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 to leave the train. Power was shut down to the tracks at some point. The train involved in the incident will be take on the a rail yard and the ntsb will look closer for clues about what wept wrong. And back here now live again, Yellow Line Service still not running tonight, and coming up in my next report at 5 00 d. C. Fire had to show up again here today. Well tell you why. Live at Lenphant Plaza, adam tuss, news4. Adam thank you. D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is making her first public remarks about the incident right now. Scott mcfarland is working that part of the story. A press conference a few minutes ago expressing gratitude for those who helped in the response in Lenphant Plaza. She also gave some investigation updates. First of all, the mayor confirmed she visited with some of the injured local hospitals last night, offered thoughts and prayers for the family of the victim who died. As for her focus on metro safety going forward, shes working with maryland and virginias governors on that too. And i have spoken today with governor mccauliff of virginia with governor omalley, and the governorelect hogan from maryland to let them know from our point of view whats happen happening on the ground but also to reiterate my strong commitment to working with each of them to make sure we have a safe and reliable metro system. Before she said, that mayor bowser promising what she calls a deep dive looking into the citys response into this incident including fire and ems officer and office of unified communications. She expects a report back on that early next week. She was still taking communications as we speak about Communications Issues and safety concerns. Well update you on this broadcast and immediately on nbcwashington. Com. One man on board that smokefilled train helped administer cpr to a woman having more trouble than others. He talked to news4 about the moments he first knew something was wrong. It kept getting thicker and people were getting lower and lower to the ground. Some people right away were having a hard time breathing and they were playing flat on their stomachs. We were like this lady werent wait any longer so dedecided to do cpr pap few of us were rotating compressions and mouth to mouth and after 20 minutes of that we were like this isnt helping, she needs to get off the train. Its not clear yet if the woman he tried to help is the one he died. Jonathan rogers says his chest is a little sore today from the smoke. To read more about Jonathan Rogers and the 40 frightening spent on the train go to nbc washington the nbc washington app and search rogers. Our coverage of metros underground emergency is just getting started. Some of the things were working ging on for you this hour how yesterdays incident is still affecting commuters. And getting to people in danger can be especially difficult when theres so much smoke. Well give you a first hand look at how difficult it is for first responders. Right now we want to turn to storm team 4 and what could be another try daigh on our roads. More wintry weather moving in on us. Well be covering it tomorrow morning. Well start tomorrow early at 4 00. Lets get to Veronica Johnson in the weather center. Whats it looking like . Its looking like some of us will have to plan for a longer than average commute for tomorrow morning. Not everyone. If you had the delays last night likely not in it this time. Look at storm team 4 radars quiet across the area, but down here where that moisture is gathering south of richmond, east of roanoke coming through, a storm system developing moving right off the coast of the carolinas. No advisories issued for our area yet but were seeing them south, south of richmond. Advisories for ice attempt around a quarter inch of ice can accumulate through the carolinas, for our area its not going to take much. We think we could see travel disruptions certainly east of i95. That is possible. And some scattered Power Outages down through areas of the Northern Neck not here as of yet. But again, could have advisories issued here soon. What to expect tomorrow morning, mainly along and east of i95 with delays possible. Ill take you hour by hour for tomorrow morning, our hours of impact and who will see snow and ice. Firefighters and paramedics are outside a busy washington hotel. The ritzcarlton here along m street and west end of d. C. Had to be cleared out because of fumes this afternoon. We dont know yet what caused the fumes. We also havent heard yet if anyone was hurt. Former Virginia GovernorBob Mcdonnell must go to prison even as he and his legal team appeal his conviction on corruption charges. That appeal was just filed this afternoon. His lawyers argued the appeal could take almost as long as the twoyear sentence itself. The judges decision means mcdonald must turn himself over to authorities in four weeks. His wife maureen, will be sentenced february 20th. Fist at 4 00 fire badly damages a home in northwest washington. Black smoke still pouring out of a window on the 100 block of u street when news4s camera arrived. Firefighters say they had this out in about 20 minutes but the inside of the house is badly damaged. We are working to find out what caused that fire. You can reach the militarys Central Command on twitter and youtube again hours after the hack