so it would not be uncommon for them to come through at night, but we rarely see amtrak trains. we do see in the daytime a great deal of freight trains, there's a big dog food plant up the road that manufacturers dog food and they have rail access. this place where they unload the cars have access. but i have been here my whole life and rarely see an amtrak train. >> and paul, if you would, you said you have been there your whole life and covering this area for 17 years. have there been issues before, like train delays? you said there's never been anything like this before, but other small train collisions in the area? >> very small ones, very small ones. a few weeks ago we had two trains up near our gilbert community in lexington county that basically just side-swiped each other. just barely touched, didn't really damage them, i don't believe. our firefighters responded immediately, but no one injured. we had derailments years ago with the spilling of coal, but never anything with fatalities or loss of life. occasionally, someone will cross a crossing with a car and a car or tru

a good route for amtrak, about 240,000 people a year on this route. so it's very important train for amtrak. >> mary, thank you so much. we just, again, want to update you really quickly. three people now have died and more than 50 are injured. many at hospitals at this hour after an amtrak train crashed with a csx freight train in cayce, south carolina, outside of columbia. we know that there are people on the scenes as they try to make sure everybody is off of that train and get them to a shelter that has been set up at a middle school. >> of course, the number at the bottom of your screen, if you have concerns potentially about having a loved one on board this train, the number provided by amtrak 1-800-523-9101. we will get more on the breaking news that is happening in south carolina and take a quick break. we will be back in a moment. ♪ when heartburn hits fight back fast with tums chewy bites. fast relief in every bite. crunchy outside. chewy inside. tum tum tum tum tums chewy bites. directv has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction over cable for 17 years running. but som

it looks to me preliminarily as though the amtrak train may have side-swiped the freight train and because it did not look like it was a head-on collision. there would be far more damaging and far more -- far greater number of injuries. but, you know, amtrak has a cuff run. three accidents in recent history, in recent months. and it's going to raise the question of is there adequate funding at amtrak and does the -- have the most advance safety does she most safety components when put on the line. the front-end camera will tell us what happened. >> the three accidents you speak of. one september 18th that derailed in washington and three people died there. the other was just this past week where one person died when a truck crashed into an amtrak train. i believe they are now saying that the truck may have been in the wrong in that particular instance. >> the truckdriver may have tried to jump the -- >> you're right but still talking about three different train accidents in the last two and a half months. >> yeah. >> yeah. that's a tough -- that's a tough record and, you know, amtrak has p

new details on the deadly train collision in south carolina. an amtrakassenger train plowing into a stationary freight train. it happened in pine ridge south of columbia. both people killed were amtrak employees. emergency crews transporting more than 100 people to the hospital. welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. molly: i'm molly line. bryan llenas is with us with the latest details. reporter: two amtrak crew members died in this crash. 116 people were sent to area hospitals. amtrak train 91 was traveling from new york to miami when it collided with a stationary csx freight train just before 2:34:00 a.m. this morning. the collision caused the amtrak lead engine and two passenger cars to derail. no one was on the freight train. according to the governor it appeared to him the amtrak train was traveling on the wrong track because the freight train was on a loading track. he reiterated all the information is preliminary. a national transportation safety board, ntsb, is on the way to investigate this crash. >> we need to determine what

the amtrak train was heading from right here in new york city to miami. f columbia, south carolina. 139 passengers. 8 crew members were on board. some of the train cars knocked off the tracks all together. all passengers are off the train now. some heading to a nearby middle school for shelter. the nbc and re ntsb and red croe on the scene. we will bring you the latest details as we get them. todd? todd: all right, ed, thank you very much. president trump touting the real impacts of his tax reform bill. take a listen. >> roughly three million workers have already received tax cut bonuses and raises totaling thousands and thousands of dollars per worker and that's just over the past six weeks alone. todd: take a look at this headline from the associated press reading. tax bill beginning to deliver bigger paychecks to workers. joining us now, one of those seeing a bigger paycheck, lee and shirley ann do you pray and also joining us cpa pointers on how to use your if youly found money. lee, i want to begin with you. if you don't mind, i don't mean to get too

this was amtrak train 91. it was traveling between new york and miami when it collided with a freight train. this image you see there, lexington county sheriff, 139 passengers and eight crew members were on board the amtrak train. it's not clear what caused the derailment. we'll bring you more details as soon as our newsroom learns more about what happened there. >>> on now to syria, and what turned out to be a deadly day saturday for both russian and turkish troops. russia says that one of its pilots was killed after a warplane was shot down near idlib. the pilot ejected before the crash but died fighting mill tamts on the ground there. also in syria, turkey says that seven of its troops were killed from violence in the afrin region. five died when a missile was launched at a tank. cnn can't independently verify the video but it purports to show the kurdish ypg destroying a turkish tank. turkey considers the ypg terrorist but they've been a key ally for the united states in the fight against isis. fred pleitge

