Report of light smoke at that station. This is a live picture near the scene. You can see firefighters are there in posi. Theyay they believe this was an issue with the arcing insulator. The insulator keeping the power on the third rail from coming into contact with another substance when t is an issue with the insuteorinsulator, is not uncommon see cf smoke or spark. That appears b situation r t o track. Now single tracking between boston clarendon declays 20 to 30 minutes on both lines as firefighters lo at the situation. Maintenance crues looking to make sure its not a lingering proble with further effects. Initially we saw a lot more firefighters. Nowust one fire truck but we are in contact with the Fire Department and will keep you posted as we get more information touthe hour. Thanks, richard. Traffic is getting back to normal, but crews are still cleaning up afternp a water main break wraeked havoc during rush hour. Megan mcgrath joins us live from the scene to tell us how repairs are going. Good morning. Reporter mn barbara. Just within the last 15 minutes or so they actually started to dig down there, trying to get down to the pipe to see what kind of a break they have. This is center park drive. You can see the gaping hole. Well told its going to take anywhere from six to eight hours to fix this broken water main, and while the water is off now when it broke this morning, there was a real flood a gush of water that actually got into some of the area businesses, and caused a real problem out there on the roads. Work crews scrape up the mud and gravel blown up on to the sidewalk. Inside the fitness club and the lobby of park center, there is water thorysnd into the building any way it could get in. Reporter howh water . At least three, four feet came in. We jumped on top of it. Reporter the troue began early this morning when a water main broke on Park Center Drive in alexandria. Cell phone pictures and video taken by people in the area show what looked like a geyser shooting up into the air q] water went into the nearby building, and pouring down on to busy king street. With freezing temperatures, king became a sheet of ice, and had to be closed during the middle of rush hour. It all made for an unpleasant commute. And with king street closed that caused problems for schools in the area. There were four schools that had their bus lines impacted this morning. They coul the buss to the neighborhoods to pick up the kids. Those kids had to actually find their own way to school this k. Morning. I talked to the School System a little while ago. They say everything is back to normal. The kids will go home on their usual buses home late other than this afternoon. Dapk÷ reporting live i alexandria, Megan Mcgrath news 4. Sunny skies and warmer temperatures,ut will the warmup stick a for the weekend . I melia segal joins us with the first forecast f this friday. Good morning. Happy friday. Looking at cooler temperatures for tomorrow, and right now im tracking a wi r of temperatures across the area. From 34 degrees in cumberland to about 46 degrees here in washington. 41 is the current temperature in leesburg and a little more cloudiness. Back to the north and west areas, like martinsburg and cumberland. Martinsburg, hig of 43. Washington a high today near 50. 48 degrees for a high and for the most part looking at mostly sunny skies as we head on into the afternoon hours. A lot of us looking forward to a threeday weekend. For tomorrow, good for skiing with colder temperatures in the forecast. Some vainrain is possible sunday. Martin luther king jr. Day is looking terrific. As far as rain sunday, updating the timing, when you can see rain moving in and leaving your neighborhood. Thats comin up at 11 30 barbara. Amelia thank you. Were going to check in with news 4 Richard Jordan at the live desk again now th dai o that baby born on the beltway. Richard . Hey, brash. 495 and braddock road, where it hatched early this [ajj fairfax paramedics got a call just before 3 00 a. M. Pap ,n woman in her own vak t e s going in labor. Paramedics responded got the woman into the ambulance before they could make to the hospital right there in the ambulance on the side of the road where paramedics delivered that little baby girl. Both mom and daughter are said to be doing just fine. They were taken to fairfax hospital. So a happy ending here but certainly quite welcomingn into the world there right onrh the side of t highway tf othere, barbara . A day they will never forget. Thank you so much, richard. And today we are expecting to learn more information about mondays deadly smoke incident on the metro. The first lawsuit from the incident will b filed in court today. You first heard from malbert rich right here on news4 midday yesterday from fredericksed fsb saying they were negligent in opeti and inn;un responding to th deadly smoke incident. D. C. Maierio boughs lettererre row how they responded to the situation. The fami of the woman killed when tha train filled with smoke is now planning her funeral. A Memorial Service for cai glover is set for monday morning at Capitol Hill Baptist Church northeast at 10 00 in the morning. Official cau o death released. The medical examiner says glover died of acute respiratory failure caused by smoke exposure. Friends and strangers have stepped in to help the glover family during this difficult time to see how much money has been donated and how you can help, just open your nbc washington app. And this just in. The rabbi accused of spying on a woman, or on4x women, in the synagogue bath has left court today after a procedural hearing. Rabbi barry fren dell arrested back in october. Prosecutors sa he use add camera hidden in a clock to secretly record women in georgetown. Repordly discovered when a woman caught hi plugging in the device. Prosecutors are still trying to determine how ma women may have been recorded. He has plead nlt a new push to ease marijuana laws in virginia. The Advocacy Group virginia normal is gathering at the stays howe in richmond to call for support of senate bill 686. The bill would end criminal penalties for possession of small amounts o pot. Instead, if youre caught with marijuana in virginia, youd face a 100 civil penalty. Senator adam abin, a democrat who represented alexandria sponsored that bill. Right now readpresidenob is meeting with british Prime Minister davideron. And a College Student falls out of a window hitting a person on a sidewalk. Stayitus. A developing story overseas now. Arrested in belgium, france and jemny and sever raids overnight. 