javier:este track amtrak fue bastante golpeado-- tren amtrak fue bastante golpeado por el camiÓn, perode 30 rutas en los estados unidos y algunas a canadÁ tambiÉn. viaja a mÁs de 500 destinos en 46 estados y es la principal compaÑÍa de trenes en el país. leÍ hace unos minutos al congresista paul sessions, que le dijo especÍficamente Él le confirmÓ a otra cadena de la competencia que una persona de el camiÓn habrÍa muerto y Él mismo habÍa visto cÓmo a travÉs de helicÓpteros se habÍan llevado dos personas mÁs que aparentemente, las habrÍan transportado vÍa aÉrea en el helicÓptero. carolina: la casa blanca ya confirmÓ que una persona perdió la vida, dos personas estÁn lesionadas, una de ellas fue llevada al hospital en estado crÍtico. estamos hablando de un miembro del congreso que recibe ayuda mÉdica no fue evacuado de este tren. tambiÉn uno de sus asistentes. recordemos que alguno de los polÍticos que estaban a bordo de este tren son mÉdico de profesiÓn y tiene el entrenamiento para prestar servicio de emergencia ante lo ocurrido a las 11:45 a.m. tenemos una pequeÑa lista de algunos de

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to do with amtrak. they're further behind than everyone else. >> yes, that's often the case. >> okay. >> as our new member can tell you. >> good morning, again. so facility readiness and security, we're completing the negotiations with the contractor that was selected through the security guard r.f.p. process. we'll have select especially trained security guards that will fill the ambassador positions and the m.o.u. with law enforcement, we are anticipating completing the m.o.u. within the next couple days and we'll bring there to the board in january along with the security guard contract. the negotiations have been more complex than we expected and as we said the schedule has slipped a month on that. and the transit center code of conduct is under development and we anticipate to bring that before the board early next year. >> okay. any board member questions? thank you. >> thank you. >> so i have questions back on the retail. so we were supposed to be up and running this month, right? we now have a p

maybe the thought shouldn't be less' spend more public money on amtrak. maybe the thought should be why don't we have private enterprise more responsive. look at the technology in cars because they are responsible to safety and need. >> competition. >> none of that is going on in the train industry because you have one person running train travel and that's the government. >> kennedy: great point. >> sandra: continuing coverage on train collision carrying members of congress just outside -- by the way, they are in route to this retreat in west virginia just outside the charlottesville. a lot more details to come. to harris faulkner now for continuing coverage. ♪ >> harris: fox news alert here on outnumbered overtime. i'm harris faulkner. if you are just tuning in this afternoon, let me tell you and catch you up on what has happened on the train track outside charlottesville, virginia. carrying some estimated 200 members of the senate and congress among the republicans who were traveling for a republican retreat in west virginia. there has been at least on

it's an amtrak train but not a passenger train.t has been chartered for the use of members of congress and senators to go out to this retreat should they wish to travel together and head out there. not everybody is there. some members of congress had other work to do. chris collins had to be in new york with his constituency. casey hunt is on the way to the location of the crash to sort of get firsthand information on it. what you're looking at on the left is a picture that was sent in by somebody there showing this trash truck. sort of hard to make it out but that is the trash truck that was apparently hit by the amtrak train. it appears if you look at the right side that picture is being taken from possibly inside the train and obviously it's a trash truck. not easy to see the extent of the damages are. curbelo said he sees minor injuries, cuts and bruises. the person we heard is injured, and we don't have any detail on this, might have been standing and that might have been the issue the person was standing and the train hits a

amtrak operating on a modified schedule. much of amtrak's northeast corridor will be impacted by today's storm. locally service from d.c. to newport news and norfolk is canceled. the area school systems are also impacted. >> here's a look at the closures and delays in maryland. sain are closed. also in maryland, the schools following here are on a two-hour delay. anne arrundel county schools, calvert county schools, charles county schools and prince george's county schools all delayed two hours. >> in virginia, prince william county and spotsylvania county schools are closed. also in virginia fairfax county fauquier county, and paige county schools on a two-hour delay. >> d.c. public schools also on a two-hour delay. there are many more delays and more closures. we are running the full list of closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. >> we have also heard from the federal government which is opened today but operating on a two-hour delay. federal workers do have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telewo

