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the national transportation safety board is under investigation. they say more than 200 people were evacuated. many of them forced to escape on their own. >> mostly they went toward the tunnel portal and up what is called a vent shaft. it's like about a three fourth story staircase. >> reporter: an estimated 80 people were taken to the hospital. two in critical condition. >> i do feel safe riding metro. and this of course is a tragedy and an accident and we want -- i don't know anything about the causes or the details of what happened. i'm confident that our national transportation safety board will get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: the ntsb says a full report on the investigation could take six months to a year. kelly wright fox news. >>> at 4:35 this morning we have new information on the search for more members of a terror cell connected to the attacks in france. bulgarian officials say they have arrested a man from france linked to the two brothers that carried out the attack on the offices of the charlie hebdo magazine in paris. as ms. a s

the national transportation safety board is now at the scene and leading the investigation into whataused the incident. they say more than 200 people were evacuated. many of them forced to escape on their own. >> mostly they went towards the tunnel portal and up, what's called a vent shaft. it's like a 3 or 4 story staircase. >> an estimated 80 people were taken to local hospitals, two of them listed in critical condition. >> i do feel safe riding metro and this, of course, is a tragedy and an accident and we want to -- i don't know anything about the cause or the details of what happened. i'm confident that our national transportation safety board will get to the bottom of it. >> the ntsb says a full report on the investigation could take six months to a year. kelly wright, fox news. >>> heartbreaking new details after a man is killed on a railroad tracks in gilroy. >> i get talking to him, hold in there, buddy, you're going to make it. don't give up. >> the new questions about whether the crossing arms were working at the time. >> if you think traffic is getting worse, you're right

. >>> congress will hold a briefing with the national transportation safety board on wednesday. eleanor holmes norton called for that briefing p. the ntsb's preliminary report found 45 minutes passed before power was cut to the third rail so first responders could reach passengers. d.c. fire and ems also released an initial report and found firefighters were having a toume communicating with one another. you can read both reports on nbc waugshington washington.com. >>> a montgomery county pastor says more signs will go out in to the community after vandals spray painted a sign on church property. somebody painted over the sign that reads black lives matter they changed to all lives matter. now, this happened at the united church of christ on colesville road in silver springs. the reverend brought the sign inside and displayed it prominently during sunday services. he says the church is sticking to the message that black lives matter. >>> there are lots of events to honor dr. martin luther king jr. today. >> megan mcgrath is live at the mlk memorial. what is going on there? >> re

administrators tell us they are waiting on a final report from the national transportation safety board. it is an explanation that is not sitting well with some residents. >> just three years ago. when they talk about the houses you know what you are buying into. >> the airpark promises to work with residents and the faa to address any safety concerns. >> get ready to pay up. there is a proposal to add toll lanes to interstate 66. union at had to drive far to find some who doesn't like it. how does this work? >> just like some other interstates, some lanes would be free. others you would have to pay the use it right now the stretch were talking about has four lanes in each direction. this would make a fifth lane. tonight, a packed house heard the plants. many arrange their lives around the traffic. >> if there is a meeting had to go to, i scheduled it later in the meeting or afternoon. >> there was heavy traffic almost the entire way. >> we will transform this corridor. >> they would change 25 miles from the beltway to 15. there would be told lanes in each direction. it would be similar

. >> the national transportation safety board held a summit on the dangers of drowsy driving.s first panel looked at the issue of sleep deprivation among teens. it's an hour. >>> welcome back, everybody. we're here for our third panel. we expanded the audience and sitting in the back there everybody, is a group from the national organization for youth safety. noise. there you go. what perfect timing because our next panel is specifically on novice drivers. so mr. bragg, whenever you are ready. >> thank you, member rosekind. as a reminder for our panelists, please push the button on the microphone to activate. bring it close to you. when done speaking, turn off the microphone by again depressing the button. once again our next panel is on concerns for novice drivers. bradley hospital and professor of psychiatrist and human behavior brown university. and we also have dr. nate watson. president elect of the academy of sleep medicine and professor of neurology and co-director of sleep centers at the university of washington. >> thank you.bkm thank you very much for the invitation

