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." ♪ >> major funding by the pbs newshour has been provided by, ♪ >> bnsf railway, consumer cellular,on & johnson, financial services firm raymond james. e john s. and james l. knight foundation, more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions, and friends of the newshour. this program possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. judy: the death toll from ida grew today and first responders in some places went door to door to draw up lists of the missing. at least 49 people were killed in five states in the northeast, including at least 25 in the state of new jersey. president biden traveled to louisiana today to see the devastation from ida, which first hit the gulf coast as a hurricane nearly a week ago. about 816,000 people in the region without power and many without water. but hopes grew for resring some of that next week. roby chavez, our communities correspondent in new orleans, begins with this report. roby: tens of thousands of people across the northeast are without power as

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. >> this section of track was last asked inspected on september 23rd as part of bnsf's regulatory inspectionsomewhat said the tracks would be just one area of focus and investigation. >> three prime areas, they will be looking at the operation of the train, was the locomotive engineer happily controlling the train. what is the condition of the track? is there anything about the track itself that could have led to a derailment. and finally, the mechanical condition of the train? was there anything with the train that could have led to a derailment? >> reporter: once the ntsb cost figures out what caused this accident they say they are committed to taking action to prevent this from happening again. >>> new video out of southern california of a suspect attacking chp officers after a high-speed pursuit. this happened north of los angeles after officers performed a pit maneuver. you can see the suspects trying to escape from the officers. the struggle continued for a moment, until officers were able to get the suspect on the ground and handcuffed. the chp officers are expected to be okay okay. >

for instance bnsf the company that operated the railway says it in fact inspected those tracks just three days ago. meanwhile, amtrak says it is now joining the investigation. >> all right. thank you. >>> now to a major development about covid vaccines a judge has blocked new york city schools from requiring the shots for teachers. now there are new fears about staffing issues and a possible state of emergency ahead of another vaccine deadline tomorrow for health care workers. monica alba reports. >> reporter: just hours before a vaccine mandate was set to go into effect for teachers and staff in new york city, a federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement in the nation's largest school system after mayor de blasio announced last month that nearly 150,000 employees would have to get at least their first dose by monday which includes teachers, custodians, and cafeteria workers. tonight mixed emotions from parents on what the pause means for their children. >> it should be mandated. yes. >> i feel like if the teachers don't want the vaccine that is okay as long as they put the mask on. >>

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. >> reporter: bnsf, who maintains the track, says the rail had just been inspected days earlier.onight the widening probe for answers after a tragedy on the tracks >> and, miguel, we know from previous accidents that some of these trains are equipped with recorders, including this one, right? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, lester investigators have recovered the black box. in addition to the speed, it will tell them if braking was applied. couple that with the onboard video and you will have some powerful clues. >>> president biden sat down and got a covid booster shot at the white house today, but made it clear that the first priority is to get initial shots into the arms of the quarter of americans who haven't been vaccinated gabe gutierrez now with the latest >> i'm going to get my booster shot and right here. >> reporter: at the white house today, president biden rolling up his sleeve, getting a covid vaccine booster eight months after getting his first two doses. 23% of americans still haven't gotten any shots. >> that distinct minority is causing an awful lot of us an awf

the tracks, but in perfectly clear weather and on a totally clear stretch of track that, in fact, bnsf, the company that operates the tracks, says it inspected just three days ago. we spoke to a former ntsb board member yesterday, who said that if anything she expects that investigators will be looking most closely at the connection between the train cars and the tracks themselves, that the external factors otherwise don't jump out as you know, three people unfortunately were killed at this time. fortunately, all passengers are now accounted for. that was up in the air for a little while now we've got to figure out what happened and why those were hospitalized >> at this point, you have to remember, train crashes are incr incredibly violent, rescuers have to use jaws of life to open up the train cars and take away seats to get people out. you have everything, in train crashes, you tend to see broken bones and head injuries that are terrible it's a terrible thing when it happens. >> and you've, covering the california wildfires for us. there's been an arrest in connection with one of th

the rails themselves were operated by a company called bnsf and it tells me it is assisting in this investigation. >> and pete, we heard from mary schiavo, one of our cnn experts on transportation this morning, and she detailed that weather is another issue that investigators will be looking for. from those images it didn't appear that there was severe weather in the area. do we know anything about what it was like when the train derailed? >> a beautiful day, about 80 degrees out. typically these issues with derailments because of heat happen on really, really hot days. that doesn't seem to be an issue here and you can see in the images, it's a beautiful, big sky montana day there. it doesn't seem like weather will be a factor here. although investigators never leave any stone unturned as they look at this. we do know that in the past, speed and track geometry are the big factors they will be looking at and it's just something that is getting going. this will take some time. >> yeah. and just a little bit more about the investigation because mary was mentioning this, that the trains also have bla

train, whether or not it was under a speed restriction on that portion of track, which is operated by bnsf, not amtrak itself. they will also be looking at the geometry of the tracks, whether or not that could have caused a problem, whether or not the rails were perfectly straight, whether or not the ties were in the proper position. this is just kicking off a long investigation until we figure out what exactly caused this train to derail. >> pete munteen appreciate your reporting this morning, thank you for that. let's bring in mary schiavo former inspector general with the u.s. department of transportation and cnn transportation analyst. always good to have you. knowing what we know, seeing those images, mary, and obviously you are very well versed in knowing what the common causes of a train derailment are, what do you make of the scene and what could have happened? >> pete made a lot of great points the number one cause for train derailments or accidents is other traffic, surface traffic crossing the track. here that doesn't appear to be the case at all. the second most likely cause is

