for backing out of the pledge that they signed last year to support the eventual nominee. trump also talked about speaker paul ryan refusing to endorse him. >> i like paul ryan. i think he's a very good guy. he

the very latest here in northeast d.c., one person killed, suspect in custody after allegedly car jacking or hijacking a mess row bus. that's the latest, jummy. back to you. jummy: stephen will bring us new details on this story as our broadcast continues. in the meantime, we switch to metro and the probable cause of the deadly metro smoke incident coming to light. right now the national transportation safety board holding a meeting on the finding from its investigation into that january, 2015, incident. they also released some brand new video of the arcing incident at mcpherson square back in march. and our sam sweeney is in the newsroom with the new information we're learning. sam. sam: jummy, this is a disturbing report from the national transportation safety program is fundamentally flawed, has been for years and continues to be a serious problem. one ntsb board member went as far to say that wmata has a learning disability. take a look at some incident of the l'enfant incident showing dozens of safety failure. water leaks played a major role in the smoke incident that took place back

that's the latest at the wilson building northeast d.c., annie yu, "fox5 local news". >> 4:a5 1st timeormer police officer is charged in the murder of 2011 shooting death of anthony lamar smith. smith was shot and killed by then officer jason stock limit now, new facts reveal shocking evidence in the case. that evidence includes a dashcam video. a gun recovered from smith's car had officer stockton's dna on it. >> charleston south carolina a federal probe launched into the police department over eye controversial involved officer shoting. it was captured on cellphone video firing 8 times as walter scott a black a traffic stop. slager's trial on state murder charges is scheduled to begin in october. >> also, south carolina the state passed a bill yesterday ban ago portion after 19 weeks and it's now 17 state pass that ban and legislation allows exceptions only if the mother's life is in jeopardy for the doctor determines the feet cuss not survive outside the woman. average 30 aborgs are performed 20 weeks or beyond. >> millions of people who quork 50 to 60 hours a week without paying ov

the man police arrested for stealing a bus and fatally mowing down a man in northeast d.c. was apparently high on synthetic marijuana and pcp when he did it. court documents reveal 30-year- old. police say loving assaulted a the bus yesterday around 10:30. they say he drove it for 90 seconds, then stopped with 40- year-old anthony payne in full view and ran him over. tonight people are remembering payne as a caring man. >> he was funny. he was friendly. he always liked doing things, helping people. >> loving has been charged with second degree murder. he's being held in jail without bond. >>> montgomery county police say a man has been hit and killed by an amtrak train. it happened along the tracks in rockville. the police investigation has been tying up service on the mark brunswick line. >>> right now, the jury in the grace mann murder trial is deliberating the killer, steven briel. he admitted to killing mann last year but pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. a uva psychiatrist diagnosed him as paranoid schizophrenia. the prosecution called the insanity defense mere

the time developing this morning no word what caused the csx train to derail sunday morning in northeast d.c. and this morning cleanup efforts continue and crews are making progress on clearing the site and they have quite a bit of hazardous materials to move. cfx is reporting more cars than went off fraction. and now they say 16. >> at thint cars involved in the derailment have been returned to wheels and will be removed from the site so we can get on with removing soil impacted by the leak of sodium hydroxide from the car that leaked during the derailment. >> in addition to moving soil around the spill we're told csx will also be rebuilding the rail bed. and now as a result of all this the mark brunz we can line will continue to reduce service. and train 892, 878 and 880 all trains will terminate in silver spring. passengers traveling to d.c. will travel to metro rockville or silver spring and in the evening all three trains will originate in silver ving and make all three stops. check out mts web site. >> starting next month metro is adding a new 24/7 fire department liaison and it's a mo

. >>> in northeast d.c., a man stabbed outside of a metro station.olice are still looking for the person responsible. it happened outside of the minnesota avenue metro station. the victim was stabbed 12:30 this morning. he's expected to survive. metro transit police released this picture of a man they are calling a person of interest. >>> new tonight, an ivy league professor taken off of a flight because a fellow passenger thought what he was writing might be a sign of terrorist activi b economics professor was solving a differential equation. we have put the story on our facebook page and it's getting a lot of comments and shares tonight. the professor was on a flight from philadelphia to syracuse on thursday night. they were about to take off when the woman next to him passed the flight attendant a note and the plane went back to the game. he was taken off the plane, questioned by authorities and clear to get back on the flight. > >>>. >> people valentine a great fear which overwhelms their ability to think. >> they have to stick to the rules. >> r

captured the moment the cars crashed in to one another near the rhode island metro station in northeast d.cleaked as a result of the derailment. today he wieleanor holmes