13 people delained in belgium. 14 arrested in france and at least 2 arrested in germ fli. The antiterrorist sweep coming after the firefight in belgium where two suspected terrorists were killed. The terror takedown in super prompting extra security here in the states. More on the terror investigation and the impacte u. Reporter barbara no doubt whats raids overnight are having an impact in washington. Washington is oeoa another terror plot against the u. S. Capitol has been foiled. That suspect due from federal court node cincinnati Christopher Cornell boehner says the reason they foiled this before it halled because of the government surveillancprogram defending it saying it actually is working. Meantime today, president obama and great britains Prime Minister, david cameron, are metering at the white house. Theyre expected to talk about the cyber wars that the two countries are going to be working on together. Staged Cyber Attacks on the financial industete later this year to gauge how the u. S. And uk might react. Hank you. The man accused of planning an attack on the Capitol Building in court today. Christopher co planned to set off pipe bombs and shoot workers as they tried to escape. Cornell began posting under an alias comments in august supporting isis. The fbi had him under surveillance for months before he was taken into ku69custodyft buying ammunition in ohio. Training fighters on the ground in syria, that coming up. Plus how businesses in the u. S. Are already working to cash in on the new trade agreement with cuba. And were following breaking news. Smoke in the boston metro station. A crew at the station checking out conditions inside. Well keep you up to date throughout theewt. And whip the temperature right nowsj9e 46 degrees and breezy conditions, it feels more like its 40 outside here on the storm team 4 weather deck. Overall tomorrow noticeably cooler. Ill let you now how chill are we begin breaking news. Live at the metro station with more. Whats happening . Reporter th sce started at about 10 00 way report of smoke here in the boston station. When we got h ene. We are told that the situation has been cleared. However ther symbol tracking outbound trains through the stations while they checked on the problem. We saw several firefighters leaving the scene. When we went down to the station, there was no visible smoke. You did smell something unusual. Not completely unusual. If you ride metro every now and then you smell what seems to be some sort of metallic smell. No smoke in the station at this oq]ctaj p r t hahp hc rtnlnoept injury but an abundance of; cz caution after this weeks incident on metro. And we have talked to a representative et who retune. There is an abundance of caution and among ride angst as well. Youll experien delays, single tracking outboun checking on the problem tt caused some smoke earlier today. We are live in northern virginia. News 4, back to you. Thank you. U. S. Airlines are hoping to cash in on the new relationship between the u. S. And cuba. Even though general tourist travel is still banned. American airlines, delta, jetblue, south west and Spirit Airlines have all said theyre looking into adding the route in the near future. Nbcs chief Foreign Affairs correspondent andrea mitcll has mo on the new trade and travel rules tht to effect thimo [ speaking in fo language. Poera ge opening for u. S. And cuban travel and trade. [ speaking in folg ] in havana Nelson Fernandez says these measures help the nations economy. Orlando, a restaurt says, we think more americans will come. There is still an embargo on general tourists but a lot more americans can go more easily. Educational groups, cultural groups, journalists, medical and religious organizations. Family visit geto two daughters in cuba. I have to go. Reporter at the miami airport, alex receivess has a new baby who has never seen his grandmother. Ke months. Ss doesnt know grandma. Repoeran cve on alq< regularly chartered flight. Use the internet when he gets there and Internet Company jumps in. Youd a credit card, not just cash. Credittegp opens the door for ten28 times the current grain sales from iowa farmers like this man. When we travel to cuba, the cuban governmencis re almost begging u open up trade with them. Reporter wew there is a huge appetite for building equipment. Things like paint. Things to repairr me because smaths the are in disrepair. Reporter a cigars. So prized, johnnfq;w kennedy got a stash of more than 1,000 for himself, before imposing the embargo. Americans wi still be able to bring back 100 worth. That is about three cohiebens. Cubas best. That was Andrea Mitchell reporting. Critics question whether cuba is really ready for the american invasion, especially Internet Access for all cubans. More than 400 american troops head to syria to train rebels fighting isis. The pentagon is also sending hundreds of u. S. Support personnel to th region as well. Its not clear which branch of the military the forces will come from, but the Training Mission begins