>> thank you, gretchen. my take on that would probably be it was some failure of the train control system which is designed to prevent exactly that. it's designed to make sure the train does not enter an area where there is a speed limit and exceed that limit. so there was some sort of failure of that. we don't really have any idea what might have caused that until the ntsb gets a lot more data. >> let's educate our viewers here. i became educated on this this morning reading a lot of material. it used to be there was an automated train control, the old system that would automatically slow down the speed of a train if it needed to be. now there is the positive train control. apparently it was on these tracks. what is that exactly? >> positive train control is something that was an act of consideration when i was on the ntsb it was on the most wanted list since the 1990s. in 2008 there was a requirement for positive train control to be implemented. the way the rule came out required it by 2015. of course we a

i'm gretchen carlson. we're here to bring you the real story on that one and much more. >>> police now searching for clues in an apartment collection in arizona. they've been seen going in and out of one of those units examining cars and talking to neighbors. this is the scene outside the event last night in garland, texas. gunman opened fire injuring a school security guard before being killed in a violent shoot-out with police. today police praising that response saying they were on high alert given the provocative nature of that competition. >> because of the way we were set up we were able to stop those men before they were able to penetrate the area and attempt to shoot anyone else. and from that that plan was successful that we set up. >> jonathan hunt live for us in garland, texas. what have you just learned? >> reporter: well the investigation still very much under way here in garland, gretchen. behind me is the crime scene. the car in which the two shooters arrived is still there. it is surrounded

hi i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. >>> houston at a standstill after being hit with nearly a foot of rain overnight. flash flooding washing away cars entire homes. this afternoon rescue crews continuing to work around the clock to reach those who are still stranded. joining me from our affiliate in houston, greg it sounds like the water could be starting to recede? >> reporter: yeah. it's going down. it's like the old stevie ray vaughn song it's flooding down in texas. it hit us hard last night and receded as quickly. talking about a foot. 11 inches hit most of houston hard. we are in the mire land area where most folks woke up to three, four feet of water in their living rooms. they had seen anything like this since tropical storm allison. it filled the city's bayous. checked it to historic levels and that backed up a bunch of this water. that sent out the quick water rescue teams. we had some here in meyerland. we saw one come come out with her infant and she was carrying all her br

. >> oh boy, gretchen. i read this report i felt devastated betrayed bewildered. i'm taken aback by what he was doing on this first flight. what i got from this report was he was testing a theory. he was going to see what he could do with this auto pilot being his lack of experience and low time in the aircraft. just terrible what he did. the other thing that stood out to me too, and later on in the report that i read about is he calmly ate his crew meal 15 minutes before he started the final devastating descent into the mountain. he had his meal at 9:15. at 9:30 he started the maneuver once the captain left the cockpit. just terrible. terrible news. >> also in this report i want to show the flight trajectory down. that came out of this rort. we can see this is how the story happened. it appears it went down over time. how did the pilot in that first flight if he was actually doing a test run, how did he not feel this descent or would you not feel 100 feet at a time? >> according to the report when the captain left the cockpit, atc had given them a descent from 37

i'm gretchen carlson. "the real story" starts right >>> isis warning new attacks on american soil are going to be coming here. the threat comes as the feds investigate whether or not the terrorists had ties to the shooting at that muhammed cartoon contest in texas. isis is claiming responsibility. the first time it's owned up to an attack here at home. so far, there is no actual evidence linking the two gunmen to the terror group. chief correspondent jonathan hunt live for us in garland, texas. what do we know about this claim from isis? >> reporter: the isis claim made via its radio station. in the message on that station, they praised what they call the actions of two, quote, soldiers of the kalifate referring to the two shooters gunned down here in texas. officials say they do not have enough evidence to say whether there was any direct link and this could simply be isis acting in an opportunistic way to claim responsibility and in their view strike further fear into the heart of america. meantime offic

