now air airline officials are not talking about what caused this as they focus on trying to get to the victims and survivors to local hospitals. we'll continue to monitor any briefing that the airline has. live in the digital operations center tracy davidson "nbc 10 news." >>> all right. 4:06 now. we have new information on a deadly train crash near new york city. seven people now confirmed dead after a commuter train crashed into an suv at a crossing. this happened last night on the metro north line in valhalla 20 miles north of new york city. the train slammed into a general cherokee. the jeep and the front of the train caught fire and witnesses say the railway crossing gates came down on top of the suv, which for some reason had stopped on the tracks. one passenger said he and hundreds of others scrambled to safety. >> a number of us were smelling fumes from the car, fuel and we said, we need to get out. the fire was starting to spread back so the second car it did finally ignite. >> the driver of the jeep and six passengers on the trains were killed. several others were hurt. the i

not much movement up in the air either. airlinesng about a thousand flights in and out of dallas airports. >>> thunder sleet. >> in a little town about 30, 40 miles west of dallas/fort worth. >> just like it sounds? >> it was so charged there's thunder sleet. >> rough winter. >> it was down right balmy yesterday. when you're dealing with like all these low temperatures anything above. >> here's my announcement. who gets more rain seattle or washington, d.c.? we do. what happens is the instances of cloudiness give a little bit of rain. that's kind of what happened this year. a lot of people are tired of snow. we haven't had that much snow. we've had a lot of days of snow. took me a long time to do this. in january we had nine days with a trace of snow or more but it didn't add up to that much. in fact it snowed on the 6th 7th 14th the 23rd, 26th, 27th, 29th only got up to 3.6 inches. we average 5 inches. so for the month of january it was 2 inches below. again in february, so far nine days with a trace or more. four in a row. here we

. >> the president spoke during the town hall which aired tonigh southwest airlines is named airle of year but tonigh everyone's happy about that. plus surveying the damage. just hours before another rou of snow virginia's visi a hard-hit part of the common is moving in by morning. most likely around 4:00 a.m. to the south, 5:00 a.m. around the city. roads will quickly become covere a complete forecast >>> now we know what caused that explosn that levelled this new je home. invests s gas likely leakedm a cracked steel pipe overnit a up in the home'st before an apple like a water heater or furnace gas. 15 people were injured and l nearby homes were damage the 300 homes that had their gas service turned op after the expln he service back on tonigh >> what do we want? southwest as employees pick outside a d.c. hotel tot as inside they were acceg an award for airline the year. they presented the award to southw but baggage handlers and groundworke are upset. they are also criticized for missing inspections on dozens of jets.ing is not uncommon, but the compa is celebrating its award. char

air. united airlines pilot getting ready to land in boston says he spotted a drone whizzing over his planeas a drone because of the high altitude. no one was hurt. the faa is investigating. >> we should prepare for a big measles outbreak. a warning from the cdc the measles patients continue to grow. there are now more than 100 cases in 14 states. >> you are likely to see more cases that are preventable. they identify contacts to isolate sick people to quarantine those closed. >> hundreds of oil workers are off the job. the largest scale strike since the 1980's. >> we are here with what it means for gas prices. negotiations failed to reduce a contract. failed that it had no choice the union rejected five contract officers made by royal duck shell produced on behalf of all of the countries. the union wants annual pay raises double the size for those who got in the last agreement. in a statement usw vp says oil companies are too greedy to make a positive change in the workplace. they continue to value production and profit over health and safety workers and the community. they hope to resume

air fares. we knocked on airlines for not cutting prices because jetblue prices went through the toilet. s a matter of fact delta today tried to raise air fares by matching american airlines. absolutely. the airlines will continue to probe higher. that tells me the economy and extra dollars in pockets has demand up and the airlines will continue to probe and try to pocket more of that. gerri: happy valentine's day. thank you for coming on the show. >> you too. gerri: good news. last week we told you how employees at a north carolina target went above and beyond the callcall of duty. a teen went to buy a job. they showed him the right aisle fitted him his tie and gave him tips to boot. last night he go to got the job. joining me now is the newly employed. yasir moore. yasir, i'll start with you. what was going through your head when you walked into that target? did you expect those folks to give you so much help? >> no, not really. i just expected to buy a tie and to go home monday. they helped me so much, i got the job. gerri: tell me what they told you. what kind of advice did they give

