Even when the elevators are working im not sure that it is worth the long wait to go up and peer through little tiny portholes for a view thats probably better from down here. Even before the earthquake 5 years ago that sent people scurrying down the stairs from the top of the monument the elevator was notoriously mental. David rubenstein donated 7. 5 million to repair it after the earthquake. Now he will give another 3 million to fix the elevator. I do it because i think that im giving back to my country in a small modest way and hope ill inspire other people to do the same. Its closed. Its going to take a while to get it working right. Until Cherry Blossom season in 2019 probably. To have the elevators fixed. They will add new tv screens to the elevator and add new cables. When you go up the elevators and you over look all of dc you realize what a great country and city it is. Its worth it. The elevator has been opened and closed on and off for years. After people got stranded repeatedly inside or on upper floors the p it just was not safe enough to keep operating. Its going to take two and a half years. Oh, my god. Its going to be closed for two more years . Two and the a half. Wow. I think a lot of locals understand that this is a unique structure and it has complications. Reporter now, the restoration is going to include a remote diagnostic system. So if the elevator does break down more quickly. Live at the Washington Monument, bruce leshan, wusa 9. The view is stunning from where you are bruce, thats for sure. The Parks Service is still looking for government funding for a new permanent 9 million security screening station at the base of the monument. Its hoping to fix the elevator and replace the temporary screening station at the same time or get this the monument could be closed longer. Another monumental mission, metro. Congress is blasting the agency for safety oversights. Nay just answered to a House Oversight sub committee. Just last night it came out that track inspectors were falsifying reports. The ntsb said that led to a derailment on the silver line in july. One congressman said its a miracle that no one excuses. Can these people be held accountable . Inspectors already leapt into action and is conducting any inspections of similar tracks. He said he could have done a better job telling that to congress. We got a cold and dry weekend on tap for us ahead. Break out the lotion because those hands are going to chap when hanging up the christmas is in the weather center. The satellite and radar doesnt look much different than yesterday, the colder air and snow showers up north and they know the clouds in the mountains. Looking sunny from dc points south. It is chilly out there. The upper 40s out there. Look at the 20s and 30s in the high country where wind chills are already down in the teens. Our windchill sits at 41 now. Thats smog compared to the siberian express next week. Temperatures will be dropping into the lower 40s by 10 00. With the winds dress for wind chills in 30 chills in the 30s. Temperatures in the low 50 s saturday, we will struggle to stay in the 40s on sunday. Back in forecast and what is happening in the sky after sunset p adam. Ill take it back, howard. Lets turn to the latest from the trump transition team. John bolton is the latest contender to interview for the secretary of state position with president elect trump. Former general David Petraeus is also being considered. Trump also met with david gates. He believes trump should avoid a diplomat. I think that is probably too much military influence in the decisionmaking process. By the way that was robert gates. Donald trump is tapping 66yearold retired marine core general james mattis to be the secretary of defense. He will need a congressional waiver because the federal rules that prohibit military personnel from serving within 7 years of active duty. Michigans attorney general filed suit to stop the president ial state. Trump supporters have taken similar action in wisconsin. It contends they are unconstitutional and may not be done before the december 13th federal deadline to certify the vote. Green Party Candidate jill stein requested recounts of those two states and a third in pennsylvania. Now, the recounts are not expected to flip enough votes to change the outcome of the election. Tonight police in maryland are on the hunt for three men woman that happened last night in worchester county. The Victim Told Police she was pulled over by a car with flashing red and blue lights and then pepper sprayed, punched in the stomach and robbed. In louden county parents in sterling said their kids building is not safe because it has no sprinkler system. Hundreds of peoples have a change. Org petition. Peggy fox has the story. The parents who started this me petition said they loveme this petition said they love the staff here but they need renovations. We were approved and that was taken away from us. Hallways and no sprinkler system. We have a limited amount of doors for the children to get out. If there is a fire the there is no suppression system to