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Director. Kahina here kahina present chair. Ekin here. Ekin present. For the record, i note that director hinsey is attending this meeting remotely. Director hinsey is reminded that she must appear on camera throughout the meeting and in order to speak or vote on any items places you on. Item number three the ringing use of cell phones and similar sound producing Electronic Devices are prohibited at this meeting. The chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person responsible for...

C. P. R. On carol glover who died that day. He says he was on the train an hour before being evacuated. It was way too long for the people on our car to get the help that they needed. So you know an hour cant survive in an hour if youre really in trouble. Today, the mayor said an initial report on the incident will be released in the next 48 hours. From our point of view we have to make sure that the Response Time for our department responded in every every fast and safe way possible. Fire Servi...

Southern and eastern suburbs. There is the updated map for you and certainly a lot more it talk about here over the course of the next hour. Back with you shortly, alison. Ok doug. As always, 7 on your side during the Winter Weather both on air and on line. You can track the forecast on facebook and twitter. You can download the app and good morning washington will be helping you to navigate around any problem. Thats tomorrow morning. Back to the top story, the investigation of the smoke that fi...

Arrived and got water flowing, it was too late for any possible rescues. They had to fight the fire from the outside. It is a heartbreaking thing for anybody. And reminds us to be humble in our living. Back live now. You can see the firefighters still working. Theyve been putting a ladder up against that chimney. A minute ago he was up there with a sledgehammer trying to break away some of the blocks. They are still trying to get at these hot spots. This is a huge fire ground. I think you saw th...

Coverage from metro headquarters. Chris . Well, alison its only been three days since that train filled with smoke and had to be evacuated and already tomorrow the very first lawsuit will officially be filed. Now, the man filing that lawsuit, his name is malbert rich, a 53yearold new yorker who according to his lawyer was just released from the Georgetown University hospital. He says he is suing to make metro safer. Now, he said hed also like some compensation though he wouldnt say how much and ...

Week. The train stopped short of the Lenfant Plaza station less than 24 hours ago. Heres more on the investigation for us. Well confirm the name of the woman that has died. What have we learnbout that . We just learned the name from the b. C. Medical examiner. Releasing the name carol gluber. They have not released a name or where she was from. In the meantime the ntsb metro investigators spend the day down there behind me in the tunnel at the Lenfant Plaza metro station trying to figure out exa...

Trouble at 9th and water street southwest. At 3 22 heavy smoke was reported at the upper level. At 3 32 the first call for an ambulance. And nearly an hour later, 4 25 the first person taken to the ho. That time line from d. C. Leaders seems to closely match a time line assembled by one of the passengers jonathan rogers. He says he took this photo a few minutes after smoke started pouring in. His iphone time stamped the photo at 3 20 p. M. Rogers said this photo is when evacuations began, time s...

The wrong religion, okay . I dont think people are any wrong anything, wrong race, wrong religion, wrong language. Reporter robert titel like many neighbors here have told the newcomers that the racist graffiti does not represent their welcoming diverse community. The racist message is so out of character for this neighborhood that one woman didnt know what the first word was because she could only see the last three letters, gga. It wasnt until she got outside and saw the whole thing that she k...

Volume to build. Headed northbound on 95 pretty clear until you hit dale. Normal volume building here this morning. Beltway at Central Avenue that is rolling along nicely. In hyattsville, we have a sin with the water main break, route 1 between albion and van buren one lane getting by in each direction. Overall, no major problems right now when youre taking a look at the beltway. A little slow here d. C. 2 5 as youre passing 50. Otherwise looking quite good here this morning. And in the beltway ...