not feel adequately trained on the new route. é911 audio: "amtrak 501.cy, emergency."days before amtrak 501 jumped off the tracks in a deadly crash, some engineers and conductors for the brand new route warned their supervisors that they did not feel adequately trained, according to a dozen sources familiar with the training. the new route was nonetheless opened on december 18th... derailing on its very first trip.those sources, including several who were part of the training, tell cnn they believe amtrak managers rushed their training, in order to open the new point defiance bypass on time - taking dangerous shortcuts. engineers and conductors who spoke to cnn say their practice runs were abnormal:six people in a car with three seats --some riding backwards, preventing them from seeing landmarks and becoming familiar with the route. the engineers and conductors also tell cnn the training runs were done at night to accommodate construction crews rushing to finish the new track during the day. the national transportation safety board, which is investigati

an amtrak train came into contact with a vehicle that was on the tracks at 11:20 a.m.n crozet, virginia, no reported injuries to passengers or crew members. local law enforcement is investigating the incident and crews are inspecting the equipment for damage. the train originated in washington, d.c. updates will be provided as new information becomes available. so good news there. >> melissa: mike, can you still hear us? i was wondering were they all on the same train? i know the train was especially chartered for this purpose. but it also doesn't seem logical you would put all gop members on the same train. >> good question. i know some staffers have driven themselves separately. some of the staffers i've been in touch with said they were in cars riding along as the lawmakers were on the train. so it's not entirely clear to me that all of the members are on the train. i know i saw republican senator jim inhoff of oklahoma earlier. he was still here on capitol hill. it is not entirely clear the entire membership of republicans are on that train and something we're chec

amtrak has just released a statement, an amtrak train came into contact with a vehicle that was on the tracks at 11:20 a.m. in crosette, virginia. local law enforcement is investigating the incident and crews are inspecting equipment for damage. the train originated in washington, d.c. obviously there's no information about the sanitation truck and the injuries there. and your information about the fatality came from a doctor who is a member of congress or a doctor traveling with you? can you be more precise about that? senator jeff flake says three passengers were aboard the hit truck and senator flake is reporting one fatality, two injured. they helped carry one of the members with medical personnel. this is ed o'keefe who has been covering congress, as you know. what are they telling you about the rest of your travel? will they bring buses to get you down to west virginia? will you continue as planned? >> the focus continues to be on what's happening outside the train. it's unlikely this train will continue to our destination so they're almost certainly going to have to take us off

actually anybody could charter an amtrak train. they do this not infrequently, last year when the retreat was in philadelphia. they had no problems during that train journey. but this one they are heading down to sulphur springs, west virginia the, the site of the greenbrier resort so they were coming in the opposite direction. so a few staff members of congress and family members oftentimes members will bring their spouse or their kids so there were a lot of members who were worried about the family members that were traveling with them. and congressman occur bellow who i spoke to, he said that initially when this happened was there a little bit of fear or concern that it might have been something that was not so innocent as an accident. so i think everybody was relieved that there weren't more injuries and that this was something that didn't seem to be nefarious in nature but everybody is saddened by the tragic death of the man on the garbage truck and thinking a lot about the man who is still hospitalized. >> thank you for your

amtrak operating on a modified schedule much of amtrak's northeast corridor will be impacted by today'storm locally. service from d.c. to newport news and norfolk is canceled. the area school systems are also impacted. >> here's a look at the closures and delays in maryland. this just in. montgomery county schools closed today. again, we're going to repeat that 'cause that just came in. montgomery county schools are closed. saint mary's county schools are also closed. in maryland as well, the following schools on a two-hour delay. anne arrundel county schools, calvert county schools, charles county schools and prince george's county schools. again, all delayed two hours. >> over in virginia prince william county and spotsylvania county schools are closed. also in virginia, fauquier county, culpeper county, warren county and page county schools are on a two-hour delay. >> d.c. public schools also on a two-hour there are a lot more delays and some closures as well. we are running the full list of closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. >> we have also heard from the federal gove

what was the amtrak personnel's reaction to the scene?> i really don't know because after the impact, and it was a tremendous impact, the train was going very fast at the time. and it was so -- it was so strong and so sudden. when i was thrown, fortunately, as i said, pete sessions and another nice lady came to check on me right away. but, i would say the e.m.s. came through and did a very good job checking on everyone. there are house doctors with us on this trip. as you know, there are doctors who actually can treat us in the house. most of them, i believe, are navy doctors and they are very skilled as well. so the response was, under the circumstances, i think very good. there is another gentleman being wheeled out from our van damage point on a -- vantagm the stretcher as well. i don't know if they are coming from the train or outside of the i do see some of my friends members of mine actually walking outside the train now. sap san congressman, can you give us an idea of how many people you think are on the train? we had pete sessions

