Incident on washington boulevard, if you normally take route 1. Again 95 lanes are open. No issues on 29 and the beltway, bw parkway. Also looking good at 32 through jessup. Elsewhere starting to see some stacking up. Southern maryland 3015, look at all of this. This is what you have to look forward to to make your way towards the beltway this morning. Just delays. No reports of any incidents or accidents. Also stacking up southbound 270 out of frederick. Again 109. Delays trying to make your way through germantown and down to gaithersburg. We are following two breaking news stories from overnight. A rescue operation is under way in taipei, taiwan after a plane crashed into a river. A driver post add photo on twitter posted a photo on twitter of a transasia plane hitting the bridge as it crashed into the water. Rescuers have spent hours pulling 58 passengers and crew off the plane. So far 15 people are known dead. The crash happened just after airport takeoff from the airport in taipei. No word yet on what may have caused it. At least seven people are dead after a metronorth commuter train slammed into an suv that was stopped on the trucks in valhalla, new york. Thats roughly 30 miles north of manhattan. The victims include the driver of that suv and six people on the train who were in the front car. 12 other passengers were injured. When i heard the extent of the damage to the first car and i saw it had burned completely, i couldnt even imagine how many people were in there that had lost their lives. The crash led to an explosion and a fire which burned the front train car. Some passengers were able to escape those front cars by jumping into the snow below. Metronorth is the nations second largest Commuter Rail line. It serves close to 300,000 riders in connecticut and new york every day. D. C. Public School Leaders are apologizing this morning. This after the private information of hundreds of special education students and teachers were leaked online. Were talking about user names, passwords, addresses, even more information of students Available Online for more than four years. Delia goncalves is live at headquarters. So we lettered about this how, delia . Reporter oh, it was a buzz feed reporter who got this out to everyone and even tipped off dcps that this was happening. Who knows how long this would have been going on had it not been for this one reporter from buzz feed news. He discovered this breach on monday. He immediately called dcps School Leaders, scoferred this was true discovered this was true that an internal website created back in 2010 was somehow made public. They immediately apologized, locked that site, and issue add statement in part saying that we understand how important it is to safeguard student information and will conduct a toptobottom review of our security practices to ensure this does not happen again. And certainly parents, students and teachers hope this never happens again either. We can tell you that School Leaders tell us there is no evidence that any of this information was compromised. But what can you do if you have questions . Im let you know coming up in the next halfhour. Back to you in the studio. All right, delia. The search is on this morning for a new superintendent for Montgomery County public schools. Superintendent joshua starr and the school board agreed to partways yesterday. At least four Board Members had issues with starr and they ranged from his sometimes aloof behavior to the way he handled several allegations of employee sexual abuse. The message is not one of quitting. The message i hope would be one that dont get into a fight that you know youre not going to win. The chief operating officer larry bowers is likely to serve as the superintendent during the end ever the school year. Worker furloughs are coming to the university ever maryland. Nikki burdine is live near the College Campus with that story. These cutbacks, we know theyre going to affect employees but what about students . Reporter the cutbacks will impact students but not nearly as much as employees and teachers n. Is how the University President says he plans to deal with this missing money. First, he plans to implement furloughs, but it varies depending on how much money you make. Employees who make less than 60,000 a year will not have to take any furloughs. However, if you make between 60,000 and 100,000 a year, youll have to take one furlough day. If you make between 100,000 and 180,000, you will have to take two furlough days. Faculty and staff will also have to give back their 2 cost of living increase. And University President says he worries this will lead to the poaching of some of the best educators they have on staff. All vacant positions will also be eliminated and no merit based races will be given. As for students, will you still see the 2 midyear tuition increase. These cuts were all put in place by outgoing Maryland Governor martin omalley. On a positive note, i should tell you new Maryland Governor larry hogan is giving the school a 1. 