. >> caroline shively is near the scene of the derailment. caroline-- >> reporter: hi there pam and dave. we just spoke to -- vice chairman of the ntsb about the speed. from a data recorder they know the train was doing 80 miles per hour around a curve when the speed limit was 30 miles per hour. she explained a snapshot. the train was doing 80 when it derailed. was the engineer speeding up, hitting the brakes, or was it a malfunction? several people killed and dozen injured when amtrak train 501 went off the tracks. >> shaking really, really badly. and things were falling off the shelf. >> reporter: a chain reaction pushed 12 train cars and an engine off the overpass. many falling on busy interstate five. >> when i stepped out i didn't realize i was standing on another train car. >> reporter: crews have been removing debris and train cars. speed is being looked at as a major factor. >> the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile- per-hour track. >> reporter: the technology that automatically slows a speeding train was not in use

democrats john conniers and al frankens announced earlier this week, as fox's caroline shively tells us this could be just the beginning >> two democrats an republican quit congress last week because of sexual assault scandals, even more under investigation by congressional committees and who legislature from both sides of the aisle tell fox it's not over yet. here's democratic deb beep ding he will and barbara

caroline shively is near the scene and crews are working around the clock.ng about speed in a pretty new service. >> reporter: you're right. this was the first day. yesterday was the first day on this new train. the inaugural voyage of it. and speed was most definitely a factor. according to the black box they found on the back of the train, the train was doing 80 miles per hour around a curve. the speed limit was actually 30. several people were killed and dozens injured. many seriously, when amtrak train 501 went off the tracks. >> it was shaking really, really badly. and things were falling off the shelf. >> reporter: the monday morning derailment set off a chain reaction pushing

caroline shively is live in dupont, washington, near the crash scene with an update on what investigators today. caroline-- >> reporter: hi there dave and pam. you said it. speed is the main factor they are looking at. 80miles per hour is what the data recorder is telling them. the train was doing 80 miles per hour around a steep curve where the speed limit was only 30 miles per hour. the ntsb tells me that's just a snapshot. they don't know if the train was accelerating or decelerating. they'll be going over the data recorder and looking for the second black box at the front of the train. and they'll always be interviewing the crew members. dave and pam -- >> we know this was a brand new service and you talked about how some communities objected to the service because they felt it was too fast for the area. any talk of how much testing was done before the trip with passengers on board? >> reporter: they did do multiple trips, multiple tests through here. and the last was in february of this year. this is the first time that they had a full passenger load. they hadn't done it with that ma

caroline shively is in washington.came out with the student -- a statement. >> he denied the allegations and he said he wants to clear his name but he said he still won't run for re-election. if here's a statement quote allegations that have surfaced came from a fair and thorough discussion of the re-election campaign therefore it's in the best interests of my family and my constituents to complete my term in congress and not seek re-election. a former campaign finance aide said she quit last year after kihuen asked her for a date and sex in touch or an appropriate with another woman a lobbyist has a similar story. the house ethics committee is reviewing the cases. house speaker nancy pelosi has called on him to resign. >> i have spoken on the subject. he wants to go through the ethics process it's his right to do. >> the ethics committee only investigates current members. because kihuen will be in congress until january 2019 that investigation is still underway. molly: then there's this case out of kansas and this tim

fox's caroline shively has them all four. car sign?led with instagram-worthy moments. facebook and twitter feeds filled with laugh out loud videos some made the heart sing. others tugged at the heart strings. a few smashing sparked a nationwide movement. >> like this scene from early spring. annealed arely doctor dragged from oversold flight and frequent flyers were if you are yes and united airlines paid dear lay settlement and a mighter. be the wake, changes were made across the entire industry. jaws dropped when video surfaced from charlottesville showing a car driving in a crowd. they proprotecting who came to rally in town. the driver charged for murder. they were afforded a lot of it look the growing trend. bad guys chasing out and making off with deliveries. cameras caught the cops getting robbed in florida. even chicken and biscuits were not safe plus right from a big apple fast-food joint. dashcams were eyeness with to shocking scenes like this. a delivery truck running a red league in missouri. and toppling. a traffic stop in

