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WJLA ABC7 News At 4 December 12, 2016

Here when the front two cars snapped off the trailing six. Around 40 passengers had to be taken off the 7000 series train. Thankfully, no one was injured. One woman recorded this video as metro employees escorted her down the rocky rail bed. Her trek about the length of a football field. Metro has not said if it cut power to the third rail before evacuating passengers. It also isnt sure just how fast the train was going when the cars dislodged. Red line trains single tracked for an hour as crews worked to fix things. We did check our archives and we found this isnt the first time something to this effect has happened. In january, a green line train disconnected near the Navy Yard Ballpark station. Metro customers contend this is merely the latest black eye for the mass transit agency. Constantly its been stuff happening on metro. Whether a new train or older train, stuff like that shouldnt be happening. Metro needs to step up its game to operate properly. There are precious lives on there. People just want to get to work safely. Get to wherever they got to go safely. Kevin now wmata has notified the ntsb and the f. T. A. About the situation. For the train out here this morning, its been taken to the shady grove rail yard. Five miles north of where im standing now for a thorough inspection. Were live in rockville, im kevin lewis. Abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Alison there were delays on each line. So dont get caught by surprise many your commute. Text metro to 43817 to get rail alerts sent straight from our newsroom to your phone. You can also head to wjla. Com text to customize which breaking alerts you want to receive. After a chilly weekend, a mild start to the week today. It wont end this way, though of the season. That is just the start of it. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill is here with the forecast today. Hi, doug. Doug hi, alison. We absolutely will get the coldest air of the season coming in here starting early on thursday morning. With us especially for thursday and friday. Take a live look at winter green resort. 3400 feet up in the air here in virginia. Plenty of snow making opportunities here. Natural snow, fresh powder could fall as we head toward the weekend. Our big story will be the cold and the wind. In the meantime, we are coming off a pleasant day. Temperatures in the 50s. Partly sunny skies. Tonight will be partly cloudy in the 40s. Overnight it will turn colder but not terribly cold. 28 to 36 degrees under partly cloudy skies. Very, very light winds. The future cast give a clue of what is coming here. A disturbance will approach the area tomorrow. We will look for increasingly cloudiness tomorrow. Temperatures in the 40s. Probably the mid40s. We are thinking precipitation will peel off north and south with the snow to the north, rain south and east. There are a chance that parts could see sprinklal or flurries but then we will clear out on wednesday. We open up the door to the arctic on thursday. Coming up in 11 minutes, the wind chill and impressive stuff headed our way in a few days. That is the latest. Back to you. Jonathan thank you very much. President elect donald trump took on another defense contractor and this time on twitter. His favorite place. He tweeted out that the cost of the f35 the Strike Fighter is out of control. He pledged to cut billions on military purchases and when markets open, shares of lockheed, the maker of the joint Strike Fighter dropped. The f35 is overbudget, behind schedule, been the subject of bipartisan questioning and even pilots question the ability in the air. Hours after the tweet, the f5 was celebrated because it landed in israel. I was delayed because it couldnt take off in bad weather in italy. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was in tel aviv as the military took possession of the jet. The Israeli Air Force committed to buying 50. It will still be a wile before the jets are sent out and used on combat missions. Michelle donald trump continues to tweet about russias alleged hacking and the impact on the u. S. Election. As Karen Travers tells us, calls on capitol hill for an investigation are growing. Karen growing calls for thorough investigation in russias hacking in the president ial campaign. Mitch mcconnell was blunt. The russians are not our friend. It defies belief that the republicans are willing to ignore the russian tactics. Karen he wouldnt comment on what the motives may be but he drew a line between the kremlin interference and donald trump. He didnt need a security clearance to figure out who benefited from malicious cyber activity. Over the weekend on twitter and fox news, trump slamming a Washington Post report that russia interfered in the election to give him an advantage. I think its ridiculous. Its just another excuse. I dont believe it. Trump has never believed the russian government was behind the hacking despite 17 known u. S. Intelligence agencies concluding that the russian government directed the hacking. A spokesman for the kremlin today saying the charge has nothing to do with reality. This public showdown between the president elect and the Intelligence Community is unusual. Especially in light of the statement by trump on fox news when asked about his infrequent intelligence briefing. Im a smart person. I dont have to be told the same thing the same words every single day for the next eight years. Karen some members of the Electoral College asked briefing apt russian hacking interference. Reporting from northwest, Karen Travers, abc7 news. Alison a judge ruled Catherine Hoggle is still incompetent to stand trial. She is the last person to have seen the two children jacob and sarah before they days peered in 2014. Her next disappeared in 2014. Her next court date is april. Michelle now a developing story in northeast washington where a man was shot outside of a school. It happened at the harmony Public Charter School on todd place in northeast. Police