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-- abc 7ewschannel 8 news, this is a news update. >>rks that amtrak train -- and amtrak train derailed on i-5 off the bridge. >> 75 people were on the train as a trailed and the video and pictures we are getting are jaw-dropping. the amtrak train derailed near tacoma, little

time. at least one of the cars -- train cars is dangling from the overpass on i-5. we see the cars backed up as a result. we understand that i-5 is completely shut down. at this point, it is unclear how many people are hurt, but we do understand according to pierce county authorities out of there are injuries on the train. first responders are responding to the incident as a mass casualty event. we are looking at live pictures from seattle, washington. train, oneing at the or two cars are on the interstate right now as we speak. it's a big-time breaking news event and we will keep you posted with the latest details as we get them into the newsroom. i'm q mccray.

i know we are done. we don't know what time, nobody knows anything. >> finally, the lights are on and plans can take flight after an 11 hour power outage grounded flights and it landed hartfield jackson airport handling people stranded in frustrated last night. suzanne kennedy is live this morning with reaction from passengers flying into our area from atlanta. suzanne: good afternoon, adriana. inspent much of the morning dulles, and is similar to what we saw. if you take a look behind is at the arrival board. 210hwest flight to 10 -- was supposed to arrive at 10:00 and now 4:35 is the arrival time. impact is for people w

connecting flights. this all started around 1:00 yesterday afternoon. that's when there was an underground fire that knocked out power to the busiest airport. an 11 hour with no power. sleeping, this morning in dulles, the first flight in was canceled. that was supposed to arrive at 10:00 -- at 7:00 this morning and many passengers were truly relieved to be other final destination after a long day and a very long night. in the dark for a while, but they got floodlights out, eventually got that set up for us. people were sleeping where they could. i slept on the baggage claim. i would argue one of the more comfortable spots out of most of them. walk from each concourse, no trains were working. people were trying to be booked on available

think they're going to get out today. airlines arebig trying to help out air travelers by waving change fees if they are flying through atlanta. done, damageeady that's going to be hard to govern from. reporting live, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. adrianna: we are seeing the damage done by a fire. word on what sparked the fire. also happening today, and other possible wrinkle your travel plans. contracted workers at dulles are announcing a potential strike, saying they will walk off the job if their employer does not given the right to join a union. workers say they will announce whether they are striking today 2:00 p.m.m. --

expect. steve is here to rick the forecast. steve: belle haven country club is quiet and dry, sunshine for right now. if you are moving through the afternoon hours, make sure you grab your sunglasses, reston, 52 degrees, 54 in fredericksburg, down 44 in annapolis. cooler breeze over cooler waters of the bay is keeping them down. woodbridge of 55 degrees. and cloudsnd radar, in washington county in hagerstown, mainly sunny around the d.c. metro area of relative in maryland. clouds roll in as we have to the afternoon hours, but temperatures are going to soar with wind out of the south, southwest. looking at daytime highs that eventually make it into the lower to middle 50's. cooling down for this evening, we are tracking a strong cold front that set to arrive late tomorrow night into early wednesday morning. we are looking ahead to the expanded christmas weekend. more on that in just a few minutes. adrianna:

tensions are growing between president trump's legal team and special counsel robert mueller. trumpk transition -- a transition spokesman says the emailsion obtained illegally. >> what else? are you surprised? >> with the president critical of emailselopments requested and obtained by the special counsel investigating rush madly in the 2016 election. president trump: they are spending millions of dollars and there's absolutely no collusion. >> no word on what the team a specificallyg that looking for, but attorney is crying foul, letting the males were improperly provided to the special counsel. >> that argument borders on frivolous. it's from their server. government documents, it's very clear when you begin the

of privacy. the federal criminal probe. i don't think that's a real serious argument. >> one legal analyst says one serious argument, citing attorney-client privilege and some of the emails. the spokesman rejected allegation of wrongdoing, saying when we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner's consent or appropriate criminal process. >> republicans should and their concerted effort to undermine the credibility of the mueller investigation. week, the lawyers expect to meet face-to-face. white house officials and suggested the recitation is almost older, but mueller steam innot indicated that, especially after the guilty plea. is preparinggress for a big win on the republican tax bill president trump is supposed to sign that bill into law as early as tomorrow. in the final p