gretchen carlson and this is "the real story." rescue crews pulling dozens of people from fladood waters. a hovercraft reaching one woman stranded on the roof of her car before it sunk for good. forecasters say the worst may not be over. flood watches and warnings up in six states covering a huge chunk of the central and southern plains. will carr is live for us in houston. let's talk about dallas north of houston. they are coping with seven inches of rain. >> reporter: that's right. they are just getting pounded by storms. seven inches of rain in a few short hours. authorities got calls for water rescues and flash floods pushing cars down streets. they washed out roads, surrounded homes and apartments. listen to one dallas resident. >> it was covering those signs there. i knew it was going to get bad. we started knocking on every doors. still was pushing through the sandbags. sandbags were going with the water. >> how many people are still missing, will? >> reporter: still a number of people to our west about three hours west of

"the real story" with gretchen starts now. >>> fox news alert. state department releasing its first batch of e-mails from former secretary of state hillary clinton. i'm gretchen carlson. we are here to bring you "the real story" today. the e-mails relate to the benghazi terror attack and show mrs. clinton received information on her private server since deemed classified. the e-mails are only part of an emerging picture into really what happened on that tragic night. here is what he said. "it is also important to remember these e-mail messages are one piece of information that cannot be completely evaluated or fully understood without the total record. ed henry traveling with the clinton campaign live in hampton, new hampshire, today. what is the fallout from the release of all these new e-mails? >> reporter: this is a big deal. back in march, hillary clinton was definitive completely direct and clear that classified information did not pass through her personal server when she had that news conference at the united nations. that now turns out to

i'm gretchen carlson, welcome to "the real story."philly will address the derailment accident. we'll go live when that begins. >>> rescue crews are still surveying all that wreckage as survivors begin to describe the chaos of the crash. >> some people are looking for exits, other people were asking for help. somebody popped the window at the top and we were able to climb out. i helped a woman. somebody helped me

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. >>> i'm gretchen carlson, happy friday.ws another outspoken opponent near death now from an apparent poisoning. we'll talk to brett bear about that and what new military surveillance shows china is building in those man made islands. the woman accused of killing her fiance while koyia be ingayaking has a new defense today. a anheuser-busch plant stopped canning beer. we'll tell you what they're doing instead and whether or not it affects your weekend beer run. all in "the real story" at the top of the hour. >>> update to a story we brought you yesterday. the hunt is on in mississippi for three men who viciously attacked a sheriff's deputy and attacked foiled by the deputy's faithful partner. todd frazier was ambushed after he stopped to check a parked car. during the violent struggle that ensued deputy frazier managed to push a remote control button on his belt that opened the car door to unleash his partner. the canine lucas you see him on the right of the screen. lucas is not a dog i would want to mess with and lucas took

i'm gretchen carlson.tory" starts right >>> isis warning new attacks on american soil are going to be coming here. the threat comes as the feds investigate whether or not the terrorists had ties to

. >> i am gretchen carlsson. and documents and including what was on the both shelf. and they will analyze. and plus edhenry and back from the trip to iowa and a bit of a rubbingus by asking the candidate if she would take questions. and did he get more answers. and how do you swap out the air bag. we are live in an autoshop and we'll show you all on the real story. >> an emotional day in court. and a brutal biker attack. a biker is beating a man back in new york city back in 2013. and prosecutors say he failed to intervene as the violence erupted and the victim's wife described the terror while her husband was beaten while she and her infant daughter was in the car. >> (inaudible) and alexander and his wife say it started as a case of road rage and escalated and they were surrounded and hit a motorcyclist accidentally while trying to get away from them. the video time and time again and what does it say about the responsibility and cuppability of the undercover cop in this case? >> yes this video is bone chilling and in the end, it is an uncover officer that went so

i'm gretchen carlson.e here to bring you the real story on that one and much more. >>> police now searching for clues in an apartment collection in arizona. they've been seen going in and out of one of those units examining cars and talking to neighbors. this is the scene outside the event last night in garland, texas. gunman opened fire injuring a school security guard before being killed in a violent shoot-out with police. today police praising that response saying they were on high alert given the provocative