be able to take that foo fire out. The School Practice s fire drills once a month and had one this morning said assistant principal ana purdy. All the class rooms are close to an exit and the students proceed to the closest exit. We have secondary exits ready just in case theres an exit that blocked. Meadow land is o sprinklers said the Louden School spokesman. Unless you renovate it if it met the building codes at the time its good. We are grandfathered. Now we have renovated the mechanical system here so its up to grade. The majority of the schools in the country are just like this. The bottom line is if the school wasnt safe we would not be open. The school board would not put children in danger. The parents have other issues, one concerns the bathrooms here. Stalls in my little girls hallway none are functioning. The door ways are so small that a child with crutches cannot get through. What about a wheelchair . Not a chance. Any little girl my little girl doesnt feel comfortable going to the bathroom but they will expedite funding for 8 million for fake grass. He said no school is on the Capitol Improvement plan right in sterling, peggy fox, wusa 9. The School Spokesman said the money for turf fields is smaller than Capitol Improvement projects. Multimillion dollar projects for the renovation. We are learning about a bizarre shooting that left a woman injured. This happened yesterday on stewart lane in silver springs. This woman was shot inside her apartment and now police say the gunshot was fired from inside that Apartment Building but in another unit. A reckless endangerment. The woman is expected to survive. A reward is being offered to anyone who can identify what the mystery substance is thats floating down the potomac river. It was first spotted last weekend in maryland and its been floating downstream ever since. Its believed to be hydraulic fluid or lubricant. They are offering 1,000 to anyone who can tell them how it got there. Some young Football Players are just 2,000 away the beacon house football progrm is trying to raise 70,000 to head down to florida for the league championships. We have a hunch they are going to reach that goal. Bruce johnson will be them live at 7 00 when the Young Athletes will pile into their buses for the exciting trip to the sunshine state. You know they are excited. Oh, yeah. So we are just getting celebrating the diversity of santa clause. We talked to parents and children happy that jolly old saint nick looks like this. Fire victims in gaithersburg head back to their homes after the deadly wild fires. They are headed back to see what is left. And howard is back with your 7day forecast and more on what we will see this weekend. Right after the break the shooting massacre in San Bernardino exactly one year later. Blood pressure one year later. 3w4r57 it was one year ago today that the San Bernardino massacre happened and 14 people were killed. The gunman and his wife were later killed in a shoot out with police. Bike race honoring the victims that covers 14 miles, one for each of the San Bernardino employees who were killed during a christmas party. Thousands of residents in gaithersburg, tennessee were allowed back into the city today to see what is left of their homes and businesses after a massive wild fire ravaged the area. At least 13 people died, 80 others are injured. Craig boswell is in gaithersburg with a firsthand look at the devastation. Ashley rad is seeing what remainsf devastating wild fire tore through. This is our front door right here. She and her boyfriend moved in only a month ago and didnt realize their air was on fire until they looked out the window. We saw an ember hit the tree. We ran out the front door with our cats. The couple tried to get away from their car but it ended up here over the edge of the mountain. You can see what remains. They had to jump into someone elses car to escape. They were among 14,000 people who evacuated hours to look around. The fire hopscotched through the city, levelling over 1,000 homes and buildings, leaving others untouched. The Tennessee Emergency Management Agency put out an Evacuation Order on monday night but many people never received the alerts on their phones possibly due to old technology. Did you get an evacuation alert from anyone . No, we got no alerts. Local officials would should have been made sooner. We are not going to get into that right now because we did the best we have and we are sorry for that but we are not going to get into monday morning quarterbacking right now. The fire killed more people than any other u. S. Wild fire in the last 13 years. Craig boswell, cbs news gaithersburg, tennessee. Gaithersburg city Officials Say they hope to allow reporter welcome back to eyewitnesses bak allow residents back soon. We have some clouds but its been really not looking out there. Its early enough that you can see mercury but at 6 20 we have the wax Crescent Moon in the southwest sky. To the left of it venus and to the upper left of that mars. Its really going to be the moon and venus that will be the nice show coming up in