Ward who is live for us in foggy bottom. Reporter good afternoon, jim. We first reported in the 11 00 a. M. Newscast. The gentleman at the center, well, he just got out of the hospital at gw but he told us about his account and weve also spoken to metro and they say theyve got some more investigating to do. Derrick powell feels lucky. Despite the scars on his head and the injury to his back. Im thinking did i really just have to jump off of a train . To save my life . Reporter it was just before 10 00 a. M. Powell says he was rushing to catch the blue line train at Lenfant Plaza station. As he reached the platform, the doors are closing. I stuck my arm in the door to get the door to stay open. So the doors shut on me. Reporter if you ride the train, you have seen train operators do a visual check to see things are clear. Metro said the train operator got an indication the doors were not all closed so the gee give me a quick boom boom, open the door and shut it. The whole time my arm is still in the door. Reporter powell says he believes the driver saw him though he was near the center of that train. According to metros account, the driver had the signal that the doors were all closed and the train starts moving. So i got to giddy up with the train. Reporter metro says based on what they know from station vid o and witness accounts, powell was not dragged but powell says he was being dragged and that witnesses saw it. Now, what no one can doubt is that powell and the train were moving fast toward the tunnel. He says he finally snatched his arm from the train doors and then he lost his balance. Now im tumbling, so when im tumbling i hit the side of the train, the train knocked me back on the platform and i get up, and im just in a daze. Reporter powell is taken to a hospital and hes out now but he says he was trying to get to his Daughters School to accompany her on a field trip. He didnt make it but he says considering his close call, hell be happy just to see her again. Heard from metro and you heard some of their responses reflected in that story. They do say they have yet to talk to mr. Powell because they want him to talk to the safety inspectors. Again, they have talked to the train operator, and they say they also want to check that train to make sure all their equipment is functioning right. Were live at foggy bottom, news4. We have new information about mondays metro fire that led to the shut down of the subway stam. The power cables next to the one that caught fire at Lenfant Plaza were not equipped with insulation to prevent fires according to a federal official who spoke to the associated press. That official says ntsb investigators could tell just by looking the cables connected to the power supply not insulated. Metros gm shut down the system on wednesday for safety inspections. Our News Partners at wtop say a total of 27 problems with power cablings discovered. Neighbors are wondering who could have murdered a beloved elderly man in his own home. One week later detectives are still looking to answer that question and they are still out at the murder scene. River drive. Meagan fitzgerald joins us with more from a friend of the victim. Meagan . Reporter yeah, and, wendy, in fact, investigators tell us much of the focus has been at johan de leedes home which is over to our left here. Out of respect for the family, weve told them we had not show their home right now, but we did have an opportunity to speak with a neighbor who says it was in johans yard where he loved to work every day. Thats the same place that she saw him the last time she saw him when he was alive. From the looks of it, things seem normal here on river drive. Lets go. Reporter but if you talk to neighbors, you soon find out that couldnt be further from the truth. It just seems such an unlikely target for a crime. Reporter last friday at 1 00 in the morning, Fairfax County police say someone shot and killed 83yearold johan de leede in the back of his mason neck home. It was his wife who called 911, and since then police have been on scene collecting evidence. Even sending divers into the potomac to look for clues hoping it will lead them to a suspect, but so far nothing yet. I think we all want to know what happened hopefully. Reporter we spoke with a neighbor who didnt want to be identified but says she has been friends with johan for years. Always friendly, always happy. Reporter she says last thursday evening she was raking leaves in her yard when johan walked over. He came over and talked to me. He told me i was going to be sore because of all the raking i was doing and id have blisters on my hand. Reporter that was the last time she would ever see or speak with her friend again. Now neighbors here are hoping police track down the gunman who johan and his family have justice and the community peace. Its so bizarre, and were all speculating. We just cant come up with any reasonable scenario. Reporter police are asking anyone with information about this case, anyone who may have seen something or heard something, to contact the Fairfax CountyPolice Department right away. Coming up at 6 00, well tell you how this entire investigation has affected the way neighbors around here say theyre now living their lives. Reporting live in Fairfax County, meagan fitzgerald, news4. Here at the live desk, we just learned a man from Northern Virginia has pleaded guilty to a federal terrorism charge. Right now one of the worlds most wanted men is in police custody. Saleh abdel slam is a prime suspect in the terrorist attacks back in november. Belgium