"the real story" with gretchen starts now. >>> fox news alert. state department releasing its first batch of e-mails from former secretary of state hillary clinton. i'm gretchen carlson. we are here to bring you "the real story" today. the e-mails relate to the benghazi terror attack and show mrs. clinton received information on her private server since deemed classified. the e-mails are only part of an emerging picture into really what happened on that tragic night. here is what he said. "it is also important to remember these e-mail messages

i'm gretchen carlson. "the real story" starts right now.athering right now in hattiesburg, mississippi. they are mourning the loss of two police officers killed in the line of duty this weekend.

>> the lack of ability gretchen, on the part of the administration even to give you the information you need is breathtaking. for example, secretary sebelius when she was at hhs, came into the ways and means committee. we were making inquiries of her. think about this. this is the secretary of health and human services. one of the architects of the bill. we were asking her about certain aspects aspects. and she was not able to go beyond the information of her own inspector general. it's incredibly limiting, this environment. and we've got an administration i would argue that has really been acting with impunity in a lot of ways, turning things off turning things on. there's a great deal of litigation, obviously on these things. but think about the standard. if it's good enough for t.a.r.p., and t.a.r.p. found billions of dollars in savings, if it's good enough for iraq reconstruction and good enough for afghanistan reconstruction, surely a program as big as the affordable care act deserves that same level of scrutiny. >> okay. let's go to everett, massachusetts. sylvia, thanks for waiti

hi i'm gretchen carlson.me to "the real story" today. >>> houston at a standstill after being hit with nearly a foot of rain overnight. flash flooding washing away cars entire homes. this afternoon rescue crews continuing to work around the clock to reach those who are still stranded. joining me from our affiliate in houston, greg it sounds like the water could be starting to recede? >> reporter: yeah. it's going down. it's like the old stevie ray vaughn song

. >> "the real story" with gretchen starts now. >>> the pentagon raising the threat level at all militarye united states. fox news broke this story this morning. u.s. northern command now requiring heightened security checks and other procedures as they try to stay one step ahead of isis and any home grown terrorists. saying it's going to hold random drills and exercises to keep people on their toe. it is not due to a specific or credible threat. live at the pentagon we have this breaking story. how big a deal is this?

. >> "the real story" with gretchen starts now. >>> the pentagon raising the threat level at all military basis across the united states. fox news broke this story this morning. u.s. northern command now requiring heightened security checks and other procedures as they try to stay one step ahead of isis and any home grown terrorists. saying it's going to hold random drills and exercises to keep people on their toe. it is not due to a specific or credible threat. live at the pentagon we have this breaking story. how big a deal is this? >> reporter: as an example, we just learned the national museum of the u.s. air force in dayton ohio has canceled its spring concert tonight due to elevated security levels at wright patterson air force base. it's the first time since the 10th anniversary of 9/11 the u.s. military has raised its force protection levels. the head of u.s. northern command admiral bill gortner ordered the protection level raised to bravo which means more security checks and guards due to predictable terror threat. signs at the entrance reminded those arriving the security level

that's when head zoo keeper gretchen crow went to move them from a heating building to the zoo just ten miles away. >> i don't care who you call tell somebody so we can get the babies back. >> reporter: it began opening weekend at the special memories zoo outside apple on theton, wisconsin. >> we've had animals missing, but never a kangaroo. >> reporter: the sheriff is asking for help and the zoo owner says -- >> i would hope and pray and keep my fingers crossed that it's still out there and someone hopefully will say "maybe i need to bring this back." >> reporter: a growing mystery in the hunt for her babies. john yang nbc news chicago. >>> we have a clearing sky over northwest washington a lot more blue appearing now than we had a few minutes ago, this trend should continue here for the next bit allowing for the warmup. we're on the far northwestern corner of the influence from what was tropical storm ana. that storm is going to be going off the coastline here and paralleling the lower parts of the eastern shore and heading out to sea. but we'll be close enough to get the clouds farth