. >> quijano: another deadly train crash. an amtrak passenger train slams into a freight train in south carolina. it's the third major wreck in less than two months. >> it was horrendous. >> quijano: also tonight, will democrats get to relea rebuttal to the controversial republican memo alleging anti- trump bias? >> we're not done! we're not done! >> quijano: it's super bowl game day, we're in minneapolis for football's biggest night of the year. >> i've been waiting for this forever. >> quijano: a club drug known as "special k" is now being used to treat severe depression. >> ♪ i never meant to cause you any sorrow ♪ >> quijano: and it's raining purple-- prince's piano, pants, and boots are among his personal items going up for auction. >> ♪ purple rain purple rain ♪ this is the "cbs weekend news." >> quijano: good evening, i'm elaine quijano. for the third time in less than two months federal investigators are at the scene of a deadly crash involving an amtrak train. the latest wreck happened early this morning in cayse, south caroli

the head-on collision between amtrak train 91 and an empty csx freight train demolished the two locomotives. robert sumwalt. >> that switch should have been realigned for the amtrak to go through the main track. >> reporter: why wasn't it? >> that's what we want the find out. >> reporter: the amtrak train had 147 people on board and was traveling approximately 56mph when a device known as a track switch diverted it to a side track where the freight train was parked. >> there were bodies everywhere. seats came up off the floor. glass came out all over the train. >> reporter: this stretch of track is controlled by csx, not amtrak. investigators say csx had manually flipped the switch to move freight cars to the side track. it's unclear how long the switch had been if the wrong position. track signals were off line for maintenance. the engineer hit the emergency brake three seconds before the collision. if the signals had been working, could that have been an earlier working -- warning for the engineer? >> it's possible. >> reporter: last week a train carrying republican lawmakers hit a garbag

ceo explaining to us that it was csx who was responsible for putting that amtrak train on the track that it ultimately derailed from. though the amtrak ceo, richard anderson, wasn't willing to share explanation for what caused this derailment, specifically what led to it, he was deferring all of those questions to the ntsb chairman. but he was comfortable explaining to us the procedures in place when csx is the company owning and operating and maintaining that stretch of track where this crash occurred, called the columbia subdivision. the csx, one of the many host railroads that amtrak has contracts, across this country. but in this case, it was csx manually dispatches trains while signals were down on this stretch of track. >> all right kaylee hartung, thank you so much. let's go straight to the press conference now with the ntsb. >> -- columbia this morning around 10:30 this morning to begin our investigation involving an amtrak passenger train and a csx freight train. we've brought in a full investigative go team. now, the ntsb we're an independent federal agency, ch

early indications suggest the amtrak train was on the wrong track. lving the national carrier in just seven weeks. it isa it is a horrible thing to see, to understand the force involved. two trains, that is about as forceful as you can get. the engine of the first engine of the freight train was torn up engine of the freight train was torn up and the engine of the passenger train which was headed south was barely recognisable. it is quite a crash. david willis has been following the story from washington. those figures, 139 passengers on board, and eight crew, we know that the two people who died in the incident were both amtrak employees. this passenger train colliding with a stationary freight train south of colombia, which is the capital of south carolina, just after 2am local time, and the speed given the passenger train at the time of the collision was 59 mph. 116 passengers, they say, were transported to local hospitals, many of them with minor injuries, but some broken bones but officials from the national transportation safety board are on the

train sat. according to amtrak, signals were down. e owner of the tracks, freight rail company csx was in charge of the tracks and the traffic. >> it was aligned for the trains coming down this way to be diverted into the siding. so the bottom line is, the csx train is parked in the siding. >> reporter: the investigation is ongoing, with ntsb investigators on the scene. >> we have not been able to find the event recorder at this time. the event data recorder for either train. so we do not know until we get the -- the event recorder, if the amtrak train applied brakes. >> reporter: the freight company offered condolences to the families of those who were killed. and said it is working with tin vest gative team. the crash was avoidable. the third such incident since mid december, that has one congress member asking for action. senator blumenthal said inaction is inexcusable given the repeated incidents. >> congressional leaders were involved in the last crash. for amtrak. thank you. >>> and house democrats are expected to release a memo

