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WUSA Wusa 9 News At 6pm January 15, 2015

We know 200 people were evacuated and 84 people including carol glover, the one fatality, were transported to the hospital. More than an hour elapsed between the first call coming from Lenfant Plaza to the victim being transported, but cpr was administered to carol glover, a passenger at that time. It just takes a while. Im more concerned about i just heard this morning on the media that radios are not working down in the tunnels. There has been a lot of discussion about if the firefighters could hear amongst themselves and get upstairs and what was the state of the equipment. Reporter in washington, surae chinn, wusa9. As of now half a dozen people plan to sue metro tomorrow over the tragedy of that trapped and smoke filled train. They allege negligence and complain metros evacuation plans, if it had any, were abject failures. Bruce leshan is live at Lenfant Plaza with the latest on that. Reporter smoke is actually fairly common in the metro tunnels and the agency is supposed to have a plan to get people out, but the d. C. Lawyer who is filing this lawsuit tomorrow says instead of a plan these passengers were left fighting for air in the midst of chaos. I just didnt see any way that we were going to get out of there because the smoke was encapsulating and all you could see out the windows was darkness. Reporter melbert ridge had all but given up texting his mother and children a final goodbye. I told my mother i loved being her son and i told my kids i loved being their dad. Again, customers, please remain calm. Were about to move back to the platform. Reporter his story of terror underground and desperate effort to get out is supplemented by a new video. I understand theres smoke on the train. The train wont move until the train thats already in the plaza gets out. The train jumps as he makes an effort to pull it back there but doesnt go anywhere. Reporter rich says several Metro Transit Police were in his car yelling into their radios trying to get another train to move out of Lenfant Plaza so the trapped train could move in. Get the train off. U. S. J constantly screaming at command trying to turn to the fifth channel just constantly screaming at command trying to turn to the fifth channel or this channel trying to get that train out. Reporter rich said metro was negligent leaving the passengers trapped like rats in smoke. Looking at the chaos monday it seems as if they dont have a protocol in place. Reporter that lawyer is a former assistant general manager of metro. She has already settled a case against the agency in the deaths of general david worely and his wife ann. They were two of the people who were killed in 2009 in a metro crash. Tonight a woodbridge man is behind bars charged with killing his stepfather. Investigators say 29yearold Brian Hernandez grabbed a knife from the kitchen, walked into the living room and stabbed morrow rodriguez. The suspects mother witnessed the whole thing and called police. Medics rushed the victim to the hospital where he later died. Authorities are trying to figure out what sparked the violence. A followup to our report last night on the Montgomery County couple under investigation for child neglect because they let their kids walk around their neighborhood on their own unaccompanied. There is a firestorm of reaction tonight. The meitiv children are 10 years old and 6 years old their parents let them walk together up to a mile from their home unaccompanied by an adult. Andrea mccarren is live with a look at when you are saying what you are saying about all this on social media. The vast majority of people posting appear to support the parents. Many recalled their own childhoods where, of course, kids played outside until nightfall when it was time to come in for dinner. Were not the only people who think that its not outrageous. Reporter danielle and in a tasha meitiv believe Child Protective Services is overstepping its bounds investigating them for child neglect because they allow their 10yearold son and 6 yearold daughter to walk together around their neighborhood unaccompanied by an adult. They were trying to dig for basically something to pin the case on us. Reporter on social media hundreds of you agreed. Margaret bell posted, they need to spend time on real neglect cases. That is why young kids end up dead, as they are investigated. Has it really come to this wondered Lawrence Albert on facebook . Children cant walk around in their own neighborhoods anymore. If so, things are really out of control somewhere. Added steve simon, by todays standards my folks would be bonnie and clyde. Several people did raise concerns for the childrens safety and defended cps. Donna lee duff wrote, remember the lyons sisters . God rest their souls. Added caroline friedly, cps has such a tough job. They never get thanked for all the kids they save, only berated for the ones that slip through the cracks. Most sex crimes are not with strangers. Reporter we showed the meitivs the online maryland sex offender registry. It revealed 12 registered sex offenders living or working within 1 2mile of the familys home. Expand that to a mile and there are 28. About 1 4 of them are charged with misdemeanor crimes like possession of pornography. So these are not violent offenders. Montgomery county police told me their officers are obligated to check out complaints and a spokeswoman at Child Protective Services this afternoon said the agency had nothing to add. Cps is meeting with the family on tuesday. We will keep you posted. Lot of reaction. Thank you. Protesters took to the streets this morning in d. C. In the middle of rush hour as part of the d. C. Ferguson group. The march started at 7 00 at Mount Vernon Square in honor of what would have been dr. King king, jr. s 80 doctor Martin Luther king, jr. s 86th birthday. They were protesting the militarization of police, the nonindictments of Police Officers of the unarmed black