i'm gretchen carlson. now back over, he's back from vacation. >>> the fight to take back over ramadi. iraqi troops say they're on three sides of the city but can they force the terrorists out of there? is there anything the u.s. military could and should do to help? >>> record breaking rain in the southwest. parts of houston getting almost a foot in a matter of hours. it has been said today, houston, america's fourth largest city is underwater. fox news can confirm that is not true. parts of houston seeing flooding like never before. certainly parts of it in big trouble. but america's fourth largest city under water? can you say irresponsible? floods have forced thousands from their homes and cut them off from their communities. many are missing and more rain is on the way. >>> plus an american journalist on trial in tehran. a "washington post" reporter accused of spying inside that country and he is facing decades in prison. plus a secret hearing began today. in minutes i'll speak live with that man who i

i'm gretchen carlson. we are here to bring you the real story on this and much more. an inside look at the mind of the man behind the 9/11 attacks. how osama bin laden looked to spread his influence and continue running his organization around the world, including managing how his co-conspirators held meetings in coded e-mail in case spicees were watching. his sole focus was killing americans and their representatives. catherine herridge live in washington. >> reporter: these paint the picture of the al qaeda leader laser-like on his focus of striking the united states after years in hiding. on the 19 hijackers who struck 9/11 bin laden writes they are not exceptional freaks of history but the vanguards of a nation that rose up for jihad and there are millions of their brothers eager to seek the same path. the al qaeda leader killed by the raid by u.s. navy seals comes across as a make row manager, issuing orders on the handling of the media negotiating for hostages and vetting suicide bombers. another document shows how paranoid the al qaeda leader has become after y

i'm gretchen carlson. >>> mass surveillance in america. this sunday the government will lose its power to collect phone records from millions of americans unless the senate takes action. president obama says lawmakers need to act fast because it's a matter of public safety. but critics say it violates our right to privacy. so what actually happens if the surveillance program shuts down. >>> and two more republican candidates for president jumped into the race this week as you may know. we'll look at the political picture and see how the contenders are trying to set themselves apart. let's get to it. >>> i'm in on this friday for shepard smith. first there's word u.s. military commanders watched as islamic state savages surrounded the city of ramadi in iraq and they saw iraqi troops dropping their weapons and running. now we're hearing even though the pentagon knew what was coming the military did not order any air strikes and left the fighting to the iraqi soldiers. those claims are coming from intelligence and military sources to bloomber

. >>> thanks for being part of a busy real story today, i'm gretchen carlson, now jon scott who's in for shep. >>> just how fast was that amtrak train going? new reports that the train was doing more than 100 miles an hour when it jumped the tracks and collapsed into a heap of torn metal. now we're learning the engineer won't talk to police. ahead, you'll hear from people who were on the train when it happened. and we'll take you to the scene where crews have been hunting for clues in the wreckage. >>> word from iraq that a coalition air strike took out one of islamic state's top terrorists. what it means for the fight against isis. >>> plus the most dangerous jobs in america. from farmers to fishermen to garbage collectors new study reveals which occupations are the deadliest. that's all ahead in this hour of shepard smith reporting. >>> i'm jon scott in for shepard. first today, that doomed amtrak train was going far above the speed limit when it flew off the rails at more than 100 miles an hour. that's according to to the reporting of the associated press. philadelphia's mayor say