the train carrying 147 people, eight crew members and 139 passengers. two amtrak crew members died in the crash. 150 people were sent to area hospitals. it appeared to the governor that the amtrak train was traveling on the wrong track because the freight train was parked on a loading track or a sidetrack when the amtrak train slammed into it. the governor believes the amtrak train was traveling at approximately 59 miles per hour the national transportation safety board is on the scene. >> we will determine the time it happened and try to determine why it happened. we will determine if it is human error and if so, why.>> reporter: the red cross opened a shelter at pine ridge middle school near the crash. volunteers helped dozens of passengers get food, stay warm and make contact with their loved ones. the governor commended first responders who arrived just five minutes after the first 911 call came in. he also asked churchgoers to say a prayer for the victims. in new york, brian yunus, fox news. >>> republican lawmakers are starting to distance themselves am the

an amtrak train collided with a freight train.fter 2:30 in the morning. >> here's what we know. two people reported dead. at least 70 injured. amtrak train 91 carrying 139 passengers, eight crew members. traveling from new york to miami. the ntsb has dispatched a team of investigators to the scene to cayce, south carolina. that's near columbia. >> the red cross is responding. >>> we want to move to a major move against monster energy. the multi-billion beverage company under fire from five women who say they were harassed by monster executives. >> each of them has filed a lawsuit. abc's amy robach brings us their first television interview. the allegations range from bullying to retaliation. we're learning one of the executives accused of harassment has now resigned. >> reporter: these monster energy youtube videos show men on the go and women who seem to be there just to party with them. these five women who worked behind the scenes at the beverage company are coming forward to say their life with the company was no party. >> mon

an amtrak train traveling from new york to florida slammed into a parked freight train in south carolina killing two amtrak employees. over 100 other were taken to the hospital. authorities say the miami-bound train appeared to be on the wrong track when it collided with a freight train. it also caused 5,000 gallons of fuel to spill. this is the second deadly amtrak crash in less than a week and the third since a crash in washington state last december. nbc's jennifer johnson gives us more details. >> reporter: a horrific scene near cayce, south carolina. the mangled wreckage of amtrak train 91 and a csx freight train. the trains collided just after 2:30 a.m. when most passengers were asleep, killing engineer michael kempf and the conductor. >> threw us across the room like you would not believe. >> reporter: sources tell nbc news that just before the crash all csx signals were off line. csx gave verbal approval for the amtrak to proceed down a set of tracks, but the track switch was in the wrong position, sending the amtrak directly into the parked freight train. >> key to this investig

we begin with the deadly train accident in south carolina. an amtrak passenger train slamming into a freight train parked on the tracks. crews rushing in to work to contain 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled from the trains. more than 100 people taken to the hospital, and 2 amtrak crew members losing their lives. the crash, the second deadly collision involving amtrak trains in less than a week. tonight, david kerley starts us off. >> reporter: daylight showed the horrific damage from the head-on train collision, the amtrak engine nearly unrecognizable after the overnight crash. >> we've got a train derailment. at charleston highway and pineridge drive. if y'all have any extra people, i'm sure they're not gonna turn it down. they're taking everybody. >> reporter: the amtrak engineer and conductor were riding in the front, and were killed. nearly all of the 139 passengers suffered injuries. >> we first stopped, i thought i wasn't going to make it. this is the end for me. this is the way i felt. >> reporter: of the 62 taken to the hospital, only a half dozen

amtrak train 91 ended up diverted on the wrong track causing it to smash into a freight train. ople killed were amtrak employees. the engineer and conductor. cnn's kaylee hartung is in cayce, south carolina with more. >> reporter: good morning, christine and ryan. the chairman of the ntsb stated the fatal crash was caused by the switch locked in the wrong direction. now ntsb investigators have to learn why the switch was locked in the wrong position when train 91 travel along the path every day. this is a question that the csx corporation will have to answer. csx is the railroad group that owns and operates and maintains the track where the crash occurred. csx offered a statement with their condolences of the families involved in the crash. they did that and did not acknowledge any wrongdoing other than to say they would be cooperating fully with the ntsb investigation. another key piece of evidence in the investigation is the forward facing camera on the amtrak train. investigators have analyzed in a lab in d.c. christine and ryan. >>> thank you so much for that. tell everybody

