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Ill get it done, but im not going to tell you what im going to do they are focusing on campaign speeches. And trump will hit back when attacked. I will respond. But in just about all cases, i have been responding to what they did to me. Reporter a new poll shows clinton with a 3point lead in a hypothetical matchup with trump. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. Heading the effort to find a third party candidate. He said he should go up in a couple of weeks, if there is somebody out there. For uptotheminute results of tonights primaries and election alerts throughout the campaign, of course, you can download our free wusa 9 app. Marco rubio is making headlines today for his twitter tirade. Rubio fired off with a series of tweets. Began at 10 17 p. M. , that said, fun to read about people who claim to know me. They made it up. Seven ranting tweets and an hour later, rubio also wrote, a longtime friend wrote rubio is betwixt and between when it comes to legs tomorrow at the gym. Rubio tweeted that was enough for one night. Missed a road, or an exit on the beltway. The National Transportation safety board today ruled thats exactly what caused last years deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. The engineer evidently got distracted and simply lost track of where he was. Bruce leshan is live at Union Station with what the safety board says we need to do to keep it from happening again. And quite frankly, bruce, s a different story, when its Something Like that, in charge of an amtrak train. Right. Its a whole lot of people. They say key to solving this is a Safety System that would have automatically slowed that train down, as the engineer mistakenly accelerated into a sharp turn. Now, this Safety System is something that the ntsb has been urging for years. But Congress Just delayed the mandate by another three years. And potentially even longer. College professor, zaweed nguyen. The part that doesnt make sense is how does one accelerate when youre distracted . Engineer Brandon Bostian hit the throttle just before the crash. Accelerating the amtrak regional to 106 miles an hour. As it rounded a 50mileanhour turn. Eight people died. 185 were hurt. The ntsb concluded, the engineer was distracted by radio traffic about someone throwing rocks at trains. He spaced out, thinking he was just a little farther ahead, where it was safe to speed up. He went in a matter of seconds from distraction to disaster. Reporter for 45 years, the ntsb has pressured the federal Railroad Administration to mandate what is called positive train control. Or ptc. A backup system that would have slowed the train automatically. A safety net, even for a veteran engineer, with an unblemished record. Just shows that any human, on even their best days can make a mistake. And thats the reason thats the reason that ptc is so important. Reporter now, amtrak has now installed ptc, positive train control on miles of the northeast corridor. The ntsb fears with the congress now having put off that deadline to get it installed on the rest of the states rail system, until 2018, potentially even longer. We may well lose more lives before ptc is everywhere. Live at Union Station, bruce leshan, wusa 9. All right, bruce. And some of those victims wereex jected from the were ejected through the windows. So the ntsb wants to look at securing those windows, keeping people safe inside the units. The senate is looking to fight the zika virus. Tomorrow, theyre considering a smaller funding package. The white house had requested 1. 9 billion to fight zika. Also today, the Senate Passed a bipartisan bill that would let families of 9 11 sue for any role it might have played in the terror attacks. Sponsors of the sponsors against terrorism act, tem crat john schumer and president obama says he will veto the legislation. Isis is claiming responsibility for the deadliest wave of bombings today in baghdad. At least 34 people killed, 75 others wounded when a car bomb targeted the market. At least 26 people were killed. All of todays attacks took place in predominantly shiite neighborhoods. The military trial of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl has been delayed until sometime next year. At a Pretrial Hearing at fort bragg, a military judge postponed the courtmartial from august or february to allow has attorneys time to sort through classified documents. Bergdahl is charged with desertion and pulling into taliban hands. He convicted. A beltsville, maryland man, linked to a shooting spree in maryland, has pleaded guilty to some of the charges. In Anne Arundel County court, hong young pleaded guilty to attempted murder, use of a firearm and reckless endangerment. He was found not criminally responsible and committed to a Mental Health facility. Young still faces charges in howard. The shooting took