Police Confirmed to nbc news he was wounded and captured in a raid in brussels. Prosecutors said earlier today his fingerprints were found at the scene of a separate raid tuesday and todays raid gunshots and explosions were heard while white smoke was seen abdeslam has been on the run for more than 100 days. Back to you. Another developing story tonight. A local man is the first alleged american isis fighter to surrender to kurdish troops in iraq after desseerting the islac state. In a taped confessional, the virginian says he made a bad decision. He describes how he traveled through turkey, linked up with isis in syria, and was transferred to the iraqi city of mosul, an isis stronghold. Our julie carey takes a closer look at his confession in ten minutes. D. C. Police are investigating the report of a rape at the elite northwest d. C. School sidwell friends. This alleged attack happened wednesday afternoon. Later that night a sidwell student told police that a male student raped her on the upper schools campus on wisconsin avenue. News4 obtained the police report. It says the two students are known to each other and have had a previous sexual relationship. The associate head of the school at sidwell friends told news4 in an email it is School Policy to cooperate fully with any Law Enforcement investigation. Also School Policy not to comment on such investigations. A woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a virginia Lawmakers Campaign fund was sentenced today to more than 4 1 2 years in prison. Federal prosecutors announced the sentence for lynn miller today. She also goes by the name linda wallis. The news4 iteam reported on the charges against miller last fall. According to court documents, miller pleaded guilty to writing 650,000 in fraudulent checks while serving as Campaign Treasurer to Virginia Senate minority leader dick saslaw. Prosecutors say she also created Fraudulent Companies and pocketed money from an Autism Organization that she help decision 2016, Maryland Voters got to hear from the two leading democrats fighting for the coveted u. S. Senate seat. Representatives Donna Edwards and Chris Van Holland took part in their first debate of the primary season and as chris gordon reports, it was a clash over their records and their vision. Who is the best man for the job . Chris reporter supporters of Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards rallied outside american universitys wamu Radio Station as the debate began both candidates went on the attack. Frankly, when it came time to really fight for Social Security and medicare, my opponent said he was willing to consider cuts. Miss edwards has not been telling Maryland Voters the truth and i hope we will go into all these issues but i have been leading the fight against cuts to Social Security. Reporter wamus kojo and tom sherwood asks the questions in this first debate. I think this is about a fight for working people and its about a voice and a different perspective in the United States senate. I have been endorsed by the fciu in maryland. This is the organization on the cutting edge of fighting for working families, for janitors, for people who work in hospitals. Reporter afterwards i asked the candidates what voters should take away from this debate . Manasss. Edwards office is notorious for lack of constituent services, lack of attention for local issues. Really what comes out of it is i think people will know i walked in their shoes, i share their perspective and thats an important voice missing from the United States senate, and that i will bring that. Reporter u. S. Senator Barbara Mikulski has a history of fighting for federal funding for metro. Ahead, which of these two candidates would make a better successor ensuring the safety of metro in the future . At the u. S. Capitol, chris a Police Station ambush, three brothers are now in jail. Why this case creates a complication that Prince Georges County has never seen before. Plus, who is watching you . Secret surveillance happening more often than you might know. Find out who may be using facial recognition to reach you. Well, thousands have been watching on the d. C. Eagle cam, and this morning success as an eaglet finally emerged from its egg at t we need women in congress. If we want to be heard, e Womens Health and contraceptive coverage in the Affordable Care act. In congress, ill fight for pay equity, family leave and tougher gun safety laws. And, as an environmentalist, ill work combat climate change. I know as a journalist and as a Senior Executive in business that when women are at the table, we get things done. Im Kathleen Mathews and i approve this message. The world has been watching this all week, the live eagle cam at the National Arboretum where one of the two eggs has just hatched, and weve had our eyes glued to that live camera for a couple days, especially today. That little eaglet lifting its head up and looking all around as it huddles close to the unopened egg right beside it. News4s Megan Mcgrath has more on all this excitement as we wait for the second egg to hatch now. Reporter hes been pipping or pecking his way out of the egg since wednesday, and this morning success. The eaglet freed itself and made his big debut. We think i on top now. Reporter this family was watching the live eagle camera from home when it happened and they headed straight to the National Arboretum to try it get a glimpse of the tree. We were watching and we were so excited. We clapped and we cheered and we were very excited. We got our notebooks. Reporter the kids have been