In the other part. By that time the ambulance was coming. He does not believe the train was speeding at the time it derailed. Speed is often a factor the ntsb looks into as it determines a cause. In the coming days, we will continue to keep you posted with updates from Washington State throughout this evening. Incredible, so many people walked away from that. Now to a story youll see first on 4 00 here. A tragedy involving a local doctor and his family days before christmas. We learned that doctor and his daughter were killed in a plane crash over the weekend in indiana. Pat collins is live for us in bethesda with that story. Pat . Reporter jim, for more than two decades, he was a top doctor at this prestigious medical school. He researched drugs to determine which ones might harm us and which ones might make us better. To be better doctors. And now with his sudden death, a great sense of sorrow here. Dr. Louis cana lina, he had both an m. D. And ph. D. And pilots license. He was a top professor at the uniform Service University of health sciences, and at this very special medical school, today they are mourning his loss. Going to miss him. He always had this little twinkle, this little, this little look in the corner of his eye, like have you got what i said yet . Really smart guy. Reporter dr. Cantalena, died in a plane crash flying his daughter home from med school in kansas. It was the same place he went to school and amy wanted to be an m. D. , ph. D. Like her dad. The losses are deep. He had to be very proud of his daughter. I would imagine. Reporter to want to be a doctor and ph. D. Just like her dad. That would make any man proud. I think so. And i imagine his joy in picking her up. Reporter that cessna plane went down saturday night in franklin county, indiana. It had just stopped to refuel and had taken off, and then, then came the crash. Killed the doctor, his daughter amy and a man described as a pilot friend. Amy had two dogs on board. One jumped out before impact and survived. Back at the Uniformed Services university, they will not soon forget dr. Cantalena. Good doctor . Yes. Reporter good teacher, good dad, good friend. Yes. Reporter dr. Louis cantalena, he lived in potomac. He was the father of four children. Wendy, back to you. Tragic story. Pat collins. A jury convicts a former metro transit officer of trying to help isis. Prosecutors said Nicolas Young tried to provide Financial Support to the terrorist group in the form of digital gift cards. Isis is known to yuzuse encrypt apps. Some of those apps charge fees. He was arrested after he apparently gave the cards to an fbi source. Youngs lawyers call this a case of entrapment. He is facing 60 years when sentenced in february. What a day to fly through atlanta. Thousands of people are still waiting to get out of atlantas hartsfield after power is back on. A collective sigh of relief when the lights were turned back on. Now it is an intense game of tc in 2017 a power outage could cripple the worlds Busiest Airport for 11 hours. The short answer is that an electrical fire in a tunnel beneath the airport ruined the main power system and its back up. The fallout stretched into today with at least 400 flights canceled. And it stretched into d. C. As well. News4s justin finch caught up with passengers here anxious to get in the air. Reporter at its delta checkin counter just as frustrations teeter towards crescendo reporter the sound of strings, a man with his bow and violin breaking into Christmas Carols to bring a smile to someone he saw could use one. One of my fellow passengers starting to cry because their flight was canceled yesterday and they had to go back on hold. They were on hold for four rs do. Reporter many in this long line at reagans delta bags drop off and this one snaking in front of checkin are passengers whose flight status this morning were in limbo. My son actually is flying to atlanta, or was or i dont know, its so confusing. Reporter sundays power black out at atlantas airport, the nations busiest, forced delta to ground 300 flights today, many early flights. With were trying to start a Family Vacation and we have to deal with this. Reporter whats this been like . Stressful, beyond stressful. I just want to get home. Reporter tara and her 8 month old baby girl were supposed to be back in the atlanta area by now, but it could be closer to tomorrow. Add to that shes down to a few bottles and diapers and as for who has thrown the most tantrums thus far. Definitely the mom. Definitely me. Reporter as the day wore on, more flights got off the ground to and from atlanta, but black out backlog could take days, which means this guy might need a call back. Keep calm, everyone. Thats justin finch reporting. Follow your airline on social media. Theyll usually postup dates there first or check your flight status the oldfashioned way. Just pickup the phone and call. Well, for months virginias governor has been promising a plan to help fund metro. Today he delivered. The governor wants to raise taxes on real estate on hotels and on gasoline. He says that would bring in an additional 65 million a year for metro. But republican lawmakers are already saying, not so fast. Bureau chief julie carey is live from the Springfield Metro station with details on this. Hey, jules. Reporter wendy, youve been hearing the general manager for months cuts could come as early as n m and virginia dont come with a way to add another 500 million a year in dedicated funding to revenue. Today governor mcauliffe became the first to layout the specifics. [ applause ] reporter its tradition to applaud the governor as he prepares to deliver his budget plan. But