place outside nsa headquarters. A walmart in laurel. And theater in columbia. Nobody was killed. But several people were hurt. Defense attorneys plan to clean up their case tomorrow. In the trial of edward niro. He is charged with assault and reckless endangerment. Prosecutors argue nero was reckless. They say it is the drivers responsibility to place prisoners a review of the Police Department in charleston, north carolina. Its all in response last years deadly shooting of walter scott. Former officer Michael Slager faces state and federal charges, including murder. The family of walter scott calls the federal review a positive step. Still ahead. An exfelon says its unfair. He was trained, then fired before his First National day on the job. Up next, a Northern Virginia Community College professor is charged with raping and sexually assaulting two students. Top . All right. Most of the light rain now, from the district southward, down into Southern Maryland. And its all very, very light. Well come back, though. With that yellow alert we are following a developing story at Northern Virginia Community College. Thats where a professor is behind bars, charged with raping one student and sexually assaulting another. 27yearold yuceph calif was hired to teach math. He has now been fired. The two victims, both adult women. They said he attacked them separately, when they sought hep from him help from him with calculus. Students are stunned. Ill take more precaution. And i wont be so open, i guess, with my teachers. Reporter the colleges own Police Department is investigating. And a spokeswoman said they are asking any other possible victims to come forward. Talk to police. An outburst of violence in a southeast Washington Neighborhood yesterday afternoon, has left anger, shock and fear in its wake. Police say six people were shot. Two killed. The victims are identified tonight as 22yearold tevon davanty cummings. And 45yearold tracy louise cooper, both of southeast washington. At 49th and b street today. Police cruisers stood guard. The two murders happened less than a half mile apart. Investigators believe they are connected. Im scared for myself. And thats just it. Myself, my kid, everybody. Nobody is safe. I would rather move with my kids. Reporter nobody has been arrested just yet. Police are offering a reward of up to 25,000 to anybody with information leading to an arrest and conviction in either of these murder cases. The d. C. Council has given preliminary approval to major revisions in the ma for building new homeless shelters. Both plans would shut down the citys largest shelter at the old d. C. General hospital but under the Councils Councils plan, most new shelters would be built on public land, rather than private property. D. C. Council general said the council planned to save taxpayers about 165 million over the mayors plan. Coming up, a Police Officer looking for speeders, captured this fireball in the sky instead. But first, the next appears to have a job. Until his past catches up with him. Is it fair or unfair . Youre nowwhich means its the perfect time to create the perfect home. Now through may 30th, take an extra hundred dollars off every thousand dollars you spend. Plus, enjoy 36month, nointerest financing. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. Sfx were early the memorial day sale. From classic to contemporary. Havertys. New at 6 00 tonight. Should an exfelon who served his sentence and breezed through training be allowed to drive a public bus. The answer is no. Just want a second chance. At 36, jonathan cox spent nearly half of his life in prison, for a murder he committed at age 15. He shot a yearold man who shot at him. I chd. Those with the red and silver vehicles shuttle most of the tourists between national sights. Famous local neighborhoods. The story started out with a lot. The company that operatings circulated buses. And a jobs fair, being put on by d. C. Government office of employee services. I told the h. R. Lady that i had a 21yearold child as a juvenile. For murder. And she said, dont worry about it. Jonathan fox completed the classroom training. Assigned to a bus last week, to observe a veteran driver. Thats when a female passenger suffered a seizure and needed emergency assistance. Quarter bottle of water. Reporter but instead of a pat on the back. Crim b he said i was eligible for the program. Strand the out stranded out of cincinnati. The Company Spokesman cob firmed the confirmed the policy to ban exfelons. The d. C. Government circulate preaks r operations. Circulate operations. The department of Employment Services has been in contact with him. Will continue support him on his path to seek pick opportunity. The government and the Obama Administration has supported the legislation this. Only means employers cannot eliminate them at the beginning of the job application process. When