3 increase. That is the latest here at the university of maryland. Im nikki burdine. Back to you in the the studio. Nikki, thank you for the update. Hes been on the job less than a month but already teachers unions in maryland are blasting governor larry hogans budget plan this morning. They say his education cuts will be felt in classrooms across the state. Governor hogans budget dramatically reduces funding for larger jurisdictions like montgomery and prince georges county. His press secretary says the governor had to make tough choices because there just wasnt enough money to pay the bills. The president of the state Education Association says the plan apartments to roughly amounts to roughly 144 million in reductions. House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have come together on vaccines. Both say children should be vaccinated against measles and other diseases. More than 130 cases of measles in 14 states are now linked to disneyland in california. A confirmed case of measles in the district last month was a result of an International Trip and is unrelated to disneyland. Yesterday directors at both cdc and hig spoke to congress n. I. H. Spoke to congress about this. You have one of the most highly effective vaccines against any virus and you have a highly contagious disease, measles, that can have serious complications. To me its a slamdunk what the decision should be. Many parents dont realize these diseases are still out there and if their children are not vaccinated, it will come back. Most parents who werent vaccinated didnt realize measles was still around and could be dangerous. When asked about vaccines at the Daily White House press conference, the president believes vaccinating children is the right thing to do. So doing so puts not doing so puts other children and the community at risk. A man who has already been tried in the murder of fell leash q a Phylicia Barnes has been indicted in the same kiss. Barnes disappeared while visiting her half sister in baltimore. Her body was later found in the susquehanna river. His last trial ended in a mistrial because of a legal technicality. Autopsy reports confirm the annapolis couple and their four grandchildren died of smoke inhalation and burns during a Christmas Tree fire. The medical examiner says the deaths of don and sandra pyle and their four grandchildren was an accident. Officials say a faulty electrical outlet powering the tree, the tree lights probably sparked the flames. So could the university of the District Of Columbia have a new name soon . D. C. Councilman Vincent Orange is proposing one to name the citys only Public University to name it after marion barry. How are the students react something some say barry was a significant part of d. C. s history and naming the school after him would be great. Others not so sure. That is 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 who represents the udc Community Says shes against it. She said the university should bear the districts name. Get your tickets. Tonights power ball jackpot is expected to grow beyond the current 317 million. A middle school girl wins a national app competition. More on that coming i love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Its cold but not that cold for this time of year. Were in the 20s and low 30s right now. Not too much wind. Looks like a decent day. Partly to mostly sunny. Pleasantly mild. Cool spots in the upper 40s. Mid50s in fredricksburg. About 52 in the district. Enjoy it. Get outside. Much colder and windy on thursday. Full sevenday forecast in about six minutes. Right now trenice has the latest update in timesaver traffic. Delays headed to glenmont on the red line. An earlier signal. And orange and silver line trains also experiencing delays in both directions for an earlier issue out of the East Falls Church station. Metro will be slowing down just a bit in areas where there may be cracked rails to avoid any other issues on the rails this morning. And to get you where you need to go safely. Elsewhere 95 a slowdown as well making your way through newington this morning. You have a chance to speak out tonight about a proposal to increase your water bills. The wsscs proposed budget includes a combined average rate increase of 6 in waterrened sewer rate water and suer rates. A public hearing is planned tonight at the Office Building in rockville located at 100 maryland avenue. Supporters of the purple line are making a new push this morning to win support from the business community. Prince georges county executive Rushern Baker and Montgomery County executive ike leggett are hosting a meeting at 9 45 this morning. It takes place at the university of marylands Alumni Center in college park. Supporters of the project say the 16mile purple line would stimulate thousands of new permanent jobs per year over the life of the project. A big congratulations to five middle schoolers from lyme kill him Elementary