The report. Railng real damage damage. It snarled commutes for so many. Cause of the derailment was the failure of fasteners that place. E rails in a contributing factor was track condition. It was released that measure out new about the derailment. Today, new insight into that. Employee operating the track geometry vehicle, the tgv, that identified the rail defect, he mistakenly deleted that information from the report. It means it needed immediate attention. No attention was given because it was deleted. We do not know how to problem continue to go undetected. Metro inspected the area multiple times between that run on july 9 and the artist six derailment. Metro says it is under investigation. Employeesat two metro has since resigned after all of this. We understand in a Statement Released by metro, the Safety Committee chairman michael in part that such a serious error was undetected with no checks and balances in place reveals gaps in metros Safety Policies and procedures. We are c
At the Shopping Centers entrance well wishers left flowers and momentos as a memorial to alison and adam. Realtor mike hagan is taking it especially hard. The killings happened right outside his business. It hit me as soon as i skipped the parking lot. Oh, its just young people only, 24 years old, prime of her life and some idiot takes her out. The Franklin County Sheriffs Office released some new information about their investigation. They determined Vester Flanagan fired 17 rounds from a glock pistol. They say the attack appears well planned and premeditated. It appears flanagan acted alone and shared his plan with no one. Despite all the notes he left, there is no indication where he was heading or what he was going to do next and based on his writings, it is apparent that flanagan closely identified with people who committed domestic acts of violence and mass murder as well as the 9 11 attacks. Virginia Governor Terry mcauliffe visited the wdbj studio today to talk privately with t
More clouds tomorrow. Its humid out theres that owe for sure. 72 for white oak and andrews. Were headed to the lower 90s. Showers and thunderstorms will pop up later on this evening, especially areas off to the west. Well have the futurecast coming up. Heres larry miller with traffic. Thank you. Time right now 6 01. Youll see some delays on the orange, silver and blue lines as a result of some earlier single tracking. These been resolved. Of course the delays continue right now. No major issues around the beltway. Connecticut avenue between knowles avenue and baltimore avenue still closed because of wires down. Bw parkway northbound and southbound as well as 95 all in good shape. Want to give you a live look right now and show you how things are shaping up along 50 at 301 inbound. All lanes are open as you approach the capital beltway. Your next traffic update is in ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Reporter breaking overnight three people shot, one of them dead in a neighborhood
No doubt at all. Hollywood ending. One of baseballs alltime greats going out with an unbelievable finish that had everyone watching, holding their breath. Derek jeters final game in Yankee Stadium. How the captain went out in a way thats just too perfect. Trying to my job. So thank you, guys. And good morning, america. What a night at Yankee Stadium. Just listen. Take the field for the final time. Through you know it had been raining all day long and it stops right before the game. Just at that moment he takes the field at Yankee Stadium one last time. Much more on the captain coming up. But begin with the neardisaster in the sky. Two passenger planes forced to turn around because the airport where they were scheduled to land had shut down early. Abc reena ninan is here with that story for us. Good morning. Good morning to you. Those two passenger jets were scheduled to land afternoon midnight. Luckily they were short flights, when they got to wilmington, North Carolina, the pilots had
Threeyearold daughter, who was in the car with him during the shootout on branch avenue. She died at the hospital. Richard reeve is in for washington, where he spoke to neighbors who knew the victims. We are learning some information about miller. He was 38 years old. He lived in landover. That information that he killed his own daughter came from the medical examiners office. Tonight we have new information, including an eyewitness account. This cell phone video captured the gunfire. Ive never seen anything like it before, nor do i want to see anything like it again. A witness who does not want to be identified describes the tense final moments. I saw about four or five Police Officers get out of their vehicles and open fire. That gunman, now identified as 38yearold frederick miller, wasnt alone. His threeyearold daughter was also in the car. She was fatally shot and stabbed by miller. I shed a tear for the little girl. Shes just three. Miller was killed in the gunfire. His daughter w