"nightly news" is coming up next. good night. on this thursday night, on the tracks. we're right there with investigators on the day another victim is found in the amtrak wreckage. and tonight what the engineer at the controls is saying about what happened. feeling the heat. as rivals pounce all around him, jeb bush tries again to put on a firestorm over how he answered a question about the iraq war. dramatic drop. a spectacular new view of the water emergency in california. a critical source for millions vanishing before our eyes. and fighting skin cancer. a young woman's strong warning about what too much tanning did to her skin. her photos going viral. and tonight the little pill doctors say could reduce your risk. "nbc nightly news" begins right now. from nbc news

world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news," reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. the worst fears were confirmed amid the twisted scene of that derailed amtrak train in philadelphia. cadaver dogs discovering the body of yet another victim bringing the death toll to eight. and tonight comes late word that the engineer at the controls of the speeding train has agreed to speak to the ntsb. investigators also revealing data showing the train was accelerating shortly before it reached the fateful can curve, but unable to slow in time. nbc's tom costello leads our coverage again tonight from the crash scene. >> reporter: from track level today, just a few feet from the wreckage of train 188, amtrak crews are using front-end loaders to lay down new sections of track. it was here this morning that cadaver dogs found an eighth and final victim. 45-year-old robert gildersleeve of maryland. >> we believe that we have now accounted for

all 243 individuals that we believe were on amtrak train number 188 from tuesday night. >> reporter: also today, we learned more about the engineer at the center of the investigation. 32-year-old brandon bostian was an amtrak conductor before becoming an engineer in 2010. today his attorney told "good morning america" bostian was injured and doesn't remember the crash, had not been drinking or doing drugs, and his cell phone was turned off and in his bag, as required by amtrak policy. >> the last thing he recalls is coming to looking for his bag, getting his cell phone, turning it on and calling 911. >> reporter: the speed limit on the tracks at frankford junction is posted at 85 miles per hour slowing at 50 in the curve. but train 188 was traveling 106 miles per hour when the engineer slammed on the brakes. it was too late. the train actually went off the tracks right down there around the bend. it then careened all the way down the right-of-way. and in the process it took out four of these

high voltage electrical structures. the challenge now is to get all of this rebuilt. at the crash scene today, amtrak ceo, joe boardman. what do you say to the americans who ride this northeast corridor every single day and may be worried about -- >> this is a damn safe railroad. i mean tom, you know this is the first time in 28 years that we have had this kind of a derailment with a loss that we've had. >> reporter: while most of the train cars have been relocated to a rail yard in delaware tonight a single car and locomotive from rain 188 remain at the scene, as investigators continue to dig for answers. also tonight, the first lawsuit connected with this incident has been filed. amtrak hopes to reopen this section of the northeast corridor at least partially on monday. they're hoping for full service on tuesday if everything goes as planned. lester? >> all right, tom. thanks. as investigators try to figure out who or what is to blame here there are eight families grieving the loss of loved ones taken from them so suddenly.

mothers and fathers, sons and daughters being mourned tonight. nbc's rehema ellis tells us about them. >> reporter: it's the news bob gildersleeve gildersleeve's family dreaded. his wife and two teenage children learned today his body was found in the twisted train wreckage. >> please help me find my dad. >> reporter: the news comes the day after his family including his 13-year-old son was passing out missing person flyers hoping their loved one would be found alive. >> seven families are home now, making funeral arrangements. and i hope i'm not number eight. i pray to god i'm not number eight. >> reporter: now, along with his son's death is the news 47-year-old laura finamore from new york also died. a real estate executive whose smile could light up a room said her family. 42-year-old derrick griffith a dean at a college in new york being remembered by his students. >> i remember his smile. but most importantly, i remember the

positives, how he went out of his way to make sure that others were doing great. >> reporter: giuseppe piras also killed in the crash. so many heartbroken by the lives lost on amtrak train 188. >> the good doesn't go away. it stays. >> reporter: the mother of a toddler and only son devoted fathers, husbands and colleagues. eight lives tragically cut short on what was supposed to be a routine train ride. of 200 people injured in the crash, about three dozen remain hospitalized tonight. lester? >> rehema thank you. there was a new scare today aboard another amtrak train in milwaukee where the engine caught fire. with dozens evacuated to safety. it took firefighters to put the fire out. still no word how it started. thankfully no one was hurt. there is a growing search tonight in

nepal, where six u.s. marines on an aid mission vanished more than two days ago without a trace. still no sign of their chopper. nbc's katy tur is in nepal with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the search for the six marines and the two nepalis soldiers and their missing hui has stopped for the evening but it begins again in earnest in a few hours when the sun comes up. in total, four u.s. helicopters are scouring the terrain from above, and 663 nepalis soldiers from the ground. they're searching a ten-mile wide and 50 mile long corridor which may not seem like that great an area until you consider the landscape. marine officials tell nbc news the him lay as are the most challenging on the planet with pockets of changing weather and cloud layer that decreases visibility. not to mention, hundreds of landslides every day. on board the hui, a gps, flares and strobes. it's unknown if any

were used. none were seen. and lester as of now, all of the families of the missing have been notified. >> katy tur in kathmandu tonight. tonight, isis has released a new audio message, purportedly from its leader al baghdadi who hasn't been heard from publicly in months. it comes amid speculation he was killed or badly wounded in an air strike last year. analysts say the message may be designed to push back on speculation that the group's strength may be weakening as it fights on multiple fronts. president obama sought to ease fears over arab nations with the proposed nuclear deal with iran. he invited them to camp david for talks with a notable absence of saudi arabia's king who pulled out of the summit last week sending his nephew instead. the president vowed to stand by each of these countries with the use of military force if necessary. and while the president was away there was a commotion outside the white house today. a man arrested officials say, after

trying to launch a drone outside the white house fence. it's not yet clear if the man was trying to launch the drone over the fence or take aerial photos from outside the perimeter. jeb bush is making another attempt at getting out of a hole he dug himself in with remarks about the iraq war. he took a third stab today at answering this question. given what he knows now, would he have authorized the war as his brother did. nbc's can kelly o'donnell has more on bush's evolving answers. >> reporter: today in arizona, jeb bush tried to clean up a political mess of his own making. >> knowing what we know now, what would you have done. i would have not engaged, i would not have gone into iraq. >> reporter: but that's a huge flip from what he said on monday. >> knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion? >> i would have. and so would have hillary clinton, just to remind everybody. >> reporter: saying he had misinterpreted the question bush tried again tuesday with radio host sean hannity.