an amtrak train packed with republican members of congress including house speaker paul ryan slams into a truck in its path. >> mass casualty incident, level one. train versus truck. >> lawmakers jumping in to help the injured. we have the latest from the scene. >>> it's president trump versus his own fbi director, again. the fbi makes a rare public warning. grave concerns about the accuracy of that secret russia investigation memo. urging the white house not to release it. >>> the cdc director resigns amid scandal. right as the agency is fighting this flu emergency exploding in 49 states. >>> kids and migraines and the unusual way doctors are treating them. would you believe botox? >> i saw a night and day difference. >> parents say it's a life changer. >>> and meet the real life heroes turned movie stars playing themselves in clint eastwood's new hollywood blockbuster. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening, everyone, thank you for being here. we start with the frightening moments on the rails for republican members of congress today. it was a deadl

an amtrak training carrying republican lawmakers collided with a truck just outside charlottesville. >> 55, 60 miles an hour, i'm not sure. but we were going at a good clip. it was a hard impact. obviously smashed the truck pretty badly. >> couldn't find a pulse. so we started cpr. worked on that person for several, several minutes and didn't go real well for that gentleman. we just could never get him resuscitated, i'm afraid. we tried shocking him, just could never get a good airway. and basically at some point in time dr. row and i decided we need to go because all of our attention on the other person who at least had a pulse. >> the crossing was down by the time i exited the train and the lights were functional. i don't know what that means, but it appears the railroad crossing did have the appropriate safety equipment. >> the train was headed from washington, d.c., to the retreat in west virginia. that train was chartered for these members of congress. these are live pictures right now of the train. looks like some people are starting to get off that train. that happened just ou

amtrak declined comment on the incident. wilson's attorney said his client plans to plead not guilty. reena. >> ninan: kris, thank you very o much. he walked on the moon for 30 hours. the american space pioneer died friday from pneumonia. he was nasa's longest-serving astronaut. young flew two gemini missions, two apollo mission, two space shuttle missions and was the only astronaut to command four different types of spacecraft. john young was 87 years old. now some other stories we're following in the cbs weekend newsfeed. a cliet from cancun, mexico, to toronto, canada, ended last night way fiery collision. a westjet plane with 174 people on board was waiting to park when it was hospital by an empty sunwing jet that was being towed. no one was hurt. part of the nash vcialg tennessee, skyline came crashing down today. was what known as the centennial tower and lifeway building was imploded. after the debris from the building is removed, construction can begin on a new development, which may including buildings more than twi

in west vi amtrak says there was no major injuries to the lawmakers but one reported fatality at thecene and investigators remain this hour. >>> breaking news back here. "action news" learned that democratic congressman, bob brady, will not run for re-election. this comes from his attorney, today the long time congressman is expected to talk to reporters this afternoon and we'll bring it to you live on air and online at 6abc.com. once again 11 term democratic congressman, bob brady, says he will not run for re-election and the decision is not related to the corruption charges filed against two of his aides last year. >>> and more breaking news here, federal prosecutors decided not to retry new jersey senator bob mendez and his friend on corruption charges. the first trial for mendez ended in a hung jury last november. mendez was accused of trading his influence for campaign donations and gifts. and today the judge tew

they're at the amtrak station in charlottesville. and we understand that there are a lot more capitol police reinforcements with vehicles and buss that are on their way. the responders right now that we're seeing are the local charlottesville police, the virginia state police and some capitol police. on the ground, vehicles that have the sirens on, both marked and unmarked. also up in the sky. looking at one helicopter that is at a low distance and one that is much, much higher making sure, obviously, that this parking lot that they were not expecting to have, most of the republican members of congress made a pit stop at today remain safe. i will tell you that some of the law enforcement officers who have been walking a bridge that goes over the train tracks here. it was very tense a few minutes ago. a big truck, construction vehicle stopped on the bridge. of course, that's just a few hundred feet, if maybe 150 feet away from where this train is sitting. and the police went running over screaming that the guy had to move. he did move