School in howard lyme kilm Elementary School in howard county. Their app is called volunteer me. It helps people find Service Opportunities in their community. The team won 20,000 for their school and new tablets for themselves. Congratulations, girls. At 6 14, heres another look at the question of the morning. Americans spend 30 more time doing this than we did 10 years ago. Is it a, watching television, b, sitting in the car or c, shopping online . Our facebook friend jamie kramer says c definitely shopping online from diapers to food delivery, priceless treasures all from the convenience of your own computer or cell phone. Sounds like a winner right there. Well have more of your responses and the correct answer in how can i avoid maintenance fees . Why would you want to avoid them . Because i dont want to. You know what . Im gonna bring my maintenance guy in here to tell you all about it. Roddy so, uh, without your fee your checking chamber cant run smoothly. Every time you put money in it causes, uh. Deposit friction. Gotta get some fiscal lube on there. [ male announcer ] its time to bank human again. [ defeated] okay. [ male announcer ] avoid monthly maintenance fees at td bank with a minimum checking balance of just 100. Td bank. Americas most convenient bank. Welcome back. 6 17 this wednesday morning. Stories in the news right now, Defense Attorneys in the Boston Marathon trial are still trying to convince a judge to move the trial out of massachusetts. This as jury selection is scheduled to resume later today in the trial of dzhokhar tsarnaev. Yesterday his lawyers went in front of a federal Appeals Court arguing that so far jury selection has made it clear a number of people already believe their client is guilty of the bombing. Meanwhile the u. S. Is preparing to destroy its largest remaining stockpile of chemical weapons. The Pueblo Chemical Depot in southern colorado plans to begin neutralizing tons of mustard agent in march. Its part of the longrunning effort to comply with the 1997 treaty banning all chemical weapons. As another stockpile at the Bluegrass Army depot in kentucky. Those should be destroyed within the next two years. A jury has found that toyota was partially to blame for a fatal crash back in 2006. The driver was behind the wheel after 1996 camry whether he crashed into a car in st. Paul, minnesota. He was sent to jail and released when reports suggested the car had acceleration problems. He was also found partially responsible but the family was awarded more than 2 million in damages. Meanwhile Ford Motor Company is bumping up the hourly wage for several hundreds of its employees. From 1928 to 2850 ford says if they do not do this, theyll surpass their cap of 20 of workers allowed to make the lower wage i just mentioned under an agreement they have with the workers union. Fingers are going to be crossed around the country tonight over power ball numbers. Tonights drawing is expected to reach a payout of 317 million. Its been nearly a year since that jackpot surpassed 300 million. So, mike, andrea, fingers crossed. You feeling lucky . Just share the wealth. Remember, if you win, we share. Andrea can get her kitchen. Howard, were feeling lucky in the weather department. If i win, i would take care of your kitchen but you have to make me gumbo whenever i want it. Its done. Weather wise, were winning today. Mother nature providing a nice day for february. Well be in the 50s in spots. I say we grill. Okay. Lets do it. You got it. This afternoon will be nice for it. People do that all the time, right . Like its never too cold for ice cream either. Lets talk about weather. Sunshine today. Eight going to warm up nicely into the mid40s by lunch time. High in town low 50s. Mid50s fredricksburg and those areas south. Upper 40s in the coldest spots north and west. This time of year, thats pretty good. This morning its on the chilly side. 20s and 30s. The low 20s now in cumberland and hagerstown and martinsburg. Weve got the low 30s in annapolis. Pax river at 32. 30 in fredricksburg. In washington, nice visibility. No weather problems this morning. Still mostly cloudy and 31 with a windchill of 25 at Reagan National airport. Disturbances passing to our north. Were on the mild side of the jet right now. You see some snow showers pennsylvania and new york. This is some pretty heavy snow toward iowa. Behind the front, the air gets a lot colder, that front arrives tomorrow morning. So today nice and mild, 40s and 50s. Tonight not too cold. Well still be on the warm side of the front so 30 to 35. See this little stripe right here . This could contain some flurries and snow showers early on thursday before coming through and cold and kind of windy tomorrow. In fact, i think temperatures tomorrow will be steady or slowly falling. So 52 today. Tonight 30 to 35. The early snow shower threat tomorrow. Temperatures dont move. In fact, again steady or slowly falling into the teens by friday morning. Well have windchills tomorrow 20s or colder. 