the engineer and the conductor were both killed when an amtrak train from new york to florida crashed into a parked the freight train. more than a hundred people were injured. the ntsb held a briefing just last hour and a spokesman says investigators are now looking at how this amtrak train got diverted to a track where that freight train was sitting. cnn's kaylee hartung is joining us live from the scene. kaylee, what more have you learned? >> reporter: well, ana, we've learned answers to that question of how this fatal crash happened with the help of ntsb chairman, robert sumwalt, as he explained a switch on the track was locked with a padlock, sending that amtrak train colliding into the freight train. thankfully, with no one onboard it. take a listen to his description. >> for whatever reason, the switch -- and when i talk about a switch, i'm talking about a rail switch that can actually switch how the track goes from here to here -- for whatever reason, that switch was, as they say in the railroad industry, lined and locked, which basically means it was a-lined, aligned, for the

amtrak train diverted on the wrong track causing it to smash into a freight train. engineer and conductor were the ones killed. we have kaylee hartung in south carolina with with the lathe la. >> reporter: good morning. the chairman brought out the white board to explain. the switch was locked in the wrong direction diverting the passenger train from the main track to the side track and squarely into the freight train. the ntsb investigators have to figure out why it was locked in the wrong position when trains like the amtrak travel along the path every day. this is the question that the csx corporation has to answer. that is the railroad group that operates and maintains the track where the crash occurred. they are responsible for the signaling and switching in the area. csx offered condolences to the families of the victims of the crash. while they did that, they did not acknowledge any wrongdoing other than to say they would be cooperating fully with the ntsb investigation. another key piece of evidence in the investigation is a forward facing camera on the amtr

crash involving an amtrak train. the latest wreck happened early sunday morning, in casey, south carolina, across the river from the state capital, columbia. a passenger train, believed off to be on the wrong track, plowed into a freight train killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. cbs news transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at the crash site. >> early indications are amtrak train 91 was traveling at 59 mild an hour when it hit a freight train early this morning. on board the train were nearly 150 passengers and crew. the 54-year-old engineer, of savannah, georgia, and 36-year-old conductor were both killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars derailed. >> i was awoke by the rumbling, i guess, when the train wheels were in the gravel. and then it just stopped. and fortunately my partner was able to brace yourself, properly. i was not able to brace properly. ended up going into the wall. kind of giving myself a bump on the head. >> lexington county coroner. >> we should

a miami-bound amtrak train was likely on the wrong track when it slammed into the freight train in southhe conductor and the engineer died in the crash. 116 people were injured in the early morning crash on sunday. >> investigators say track switch was set in a position to force the train on to the siding. passengers are speaking out this morning about the whole ordeal. >> it was very dark. you couldn't see anything. we don't even know where we were. we were just in the woods. >> so many of the passengers were asleep when the crash woke them up. most of the injured have been treated and released. and this was the third crash involving amtrak in less than two months. the freight train was empty at the time of the crash. >>> a vote could take place on whether to release a memo from democrats on the house intelligence committee to counter the documents recently made public by republicans. new the gop memo alleged officials abuse surveillance powers to spy on former trump campaign adviser. democrats say it's a political hit job aimed at discrediting the fbi and the russian investigation and

the amtrak train collided with the csx freight train overnight killing the engineer and conductor. than a hundred people were sent to the hospital. officials say the signal system along this portion of the track was down and being manually controlled. amtrak's ceo says csx was directing the trains at the time. cnn's kaylee hartung joins me now from the scene. so, kaylee, this appears to be mounting to human error. >> reporter: fred, that will be a question that the chairman of the

the head on collision between amtrak train 91 and empty csx freight train demolished two locomotives.r, robert sumwalt. >> that switch should have been realigned for the amtrak to go through the main track. >> why wasn't it? >> that's what we want to find out. >> the amtrak train had 147 on board and was traveling approximately, 56 miles an hour when a device known as a track switch, diverted on to a side track where the freight train was parked. >> it was body everywhere. the seats came up off the floor. glass everywhere, came out all over the, the train. >> this stretch of track is controlled by csx, not amtrak. investigators say, csx manually flipped the switch to move freight cars to the side track. it is unclear how long the switch had been in the wrong position. track signals were offline for maintenance. the engineer hit the emergency break three seconds before the collision. if the signals had been working could that have been an earlier warning for the engineer. >> it is possible. part of what we need to piece together. >> sunday was amtrak's third fatal derailment. in less t