. >>> developing this morning, a train derailment in northeast d.c. drive to work. 14 railcars from the csx train derailed yesterday morning at 9th and rhode island avenue. that derailment sent thousands of gallons of a bleach-like chemical on to the track. hazmat teams immediately responded. now, two other cars also leagued ethanol and calcium chloride which is commonly used to trea officials say the wat one was . metro plans to open thed stion morning at 5:00 a.m. it was shut down yesterday all day because of the derailment. if you take marc train, though, you should expect major service disruptions on the brunswick line. mta says it's blocked between union station and silver spring because of this derailment. only three trains will run this morning, all will stop at silver spring -- will stop service at silver spring and passengers will have to transfer to metro at either rockville or silver spring station. >>> the iteam has reported on the dangerous material. within hours of the derailment, a searched viewer sent us these pictures of the tanker ca

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. keep your umbrella out and close by. p cooler weather is back in fashion once again after our one day warm-up into the 70s. all eyes towards the weekend, looks like we should have some improvement towards the weekend. but nechl, your tuesday morning is a wash in clouds and raindrops again. future weather carries the bulling of the first chance of rain out of here about 8:00 or 9:00 this morning, but there will very likely be another round of showers to develop in the heating of the day later on. so temperatures then, we're in the low 60s right now and pretty

delays this morning after a train derailment. 15 cars of a csx freight train went off the tracks in northeast d.c. a company spokeswoman says one of the derailed trains leaked sodium hydroxide, which is used to produce various household products including soap and detergent. >>> and a historic new york city church has been heavily damaged by smoke and flames. the fire destroyed the roof of the serbian orthodox cathedral but the church was empty at the time, and there were no serious injuries. the cathedral was built in the early 1850s and was designated a city landmark in 1968. >>> it was the end of an era in providence, rhode island, for the greatest show on earth. >>> over the weekend, the last performing elephants with the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus walked the ring for the final time. after decades of protests from animal rights groups, the circus is retiring them to ringling's 200-acre preserve in florida. >> elephants have been part of the circus for a long time, 145 years. other animals will remain as part of that show. >>> well, coming up, a lawsuit that starbucks is call

several cars of a great train went off the tracks in northeast d.c. a company spokeswoman says one of the trains leaked sodium high oxide used to produce so and detergent. >> two important energy exploration companies have called off their merger. the announcement was made by the justice department which had sued halliburton and baker hughes to stop the merger. government claimed the combination would eliminate sith competition in more than two dozen markets. the justice department says it would have raised prices, decreased output and lessened here. a fall inside of a woman's home helped create a medical miracle for her. we're talking about mary anne frank colost her eyesight more than 21 years ago in an you the an toe accident and fell inside of her home recently and inspired her spine. when she woke up from that surgery she could see. >> wow. >> the sun's coming through the trees. oh, god, it's wonderful to see. i'm the happiest woman in the whole wide world. >> the in your row surgeon who performed the operation says he's never seen or heard of an

federal transit investigators trying to figure out what caused a train to derail in northeast d.c. 14 railcars went off the tracks yesterday morning and that caused a hazmat situation. derrick ward has been following this for us the last 24 hours and he's on the scene with how this might affect you this morning. >> reporter: here is what we know at this point. the derailed cars have been moved to a central staging area where they can be investigated, they can take a look and see if there is any indication as to what caused this. it was determined yesterday that there was no threat to the neighborhood from themi before 7:00 yesterday when a cu maryland bound for north carolina derailed here near the brookland metro station. chemicals were spilled from three of those tappinger c ee e cars. ethanol, cal s calcium chloride gas line was ruptured. right now those are lights work to go repair the track and track bed damaged by the derailment. again the investigation still continues trying to find out why it happened and how they can prevent it from happening again. derrick ward, news 4. >>>

>>reporter: a bizarre andand tragic scene here in northeast d.c.acked metro bus u6 barreled through this gas station here and then strikes th and kills a pedestrian standingi at this dumpster here. the driver and the passengers oe that bus able to get off safely. teisha.te > what happened at this southeast mcdonald's drivedriv through has mcdonald's and employees on high alert.lert a dangerous trio jump ped through this drive through window and robbed the place at gun point.nt. it was all captured on camera and happened in the we hours of the morning. thankfully the employees are okay but now police are turning to the public for help in capturing the crook. heroin and prescription drugsre are causing a public health crisis.cr it's so-called they called a town haul meeting tonight to ton talk about the problem. and metro is on again. today the national transportation safety board blasted the transit agency andad release its savings on last year's incident.cide the in poor inspection andnsp maintenance practicesinte contributed to the deadly incident

she faces simple assault charges for allegedly confronting the transgender woman in the northeast d.c. telling her she could not use the women's restroom. the woman said she did use the restroom. when she came out, that jones confronted her. literally forced her, pushed her, shoved her out of the giant and told her she had to leave. in the courtroom today, ebony blecher sat through the whole proceeding and came out afterword. we caught up with her. this is what she said about how the event has affected her. >> i have to worry every day if i go to mcdonald's, safeway, subway, worried whether or not someone will come running up behind me. chargingcharging in the westroom because i'm -- restroom because i'm transgender and try to show me out. >> we talk to a woman who said she was in lock up with jones. was illegal to force someone out of a grocery store because they were transgender. she said she thought it was against the law to allow a transgender person in the bathroom where their, that was not the assigned bathroom for them. jones will be back in july. reporting live, stephen tschid

