Im chris lawrence. The district is pushing back against metros claims that firefighters had trouble talking to each other during the rescue attempt. News 4s derek ward is live in southwest with the mayors response and, derek, the blame game continues. Well you know theres going to be a lot of that going back and forth until we hear from the ntsb. Theyre going to be the ones that have the final say. This is all part of a mosaic of information thats coming out. You know this little unassuming piece of infrastructure here actually figured prominently into the early minutes of that whole incident, and we are learning this because of the information that is now coming out in this latest report. It comes from d. C. s homeland skusht and Emergency Management agency. Now, take a look at some video that we shot earlier. Firefighters got here and saw two people that were selfrescuing themselves off of a train. Two of the rescues werent made from here. This was all early on into that. As we hear
Darcy. Well chris, i just got off the phone a short time ago with d. C. Police. They are handle this case. They say they are still working to identify the body. The body was found across the waterway from where im standing very close to reaganan National Airport property. Lets go to some video shot earlier today when d. C. Police were still on the scene. Right now police are not saying if the body was that of a man or a woman or an approximate age. It was found near four mile run, and a walker trail off of thomas avenue in arlington. Again, very close to the airport. Sfwroo i never felt unsafe before but, yeah its used quite a bit. Im kind of shocked. They found somebody around noon. I mean i dont know if it happened overnight or what but during the day its very safe. D. C. Police tell me that the body has been taken to the medical Examiners Office for an autopsy. Right now this is being handled as a death investigation. Were reporting live from Northern Virginia darcy spencer, news 4.
Northwest washington. Two years in prison, the sentence to the former governor of virginia. Why it may not be a done deal next. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the temperatures are dropping into the 20s tonight and roads are freezing over as we speak. We have Live Team Coverage on the Road Conditions and Power Outages coming up. First, the combination of icy roads and freezing temperatures is leading to School Delays in virginia and maryland. Loudoun county, prince georges county, Fairfax County, all of them operating under a two hour delay. We have a full list available on the screen right now. Lets get to steve rudin to see what we need to do to prepare for tomorrow. It will only get colder as we move into the overnight and the black ice issues will increase into the early morning. Right now, the skies are beginning to clear, partly cloudy skies. The snow is long gone. These are
We knew the flu vaccine was not packing the same punch of years past but the actual percentage is shocking. But why doctors say you should still get the shot next. Live from the abc 7 broadcast center, this is abc 7 news at 11 00. First new information about the victim killed in the metro smoke incident. The medical examiner announced carol glover died of acute respiratory failure due to smoke exposure. They ruled her death an accident. For the first time glovers mother spoke with us and she had strong words for both metro employees and you et al. You at home. Leon, she is grieving her daughter but she is also praying for the survivors from that train whom she says are still living with that nightmare. And she says lots of things need to change. Her life was very purposeful. Carol glover died in the metro malfunction monday. Her mother says she believes the something good can come from out of this tragedy. To make an improvement in the system. Glover was riding home on the yellow line
Recovery. President obama has a heart felt message for the people of japan after isis executes yet another hostage. Good evening. Im chris lawrence. Tonight theres been a huge outpouring of support for virginia boy hit by a car while sledding. 6 years old and a huge fan of the Washington Capitals. Darcy spencer is live with how the team is rallying around him. Darcy . Reporter chris, as you said this amazing little boy is just 6 years old but hes already a huge fan of the Washington Capitals. In fact he loves to come here to the Verizon Center to watch them in action and tonight the capitals are joining in on this movement pray for bman. Hes one of the caps biggest fans and he is in desperate need of prayers. 6yearold benston in Critical Condition after a sledding accident in the neighborhood last wednesday. Family members waiting at the hospital decided to start a call for prayers through social media with pray for bman and its taken off. This young hockey fan got the attention of the