more now on the breaking thus out of philadelphia, where an amtrak passenger train derailed. several cars from the north-east regional 188 headed to new york. they appear to have happened on the nearby side. there's a number of injew juries, we -- injuries, we do not have fatalities confirmed. what do you have? >> train number 188 left

washington d.c. after 7:00p.m. and was due to arrive at 10:34. news of the crash came in before 10 o'clock eastern time. there were 240 passengers and betweenate and 10 cars have derailed. we don't know if that's the entire train or there werate or 10 cars. we'll find out as the hours come by. the accident happened outside of the city of philadelphia within the boundary of the city. it's the frank ford section of philadelphia, and there were reports that 50 people had been hurt and those hurt were taken to a hospital facility to the aria health frank ford facility. the train is as you were looking at it now, you can't see clearly, because, of course it is dark. that is one of the busiest stretches of railroad certainly in the country, if not the

world. it's the north-east corridor line. the track is owned by amtrak at this point. and amtrak have been saying to years and years and years that they need more money to upgrade the track and we hear now that the national transport safety board is on the way. they'll be there before the morning and look into key aspects of what may have caused the derailment affecting the carriages, signals and the track. we have a report from the associated report. he describes it as all of a sudden the train desell rated, like someone slammed the break. everything shook stuff was flying, and it happened in a flash second. he saw passengers scoping and as reported, the front of the train, which is where the worst damage was, the front of the

train was mangled and it's been described as a file of metal. lisa stark covered transportation for years. she's on the phone. have you learnt anything from your many sources in the transportation world? >> i think at this point everyone is - it's speculation as it often is after these things happen we will not know much until the light of day. the n.t.s.b. says the go team investigators will arrive on the scene first thing in the morning and look to see what they can figure out. they are also en route to philadelphia, and by the way service is suspended. amtrak suspended all service between new york and philadelphia and as john mentioned, it's a busy corridor 11.6 11.6 people took. the n.t.s.b. will set up

different working groups. the railroad will be part of investigation, and the union representing the engineers. he'll look at the speed, the rail - there are data recorders on the trail, they'll be able to tell when was the break applied how fast was the train going, all the details helping to map out exactly what was going on in the seconds before this train came off the rail we are looking at pictures from earlier tonight. and almost seeming desperation of people searching the scene, and we see that mangled file of mettle and we don't know what that is. if it was a car from the train. or what it was. we'll bring you updates throughout the hour. let's turn to our other top

story. for the second time in less than three weeks nepal is reeling from another earthquake. the 7.3 is responsible for dozens of deaths and injuries scores of buildings collapsed. it was centered with a town popular with trekkers heading to mount everest. andrew simmonds has the details from kathmandu. >> reporter: reliving a nightmare, when people had begun to believe they had returned to something of normality. crush injuries, head injuries, fractures. some of the medical staff are in shock as well. this may not have been as big ag the last, but the hospitals are overwhelmed again. no one wants to be in a building when what follows is half-a-dozen aftershocks.

this man ran an orphanage when he was hurt. >> i tried to jump out the building. i got hurt. my children were crying. >> reporter: this is a landslide caused by the aftershock in the north of the country, an area cleared after previous landslides. remarkably no one was hurt. parliament was in session when the quake shock. after a few seconds of disbelief deputies started running from the chamber. outside the panic, with people trying to get through on cellphones with relatives and friends to tell them they are alive. >> it was shaking like this. everyone started running. everyone left and went to an open area. the place is dangerous. we have to leave. >> translation: people have become scared in their minds. they don't know how they'll life, eat and work. going into the building, we don't know what will happen. >> reporter: search teams found themselves trying to saif lives again in the rubble that were homes.