say the victim was sitting in the car as his child and girlfriend were inside the school. Someone in a gold lexus pulled up and fired seven shot, hitting him twice. The man survived but the police are trying to figure out two did it. Police believe it is a domestic situation. Jonathan a murder chase. A man slot and killed in 32nd street northwest. Today his mother said whoever did this is an animal. Stephen tschida has the investigation. Stephen the bulletriddledded car outside his home. Someone shot and killed the 21yearold, opening fire inside the vehicle. Its a waste of life. He was only 21. Stephen today his parents say they know of no one who would want to hurt their son. I texted that at 10 00 there will be ice, rain. So make it before 10 00 or stay where you are. Stephen through her tears of grief, phyllis expressed hope for the swift arrest of whoever is responsible. Its a pack of dogs that have no value for life. Where he was shot and killed. Three hours earlier down western avenue, 15 blocks there was an armed carjacking. The parents believe there is some correlation between the carjacking and the murder of their son. However at this time, investigators say they do not believe or necessarily are concurring that there is a direct connection between the two crimes. Reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. Alison an attempt to bridge communities and cut down on hate crimes. Reports of those on the rise following the election. Attorney general Loretta Lynch addressed people from all walks of life in sterling. And abc7 bureau chief Jeff Goldberg is at the live desk with a powerful message from a young woman who listened to the speech. Jeff . Jeff today in sterling what we heard was a strong call to action from religious leaders of all faiths calling on others to stand up and speak out against hate crimes. Hundre u. S. Attorney general Loretta Lynch the featured speaker today at the event which focused on unity and peace. This was at the adam center in sterling. They claim to be the second biggest mosque in the United States. Quoting f. B. I. Statistics lynch staying in 2015 hate crimes nationwide were up 6 from 2014. But hate crimes against Muslim Americans increased 67 , the sharpest increase after 9 11. Joining lynch on stage, leaders that were talking about the need for understanding and tolerance. When one of us is threatened we all have to speak out. Regardless of the discomfort on us. We stand together as americans as diversity and background to combat hate crimes. Jeff you heard from Loretta Lynch and the spokesman of the woman that alison mentioned a few moments ago talking about the issue of hate crime. What she says it means to be an american in this deep and divisive time across the country. It was an interesting conversation. Im looking forward to sharing it with you. Until then, live in the newsroom, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan thanks. Coming up for us at abc7 news at 4 00 starbucks has competition in northern virginia. Michelle google plans for cuba. Alison next at 4 00, winter woes. Take a look at this. The snow creating all sort of headaches in midwest. Also this jonathan 7 on your side with a consumer alert. Uber is making it clear they are not fooling around. Alison they have a list of dos and donts when you get a ride. Including what if you get too close with a passenger. Michelle q mccray has new rules that could get you banned if you dont follow them. What are we talking about . Q ill get to them. But some called the rules uber protective. Its out there. There are new rules that were set forth thursday by the popular ride sharing service. We went on an uber ride and we talked new crackdown. Have you ever been hit on in an uber car . I actually havent, no. Q but apparently its an issue. But flirting is now against the rule for uber riders. That goes for all services, especially uber pool. Thats subjective. The term flirting. If you make someone feel uncomfortable it defeats the purpose of the uber pool. Q most are common sense. No damaging someone elses things, cursing is against the rules and so are inappropriate questions. Breaking the law in an uber is not allowed. No vomiting either. Like something that someone cant control but it makes sense. Q sex is a nogo. Have you had sex in an uber car . I have not. Q that is good. If you had, youd have your account suspended for good. They take it away from you. Do people kiss in yeah. Q you have seen people kissing . Kissing. Yeah. Q he has been with uber for three months and physical contact is common place. Does it make you feel uncomfortable . No. Jonathan just to go to youtube. Check out the videos. Michelle he doesnt care if he gets five stars. Q flirting . If i said to alison nice to meet you, that is a nice dress you have on. Is she going to report me . Jonathan boot you out of the car. Q your access to the app could be revoked. Then you turn to lyft. Michelle exactly. Fewer rules. Jonathan thank goodness no voting. Thank you very much. Alison google signed a new deal with the cuba staterun Telecommunication Company and it will speed up the Internet Service for cubans using youtube and other google products. It will only affect a small percentage of cubans. A vast majority of the communist country 11 million residents dont have access to the internet. Jonathan the competition to starbucks got everybody on the edge of their seat. Peets coffee is coming to the commonwealth of virginia in a big way. They are opening 175,000 square foot roasting facility in suffolk. They chose virginia over five other mitt atlantic states. There midatlantic states. There will be 105 new jobs. They will roast the beans to ship up and down the east coast. They will spend 58 million to get the plant up and running. Yum time to check on traffic. Jamie sullivan is with us with the details. Not a lot of red but there is a spot there. Jamie we are seeing what we typically dont see is a solid black line. That means a closure is in tractortrailer accident. This is route 7 westbound completely closed. All