an amtrak train came into contact with a vehicle that was on the tracks at 11:20 a.m. eastern in -- i don't know if i'm going to pronounce this right -- crozet, virginia. there are no reported injuries to passengers or crew members. local law enforcement is investigating the incident, and crews are inspecting equipment for damage. the train originated in washington, d.c. updates will be provided as new information becomes available. so here you see with regard to the train, no reported injuries to passengers or crew members. certainly sounds -- congressman cole, i'll go back to you -- that what you were describing and what senator flake is describing as an apparent fatality in addition to severe injuries that you are witnessing and that the doctors who are members of congress are tending to came from the people in the truck. >> that's correct. i mean, the people that were injured are now gone, as is the fatality. so you've got people around, inspecting things, and i suppose making decisions. but yeah, it was just as jeff described it. it was quite a jolt. again, you mi

. >>> and an amtrak train carrying gop lawmaker to a retreat partially derailed in virginia today. and two local congressman tom mcarthur from new jersey and brian fit patrick were on board but not hurt. he and other colleagues were heading to west virginia and one person in the truck were killed and two amtrak crew members and two passengers were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. >>> we are just four days away from super bowl lii the excitement is building for players and coaches but certainly fans too. with so many people expected for the game and also the festivities. security is a pop priority. sara bloomquist is live with more on that tonight. >> reporter: hi rick and monica we are outside of the convention center and the fan experience here the sun is setting behind me and it's a bit bright. you can make out the national guard outside and it's typical of the super bowl venues around the region tonight. the special agent in charge of the minneapolis fbi put it this way the eagles and patriots have a game plan and law enforcement has a game plan in place and what has b

first up -- delays and cancellations on amtrak.ed today! amtrak is also operating a modified schedule between new york and boston. and the board at reagan national is showing more and more red. it's a similar story up and down the east coast. about 3-thousand flights are canceled today,

authorities say nearly 600 structures are damaged or destroyed from the ( james ) amtrak has resumed service across parts of southern california. the deadly mudslides in ventura and santa barbara counties forced the amtrak pacific surfliner tracks to close earlier this week. amtrak says they expect high demands for the service since highway 101 is expected to stay closed through monday. ( james ) take a look at the video of a mudflow down in burbank. you can see the muddy waters... so powerful... they push a car right down the road. the video was taken by burbank firefighters. they posted it to instagram writing -- "urban prius bobsledding in burbank!" the driver and his girlfriend say it was a very scary situation. but driver was able to maneuver the car away safely. no one was hurt. ( darya ) in napa county... the sheriff's department has identified the man killed by a rockslide on highway 121. 22-year-old hernan reyes- aguires lived in fairfield. he was on his way home when a giant rock knocked his car off a cliff. officials in napa county are now stepping up efforts to prevent mo

carol: and amtrak owns it? >> amtrak owns it, yes, but they , amtrak is permanently underfunded.have this situation where, its not really -- it's shared by new york and new jersey. most people going through there are from new jersey, people coming through the north river tunnels. so there have been efforts at various times. amtrak can't afford to fix it up themselves, so various projects have been proposed with the two states would share this expensive thing. julia: and costs are rising. they have been jumping. jim: yes, and if you look at gateway, it would involve the new tunnels, rehabilitating old ones. then you fix a whole bunch of other things. that started off as $13 billion about four years ago. well now it's up to $29 billion. ,carroll: up next, the silicone valley company turning robots into farmers. julie: and uber shields data from unwanted eyes. carol: this is bloomberg businessweek. ♪ ♪ julia: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i'm julia chatterley. carol: i'm carol massar. you can also find us online at businessweek.com. julia: and on our mobile app. in our s

the chartered amtrak train was carrying gop lawmakers from d.c. to white sulfur springs in west virginia for a retreat at the green brier resort there. some lawmakers brought their spouses and children. journalists also on board. adding along with three members of congress that are trained doctors. colleagues say the doctors stepped up to help the injured before first responders could even arrive. the train has just started moving now on scene, i've just been told. there it is. peter doocy is live on scene. what are you seeing? >> shep, this is going to be our best look at the closest area to the impact. they towed the train in reverse. they remove the locomotive. based on that doesn't look like there's a ton of damage on the part of the train they removed. that is the train that had this very violent collision near crozet, virginia earlier this morning. i've been texting with lawmakers on board. you've heard from some of them. they heard a loud noise and felt a jolt and they could hear and feel a gravelly sound underneath them on this train that

