When a metronorth train slammed into a vehicle on the tracks. Reporter a team of more than a dozen ntsb investigators are leaving d. C. This morning for new york to figure out what happened in the deadly accident last night. Our goal is to find out not only what happened but really find out why it happened so that we can issue safety recommendations to try and keep this from happening again. Reporter at least six people are dead after a chuter train slammed commuter train slammed into an suv stopped under the gates on the tricks triggering an explosion and then fire. When i heard the extent of damage to the first car and saw that it had burned completely, i couldnt imagine how many people in there that had lost their lives. Reporter the train dragged the car about 400 feet down the tracks which was bound for suburban, new york, with hundreds of commuters on board. This was as gruesome as i have seen. The third rail came right through the car. Reporter ntsb investigators will be looking at highway signals and crossing arms. It will also include Disaster Assistance to work with the families affected. The on ground phase could take as much as a week. Ntsb has investigated five metronorth accidents in the past two years. Tuesdays being the deadliest in their history. Nikki burdine, wusa9. Investigators expect to have another News Conference this afternoon. We have just learned death toll is now at 7 in that train crash. A house fire in Anne Arundel County presented a unique problem this morning. This home in odenton, maryland is owned by a d. C. Police officer and ammunition inside exploded from the heat. Crews found heavy flames coming from the house when they got there. No one was home at the time and there are no injuries. Investigators are now trying to determine whether or not two recent fires in that neighborhood are related to this mornings incident. Police are trying to find out who is behind a bomb square in potomac, maryland this morning. Sky 9 was above Ivy Mount School off seven locks road as police were investigating. Police say most of the children hadnt gotten to the school yet but the ones who were in class were safely evacuated. Rush hour traffic in the area was disrupted as well until the all clear sign was given. Police are looking for a car involved in a fatal hit and run. The woman was struck around 4 40 this morning. The toyota suv that hit the pedestrian remained on the scene but a second vehicle that hit the victim while she was lying in the roadway did not. Howard county police are asking anyone with information to please contact them. 23 people are confirmed dead after a plane crash in taiwan. The plane clipped the bridge and then went down in the shallow river in taipei. It came to rest just a few yards from the shore line. Tina krause has more. Reporter dramatic dash cam video caught the moment of the deadly crash. The Transasia Airways plane clip add taxi and sashed into a highway bridge before crashed into a highway bridge before plunging in the river below. Rescue teams rushed to save the 58 people on board but many were already dead. This firefighter says we saved some babies. Were taking them by water and boat. Crews rescued at least 15 injured evenings but many are still missing. Authorities say most of the people in the front of the plane were killed. The airlines chief executive said the plane lost contact four minutes after it took off from taipei for a onehour flight to islands near the chinese coast. Investigators say the pilot called out may day three times. The weather was good for flying when the plane suddenly fell from the sky. Its wing tore the roof off this taxi. The cab driver survived. Tina krause, cbs news. This is the second deadly crash for Transasia Airways in less than seven months. Last july the same type of turbo prop plane crashed killing all 48 people on board. They were trying to land in bad weather at the time. Worker furloughs are coming to the university of maryland and its all part of the University Plan to handle budgets that were put in place by former governor martin omalley. The University President loh says it will not apply to employees making less than 60,000. People with salaries with 60,000 and 100,000 will have to take one more furlough day. People with higher salaries will have to take more than one day off. The new budget plan from governor larry hogan of maryland are criticizing it. They predict his education cuts will be felt in classrooms across the state. Hogans budget dramatically reduces funding for the larger jurisdictions as well like montgomery and prince georges counties. His press secretary said hogan had to make tough choices because there isnt enough money around to pay the bills. The. Of the state Education Association says the cuts add up to about 144 million. A proposal to name the university of the District Of Columbia after marion barry is getting some mixed reaction now. The name change is the idea of d. C. Councilman vincent orange. Some students agree that the fourtime mayor and ward 8 councilman played a significant part in the citys history and whicr hevethe campus and therefore the campus should include his name. Others are not so sure. Its not a bad idea considering all that marion barry has done for the city but at the same time, thats a large leap. Ward 3 Councilmember Mary cheh represents the udc community. She is against naming the school for marion barry. She says the citys university should bear the District Of Columbia in its tame. Jordan reacted name. Jordan reacted swiftly to the brutal murder after pilot by isis militants. They hung two terrorists including a wouldbeen suicide bomber and they did this just hours after isis released the gruesome video