air. one airline issuing a warning to its pilots. >> lauren simonetti is here now. how serious of a threat is this? >> sternly worded bulletin was sent last night by united airline bosses to the pilots. it sited four incidents all could have been avoided with better discipline and communication. all were caused buyer ors in the cockpit. united says it regularly talks about incident cases with the team but this one was much more dramatic. it comes at a time when they were working with pilots recently merged from another airline. they will plan to bring 700 more pilots. they are warning them to pay attention and act the right way. >> good news for t.j. maxx workers. they are following in wal-mart steps and getting a raise. >> the owner of t.j. maxx marshals and home goods will pay $9 an hour in june and 10 bucks next year. wal-mart said it would be writing bigger paychecks. ikea and gap said the same thing. this puts pressure on other retailers to do the same thing to keep good worker from going somewhere else. higher wages means higher prices for customers. that migh

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air. remove tiger, and you get the airlines posting a 5% drop in profit for the quarter.an $88 million loss from hedging fuel the wrong way. oil is cheaper. it is hovering at six-year lows, which is generally good for the industry. some others have said they will remove fuel surcharges. singapore says it won't do the same. operating costs remain high. hedging and competition will put a lid on its earnings. air is the third largest carrier by market value. they're pretty much split on their call. nine say buy, four sell. credit suisse and mcquarrie among those not keen on sing air shares. >> singapore airlines has announced plans to introduce premium economy seats later this year. how successful is that expected to be? say. is hard to the premium economy seats are meant to help singair be more competitive. air is betting on its premium economy for a boost, given the growing demand now. it is set to be launched in august this year. will it work? your guess is as good as mine. it is an $80 million investment for sing air. reviews say those seats are among the best out there,

southwest airlines keeping some planes in the air even though n 100 planes missed safety inspections. the airline made a deal with the faa to keep the planes in the air. southwt d cancel a few flights to get the needed inspecs ss completed. >>> just hours away there pot becomi in d.c.. the law takes effect just after midnight. are a lot of rules for its use. we put them all up for you on the nbcwashington site. >>> a texas jury found eddie ray routh guilty of murdering chris kyle and his friend. h will spend the rest of his life in prison. coming up on "today" show,e jurors had to say. >>> we're working to find out the condition of the man shot by a charles county sheriff's deputy. happened during a domestic disture call at a home in waldorf. >>> it is a four layer morning. temperat jus single digits and teens. this afterno a couple of layers you'l be comfortable as we'll get above freezing. >>> still problem 124 at moyer, shut down both ways. alternat is 27. and 95 south in maryland at powder mill, a little slow. lots of people looking to the right from the earlier crash. >> and that

. >>> the storm caused problems for air travelers. airlinesto get on track this morning after 8,000 flights were cancelled or dlad and some runways are still icy this morning. here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: from chicago to the northeast airports socked in again. crews scrambling to stay ahead of the snowfall and keep runways clear. already the storm led to over 6,000 flight cancellations. we talk about the ripple effect. look at phoenix airport, expected to have one of the busiest days as super bowl fans go home but new englanders are facing cancelled flights, stuck. the same problem for a pilot in phoenix. his jet's wheels stuck in the mud. the boards tell the story, cancelled, which we heard from many passengers in line. >> we booked for tomorrow morning. >> reporter: you lost a whole day. >> yeah. >> they rescheduled us for this afternoon. so we decided to show up early. >> reporter: think you will make it? >> we're not. i know i will spend the night here. >> reporter: the concern cold air come cans if behind snow freezing the mois

air. airline versus cancelled thousands of flights.wn from michigan to massachusetts. no surprise there. >>> of course it is groundhog day all over again, this is the home of punxsutawney phil. his forecast for spring is expected to be next half hour. it's not clear how the snow will affect his shadow. so a lot to watch there. right, mikaela? >> well the biggest concern is does punxsutawney phil have a shovel? all right. our team coverage begins with alexandra field. she is in boston. a snow emergency has been declared there. how are things looking today? >> mikaela, i think you can probably get a sense around the snow is coming down, they're trying to keep up with that cleanup. this will be a big task. at some point this morning the snow will be falling at a rate of one-to-three inches per hour. when all is said and done the city can see ten, 14 inches of snow. i know you are thinking this is deva have you dede vu. if we look at this intersection it will be the problems they have here at rush hour this morning. a very slow commute for