38 on friday. Nice again on saturday. Isolated shower sunday and then unsettled and colder early next week. 6 216789 heres trenice with time 6 21. Heres trenice with timesaver traffic. Still not too much of a bad day if youre traveling arp. From the 95 interchange to college park through Martina Navratilova avenue, slow and stop and go but no reports of any major incidents or accidents in your way. Lets take a live look at the beltway in prince georges county. Decent volume here as well on the inner and outer loops at good luck road. No reports of any incidents. Lanes are open. Were also going to take a look outside at 395 to the 14th street bridge. You can see those brake lights starting to stack up just agent bit as folks are making their way northbound 395 heading towards d. C. Across the bridge. Still no reports of too much trouble on your travels this morning. Well be back with [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. At 6 24, some things you may have missed. Early today jordan retaliated against the execution of one of its pilots by isis militants. It killed two prisoners it was holding good susan mcbegin nice has the latest on the kill mcginnis has the latest on the killings and an ongoing meeting between jordans king and president obama. Reporter amid protest, jordan executed two al qaeda prisoners wednesday, revenge against islamic militants who brutally killed 26yearold jordanian pilot Muath Al Kasasbeh. Isis released this video purportedly showing militants burning the pilot alive in a cage promising a swift and lethal response, jordan hanged sajida alrishawi, an al qaeda operative. They had offered to exchange her for the pilot but never proved he was alive. Jordan now leaves Muath Al Kasasbeh was murdered january 3. Its one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. Reporter the president has not commented since jordan executed its two prisoners. Some are speculating that isis typed the videos release to coincide with King Abdullahs visit to washington. Experts say the message from isis is clear. The message is for recruitment, for countries that are involved in the coalition to get out. Reporter as King Abdullah expressed sorrow and outrage over muath alkasasbehs murder, the two leaders vowed to not let up in the fight against terror. Susan mcginnis, cbs news, washington. Yesterday the United States nearly agreed to excuse me, greed to nearly double u. S. A. To jordan a billion dollars a year. The deal still needs to be approved by congress. Veterans groups are hailing what they call the first step to stop the tragic loss of military lives. Theyre talking about Congress Approval of a measure to provide Critical Mental Health and screening for military members. Its a historic day, unifying day that all veterans should be proud of. Its estimated about 22 Service Members take their own lives each day. The house has now carried out on its threat to try to scrap obama care. Lawmakers approved the measure to eliminate federal subsidies, insurance reforms and taxes that have extended Health Coverage to millions of americans. During a meeting with americans who have personally benefited from the measure, the president was highly critical of the vote. The idea that we would even consider taking that away from regina or tanya or suzannes patients makes absolutely no sense. The action now moves to the senate where republican senator ted cruz has introduced similar legislation. New yorks attorney general is demanding that four major retailers remove some popular herbal supments from store supplements from store shelves. Eric snideleman is accusing wal mart, walgreens, gmc and target of selling potentially dangerous supplements. He says testing of general sing showed general sending ginseng showed it contained rice. Among the other supplements found to be fraudulent, st. Johns wort and gingko. You cant tell right now. Its 31 degrees. Were expecting temperatures even higher, near 50 by the afternoon. Students will get to peel off at least one of the layers before heading home. Allyson rae joins us with the forecast. Its still chilly out here this morning. So you do need the gloves and maybe the jacket, the heavier jacket but this afternoon not so bad at all. Well increase our temperature by about 20 degrees. Its going to be a nice afternoon thanks to some southerly winds this afternoon. It is a little cloudy out here this morning. But as the day unfolds, were going to see a lot of sunshine. Heres our weather changer for tomorrow. A cold front back off to the west will sweep on through and bring some chilly temperatures to end the workweek so enjoy today. Here are your high temperatures into the 50s for d. C. And areas south. Manassas at 53 degrees. Frederick 49. Baltimore 49. Annapolis 44. Trenice, whats going on with traffic . Allyson, lots of volume were seeing this morning. Sky 9, however, is on the way to a possible multiple vehicle crash on 50 at 197. Were looking here at the map