amtrak is also operating a modified schedule between new york and boston. as for flights: the board at reagan national is showing more and more red. it's a similar story up and down the east coast. about 35-hundred flights are canceled today, according to flight-aware dot com. if you do have a trip scheduled -- the airlines are being all the major carriers have travel alerts in place. that means -- you can change or cancel your ticket at no cost. dozens of schools are closed or delayed in and around the d-m-v this morning. prince william, spotsylvania and fairfax county schools are closed. prince george's schools have a two hour delay. there are many more too. they are scrolling at the bottom of yor screen. you can get alerts when your child's school is closed or delayed -- sent right to your phone by signing up for our closing alerts at wjla-dot-com. larry, autria back to you. howard university is urging students not to return from winter break until sunday, because not to return from winter break until sunday, because some dorms have no heat. but for some

i do expect that to also impact amtrak's keystone service that heads out for harrisburg so, again, we'lleep you posted. as we have been with this crash on the schuylkill expressway westbound side between city avenue and belmont avenue, looks like now once again it's confined to the right shoulder. they had the right lane blocked for a little bit. looks like that's opened now but expect some slowing coming west of city avenue. vine street expressway right by the schuylkill just up ahead there we had construction that closed the eastbound side of 76 overnight. it's reopened now. the crews do come back tonight coming up around 9 o'clock. on the big picture not too bad so far along 95 or the roosevelt boulevard. and our truck fire coming in from lancaster county on the eastbound turnpike by the bowmansville service plaza has cleared so you're good to go there on this tuesday morning. matt. >> sounds good, matt. thanks matt. a quick moving fire damaged two homes in west philadelphia. firefighters have placed it under control. "action news" reporter jeanette reyes live at the scene for us on h

amtrak police are investigating what happens here.s soon as we get more video from the scene we'll pass it along to you on the nbc 10 app. . the morning we are also continuing to follow the number of flu cases on the rise. the flu is exploding across the country. the cdc is not calling it an epidemic but this seems to be the worst one in the last few years. we are live to tell you about the up tick in cases in our area. >> reporter: doctors are expected to see more and more people with flu-type time sosym. this is what a widespread flu outbreak looks like. there have been more than 11,000 cases with bucks county reporting 349 cases in burkes. lehigh with 506 report cases. in philadelphia county there have been 236 cases of the flu. there have been 28 flu related fatalities. delaware is also experiencing widespread flu activity with 370 reported cases. in new jersey it is moderate. it is important to note that the flu season hasn't even reached its peak yet. doctors are expecting to see more cases between now and then. >> the flu virus

a conductor and a passenger are suing amtrak for the december 18th train derailment which left threee dead and nearly 80 others hurt. conductor garrett freeman is filing a lawsuit because he suffered a shattered pelvis and cracked ribs. penny cottrell was a passenger on the train. she suffered a broken collarbone broken ribs and a neck injury. >> coming up first the snow and brutal cold and now the dangerous winds. sue is back with your forecast after the break. >> but first, hundreds of people stuck on flights because of the winter storm. the massive ground stop at dulles airport that is fueling passengers' frustration. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. z2l2xz z16fz y2l2xy y16fy ♪ ♪ ♪ start the car! start the car! the ikea winter sale. wooooooo! get up to 50% off select items. now through january 10th. ikea. >> ♪ today's storm is causing especially for airline travel. flights were diverted to dulles. some passengers were held on the tarmac for hours. fox5's lauren demarco liv

there are some damaged amtrak wires and of course the paoli thorndale line is serviced on the amtraknbound service on the paoli thorndale line is limited right now so expect big delays. it's not going to be a good morning if you're a paoli thorndale rider. i would expect this to impact amtrak's keystone service between here and harrisburg. more crews pulled up to the scene of this minor crash on the schuylkill approaching belmont. they've got the right lane blocked so expect slowing coming away from city avenue. karen. >> storm tracker6 live double scan showing it's not raining everywhere. we're starting to see some dry slots in south jersey and delaware right now but much of the area a blanketed in some heavy rain and we're going to see periods of rain the first half of the day. it doesn't really wrap up until one, 2 o'clock. so, as we go in a little tighter here we've even seen some lightning strikes near media a heavy cell on the schuylkill expressway near conshohocken near norristown, willow grove, lansdale and near 295 right now in new jersey a heavier cell as well as out near h