. >> reporter: now, the national transportation safety board investigation is still going on. and the attorney there says that actually once that report comes out or those findings are made public it may change their lawsuit somewhat. now, because of the pending lawsuit -- because of that ntsb investigation, metro cannot speak publicly on today's developments. we are live here at l'enphant plaza, derrick ward news4. >> thank you, derrick. coming up and new at 6:00 another safety issue for metro. some-its original railcars still on the tracks. we'll take you on board and find out how long these 40-year-old cars will stick around. >>> and an emotional day in court at the sentenceing for a deadly hit-and-run crash. we'll tell you how this one case has led to some significant changes out in college park maryland. >>> and another player with local ties ready to take the field at the super bowl. jim handly is live in arizona with that story ne thank you, cable for the slower internet upload speeds. for fewer video on demand titles. thank you cable, because if we never had you... ...

from board chairman tom downs and said downs cite an order to keep quiet from the national transportation safety board. he did promise to fix any problem found by the ntsb. >> no matter what the findings are, we are not challenging them in any way. our commitment is if they make a recommendation enhancement, we will do it as quickly as we possibly can no matter what the challenge or the cost. >> tom downs did tell the council members that every metro car is equipped with instructions on how to self- evacuate and it does not require unscrewing a plastic panel as one of the first responders had suggested. >>> 25-year-old lemuel brown jr. is behind bars tonight charged with murder accused of shooting and killing james birch who died at the scene. the two men fought and that touched off the shooting. >>> should police be allowed to know what's going on in your home? >> dozens of police departments have been equipped with new radar that can detect when people are in their homes by their breath. peggy fox has been looking into the new devices which police departments are using them. >> we did know that the

. >> tonight, the national transportation safety board said it's looking into communication problems between metro and d.c. fire. >> it's also looking at the ventilation systems in both metro tunnels and the trains themselves. news4 transportation reporter adam tuss is live at the plaza station. adam? >> reporter: that's right. doreen. a whole lot of new information coming out of the back-to-back meetings tonight and, yes, safety changes coming tomorrow with the metro system. >> so we wanted to know what were they doing now, the fierce urgency of now to correct the problem. >> reporter: fiery from our region's congressional leaders who are demanding answers so that riders can trust metro. >> when they get on metro tomorrow how confident are they going to be that they will be safe? >> reporter: tonight, news4 learned that metro will change some protocols at a board meeting tomorrow. train operators will now be allowed to turn off ventilation systems without first contacting central command if they see smoke. new signage will be posted that gives a clear picture which doors are emergenc

i'm an air safety investigator with the national transportation safety board. i want to express my condolences to the family members of the victims on board of the airplane. secondly, i would like to express my gratitude to local and state authorities who helped us with this investigation. today we're here to document facts and circumstances and we will not be looking at probable causes and not discussing probable cause. on january 2nd about 6:00 p.m. a piper pa34 impacted trees and terrain west of the kentucky dam state airport. there were five okccupants on board. four of them occurred fatal injury and one of them sustained serious injury. today is our first day on scene. we'll be documenting the accident sight. the salvage facility is working to remove the airplane from the accident site. we'll take it to their facility further south of here. we will thoroughlily exam the airframe and engine of the airplane. after this initial phase, we will issue a preliminary report in about ten days. that report can be found on the ntsb website which is www.ntsb.gov. as w

. >>> happening today, the national transportation safety board will release its most wanted list forety improvements in 2015. for the first time the board will prioritize safety in mass transit by computer rails, subways and light rails. last year they focused on substantive care for accidents. >>> the ftc has a new online consumer health center to allow people to file complaints and get quicker responses. the site will provide consumers with a tracking number to check on the status of their complaint. the ftc will also be able to send the complaint directly to service providers who would have to respond in 30 days. >>> pope francis is in sri lanka for the first leg of a trip to asia. the pope plans to bring a message of peace and respect for all people regardless of faith or ethnicity. his arrival comes on the heels of new international tensions over the paris attacks. in a message to vatican officials, he said religious fundament fundamentalism was because they used god as a pretext to perpetuate mass killing. >>> watch out for icy spots this morning. the temperatures are falling a