showing a jordanian Fighter Pilot being burned to death in a cage. We have more from jordan. Reporter jordanian justice came down swiftly. Two prisoners executed at dawn. Their bodies taken away for burial a short time layer. One of those hanged was sajida alrishawi, the iraqi suicide bomber locked up . Yore dan since jordan since 2005 when she tried to blow her up at a wedding reception that left almost six people dead. She was jordans key bargaining chip this negotiations between jordan and isis who captured Muath Alkasasbeh when his fighter jet crashed during a bombing raid over syria in december. Video showing the pilots gruesome death was high lie produced and scripted using st ate of the art graphics. It highlighted the close relationship between Jordans King Abdullah and president obama. And jordans role in the u. S. Led air strikes against isis in syria and iraq. The pilot addresses the details of his crash interspersed with news reports of his capture. Then in what can lyon be described as a hollywood style dream sequence, hes seen walking thh rougthe aftermath ofa Coalition Air strike in an orange jumpsuit getting flashbacks of the death and destruction caused. The video seems to suggest by his hand. What happened next is tragically very real. Hes locked in a small cage and a mass islamic fighter apparently brings life to an end in a fiery inferno. That video took some time and effort to produce. A lot of people saying that the pilot seemed to have the same sort of injuries he suffered in the crash and whatever followed leaving many people to believe he was executed some time ago and not in the last few days. Cbs news, jordan. President obama says the gruesome video is just more evidence of isis viciousness and barbarity and he called the groups ideology bankrupt. The judge in the the Boston Marathon bombing trial expects to have a jury seated by the end of the week, that despite the delays said the court because of the record setting snow storms in boston. Lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are asking a judge to suspend the jury selection, though, until a federal Appeals Court can hear a second petition to move the trial out of boston. The 21yearold is facing the death penalty. Tsarnaev is accused of setting off boles that killed three bombs that killed three people and injured more than 200 at the marathon finish line in 2013. Crews have done an amazing job clearing the snow in boston for the super bowl parade for the new england patriots. In fact, its under way right now. The open air amphibious duck boats are carrying the team and the coaches in front of tens of thousands of cheering fans. The pats hung on to beat the Seattle Seahawks of course in sunday nights game according to malcolm butlers fantastic last intercept. Interception. It was great. Mike is a proud patriots fan if you havent figured that out. Temperatures must colder to the north than the south. 20s and low 30s. Weve been colder back toward chicago. But, look, were in the 40s in parts of central and southern virginia. Low 50s right now. So this nice, mild air has moved in. I have a few high clouds coming through today. Thats about it. All in all, were in a really good spot for today. Youve got to enjoy it. While were looking at temperatures this afternoon which will be shooting into the low 50s in town, holding in the 40s north, we have a strong cold front that will be arriving overnight toward tomorrow morning. In the 40s in most spots. As you watch the wind arrows, theyll start to turn to the west, northwest and pick up and get bigger. By 7 00 were talking 30s in town. Some upper 20s and low 30s north and west. With the stiff breeze, we could see a stray snow shower or two. Temperatures will continue to slowly fall off and by tomorrow afternoon, our windchills, even though its going to be in the 50s today, windchills tomorrow afternoon will be back in the Single Digits and teens. Get ready for the big change. Your sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Michael, back to you. See you in a bit. Ahead on wusa9, cyclist Lance Armstrong accused of pulling a fast one with his girlfriend after a hitandrun accident. Well explain. A star comes to the rescue of a dog trapped in the icy waters of lake michigan. Those stories welcome back. Lance arm strong is due in armstrong is due in Court Next Month in connection with a hit andrun accident. Police reports say the disgraced cyclist hit two parked cars after a party in colorado and initially he talked his girlfriend into taking the blame. Eventually she told police the truth and armstrong is charged with failing to report an accident as well as speeding. Hes due in court march 17. One of the rescuers says they may adopt a dog that was in the icy waters of lake michigan. A coast guard crew captured the dramatic rescue yesterday on tape. The lab had fallen into the icy waters after shipping through a fence slipping through a fence. It didnt have a tag or microchip. If its owner doesnt come forward, the man ho pulled the dog out of the water may adopt it. Staples is buying office depot in a deal worth the world is filled with air. But for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. If you have copd, ask your doctor about oncedaily anoro ellipta. It helps people with copd breathe better for a full 24hours. Anoro ellipta is the first fdaapproved product containing two longacting bronchodilators in one inhaler. Anoro is not for asthma. Anoro contains a type of medicine that increases risk of death in people with asthma. It is not known if this risk is increased in copd. 