many more in rural areas to the east of kathmandu, near the epicentre. as if one quake was not enough. this was a family home. a search team is deploying. this was a 19 storey apartment block, now destroyed. there is a high level of fear. in some cases sheer terror that exists now. many people are fleeing the capital. but they'll find little comfort out of the city a u.s. marine corp helicopter with eight on board are missing. 6 marines and two nepalese soldiers were on board. they were helping with relief efforts and were last heard from after delivering satisfies in eastern nepal on tuesday. the chopper may have had a fuel problem, there's no indications it crashed. stereo screr -- secretary of state

john kerry met with his counterpart and the president in russia. rory challands is there. >> reporter: john kerry's first engagement was at the war memorial. president obama shuns russia's victory day celebrations. this was the u.s. government's opportunity to honour russia's role in defeating the nazis. then at least eight hours of diplomacy began, first a meeting with foreign minister sergey sergey lavrov and then to the vladimir putin's residence to talk with vladimir putin. iran syria, yemen, libya and ukraine, a long list of talking points, and it's a sign of how fraud u.s. russian relations are. that just talking was the goal. >> this was an important visit at an important time. we didn't come with an expectation that we were going to define a specific path forward with respect to one

crisis or another, or have a major breakthrough. we came here purposely to have a full dialogue with russia's leaders much >> reporter: peace was the lion share of discusses. the u.s. made it clear that normal diplomatic relations depended on finding it. >> if and when minsk is fully implemented, us and eu sancitons could roll back. >> reporter: vladimir putin left without speaking to the press, his foreign minister tasked with articulating russia's position. >> translation: one of the key issues of our discussions was the crisis in ukraine. there were contradictions about the origins, and our assessment in the way it is developing. we share the view that it's only

possible to solve the issue through an implementation of the minsk agreement. >> reporter: the considerable progress on a nuclear deal with can be achieved when u.s. and russia's interests align. that's a bright star in a dark sky. despite gamely talking up their agreements, washington and moscow have more that divides them. make what you want of the diplometic gifts, russian quotations and a briefcase, some potatos, tomatos and a patriotic t-shirt for john kerry syrian activists say 28 died in a barrel bomb attack in aleppo government helicopters targeted a bus depot in a rebel held neighbourhood. the government used crude devices as part of an aerial

campaign. amnesty international says barrel bomb attacks killed more than 3,000 people in aleppo alone last year philadelphia mayor michael knutter has gone to the scene of the train crash and is holding a news conference. let's listen in. >> the fire department is in command of this scene, resulting in 33 appa rat u 130 firefighters and person responded. this went to a level three mass casualty incident. 243 individuals on the train. five of whom are amtrak employees. unfortunately we can confirm at least five individuals decreased. this is a preliminary estimate. trains seven cars, including the engine are in various stages of disarray turned over, upside

down on their side. we are still investigating what is going on. a total of 200 police personnel responded to the incident as well. most individuals were able to walk off of the train. many were transported. you'll get that from the fire department. n.t.s.b. n.t.s.b., the national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel as you see, the gentleman standing next to me on the scene as well. full response. fire, police department of homeland security. s, pter amtrak and the state police. i have talked to governor wolf and his chief of staff. they are concerned and have given support. all agencies actively engaged. i've been on the tracks on the scene with my staff. it is a disastrous mess.

never seen anything like this in my life. this was a northbound train from washington d.c. to new york city. many of the folks do in the live in philadelphia. we have information in record to how people can get information on loved ones. that will come from sam phillips. director of office of emergency management. >> sure, as the mayor said we are working to peace everything together. people with loved ones should go to the elementary school we have a team ready to support, the n.t.s.b. is in support, we'll work with our colleagues in washington d.c. to piece together the in fact. if you are local, start at webster, we'll provide additional information. >> fire department? >> as the mayor said at 9:38 fire department responded and

encountered six overturned trains, we struck the second alarm and declared a mass casualty. 9:35 we struck the third alarm. 10:34, the third. that brings 33 apparatus, and 134 personnel. it's a level 3 incident, 18 meddy groups were on the scene. we have a total of six critical areas. that includes temple university einstein charles dale and harma mon, and a total of 43 transport, buses and units for less critical injuries others are walking wounded. >> police department. >> mr charles ramsay here. we have slightly more than 200 officers responding to the scene. once this occurred. we held over the four to 12 unit, we called in a shift

early, there was a recall of other areas. the city was covered for formal pat really. we brought in extra people in extended shift. we used turn quay we'll have in fact information tomorrow. in terms of how many of those giss were used during this. as the mayor said everyone is here and responding the investigation continues. >> amtrak. >> amtrak focus is working with the local responders to support their needs and make sure passengers and crew receive the assistance they need. for those that have families that have passengers that are concerned. amtrak has an emergency hot line. the number is 18005239101.