the national transportation safety board took possession of the items as part of its investigation into the smoke that filled that yellow line station monday. stephen tschida is live outside of metro headquarters and has the very latest. stephen? >> ok leon this is the very latest. five minutes ago, i spoke with a representative from the national transportation safety board that said the train that's involved in this incident has been turned back over to metro after the ntsb conducted its investigation. into, as far as what's going on here at metro headquarters, the belongings and the possessions that a number of these passengers had to leave on that rail car as they fled for the exits, l'enfant plaza, well those possessions are in the process of being brought here to metro headquarters. about 10 people, we understand, have showed up here. they are inside. they are waiting to get their belongings that were left on that train. we caught up with one man who says this is what a real ordeal key through the home he rents the room are in his bag and it's caused him some major problems. >> i h

promise by metro to address any interim recommendations that could come from the national transportation safety board which is the lead on this investigation. d.c. released its initial report yesterday confirming there were major communication problems among the first responders and communications at l'enfant plaza specifically were non-existent and especially right there in the tunnel. >> huge rescue effort underground, 800 foot down in the tunnel with zero visibility. >> carol glover is the woman who died as a result ofold. she was the mother of two adult sons described by everyone as a hard working, lovely woman who loved her family. she takes metro to work every day and did not make it home that day. a memorial service is being planned for her tomorrow. it's going to happen at washington's capitol hill baptist church. it's set to get under way at 10:00 this morning. i have not had a chance to talk to a lot of riders this morning about the ad but one rider told me this morning when i asked her what she thought about the ad that was taken out by metro, she simply said said it's not good enough. we'

. >> as national transportation safety board works to salvage wreckage from a plane crash that killed four people investigators are trying to figure out how a 7-year-old girl survived. >> she's one remarkable young lady. >> sailor gutzler pulled herself out of the smashed upside down mraepch the second grader with broken bones and wearing a tee shirt and shorts braved 38 degree weather to find help she tried to light a branch from small fire from the plane so she set out barefoot wandering in total darkness. >> she actually probably went the best route she could have gone. it was probably not easiest route. at the scene we were talking about that divine intervention there. >> eventually she lanted on door step of larry wilkins. >> god guided her and took hold of her and showed her what to do. >> back home in nashville the guxt tzler family in everyone's prayers. >> they're dedicated to the community and i know this will be a hard loss not just for the church but community at large. >> marty and gym betterly gutzlew owned this furniture store a pilot known for his lovele flying. >> you

it will be up to the national transportation safety board to bring it all together in a final report which we are still waiting for. we are live in southwest actually over the tunnel where all of this stuff happened. eric ward news 4. back to you. >> a lot of questions still to be answered and people are demanding to get answers to those questions. winter storm watch is now in effect and you can expect freezing temperatures if you head out tonight. although it's not rainy or snowing, that's all going to change tomorrow night. meteorologist amelia shows us when this storm gets here. >> well chris, this winter storm watch is in effect for counties north and west of the d.c. metro. this is not going to begin until tomorrow night, and it's actually going to run through sunday evening. all of the counties here in blue western allowden western montgomery northern howard frederick county are included in this winter storm watch. rain and snow arrive tomorrow evening. the storm system today mainly rain. temperatures weren't cold enough. colder temperatures with this storm system and we're goi

other lawsuits are in the works as well and the national transportation safety board is investigating. a major shakeup in the political world tonight. mitt romney told supporters he will not hit the presidential trail in 2016. senior political reporter scott thuman is live in the satellite center with why and what's next. scott? >> well maureen, the timing is a bit of a surprise. only because mitt romney then sounding and acting like a candidate these past few weeks. but there were problems. yes, he was leading in many polls. but he'd also lost some donors some staff and many people had said that it was time for a g.o.p. change. >> after putting considerable thought into making another run for president, i've decided it's best to give other leaders in the party the opportunity to become our next nominee. >> the big shoe dropped in a conference call to supporters and staff told they can formally stand down romney won't run. despite citing a 2-1 lead in some polls, he admitted it would be a tough fight. >> i do not want to make it more difficult for someone else to emerge who may have a