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Staples is buying office depot in a deal worth about 6 billion. The two companies have about 4,000 stores. You may remember office depot bought officemax back in 2013. Hard to keep track of all the Office Office stores. If the new merger is approved, it could help the Office Supply chain giants complete against the online retailers like amazon. Monopoly turns 80 this year. To celebrate, get this, hasbro is replacing the fake money in the monopoly games with real cash. Youve got my attention. You will be able to find it in about 80 games sold in france, however. Its worth about 23,000 u. S. Dollars. From winning to try to steal it, a close call for a clerk at a houston gas station where four men rammed the pickup into the store, tried to leave with the cash man. Their plans hit a snag. The pickup truck wouldnt start after they smashed the front wall. Th ey left with no money. The clerk got minor injuries and police are still looking for the suspects. First alert weather time, howard, is here. Wow, no alert to talk about except sunglass alerts. A nice day. I know a lot of folks like my wife like to get outside and exercise regularly and havent been able to a lot because ever the colder weather. This is your afternoon. Its gorgeous. Unfortunately by tomorrow morning the wins will be kicking out of the northwest. The cold will be back and oh, yes, its february. I think saturday will be another decent day. This time of year, weve got to take them while we get them because theyre few and far between. Lets show you whats happening. We have sunshine. Some high clouds. A good looking day on the 4th of february with sunshine, high clouds. Were going to go into the low 50s in most spots. Right on the potomac and the chesapeake, possibly stay in the 40s because the winds are south, southeast. If they stay south, southeast, its a colder wind coming off the water as opposed to more westerly off the land. Mid40s this evening. Tonight low to mid30s. Then temperatures will continue to slowly drop off tomorrow. Theres a lot of cold air coming. We have one batch of cold air in new england. Thats leaving. But look at chicago, des moines, back in the teens. That air is headed our way. These nice 40s that you see and even some low 50s to our south, theyre going to be a distant memory by midday tomorrow. Right now were up to 51 in fredricksburg. Its beautiful down there. Easton 46. Even 40 at hagerstown with 30s out to the west and western maryland. Only davis, West Virginia is below freezing right now. In town, 43. But as i said, the winds at Reagan National at least slight easterly component so its coming in off the river keeping it a little colder but its really on the weather terrace a couple of moments ago, it was beautiful out there. The air is dry also. So it even feels warmer. When you have dry air, its not transferring the hot or cold as much. It feels good. Big snows falling. Moderate snow from illinois and Northern Indiana coming out of areas of nebraska, northern missouri. Thats in the cold air behind this front which will be here tomorrow morning. So were going to watch that but it looks like a lot of that cold is going or the snow, that is, is going to get caught up and wrung out in the mountains. So we have the mild stuff. Some of the snow makes it northwestern pennsylvania by afternoon, evening. The front comes toward us overnight. In fact, by tomorrow morning, dont be surprised if you wake up and the winds are kicking out of the northwest pretty good. While theres not anything showing up here with these clouds, i still think well see a few flurries, a snow shower or two with that. It doesnt look like a lot but certainly the cold air is coming in. Then tomorrow cold and windy and well lose the wind by friday. But tomorrow, it is going to be a painful day with these winds which this is thursday at 6 00 a. M. Were talking gusts in the 30 mile an hour range. Theyll be 30, 35 here by 8 00. Thats going to push windchills by midmorning into the teens. In the afternoon Single Digits and teens for the windchill on thursday. Well finally see these winds relax as we head into friday. Here we are at thursday, 4 00, still gusting to around 30 miles an hour. So today, get out, enjoy. Take advantage of it. Low 50s. Mid50s in fredericksburg. Some spots in the upper 40s but nice. Low to mid30s tonight. Those temperatures continue to slowly drop off tomorrow with the mainly morning flurries and snow shower threat. Windy and colder. Teens and low teens north and west by friday morning. Friday is not a bad day. Just going to be a cold one. Not nearly as windy. Temps in the 30s. Back to 50 saturday. Not bad sunday but we do have a threat for a shower late. Right now early next week, colder and unsettled. As far as an exact storm track, yet to be determined. Well be back the party could soon be over. Our next guest says fill up your tank now because higher prices could be on the way soon. Joe gag gear is here from lpl fption with a look at the Lpl Financial with a look at the ups and downs. Thank you for coming back. Lets talk gas prices. We were talking about oil during the break, down a barrel. Last year at this time it was nearly three times that. In the 140s for a while. Youre looking at going to the pump somewhere around 2, low 2s. Its down we use the west texas crude number when talking about oil. Bounce it up to 40s. Quickly ran back to the 50s recently. People are looking at that as sort of a natural flow. If youre expecting to go much lower than 2 bucks cant stay low for too long. Too many players need the money. Saudi arabia, they have their problems with the the cartel, the people who drive the cars so to speak. At the end of the day, its starting to affect the market. The stock market is negative now with oil prices. Could it go up 250 a barrel again . It