amtrak northeast regional dealing w cancellations. team coverage meantime continues. let's head out to montgomery county. >> that's where we find our melanie alnwick this morning. she's checking out road conditions on that side of the dmv. good morning. >> reporter: hey, good morning. we were in prince george's county before in the laurel area so we got on the icc to head towards montgomery county. i got the tell you the icc is perfect. there is literally nothing frozen on that road, at least what we waffl traveled from shor to shoulder. roads seem pretty good. 97, georgia avenue looked good. 108 looked as well. we even hit muncaster mill road and muncaster road which are some of those roads in montgomery county that we know have had some accidents and incidents and buses stuck in the past and that was passable as well. we came here to mill creek elementary school because we wanted to see how the schools are looking because i know montgomery county is one of those areas that's kind of a tweener as far as a call whether to close school

the northeast corridor in particular is one of the most successful lines for amtrak. in terms of the number of people that travel the route. when i went to kansas city, i took the train. i don't mind making that trip. it's faster to go by plane, but for me, it's still something to go by rail. ♪ >> there you have the american railroad. created by the american people. with justifiable pride, the american railroads face forward to the future with defining faith in the fundamentals of democracy. the railroads will continue to serve the nation and its people along the proven pathway to progress and ever greater prosperity. ♪ announcer: you can view this and other american artifacts on our website, c-span.org/americanhistory. look for the american artifacts cap at the top of the page or use the search engine to explore topics. announcer: c-span, where history unfolds daily. created as aan was public service by america's television companies. it is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. next on american history tv, historians discuss the social and politic

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. >>> today, amtrak is operating on a modified schedule between the district and boston. there will be fewer express and northeast regional norfolk are canceled. so is the auto train from lore done, virginia, south to florida. amtrak urges you to call ahead to check the status of your trains if you are going anywhere today. >>> right? >> it did? what are you going to do? >> get on another one. >> working for if you have to face this cold weather. >> some people have to go to work. it's difficult to do this with weather like this. exposed skin can cause serious damage. molette green is live in dupont circle with more on how you can protect yourself. molette, you have everything you can wrapped up there, right? >> reporter: i'm trying to do my best. i've been torturing myself watching the thermostat on the building behind me. it reads 11 degrees. it feels much colder than that. then i kind of walked over and saw this sign lit up indicating that there's something warm and yummy and sugary inside that could help things out while i'm we ran into a few folks out here. some of t

deadly mudslides in ventura and santa barbara counties forced the amtrak pacific surfliner tracks to close earlier this week.amtrak says they expect high demands for the service since highway 101 is expected to stay closed through monday. ( james ) in napa county ... the sheriff's department has identified the driver who was killed in a rockslide on highway 121. 22-year-old hernan reyes-aguires lived in fairfield. he was on his way home from visiting family in napa when a giant rock knocked his car off a cliff. officials in napa county are now stepping up efforts to prevent more mud and rockslides from happening. the napa county office of emergency services has teamed up with a company to provide free straw wattles and wooden stakes to people in areas damaged by last october's fire storm. they are meant to prevent erosion. and caltrans says they will now double their efforts to make sure hillsides are safe all across napa county. ( james )two armed robbers target a man who was getting out of his car in the east bay. berkeley police are hoping surveillance video will lead to an arrest

wires, amtrak trains will be delayed, mess of those trains that head out to harrisburg use that line they call that the keystone line. live look at the westbound schuylkill accident just west of the city avenue. do you think you are having a bad start to the day? this fella standing out in the rain and making a mess of the morning rush hour. almost like mother nature squirting down sidewalk getting rid of the salt/brine all over the place. live look at the 42 freeway headlights on, wipers on give yourself extra time. little won will to have wear their rain slickers and boots. live look at i-95 and delco toward that i-95 corridor. look out at construction zones , especially 95 as the drains are located right there in the center of the travel lanes, lauren and karen back over to you. >>> we want to get to the breaking news situation. we have a sun -- tsunami warning affecting alaska down through california. this earthquake struck off the coast of alaska around kodiak area about 175 miles south east of that area so there is your tsunami warning issued for the entire west coast of our co