if he signs the bill by december 31, the changes would take effect by next year. senator john mccain is back in his home state of verizon a after being released from walter reed. that means he will miss this week's article tax vote, but his absence shouldn't affect the outcome, because the gop does have a 52-48 majority in the senate. mccain has been hospitalized for side effects of his cancer treatment. he's now recovering at the mayo clinic arizona and says he looks forward to going back to washington in january. developing right now, i fast moving fire ripping throw home right before the holiday. john gonzalez has more on the investigation into how the fire started. john: this was a violent fire in virginia as the single family home has significant damage. take a look at the side of the home, just destroyed. the neighbor, checking her own

her home. walk with his a couple of feet, you can see the roof of the home was exposed with a gaping hole. fire investigators tell us the below the areast around the front porch. take a look at some of the video we captured last night as fire crews arrived. they surrounded this area, with a lot of equipment and trucks on this roadway. drive. burnside landing when they arrived, the notice the flames shooting out of the were porch, two people inside. they were able to escape and flames spread very quickly. controlt the fire under in about 30, 35 minutes. we can still hear the smoke alarms going off. the people of alone, in the 50's or 60's. we are told they came rushing over to the neighbor's home, knocking on the door.

and then saw fire. front dooran see the with a sign letting everyone know this home is condemned. you seal the debris in the driveway. fire investigators today will still try to figure out exactly what caused this devastating fire last night. in burke, virginia abc 7 news, john gonzales abc 7 news,. adrianna: coming up, keeping a close eye on breaking news coming out of washington state, is a live pictures in tacoma, washington, about 40 minutes outside of seattle. a lot of authorities on the scene after a train derailed. it is a train cars or hanging off the highway onto i-5. authorities are treating this as a mass casualty event. we'll keep you up-to-date on the other set of the break. here's a check of traffic with eric smith. eric: afternoon. mostly quiet ride around the nation's

the capital building a connecticut avenue. with the mormon temple in the background, the main story today will be 66 eastbound in from leesburg pike and ellis connected road. the roadwork project in the left lanes. a little bit slow and fairfax as well. be aware of those delays and if you are up on 270 today with no big backups so far. you should be in good shape, keep an eye out for later delays on 95. for now, that's also a good stretch. that's all from the traf

adrianna: so following breaking news happening in washington state. an amtrak train

has derailed in tacoma, washington, about 40 minutes outside of seattle. on your screen, you can see there are several train , anddangling on the i-5 major quarter were in the northwest the connect everything from and cooper to portland and all the cities in between. pierce county sheriff's officials say there are injuries and casualties reported. they say several cars on i-5 or hit by falling train cars. to certainly had injuries and no word on how many motorists, about 70 people are so were on that amtrak train, and right now we do know the federal railroad administration has investigators are out to the scene. authorities are treating this as a mass casualty situation. once we get more information, we will be updating it throughout the show. now, tavisright smiley firing back over accusations of misconduct after he was suspended from his cbs talk show. he joins a growing list of men who have been

resigned have or have been fired amid sexual misconduct allegations. here's abc's linsey davis trade. : he's an award-winning host known for hard-hitting questions. you think the government assistance outstrips the billions of dollars generated by the work done by a document to the workers. linsey: he is hitting back against allegations of sexual misconduct. , in aave never grouped properly exposed myself, or coursed any colleague in the workplace, ever, in my 30 year career. vigorously defending himself after pbs indefinitely suspended his tradition while investigating allegations smiley engaged in sexual relationships with multiple subordinates. some of those people reportedly claimed they believe their jobs depended on their sexual relationship with smiley, and that the host create a verbally abusive and threatening environment. >>

investigation without even telling me about it. pbs's following receipt of complaints, cbs hired an independent law firm to conduct an investigation, and we stand by its integrity, saying the investigation revealed multiple sexual relationships with subordinates over many years, and other acts that together constitute a pattern of conduct inconsistent with the values and standards of pbs. retail giant walmart from a major sponsor, says they are troubled by the recent allegation will be cutting ties with smiley, pending the outcome of the investigation. as the fallout continues for the 53-year-old broadcaster, he says pbs rushed to judgment and trampled on reputation he spent a lifetime trying to establish. >> is time for a real conversation in this country about where the lines are and about how men and women can engage each other in the workplace. mills entertainment confirms there are no longer moving forward with smiley's death of a