state of south carolina the amtrak train collided with a freight train overnight in what is the third fatal crash in two months talk among reporters. the train bound from new york and headed to miami carried one hundred forty eight passengers and crew it collided in the middle of the night with a freight train derailing its locomotive and the first car the two dead were crew members it's a horrible thing to see to understand the forces involved the engine of the the first engine of the freight train and coast was torn up and the the single engine of the passenger train the amtrak train continued south was barely recognizable first reports indicated the freight train was parked on a side rail off the main trunk line this was the third fatal crash in two months involving amtrak america's only national passenger rail service last week an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress hit a trash truck killing a passenger in the vehicle and in december a train in washington state hit a curve at more than one hundred kilometers per hour twice the permitted speed that train was not eq

around 100 others were injured when an amtrak train travelling from new york to miami crashed into a freight train. and fans of the new england patriots and the philadelphia eagles will be facing temperatures of minus 16 celsius ahead of super bowl 52. the game itself will be played inside the dome in minneapolis. at ten o'clock mishal husain will be here with a full round up of the days news. first our world. they were taken from their island home as children and moved thousands of kilometres to france. now, france is facing up to a scandal that rocked more than 2000 children of everything they knew. 0ur story starts in central france, just outside the city of limoges. marlene moved to the area more than 50 years ago as an orphan from the tiny island of reunion in the indian ocean, after french from the tiny island of reunion in the indian ocean, after french social services sold her a lie. did you ever see your sister again? unlike marlene, marise was too young to choose her new french life. her biological mother had put her into care in reunion when she was just a month old. marise

amtrak train carrying 147 people and a csks freight train. those injured have been taken to at least two local hospitals in the columbia, south carolina area. specifically happened, a lead engine derailed as well as some passenger cars when that lead engine of the amtrak collided with a csx freight train. we are expecting a briefing from the authorities there in about 15 minutes. ed: we're getting brand new video. we are racking that as we speak. producers are working extra hard and have been doing a fabulous job of getting something that literally happened shortly before we went to air. and we have just gotten fresh video out of cayse, south carolina. you are obviously seeing still photos now. we are turning that video, you will see in a moment. first look at what is happening on the scene. here's what we can tell you about what we know about

an amtrak train slammed into a parked freight train.e gutierrez has the overnight developments in the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. this crash happened while many of the passengers were sleeping. two people were killed. 116 others were injured. most of them are out of the hospital. questions are swirling about who is to blame and whether new technology could have prevented this. this morning, investigators are looking through the mangled wreckage of amtrak train 91, working to found out whether human error was to blame for the violent crash. >> i have never seen anything in my entire life like this. bodies everywhere. people on top of one another. i couldn't move. the seats were on my legs. >> reporter: the train was en route from new york to miami, with 136 passengers and 9 crew members onboard. near columbia, south carolina, it slammed into a csx freight train. passengers describe a terrifying jolt. >> you wake up bouncing off of chairs. >> reporter: amtrak's president pointed the finger at csx. csx dispatchers were manual

an amtrak train slanled slammed into an empty freight train.e miami-bound train may have been on the wrong track. here with more. >> reporter: at least six people remain in the hospital after this deadly amtrak train crash. the two people dead are amtrak employees. one is the conductor, the other is the train's engineer. majority treated and are ereleased. including at least three children. around 2:30 in the morning the train veered off the main track and slammed into a freight train on the main track. >> we remember being thrown on to our seats with a lot of metal coming down around us. we remember the lights going off, the smell of smoke and just being banged around. >> first thought was i wasn't going to make it. this is the end for me. . >> the ntsb says the key is figuring out why a switch on the railroad diverted the trainthe main track. early faces of this investigation. they will be collecting evidence from the scene. >> this seems almost unbelievable that a switch could be set spot on the amtrak train. >> that's why the rail safety ac