. >>> now to an nbc news usa investigation into bad behavior from airlines. air news because anyone with a cell phone camera can capture it on video. what happens when the person is removed from the plane. here's more from this story. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. the faa says this has been a problem for years, disruptive angry, even violent passengers. in fact over the last 20 years, it has taken action against 4,000 passengers. >> hands up! hands up! >> rarely does it come to this. july 25th a s.w.a.t. team storms a commercial airliner in toronto after an angry passenger began making threats while in the air. more often it's simply bad behavior. screaming and spitting and hitting or refusing to obey flight attendant. the most common contributor, alcohol. on average they get 150 air rage reports each year. flight attend ents insist they deal with rude passengers almost daily. >> the planes are fuller than they'ven about. seats are closer together and there's fewer amenities and fewer attendants to deescalate the problems. >> they can fine a passenger up to

, alaska air, other foreign airlines, the coffee giant plans to offer customers new non-dairy option starting february 17th. you can order your favorite drink with coconut milk. it is 100% vegan made from coconuts in indonesia starbucks says giving customers when they want, because people are constantly writing in about non-dairy alternative other than soy. coconut milk will cost extra 60 cents the same as soy milling. >> so what would a sue latte or coconut lad a cost now 06 cents more? >> i don't know, already pricy. >> i mean, getting their sucks bucks? >> man, coming up: a pair of pick pocketers responsible for even more thefts in our area. we'll have a live report. >> and later, have you noticed this billboard around philadelphia? you get what it means? >> what does it say? i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] >> police in south jersey, smashing credit cards how you can protect yourer. >> plus, clipper system headed

this storm is making a mess of travel in the air as well. airlines got a jump on the storm, canceling more than 1600 flights in the northeast, well before the weather got too nasty. this will have ripple effects across the country. also trains between boston and brunswick, maine, are canceled due to the wicked winter weather, as well. keep it here on abc news for the latest. we'll have compete coverage on "world news tonight." much more on "gma." and 24/7 updates on abcnews.com. >> we'll have folks hunkering down today. >>> we turn overseas and terror in major european city. copenhagen is on high alert after a gunman launched two deadly attacks. the first was a deadly assault on a cafe apparently trying to kill an artist who had faced death threats. that triggered a massive manhunt for the gunman. it was caught on surveillance tape. he was carrying a machine gun. then a second deadly attack outside a synagogue. abc's news chief foreign correspondent terry moran has the very latest for us from the danish capital. terry? >> reporter: good morning, paul

air force one. in 1963 it was the world's largest jet airliner. not i'm. lane, we have a boeing 747 -- 200. their plane can reach top speeds of 561, we are 63 miles-per-hour, and it actually would -- 631 miles-per-hour. the price tag is 100,000 and air force one the price is classified but a new passenger jet would cost $300 million. >> hughhugh how do you get that for $100,000? >> the air force one will be upgraded to the boeing 747. >> it's nice our plane can 0 go faster thans >> always a plus. >> drones are coming now. the feds releasing new rules for how businesses can use remote controlled unmanned flying machines. this is going to be awesome. the drones cannot weigh more than 55-pounds. they cannot fly faster than 100 miles-per-hour. they cannot fly higher than 500 feet. right now the feds banned most businesses from using drones. so who gets too use drones now? i talked repeatedly about how our executive producer kim who is on vacation not related to kim jong-un. >> good. >> kim wants us to have aefbc÷;;ó-!n ápc0jú:y0#éxpyw©Ñvcezw but now

i was thinking about this, adding it up over the last 12 months, you have the two malaysia airlines, an airwell. is there something different about the training, about the procedures, the safety procedures or maybe even the aircraft that's different, maybe not as stringent in asia that is causing this or is it really coincidence? >> some of it is coincidence and some of it is shining a light on the air safety questions that swirl around certain countries in asia. having said that, mandy, a bigger problem is that you're seeing an explosive growth in the number of startup airlines, low-cost carriers in southeast asia. the problem is, there's already a shortage of pilots worldwide. so you're looking at crews that don't have as much experience being put into planes. that's not just in asia. that's around the world. you have basically a system that's more stressed than ever before. so it's too much of a jump to say it's not safe it fly in asia. i wouldn't say that at all. because some of the safety reports over there are among the best in the world. i would say we're seeing perhaps some signs of