>> so in other words, if in 2020 hindsight, you would make a different decision. >> yeah i don't know what that decision would have been. that's a hypothetical. the fact is mistakes were made. >> reporter: republican rivals seized on bush's wavering. >> knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion of iraq? >> of course not. >> i don't think you can honestly say that if we knew then that there was no wmd that the country should have gone to war. >> reporter: fair or not, he is taking heat for his brother's policies. bush admits he is reluctant to criticize the former president, even when he disagrees. after a shaky week where bush tried to choose his words carefully, he tush turned heads again when he said this. >> i'm running for president in 2016. >> reporter: but wait bush not ready to formally launch a campaign tried to clarify by being less definitive today. >> are you running for president? >> i'm seriously considering it.

thank you guys. >> reporter: and beyond family loyalty, governor bush said he did not want to diminish the service of veterans and their families by denouncing the war, and emphasised today their sacrifices in iraq were in fact worth it. lester? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. on the west coast, california's drought is only intensifying as the state is entering the hottest months of the year. tonight, nbc news has used a drone to capture exclusive images that will drive home the severity of the drought in a way you have never seen before. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer is in northern california for us. miguel? >> reporter: lester good evening. lake oroville is symbolic of the drought out west. this is the second largest reservoir in this region. it's been just a few minutes here and you will quickly see why the outlook is grim. it can hold three-and-a-half million acre feet of water. this massive lake a critical water supply for our daily lives from drinking to

irrigation even fighting fires. the water is pumped to cities like san francisco and los angeles. the shoreline in oroville spans 167 miles, and that's where you see it most. the dramatic water loss is exposing a vast terrain of brown hills and valleys that used to be submerged. california's drought is changing our landscape. during the good years, you can see the waterline just below this bridge. but after a crippling dry spell, now four years long the water is dropping every day. plunging some 150 feet. and it's not just oroville in trouble. every major reservoir in california and there are 12 scattered across this state, plays a major role in water supply and distribution. but water levels are at historic lows and they're dropping every day. many like this reservoir are operating at just a fraction of capacity.

california is in a state of emergency. even the occasional rain won't put a dent in the current drought. water levels at reservoirs across the state won't rise any time soon. it's replen earned here by rainfall and the melting snow pack. the forecast calls for neither of those. so california's drought shows no sign of ending any time soon. miguel almaguer nbc news lake oroville california. tonight we are hearing a panicked call for help from a father in massachusetts, realizing he did what could be considered every parent's worst nightmare. he absent mindedly left his child in the car, then boarded a train to work pleading for help to rescue her when he suddenly realized what he did. nbc's erica hill reports. >> reporter: a frantic 911 call on board a boston commuter train. >> i left by accident my toddler in my suv at north quincy

station. >> reporter: you left what? the moment the father of two realizes he left his baby in his suv. >> i left my 1-year-old baby in my suv by accident. this morning. at north quincy station. i'm on my way back to the station now. >> reporter: the man who asked not to be identified dropped his 4-year-old daughter at school. parked and boarded the train. his 1-year-old sleeping in the back seat. the ride takes about 25 minutes. while walking to work he realized he left the baby in the car. jumped back on a train, and called 911. >> i have a gentleman on the phone, he's on the train, he left his 1-year-old baby inside a black saturn view. >> okay we've got help on the way there, okay. i'll meet them there as soon as i can. >> reporter: police freed the unharmed baby and no charges have been filed. >> this is probably the first i've ever seen someone completely forget a child and getting on the red line and going all the way into boston. >> reporter: nationwide 11% of

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behind the grand piano. i recently spend some time with him and thought you might like to as well. listen. ♪ and forget for a moment that he is only 11. because at any age, joey alexander is turning heads in the world of jazz. >> in a way, it's like watching michael jordan play basketball. where there's just so much freedom, and the sky is the limit. >> he was born in indonesian. his parents, jazz lovers. >> when i was in my mother's room i would listen to jazz. ♪ playing piano since age 6, he is virtually self-taught. joey's music ultimately caught the attention of jazz legends, like herbie hancock and win ton marcellus. what melodies do you like to play? >> first was a song by felonious monk. >> you played felonious monk at 6?

can you play a few bars of that? >> sure. everybody knows. ♪ joey calls jazz a language. >> for me jazz is about freedom. freedom to express yourself. when you improvise, you make it up slowly. i love playing with other people. >> you play and i'll catch in. it was all the invitation this amateur musician needed. ♪ what's it like being in front of the crowd? >> happy and maybe a little bit -- i want to make the audience feel good when i play. >> you've had a pretty amazing life for 11 years old. >> thank god. >> what do you want next? >> for me i just want to keep playing. keep playing includes a gig at the newport jazz festival this summer for joey. that's going to do it for us on this thursday night.

i'm lester holt. for all of us at "nbc nightly news," thank you for watching and goodnight.

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