live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> getting derailed cars back on track. this is a picture from sky 7 h.d. over sunol. this morning, new information about how the crowded commuter train left the rails. you can see it is still there this morning. >> i am kristen sze. >> i am reggie aqui. >> we will talk about the cause and romney indications but, first, what emergency responders heard. >> listen to the radio conversations as 9-1-1 calls started pouring in to the fire dispatch. they show a desperate effort. >> this is going to be difficult to access.

>> i need additional three ambulances at the location. >> they were dealing with 214 people on board the train. at one point you can hear emergency crews asking for more manpower. here is the latest on the number of people injured. two of the nine hurt are still in the hospital. they are expected to survive. a portion of the train as you can see is still lying on its side this morning. it hit a tree on the tracks at 7:30 last night. a spokesperson said that in the 17 years they have been running, this is a first. >> if you are not familiar with where the crash scene is, it is near sunol off niles canyon carry commuters from stockton and san jose and stops in between in santa clara, fremont, pleasanton, livermore, tracy. >> union pacific is on the scene with heavy equipment to put the lead ace car out of alameda creek but it is a tricky task to

pull off. this is a picture from sky 76 -- sky 7 of the effort. amy hollyfield is near the crash scene and talks with investigators. amy, we will start with you. >> reggie they are saying a mudslide caused this. they hope to is it cleared out of here by 4:00 this afternoon, an ambitious clear. they have a ways to go. they have cleared mud off the tracks. they have cranes in place to pull the car that is lying on its side in alameda creek out of here. first responders are also still thinking about the intense rescue effort that happened here. getting a look at the derailed train in the light of day was a shock for workers as they arrived this morning. many say they felt like they were looking at the set of a movie. >> unbelievable. you think the power of a train that is pushing the cars when they derail, and the train does not stop like a car, it keeps

going. that shift with the engine pushing the cars must have been terrifying. >> workers came up with a clean up plan. by daybreak they cleared three of the cars but moving the two derailed cars would pose quite a challenge. >> one car is down in the creek and they plan to bring it down parallel and bring it back up and try to rerail it. to see if they can rerail it and get it out of the tracks or on the tracks. >> the ace rain in san jose to stockton derailed at 7:30 in sunol along niles canyon road. nine people were hurt. four suffered serious injuries. everyone is expected to survive. at this point, investigators say it looks like recent rains triggered the cause of the derailment. >> there was a mudslide this caused the derailment. i don't know at what point the

exact hit the rail car or which rail car was hit first but there was a mudslide that had a tree, a big tree and it may have been the cause of the derailment. >> look at the current in the creek. first responders say it would be tough for a good swimmer and they cannot imagine trying to swim this in the dark with their work clothes on. there is great relief here that regulation cue crews got them out of the train window and up the side of the train so they could avoid this cold, fast-moving water. thank you, amy. this is niles canyon where the train derailed. well look in and you can see the front train car, right there in the water, right next to niles canyon road which is, of course, closed right now as a result. our coverage conditions with our reporter, live at the ace train station in pleasanton. janet, a big impact on both

train and scar commuters. >> yes. it certainly was. sometimes a day after the first day dealing with of a mat is the toughest. but pest ace riders knew of the closure and knew there was no train service. those that did not were getted by signs. like this. no sound of trains coming and going at the ace train, where many people board to head to san jose for work but michael this morning saw this message board alerting him that there would be no service. signs were also posted on the ticket box. >> i will have a long drive home tonight. i have traffic coming back here and it is pretty bad. >> drivers pulled and the packing lot surprised to see no one here but an ace employee and they turned around and hit the road, the morning land in a scramble. >> it is something, one more thing to worry about. >> she came prepared with a plan. >> we got a t at -- text at 9:00

saying there was derailment and looking for drivers and car pooling. >> for those who did not want to sit in traffic they stopped by the oldest diner a mile from where the train crashed and the correct. >> to see a car in the water, that was something else, too, a big deal. >> lucky it was not a big daily for the diaper to open we earlier than usual to drive fuel for the long way to work and back. >> making sure that everyone is full of coffee and ready to go for the day. >> any spokesperson said that they are taking it "day-by-day," but they hope to resume service in the next few days. janet, thank you are. our trace of the derailment continues on our website and tonight at 4:00 and 5:00 and 6:00 and you can get instint updates on

twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> we are seeing el nino move to the area with sunny conditions, clear skies right now. that can change in a few hours. meteorologist mike nicco is here to tell us when the rain will move through next. mike? >> i am hearing the rain is wrecking little league and it will come back and keep the fields soggy. the sunshine is moving through but in the north bay the moisture is moving here. around this area there are sprinkles penetrating the dry and low levels. this is the leading edge of the warm and moist air bringing us a better chance of rain in the evening and overnight hours and the first push fell apart the next couple of hours before the next push in the north by at 7:00. shear a look at what is going on in emeryville and the planner,

be ready across the not bay for a few sprinkles and a light shower with a better chance this evening. i will track it on the storm impact scale next. >> new this morning, a san francisco official has declared a safety emergency on homelessness. the supervisor said that the city has not done enough to help the more than 7,000 people who are live on the streets. just last week, workers sweep the area neither division street to get homeless people off the streets. he is asking the colleagues to allow the city to build more centers to help the homeless. >> new you may have noticed a special countdown clock in the corner of the screened to. that is the countdown to the total solar eclipse happening later on today. our reporter, tiffany wilson, is at the exploritorium where all of the action is. >> good morning, kristen. you can see the path, where the evening cheeps is going to be the best view.