2014 book. put all ofsays they his project on hold, pending an internal review. a critical deadline about shipping, as we hit the holiday shopping home stretch. today is the absolute last day to know your gifts in time for christmas using amazon standard shipping. it's also the last day for ups three day shipping. the other major deadline is tomorrow, tuesday is the most popular cutoff date for retailers to ensure your packages arrive in time. after that, you have to pay more for extra shipping with most sellers. that can be an arm and a leg. the good news is the weather is not stopping anyone from getting to their destination in our area. steve: exactly. it's gorgeous. if you like temperatures that are in the 50's, you have two days to enjoy it, and then tomorrow night, we are tracking the storm -- a stronger cold front.

looking gorgeous over the national harbor. look how busy it is, when it's cold, everyone likes to stay indoors. today's the day you pull out the sunglasses and put on a comfortable fleece. looking good for now. take a little we have in terms of temperatures. for some reason, this clicker as outlined to cooperate with me. we will see exactly what's going on as we advance forward here. and show you temperatures that are mainly in the 50's and we are looking at temperatures that are going to eventually rebound into the upper 50's as we head to the later afternoon hours and temperatures are going to stay -- let's get this in motion. this is national harbor for you. we will speak to this forecast. it's a good one for at least the next couple of days. west of the weather

graphic show 52 degrees and ellis, 52 manassas, 52 in winchester and the cold spot in western maryland, we are in the middle 40's. cooler air north and west of us and we will have backed the desk for breaking news. adrianna: you want to take you out of tacoma, washington, the sheriff's offices having a press conference updating the media about that train derailment. >> pierce county and they are all working in a preplanned operation, which is to get the survivors out and to the hospital. and if they are fatal, they let to deal with those later. its early on, do you have any idea when you say multiple fatalities, does that mean dozens? >> at this point, we told her multiple fatalities. i've heard a lot of different numbers, we are not confirming anything. >> do not many cars are involved in the train? >>

that was at troyer with the pierce county sheriff's office having us move off the on ramp, we're going to try and stay with this as we are moving down the way just a little bit. is a tense situation, we want to be in the way of any emergency crews the need to get through, we're not just talking about suvs and four runners, we are talking about heavy equipment that needs to get to this area. there are multiple train cars involved in this that we can't even see from the vantage point where we are, at least another three or four on the other side of the break. they are getting multiple different reports of fatalities, they are not going to put an exact number on how many fatalities they are dealing with at this point. the triage center we have been talking about a focusing on in that area, we have seen people as i was saying who have been able to walk off the train themselves and they are being treated and some are being transported to the hospital as well. they are

variety of injuries as well. adrianna: we are listening in on a report from our sister station in seattle, washington. but we understand from authorities there is their main priority right now is to get survivors out and then to kind of triage the injured people on the scene and get the most important wants to the hospital immediately. the do say there are multiple fatalities in this, but they don't have an exact numbers and they are not confirming anything at this hour. there are multiple train cars on the other side of the bridge that have fallen off of the tracks and flipped over. we don't have the best vantage point, we are told that there are several train cars that have fallen off the tracks. you can see in this picture here to the right side of your screen there is one that is hanging onto i-5. there are several motorists on the interstate who were injured. no word yet on fatalities

the people who down our lome. we understand there are multiple fatalities for people on the train cars. 70 people were on the amtrak train this morning editorial that around 10:30 our time. ,t's a major thoroughfare, i-5 a major highway in northwest california that connects parts of vancouver to portland. is a major thoroughfare, very busy at this hour. authorities are told are treating this as a mass casualty situation. once we get more information, we'll bring that to you periodically. stay with us. more of abc 7 news

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springtime in the middle of december. a lot warmer this week than last week. i was taking on this trend? we continue it tomorrow with even warmer temperatures, not cold front late tomorrow night. high today back in the lower to middle 50's with a good amount are outine and as you and about, and it you have sunglasses and a warm jacket, the overnight low of mostly cloudy skies and we stay dry. 40's, and a lower then today or tomorrow, looking and added sunshine cluster the west of us. tomorrow is the day to do it, because it's going to be gorgeous with temperatures well above average for this time of year, approaching that 60 degree mark. the average high for this time of year is 46 degrees. 50 and breezy on