tambiÉn empleados de amtrak y pasajeros. los heridos. " fue algo muy duro. no tengo todos los detalles". recalcÓ que estÁ gustoso de poder acompaÑarlos en el retiro een los prÓximos dÍas. curbelo dijo que los legisladores se cayeron y que uno de ellos se golpeÓ en la cabeza. las investigaciones continÚan. jorge: quienes esperan desde hace aÑos para que resuelva las peticiones de asilo polÍtico, no tendrÁn más remedio que seguir esperando. los meses encargados se dedicarÁn a resolver las solicitudes mÁs recientes. el servicio de imitaciÓn dicen tener motivos especiales para este cambio de polÍtica. vilma: segÚn el anuncio de la oficina del servicio de inmigraciÓn y ciudadanÍa, de ahora en adelante los casos de aquellos que siguen a los estados unidos pidiendo asilo sserÁn escuchados y resueltos en tiempo rÉcord en comparaciÓn con los aÑos que algunos casos pueden tomar para resolverse. los que estaban en la fila desde hace aÑos tendrÁn que esperar. la agencia dice que buscan evitar el fraude. >> la explicaciÓn legales que muc

tenemos algunas fotografÍas de este tren amtrak.n cinco personas. quedaron 100 heridos. en sudÁfrica hubo 254 heridos. cuando se descarrilÓ otro tren que chocÓ con un camión en el mes de enero. en mÉxico, comienzos de mes, en ecatepec un tren de carga tuvo tambiÉn accidentes. esto estÁ sucediendo frecuentemente en la primera etapa del mes de enero. carolina: segÚn algunos reportes oficiales, este tren habrÍa partido a las 11:20 a.m. esto ocurriÓ en cuestión de minutos despuÉs de partir desde union station. es informaciÓn de Última hora que tenemos para ustedes. patricia ha estado siguiendo esta noticia que nos tiene a todos sorprendidos. quÉ mÁs se sabe? patricia: es una noticia en desarrollo, todavÍa estamos teniendo alguna informaciÓn de que aparentemente el camiÓn quedÓ atorado en las vÍas del tren, por eso se lo llevan. el presidente de la cÁmara de representantes, paul ryan iba a y segÚn dijeron a cnn se encuentra bien. parece que no hay ningÚn herido dentro del tren, sino personas que estaban afuera, probablemente en el camiÓn

the amtrak train carrying republican members of congress colliding with a garbage truck. fatality has been confirmed. one member of congress has been hospitalized. moments ago a spokesman said two crew members and two passengers were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. local law enforcement investigating the incident and crews are inspecting equipment for damage. the train originated in washington, d.c. updates will be coming as we get them. but for more, casey hunt is on the phone from charlottesville. that's where the train was towed to. i understand it just arrived. i know you're probably seeing this as i am. sponsoring the weekend that after consultation with leadership and the house and senate the retreat will proceed with an adjusted program. . >> we just awe arrived here in virginia along with a couple other colleagues who have rerouted. as i'm sure you can see pictures all this morning. it was chartered. local police officers come out to assist in the effort. there are seven puss that have arrived already to take members to the retreat. members ha

it's 4:55, no injuries reported after a amtrak passenger train in savannah, georgia derailed. amtrak said there were 300 passengers from that train going from miami and new york last night, when two sleeper cars and a baggage cars jumped the tracks. no word on what caused that derailment. >>> it's 4:56, positive news for people who live along the marin coast, caltran said it will open highway 1, to 1 way traffic today. as we were showing you last year, the storm damage eroded the roadway and that part of the road has been closed since february. caltran says 1 way traffic will resume today, but it will be june before the highway is completely prepared. >>> the raiders are one step closer for buying land for the new headquarters and practice facility in nevada. >>> city officials in the las vegas suburb in henderson are moving ahead with the plan to let the raiders buy 55 acres, that's half of the value, they're buying it for $66 million. they need it for badly needed jobs for their community. they're going to play at their new stadium in las vegas at 2020. >>> and coming up, wh

after he was hit by an amtrak train in emeryville.it happened around 6:40- this morning near powell street, near the emeryville amtrak station. authorities say, the man was walking near the station when it happened. police say, he was knocked to the ground. he is expected to be survive. (steve) a second person was hit by an amtrak train in richmond today... this one fatal. it happened around four this morning on the union pacific line at 22nd street... that's near the intersection of broadway and carlson boulevard. officers recovered the body. union pacific is conducting the investigation. (pam) (bamvo) there are more than a dozen confirmed deaths .... and an unknown number of missing ... from the dangerous mudslides in southern california. (steve) officials say hundreds of people are trapped in one neighborhood and parts of highway 101 have been closed. omar jimenez has the very latest. rescue after rescue, as deadly mudslides in southern california continue to effect hundreds.mos: feel lucky. thank god they came and rescued us at 4