to the spring outside syria, turkey, qatar and saudi arabia whoa offered to host that training. Controveral comments from a man considered a run for president. Dr. Ben carson a retired neurosurgeon, popular among conservatives. He appeared to compare the terror group isis to american patriots. Speaking at the Republican National committees winter meeting on thursday, carson said that isis has the wrong philosophy, butre willing to die for what they believe. Afterwards carson said its ridiculous to say hes comparing the u. S. To isis. Carson has never Held Elected Office but has made gains in recent 2016 preiapos. Today we will get a better indication of whether mitt romney will run for president again. The former president ial candidate is speaking at the republican natiol committee winter meeting. That same meeting we just talked about in california. Romney said last week that she considering anotr run for president. He is repeating, at least, saying he is not interested in a third bid, though, in the past, but that could change. Romney also ran for the nomination, you may remember back in 2008. And for more on that speech that romney will make, were joined by a Political Writer for nbc news. Good morning. Good rn o ts is called brief remarks. How impta is this speech for romney . This meeti romney will be addressing is the Republican National commi wter meeting. Its a bunch of Party Insiders people who are very plugged in, talking about the 2016 race. He is going to make brief remarks here on the east coast, speaking about 7 00 west coast time. 10 00 here. This is maybe his last best chance to make his case for why he might want to run again. The news and gossip coming out of the meetinga cn has not been great for romney. Officials are saying behind closed doors even in public, were not shoe mitt romney will be the best f of the party. We think the nation is ready for somebody new and differ and mitt romney may not be the that person. Hell make case he is. Some thinking he could be a spoiler in an n election for republicans . Especially because there are so many strong candidates in the view of establishme republicces an in the view of the larger view of conservatives. A lot of people looking at this. It grur an ideaser in the Republican Party looking a jeb bush, Chris ChristieGovernor Scott walker in wisconsin. Lots of options. Talk about president obamas meeting today with british Prime Minister. At 12 20, a joint, going to conference. Whats the relationship like now . They have reportedly a very, very improving relationship. David cameron says the president calls him bro on the phone. Very close. The top of the agenda item one two, and three, the issue of terrorism. Something nio are concerned about especially in the wake of the terrorist attacks. Raids in belgium weve been hearing about. Both leaders are very interested in making sure were coordinating to m the travel of wouldbe terrorists and communicating a intelligence t prevent more attacks. That speech, together, joint News Conference coming up as we said at 12 20 this afternoon. Right. Thanks so much for being here. Have a great weekend. You too. For more from the rest of the nbc news polical team check out first read on nbcnews. Com. Sci screening of the movie selma is held in our area tonight. Who will be attending that special screening . Plus a 10 and 6yearold allowed to walk a mile home alone . Their parents call it free range parenting. Others call it neglect. The parents debate happening 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. Today prede obama hosts a special screening of the movie selma at the white house. The movie just earned two8risc oscar nods for best picture and best song. The cast and crew from that movie are expected to attend todays event. Those that have gone before us say, no more all no more no more. And oscar snub is fueling social media debate on racial fairness. Fans are outraged saying director ava duvernay should have earned a nod because she could have become the first africanamerican to compete for best director. Some say this years crop of nominees is the least diverse in nearly 20 years. The rne n ez al sharpton went over further calling the lack of diversity appalling and called an emergency meeting with studio l qq s next wehoyw in a few hours, fifth gradeers from a local Elementary School will recite dr. Martin luther king jr. s iconic i have a dream speech. An annual tradition. They will sing a few songs and it all begins at 1 00 p. M. Right now investigators trying to figure out what caused a College Student to fall out of a window and hit a person walking on a sidewalk. Plus Duke Universitys change in policy that is causing controversy. It has to do with where Muslim Students pnpv and our first look, sevenday forec coming up. A string of mild part of the forecast, i think, but youll find out for sure if you when you woke up temperatures webabl in the 20s in your neighborhood. Take a look right now. Were gettingse to the 40 degree mark in a lot of places. Storm team 4 metlost amelia segal joins us with a look at today, tomorrow and the rest of the whole weekend i hope. A brief e from the cold weve had for today, although it is breezy, even windy outside in spots. Winds now about 10 to 20 miles an hour. It doesnt feel much better outside. Windchill tempetu right now around 40 degrees at reagan. The cold air returns tonight. And we lose the wind, but down right chilly tonight and chilly tomorrow. Highs tomorrow dont make it out of the 30s. For sunday, there is a chance of rain in the forecast. As we look to next week, talking about a january thaw. Thats what were using to describe todays weather. If want to tweet about todays weather, postt on facebook, find me in both of those spots. Use iyd thises in your hash tag so question