the office of wmata chairman jack evans says be able to pick this up at their weekly meeting coming up on thursday. we're live at the dupont circle metro, tom fitzgerald, fox 5 local news. >> new developments tonight in a heart-breaking case out of charles county. the mother of a little boy who was found dead after being pushed in a playground swing for two days has been found not criminally responsible. a medical examiner ruled the boy's death a homicide. a court-appointed psychologist determined simms suffers from schizophrenia and was not criminally responsible in the boy's death. but prosecutors stress that this was preventible. >> she wasn't vigilant in taking care of that mental illness, okay? in fact, she stopped taking her medicine shortly before this happened. and because of that, as a direct result of that, her mental illness became active and as a direct result of that she do to take care of her child, take care of herself and this child died. this child does not need to be dead. >> because doctors determined sims is no longer a danger to herself or others, she has been gran

sam: a lot is going on here at wmata headquarters. metro board members just grilled staff in that room. the initial findings incident, a breakdown of communication between two people who are now both at fault. at least four safety measures failed during this incident. the train was told to stop it federal triangle, but the operator did not hear the command correctly. protocol calls for the train to repeat the instruction back to eliminate error. he repeated what he thought he heard and the controller replied affirmative despite it being the wrong command. then the train operator went through a red light. operators do but usually go through red lights, but they first must stop and ask for specific position to go through it. the operator never asked. metro calls that a direct violation. and the switch in the track set up for this particular situation was incorrect. the operator of the train should have recognized that. he continued going, causing damage to the track. the final safety net that ultimately stopped the crash was that this t

since been with wmata 2010. metros g.m. named a new replacement. the name will be announced soon. alison: one-on-one, hillary clinton and bernie sanders. sanders off a fresh win as clinton tries to gain momentum. the gloves were off tonight with some heated exchanges, and scott is live in the with more. scott? reporter: allison, let the spend again. candidates the trying to get postdebate jabs and explainers on the way to the rest of the media. meanwhile, if you are wondering how clinton is trying to bounce back after that loss in new on herre, we got strategy. she says that bernie sanders and she agree on a lot of, but she cannot figure out how they will be paid for. she said over and over that these ideas need to be vetted that she says do not have the proper explainers attached. here is an exchange about health care and taxes. ms. clinton: every progressive economist says the numbers don't add up. that is a problem that cannot be kept. don't knowders: i what economist secretary clinton is talking to. i willt i have said, and repeat it, a family in the middle of economy would pa

rob troup has been with wmata since 2010.ro's g-m named a temporary replacement - and says a new rail organizaton will be announced soon. well if you're the superstitious type-- then this trip may not be for you. an australian billionaire says the titanic "two" will be ready to sail in 20-18. the ship is an exact copy of the doomed titanic, which sank in 1912. it does have some more modern upgrades of course. ticket prices haven't been announced- but the creator says people have offered up to 1 million dollars to get on board. it's xx and we're just getting started. parents outraged amid a growing child porn investigation. what they're saying about school leaders as more victims are identified.. fiery talk on the debate stage-- as democratic candidates face off debate stage-- as democratic candidates face off . we have highlights and reaction.. coming up. good morning washington. today: mostly cloudy. late afternoon/evening light snow or flurries. becoming windy late. highs: 31-36 winds: s 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy with

i bought a car so i didn't have to take wmata any more. driving over metro has increased my quality of life. there are many who say>> i've b it's been working for me. >> at least right now frustration has boiled over. along the orange line, adam tuss, news4. >> looking at weather, turning our attention from snow and rain to the potential for freezing. >> and really cold temperatures, doug and veronica are monitoring the conditions. let's start with doug in the storm system. >> some locations picked up more than a few inches. upwards of three to six inches in north and west of d.c. in downtown proper, a couple of hours of snow, but no accumulation to speak of. at least downtown. take a look outside. not much going on around the d.c. metro area. you can see what's happening down to the south. this has been developing over the last hour around the culpepper area, locustdale, fredericksburg. we are still dealing with snow around fredericksburg and spotsylvania, along 95, this has been going on for the last half hour to an hour. rain over towar