call that number if you are concerned that you have a family member or relative on the train. we can work with you to verify that. the north-east corner is shut down, and we'll be focused on bringing it back to service, once the team is clear tore amtrak to begin work. >> hold on for a second. two last pieces of information. the fire department is in command on this scene. all information, again, is preliminary, and we'll do our best to answer any questions, but i need to you to understand if we don't have the information, we will not speculatement we do not know what happened here or why this happened. there's no information about that. we will not speculate about it. we'll try to answer other questions that you might have. go ahead. >> reporter: how many people are hospitalized what is the nature of their injuries? >> six were critical. a total of 53 were transported

by either medic units or buses. they were also critical. six critical confirmed. most on the front of the train, can you tell us where. throughout the train there's injuries east and west. earlier reports, we had over 50 self-evacuation on the east, and 100 in the west. as we established casualty collection areas, we tracked the victims and get them to the hospital. some were able to dash >> reporter: tell us about the state of some train cars. the mayor said they were devastating. >> i have never seen anything so devastating they have derailed from the track, the aluminum shell is destroyed. it's devastating. >> reporter: can you talk about the difficulty getting to the victims by fire and police. >> special operations are o on the scope. we have elements of pa task

force one in service. most people were able to self-evacuate. that helped us. the ones trapped, special operations put hydraulic tools into service. secondary searches are under way to make sure we have everyone out of there. special operations are doing a tremendous job. >> did you have to cut some of the railcars. >> absolutely, we used the hydraulic tools to get to those that could not self evacuate. the train cars overturned. there's a bunch of debris sharp object. there's a dangerous situation, dangerous for the riders. we got them out with hydraulic forces. >> at that point did you have everyone out of the train. >> i can't speculate on that. >> we need to match-up the manifest from this train with individuals that walked off or were transported. the five at least that i confirmed, based on a preliminary investigation that

we know are diseased. we will not try to speculate at the moment. the - any comparison between the number that we believe were on the train as compared to where everyone else is at this moment. let us do our investigation. we have train cars that are overturned on their side ripped apart. it is a devastating scene down there, we walked the length of the train area and the engine completely separated from the rest of the train, and one of the cars is perpendicular to the rest of the cars. it's unbelievable. >> they are the manifest indicated how many were on the train? >> at the moment a total of 243 individuals. five we believe are amtrak employees, that's the conductor, an engineer, other person and the rest are passengers. that's a preliminary estimate.

until we get a man quest, we will not be able to do that. sorry, what. >> reporter: were you able to talk to the passengers being evacuated while you were up there? >> no, i saw individuals standing in the street. i did not - they needed medical personnel. that's all we have at the moment. that's all we got. that's all we got. >> reporter: thank you very much. >> that's the latest we have been listening to the mayor of philadelphia and other first responders describing the scene of the amtrak train crash. it was a train headed from washington d.c. to new york. they believed 243 were on board, including five amtrak employees. five have died six people are in critical condition. again, these are early estimates from the fire chief there. he said 53 people were transported in addition to the six critical ones to area hospitals. he said most of the people were

able to self-evacuate. but they had to extricate people that were trapped. that search were underway to make sure everyone is out of the trains. we'll stay with the story throughout the night. doctors studying one of the americans who survived ebola made a stunning discovery months after he discovered. they were treating dr ian crossier for eye pain after being declared ebola free. the virus challenged his eye colour from blue to clean. an anti--i viral medication helped him to regain his site. the inside of the eye is not connected it the immune systems, that's how they were able to survive. dr crossier, it's good to see you and see that you are doing well. when you went back to emory to see what was going on with your eye, were you surprised it was