amtrak is also running a modified schedule between new york and boston. emergency officials in savannah, georgia say this weather could be to blame for an amtrak derailment their purest all the cars did stay upright and were put back in place. no one was hurt. larry: bitter cold hitting schools in d.c. >> i could not sleep through the night. it was freezing cold. larry: the problem at howard university and the repairs that could come down to the wire. it is 6:09. . stormwatch 7 weather on the go. you don't want to live with mom and dad forever, do you? i'm making smoothies! how do i check my credit score? credit karma. don't worry, it's free. credit karma. give yourself some credit. veronica: all right, we are taking a look across the area right now. snow falling, blowing, and drifting. this is a fine, powdery snow, it will be the most slick snow on every roads. currently gusting over 30 miles an hour and making it feel like 9 degrees with a current temperature of 24. this is a nasty morning out there. closures across the area. the snow is r

you probably don't worry too much about amtrak but amtrak affected as well on the east coast from georgia and the carolinas up into boston. stay nice and warm on the west coast, you'll be glad you did. >> not so much to worry about. thank you. >>> tom mentioned boston. in boston, a snow emergency just went into effect where folks are bracing for a foot or more. that's where we sent dylan dryer this morning. dylan, what's the scene right now? >> reporter: the storm is ramping up and the snow has been getting heavier over the last several hours and while we could see more than a foot of snow here, it's the wind and the cold on the backside of the storm that has new englanders most worried. >> we're facing our first big storm of 2018. certainly it's starting off with a bang. >> this morning, extreme winter weather has arrived, blinding blizzard conditions expected to pummel parts of the northeast on land and sea. >> freezing temperatures, boats icing up, steel breaking, people getting hurt. i mean, it's bad out there. >> reporter: millions in new england are going to take it on the chin with

it's amtrak wire issues that are suspending all service on the outbound side coming out of center city heading inbound towards center city the western chunk of the line is not being serviced so that's thorndale into malvern. if you can get to malvern some limited select trains will run between malvern and center city. but this is a major problem for people trying to come in from chester county, come in from the main line. the line for the most part not running this morning. if you can get to the norristown high speedline, that's running on time so that could be an alternate for some of you. of course we'll keep you posted but major issues this morning on the paoli thorndale regional rail line. schuylkill expressway westbound between city avenue and belmont still have this minor accident on the shoulder but it's really slowing us down coming west of the roosevelt boulevard extension. in fact, just starting to slow here on the ramp from the southbound side of the boulevard extension to get on the westbound side of 76. and as you can see, it is really wet out here this morning in east fal

that the amtrak train was heading to new york when it hit the victim trespassing on the tracks. and paoli regional rail line just resumed in the past 15 minutes. stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for updates as we get them. >>> we are following the investigation into a stabbing on a septa bus. police say that one passenger stabbed another person with a screw driver and right now they are still searching for the suspect that ran from the scene in german town. jeanette reyes is live now at septa headquarters are the investigation. >> reporter: the search is on this afternoon for that suspect. as you mentioned. septa officials say that the 19-year-old victim got a cut to his lip after the suspect swung a screw driver at him. it all happened on a route 23 bus around 8:00 in the morning, this was as the bus was near west logan street intersection. and police arrived on scene and the teen received four stitches to his lip. that was the only injured he received. he told police he did not know the assailant. and they say there was an argument moments beforehand but no word on what ex

first you have amtrak. you have track rehabilitation going on the amtrak tracks.hat's affecting things for new jersey transit. because of the track work, you need to check your schedule. schedules are modified today for new jersey transit affecting things at several stations including -- several lines, i should say, including the northeast corridor line. finally, the broad street line of september, we have issues because of a water main break. trains are not stopping at the susquehanna dauphin station. vai? >> katy zachry, thank you. >>> steel buried. a jersey shore community is struggling to get out from under the snow days after they were blasted by a blizzard. >>> and shaking up a legendary pageant. miss america's new leadership is making changes following the controversial e-mail scandal. >>> all new at 5:00 a.m., a company's investors say it's up to them to help kick youth technology addiction to the curb. ,000 deaths in america last year. we need to stand up and say enough. the only way this problem is going to be solved is if we raise our voices. choose hel