the next hour or two before they set and then of course well just enjoy a chilly night coming our way. Temperatures down in the 40s in most i say that because winchester is down to 39 and fredericksburg still barely in the 50s at 51. Its been a cold day. The west side youre in the 20s now. A couple of flurries there as well. A live look from the michael and son weather cam. 48, feels like 41 in town. We still have a northwest wind at 20 gusting to 25. We have winds at 10 Miles Per Hour or so and another in fact, the future cast shows the west, northwestern winds continuing. The showers in Pennsylvania State and new england. Sunshine though. In the low 50s tomorrow in town. Many will stay in the 40s. On saturday night we will start out clear but i think a few more clouds arrive by sunday morning. Sunday more clouds ahead of this system thats going to stay to our south. With more cloud cover we will struggle on sunday. The temperatures in the mid to maybe upper 40s. It will be dry. This first system kind of cant rule out an isolated shower on monday morning. What im watching for on tuesday is this stuff coming out of texas and the Lower Mississippi valley. Tuesday looks rainy and raw with highs only in the 40s. Ive been watching the arctic area. Its been hammering siberia for the winter and the fall. They got a lot of snow here. Its extending now into parts of the polar areas trying to get into the north slope of alaska. We are going to watch take it through western canada and then montana and north dakota. After that on tuesday evening its in the Northern Plains moving towards iowa and minnesota. As we get into wednesday, yeah, its well entrenched here but starting to break out towards new york state. On thursday and friday is when we will feel it. By friday morning its covering a good chunk of the east. Notice the white colorlike earlier. What happens is the air comes south and modifies some. St going to be the coldest air of the season still not as cold as canada and alaska over the next week or so or longer. Lets see the forecast for tonight. Cold, 30s. Clear to partly cloudy. Wind chills down in the 20s, northwestern winds at 10. For tomorrow morning, 30s and 40s, breezy and cold. Northwest winds 10 to 20. In the afternoon anywhere from the mid to upper 40s in the cold spots. Like 52 at national should do sunday wont be as windy. Wont be as sunny either, 46. A stray shower on sunday morning, 50. Tuesday rainy and raw in the 40s. Milder wednesday ahead of that strong arctic front that will keep temperatures on friday mostly in the 30s and guys dont be surprised if friday we see a flurry or snow shower around. Just cant wait to put up the Christmas Lights in the morning. Thats going to be fun. In miami the Health Officials are over the war in zika. Governor rick scott is warning them about the return of the mosquito vie virus. Theres been no new cases of zika in miami. An estimated 2,000 veterans are on their way to north dakota to join the protest over the pipeline. They set out today from portland. Americans water and land. They want to give a break to protesters who have been on the front lines for states. Local authorities said they must leave by next monday but opponents say theyre not going anywhere. A deep freeze awaits the hundreds of pipeline demonstrators who are vowing to remain there. So far they have slugged off the heavy snow, icy winds and the frigid temperatures that swirled around their encampment. In addition to the law, life threatening windchills and pin drifts would be their greatest challenges. Everything is much more work. Everybody is constantly worrying about everybody. Nobody is going anywhere and i found that really beautiful. A population of the protesters camps has ranged from several hundred to several thousand and been called the largest gathering of native american tribes in a century. Straight ahead, a new Cancer Center in Prince Georges County offering free support for fights to get over time for millions of working americans and a popular magazine goes all digital. Details in my consumer fios is not cable. Were wired differently. Me for the holidays. Hurry, freddy, youre gonna miss it coming. I cant believe he is doing this. Its so fast that in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, held by gary watson. Fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. Only fios offers 150 meg internet with equal upload and download speeds, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year; plus a 200 dollar visa prepaid card with a twoyear agreement. Visit getfios. Com or call 1888getfios to learn more. Cable cant offer speeds this fast at a price this good. A new wow factor at niagara falls. 