republican lawmakers not clapping for his metro funding proposal. I think we really need to look at some of these reforms before anybody ever talks about a tax increase. Reporter governor mcauliffes plan would fuel metro with an added 150 million a year. Some would come from funds already marked for Northern Virginia transportation. But the rest comes from tax hikes on hotels, real estate transfers, and on the wholesale gas tax. Something that would likely add about 2 cents a gallon at the pumps. Everybody has to step up to the plate. We have stepped up to the plate. Reporter mcauliffe points out that taxes were previously approved by the General Assembly as part of the 2013 landmark transportation funding plan. But then governor mcdonald rolled them back. The tax increase assembly already voted for so its sort of a nobrainer. Reporter republican lawmakers says the governor has it backwards. Metro reforms must come first. I dont see anything there to really say were going to fix the problems whether it be on the tensions, whether it be on the spending whether it be on the cost. Really what were saying, what the governor is saying is give me the money first, maybe well fix it later. Reporter and some Northern Virginia commuters agree. Metro needs to tighten up before asking drivers to pay up. They have the means to take care of this metro on their own. Versus having to make us tax pairs having to pay payers havio fix it up. It is not our responsibility. Reporter he has a few more weeks left in office. It will be up to the democratic successor to keep tpressure on the General Assembly. The spokeswoman said he supports the funding mechanisms that have been approved. Once before he wants those to be stay tuned. Thanks, julie carey. A nominee who fumbled over basic questions during a congressional hearing is now withdrawing his name from consideration. Matthew peterson received widespread criticism after he couldnt define basic legal terms and admitted that hed never tried a case. Have you ever tried a jury trial . I have not. Civil . No. Criminal . No. Bench . No. State or federal court . I have not. Wow, peterson is currently a commissioner on the federal election commission. The white house says President Trump accepted his withdrawal. Peterson is the third judicial pick to withdraw in just the past week after criticism of their qualifications. Its a mistake that had a local mother just terrified today and now shes seeking answers as to how her daughter was given to the wrong person during an after school pickup. Happened to my daughter . What if something happened to her. Who is she with . Her story, only on news4 tonight. And no longer feeling safe, the conditions inside a place that is supposed to be a haven for victims of domestic abuse. It has those victims feeling victimized all over again. We are learning how to wrap with the best here at Pentagon City. A snapchat . I have to figure out how you did that, handly. Looking pretty good there. Were going to talk much more about those temperatures you have in your area coming up in just a minutement it feels good to be back. At college inn we craft a because every detail matters. We select allnatural chicken and flavorful herbs and spices. College inn broth helps you make every meal delicious. College inn, delicious is in the details. And wed like you to be part of ours. So our chevy employee discount is now available to everyone. You pay what we pay. Not a cent more. Were so happy to share this with you. Its our way of saying happy holidays. And welcome to the family. The chevy family. Use your employee discount for everyone and trade up to this of over eleven thousand dollars. Find new roads at your local chevy dealer. Back now with a story youll only see here on news4, a mother says she is still traumatized after a school in d. C. Let her daughter leave with the wrong person. News4s Mark Segraves is outside of Cleveland Elementary School and shaw with all this mix up. Mark, how did this happen . Reporter well, thats what a lot of people are asking themselves. If you look across the street, this is Cleveland Elementary School and shaw. Parents are picking up their kids from after school. Last friday something went terribly wrong, an adult was allowed to leave with the wrong 3yearold girl leaving a mother when she showed up here asking, what happened . Oh, my god, what happened to my daughte her . Who is she with . Who came to pick her up because i had no idea what was going on. I was really devastated. Im still kind of traumatized bit situation. Reporter the girls mother did not want to be identified. She said this is her daughters first year at Cleveland Elementary School and things had been going great until friday whether she showed up and her daughter wasnt here. Wheres my daughter . Thats when we realized somebody they had put her in the wrong car, somebody else had took her from school. Reporter heres what we know about what happened here last friday. About 3 15 school was dismissed. Thats when kids are transferred into after care. At about 5 00, a man came here and picked up the wrong child. About 5 30, the mom arrived and called police. About an hour later, the man returned with the child who was unharmed. When the man did return to the school with the womans daughter he said he didnt notice that he had picked up the wrong child because the young girl had answered to the name of his was okay, but its gist tjust tt she was gone with a complete stranger for how long, it was really bothering me. Anything could have happened. Reporter in a statement d. C. Public schools tells news4 we are looking into the incident on friday at leacleveland elementa