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 re 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. welcome to our viewers in the west. we begin with the frightening moments on the rails for republican members of congress today. it was a deadly

that amtrak train was headed from new york to miami when it happened about 140 people were on board. >> there was a train collision and derailment near charleston highway and pine ridge drive between a freight train and passenger train. when we arrived on scene we began assisting passengers off that train. at this time there are no passengers on the train. it's very important to point that out. there were about 70 passengers that were transported to local area hospitals for various injuries and there were two fatalities according to the lev lev lexington county coroner. >> russell quinby, given the stats, what are the takeaways? >> right now that's a single track main line that goes through that area and there's a number of industrial switching operations in that area. one of which looks like an auto rack or car and vehicle unloading facility. and that feed into the main track. and it looks to me like either somebody ran a signal and didn't stop or got in the way of the amtrak train which would have had a priority. >> so russell, help me understand then, you say this is a switching ar

an amtrak train crashed into a freight train. it happened in the u.s.h carolina early sunday. we understand that two people were killed, 116 injured. officials say the track switch was locked in the wrong position. >> for the first time ever, the philadelphia eagles are super bowl champions. they beat the new england patriots 41-33 in a thriller in the nfl's title game. the patriots and tom brady were the defending champs trying for their 6th super bowl win, but it wasn't to be. >> they are partying in philly for sure. the winter olympics kickoff later this week in pyeongchang. north and south korea will compete under one flag. they are sending the ceremonial head of state and the united states is sending the vice-president. he will attend the opening ceremony. >> turkey's prime minister has a message for his nato allies. ignore criticism of the turkish offensive against kurdish fighters in syria. now, this comes after seven turkish soldiers were killed saturday. it was the deadliest day yet for turkish troops in what they call operation olive branch. f

you mentioned that incident last month when an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress killed it collided with a rubbish truck in virginia. then in december last year three people were killed when a passenger train derailed in washington state. amtrak makes the point that it transports 30 million passengers every year or thereabouts, and its safety record is pretty good in that regard. but there are those who say that they are averaging about two derailments albeit with minor injuries or no injuries at all. there are watchdog groups who say this is not good enough and we have had that call from the south carolina governor today for a review of passenger safety on—boa rd today for a review of passenger safety on—board passenger trains. david willis in washington, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: the home secretary, amber rudd says the ministers making the decisions about brexit are not divided. at least two people have been killed and dozens injured after a collision between two trains in south carolina. mps warn that cuts to the royal marines would leave britain

eight crew members and about 139 passengers were on board that amtrak train. ficials say first responders got everybody off. we're working to find out the extent of the injuries. the train was en route from new york to miami. stay with us here on the air and on the nbc 10 app for updates. vai and tracy, back to you. >> rosemary. thanks. we've been talking about the bitter cold temperatures, and i mean bitter. 0 right now and the high temperature is expected to be 6 today. they're warning fans they have to stand in long security lines that are outside to get into the stadium. you need to layer upon layer upon layer and take it seriously. >> at home, folks potlucking tonight at the super bowl parties, they need to take an umbrella with them if they're visiting grandma's house, right, krystal? >> you're right. i'm starting with my out the door graphic. we didn't even plan that one. let's talk about this. rain jacket. you need that. the rain will come in and once we get into the afternoon, at some point it's going to be heavy. bring the umbrella, too. just the hood

this was amtrak train 91 operating between new york and miami. 5am in south carolina. the lead engine derailed, according to amtrak, as well as some passenger cars. there were eight crew members and about 139 passengers. the latest we are hearing from reuters from that train crash alternative fur deutschland dead and 50 injured. more on that as it comes into us. —— two dead and 50 injured. the prime minister is expected to announce plans to make it an offence under electoral law to intimidate parliamentary candidates and their campaigners. in a speech later this week, mrs may will say recent cases of politicians being abused — in the street and online — risked "toxifying" public debate. sinn fein has confirmed that gerry kelly, its police spokesman and a northern ireland assembly member, removed a wheel clamp from his car in belfast. footage emerged on social media which appeared to show a pair of bolt cutters lying beside the vehicle. a sinn fein spokesman said mr kelly's solicitor was dealing with the matter. the international olympic committee