4 million lighting system is helping to provide a spectacular show. L. E. D. Lights beam from the canadian side of the falls and proceeds this multicolor view at night. Fireworks accompany the debut of the lighting make over last night. In Prince Georges County theres new hope for cancer the opening of a new facility that offers free support for people battling the disease. Host connections for cancer offers educational and wellness advice for care givers and patients. That means that the Cancer Patients in Prince Georges County dont have to travel long distances to get help. They really need somebody to talk to. They need to ask questions and they need to hear how other people have gotten through it. Hope connections to hope connections for cancer provides support groups, Education Workshops and exercise classes to Cancer Patients all for free. In tonights consumer alert, the Labor Department is appealing a judges preliminary injunction that would block over time pay for 4. 2 million workers. This regulation requires employers to pay salaried workers earning less than 47,472 a year over time if they work more week. The current limit is just over 23,000. That regulation was supposed to start this month. Self magazine is going all digital. They will stop selling the print edition of their Women Health Magazine after february of 2017. The publisher said its making the move to digital because more companies are spending money for online advertising. About 20 people are expected to lose their jobs. Adam is for you, pop tarts is rolling out new flavors. I dont dethat. You can get i dont do that. You can get your coffee and pastry in the same bite. Only if they put caffeine in it. One of the biggest malls in the world finally, finally hiring an africanamerican santa. Christmas diversity is nothing n area. Parents react after two classic novels are banned. We talk to the neighbor of a woman who died after her boyfriend set her on fire. T the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. Cable cant offer that. Only fios can. . . . . . . . . We are learning more about the life of an alexandria retiree who was allegedly set on fire by her girlfriend. Wusa 9s stephanie galheart is live now with more. Stephanie she was devoted to her family. Reporter yeah. Family was everything to her. I actually just got off the phone with a few of her relatives. They told me she had a heart of gold, she loved to cook and she actually the family including one with special needs. Dolores was a person she celebrated life. Like she had people over on the weekends. Ashley portwood said her friend Dolores Williams was enjoying retirement after working for the Environmental Protection agency. She said the 64yearold was up beat and helpful especially to her mother who grew up in korea. Impediment. Any time she needed a translator she would be there to help her. Everything changed on november 19th. Fairfax county police say williams and her livein boyfriend lewis reeder got in an argument an and it spiralled out of control. He set her on fire. A week and a half later she died in the hospital. Yesterday im glad that he was caught because nobody deserves to die such a horrible death. Thats one of the worse ways to go, a fire. Its terrible. She was a nice woman. She will be greatly missed. Reporter friends and family will pay their respects on december 15th at her funeral. Its going to be held at the Harvest Assembly church at 11 00 a. M. Reporting live tonight in alexander, stephanie galheart, wusa 9. Difficult to wrap our minds around this one. Thank you. The suspect in a manassas murder is now in custody. Prince William County police say 23yearold Roberta Brandon was arrested in capitol heights, maryland. Shes accused of killing cordrey jackson at the food lion on tuesday. Charges in the death of jose flores. He was killed in october as he returned to his woodbridge home from a painting job. Prince William County 47yearold robert roberterson and 21yearold terrell harris. They shot him during a robbery. Both of the men were already in custody on unrelated charges. Crews were called in to battle a house fire in arlington. It broke out in the basement of that home this morning on 1st road south. The fire then made it all the way to the ceiling before it was put out. There were no injuries. The accuse of that fire is under investigation. More reaction tonight from a y yesterday. Schools in virginia decided to ban the adventures of huckle berry fin and to kill a mockingbird. A mother voiced her concern about the excessive use of the n word in the book. Now we are hearing from other parents. Its in the book and they feel that they are able to say that to anybody. By removing it what is it going to fix . I think to explain more. Some worry that censoring huck fin and mockingbird could set a dangerous precedent. They will make recommendations to the superintendent. One of the worlds biggest Shopping Centers will have a black santa claus. Larry jefferson will be the one to spread joy to little boys and girls at the mall of america. He said children get a kick of seeing a santa that looks like him. While theres been a shortage of africanamerican santas in the other parts of the country janice park said its not been an issue in Prince Georges County. Reporter for more than a decade the santas at the Prince Georges County mall has been block. The mall at prince georges opened the doors in 1959 and for decades have welcomed an a nice smile so wide. For the past 10 years santa