lanes blocked with a fatal accident before yellow schoolhouse road. With all lanes blocked we are seeing volume in the area. We have skytrak7 heading to the scene now. Look outside. This is traveling near 7 locks road, volume on the inner loop, the outer loop and even a little sun glare out there now. You can see here near river road as you get further north, volume in both directions. Our big picture look mainly just going to be in the northwest corner on the beltway. Heavy heading outbound 395. The freeway is congested, too. Southbound on d. C. 295 we have volume as well. Right now the stretch from the 11th Street Bridge continuing south. It will take you about 20 minutes. The average is about 17 miles per hour. That is a look at traffic. Well keep you updated on the accident. Michelle people are starting off with snow and cold nasty winter storm dumped up to 11 inches of snow in detroit, leaving the driver to a slow and a messy morning commute. Winter conditions sent plane skidding off an icy runway at the detroit metropolitan airport. No one was injured. The conditions should improve now that the storm is moving away. A new blast of arctic air is expected midweek. Jonathan as we start to see Winter Weather coming to play, slow down when you are out there driving. Watch this video clearly. Look at the truck. The pickup truck is not that the driver is out of control but the road is made of ice. You dont have any traction. This dash cam came from minds. A minnesota trooper car on the side of the road as people are passing by. Its all ice. The car, truck you saw there almost hit the trooper. A sweet from the sheriff says ice tweet from the sheriff says icy conditions play a factor with people on the roads. They encourage people to slow down. Michelle it looks like too fast in that video. Michelle the great equalizer. Alison ice, it doesnt matter what vehicle you are in. Doug nothing you can do. You cant steer. Jonathan just back and hold on to the seat belt. Doug dont go out if its like that. Nothing is that important. Our story is similar this week. It will get cold. That is it. See you at 5 00. Jonathan hes here all day. Doug lets see numbers here. Give you a time line from alexandria. Belle haven country club, its raining like in many areas but the line of rain passed through west to east quickly. It put an end and an early afternoon, the sun broke out and it turned into a pleasant day. Temperatures were in 50s in many spots. In my humble opinion its the nicest, mildest day of the week. It will go down hill. Tomorrow is not bad. Chilly and the clouds start to move in. Look at the numbers 5. 2 in washington. 52 in ashburn. 51 in largo. 52 in waldorf. We head through the everything hours the temperatu sunset. The range overnight is 28 to 36 degrees with partly cloudy skies. Tomorrow, clouds start to roll in. A little disturbance coming in from the west. Depending on the computer model you look at. The precipitation is going to split north and south of washington. With that said, by tomorrow night there could be a couple of spots to pick up a sprinkle and a flurry. Its a good day. Kind of cloudy. Wednesday is a nice day until we hit the Late Afternoon and the everything when a powerful cold front comes in. This will leave us thursday with a partly cloudy day. The gusty winds, highs at 30 at best. But the wind chills in the teens and even Single Digits late in the day. Friday a colder. Only the mid20s for highs. The went is lighter but the air is very cold. We get to late friday night and saturday morning there could be wintery mix. Freezing rain and rain and flakes and then warming up to the 40s and the 50s on sunday with more rain. As we head to christmas, it looks like christmas will turn colder back in the 40s. There are signs by Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we might be above average in temperatures. That is the latest ive got for you. Jonathan thank you. Still ahead at 4 30 melania in a courtroom. Why the soon to be first lady is suing the daily mail and a blog. Thats coming up. Michelle but first, oneonone with emma stone, the star of la la land which was nominated for seven Golden Globes. Secretly an audition i didnt know what was happening probably. We let her explain how she landed a role that could get her one of the covete and youre talking to youro doctor about your medication. This is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. This is humira helping me go further. Humira works for many adults. It targets and helps to block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to ra symptoms. Humira has been clinically studied for over 18 years. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened, as have blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. Before treatment, get tested for tb. Tell your doctor if youve been to areas where certain fungal infections are common, nfections, or have flulike symptoms or sores. Dont start humira if you have an infection. Ready for a new chapter . Talk to your rheumatologist. This is humira at work. Alison the Golden Globes came out today. La la land got seven nominations. Michelle emma stone received best actress for her work in la la land and she explains how she landed the leading road to kidd oshea. Kidd your character in the movie going through all the auditions and stuff. You didnt have to audition for this. They came to you and said we want you. Yes. Although it feels in a way like that secretly i was auditioning. Because i was doing cabaret, the play at the same time. They came to see me there. I didn i talked to them afterwards and secretly it was an audition i didnt know was happening. He might not agree with that. That is the idea in my head. Kidd i made notes. You will fall in love with love again and you will fall in love with l. A. Again. How do you explain the movie . That is a good question. I think its a very sweet, nostalgic, heartbreaking, funny, love story. Yeah. Its really about love. And love in a way we dont always see, whe

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