, a cold front moves through late wednesday morning. winter40's, we welcome and daylight hours begin to expand from that point forward. friday at around 50, saturday a busy travel day is a lot of folks get out of town, a 30% chance of showers and sunday and monday we have computer models that we use for forecasting the weather. they are battling it out right now and we are going with tim just lower 50's on monday, and a chance for a few showers on tuesday. to busy day for shopping malls and another one is evaluating what they see for christmas or hanukkah and saying i'm going to make a different choice than the present giver had. adrianna: or maybe regifted for somebody's birthday. steve: they are like

about for so long. adrianna: thanks, steve. stay with us. more on the

>> from abc 7 news, this is a breaking news alert. adrianna: following breaking news out of washington state, you can see a train is derailed an amtrak trail has derailed on , a thoroughfare in the northwest. we do know authorities are treating this as a mass casualty situation. they say right now there are on the roadways, but they are finding fatalities in the train cars. once they get that information, they will pass that along to. injuries and casualties have been reported. q mccray is following the latest. q: authorities are not confirming injuries and casualties this noon

vehicles on the roadways and the pictures you are looking at into posted by the sheriff stormed through the trains wheels came off, these are pictures of every damage done to the overpass as well. the amtrak train derailed right outside of said -- outside of seattle washington outside tacoma. you notice at least one of the trains cars was dangling off of the overpass, looking at right now on i-5. you see the backup of all the cars of the roadway. the southbound side of that freeway is now shut down. 75 people were on the train when it fell off the overpass at this point, it is still unclear how people are hurt. first responders are responding to this incident as a mass casualty event. transportat

miles per hour when it came off the track. you are looking at live pictures right now, it's really something to see. the train is hanging from the overpass and there are dozens of first responders. we will keep you posted on abc 7 news and newschannel 8. that's the latest from the live desk, i'm q mccray. atlanta's airport is doing its best to get back on track after an 11 hour blackout. atlanta with is in more on the frustrations that a cause for passengers not only there, but across the country. danya: after 11 hours in the dark after what passengers called chaos. >> it was scary. the lights are back on. it doesn't meanhe

i was going to try to get to birmingham and wherever. nearby. not. danya: with widespread delays coming to be days before all affected passengers make it to their final this nations. some 30,000 people were surrounded by darkness after a massive power failure sunday afternoon. quite a few to go through tunnels that are pitch black. was caused by fire and underground electric system. it knocked out the backup system, georgia power investigators are now trying to determine the cause. >> it will take the remainder of this week and we fix that cable this weekend and have all of the service back to normal by the end of the week. danya: an estimate of 400,000 people are sociopathic through airports this time of year. if

atlantic, you might not make it here, and if you have a layover here, you could be stuck. danya bacchus, abc news, atlantic. adrianna: on typical day, hartsfield jackson international airport, is 200,000 passengers on 20,000 flights. canceledhts there are flightsnd 60% of those are delta. 1200 of those delta flights have been canceled in the past two days. larry smith got stuck in atlanta last night try to get back to the sea for work this morning. no such luck. he's on his way back now. there were long lines to get a shuttle bus from the rental car facility when he got to the airport this morning, but getting through security to present was a breeze. you can't blame the weather for any of these backups. steve:

and of sunshine and warm us up to see well above average readings. when is relatively light out of the we -- out of the east. if you are out of about through the midafternoon hours, make sure you have sunglasses. added clouds for western maryland. even brighter skies as you head of the southern maryland. highs make digital 50's -- mid 50's. we track the cold front for you that arrives late tomorrow night and then christmas weekend, it's a long holiday weekend. at a fewbe looking showers. jacqui: a fast -- adrianna: a fast-moving fire ripping through a

john gonzalez has more on the investigation into what started the fire. fire inis was a violent burke, virginia. the single-family home had significant damage. take a look at the sight of the home. is destroyed. this neighbor checking her own home to see if there's any damage to her home. the roof of the home is exposed with a gaping hole. fire investigators tell us the fire started just below that area around the front porch. take a look at some of the video . as fire crews arrived families this around this area with a lot of equipment and trucks on this roadway. this is burnside landing drive. when they arrived from the noticed flames shooting of the front porch. inside andwere flames spread very quickly.