charles: spirit air talk about in airline. that stock is up to 500 percent the last few years.u have is a little more empathy for the passengers. >> of the like to spend a little more to have a little more but give them the cheapest to deliver. >> to many people talked about jetblue their headquarters out of jfk and they can compete with the biggest players. >> there was one time ever is in an airplane over detroit with the spirit darr. [laughter] >> if you were looking at that airline, how do you go about that? >> if you look at southwest with the ticker symbol you cannot go wrong plus the fact they're able to generate profit. when you hear into bankruptcy never hears southwest's mentioned but they run of clean business. they have been bringing it. >> their legendary but the only problem is expansion. i remember 12 years ago of all valuation's combined they were 50%. speaking of great we have to a new episodes of "strange inheritance" one who inherits a grandfather's home that contains hundreds of uncirculated baseball cards then she meets with the family who inherits rare let

airlines they are playing catch up with the u.s. as they add wi-fi to planes to attract customer who is want to be online in the air. data shows that u.s. airline passengers already have a chance of accessing wi-fi on 66% of -- basically, domestic flights in the u.s. that's against the worldwide average of 24%. >>> adoption of a service similar to those in the united states is higher because of the number of countries in the region. satellite is proving too costly. we are going to talk more about this on "gmf" in just over an hour's time. we are talking why fie there. tweet me. that's it with the business wi-fi. i know you don't like phone calls in the air, but whyi-fi. >> officials tell bbc there's a state of emergency for people migrating in. the center capacity 250. more than 1,000 people waiting. more boats are expected to arrive today. we have the report from there. >> reporter: the migrants. boat after boat packed with men, women and children arrive on this tiny, italian island. now they wait some with young babies at the reception center which is struggling to cope. it's been a long rescue operation for italy'

air service program. it was created in 1978 after the airlines were deregulated. the idea was to make sure carriers continued serving rural communities. it was supposed to be temporary but instead it's grown from $50 million in 2000 to $261 million this year. government data shows on average 44 routes flew at least two-thirds empty last year among them the flight to devils lake. mark zimmer flew with us. how much time does it save you in your travels? >> probably about two hours each way. parking is a lot easier here. >> reporter: mayor dick johnson estimates the airline service helps drive $10 million a year to the local economy. >> it helps drive that economic engine and keeps us viable. without that, we'll' die off and fade away. >> reporter: a california congressman has been trying to ground the program since 2011. >> when we're having to make cuts in essential programs, to continue increasing the amount of money in this program is obscene. >> reporter: a flight between kansas city, missouri, and an town in kansas cost the government more than $2,700 per passe

air alert. united airlines out with a safety memo to the pilots highlighting a near mess rmiss, and yesterday southwestçd misinspections. how worried should we be about the air industry now? joining me is phil lebeau. safest year ever in air travel outside of unfortunate incidentings like missiles knocking outs airplanes over ukraine, that aside, the airline industry not investing enough or got not investing enough for down the road? >> the infrastructure needs to be updated. everyone knows that. this is one of the things as if everybody knows what the problem is in terms of congestion and the outdated infrastructure here in the united states when it comes to air traffic control and increasing safety. as much as the faa is working to improve the safety in the air to a certain extents hands are tied because the infrastructure needs are not moving quick enough in terms of that next generation of air traffic control. we saw a couple areas around the country where they bring that in allowing planes faster access in and out of airports, but bottom line is this for years, this industry has been at the heated

. >>> also the air disaster caught on camera. a commercial airliner falls out he sky clipping a highway overpass before plunging into a river. miraculously there are survivors. >>> a new warning from the head of cdc about the measles outbreak and what leaders in the autism community are telling us about getting vaccines. >>> and held for ransom a million people have now fallen victim to this. hackers get into your computer then hold your private files hostage then comes the threat to pay up or else. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. what happened in a residential area north of new york city last night turned into a mass casualty event. and it's a huge warning about what can happen anywhere vehicles encounter railroad crossings in this country. this was a commuter train on the metro-north line out of new york. it hit an suv on the tracks in valhalla new york. the resulting flash fire consumed much of the first car and seemed to fuse the suv to th