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and bnsf will help the investigators with that because they will be the ones who were in charge of all that. >> you know, this crash comes timing wise as a big vote on the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill slated for this week, and here's what new jersey congressman josh gottheimer had to say about it earlier this morning. take a listen. >> there's too much on the line here for our country. you think about infrastructure and what happened, the tragedy last night, the derailment in montana on amtrak, and of course, i'm here in new jersey. we got hit so hard as other parts of the country did by hurricane ida. in the infrastructure bill is climate rezil yaenls to help fight climate change. to fix amtrak and invest in our roads, bridges, rails. there's no reason why we shouldn't pass that right away and get shovels in the ground and do everything we can to stop derailments and invest in our infrastructure and climate and fight climate change, and also, we should keep working on the separate bill on reconciliation. >> kitty, do you think the nation's aging infrastructure will indeed be impo

local officials on the ground as well as amtrak, bnsf and ntsb to get to the bottom of this and get the tracks open. back up. the names of the three people killed have not been released. a crowd of immigrants walk 12 miles in the north bay for a special reason today, coming up the symbolism of their journey. but later the giants with another nail butter in colorado will find you will have the highlights and the division standings in sports and a re imagine susan g. komen breast cancer walk makes a comeback after last year's cancellation. still ahead tonight why researchers think the pandemic will have a ripple effect on many breast cancer patients battling the disease. and there you have it- woah. wireless on the most reliable network nationwide. wow. -big deal! ...we get unlimited for just 30 bucks. sweet, i get that too and mine has 5g included. that's cool, but ours save us serious clam-aroonies. relax people, my wireless is crushing it. that's because you all have xfinity mobile with your internet. it's wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. held its annual pad parade in san

. >> thihis section of track was last inspected on september 23rd as part of bnsf's regular inspectiongram. >> reporter: forming ntsb chairman said the tracks will be one area of focus in the investigation. >> if you were on the ground here what would you looking for? >> they will be looking at three primary things, they will be looking at the operations of the train, was the locomotive engineer properly controlling the train. what is the condition of the track, is there anything about the track itself that could have led to a derailment? and finally, the mechanical condition of the train. with as there anything with the train that could have led to a derailment? >> reporter: once the ntsb discovers what caused this accident they say they are committed to taking actions to prevent anything like this from ever happening again. sumwalt also tells me one thing investigators will also look at is what led to the injuries and the fatalities and whether seat belts could have prevented them. >> meg, thank you. >>> today congress starts a week of debate that could make or break president biden'

weather was likely not a factor, the condition of the tracks, which are inspected twice a week by bnsfbe a critical component. how important are the rail conditions in the investigation? >> i think the rail conditions are obviously important in any train accident. and so it's one of those things that we will be looking at. >> oh, my god. it's on its side. >> reporter: with nearly 160 people aboard, the train was traveling west with two locomotives and ten cars. five suddenly derailed. three plowing off the tracks entirely. trevor fosson was driving to a wedding and was the first person on scene. >> i do remember seeing people coming out of the top of the train. i just ran up and started helping them help people out of the train. >> reporter: the three passengers killed have now been identified. 28-year-old zach snyder was with his wife who remarkably survived. don and margie varnadoe were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary with a cross-country trip. >> they were two people of faith, so they're still together. >> reporter: the devastating wreck rattling the quiet town of joplin,

doesn't exist today because effectively it gives us a level playing field to compete better with up, bnsf, cn, csx, and ns for customers' traffic. again, if you have those positive facts that bode well supporting competition, i don't believe that you need to be concerned. in fact, i think it complements the biden administration's agenda to protect and enhance competition, which we fully intend to do >> okay. it's been a really dramatic six months pat, we haven't spoken to you through the process. but given the fact that you did initially strike a deal with canadian pacific back in march at a lower price, then canadian national swooped in with higher bid, you went with that offer instead until the regulators put up the roadblocks and now we find this combination moving forward from here as well. i'm just wondering how you would recap the last six months and whether you were surprised by all the goings on of it? >> it's been a fast and furious six months it's actually been longer than that, but just this last phase of it. all i will say is that, you know, the canadian pacific, kansas city s

. >> bnsf, the company that maintains the railroad says this section of track was inspected just twolments by automatically adjusting the train's speed and even breaking. amtrak says it's deeply saddened by the fatal incident and is fully cooperating with investigators. meantime, those who survived still shaken by the tragedy on the tracks. >> nbc's miguel almaguer with that report. >>> now to a growing crisis at major container ports on both coasts cauing shipping delays and supply shortages for businesses. both large and small. nbc news correspondent tom costello explains. >> reporter: off the coast of los angeles, a truly stunning sight. nearly 60 container ships in the water anchored all the way to the horizon. precious goods and supplies sitting idle for days. off the east coast, data shows nearly 20 ships waiting to get into new york city. >> when the world's manufacturers came back online, there was a surge in products that were ordered and just a finite amount of capacity of ships. of trucks. of warehouses. the infrastructure that exists can't handle the volume. >> the cargo