the national transportation safety board is investigating the incident that caused chaos at the startthe afternoon commute. >> there was no oxygen. people started panicking and started hitting the floor. >> i had a stocking cap and breathing through it. for an hour. >> officials believe an electrical arcing some type of electrical problem involving the high-voltage third rail triggered the accident. but the investigation is ongoing this noon. >>> in new york city more than 100 firefighters responded to a blaze at penn station. the fire began around 2:20 this morning in an underground construction site. crews were able to get it under control. no one was hurt. the because of the fire still under investigation. several commuter trains are experiencing delays in and out of penn station right now. >>> the president's task force charged with improving 21st century policing is holding its first public meeting in washington today. the group is hearing testimony on how to improve relationships between police and their communities. they are also looking into crime reduction and violence direct

. >> the national transportation safety board at the site of small plane crash in kentucky. year old girl is the lone survivor of that crash that killed four member of her family. investigators hope that she can help them. >> the national transportation safety board has started gathering evidence from the wreck, pieces of the plane removed for the investigation to continue off site. >> we've all thoroughly examined the air frame and the engine of the airplane. >> officials say they'll have preliminary report red any ten days but an official announcement on what caused the crash could take up to a year. investigators will be looking at everything from weather conditions to a distress call from the pilot moments before the crash. but the best information could come from the crash's sole survivor pilot's seven year old caughter. >> having someone that is a witness, always helps us in the investigation it gives us kind of a story line. >> kentucky state police say the girl was able to free herself from the wreckage, despite having broken arm. >> so she just started walking to fi

the national transportation safety board requires a rear facing seat till one. it seems children are in car seats longer than ever. law requires all children under 8 to be properly restrained. but most guidelines for when to switch a child depends on the height and weight limit sets by the manufacturers of the seat. she is looking into a height and weight components to her bill. there has been a growing move to keep children rear facing longer to prevent injury. we kept our younger son rear facing till he was four years old because he is such a little guy. other parents say their children are too tall or too big to remain rear facing. on our website we posted a tool to help you see which car seat your child should be using. just visit www.ktvu.com and click on web links. >> i remember those days so well. >> seems like forever ago. those days. >>> all right. time to check on the weather. it has been cold. the latest from chief meteorologist bill martin in the weather center. bill? >> it has been cold but things are changing. we are starting to warm up. temperatur

the national transportation safety board is already probing today investigating the rush hour accident. the first fatality on washington's metro system since 2009. >> further examining equipment. interviewing various folks who were involved in one way or another in the incident. >> ntsb investigators say an electrical arcing involving the third rail led the train to abruptly stop in a tunnel and quickly fill with smoke. even though the cause is unknown, we are told there was water in the tunnel yesterday afternoon. >> the train did not derail. there was no fire on the train. the arcing event was on the wayside involving the third rail and the supply cables going to the third rail. >> it was near l'enfant plaza where the train stopped about 800 feet beyond the platform and the arcing occurred roughly 1,000 feet from the train. the on-site investigation will take about a week. and then it will take about six months to a year to find out exactly what happened here underground. in southwest washington john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> and the chaotic scene you saw in john's story still fresh o

we've gotten a promise from the national transportation safety board that we will have an early report, less than 30 days. pat, that's really important. and i comment the ntsb forgiving us that kind of early information because it means that metro can begin to rectify even before the final analysis of what really happened occurs. we need the earliest understanding of why people were caught in the worst way about the greatest fear you can have if you are a metro rider you go into a closed car, go under ground and then go into a tunnel. that's scary enough for some people. smoke? you can't get out of the car? and then there is now confirmed at least a half-hour delay. we need to know why. was it because of our first responders, or was it as we have also heard, instead because of the delay in closing down the third rail so the first responders could enter the tunnel? that's the kind of information i hope we get some clue on at least by early this week. >> and what does it suggest to you about this reg on's readiness for a mass casualty emergency? that's what a lot of people are concerned