wrong position, forcing the train into side track where it barreled into a parked csx freight train. amtrak blames csx saying the company the signal was down and they were manually routing trains. >> i've never seen anything in my entire life like this. >> reporter: amtrak it installed ptc to stop crashes like these. by the end of the year, most of the nation's railroads are expected to have ptc but congress allowed them to apply for a two-year extension. >> if we had a positive operating system, this would have been avoided. >> reporter: late today the ntsb confirmed that the signal system here was down, because the rail company was upgrading it to install ptc. the very system that could have prevented this. lester? >> gabe gutierrez at the crash scene for us. thank you. >>> there are new concerns this evening, and something important to be aware of as the flu emergency continues to sweep through schools, homes and offices, perhaps yours. doctors are warning just because you've gotten the flu once this season doesn't mean you can't get it again. and as nbc news medical correspondent dr. jo

tonight federal investigators confirm a railway signaling system was down for maintenance when an amtrak train crashed into a freight train in south carolina. two killed. more than 100 injured. now amtrak faces questions about safety and whether new technology could have prevented yet another crash. we're at the crash site. >> reporter: tonight, the national transportation safety board is trying to find out whether human error caused the violent crash that injured 116 people and killed an amtrak conductor and engineer. >> sorry, guys. >> reporter: rich camp says his brother michael the engineer sought therapy after previous minor accidents, and even feared for his life. >> he told me, he says, one of these times something's going to happen and i'm not going to walk away from it. >> reporter: amtrak's safety record drawing new scrutiny after the fourth deadly crash in two months. last week a train carrying republican members of congress to a retreat hit a truck. >> are we willing to say there's a systemic issue with amtrak? no, we're not. >> reporter: amtrak train 19 heading from new york to mi

get confirmed from the incident right now. >> do we know whether the fatalities came from the amtrak traineight train? any information on that? >> we are not releasing any information about the fatalities or their identities or causes at this point until the corner can confirm their loved ones have been notified. >> derrec, just to say they had an amtrak info line for people to call the 1-800-523-9101. i'm sure your services are all working together. if you can confirm, there were 147 people on board, does that include the amtrak and the freight train? >> that's correct. 147 people on board, that includes passengers and crew. >> and derrec, you briefly said people were taken to three of the hospitals that are nearby. there are cuts and bruises, are there serious injuries? do we know the extent of them? >> well, we are getting reports from our county emergency medical services that it is cuts and bruises, there are reports of a few broken bones, but all non-life-threatening injuries. >> derrec, what can you tell me about the fuel spill? we had the gentleman on talking about the hazmat team

. >> reporter: an amtrak train heading to florida crashed into a csx freight train, derailing several passenger cars and the lead engine in casey, south carolina early sunday, two people were killed and more than 100 injured. no one appeared to have been aboard the csx train at the time of impact. south carolina's governor addressed the situation. >> the csx was on the track that it was supposed to be on. it appears that amtrak was on the wrong track. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board is on the scene investigating. a source with knowledge of the investigation says they're focusing on the signal systems and whether they were working properly. this is the latest deadly incident involving an amtrak train. >> abc7 news was in san carlos after a box truck overturned on u.s. highway 101, it happened just south of holly street at 1:00 this afternoon. drivers faced delays until that truck was uprighted and towed away. the highway control tells us no one was hurt. >>> oakland police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man at 67th and market street at 6:00 this

the amtrak train was traveling from new york to florida. l investigators say a railroad track switch... locked into the áwrong position diverting the train to a side track -- where the freight train was parked. the crash put nearly 120 people in the hospital. an amtrak train engineer and a conductor. the amtrack train did ánot have "positive train control." that system combines g-p-s -- wireless radio -- and computers to stop train from colliding -- derailing -- or speeding. if the train had that technology -- the n-t-s-b chairman says the deadly crash could have been avoided. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... a mother wanting justice. one month after her daughter is killed in a hit-and-run... she's now making a plea to the person responsible. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is jammed from the maze ( james ) a florida nurse's facebook rant about the "cesspool of funky flu" in e-r waiting areas is getting a lot of attention.( darya ) katherine lockler's video has been viewed mi

the freight train was parked on a side track. it appears the amtrak freight train was devorted on to a -- diverted on to a collisionary course. >> it was lined and locked. it was aligned for the train coming down this way to be diverted into the side. >> the ntsb recovered the video camera inside the amtrak freight train. it is being sent to washington to be analyzed. >>> the north bay's new passenger service, the smart train exceeded expectations in the first six months. they carried more than 310,000 passengers so far. that is ahead of projections. even with a steep drop after the wildfires. in term of fairs smart is taking in $76,000 a week. 10,000 more than expected. commuters, and tourists are all using the train. >>> a shooting puts a san jose woman in the hospital. she was being chased in a car last night after crashing into a tree. her pursuer came up and shot her while her passenger fled. she hospitalized and police are searching for the gunman. >>> well, the california highway patrol is on the look out for drunk drivers. a zero tolerance cam