men in new york and missouri and what they say is d. C. s version of the stop and frisk. It shouldnt be business as usual when we have an epidemic of systemic racism targeted toward black and brown communities. Were not going to let it be business as usual. The group is also trying to get 20,000 signatures on their antijump out petition by april. Angry, angry hippo, coming up see what happens when a boat load of tourists and a protective hippo cross paths. But first a tearful goodbye in france for the victims of last weeks deadly attack on a satirical newspaper a investigators continue the hunt for a terror suspect linked to those killings. Im meterologists topper shutt, a cold night but average night. This is about average for january. Right now 37 in d. C. , 30 in boston. Well come back, talk about not the people of france are paying their lasting ares to more of last respects to more of the cartoonists killed in last weeks terrorist attacks. With the aid of a translator we hear from one of the victims daughters, elsa. Translator his daughter elsa says theyve killed a man but not their ideas. We will continue to defend the principals of charlie hebdo. Meanwhile in pakistan protesters hit the streets to condemn Charlie Hebdos use of images of the prophet muhammad. One banner reads the sketchmakers must be hanged immediately and called the publication of those images an act of terror. Today lawmakers in pakistan passed a resolution condemning those images. Two people were lhkilled during a Belgian Police counterterrorism operation. A third suspect was seriously wounded by police during the raid. Investigators are talking to several others who were detained. It is believed the suspects returned to country after fighting in syria. Belgium has seen a significant rise in ra the american rock climbers who make history this week are telling their story today. Kevin jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell conquered what has long been considered the worlds most difficult climb. Yosemites dawn wall at el capitan. The men did what is called free climb which means they only used their hands and feet to scale the 3,000 feet summit, although they had ropes in case they slipped. The 19 day trek really took a toll on the men both mentally and physically. My hands are beat. I wake up every morning and i have to take 800 milligrams of ibuprofen just to brush my teeth. One wonders why you would go back again, but they do plan to go back. In fact, they plan to return to el capitan to remove safety ropes they installed along that 3,000foot climb. How would you even do that . All right. If scaling el capitan doesnt get the adrenaline pumping, how about a speedboat ride through a herd of angry hippos in zambia. This Tour Operator captured this unbelievable footage of a hippo launching itself from the water right at the speedboat. The driver mashed the gas pedal to pull away from angry hippo there, but you can see thats a close call. He suspects the hippo got angry because of a baby hippo nearby. Maybe thats a mama hippo. There you go. Dont mess with the mama. Theyll get you. They tell you hippos are the most dangerous animal in the jungle. Now we see. They could swim and also run faster than you think. And apparently theyre moody. What are you saying . I say they can be in a bad mood when you come upon them. They can swim like 20 miles an hour. I think he was saying more than that, but you can keep going. Well kind of brush that off. One front moves through tomorrow dry, a stronger front dry. Outside the jungle i would say bears are the no. 1 threat. Lets start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, High Temperature 42 today about average, down to 37. Wind are negligible now, but they are out of the southwest. I point that out because theyll increase out of the southwest tomorrow as a cold front approaches and turn northwesterly tomorrow afternoon as a cold front passes. Cold tonight but little wind, so thats about average. Bus stop temperatures cold, 24 to 36, nothing out of the ordinary. The next front, one tomorrow afternoon and another one on sunday afternoon. Tomorrow dry, sunday will be wet, pleasant tomorrow but breezy with the first front. Temperatures a little bit warmer tomorrow but with the breezes not feeling quite as warm as the temperature might indicate. Dont walk out without a winter coat tomorrow. 8 00 tonight low 30s, 32 in leesburg, gaithersburg, 35 downtown. By 10 00 the last walk with the dog, 31 or storks right around freezing gaithersburg, frederick so, right around freezing, gaithersburg, frederick and by morning 20s again, upper 20s, nothing crazy, 28 in gaithersburg, leesburg, 27 in manassas, around 30 downtown. By 9 00 temperatures rebounding a little. Notice the wind. See the arrows . The winds are now southwesterly ahead of this front, temperatures in the 30s. As we go through futurecast youll see the winds begin to turn and become more westerly and become northwesterly by 6 00 when the front goes through. Again 33 in gaithersburg, 34 in leesburg, 35 in manassas by this time tomorrow. Then by 9 00 were back in the 20s in the suburbs north and west and around 30 down as far south as la plata. Wind gust tracker, 8 00 tomorrow, this may be overdone, but you get the idea. These are winds out of the south and west, 26 mileper hour wind gust is possible. By 1 00 winds could still gust 20 to 25 and by 6 00 winds from the northwest gusting over 20 miles an hour. They will subside tomorrow night. For tonight clear skies to partly cloudy skies and cold, low temperatures 24 to 30, winds southwest at 10. By morning mostly sunny and cold, 24 to 42, winds picking up after about 9 00 or 10 00 southwest 10 to 15. By afternoon it will be breezy but not as cold, High Temperatures 40 to 45, southwest winds become northwest winds 10 to 15 behind the front. The front goes through dry. Oakland will have flurries, only 29. Jump the divide, 37 in cumberland, 40 in hagerstown, martinsburg and winchester, mid40s for culpeper, low