watching the eagle camphor weeks recording their observations in notebooks. They were thrilled to see the eaglet emerge from its shell. He had to have lift his or leg out. Out of the shell . Was he stuck . Yes. He was stuck. He had to push his other leg out. Reporter mom and dad affectionately known as mr. President and the first lady came to the arboretum last year. The first mating pair of eagles to come to the area in nearly 70 years and theyve been celebrities as thsands have watched their family grow online via the live web cam. And if you missed all the worry, there is a second egg in that nest and were expecting to see some action with that sometime this weekend. At the National Arboretum, Megan Mcgrath, news4. We certainly cannot get enough of these guys. Check out the live eagle cam, open our nbc washington app and just search eagle. A local zoo once noted for the poor health of its animals reopens tomorrow with a new name and new owners. The former reston zoo is now called roers zoofari park. In the past the facilty has been written up for animal care violations and a former director convicted of animal cruelty. The new owners Vanessa Stoffel and jacob roer say the health of the animals is a priority. One thing were going to be doing new, we have hokie here and shes one of our new animal encounter animals. We want to f hands on animal experiences that give people an opportunity to connect with wildlife as well as domestic animals. The new owners just took a few days just took over a few days ago so many of the additions will take months to arrive. To hear what they are most excited about, just search roer zoofari in the nbc washington app. A Maryland Senate committee has approved some tax cuts, cuts that would impact people at all income levels, and the Governors Office is going to support it. It would reduce income tax rates for high earners, expand a tax credit for the working poor and incress the exception for middle income families. The cuts were proposed by democrats but a spokesman for Governor Hogan says the governor thinks any cut is a good one. Here at the live desk, a man om Northern Virginia has pleaded guilty to a federal terrorism joseph is from woodbridge and today he admitted in federal court he made arrangements to join the Islamic State with three men he thought were recruiters. They werent. They were part of a government sting. He was arrested in january after he checked into the richmond airport. A second defendant who drove him to the airport is in jail awaiting trial. Thank you. A developing story. Were hearing more tonight from that young virginia man who allegedly joined isis fighters in iraq only to escape from the militant group this week. Mohammed khweis is from Fairfax County. This was the scene outside his familys townhouse monday when news of his surrender to kurdish troops surfaced. They were visibly upset with the media attention. Julie carey is here in the studio with information on the onetime isis fighters videotaped confession. Mohammed jamal khweis was carryi license as proofs he w he was a american. Now he wants to get home to virginia. 26yearold Mohammed Khweis told his story to kurdistan tv. Im Mohammed Khweis. Im from the United States. Reporter he said he met a woman in turkey. She took him into syria to find isis fighters. Then he was sent to mosul but things were not as expected. What i want to say to the American People is the life in mosul, its really, really bad. The people were controlling mosul dont represent the religion. Reporter this was the scene earlier this week just moments after khweis surrendered to kurdish fighters. He crossed the battle lines to find them knowing they were allies of the United States. Where are you from . The United States. Reporter he produced his virginia drivers license leading the media here to track down his family at this Fairfax County townhouse. This is wrong information. Reporter but relatives later acknowledge reporters had found the right family. They believed khweis was on vacation. Their frustration leading khweiss father to turn a hose on the cameras. Reporter its important to note khweis made that videotaped confession while still in captivity. Coming up at 6 00, more on why he parted ways with isis and what could be ahead for him. Thank you, julie. Hes dressed to impress, but police arent buying it. Why a suit and a tie may help them solve this case. And while colorado is getting hammered with snow, you know this same system, its heading our way. And i just wanted to let you know ill be taking over the nbc washington snapchat. If you follow us on snapchat you know its not going to be that bad on here. Weve been on snapchat since storm team4 friday. T the full forecast geri hit colorado this week is now heading our way. We dont expect this much snow, of course, but the town of loveland outside denver got about two feet in the last couple days. Thats more than the area received in the last two months. Loveland is a ski town, so locals and spring breakers looking to hit the slopes say bring it on. Were not saying that here, doug. Were saying get it out of here. I dont hear many people saying that. Theres few that want one more good snow. This will not be it. Were not talking about much snow at all. Loveland close to 10,000 feet. Thats why they saw close to two feet of snow. For us two inches is going to be on the high side if anybody see that is at all. Right now beautiful afternoon on our friday. If youre heading out, just a little on the chilly side. Sun going down after 7 15. We have some breezyconditions. Winds g