on 95 through dumfries and up towards springfield. Lanes are open but just a little bit of yellow in between the green means that you do have some stop and goa volume along stop and go volume along the way. No issues if youre taking a trip on 66. We are slow, however, making your way from centreville over towards, say, fair oaks and out towards the beltway. But again still not too bad of a drive for you if youre headed there this morning. And 270 still seeing the volume but folks are still moving making the trip northbound and southbound here through tuckerman lane. Mike, andrea . At least 15 people are dead and dozens of others are injured or missing after the crash of a Transasia Airways plane this morning. Investigators say the taiwanese flight had 58 people on board. At one point the plane turned sideways in the air, clipped a gebridor shtly after takeoff and crashed into a river in taipei. Rescue crews are still on the scene right now. Seven people are dead, many others injured after a commuter train with hundreds of people on board slammed into around suv in new yorks westchester county. The train struck a Jeep Cherokee that was stopped on the tracks between the arms that go down to stop them at the crossing. This was at the height of last nights rush hour at about 6 30. The collision sparked an explosion and a fire. Ntsb investigators will be at the crash scene later this morning. Is the districts law in carrying a conseemed weapon unconstitutional . The gun rights adds seas group Second AmendmentAdvocacy GroupSecond Amendment foundation says yes. Yesterday they filed a lawsuit in federal court. The group says the districts rules governing who may receive a permit for carrying a concealed weapon are too restrictive. This is the same group which successfully sued to overturn the districts longstanding ban on carrying firearms in public. Hundreds of internal documents containing addresses, passwords all posted on the d. C. Public schools internet system. But until yesterday, no one knew that system was available for everyone with internet access. And this is scary when youre talking about personal information. Delia goncalves is live outside d. C. Public School Headquarters with more. How long was this out there, delia . Reporter that is the scarier part, mike. This was going on for more than four years. And dcps only learned about it because of one reporter with buzz feed news. Who knows how long this would have been going on had he not found the breach, called dcps and then School Leaders later admitted, yes, this internal website somehow was made public since it was created back in 2010. We can tell you dcps immediately locked that site and issued a statement apologizing to everyone saying, quote, we apologize to d. C. Students and their families for the situation, and well be reaching out to families to explain what happened. Families can call our helpline at 2024425451 if they have further questions and no doubt there are plenty of questions. But one question we can at least answer for you right now, School Leaders say there is no evidence that any of this information was compromised. Again, you can call the school for more information. They are launching an investigation to find out how this happened in the first place. Back to you in the studio. Thank you, delia. The d. C. City council wants to scale back punishments for children in preschool. Today a Council Committee holds a hearing on a bill from david grasso. He wants to ban out of school suspendings for preschoolers. A report released last year found 181 prek students were suspended during the 20122013 school year. Fellow councilmembers have seined on as cosponsors of the bill. Looks like furloughs and cutbacks are coming to the university of maryland. It is all because of a 15. 6 million cut to the university bug. Nikki burdine has a look at what we should expect. Reporter these cuts were put in place by outgoing governor martin omalley. The president of the university plans to implement furloughs. Employees who make less than 60,000 a year will not have to take any furlough day. Those who make 60,000 to 100,000 a year will take one furlough day. And those who make 100,000 to 180,000 must take two furlough days. Back culty and staff will have to give back their 2 cost of living increase as well. And the university of maryland president says he worries this will lead to the poaching of some of their best educators to other universities. All vacantings will also be eliminated and no meritbased raises will be given. For students, how this will affect you, you will still see that 2 increase on your mid year tuition. At the university of marylands campus, im nikki burdine. Back to you in the studio. It is 6 34. We want to congratulate our facebook fan of the day. Bryan lenard from mechanicsville. He says, i wake up every morning to wusa9. Wouldnt miss it. Thank you, bryan. We hope youre having a good wednesday. You at home, we would love for you to become our next wusa9 