caroline shively, fox news in washington. >>> coming up next, a suspicious device found in an oakland mail collection box. what we're learning from police about the incident that triggered a call to the bomb squad. >>> and former stanford swimmer brock turner appeals his sexual assault conviction. the response tonight from the group trying to recall judge aaron persky. >>> and the rain from last night has moved out quickly leaving us with pretty cool temperatures. some areas in the low 30s tomorrow, near freezing and we will let you know if we have any rain chances to talk about in our 5-day forecast. with buick. riholidays get up to 20% below msrp on most 2017 luxury suv models. that's over $7,100 on this buick envision essence. experience the new buick this holiday season. >>> in washington, members of the house administration committee will hold a hearing next week to discuss possible changes to the congressional accountability act. the meeting comes as four members of congress are facing mounting pressure to step down amid accusations of sexual misconduct. ellison barber has our r

caroline shively is in washington with more. >>reporter: to reconcile the two bills members of the house and senate have to come together on the individual mandate, whether to make a personal tax cut and even whether to have for tax brackets or seven and they've only got three weeks to do it before the president's christmas deadline. the senate and house versions both cut the corporate tax rate of 35% to 20%. some republicans if they just the promise of it has set the stock market on fire and once it is a done deal that will inspire companies to hire more workers and raise wages. democrat maintain that just because you give a business a huge tax cut does not mean that it rolls downhill to workers. >> why not put requirement in these numbers would invest some of that money and training the workforce and giving them skills they need to compete as opposed to what i am afraid of which is we will see a majority of these funds come back and be used for share buyback and dividends. >> democrats and republicans in high-tech states like

caroline shively in washington state at the crash scene. thank you. >>> 7:33. we're expecting rain of our own. nothing to that degree. at this point, we will take anything that we can get. >> she said it is raining hard here. we haven't seen that in a bit. >> yeah. >> we have some on the way later tonight and early tomorrow morning. not much but we will take what we can get. someone named allie rasmus. >> i've heard of her. >> she won't leave me alone. >> a nice young lady. >> good morning, richmond. clouds on the horizon. a sign of something to come? my plants need rain. i think everybody does. not this morning but later tonight as the system moves in. cold air associated with it. it will be wednesday night and thursday. the wind will pick up. the big news is it looks like an okay snow producer. not great. not a couple feet but at least two to six inches of snow. so winter weather advisory is out until 1:00 tomorrow. it starts at 8:00 p.m. different scenario and different story near shasta. 30s on the temps. 40s. with the increasing clouds, we will be hard pre

i'm caroline shively. fox news. >>> weather-wise, rosemary orozco is here. >> we're going to get a little bit of rain late tonight into tomorrow morning. it's not -- we'd like to see more. i'll show you what i think we're going to get in just a moment. outside our doors we have the clouds ahead of the system that will bring us the rain eventually. and today is going to be a bit of a cooler day. 53degrees in santa rosa. san francisco checking in at 57. low 50s at oakland. and 61 degrees outside your door. and as we view the sky you can see the clouds increasing as we get into the second half of the day and the evening hours. they'll begin to thicken and lower as well. there's a look at the storm. rain ask snow over areas of washington and oregon and northern california picking up on a little bit of green south of ukiah. more than likely virga meaning not hitting the ground yet. for today, dry and cool and it really takes until this evening before it begins to move in. as we get into late tonight, early tomo

in washington, caroline shively, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> california is not enforcing smog standards.hey missed a deadline to designate which parts of the country have unhealthy air. to far the epa has not issued a comment. >>> it's cool in the mornings but the afternoons are perfect except for the fact that they are so dry. >> so dry and now we're dealing with the smoke from southern california. hard to complain knowing what they are dealing with down there. we'll take a look at the temperatures for the afternoon. and we want to start with a tweet that was sent out by the national weather service out of los angeles. take a look at that. that was reported in the last half hour. that's the thomas fire that started in santa paula and has spread over the last few days. the winds are not as bad as they have been. with that said, the red flag warning, the dry, gusty conditions will continue all the way through sunday night with the possibility of gusts still to 55 miles per hour. right now ventura is reporting 55 miles per hour. and we're getting a bit of a variable wind even though the fl