school. D. C. Public schools is committed to fostering a learning environment where students are safe and secure. This mom is more than happy to have her daughter home safe and sound and knows it was a mistake, but still wants some answers. It was a mistake, but how could you even make that mistake is my, you know, what im asking the school. Reporter so, you may recall that we were in front of this school just last month when a teacher here was arrested and charged with assaulting a student. Now, what we have also learned is that the teacher who runs the after care program, she was also placed on administrative leave earlier this year in an unrelated incident when she was another student. Parents tell us that ever since then, the school, particularly the after care program here at Cleveland Elementary School has been just in complete disarray. That parent whose child was given to the wrong person said she has not return her daughter to school here until she gets answers from the principal. That is the very latest. Jim, back to you in the studio. Cant blame her, mark. Thanks so much. Were in for another sprint to the finish on capitol hill as lawmakers face two big jobs that they have to get done before they leave town for the holidays. At some point this week we expect to see votes from the house and senate on the finalized version of the republican tax plan. And start the count down clock because lawmakers also have to pass a new spending bill were a deadline of friday to keep the government funded and open. Lets take a closer look at what the president had to say and what we can expect from lawmakers on the hill. Joining us now is nbc senior political edit good to see you again. Hey, wendy. The president called out china and russia. What was your take away as he did his America First speech . My take away was his program on the National Security strategy in a lot of ways kind of followed the Previous Administration from barack obama and george w. Bush. But what really differed was the rhetoric thats involved and were going to be hearing a whole lot of Campaign Rhetoric that he gave in 2016 in words like America First, clamping down on the border were very big. He talked a lot about trade. But when you looked at the actual National Security strategy, particularly as it relates to combatting international terrorism, in a lot of ways that could have been read as a george w. Bush or barack obama document. At least 90, 95 . But again, the big difference was on the rhetoric and a lot of trumps Campaign Rhetoric. Okay. Lets look at this vote on the tax bill coming up. We know that the senate is goi to be missing senator john mccain because hes back home because of his brain cancer. Uhhuh. Is that going to make a difference . I dont think its going to make a difference at all. You ended up today having susan collins, the republican senator of maine saying that she was for the legislation. Bob corker, the republican from tennessee, says hes for it after opposing it earlier. So, even with john mccains absence it looks like this is going to pass the senate as well as the house this week. Okay. And theyre not going to close the government before christmas . Hopefully not. That would not be a Christmas Gift to a lot of people. Wendy, the expectation is theyll temporarily fund it through january and then i think we will have that big fight and showdown over Government Spending after the new year. Yes, which is just washington as we know it. Thank you, mark. Thanks, wendy. Easy access to prescription drugs is blamed for the growing issues with abuse and overdoses. Just ahead, the new Program Launching in the district that is looking to problem. Plus mild temps today, just how long will this weather stick around for us and any chance of a White Christmas . Doug is back in a flash with your forecast. Stay with us. 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That is just gorgeous. It really is nice. You look off towards the west it is actually Tysons Corner off in the distance. The clouds continuing to make their way in tonight so were going to see partly cloud toy mostly cloudy. Temperatures 51, winds out of the south 5 miles an hour. Southerly component coue keep us on the mild side. 60 in charlottesville, a little cooler to the west, 60 in luray. It will be a cool night tonight but we are going to be well above average overnight tonight. One thing you will not need, the umbrellas. Youre not going to need those any time soon. Our chances of rain will start to increase as we make our way to the end of the week, but for most of the week were on the dry side. Heres the pattern. A lot of cloud cover trying to move in through the overnight hours. Partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies at night. Rain to the north. You can see how warm we are. Were warm all the way up to the north, even north of buffalo seeing some rain around the area this time of year normally some snow up there, but right now just a little in the way of rain. Temperature wise on the mild side for this time of year. 59 in richmond, 51 d. C. , 37 the cold spot in state college, pennsylvania. Thats it. The rest of the region on the mild side and the warm air going to continue to come in during the day tomorrow. Another very warm day. Lets take you tro nice numbers. 41 degrees at 7 00 a. M. , our average low this time of year, freezing. Our average low right around 32. Sunrise tomorrow at 7 22, so nice to start out the day good for the kids at the bus stop. Good for you heading out the front door. 54 degrees at noon, get lunch outside, looking good. There was sunshine, mild 60 near 4 00, dropping into the upper 40s by 7 00 tonight i