to mid40s for warrenton, manassas, 43 in leesburg, bluemont and maybe 44 in mclean and reston, 44 downtown in gaithersburg and a Small Craft Advisory for the bay and tidal potomac. The day planner, lots of sunshine, 30 at 7 00, 34 at 9 00, 41 at 11 00, not bad and then 43 at 1 00. The winds at 13, 14 miles an hour, a little chill in the air. A little colder saturday, behind the front 39 and here come another front, afternoon rain and showers which could end briefly as snow showers sunday night. Next three days, Martin Luther king looks nice, just cold, rain or snow shower tuesday, not a storm, flurries wednesday, not a storm and cold and dry thursday. More redskin news. It never stops, right . Apparently not. Football season 24 7, 365. Ive got some good news. In is a new coach in ashburn. Jay gruden pulling the trigger on a when the flu hits, its a really big deal. The aches. The chills. The fever. An even bigger deal . Everything you miss out on. Family pizza night. The big game. Or date night. Why lose out to the flu any longer than you have to . Prescription tamiflu can help you get better 1. 3 days faster. Thats 30 sooner. Call your doctor right away. And attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. Tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. Before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if youre pregnant, nursing, have Serious Health conditions or take other medicines. If you develop an allergic reaction, a severe rash, or signs of unusual behavior stop taking tamiflu and call your doctor immediately. Children and adolescents in particular may be at an increased risk of seizures, confusion or abnormal behavior. The most common side effects are mild to moderate nausea and vomiting. Call your doctor right away. Dont lose another moment to the flu. When theres flu, tamiflu. Wusa9 news is sponsored in part by your local toyota dealers. Now wusa9 game on sports with dave owens brought to you by xfinity. While scott Scot Mccloughlan is out, gruden did hire somebody today. Bill callahan signing on as offensive line coach. Hes been in dallas the last three seasons as offensive coordinator o line coach. You got to think he knows what hes doing, cowboys dominant running team in 2014, 147 yards per game. He also has head coaching experience in oakland and at nebraska. So bill has been in the league 17 seasons, guy been around. His tenure as head coach in oakland short lived even though they made it to the afc championship game in 2002. He spent time with the jets under rex ryan, so he knows about drama. Thats a good thing. He had two o linemen make all pro this season. Various media reports stating ray rice and the ravens reached a settlement on back pay today. A grievance hearing was scheduled thursday. However, the settlement preempted that. Rice was seeking 3. 5 million for the final 15 weeks of the season, no word on the settlement amount. In maryland Basketball Hoops keeps trending upward. You can circle december 30th as an important day. That day the terps defeated Michigan State and sent a message to the rest of the big 10 we brought luggage for the long term. Were here to stay. Round 2 is on the doorstep. Heres hoping its more aesthetically pleasing than round 1 which was what i call a cinderblock special, a lot of bricks thrown up in that game, both teams shooting woefully, but maryland prevailed. It gave the terps much needed legitimacy. The fellows know they got to bring it up on round 2. Oh, yeah. Its going to be a fun one. We know theyre playing well right now. Its going to be a good battle. Theyre coming to us with the best game because they want a rematch on our home court. Were going to bring our best game, too, and play maryland. Were not going to listen to what people are talking about. Were just going to play basketball. Thats a great game here on wusa9 at 4 00 Michigan State and maryland. Afterwards is a special postgame show for you featuring the legendary maryland coach garry williams. How about that . Very cool. Another big game saturday georgetown, butler, hoyas and bulldogs now big east foes. They played earlier this year in a tournament, butler winning. More bodies hit that floor that day than baskets made. The rematch will be a grinder. Its a team that you know going in its going to be a 40 minute game. You know going in that the 12th possession of the 1st half might have as much impact on the game as the third to last possession of the game. Coach thompson always says you got to put your big boy pants on. Its not going to be cakewalks in the big east. Big boy pants. Put on the big boy pants. Nationals general manager issuing a prewere active strike today concerning his preemptive strike today concerning his shortstop telling reporters ian desmond will be on the club. The two sides hope to secure a long term deal. Desmond will be a free agent in 2015. Need to get that guy signed. Hes one of the best in baseball, no doubted about that. 107 million no doubt about that. 107 million. Hes very good, though, probably 150 million on the open market. Derek has a question about the offensive coach. Can he play offensive line . Were going to save that for later because our time is up. It really is tonight. The cbs evening news is next. Ill be back with jan jeffcoat for your only local news at 7 00 an schieffer tonight, belgium says it has stopped another charlie hebdo. The police stage a series of raids against an islamic terror p grou stheyasay w planning a rmajo attack. Charlie dagata is in belgian with the latest. Even if you got a flu shot, there is still a good chance youll get the flu. Dr. Jon lapook has the new numbers from the c. D. C. While the west coast wais for the big one the small ones hit new england. Jericka duncan on a series of weaks centered in connecticut. And John Blackstone with the men who conquered el capitan. Reporter you seem to be defying gravity. Thats what we do up there, i guess. Captioning sponsored by cbs

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