the national transportation safety board says it took about 45 minutes after smoke started filling the tunnel near l'enfant plaza to shut off power to the third rail. news 4's jackie bensen spoke to a congressman who calls that unacceptable. jackie? >> reporter: well doreen virginia congressman don buyereyer says metro's failure to effectively deal with the situation monday could have longlasting consequence. the ntsb preliminary report is illustrated with what is described as severe electrical arcing damage to a second of the third rail that was about 1100 feet in front of yellow line train 302 when it came to a stop 3:15 p.m. monday after seeing heavy smoke in the tunnel about 400 feet south of the l'enfant plaza station. at 3:06 a breaker at one section of the third rail tripped and ten minutes later metro operations activated ventilation fans in an effort to exhaust smoke from the tunnel. according to a document obtained by news 4, when first responders arrived to evacuate riders nearly 40 minutes after the train stopped after power to the third rail had finally been shut off, fire

they'll hear from metro officials and national transportation safety board investigators. after the meetings on capitol hill, lawmakers will share what they've learned during a press conference later today. the ntsb will also speak to the news media in a separate event. >>> we have a traffic alert for you now in northern virginia that may affect your drive home. both lanes of route 7 or east broad street at fairfax street in falls church are shut down main break. delia goncalves shows us why. >> reprter: this water main break happened last night here in the 300 block of east broad street at fairfax here in downtown falls church. you can see right now that crews are pumping water out of that 12-inch main and besides that massive hole in the ground you see there in that lane, come and take a look at this lane. it is muddy and mucky. and look at that mess. the water main break buck himmed the road -- buckled the road and that's why both lanes of east broad are shut down, close to traffic. it will likely be like this until the evening commute. it's going to take some time for

are still working there and they are still try to find the black box with the national transportation safety board cannot speak more about that because it is out of my hands in east asia, but the national transportation safety board in south asia and indonesia's hands . >> director general, let's get to what your job is i have known all these reports coming through about the airasia was not meant to be flying that day it did not have permission to fly that day, tell us a bit more about that? >> yeah. the region in indonesia was getting context of the airline and from the government, in this case indonesia, we already gave this right to the airline for weekly for flights and it is monday, thursday 1, 2, 4 6, and one means monday. they implement it 1, 3, 5, 7, and that is not what we already give to them because that is against the regulations so they postponed -- yeah we postponed the permission to the airline itself. and this was completely denied by the government. >> but inspector general, the singaporean government said that they did not have permission to fly that day. what do you make of that

you also notice that the ntsb the national transportation safety board, is inside looking at the rails. they'll be holding a news conference here in 15 minutes. we'll bring it to you live. but as far as today people praying for their lives as the situation unfolded. as riders were guided along the dark tracks outside the l'enfant plaza station by emergency personnel, some prayed. inside the rail cars a chaotic scene played out. tonight federal investigators walked that same stretch of track, the acrid smell of smoke still thick in the air and some new pieces of the puzzle are coming together. first, we know this incident happened about 150 feet south of the l'enfant plaza station in a tunnel. this was an issue involving the tunnel not a train. there is enough damage to the tunnel that it will need repairs. some here on scene describe the smell of smoke as a burnt fiberglass smell, the cover of the third rail is made of fiberglass. the ntsb will hold a live news conference here at 11:15. we'll bring it to you live as updates become available. reporting live at l'enfant plaza, adam tuss.

the national transportation safety board will release the most wanted list for safety improvements in5. last year's list included efforts to cut down on distracted driving and substance abuse-impaired accidents. and the 2014 priority was to improve passenger and vessel safety as well as mass transit safety by rail. >>> and president obama meets with congressional leaders today to include fellow detectives and republicans who now have the stronghold in the house and senate. today's meeting may help show whether both sides can find common goals and work together over the next two years. >>> and pope francis is in sri land da for the first leg of a week-long trip to asia. the pope hopes to bring a message of peace and respect for all in the nation. regardless of faith and ethnicity. this comes on the rival of new international tensions over the paris terror attacks. >>> later this year the federal aviation administration is expected to put together rules about the use of drones. yesterday pilots testified before congress about the potential threat for drones and a number of new misses be