here has been black. A sharp contrast to other malls across the country. I wasnt surprised because usually theyre not used to seeing a black santa clause. Also do pet photos with santas and the pets, they dont care about what race santa is as well. Its more the character, its the experience. At a recent santa conference in missouri its out of 1,000 santas only one was black. Here in Prince Georges County santa represents diversil ture. Black, white, brown, whatever. We all celebrate christmas. And so much more. What i want for christmas is happiness, joy and peace. I feel that seeing a black santa if youre black it makes you feel good because you are so it makes you feel good. It makes you think that maybe you could be a santa, you know, especially the little boys. Reporter and some other malls in maryland who have a black santa include the center at forestville and mondawin mall. Thank you. Santa will be at the mall at prince georges until christmas eve. A second nfl player has died as a result of road rage. 28yearol former running back for the kansas chiefs and new york jets was shot dead during a confrontation yesterday in new orleans. His alleged killer is in custody. Former new Orleans Saints defensive lineman will smith was shot and killed in another road rage incident earlier this year. The bad luck continues for a West Virginia businessman who hit the second largest Powerball Jackpot in history. Its been going downhill ever since. More than 314 million on Christmas Day in 2002. Well, in the following years his family life fell apart, he got arrested twice and then this this morning, fire destroyed his home in rocky gap, virginia. His wife was inside at the time. She was able to get out alive. Whittaker telling reporters he didnt have insurance on the home. Boy, you know, its so interesting when you look at these lottery winners and what happens to them all those years later. 14 years. It doesnt always have a happy to think hes got a Little Something set aside. You surely hope so. So trending right now , we are going to show you the list of the most instagramed location ins the dmv. And the most popular baby names this year. A Country Music star attack an unruly fan in the audience. Its still breezy out here. We have gusting winds gust im tracking the coldest air of the season in the 7day forecast that ill present to you in a few minutes. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. That means incredibly fast 150 meg internet for the holidays. So in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 versions of the perfect song. His sister can live stream it. While his mom downloads how to set a dislocated shoulder. Get 150 meg internet, tv and phone for just 79. 99 per month online for the first year. You love allday breakfast. But you dont love that you cant get all your favorites. But now you can get more of what you love. So you can find Something Else to not love. Like hearing the sound of your own voice. softly like hearing the sound of your own voice. Get more choices you love, now with all day breakfast. All right. So we are always we will begin with the most instagramed locations in every state. Hes loving this over here. We are braining you some bringing bringing you some spots in maryland and dc. We start with the district. The white house, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument that come in one, two and three. In virginia, the Virginia Beach ocean front comes in at number one. James Madison University at number two and Reagan National airport at number three. Now in maryland camden yards number two and we are going to stay local and skip on down to college park, the university of maryland comes in at number five. Caught on camera, a country star, luke bryan, slaps a man while on stage at a show on wednesday night. This happened at a benefit concert for veteran. Theres the smack. Bryan said the fan was making obscene gestures towards him and and the men and the women in the crowd. Security ended up escorting the man out of the venue. All right. The baby sitter has released the list of the most popular baby names of 2016. For the fourth year in a row jackson comes out on top for the boys. Ayden, lucas, i have one of them, and liam round out the top four. You have one of them. On the girl s side sofia the most popular name for the seventh year in a olivia after that followed by ava at number four. The best mug shot that weve seen all day. How did they allow this to happen . The parent is like hey. An oregon man pose being his pet parrott on his shoulder. He left his bird in a tree while he went inside for a court hearing. It turned out he would be sticking around for longer than parrott. That parrott is slaying in the picture. What do they do with it after wards . They dont let him go to jail with it. Somebody said dinner. Stop it. Take away from peoples prif religions. One of the biggest redskins wont be on the field on sunday. A virginia waitress receives a nasty a waitress and a manager at a restaurant were upset after a troubles message was receipt. The note on the 62 tab reads go back