facebook fan of the day. You can win the ultimate pizza party from papa johns. Large pizzas, bread sticks, chicken popper, dessert and sow today. Its easy to enter. Soda. Its easy to enter. Just go to the Facebook Page and fill out the its 6 37. Well be climbing. A cold front will be dragged in here as we head into tomorrow morning. Today well get nice and mild. A few clouds early. Well go through the morning with increasing sunshine. Low to mid30s by 9 00. Lunch time were in the 40s. In fact, up to 46 in washington. Then by mid afternoon, 52 is the forecast high here. Some stay in the 40s. In fredricksburg, youll make a run toward the mid50s but a lot colder by tomorrow morning. That forecast coming up in about six minutes. Let check in with trenice now and get an update on timesaver traffic. Howard, delays, delays, delays, delays but only delays. Regular delays starting to set in on 66. A pretty steady stream of brake lights making your way towards the beltway from manassas to centreville on towards fairfax. Elsewhere more delays also 395. Slowdown begins from the springfield mixing bowl and continues here in the camera shot just north of duke street. Lanes open just a bit as you continue on to make your way towards the 14th street bridge. But again, only volume delays to report at this hour. Mike, andrea . One of the countrys primary shipping companies is going to cost you more. And google and uber appear to be on the verge of a frenemy relationship. I love that word. Nikki burdine is live with those stories Nick Giovanni is live with those stories and more. Reporter ups is about to stand for upping the price to ship. The companys ceo said thats going to include surcharges for residential deliveries on peak days. We dont know the specific numbers just yet. What we do know, ups is trying to make up for last quarter when they spent heavily on extra workers and equipment for the holidays and ended up pushing their profits down 61 in the fourth quarter. Another price going back up is the one you pay at the pump. After a record of 123 days of falling gas prices, aaa projects that streak is over. The National Average is now 2. 07 a gallon, 3 cents higher than last week and up, up, up its going to continue to go according to aaa. They do expect, though, the average will stay below 3 by years end. If you look at the books, google is one of ubers biggest investors. Now the two companies could be on the collision course towards each other as competitors. According to a bloomberg report, researchers on googles campus are testing out a car sharing app of their own. Company executives have said they have tested selfdriving cars which pick you up on request. Uber has released some news of its own. Theyre investing in self driving cars with the help of researchers at carnegiemellon university. They have said selfdriving cars could replace ubers human drivers. They say that is the bulk of their expense. On the cell phone front all signs point to a new Samsung Galaxy phone being unveiled on march 1. They sent out teaser invites to the next event at the mobile World Congress in barcelona. They chose a slim curving silver line you can see here against a black background. The company has the phrase whats next. It could be the galaxy s6. Is one router enough when it comes to your wifi at home . A startup called erow claims it might not cut it as we buy more mobile devices. Eeroe sells a pack of three so you can distribute the signal throughout the home. It will cost 300, though. Theyre taking orders now but it wont ship till the summer. You will want to cool off once again. Dunkin donuts has a new set of frozen drinks they plan to offer. It includes fruit smoothies and frozen mocha drink. The blended beverages will start rolling out this month in the northeast. Was it worth it . Missy elliots music shot up after her stage. A katy perrys increased 85 . That is chump change compared to missy elliot ended up bringing. Katy perry starts here and has to go up. Missy elliot is out of the scene the fact is the numbers are all up across the board. They were saying they were going to bring someone on stage whose career need add restart and thats obviously what it did for missy elliot. Thanks to katy perry getting her on her show. Thank you, nick. At 6 42 time to answer the question of the morning. Americans spent 30 more time doing this than we did ten years ago. Is it a, watching television, b, sitting in the car, c, shopping online . Our facebook friend says c, shopping online because we are getting too lazy to go to the mall. But you know what . The morning answer is b, sitting in the i love the taste. Always smooth, never bitter. My cup of coffee is always awesome when i go to dunkin. Man i see the steam rising off the cup cause you know its a fresh pot. Man one cup a day for sure. Two if need be. And its usually need be. Dunkin your place for coffee. Technology has improved our lives, in small ways. In big ways. But what about this . Couldnt this be