a passenger on a european airlines, ryan air, got drunk./8ws;gvç he took off his shirt start punching time to limit drinks on flights. matt? >> yes. >> no, i drink for medicinal purposes while on planes. >> i walk into a bar -- you would limit drinks on flights. >> absolutely. >> no, i would not. >> to what? >> you can look at a person in the eye and say they probably have had enough. >> then judgment on the part of the flight attendant. >> us. >> a new marry cal number? three -- numerical number? three drinks and you're out. >> no. people are different. >> shouldn't be just a three-limit. i if you're legally intoxicated and stewardest. >> when flight attendant serve booze they are responsible for the safety and welfare of passengers. if they need to cut someone else they -- it takes one person to ruin it for us all and belligerent and violent and limiting the amount of alcohol is not a bad idea. >> limit it to three drinks or him it to when the flight attendant says you have had enough. >> say you have a tolerance. why how being limited because of this jack ass over here. >> anybody

the last two big mergers, continental and united that of american airlines and u.s. air brought us down to three major network carriers. we don't have three or four competing, we only have two. so we are in a situation where there's not a lot of competition in the airlines can keep their prices high because they can. they are not forced to lower the prices because of consumer demand and the other thing that is happening is that they have what they call capacity control. the capacity control is really capacity collusion. they are keeping these numbers of seats lower than the people who actually use them. gerri: -itis or member a long time ago when i said we had to hike these prices because our fuel costs are higher. and i keep waiting for them to say we're going to lower our prices because fuel prices are lower grade but it's not happening. we appreciate your help. >> take care. gerri: good news for meat lovers. after an expensive year in 2014 the prices have dropped for the third straight week according to "the wall street journal" weekly price survey. why the sudden dro

air. jet blue has become first airline to accept apple's new payment system for passengers making in flight purchases of food drink, and even upgrades. strong earnings from companies like cvs health and coca cola pushed stocks higher on tuesday. dow jones jumped 140 points, the nasdaq gained about 62. >>> number of job opening in the u.s. has hit the highest level in 14 years signaling that strong hiring that we saw last year could continue this year. labor department says more than people are also quitting their jobs and getting laid off, that is a good sign. >>> if you are quitting your job be careful how you do it. nine and ten hiring managers surveyed by office team say that the way employees quit affect their future careers. they gave examples of the most unusual stories. one worker threw a brick through the window with the word i quit. another person sent an e-mail blast to the entire staff and another left a post-it note. best advice give two weeks notice and help train your replacement. that is more mature way to go. >> brick through a window. >> wow, i'm in the thinking about that.

. >>> southwest airline planes are back in the air tonight after they grounded 128 planes yesterday. they missed a deadline for inspecting an equipment allowing pilots to steer the plane if the main system fails. it forced the airline to cancel 100 flights including several out of oakland and sfu. they say the planes can fly while the inspections continue. >>> the agency said it had evaluated the risk and agreed that the airline could continue to operate the planes during this short interim s. southwest says "safety of customers and employees remains our highest priority and the airline is working quickly to resolve the situation." >>> right now, in a bay area road, it is moving day in a big way. we are talking a million pounds. tonight, mark kelly is in morgan hill to show us. >> reporter: this truck gives a new definition to the meaning of wide load. it is already on the road tonight headed to the salinas area. this thing is so big, at many points, it is going to take up the entire road. clocking in at 950,000 pounds, this truck is not like a truck at all. >> it is like a big train

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especially when it comes to airline delays. chicago air has problems when there's heavy snowfall. all of this coming in. chicago, you are looking at snow now. tomorrow you'll end up with 12-18. as you can see, you have the band of heaviest snow. wet have less snow further south. st. louis - this is where we'll have problems with ice accumulation, and that will stretch all the way over to the east. it will dump more know on the areas hit hard last week. by sunday is 1:00a.m. we are expecting the total of 12-14 inches stretching to detroit. at this point south of pennsylvania, it will run up to a couple of inches of snow and with the ice on top of that people are not encouraged to travel. you'll want to check the travel cam. department of transportation sites will help you as you get on the roadways moving to pennsylvania all the way through the morning. it appears at this point in time that the snow into new jersey new york city and connecticut and massachusetts. as we get closer to 10 o'clock sunday night. new york city north wards - that will happen in the early hours of monday s