arthel: caroline shively, thank you. eric: president trump's transition team. from some republicans on capitol hill. coeur d'alene offer up into the council to come for america seems that most investigators failed to directly request records from the tram transition team and its probe and they should instead properly gotten most of the subpoena. instead they got the documents it seems from the federal agency, the gsa that provide services to the transition team without a warrant or subpoena. did they need one? defending actions today saying improperly obtained the account owner's consent or the appropriate criminal process. former fbi deputy assistant director hostage rescue team commander joins us now. was this like a sneaky enron director, did they need the subpoena to get these tax or could they get them from the gsa because their government property? >> probably -- not probably, absolutely. it's axiomatic in washington d.c. if you are an agent he enabled records from another agency and a third party comes in and request them come he referred them to the ori

caroline shively, fox news. >> rick: how do begin to rebuild when you lost everything? that's the question facing folks in northern california after wild fires obliterated the landscape. so many families and businesses are struggling to figure out their next steps after the wildfires. we'll go live to wine country coming up. you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. >> rick: some folks in northern california's wine country rebuilding after wild fires turn parts of the area into an inferno back in october. officials say the flames destroyed nearly 9,000 buildings. the fires spared most of the wineries but some workers say they're concerned about a possible hit to the business anyway in an area that depends so heavily on tourism. adam housley is there with the news live in a winery in napa valley, california. adam? >> yeah, rick. the worry is about the second blow when the fires blew through northern c

in washington, caroline shively, fox 29 news. >>> u.s. stocks taking a plunge this morning after word about flynn's guilty plea. small companies stocks that would benefit from corporate tax cuts took the biggest hit. however, throughout the day the market did gain back a lot of that loss. >>> as we told you last night former trump campaign chairman paul manafort reached $11 million deal with prosecutors. manafort whose been under home confinement since october faces charges of money laundering and fraud. a judge must still sign off on the deal. >>> a major sting across new jersey. police now have dozens of men behind bars investigators calling them child predators. among them now charged in the sting, a trenton police officer. accused of having child pornography. let's get right out to dave schratwieser live in camden with more. dave? >> reporter: dawn, nearly 30 of the suspects caught up in this sweep are from south jers jersey. six different counties including here in camden, burlington, atlantic county, cumberland county and salem coun

in washington, caroline shively, fox news. ♪[ music ] >>> breaking news. judge makes a decision in the ghost ship fire. derick almena and max harris will stand trial on 36 counts of manslaughter. that's one count for each victim in the fire a year ago. good evening, i'm heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. frank and julie are off tonight. let's get straight to ktvu's henry lee. he was in the courtroom when the ruling came down. >>> reporter: judge horner says there's very strong evidence to hold derick almena and max harris over for trial. he said the two men are criminally liable for what he called an unspeakable tragedy. today in court family wept as the prosecutor read the names of 36 victims one by one during the preliminary hearing for the deadly ghost ship fire in oakland. prosecutors said derick almena was essentially the landlord of the ghost ship warehouse and that max harris acted as his property manager. the judge agreed with that and said the two must stand trial on 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for each victim. defense attorneys said they

reacted to the news tweeting: >> joining us now live from washington with more is fox reporter caroline shively. caroline, when do we think that that vote could happen? >> reporter: the earliest, julie, would be tomorrow. they put off any of those votes in this last-minute switch. they are basicallying about to spend the overnight hours retooling parts of the bill. democrats say see with that they plan to pelt it with amounts starting tomorrow morning. those are some of the major developments in dc today. if it wasn't taxes, it was tillerson. [ yelling ] >> rex is here. >>> reporter: officials staying vague on reports president trump is considering replacing rex tillerson with the current cia director mike pompeo. >> the secretary is someone whose feathers don't get ruffled very easily. he kind of, you know, brushed this off today. >> when the president loses confidence in someone, they will no longer serve in the capacity that they're in. >> reporter: as those on capitol hill wonder how true the reports are, and what a cabinet shake-up might mean. >> conducting business as is the norm. not awa