better too . At redfin we asked ourselves the same question. Which led us to create new ways to take you inside a home or instantly schedule a tour. But we paired that with our own agents who arent paid on commission but on your happiness. And thats what makes it all work the world has changed and now real estate has too. Heres some news you may find surprising. Were for an open internet for all. Were for creating more innovation and competition. Were for Net Neutrality protection. Now, heres some news you may find even more surprising. Were comcast. The only isp legally bound by full Net Neutrality rules. Comcast and time warner cable, together for more Net Neutrality protection. People of the coffeedrinking world, dunkin has a dark roast coffee thats deliciously roasted just right, for a bold start and smooth finish thats never bitter put down the dark roast youve been putting up with and reach for the one you deserve. Welcome back to wusa9 at the 6 00 a. M. Hour. A live look outside our d. C. Area. Its exactly 6 46 on a beautiful start to the morning. Are you sick of the cold . We have something in store for you. How about temperatures near 50 later today. Sounds good, right . Mmhmm. Howard will be up in a minute with the forecast. First lets toss it over to our friends at cbs this morning. One of our favorite friends at cbs this morning, our partner gayle king is live in new york with a preview. Good morning, gayle. Thats what i say about you two, hello, mike and andrea. Good to see you both. Were at the scene of the deadly commuter train crash in new york city. And dr. Murphy will join us in his first tv interview as surgeon general. Well talk to him about controlling the Measles Outbreak and vaccinations debate. And scott bezos is here, his first appearance here. The news is back in the morning. Well see you at 7 00 on the dot. Have either of you seen transparent , the amazon show . No. Have you . Yes, i have. Its good. Really, really looking forward to talking to the cast today. You know they won a golden globe. They did. Somebody is liking it. Gayle, well be watching. Have a good morning. See you. Amber has been around forever. Hes great. I remember him going back to threes company. Hes stepping out in a different role. It will come out again talking about bruce jenner and his journey, what that journey may be. Lets talk weather. Yeah, lets talk weather. Well get more tranquil an serene this afternoon. Clouds now but theyll give way to sunshine quickly. Temperatures rising to the mid 40s by lunch time. Mid50s south and 40s north and west. Cold in new england is retreating but theres a new surge moving toward chicago and minnesota. Temps in the teens to near 20 there. That will be headed our way. Right now the cold spots in the mid20s like haymarket 26. 24 dulles. 25 in laurel. College park 26. At Reagan National with the clouds, 31, feeling like 25 degrees. So this snow shower activity stays well north of us today. That allows us to rise into the low 50s. Here comes the front tomorrow morning. Could have a couple of flurries or snow showers with it but its going to bring cold and windy conditions to us. So tomorrows temperatures will be steady or slowly falling as opposed to today. Pleasantly mild, 52. Maybe a bit after breeze at times. 30 to 35 tonight. That will be the highs tomorrow as theyll start falling with the early snow shower threat. The winds will make it feel like its in the 20s if not colder with the windchill. Friday not bad, chilly. Saturday looks good, again near 50. Isolated showers sunday and colder and unsettled early next week. 6 49. Heres trenice with your latest timesaver traffic. Thanks, howard. Lots to talk about but not a lot going on right now 95 through dale city. Looking good. The closer you get towards d. C. , lanes open again. You can see the yellow. That means a bit of a slowdown. Off and on delays here. We definitely have delays on the inhe loop of inner loop of the beltway. Sky 9 is on the way here but this is New Hampshire avenue. Lanes closed northbound just before adelphi road. Going to be coming after the Shopping Center there with the 7eleven off to the left side of the roadway. All lanes are blocked for a crash. Looks like sky 9 is over the beltway. These are some delays youll see, thats the crash i mentioned on the inner loop between the bw parkway and 201. Again pretty slow in the area as they make it towards the accident scene. Well be right back with more [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. In the news right now 6 52. At least seven people are dead after a commuter train slammed into an suv in upstate new york. The victims include the driver of that suv and six other people on the train. 