-to-boston train of travelath more than 124 miles per hour, moments before the separation. amtrak says 52 passengers were on board. they were put on another train. there were no injuries. this picture shows it happened in an area where passengers can move between cars. >> if someone would have been actually crossing from one car to another potentially, they could have fallen through that separation. >> reporter: mark rosenker is the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. >> i certainly would thriek see a top-to-bottom examination. that may well have to include a safety standdown. everything comes to a stop, staff is focused and refocused on safety processes and safety management system. >> reporter: this incident comes just days after two amtrak employees were killed and 116 people injured when amtrak's silver star train derailed outside colombia, south carolina. last week air, charter amtrak train carrying republican lawmakers hit a garbage truck on the track in rural virginia killing one and injuring six. and in december, this amtrak-operated train was goin

federal investigators are focusing on why the amtrak train ended up on the wrong side of the tracks. itch was in the wrong position which put that passenger train right into the path of a freight train.>> of course key to this investigation is learning why that switch was lined that way. because the expectation of course is that the amtrak would be cleared and operating street down like this. >> federal investigators say a system called positive train control could have prevented the crash but it was not installed. this is the third deadly crash involving an amtrak train in less than two months. >> the trial starts today in a big legal dispute between uber and way mow it centers on an engineer that used to work for way mow and now works for overbeck. way mow says uber stole trade secrets. way mow wants $2 billion in damages. the jury was chosen last weekend opening arguments are set for 730 this morning in san francisco. >> reports today that uc berkeley police metformin dollars for security at controversial's free speech events. the events included a speech by ben shapiro. and counte

reporter: a chaotic scene after an amtrak train, fra transportig republican lawmakers to a retreat in west virginia crashed. they felt a jolt. >> you were not braced for it it was severe, throwing a head of people's head -- a lot of people's heads into the seats. reporter: carrying dozens of republican congress members, staff and family, when it slammed into a dump truck. the train was going about 70 miles for hour when the collision occurred. capital and g.o.p. doctors and nurses attended to the injuryd, including those in the severed dump truck, they performed cpr for several moments before highe died of his injuries, the other was taken to the help. >> not surprising that there was a fatality. >> house speaker paul ryan was a passenger, he was the not hurt, and updated president on the accident, most of those injuries suffered head and neck injuries. about a half dozen people were taken to air hospitals including minnesota representative, jason louis, who is under going standard concussion protocol. the train has returned to charlottesville, and the lawmakers are taken to the retre

of the freight train of course was torn up and the the single engine of the passenger train the amtrak train continued south was barely recognizable first reports indicated the freight train was parked on a side rail off the main trunk line this was the third fatal crash in two months involving amtrak america's only national passenger rail service last week an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress hit a trash truck killing a passenger in the vehicle and in december a train in washington state hit a curve at more than one hundred kilometers per hour twice the permitted speed that train was not equipped with an automatic braking system which might have prevented the accident that killed three and then just about one hundred others the government subsidized dam track system has been heavily criticized by president donald trump he's pointed to its accident record as reason to push for more spending to refit the network of roads rails and airports united i'm calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least one point five trillion dollars for the new infrastructure inve

after two people were killed and more than 100 injured in an early morning train crash involving amtrak-x freight trains.(jr stone) reporter kim hutcherson has more. an amtrak train headed to florida from new york and carrying nearly 150 people crashed into a c-s-x freight train... derailing several passenger cars and the lead engine in cayse (casey) south carolina early sunday. two people were killed and more more than 100 others injured.amtrak identified the dead as the train's engineer and conductor.no one appears to have been aboard the c-s-x train at the time of impact. south carolina's governor addressed the situation.sot gov. henry mcmaster, south carolina"the csx was on the track that it was suppose to be on. it appears that the amtrack train was on the wrong track."the national transportation safety board are on the scene investigating. a source with knowledge of the investigation says investigators are focusing on the signal systems and were working properly.latest deadly involving an amtrak train. amtrak train dupont, killing three.i'm kim reporting. (anchor) time now to chec