it happened at the giant at third and h streets in northeast d.c. jackie bensen joins us now with some new details about what happened there. jackie? >> reporter: this has all come into us within the last hour or so. we're going to tell you what we know. d.c. police confirmed they were called here earlier today and arrested a security officer for a confrontation with someone in the store. at one point during that confrontation, the security officer is alleged to have shoved or pushed the person, hence the charge of simple assault. several sources tell us it became apparent that the incident was prompted by the security officer allegedly telling the person who made the complaint, a transgender woman, that he did not want her to use the ladies restroom. the woman got upset, remained in the store. the security officer forcibly attempted to get her to lea, which resulted in the physical contact. now a short time ago we received this statement from a spokesman from giant. it reads as this matter involves a third party that provides security services for

this unfolded yesterday morning in northeast d.c. court documents say loving smoked k2 and pcp before he hijacked that bus. anthony payne was killed. shomari stone is in the courtroom now. he's going to have more once loving makes his appearance. >>> metro just learning that your safety will be the focus of a hearing on capitol hill yet again. the house subcommittee on highways and transit just announcing this afternoon that hearing is set for tuesday, may 24th. board chairman had to testify before the committee just last month you may recall. yesterday the ntsb released its findings after last year's deadly smoke incident at l'enfant plaza. >>> closing arguments are under way at a college student's murder trial. steven briel is accused of killing husbakill ing his housemate. he believed grace mann was part of a conspiracy to kill him. he thought mann was going to kill him and make it look like a suicide. >>> well, a new name is being added to a local memorial. first at 4, we'll tell you whose name and legacy will forever be remember

police are putting up a new speed camera in northeast d.c. they made the announcement today as part of the street safe now the camera goes live on sunday at queens chapel road and new york avenue. speed limit there is 25 miles per hour, but there is going to be a 30-day grace period before police actually start issuing those tickets. >>> it's the tv show that gets d.c. talking. first at 4, what one of its stars just shared about behind the scenes negotiations that could really spark conversation about equal pay for women. >>> streetcars coming here to vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free, energy-saving upgrades. it's more than helping customers, it's helping neighbors. ♪ stand by me >>> breaking news from the live desk. police say a man injured when a driver repeatedly rammed his hummer into the tyson's silver diner has died. officers say 74-year-old andrew sharon died yesterday from in

mark and amtrak will be fully restored after sunday's derailment along rhode island avenue in northeast d.c11 of the trains remain at the site. the maryland transit authority is warning you should expect significantly reduced service. no word on tomorrow schedule. >>> new developments for anyone that wants to get their d.c. driver's license. we first told you about the proposal for new driver's ed course that is could cost you $1,000 or more. today, the d.c. council passed emergency legislation blocking the d.c. dmv from requiring the courses. they said many can't afford them. >>> unraveling the mystery at paisley park. another clue in the very private life of music icon, prince. a 911 call may explain what led up to his death. >>> plus, a severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of pots spotsylvania county. doug, what's the latest? >> that warning has now expired. king george county seeing some strong thunderstorms. in through southern maryland, very heavy rain. stay indoors for the next hour or so as this pushes on through. we're just getting started. more shows and thunderstormers >>

well, we are here at anacostia road and douglas in northeast d.c. it appears that a postal employee didn't like delivering all the mail and so he started dumping it into the sewer. stuffing nil the sewer here. that is where -- stuffing it in the sewer there. that is when they found a wagon full of the stuff. it was postmarked late as may 11. snaking out a clogged drain for a neighbor and he noticed paper coming up. upon closer inspection he saw failed papers and the envelopes as he started to look for a source and found all kind of mail in the sewer. >> maybe somebody was throwing trash. i didn't open it up but it looks like a $1,000 check to go for -- $10,000 check to somebody for services rendered. brad: we saw mail postmarked for a number of addresses up and down kenilworth avenue in this neighborhood. also another street over here. so perhaps people are missing mail and the mail was or still is down in this sewer. the d.c. post master himself came here this afternoon. and at "abc7 news at 5:00", you will see him and hear what he has to say about

. >>> our first look now at the csx train derailment in northeast d.c. you can see something happens that forces one of the cars to derail and then the domino effect begins. this was captured from a surveillance camera near the rhode island metro station. another angle shows the ensuing pile up as the rail cars begin bouncing off each other. mark segraves is near the scene now. have they figured out why this happened yet? >> reporter: hey, jim. i can tell you federal inspectors as well as d.c. inspectors have been on the scene since yesterday. they say it is say what may have caused this derailment. you can take a look down behind me and you can see work is still under way. as to that video that we were showing you earlier, very dramatic video of the derailment and all of the cars piling up. during that video, one of the angles shows sparks flying from beneath one of the tankered cars. i actually asked one of the csx officials here and a federal inspector about that video. they say it is too early to read anything into it. it will be part of the investig