in about 30, 35 minutes. can still hear some alarms going off. the husband and wife live alone in their 50's and 60's. they came rushing over to the neighbor's home, knocking on the door. >> the neighbor came over and so there is smoke coming out. with all the smoke coming out and then saw fire. and all the fire engines were here. because can see the sign letting everyone know that the home is condemned. fire investigators will still try to figure out exactly what caused this devastating fire last night. in burke, virginia, john gonzales, abc 7 news. adrianna: a dog video from freezing water in prince george's county, that's a 10-year-old golden retriever who fell down the embankment and was just too cold or climb out of that frigid creek. back,rs brought the dog dried them off,

can't find the dogs owner, the firefighters rescued implants to adopt him. same final goodbyes to a firefighter who died battling the thomas fire. he died last thursday from smoke inhalation and burns. support was a rebel of dozens lined up to watch the funeral procession as it traveled through charred hillsides. >> was most depressing to me was the show support from citizens of ventura county who were standing here with the flag and their sons and daughters to support cori and his family. iversen isadrianna: the second person to die in this fire. it burned more than 400 square acres and destroyed at least 7050 homes. the fire is only 45% -- senator homes.s -- 750 the fire is only 45% contained. the house is afforded a vote on tuesday the seventh

on the tax bill. republicans are confident that willave the votes and they be able to send the bill to the president's desk by christmas. are let's find has more. >> president trump says republicans are days away from delivering the biggest christmas gift for the american people. president trump: this is going to be one of the great gifts to the middle income people of this country that they have ever gotten for christmas. >> who will benefit from the gop tax plan? if/as the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, a win for big business. for the wealthy, it lowers the top tax rate from 39% to 3070%. for middle-class americans, the plan doubles standard deduction, at it cap's deductions $10,000. previous analysis of the plan found americans earning $75,000 or less would pay more in taxes within 10 years. >> of the total betrayal of president trump's economic populist message on the campaign trail.

corporations. >> it limits the obamacare made requiring individuals purchase insurance. congressional analysis says that can lead to 13 million more people uninsured. week, two queue holdouts, marco rubio and bob corker, announced they would back the plan. republicans believe they have the votes. >> am confident we pass this bill probably on tuesday. we were determined to get this job done. >> one key gop senator will be on hand as he battles brain cancer. john mccain returned home to arizona, where he will undergo physical therapy and rehab at the mayo clinic. -- president trump: he will come back if we need his vote. mccain's -- adrianna: mccain's office says the senator looks forward to coming back in january. the irs as americans could see changes to their paychecks early next year. this

blount international security strategy during his speech of the reagan building downtown. the nsf will draw heavily from the president's campaign theme of america first. they will focus on trade, border security, and counterterrorism. is requiredstration to issue a national security strategy. new startling details in the ambush in a share -- in niger. with david johnson was not captured alive by the enemy. instead, he was killed by gunfire as he tried to escape the militants. his body was found two days later and he was just 25 years old and a father of two. coming up on abc 7 news, following breaking news out of washington state. these are pictures from the pierce county sheriff's office of fire officials on the scene trying to rescue as many people as they can. a heavy police fire presents there.

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viewpoint that any consensual relationship and the workplace is wrong and some you believe that there's no such thing as a consensual relationship in the workplace. i hear that one of you, i respect it. there are other points of view. my company, pbs distribute my content. in our employee handbook, what we do not encourage office relationships, we don't forbid them either. we don't forbid them because i don't know where your heart is going to lead you. i don't know who you are going to hang out with or date or fall in love with and their millions of americans watching this program to at their spouses and work. adrianna: he says people are seen as guilty simply because they are accused. senators urging al franken to reconsider his resignation. joe manchin says franken was railroaded before ethics investigation had even started. says hes patrick leahy now regrets calling on franken to resign.