caroline shively is in washington, dc for us tonight with more on this. caroline, what does this mean? >> reporter: this means the government is going to stay open past midnight tomorrow night, frank. without it the federal government would have run out of money. it funds the government for four weeks from tomorrow. we call it the congressional kick the can game. they will be going through all of this again when the money runs out in january, on the 19th. it keeps funding the government at current levels. it has a little extra in there. it gives money for the pentagon, veterans. it also funds the chip program. that ran out in october. they have been operating piecemeal since then. that gives medical care to almost 9 million low income children across the country. folks in the senate tonight with a little tired. they wanted to pass something permanently but with christmas looming and this winter break, this was all they could get done, this temporary fix. >> so as you mentioned, this is essentially kicking the can down the road. at what point here do you th

in washington, caroline shively fox news. >> now, former fbi director james comey seemed to react tonn's guilty plea on social media. on twitter and instagram comey posted this picture along with a bible verse about justice. it was comey's firing in may that led to the appointment of special counsel robert mueller to head the russia investigation. >>> your time is 7:06. disturbing video taken inside four teenagers involved in a brutal beating. one teen fell to the ground there. then two others start to punch and kick him repeatedly. maryland state police say the incident happened on monday. three of them have been charged as juveniles and one as an adult. now, the resource officer at the school was apparently not there when the fight broke out and it's unclear right now if all the people involved were students. >>> meantime in loudoun county an elementary schoolteacher is accused of being drunk in class. claire boucher is a teacher at the elementary school. a school resource officer said she may have been intoxicated. she was arrested and charged with public intoxication and for havi

. >> caroline shively has the latest. >> reporter: sexual harassment scandals forced congressman johnd trent franks plus al franken to quit this week, the pressure had been building for weeks but franks was a surprise oh to washington. it reportedly offered a female staffer five million dollars if she would conceive a child with him. the congressman denies intimidating or trying to have sex with anyone in his office. but quit effective yesterday after his wife was hospitalized. on thursday, franks said, quote, in the midst of this current cultural and media climate i'm convinced i would be unable to complete a fair house ethics investigation. we're also learning more about how your tax dollars secretly got paid out to workers allegedly harassed by members of congress. thursday night, ratty house ethics committee riotered that it had stepped up its investigation of blake farenholt accused of sexual harassment of a staffer, he denies the allegations but settled the case for $84,000 out of that fund, across man alste hastings said to settle a lawsuit against him. role call broke that sto

fox news' caroline shively joins us live in washington tonight. lawmakers pushed difficult issues into the new year. caroline. >>> reporter: they put off some contentious votes, defense spending, daca, "dreamers," disaster relief. that will happen in january. they kept the government funded at its current levels until january 19th when the money runs out. a couple of extra things in there. some funding for the pentagon and veterans and also the chip program, the medical help for low income children almost 9 million across the country. so a couple of extras in there but basically kicking the can down the road another four weeks. without it, though, the government would have run out of money tomorrow night at midnight. >> any word on when they could reach a permanent solution? it runs out january 19th. >> reporter: right. they do need to come together in the following months. some of the folks in the senate were complaining saying, i'm not voting on another temporary measure. this might sound familiar. we were talking about this two weeks ago. the la

caroline shively, fox news. ♪ >> some sad news out of hollywood tonight.has died. rose marie who went by her professional name rose marie was best known for her role as sally rogers on the dick van dyke sh show. she was 94 years old. kristen? >> the flyers may be the smart test team i know right now. they escape this cold and went to florida for a road trip. coming up a look if the flyers were able to put things together again for the first of their two game trip down in warmer weather. that's next. ♪ here's what is coming up on fox 29 news at 11:00. these cold temp mean traditions won't go on. no polar bear plunges and the mummers parade may be next. you'll have to ditch those golden slippers. you'll need something warmer. >>> the flyers flew south after their christmas break. down to sunny florida. not bad place to be eye right now as they look to get things back on track. they dropped three of their last four gays. florida up one to nothing in the second period. it's two-zero panthers with a shorthanded goal. flyers trying to fight back in the third. sh