to mexico. The story from Virginia Beach. After her waitressing job last sunday marie said she went home upset. Its the first time that somebody did this to me. She got this message from a customer. It read, go back to mexico. Written on the receipt of a 62 tab. As a mother she her children who were also upset over the note. I may explain to them but they are very smart and they understand that theres mean people everywhere, racist people. I reached the man on the phone who wrote the note. He was unavailable to speak on camera but explained to me that he did in fact write this because he got the worse service ever. Wrong order, no refills. He was frustrated because, quote quot n the breaking point for him was when he had to physically get up after waiting for half an hour for his check. Despite what is written here, the man said to me, im not racist. Theyre racist. They didnt want me there saying he felt that way because hes white. He didnt think his note was racist and initially said he didnt regret writing it and he wasnt sorry. Later he said he probably should not have written it and kind of regrets it but it was out of anger. To feel strong that day because it was a sunday so you have to be strong. You are busy and working. He said for a few days after she didnt work and when she came back she was afraid it would happen again. She said support from the restaurant has helped her to over come that situation. Our wusa 9 Facebook Page is lit up with your comments. Lets take a look here. Julian said makes me sick, all of this ignorance and racism. Lori said if shes here legally this is wrong, however if they come legally they broke the law then they should return and file the paperwork to come here legally like all the others who followed the process. Our wusa 9 Facebook Page never closes. Its open 24 7. Log on any time and let us know what you think. Right now more millennials say they are happy to rent. Inventory are a couple of the reasons. Young people are looking for amenities. This building in new york city is trying to lure in young people with a pool, fitness center, Basketball Court and out door spaces. The biggest selling point, the on site doggie day care center. It gave me the flexibility to work a lot and have the dog and have her taken care of when im not here. Its not just about apartment finishes, its about the amenities. Millennials would like to buy down the road but right now theyre having a tough time qualifying for mortgage and saving up for a down payment. Always watching, always tracking, wusa 9s first alert weather. Speaking of dogs, its National Mutt day. If you follow me on facebook or twitter i put a couple of pictures of my girl on this friday. If youre wondering what is in the sky its a waxing Crescent Moon in case you were wondering what is going on out there tonight. Let me get a clicker thats actually going to move for me. We have this show going for you. We have temperatures this morning or this afternoon that are sitting in the 40s in most spots. We had a few spots in the mountains that are in the 30s. Its a really chilly one out there. When you factor in the wind it feels even colder than that. Heres the Washington Monument. Looking good on our michael and son weather camera. 48. Feels like 41. The have some gusts up to 25 Miles Per Hour. Thats going to come down some but not breezy day. We are not going to have a day thats not breezy until sunday but by then more clouds. Chilly and dry weekend ahead. I dont think that well see any rain or snow for that matter. We have a shower possible on monday. Thats a slight chance. That would be monday morning. A better chance of a rainy and raw tuesday. Think wet weather, 40s for highs. Its going to be starting thursday and friday and next weekend some arctic air invading. Not much going on here. Just a northwestern wind that will give up some saturday night and sunday as High Pressure builds in. What im tracking for next week, its all down south. They certainly can use it with the Drought Conditions from alabama and georgia and tennessee and the carolinas. Theyre going to get more rain. This first batch slides south of us and then another system monday morning coming out oxa be here on tuesday. You can see by monday afternoon how its marching if towards the tennessee valley. Speaking of marching, theres been unbelievably cold air if siberia, much of the fall into the early winter now. Meteorological winter is with we are. The arctic air will move in towards alaska and and then canada and then the u. S. By monday evening headed towards the Northern Plains and the northern rockies. On tuesday its going to be very cold in montana and in areas in the towards us we will see it on thursday and friday. We dont have the coldest air of the season for us, it just modifies. Get ready for a cold stretch coming up late next week and next weekend. 