even before the national transportation safety board completes its investigation we will take immediate action to address any interim recommendations. >>> people trapped on those trains were gasping for air. people on that train called 911 for help and those callers talked to our surae chinn. she's live. >> reporter: bruce, justin moreno was in the back of the train watching people passing out. he is caller number six in today's report. he said he called 911 thinking they only had minutes to live. >> please remain calm. please do not open the doors. >> reporter: passengers did remain calm, but justin moreno could see the panic in people's eyes. and he remembers a family with two small children in particular. >> just seeing children struggling like that and then one of the children said i just want to take a nap. >> reporter: he said each time the operator tried to override the system and back up to the platform, the train instead kept going forward, deeper into the smoke. he says the train operator contacted central command, but was met with no urgency, indicated by a posting on youtube

and the national transportation safety board is investigating why two planes went down off the coast hawaii just within a matter of hours. the first happened several hundred miles northeast of maui when the pilot of this plane ran out of fuel. he deployed the aircraft's parachute and ditched safely in the water below. the raft came from holland america cruise ship. >> the us coast guard and the coordination on was more than impressive. so they were working as a team to get me out of there medical team, it was great. >> morton is flight instructor in seattle. the company for which he works said the plane had problems with its fuel system. >> my goodness. >> czar i -- scar. >> i little. >> snow came little later than expected but falling little bit now. >> on the road keeping an eye on this snow. so will it affect your commute? we'll check traffic and weather together on the 3's that's coming up next. >> some folks waking up this morning probably scratching their head. >> or cursing at the screen right now, where is all of the snow we were supposed to see? i know, so here's what happen

cbs news consultant mark rosenker is the former chairman of the national transportation safety board.rly concerned about the time that it took to evacuate the passengers. >> reporter: fire officials say they asked the passengers to stay in the cars until they were certain the high-voltage third rail had been turned off so that no one would be electrocuted. some passengers ignored the request and left the cars, making it too dangerous for the train to return to the station. there must be a plan for a faster evacuation than what happened here. >> there is a plan. the question is, is was the plan followed? were there mistakes made in the plan? or is the plan itself flawed? >> reporter: the ntsb says all that smoke appears to have been the result of an electrical malfunction on the tracks, but scott, they say it could be months before they reach a firm concliewks about exactly why the evacuation took so long. >> pelley: chip reid outside the metro tonight. chip, thanks very much. the company that revolutionized sports video may be facing some competition. that's next. my feet felt so heav

the national transportation safety board now wants the government to require planes to have tarper-resistantransmitters that send a plane's location minute by minute via satellites. high costs could slow the airlines from adopting the readily available technology. >>> coming up, investigators say a massive apartment complex fire in new jersey was undoubtedly an accident but they're missing one key piece of the puzzle. >>> plus she was the skin care expert for the stars, now accused of trying to hire an ex-nfl player to kill her competitor. the jury's verdict on that one coming up next. >>> and while most of your day looks light, we have an issue on the east bay side the crash in san leandro, much more serious, deadlyzb fact, more details are pouring in. coming up. >>> welcome back, just about six minutes before 5:00. investigators say there is no doubt this fire at a luxury apartment complex in new jersey was an accident. that massive fire started wednesday and quickly destroyed more than 200 of the 408 units at that complex. arson investigators say that it was sparked when a plumbing repai

. >>> the national transportation safety board is still trying to figure out what went wrong inside that smoke filled metro tunnel last week, but metro says it's not waiting for the ntsb and it's making changes right now to make passengers safer. it's looking to install wireless smoke detectors in the tunnels to give advance warnings of problems and crews will link the jumper cables that link sections of the third rail where a short caused all the smoke that killed passenger carol glover and sent dozens to the hospital. metro said it figured out the problem that made it harder for firefighters to communicate in that underground tunnel. >> reporter: what's the status of the radios at this point? >> they are working, yes. >> reporter: so d.c. fire can communicate in that tunnel now? >> that's correct. >> metro also says it's giving operators standing orders to shut off the vents that bring air from the tunnels into the trains within one minute of encountering heavy smoke. >>> get ready for a wet and wintery start to the weekend. >> oh, boy. first alert chief meteorologist topper shutt is h

