And went down. A man from denver was also killed along with joyce bartoo from washington, d. C. Diane stubbs from annapolis and her husband gerald bruce also died in the crash. The National Transportation safety board is investigating. Maureen happening right now a hearing on capitol hill about safety on metro. Lawmakers are reviewing the future of la mata. They are investigating the Lenfant Plaza earlier this year. There was testimony today from the engineer on the train as it filled with smoke. They are looking at the safety flaws to see how they can be fixed. We are at the meeting and we will bring you developments at 11 00. Leon also an emotional day as families who had members killed by Illegal Immigrants. Scott thuman joins us live with the controversial debate. Scott . Scott leon, this hearing today is striking a chord with members on the hill. One is suggesting a fiveyear minimum prison sentence for anyone who supported and reenters the country. Others are saying they should cu
Case, next. From abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. Leon that breaking news is coming in from Silver Spring. Dozens of people i been a vacuum waited from a building because of a Carbon Monoxide leak. This is on the 700 block of eastern avenue. Roz plater is joining us live. What is happening now . Roz we are right on the district and Silver Spring line. This is a fourstory complex only silver the Incident Commander said what happened was right after 9 00 tonight, two people called 911 reporting they felt sick. When they got here, the symptoms were consistent with somebody that it Carbon Monoxide poisoning. They sounded the alarm and evacuated the building. The sister in those folks did not want to go to the hospital, so they were treated on the scene. Right now firefighters are doing a thorough search of the apartments, one by one, taking air quality measurements and checking door heaters and pipes and also running fans in the building. If the building checks out at some point,
Is this big cat prowling the streets outside homes . Its a big hit on social media but not everyone is laughing. And we do say good morning, america. On this wednesday morning and were following that breaking news. We have some live aerials of that massive warehouse fire. Its in new jersey but smoke could be seen for miles. Even as far away as here in new york city. The fire broke out overnight and much more on that in a moment. That is coming up. We begin with the stunning dash cam video that shows the confrontation in texas between a trooper and sandra bland, the woman arrested found dead three days later in her cell and it shows a relatively normal traffic top that escalated so quickly answering some questions raising new ones. Abcs ryan smith is tracking the case. Good morning, ryan. Reporter the full story of why sandra bland was arrested after a routine traffic stop was a mystery until now. This new dash cam video shows a tense situation that escalated quickly. This morning, newl
Investigation. Tim barber joins us with the questions being asked. Tim . Tim during those two hours, this is what you would hear [busy signal] busy signal, and now county officials want to know why. This is the sight and sound that you normally want to hear after calling 911. [sirens] two hours sunday and i, montgomery countys backup 911 system failed. During the time, fire rescue responded to two emergency calls. Tonight, the county executive launched an investigation into why the backup 911 system failed and if it played a role in the deaths of two people. Was the backup system tested before you ran it . It had been tested off and on, but it had not been used. The backup 911 system had been online for three weeks while the main system got upgrades. They believe that the backup system failed when an airconditioning system failed, which caused the system to shut down before it overheated. They need more redundancy than that. Tim during the failure, they urged residents to call 311 weat
80mileanhour hurricane and moving up the coast. Its going to impact us. It is hitting the beaches hard. As it weakens, it strengthens to a hurricane, again. It could become a hurricane off the coast. The biggest part is this is going to stall off the coast. This is going to last for days. Look where it is across the charleston area, toward raleigh. Take a look at where this is going. No rain in the region yet. It will get here overnight. 50mileanhour winds. It is going to move along the coast. It has moisture and fuel and they do not have it weakening. It is coming offshore and strengthening. Here is the big question, where does it go from here . It is going to stall acros beaches. Amelia segal has more on that. We are tracking the hurricane and the Tropical Storm. The latest in elizabeth city, North Carolina. It is going to move with the storm all weekend. You can see the shot from our storm ranger. Most of us, beaches in maryland and virginia are under a Tropical Storm warning. This