. >>> also the air disaster caught on camera. a commercial airliner falls out he sky clipping a highway overpass before plunging into a river. miraculously there are survivors. >>> a new warning from the head of cdc about the measles outbreak and what leaders in the autism community are telling us about getting vaccines. >>> and held for ransom a million people have now fallen victim to this. hackers get into your computer then hold your private files hostage then comes the threat to pay up

. >> i like alaska airlines southwest air, my friend and compadre jack moore saying be a little morebut alaska air is fine with me. molly in texas, molly? >> caller: boo-yah, jim. >> boo-yah. >> caller: i wanted your take on vmware. >> no, too high multiple for me. a lot of technology stocks under a lot of pressure. i say, no. matt in new jersey. matt? >> caller: boo-yah, cramer. >> yo, yo. >> caller: just keep up the good work. >> i'm sure trying. they're coming after me but i won't let them have me. go ahead. >> caller: yeah. i noticed it took a bit of a hit today. i'd like your thoughts on acquiring a long position in the drilling services company. the neighbors. >> neighbors is much lower quality. and you can buy schlumberger. if you can get it in the 70s. i've got to tell you, you can buy that one and put it away. i don't think i want to be in neighbors. that's not high quality enough. liz in new mexico. liz? >> caller: hi. >> man, i've been chanting versus a grim, bleak outlook. go ahead. >> caller: i'm a second-time caller and still a long-time admirer of all you do for us. >>

air bags. meanwhile, two major airlines are dealing with some safety concerns tonight. >> southwest is keepingn the ground and united airlines is giving its pilots an unusually blunt warning. ted rollins has the story. >> a united airlines message to its pilots obtained by abc news highlights significant safety concerns. the memo sent early last month points out safety events and near misses across the industry including this plane crash in alabama in which the crew didn't realize they were too low. the statement also mentioned two other incidents, one an emergency pullup to avoid crashing into the ground. and the other a plane landing with low fuel levels. the memo telling pilots let's not for a moment think something like this could not happen at united. the message is clear, flight crews must be careful. every pilot must be willing to sneak up if safety is in question. meanwhile, southwest is back in full capacity after having to cancel about 100 flights because of overdue backup hydraulic system inspections for nearly a third of its fleet. >> didn't make me feel too safe knowing they didn'

. >> for the air force flight 8610 in 1953 this aircraft and eastern airlines flight 8610 ended up in same air path in new york city. >> the plane ended up at the air force base where history was lost and sold at auction to a man named mel chrysler who needed planes for crop dusting. 10 years later in 1980 the smithsonian called him to tell him the plane's history. >> he decided to restore it p and worked with another gentlemen for 10 years they flew it around in the early 90's. the men tried to sell it iteneded up here where coon hopes to store it if money is ef found to fund it. >> i hope some day someone goes you know what let's go get that thing. that would be a plus. >> that was alicia akun yo reporting. >>> the staff says the dwight d. eisenhower presidential library and museum say they are actively per pursueing that plane. >>> the time now 25 after the top of the hour. balance the budget or don't get paid. good idea? why congress could soon see a pay cut if they don't compromise. >> pack your bags and head to key west. the american city that is giving up on winter's wrath. >>

. >>> also the air disaster caught on camera. a commercial airlinerls out of the sky, clipping a highway overpass before plunging into a river. miraculously there are survivors. >>> a new warning from the head of cdc about the measles outbreak and what leaders in the autism community are telling us about getting vaccines. >>> and held for ransom, a million people have now fallen victim to this. hackers get into your computer then hold your private files hostage then comes the threat to pay up or else. "nightly news" begins now.

it was an american airlines flight operated by u.s. air. and it was operated from philadelphia international airport flying into george bush intercontinental airport in houston. right now we are waiting from video from the overnight news conference from our sister station in houston. but here's what we know right now. there were 52 passengers and 4 crew members on the flight that landed just before 10:30 last night. evacuations were made using the slides of the plane. one passenger was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. we'll continue to monitor this situation to bring you information as we get it into the newsroom. live in the digital operations center vai sikahema, nbc 10. >>> now to the atlantic city casino here this morning at 4:36. the revel owners are looking to scrap the sale this morning. they will ask the judge to cancel the deal with the florida developer since the sale did not clear at midnight. why didn't it close? the judge said yesterday that the sale couldn't proceed without considering the former rights of the busine

