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rail cars that contributed to the nine deaths and 80 injuries. they will also support legislation that allows the federal transit authority to enforce the national safety standards on subway systems. >> think of how many people fly in airlines every day in the united states. transit systems carry more passengers, and yet there's virtually no federal oversight or regulation. >> we have seen the result of not having starts in place and we are confident we can move it through the house of representativeses. now to news from pepco about the outage problems. if your power went out during ...

the power. the scene is still very dangerous. earlier today i did get the chance to talk to an eyewitness. he said he was walking over the train tracks. let's hear what he had to say. >> across the bridge, i had already heard a boom but i didn't see where it came from. i was on the right side of the bridge and i heard the zap and the power lines above me. i looked up and i didn't see anything. then i looked on the left side of the bridge, the top of the telephone pole was on fire and the cable was on fire and then they started popping and falling down. and there was another gentleman...

gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. the 26-year-old grew up in fairfax county. he went to high school at oakton and started college at george mason university. but were it not for the no-fly list, federal prosecutors say he'd be in somalia right now working with a known terrorist organization. craig melvin is at the federal courthouse with more on this. >> reporter: tomorrow morning zachary chester will have his first court appearance here at the courthouse in alexandria. this is the same chester who made headlines in april for condemning the creators of "south park," that popular cartoon sh...

i have confidence they can get this thing stopped and done or produce it and forget about stopping it. we have this big contest between the politicians on the one hand representing the white house, the government, et cetera, and we have the shareholders of bp on the other hand and thad allen is in the middle trying to figure out the right thing to do. >> reporter: for now, according to allen, the right thing seems to be keeping this cap over the leaking riser. despite new evidence of a small leak at the base of the containment stack, bubbles around the blowout preventer and possible ...

they are off to the east. we have new batches developing. today will be more cloudy than yesterday. still, temperatures in the 90s with a better chance of thunderstorms than yesterday. there we go. thunderstorms. we did have a band that moved through around midnight. out to the north and west, you can see there are more showers and thunderstorms developing. some will likely hold together over the next hour or two. so particularly our friends off to the north and west, you are likely to get more showers and thunderstorms. here is a look at temperatures. 79 at reagan national. 80 in oc...