Thats important because metro now gets control of its tracks once again, can start making repairs and get Yellow Line Service restored. As far as what happened learning more about that too. The ntsb makes a number of key points about yesterdays frightening and confusing episode. This was an electrical issue involving the third rail and power supply cables to the third rail. Some sort of electrical arcing incident which is essentially a big spark and pop happened. It happened in a tunnel about 800 feet south of the Lenphant Plaza amount of smoke to tour into the tunnel and the train. There was not a fire on the train. The train did not redeath rail. Michael flanagan, lead ntsb investigator describing the issue. The third rail runs along the side of the track and at various points there are cables that connect that third rail to the power source of the pump station. And that appears to be where the arcing occurred that generated the event. Reporter people were taking it upon themselves t
The federal government is shutting down and we have a long list of School Closings. Heres a live look in d. C. Right now city crews are all over the streets working in shifts to make sure everyone is safe. Good evening, everyone. Im doreen gentzler. Im jim vance. For an awful lot of people in the area this is the biggest snowstorm of the season. Youre looking at springfield, virginia right there. 395 and 95 i think. The roads, the interstates, all roads covered in snow. So much snow federal government offices are closing tomorrow. We also have a long list of School Closings. D. C. Prince georges county Montgomery County fairfax and Prince William county all planning to close tomorrow. You can see the full list of School Closings at the bottom of your screen. Team coverage tonight. Weve got crews all over the place, but were going to begin with doug. Doug as i understand it heavy stuff hasnt really come down yet. No i think we are going to get some o of the heavier snow through the over
Any of my biographies i claimed to be part of special forces. Ive never claimed that. So far no one is calling for him to resign, but the slip is a setback for the Veterans Administration becaits attempting to rebuild trust after that recent scandal after all of those long wait times that were occurring at the veteran hospital,s, va hospitals. A story we broke with a push alert today. George zimmerman will not face federal civil rights charges in the death of trayvon martin. The u. S. Justice deme announced its decision late this afternoon say inging there was not enough evidence. Civil rights charges would have required proof that the shooting was racially motivated. In the summer of 2013 a jury found zimmerman not guilty of seconddegree murder. He was working as a Neighborhood Watch volunteer in sanford florida and he said he shot the unarmed teen in selfdefense. A Virginia State trooper and three others rushed to the hospital after a crash during a traffic stop. Chopper 4 just flew
Getting into the teens. Storm team 4 Doppler Radar showing everyone now is seeing the snow from baltimore, hagerstown down towards fredericksburg and leonardtown. As weve talked about in the last couple days everything thats falling is sticking immediately and theres a lot more of this storm so to go. We just started and we have a lot more snow back to the west. This will be an allsnow event. The type of rain snow or sleet, that is not an issue here. Its all going to be snow and thats what we continue to watch as we move through the rest of the night tonight. You can still see that making its way in. Your headlines through tomorrow morning, everything sticks, the roads are covered in many areas already and if theyre not in your area they most likely will be in the next couple hours nap will continue to pose significant delays moving through the region. One of the areas seeing snow the last couple hours is out towards reston. Look at the live camera. Accumulations along the sides of the
Hechesonburg. Harrison burning. By 4 00 still harrisonburg. By 4 00 still okay. Starting to approach areas along 66 by 4 00. After 6 00, it really starts to push on through. After 6 00 is when the heaviest snowe fall will arrive as snowfall will arrive as we. Stays till midnight. It gets out of here by 6 00 to 7 00, even 8 00 in the morning tomorrow. Larry, time for timesaver traffic. Allyson, thank you so much. Good morning to all of you. The drive looking really good thus far. If you are coming from springfield making your way up 395 toward the 14th street bridge, youll see no delays there. A lot of green on the map because the drive is really good mainly because its president s day and people are deciding to sleep n. Lets give you a look at 495 and show you how things are shaping up on the beis at old georgetown road. Things are really nice on the inbound and outer loops of the beltway. Right now if you are going to be traveling on metro, we do want to let you know there is a delay