12 passengers were injured. Don champion reports. Reporter more than an hour after the deadly collision, smoke still billowed from the front car of the metronorth train headed to suburban new york from the heart of manhattan at rush hour tuesday evening. The train never made it to its destination. Investigators say it crashed into a Jeep Cherokee stopped under a gate on the tracks triggering an explosion and fire. The third rail of the track came up from the explosion and went right through the car. Reporter hundreds of commuters were on board at the time. When i heard the extent of the damage to the first car and i saw it had burned completely, i couldnt even imagine how many people were in there that had lost their lives. Reporter others escaped the charred front cars of the train by jumping into the snow below. You get out of the train, its freezing cold out and you realize how fortunate you are. Reporter even in the overnight hours, investigators could be seen going in and around the train. Meantime service on the rail line where the accident happened has been suspended. Metronorth is the nations second largest Commuter Rail line and serves close to 300,000 riders in new york and connecticut a day. Shuttle buses will now be used to transport commuters in the area. When things will get back to normal on the harlem line, cant say. Reporter tuesdays accident is the deadliest in the railroads history. Don champion for cbs news, valhalla, new york. A Virginia State senator whos the chief sponsor of legislation which would loosen state oversight of dominion virginia powers rates has sold his shares in the company. Senator thank wagner said he didnt want frank wagner said he didnt want any suggestion he was lying about profits from the legal. Critics claim the bill will [ inaudible ] two other lawmakersle own shares of dominion power. Today a Maryland State Senate committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on legislation which would increase the states tobacco tax. The additional revenue could help fill gaps in Health Care Coverage for pregnant women and contribute dollars toward overfall Public Health care needs. The bill was proposed by a representative from Montgomery County. Charlie stifford died after having a stroke. In 2004 he became the first africanamerican to be inducted into the world golf hall of fame. Last year president obama presented him with the president ial medal of freedom. Jack nicklaus and Arnold Palmer are the only other golfers to receive this honor. Charlie stiff Charlie Sifford was 92. The new England Patriots will get a chance to take their snowy lap through boston. Theyll ride on the signature duck boats in the parade through Downtown Boston and of course the charles river, too. The parade will wind down boylston street, past the boston on common and right to city hall plaza. They were initially planning the parade for tuesday but pushed it back aft storm on monday with a foot of new snow. Theyll be getting more snow tomorrow. Today is a good day for that good day us for, too, 52. Sunny skies. Tomorrow much colder. An early snow shower threat. Windy, 32 to 34. It will feel like in the 20s and a nice day saturday before more unsettled weather by the end of the weekend into early next week. Quick to the map, a crash still on the right side of the beltway, inner loop going to be between 201 and bw parkway. Sky 9 has a live shot of the accident and those delays stretching back on the inner loop there. Going to be slow and stop and go trying to make your way towards the 95 interchange. Elsewhere, maryland cameras show you the crash is still there northbound lanes of New Hampshire avenue just before adelphi road. Cbs this morning is next. Security concerns at american airports. Employees with access to the tarmac are often not required to go through security screening. We have a closer look at why. Stress in america from money to family. Are americans more stressed than ever before . The results of a new survey are coming up. Trenice and i will be back in 25 minutes with traffic and weather updates. For news, weather and traffic 24 hours a day, use the mobile app or check twitter. Trenice, tweeting while reporting. All the purple people are together. Thank so you much for waking up. Vikings in the house. Well see you back here tomorrow morning at 4 25. Happy hump day. You guys can just leave your coats right over here. Wow. Your bedroom is amazing. Oh, thanks. We worked with a designer from havertys. Total refresh. Oh, i cannot believe people. What . Covering up your new bed like that. Its okay. What kind of animals did you invite to this party . We can help. Much better. Refresh your space with an extra hundred off every thousand at havertys. Plus enjoy 36 month no interest financing. Havertys. Discover something you. Good morning. It is wednesday, february 4th 2015. Welcome to cbs this morning. A new york commuter train hits an suv and explodes into flames. Were live at the scene, and well get new details from governor andrew cuomo. Incredible dash cam video captures a passenger plane falling from the sky overnight. Plus amazon sets its sights on hollywood. Ceo jeff bezos joins us in studio 57 along with the creator of the hit show transparent. But we begin this morning