the national transportation safety board investigates the incident.in tracy, laura anderson, abc 7 news. >>> add another business to the list of places inect if the with measles. the dave ever ever buster's and experts awindow exposure to measles is very short. only about two hours or so. experts say most people who have been vaccinated should be okay but a heads up if vaccinated in the early 1960 ps's. >> there are some vaxen-aid the with the first vaccines who might not be fully protected. and they should probably go check with their providers and see whether another dose might be indicated. >> now, this brings to tleep the number of south bay locations where people were possibly exposed to measles. also visits a costco and gilroy the day before. doctors want you to look for symptoms up to 21 days after exposure. >>> we need your help. a missing teenager in needs of medicine. he ran way from mope from the 2,000 block of evan lane last thursday. they that type i diabetes and needs insulin twice a day. he's 5'11" and last seen wearing a pittsburgh ste

the national transportation safety board has taken over the investigation. >>> in philadelphia eight residents of an east falls apartment house had to be evacuated when high levels of carbon monoxide were discovered. and at park lane they found the fumes were coming from two oftens in the four-apartment structure. fortunately nobody was hurt. >>> a water main burst under 57th street in the wynnefield section of philadelphia and ruptured the street. "action news" there as a huge chunk of asphalt was lifted up by the flowing water. if also created an odd whirlpool effect as gravity pulled it down. a 20-inch main broke but service since restored. a different section of the same main broke last january. between wynnefield and cardinal is closed for repairs. >>> the rain all but moved out, but there is concern tonight about the moisture on the ground freezing over as temperatures sink down into the 20s. the "action news" big board and meteorologist cecily tynan. cecily, there will be icy spots, no question about that. >> there will be jim. especially the untreated surfaces that are shutte

was other aviation mysteries that led to today's new recommendations from the national transportation safety boardo aid in the search for lost aircraft. they include reporting systems which in the event of an emergency would send basic flight data from the plane to a satellite. the potential used of a deployable black box that eject, floats and sends signals and longer-lasting and more powerful underwater locating devices. those tools could have ended the mystery of what happened to malaysia air flight 370, still missing after nearly a year. it's thought to be in the waters off the coast of australia. to help solve mysteries like that, the n.t.s.b. islso recommending image recorders or cameras in the cockpit. the goal is to locate a crash site in the water within sick nautical miles but scott change in the aviation industry does not happen overnight. it will likely take years to implement these recommendations. >> pelley: jeff, thank you very much. a fishing crew did a double take when they hooked a mysterious creature. that's just ahead.t? hort l yeah, i'm afraid so. it's okay. this is what we've

faa officials have been here throughout the day and investigators from the national transportation safety board are on their way. this family had been vacationing in florida, but on their way home something went terribly wrong. the door knock took larry wilkins by complete surprise. >> i go open the door and this little girl was standing there with a bloody nose and bloody legs and bloody arms. >> reporter: standing before him, 7-year-old saylor gutsler. >> she told me, she said her mom and dad were dead and she was in a plane crash and the plane was upside down. >> reporter: incredibly saylor had survived and walked about three-quarters of a mile through cold dark woods, before knocking on larry's door. killed in the crash, her parents, marty and kill berle gutsler, her 9-year-old sister pipeler and cousin wiler. saylor used the plane's burning wing to light a branch to find her way through the woods. >> the 7-year-old has come out of the woods alone. >> reporter: police rushed in but had trouble finding the aircraft. >> she's upside down in an aircraft that's crash-landed. she is in shorts a

the national transportation safety board wants jetliners to transmit their location more often, or a flight data burst transmission so that rescue crews have a smaller area to search. or the jet should be equipped with an ejectable recorder when something goes wrong. the board is also asking that low frequency transmitters be attached to the plane, which will make it easier to hear making the fuselage easier to find. this as we are learning in drips and drabs what may have happened to air asia flight 8501 and the chaos inside the cockpit. one unnamed source quoted in the french press says there were so many alarms ss captured by the voice recorder that the jet was in essence screaming at the pilots. one serious alarm? >> stall, stall. >> reporter: the jetliner climbed three times faster than normal beyond its capabilities and probably stalled, falling into the sea. these efforts to find planes more easily are only recommendations. even if they are adopted, it could be years before this technology shows up in jetliners. david? >> david kerley in our washington studio tonight. david, t

. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board says the incident started around 3:06 p.m. when a circuit breaker broke on a section of electrified rail near the metro station, sending smoke pouring into the tunnel.he at 3:15, the train stopped about 200 feet past the station. but according to a report released today by the d.c. mayor's office, metro employees didn't report smoke until 3:22 with no mentions of passengers being trapped. at 3:31, the emergency crews arrived. the radio system in the tunnels, specifically for these types of emergencies, is down, forcing rescue crews to use cell phones instead. >> make a hole! make a hole. >> reporter: once they get to the lower level of the station they finally learn passengers are stuck in the tunnel. ( coughing ). >> please stay calm. >> reporter: by 3:33, nearly 30 minutes after the smoke starts people on the train are calling 911. one man tells the dispatcher the car is filling up with smoke and says, "it's going to be a bad situation here very soon." around 3:40, a rescue team finally reaches the more than 200 passengers,

the national transportation safety board did a preliminary investigation and found it took 45 minutes before power was cut to the third rail. >>> tonight a pro-golfer is describing how he survived being kidnapped, beaten and robbed in hawaii. robert allenby told nbc's "golf talk central" he's thankful to be alive. he said he was attacked outside a bar friday and says he doesn't know if he was drugged but can't remember anything about what happened. witnesses who found allenby said he was thrown from a vehicle miles away from where he disappeared. >>> tonight a kentucky sheriff says the teenagers who staged a multistate crime spree are scared and just want to go home. police in florida arrested 18-year-old dalton hayes and his 13-year-old girlfriend. the couple are accused of stealing trucks and checks. authorities plan to extradite them to kentucky to face several felony charges. >>> this ramped up security tonight at vice president joe biden's home in delaware after someone fired shots in the area and then drove away. so far investigators have found no damage to the bidens' home in g

addition to the 10 killed, five others were injured and transported to area the national transportation safety board has sent a team to investigate the crash. bob, of the five people at this hospital tonight four are listed in critical condition. >> schieffer: manuel bojorquez, thanks manuel. to the economy now and signs that the world economy may be slowing support stock prices down for the fourth straight session. the dow closed with a loss of 186 points. the s&p fell 500 nearly 12 points. oil went the other way today up more than $2.50 closing at $48.48 a barrel. lower energy prices have americans feeling better about the economy and anthony mason is here now with more on that. anthony. >> reporter: americans are suddenly feeling much better about the economy bob. more than half, 53% in our cbs news poll now say the economy is in good shape. that's up sharply from 40% just back in october and from 5% back in 2009. in fact, this 53% is the highest percentage we've seen in nearly eight years. it's due in part to increased optimism about the job market. 56% say their local job market is now good. th

access.wgbh.org >>> at this hour we are waiting to hear from the chairman of the national transportation safety boardbe the group's first press conference about the deadly metro malfunction in the tunnel outside l'enfant plaza station. we are watching that for you and take you there live when it does begin. >> in the meantime though it's a yellow alert day. >> right to chief meteorologist topper shutt. hey top. >> yeah we're on the weather tore rat a lot of -- terrace. a lot of residual moisture from the snow, worried about the refreezing tonight. as this melts this is what's going to create the -- ice tonight. here's pretty good totals actually. ashton, maryland, actually norbeck road and sort of norbeck and layhill road near ashton. 2.1. hughesville about 2 inches, bewee about an inch and even an inch and a half fell in martinsburg. west virginia. so essentially our one to three inches worked out. now we're concerned we're tracking temperatures okay. 30 already in gaithersburg. but 34 in leesburg and 36 in manassas. 29 in baltimore. that also seems like an anomaly but everyone is very close to free