. >>> thanks a lot, gretchen. islamic state terrorists claim they already have fighters inside the united states. that is just great. and they're giving some specifics now, ahead how intelligence specialists are investigating the new threat. >>> also the germanwings crash in the alps, did the pilot actually reers this plan to bring down that jet? you'll hear what investigators have uncovered. as maryland's governor lifted baltimore's state of emergency, the mayor is asking federal investigators to look into her entire police department. we'll explain what she wants and tell you about a new demand from one of the officers arrested in the death of freddie gray. busy hour ahead, let's get started. >>> i'm harris faulkner in today for shepard smith. the islamic state savages have operatives in 15 united states ready and waiting to strike. that claim in an online post allegedly by a self-described american jihadist. fox news cannot verify that independently, but the post warns, isis has 71 trained soldiers across ameri

to life -- to our particular concrete i think it's funny, he keeps calling you gretchen greta. guest: i'm sorry. caller: you seem very incredulous, greta when he discussed the virus investigation into the next administration which fascinates me and you talked about obamacare with him. the irs controls everything, seeps into all of our lives. i would remind people that they use -- the arbitrary use to stifle free speech is tandem until losing our liberty. -- make the irs to obamacare the greatest overhaul, i would remind the democratic column who just called in that that was rammed through without republican vote that the majority of the country did not want it. and now, of course as they always do, they will say the witchhunt is old news. the irs is the most important story for the future. you talked about jobs -- they are everywhere. i am glad these representatives are pushing. i hope they keep pushing because the impunity, like you use perfect words, the tool that they have to the irs, what they could do to people in this country and i am disappointed in c-span because i am g

. >> gretchen morgenson has no interest in auto parts repair guys. >> i'm saying the magnitude of whateverrime is if you will is at a different scale. >> i don't know i'm not asking the question. >> we're all part of the same hypocrisy hypocrisy. >> thank you, senator. >> we're doing the best we can. >> you know what that is from? >> congratulations on the book. >> thanks. >>> coming up this morning's top stories, including charter communications. big deal to buy time warner cable. we'll talk about when "squawk box" returns in just a moment. can it make a dentist appointment when my teeth are ready? ♪ ♪ can it track my crew's performance, and protect their heads? ♪ ♪ can it tell the flight attendant to please not wake me this time? ♪ ♪ at cognizant, we see opportunities for every company. to meet the new digital demands of their customers. can it process my insurance claim? like, right now? can it download a track while i'm sampling it? can my keys find me? with the power of digital, analytics and automation now every little "thing" can provide even greater value. ok, so can it tell the do

that's when head zoo keeper gretchen crowe went to move them from a heated building to the zoo just ten you call just tell somebody so we can get these babies back. >> reporter: it all began opening weekend at the special memories zoo outside appleton, wisconsin. >> we've had missing animals before but never a kangaroo. any leads we're getting we're following up on. >> reporter: and the zoo owner says -- >> i would hope and pray and keep my fingers crossed that it is still out there and someone will see i need to bring this back. >> reporter: a growing mystery in the hunt for her babies. for "today," john yang nbc news chicago. >> who would do that? >> we've seen a lot of stories yet we were watching that story thinking who does something like this. >> unbelievable. >>> coming up have you ever heard of this? goldilocks syndrome. about what you may be doing, parents, to foster your children's unhealthy weight gain. >>> and tom we live in a pick and choose world choose choose choose. but at bedtime? ...why settle for this? enter sleep number... don't miss the memorial day special edition

troy in the plymouth canton school district the couple years ago just before christmas vacation, gretchen miller who tossed 8 he english told her students to stop reading a novel they had been studying called waterland by the british author graham swift. tell me if you can't hear me against the train. i will try to speak up. the students were stunned but what happened was a parent of a student in her class had seen one page, won passage in which there was a graphic description of two teenagers's sexual exploration. the parent had not read the book, told me later he had no intention of reading the book, xerox the page and took some pages from toni morrison's beloved, that great novel which was less -- next on the list to be read in this english course, took these pages to the superintendent who had not read the book see the, the superintendent was shocked and ordered the books immediately remove from the curriculum. the students told me later, a lot of them that they had found waterwhen and a bit honduras but now it was suddenly intriguing. the teacher told them into take it back to the bo