attack. Centcom reactivated the social media accounts overnight. The fbi is investigating an attack by a Group Calling itself cybercaliphate. The secretary of defense ordered all 50 holders their pass words and take other steps to protect their accounts. To new information about a tragic fire in Northern Virginia yesterday evening that killed two people. We just learned it was started by a child playing with a starter log. Authorities say 12yearold roa that hill and her rold grandmother carol hill were found dead in their home along fox gate drive spotsylvania. A third person was take on the hospital for treatment. The search for answers spreads far and wide. First at 4 00 why investigators say theyre holding out hope when it comes to solving a cold case thats haunted our region for decades. Want more of your money to stay in your pocket . It could be a reality for thousands of you if one lawmaker gets his way. How it could affect your paycheck first at 4 00. As a Small Business owner you wouldnt deliver just half of what you have to offer to your customers. So why are you settling for halffast internet . Only verizon fios comes with speedmatch upload speeds as fast as your download speeds so files go out in a snap. Dont miss your last chance to get 300 back when you switch to fios internet and phone for just 99. 99 a month with a 2Year Agreement and get 300 back. Just call 1. 888. 774. 4418 today. Federal employees could get a pay raise next year if a virginia lawmaker has his way. Congressman Jerry Connolly introduced new legislation today, the socalled fair act. It would increase federal wages by nearly 4 in 2016. Connolly says the pay hike would come after years of pay cuts and freezes and he says it would beep you have morale. Remember that same federal workforce has suffered furloughs and sequestration and government shutdown. Its a statement by the congress if we can pass it that says actually we do value who you are and what you do and this is a small way of expressing that. However, the current Republicanled Congress is not expected to support the bay increase. A major change in the locations for Behavioral Services is under way now in Fairfax County emergency, psychiatric, and crisis services. 1,000 different buildi are locating to a new facility in maryfeld ooh lfield and new services will be offered. The change is expect to promote changes in a welcoming environment. Individuals will be able to have access to primary Health Care Behavioral health care, Pharmacy Services and Emergency Services all in the same building at the same site. I think its going to make a huge difference in the quality of care were able to provide to those individuals. Officials emphasize there will be no disruption in Emergency Services during the move. Weve got specific information about the changes in Fairfax CountyBehavior Services on our home page along with other resources to help deal with stress and mental illness. Just visit nbcwashington. Com and search changing minds. Youre about to notice Something Different on facebook. The change to your news feed that could keep more children safe. Buckle up. The wintry roller coaster continues this week. Another wild commute could be in store for you tomorrow. Were tracking what it means for technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. Right now in Bedford County virginia digging, sifting, and repeating. Right now, this is what federal agents are doing atop taylors mountain. They are up there looking for human remains in connection with the lyons sisters. The two little girls from kensington maryland disappeared nearly 40 years ago after leaving wheaton mall. Bedford sheriffs tell us newly uncovered Scientific Evidence led police to the mountaintop property in southwestern virginia. Thats where we find news4s dave culver. Reporter this was supposed to take two days but weve just learned that the search has been extended for two more days. Part of the reason is because of the conditions out here. Its cold subfreezing temperatures. Also its damp and even at times snowing. Another reason for the is because of the amount of land theyre searching. Its about an acre. May not sound like a lot, but these folks are meticulous very patient too. You can see them up there bringing one bucket at a time and carefully sifting through it using the water to hose off any excess dirt trying to see what is underneath this earth. All of this in hopes of finding something in connection to the 1975 disappearance of the lyons sisters. 10 and 12yearold katherine and sheila vanished after going to wheatfield mall in 1975. The sheriff, here in Bedford County mike brown, tells me personal. I lost my son 18 years ago. I know what it is to lose a child. I know where he is. These parents, theyve been through hell i know for 35 year 37 years, i dont know the exact, but no parent should have to go through that. Reporter the sheriff now telling me that this search will go until thursday or possibly even through thursday in hopes that they find human remains in connection to the lyons sisters. Coming up at 5 00 tonight weather some are making of this intense search. In Bedford County virginia david culver news4. Amber alerts are coming to your Facebook News feed a new partnership between the social media giant and the National Center for missing and exploited children was announced today. Facebook tells