theyre required to check that box that indicates theyre a felon. A rear ending of a tractor trailer. Near the georgiasouth carolina line this morning. The board the bus had records. Taken to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. The truck driver suffered minor injuries. The tour bus was headed from new york to orlando. Two people and their dog were rescue, after their fishing boat caught fire off the coast of malibu, california this morning. Video shows it was completely engulfed. Leads to safety. And were plucked out of the water. Including the dog by a rescuer. A employee faces dozens of criminal charges in connection with an oil spill. The faulty break caused 140,000 gallons of crude oil spospill into the ocean to spill into the ocean. More than 300 birds died. Jim craig is auctioning off his gold medal. It is one of more than a dozen prized items he sold. The go expected to fetch up to 2 million. That Online Auction begins today on lelands. Com. It ends on june 17th. Caught on camera. A Police Officers dash cam captures a meteorite light up the night sky. Eyewitnesses say it sounded like a big jet flying low in the sky. Others thought it was a bright thunderstorm. Kind of freaked me out a little. As the meteor. Imagine the dogs. By the time you go see what they were complaining about. Crazy . Well talk about. You cant complain. Lets kind of grab it for you. Im for it all right, buddy. Didnt rain the 15th on sunday. Or rained today. So right now, were at a whopping 17. Rainfall. Going to kind of close in on that one. Our 3degree guarantee. Went 59 today. I think were going to be okay. In fact, live michael and sons weather cam. Winds northeast at 6. Not good. Chilly rain for this time of year. Heres a look at the radar. Last couple of hours. Most of the activity, now south through the district and back into virginia and Southern Maryland and la plata nothing heavy there. Old town, showers. Going to find showers. Certainly down towards la plata. 301. Light showers. Again, nothing heavy. In fact, for tonight, just a few scattered showers. Thats it. Yellow weather alert tomorrow. Dry. Some sun thursday may take a while. Nice on friday. Tonight, might be able to walk. Without an umbrella. Temperatures low to mid50s. Most of the showers in hagerstown west tomorrow. 6 00. Showers inside the beltway. Low 50s. 9 00, again, most of the showers west of us. And by 12 30, 1 00, scattered showers, especially down into Southern Maryland. Struggling to get into the 60s. Showers 9 00, showers alt 11 00. Clouds at 1 00 and 58 degrees. Now, thursday rather. Some sun late near 70. Mid70s friday. Thats the best bet. Cold rain on saturday. For preakness. And near 70 sunday. Low 70s monday and tuesday. But showers, still lingering, sunday, monday and tuesday. Nats gotta go through the mets, right . Yes. Number 1, versus number 2. They open up their big series in new york. Washington and the mets. But it could be an emotional night for na tonight begins the first n. L. East showdown of the season between washington and the reigning National League champions. Its a homecoming for one of the hottest hitters in baseball. Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy will play in city field for the first time as a visitor. Murphy was drafted by the mets. Played there the last seven years. It was their post season hero. Right now, though, hes batting 400, the best in the ma. Murphy addressed the media today and talked about the legacy hoe hopes he left behind in the big apple. I never expected anyone to say, i played well on the way out of the place. But hopefully they can catch it. And always play well. But hopefully you can look at that guy and like, he plays hard. And may be goofy at times. But he plays hard. If i could control it, i would get a lot more. This is video of the points heard around the world now. That we showed yesterday. Suspended for eight games. He does not plan to appeal. Snfs a successful rookie it was a successful rookie. They welcome the new bees and say newbies. After two less than stellar seasons. It was expected to be the number 2 million against the caps. Curt cousins has his weapons in place. Looking more and more like cousins will play under the franchise tag. Insider jason says this could prove extremely beneficial. He doesnt even have to really better than last year. He could be that guy. And theyre going to have no choice. That will be the only rational thing to do. It will be big for him just to have those veterans and those guys around him that hes familiar with. And every starting quarterback has a monstrous contract. Thats the news at 6 00. Cbs is next. Well be back with your only local news at 7 00. Well hope we heyadded more nonstop airline straightshot flights than any other out of Reagan National last year . Heres a hint. Did ya catch it . No . 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