ebola. >> i was absolutely surprised. when i left the hospital after six weeks, there were a lot of things on my mind. i was focused on getting stronger, learning to walk physically and other ways as a survivors. in early december when i developed severe inflammation in the front of my left a it was apparent that this would be aggressive and seize. four days in my opthalmologist using a small needle tapped some of the fluid from inside the eye and we were surprised to find the eye was teaming with high levels of active and viable ebola virus. we'd had a hint in the mid 1990s of mild eye disease after ebola in survivors, but this was mild. eyes weren't tapped and my eye was clearly a different animal. >> because we are seeing the same problem with a lot of survivors in africa. >> we are, indeed.

in fact, one of the reasons i started paying attention to some mild eye symptoms was the fact that in canama where i worked we were seeing patients 30-40% of them complaining of eye symptoms. understanding what that disease process is a different story. there were early red flags. even after the treatment, you thought you had lost vision in the eye permanently. . >> yes . my first concern hearing that was i might have transmitted to my family or girlfriend. as we talk about the virus, my tear fluid and outside of the eye was negative with the same test. it's important to state that the risk - there's no risk of casual transmission or casual contact with an ebola survivor, and it shouldn't add to the stigma that they are struggling with.

in the next three weeks, my left eye went from a baseline of 2016 to 2100, and three weeks later i couldn't see two fingers six inches in front of the eye, i was completely blind. so around the time of christmas, i had been receiving topical steroid drops and high dose oral steroids but i was admitted to the same bed at emory, and underwent experimental treatment. that included a periocular steroid injection. after that, as i said, when i went home for the new year, i spent time with my family, i was convinced i lost the eye completely. >> you were sick. some people said you are the sickest person to have had ebola and survive.

>> i'm not sure that's completely true. certainly people called me the sickest - potentially the sickest survivor ever. i, within the first week of my illness at emory i developed multi-system organ failure. my lungs failed, my kidneys and liver failed. emory gave me a level of care that had not been provided. they changed the game. in a sense they were walking on the moon. what we have seen in my eye may reflect the fact that i should have died at that time, and i survived and we are seeing things pop up in me that will not be typical of most ebola patients. you spoke about how we had to learn to walk again. the outbreak was so large, we have more survivors than before. how much do we know about the serious long-term effects of the disease? >> yes. that's a great question.

the issues are broader than the eye. my colleague wrote recently that even when it's over, it's not over. in addition with the eye i struggled with fatigue, i have an arthritis of my back and other joint. i struggle with my brain, with short-term memory and problems finding my words. i lost most of the hearing in my left ear. the truth is there are other scars, but i'm not so different between 10-15,000 west african survivors struggling with a new set of issues after they have - in a sense, been cured. we know it's not cured from ebola. this is not a new disease, but in a sense, it never had a spotlight as it does now, and there's a great deal of work to do to provide care for survivors, and they may need long-term care, and to build capacity in west african talent on the ground to care for the survivors, and to learn about

what, in some senses is a new disease. more with the doctor tomorrow at nine. recapping the breaking news - at least five were killed when amtrak train 188 heading from washington to new york derailed in philadelphia around 9:30 eastern time. dozens were injured, six critically. 238 passengers and five crew members were on board. several cars derailed. the national transport safety board says it's activating a team. amtrak says the service is suspended through new york and philadelphia. al jazeera will update throughout the night on air and at aljazeera.com. om-antonio mora, thanks for joining us. -- i'm antonio mora thank for joining us. goodnight.

the defense minister has been exeexeuded for disrespecting the leader. world news, and also ahead fear and panic in nepal as the aftershock kills dozens of people. they're talking again, the u.s. says that, sanctions on russia, could be lifted, if the ukraine peace deal is honored. a