caroline shively, fox news. >>> first date disaster in tex texas.ttorney night out with a free lance court reporter turned into drunken nightmare. during the lindy lou layman drank too much alcohol so attorney anthony buzby reportedly called her an uber when they got back to his house. that's when he claims she started screaming poured wine on his original andy warhole paintings and shattered all kinds of sculptures. the destroyed artwork's estimated value is about one and a half million dollars. layman faces criminal mischief charges. she is free on $30,000 bond. >>> he was hailed as an internet hero for helping rescue florida hurricane victims now he's quit his job after allegations of anti semitism. michael hamil was known as the hot cop from florida when his picture went viral in september on the gainsville police department's facebook page. day later on social media comments surfaced regarding jewish people in the holocaust. there's also allegations the officer had sex with a woman on duty before a scheduled internal affairs interview hamil tur

in washington, caroline shively, fox news. >> while speaking to the graduates, president trump calledth penalty for anyone convicted of killing a police officer. during his campaign, he promised to sign an executive order as president that would demand capital punishment for police killers. he has yet to do so. >>> a startling statistic in san jose with the number of deaths of homeless residents spiking. we'll investigate possible causes and solutions coming up after the break. >> and a school board member accused of stealing bonds monday any meant for school. what he is accused of spending that money on. >>> a case of vandalism that's heartless. statues of children beheaded at a church in hayward. as ktvu's henry lee shows us, police may have a hard time finding those responsible. >>> reporter: a statue of the virgin mary surrounded by the three children of fatima. someone beheaded three statues and that of a little lamb. the children saw the statues as they came to school with the grandmother several weeks ago. >> my 2-year-old said to me some bad guys came to grandma's church and c

fox's caroline shively has more from washington. >> reporter: this weekend republicans say they've got to push through their tax reform bill next week. after unveiling the final version friday night. the bill keeps seven tax brackets starting at 10% and going up to 37%. the corporate tax rate is slashed from 35% to 21%. it also repeals obamacare's individual mandate while retaining a deduction for medical expenses. five of the seven tax brackets are reduced from today's rates but it's also expected to add $1.46 trillion to the deficit over the next decade. the standard duck would be nearly doubled so would the child tax credit filers who itemize would lose deductions others are capped. not one will stink for people who use those deductions in high tax states. republicans are calling the strong middle class tax relief but democrats say the wealthy get the biggest cuts and remind us those individual tax cuts eventually expire while the business tax cut is permanent. >> i'm very excited about this moment. it has been 31 years empty making. >> the tax reform bill is a disaster. it helps th

fox's caroline shively is in washington with more. report roar this is just temporary fix.ongress is voted to kick the can down the road with enough funding to keep the government open until january 19th. this is called a congressional jail break. members of the house passed a continuing resolution to fund the government send it to the senate gone out of town. after a little bit of fitting. >> let's call the for what it is chaotic retreat from regular and fiscal responsibility g call it whatever you want to call it. play politics on all the other legislation that comes to this floor. but if i can rest one thing, please don't do it here. >> the bill keeps the government funded at current levels and pays for the chip program which provides almost 9 million low income children with medical care it also adds an extra money for the pentagon and veterans. plus it contains a short term reauthorization of domestic spine programs. the senate quickly passed it a little over two hours after the house in we're ready to walk together across the aisle to ensure there's no lapse for fundi

caroline shively, fox news. >> very happy reunion. >> that's sweet. we teased we would hear from kevin later on and that time is almost here. coming up kevin mccarthy will joining for the break down of the holiday movie season. >> here's a live look outside across the d.c. region. time right now is 6: this monday morning. back after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> ♪ >> hi. my name is stacy hole walsh i'm the principal at kadena school in okinawa. >> welcome to sunny okinawa. >> we both want to extend our deepest holiday wishes for youlyyouduring the holiday seas. >> the ones that that wanted to wish you a happy holiday season are standing directly behind us. >> between both of our schools we teach over 1,000 dependents of service members. >> and we're going to give you a blast right now. >> happy holidays! [cheers and applause] >> see more greetings from our troops on our fox5 facebook page. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it all starts with a wish. the final days of wish list are here. hurry in and sign and drive off in a new lincoln