us the alerts will contain a photo and a link to the missing childs poster. Law enforcement officials will determine the geographical area that will receive the alert. Today is National Amber alertareness day. Big news in the weather today. Plan ahead, plan accordingly. Yes, there is a bit of a change now. This system that storm team 4 has been tracking the last co days looks as though it will give us more than flurries and get a little closer to us. So as i said plan accordingly, tomorrow for some of you across Southern Maryland might be a good day to think about telecommuting. Yes, there will be a few delays around the area. As far as road imacts were talking act light snow as well as ice. It will be light but it doesnt take much of course to cause issues on area roads. Its mainly along and east of i95. Our forecast were 34 degrees right now. We stay dry until 11 00 to midnight. Still dry, but the temperature 28 degrees and that is the cold air thats already in place thats been wedging on in moving northward along with this weather system that were tracking thats coming up from the south and its just going to graze our area. But again, enough so that this time were flipflopping things instead of the bigger impacts being to the north and west of d. C. Bigger impacts will be right here down to the south. This is a look at 3 00 a. M. Youre talking about areas down 395, down 301, impacted with snow and really at times there may be sleet mixing in. As we get into the late morning there could be a little built of freezing rain trying to mix in. Nonetheless, again, icy roads mainly down here with the possibility of some light snow as we get into spots like waldorf and warrenton around 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow morning and still with us at 7 00 a. M. Even 8 00 a. M. Before it starts to depart and move out of here. Again, were left tomorrow with just plain old cold air throughout the day. The way its looking right now, dry conditions here just into d. C. Eastern Fairfax County looking for a dusting, that includes up 301, areas of Prince Georges CountyCharles County too, more than 2 inches of snow possible st. Marys calvert county. Again, that is enough with things switching over the a little bit of sleet and even freezing rain starting to mix in midmorning to late morning. Conditions on area roads again will be a little harder to navigate. So icy down here a slow commute in these areas i95 down through Quantico Spotsylvania even down through stafford and even up into areas of northern anne arundel county. Temperature, well get up to around 32 degrees tomorrow morning after the icy morning so it will be a slow go for us. Temperature at 36 degrees, on thursday yes, were going to draw out, but throughout the morningitis going to be a little tough and touch and go. Meteorologist tom kierein and chuck bell we will be on for you starting at 4 00 a. M. In the morning. Thanks veronica. Washington will soon be home to a threeyear festival at the kennedy center. Aimed at showing good music speaks to everyone. Four or five orchestras will be featured at each sixstate festival starting in 2017. Musicians will also take part in educational events at schools around the area. Kennedy center and washington performing arts are working together on this project with help from a 900,000 grant from the andrew w. Melon foundation. Chances are theyre in your refrig or pantry right now, those mini cans of soda becoming more and more popular. While the containers may be smaller, they are not necessarily cheaper. Coke and pepsi are aggressively marketing smaller cans and bottles now saying they provide fewer calories sodium and less guilt. People are guzzling them down but the price of those smaller cans did not shrink. A sevenounce mini is twice as much as that of a regular 12ounce version. The soft drink industry says the higher prices help offset the overall drop in soda sales. News4s in your community. Thousands of winter colts were handed out earlier today thanks to our annual share the warmth drive. Hundreds of our viewers and local businesses spent last month cleaning out their closets to help those in need. Then bergmans cleaning Company Finished and freshened the coats before they were handed out. Next first at 4 social media shocker, why this moment of unity in paris has a texas congressman apologizing. We first showed you these strong images on news4 last friday. Now the powerful 911 calls and how dispatchers went into overdrive to save lives. It was three years ago the Costa Concordia collision happened. No one died initially but the ship capsized and 32 people were killed during the frantic evacuation. The salvage and removal operation finished last summer. The ships captain is accused of abandoning ship and is on trial for manslaughter and der lex of duty. Nearly an hour of 911 calls reveals the drivers stuck in that massive pileup in michigan last week. Jay gray talked with state police there who were responding to those desperate calls. Deputy schmidt, how can you help you . Hi. Im on i94. Theres an enormous pileup. Reporter a string of 911 calls from the strike zone. The truck hit the semi. Theres another car skidding stopped just before he got to us. Theres a honda sitting on the fence rail. Theres getting to be quite a few cars here. Reporter drivers trapped in pileup along interstate 94 in michigan