he announced he would step down amid accusations he groped women while taking photos before he was elected. a massachusetts group is trying to break the world record for the longest marijuana joint. in 100 foot long joint is on the stage and boston. it took 40 people 3000 yards of paper and a month and a half to complete this project. last year, massachusetts road to legalize marijuana and a commission is writing regulations governing its sale. the next war will warm your heart for the holidays. microsoft gives an xbox to a nine-year-old boy who rejected his grandmother's offer to buy in the gaming system. that is because he wanted to use that money to buy blankets for homeless people. michael fry was once homeless and he said he would run spend the $300 on blankets. >> you knew what it was like to not have a blanket. and have to give it back. the first thing he wanted to do was give a blanket they could

his selflessness caught the attention of microsoft and he was surprised with an xbox. employees also gave him plenty of games and accessories to go with his gift. steve: i double happy ending. blankets for the needy and also his xbox next games. holy spirit. -- holiday spirit. adrianna: we need something to keep us in the holiday spirit, because the weather is not doing it. warm temperatures right now it will be warm again tomorrow. before the rest of the week we cool things down just a bit. in delaware, a few people are enjoying themselves and basking in the sunshine. we will keep the sun with us for a good part of the day. temperatures well above average for what we normally see if this time of year. 46 degrees for the average high, already and 50 and reagan natural -- reagan national. cooler off to the west of

of snow on the ground. milder temperatures beginning to push northward and we are going to feel the mild air not only for this afternoon, but for today, tomorrow, and a cold friendly tomorrow night and early wednesday morning. that's it's going to cool us down once again. if you are looking for snow, had well to the north. they do ontario, upstate new york. we're just want to call a partly sunny for the day, added clouds to the west of us and more sunshine for southern maryland. to fade lateregin this afternoon with high temperatures making it into the middle 50's. i love it. it looks good out there. tonight, a chill in the air. we're not talking about frigidaire mess for tonight, or for that matter, once the cold front moves through later on tomorrow night. we don't temperatures for tomorrow will be on the chilly side, make sure you have at least a jacket if you are walking to the metro stop with a bus stop, upper 30's and low 40's. wind

is going to be out of the south, southwest, looking at a good amount of sunshine through the midday hours tomorrow. that's going to help boost our temperatures through the middle 50's to around 60 degrees. i would not be surprised, some areas see temperatures that will eventually make it into the lower 60's. sunshine throughout the day tomorrow with a few added class tomorrow night is that cold front approaches, it's always a good time to download your stormwatch 7 mobile app. we're not expecting anything that's going to be severe, we are looking at textures on the cool side towards a of the week. breezy on wednesday on the other side of the cold front from around 50 degrees. middle 40's as we welcome winter, 50 degrees on friday. saturday,veling on looking at a few chances for a few showers. temperatures around 60. 53 on sunday, christmas day the chance ofg at a few showers this point. we forecast the weather, we use different types of weather models and some models are giving us a chance for wet weather

christmas day. we let those models fight it out over the next couple of days where we find the forecast as we move through the next week. it's hard to believe christmas eve is this sunday and christmas day is a week from today. adrianna: becomes so fast. steve: it will be 2018 before you know it. adrianna: the redskins are finishing their season strong. the offense had a going at home against the cardinals. they put the skins up 70-0 in the first quarter and is the first of june of touchdown passes. one and smash a two-game losing streak. steelers fans are pretty upset this afternoon after a call the cost in the game against the new england patriots. steelers down three with 30 seconds left, big men connect with the tight end with a touchdown. it looks like a touchdown, but take a second look

he was a really helpful control the ball. the rest call this incomplete. big ben is picked off for the patriots, 27th-24. from a wild call to a really weird way to measure first down. >> are never seen this. above, sheit from has raise that to a 90 degree angle and has to be done vertical. can put a card in between it. a spot so close the official had to pull out a piece of paper from his pocket and placed between the ball and the stick to measure. they gave dalis the first down and the cowboys win when this 120-17 and they keep the playoff hopes alive rid questionable. live fictions out of washington, and amtrak

derail outside of seattle. more details on the other side of the break.

adrianna: as expected, "star wars," is sending the 2017 box office at with the name. "the last jedi," at the second highest opening weekend of all time and its predecessor, 2015's "the force awakens," holds the top spot. and once international showings are factored in, the last jedi is excited to have made a total of $450 million in the opening weekend. kensington palace released aggressors voter featuring teedo future kings. prince william, duchess skates, prince george, and princess charlotte.

school early next year and the families expected a third child come april. breaking, amtrak just now tweeting that 78 passengers and five crew members were on board the amtrak train the derail just outside of seattle. that train car still hanging off of the overpass on the eye-five --i-5.

adrianna: stay up-to-date on breaking news out of washington state by downloading the alecia schmuhl abc 7 news

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