30s tonight, chills in the 20s. Winds will come down northwest at 10. Tomorrow morning 20s and 30s with the wind chills. Tomorrow afternoon 48 to 52 but wind chills in the 40s. More clouds o we stay in the 40s, a stray shower on monday. Not likely 50. Raw on tuesday, 46. Then theres the chill, on 40 but maybe some flurries or snow showers around. Now wusa 9s game on sports with Frank Hanrahan brought to you by xfinity. Some tough news for the redskins. We could feel it coming. The best offensive threat, jordan reed has been separated his shoulder in the loss at dallas, came back and played a game in which he had two touchdown catches. Reed will not make the trip west as he will stay back in dc and rehab. There are no push overs in this league and even though the cardinals are still a. 500 Team Redskins know how important this game is on sunday. The skins defense one of the all time greats larry fitzgerald. Hes a nobody talks about what a blocker he is as a wide receiver. Its not going to be easy but we have to get pressure across the ball so they cant give that ball to his explosive receivers. Dc united plays another season and they have another guy for a longterm deal. Steve burnbaun gets a longterm contract. He would be a member of the u. S. World cup team in 2018. Hes that good. Derek norris from san diego for pedro avia. Norris was a prospect before he was shipped to oakland in the deal that landed geo gonzalez for the nationals. We know theres plenty of money in baseball. The yankees apparently can afford to go of some of biggest names when they are free agents and that includes our very own bryce harper. Check out this photo s page of the new york daily news. Back to the future. We shall see if this shakes out. Im thinking bryce harper is going to stay here and be a gnat forever. I sure hope so. Thats what my crystal ball says. Now that the cubs have won the world series anything is possible. Thats what happened in back to the future. On capitol hill question metros gm about a report that falsified inspection records led to a derailment. A teenager achieving a rare boy scouting feet by earning all merit badges. At the cbs evening news with scott pelley, an officer and a gentleman. A very select club with 21 merit badges, he has earned the rank of eagle scout. He did it although he has a few more than just 21 badges. Citizenship of the nation, citizenship of the world. Who would have thought that 6 years of work could get you out of breath. Communication. Well stop him because wed run out of time. Eri well be one of the people who gets all of them. Few have done what caleb have and in short time. His participants can attest. Parents can attest. Some take two or three hours while others take two or three months. Started in boy scouts at 10 with one merit badge and then another and another. Eagle scout by 12. Horse climbing. Dont be con fused how he reads them off. This was not easy i got a third as many as he did. Thats all of them. Just finished up this month. Ive have to extend it. He . Had . Has has he has so many they had to sew on extra just to keep up. The hardest scuba diving. Each one of those merit badges has a story behind it. Some are really big accomplishments like backpacking and others like adopting a lizard. He will still enjoy the camp outs tradition going in his family three generations. This helped me learn about commitment, determination. In an area that prides itself on goals one young man has achieved one of the best goals. Right now at 6 00, metros top brass on the hot seat on capitol hill amid reports that track inspectors falsified safety reports. Families in the east woman claiming car trouble ends with a man being shot dead inside a virginia home. Good evening. Im in for Bruce Johnson tonight, im adam longo. Im leslie foster. New documents say the rail inspectors of metro ignored track issues and its happened before but never right before a congressional hearing. Transportation reporter pete monteen is just back from capitol hill and it was a dooz send one, pete. Reporter this capped off a bad 24 hours for metro. It just came out that metro track inspectors were faking reports. The ntsb said that led to a derailment back in july. Inspectors said the tracks are supposed to move didnt shift even this much. That gave a House Oversight committee an opening miles wide to attack metro. Do you swear for the second time this year metros top brasss i in im tired of hearings and excuses. Can these people be held accountable . Lawmakers latched onto new findings by the National Transportation safety board. In july a silver line train derailed outside of east falls church. In just released interviews employees practically admitted to not checking the distance between faulty rails. Metro track inspectors were not conducting inspections. Congressmen say its a miracle that no one was hurt. Metros general m they hired two independent ecprosutors. That investigation is still open. I do not want to comment any further on that. The Largest Union of metro employees puts the blame on metro. It tells congress that workers are pressured to do too much. Is there anybody that falsified records that should have been fired . Is there anyone who falsified records that should have been fired . Yes, there has been. In this latest case investigators found three years