. >>> in south korea a former airline executive has been found guilty of an air rage incidents over macadamia go harry fawcett joining us live now from seoul. we see her there harry on the screen heather cho. her father was chairman of the airline, reminds us of what happened. >> reporter: well, she is one of the highest status people in south korea a member of a family a third generation member her fall is over something as trivia triv trivial as a bag of nuts. the judge said she trampled human being self regard. all taking place december 5th at jfk airport port in new york when she was served the nuts on a bag instead of on a plate. she abused the flight attendant had both the flight attendant and senior flight attendant on his knees in front of her. he testified that she treated them as futile slaves and she turned the plane back to the gate and had the chief flight attendant ejected from the flight. here the court decided that she knew that the flight path was already in force and she had therefore broken save areas safety law by ordering the plane back to the gate and also that she had i

the transasia plane had just taken off and lost contact with air traffic control two minutes into the flight. airline officials are not saying what caused the crash. chris? >>> 4:36. we have new information now on a deadly train crash near new york city. a dozen people confirmed dead after a commuter train crashed into an suv at a crossing. this happened on the metro north line 20 miles north of new york city. the train slammed into a jeep cherokee. the jeep and front of the train caught fire as you'll see the smoke billowing in this video. the railway crossing gates came down on top of the suv for someone reason that stopped on the tracks. authorities say the driver of the jeep and six train passengers died. several other passengers were injured. metro north is the second busiest rail line in the nation and also had the derailment in 2013 in the bronx with four people killed. ed. >>> also following this this morning, the supplement millions of you take every day could be a sham. >> there's a new investigation into what is really inside your pill bottles and why it has many retailers taking action th

air crash. when a malaysia airlines plane did not just crash, it was shot out of the sky near the ukraine-russiaer. 298 people killed. that passenger jet was shot out of the sky by pro-russian separatists who thought it was a ukrainian military plane that they were shooting at. the separatists supported by russia had been fighting in eastern ukraine for months already at that point. vladimir putin had annexed crimea, tried to make it part of russia. and the obama administration and european countries had denounced russia. they imposed what turned out to be fairly crippling economic sanctions on russia. they told russia to get out of ukraine and stop interfering with that country. but the downing of the plane on the russian border, everybody all at the same time, left, right and center started asking the same scary question, new cold war? is this a new cold war? are we, the united states, going to fight some sort of new war with russia? set off by vladimir putin's aggression toward ukraine? president obama seemed unclear on his answer after that. >> is this a new cold war, sir? >> no. it's not a

airliner disappeared in the indian ocean, and a few months later another malaysian airliner crashed in ukraine, and in december an air-asia flight disappeared, crashed while flying between surabaya and singapore, and now we have a plane with more than 50 people on board crashing in suburban taipei today. >> adrian brown live in beijing. thank you >>> now to argentina, where an arrest warrant for the president has been found at the home of a prosecutor who died under mist earous circumstances in january. the lead investigator into the death of alberto nisman said the 26 page warrant was discovered in the garbage. daniel schweimler has more from buenos aires. >> there are those that are likening this case to a spy novel. it's one of the most intriguing that argentina has seen. if it should be made into a movie, the viewers would find difficulty. it's more convoluted by the day. investigators had found warrants for the raft of the president and the -- arrest of the president and the foreign minister. it was denied and admitted by the investigator. it's unclear at this stage whether alberto nisman committed suicide or wh

air travel. check with the airline and pack your patient this is morning. the slower than normal speed. just that alone will cause this morning, even to get there later then did you friday morning. allow some extra time, little extra wiggle room between you and that bumper in front of you. right new no problems or delays on the the schuylkill expressway or i-95. coming down through that work zone princeton avenue ramps have been reopen, they were closed all weekend with that construction project. chris and lauren back to you. >>> how about the massachusetts turnpike, it will be a mess as new england braces for yet another big storm. much of that region is under a winter storm warning through tomorrow. now this storm could bring as much as 2 feet of snow in some areas. the thinks the third major storm for new england in two connection including that blizzard. some schools ape government offices in the area have already been closed as the storm gets ready to move in. >>> families have of an arizona aid worker are praying she's still live despite claims from isis that kayla muhler is dead.