hour, most of it goes over the pacific ocean and that is why the team here at the exploritorium had to get very creative to find a spot to broadcast the eclipse. it will look like midday at midnight in micronesia. it can be a warm day and it goes to night. and then half an hour later, daytime again. a strange feeling. ancient civilization kept reports of the eclipses and today the exploritorium is doing the same. robin is in charge of the webcast that will broadcast the eclipse live. the pacific ocean island is in the path of totality where the moon completely blocks out the sun. >> it is really exciting to be with people who have never experienced anything like this. >> today is the sixth broadcast since 1998 for the exploritorium team and this could be the most impressive undertaking yet. the 15-person craw flew from san

francisco to honolulu. they get another flight to gaum and took a last flight to another island and boarded a boat on a ferry to the atoll for a total of 63 hours covered 7,150 miles. the population of the atoll, is 400. they used the only pickup truck to transport 4,000 pounds of gather to the setup, a whom commitment requiring months of preparation. all to conditionture about four moneys of totality. >> the exploritorium has an educational component which is why we are here and not just for those in san francisco or the bay area but for the global community. so we can reap people not only in the united states but the bay area and all around the world. >> these are the glasses people in micro natasha use to look up at the sun during the eclipse, and a total solar eclipse is.

coming to the united states next year, from pacific northwest to the southeast so you will want these next august. >> i want them now. >> get it now. in the meantime, today, you can watch it right here. the entire total solar, solar eclipse is right here. "world news tonight," will move to 6:30 p.m. today. >> standing by the verdict in the trial of a century, a juror goes on the record after bombshell discovery of the knife on his former property. why the juror said his mind is still made up. >> a company is creative to ease gridlock on the dumbarton

>> this morning an original o.j. jury members reacts to the knife turned in, as evidence in the case. does that or new cable series about o.j. change the juror's mind? here is the interview. >> 22 years ago o.j. trial has audiences riveted. >> in five episodes in oregon's back in the public peoplery with a hit series the people vs. o.j. >> absolutely certain mrs. --%

not guilty. >> a flip down memory lane for a jury member who acquitted o.j., the 54-year-old said he stands by the verdict. >> what we were given do i think he did, yes there is a shot by on the other hand, the evidence did not prove it. >> last week what many thought was a new lead in the case caused a frenzy of interest all the actual is described as a knife. >> sources told abc that it isn't the murder weapon. as for david, his life post trial has never been the same. >> lost friends. people that i knew would not talk to me anymore. a couple of fistfights. >> over o.j.? >> yes. >> simpson is now in nevada prison for armed robbery and kidnapping related to the attempt to retrieve football memorabelia and is elgible for parole next year.

>> i bet we still have sun and meteorologist mike nicco is tracking the next round of rain. >> it will be seven days worth of rain in my seven-day forecast. i will show you a storm impact scale for each and give you an hour-by-hour look at the first one that is coming in, right now. >> and the dumbarton bridge is quit a headache for drivers and the idea facebook has to make gridlock a thing of

>> benicia. san ramon. san mateo. and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> a school board in president plume could be heated over this, parents and distribute officials squaring off on school-issued ipads. some say filters do not adequately block inproposes content. the district contends they are doing their best but admitted this is in way to block everything. they are urgeing parents to step up their own monitoring. the district was able to provide all 7,500 students with the ipads. >> we are learning more of the study facebook is funding to ease traffic on dumbarton bridge, located off the bridge if menlo park, will focus on whether to re-purpose the old rail bridge south of the dumbarton itself to be used by buses. facebook hopes a.c. transit and the san mateo and alameda transportation agencies will use the information to help with congestion.

it is an idea talked about before but maybe with some money it will move faster. >> anything that will ease the commute! >> our weather is happening every day but for today so everyone should enjoy the warm weather, not warm weather but the dry weather while they can. >> i have an headache. >> now, a look at what is going on from the top of the abc broadcast center. keep the umbrella handy. we need to have it. shear a look at the morning sunshine and the high clouds overtaking us. i thought we would take a look of the bright conditions because only in the south will we see more sunshine for the afternoon, as the clouds increase. here is what they are bringing to the north by. the radar returns look very impressive but i just checked the camera at petaluma and i did not she a drop reaching the lens or the ground. in fact, let me put this in motion and watch the yellows

disappear. reason why? the the air is so dry. this is a warm front, the lead edge of the warm moist air that will bring us significant rain over the next several days. there are sprinkles that are possible across the north bay while the rest of us just going to see increasing clouds today and temperatures are a little bit warmer than yesterday, and keep the umbrella happy, seven days, seven chances of rain starting with the north bay today and some of the systems will reap the moderate level open our storm-impact scale. temperatures today are upper 50s to low 60s in most areas and places like santa cruz and slow and oakland could reach the mid-60s. here is a look at our storm-impact scale with a ice look at what is going to happen with the storms from "1" light to "5" severe. the one tonight is going to affect the commute tomorrow more than anything else and leave less than half an inch of rain. i will show you the totals in consider neighborhood in a second. you can see the pert chance of light rain moving in at 9:00 and we will have drizzle with

periods of rain overnight, and steady during the morning commute and by 9:00 to noon you can see a drying trend and during the afternoon hours, it is just about over. there could be a few drop on the peninsula during the evening hours but overnight is when we get rain through tomorrow morning and a possible half inch in santa rosa which is the outliar. the storm is not going to do anything to lake tahoe but we have a chance of moderate snow on friday and sunday and heavy snow on monday. for us, look at this, thursday, friday, and monday, our strongest storms, moderate on the storm-impact scale so we could see a little bit of flooding and breezes. right new, it looks to be below damaging levels. when we get rain with the saturated ground the run off and the flooding is more of a concern. >> "dancing with the stars" the fans will get the big reveal with a look at all celebrities

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