nbc's jennifer johnson gives us more details. >> reporter: a horrific scene near casey, south carolina, the mangled wreckage of amtrak train 91 and csx freight train. the trains collided just after 2 2:30 a.m. when most were asleep. >> it crossed like you would not believe. >> reporter: sources say just before the crash all csx signals were off line. csx gave verbal approval for 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 investigation is learning why that switch was lined that way because the expectation, of course, is that the amtrak would be cleared and would be operating straight down like this. >> reporter: most of the 139 passengers traveling from new york to florida were taken to hospitals, most with nonthreatening injuries. >> we should have had a lot more casualties, but we didn't. >> reporter: emergency workers se say removing so many injured was a monumental task. >> we were able to get 116 patients to the hospital in a timely manner. >> reporter: this is the s

nbc )s jennifer johnson is live in washington,d.c. with the latest. . >>> this was the second time government shut down but this one only lasted a few hours. jennifer? >> reporter: well, marcus and laura, that's right. a very dramatic 24 hours on capitol hill. the government shut down but it was only for a few hours. eight and a half, to be exact. working into the pre dawn hours -- the house pass ad $400 billion budget bill but not before the midnight deadline. the government closed for a few hours before the president signed the bill. most democrats were against the deal. >> give us a chance to allay the fear that is in the hearts of these dreamers is that their families and remove the tears from the statue of liberty. >> reporter: republicans say they're struggling to come up with an immigration compromise in their own party. >> we've been working for months in the house and within our own conference. >> reporter: senator rand paul kept congress working through the house, in a protest that adds over a trillion dollars to the debt. th

jennifer johnson has the story from washington. >> reporter: work being into the predawn hours. >> the186, the motion -- >> reporter: the hou senate passed a $400 billion budget bill but not before a midnight deadline. the government closed for a few hours before the president signed the bill around measure which failed to deliver on a promised immigration deal for so the called dreamers. young immigrants brought illegal into the u.s. by their parents. >> give us a chance to allay the fear that is in the hearts of these dreamers and their remove the tears from the eyes of the statue of liberty. >> reporter: republicans say they're struggling to come up with an immigration compromicese in their own party. >> we've been working for months in the house. >> reporter: senator rand paul kemt congrass working through the night holding up a vote in protest of a budget that adds over a trillion dollars to the nation's debt. >> it's a terrible way to budget your money. >> reporter: the gop now facing criticism over that price tag. >> republicans deeply care about the deficit when there's a democ

ta: doctor jennifer johnson became interested when the treatment personally helped her. hnson says all animals have precise locations on or near the surface of the body known as acupuncture points. sotdr. jennifer johnson, mcconnellsburg veterinary clinic: "you may notice a little jump in his skin or a little reaction from him and that's actually a good response. we want to see a little response when we put the needle in." ta: these points, when stimulated, may produce changes in the body's internal organs and functions. the doctor says acupunture for pets.. is not all different from humans. it can help treat skin disease, seizures, vomitting, ear infections, even diaherrea. take nat sound of doctor johnson: "it's not as simple as taking a pill and feeling better because what we're doing is we're asking the body to start regenerating and start helping itself." ta: she also says most animals experience little or no pain and while there may be some side effects.. recommends about six treatments of acupuncture for pets to see improvement. for owner wendy estep...it's a step

carol ann and jennifer rubin, and joshua johnson host of a-1 on npr. this memo was a political document or an oversight document. >> i think as a political document. it is not at o-- at all obvioust the fundamental allegations are true. there is reasons to doubt whether the allegations are true. even if they are true, it does appear that there was substantial enough other information in the carter page warrant to justify repeated renewals of the materials. so is it didn't seem like there was a grave defect in the carter page warrant. and by the way, even if there was a problem with the carter page warrant, it is not clear that the fruits of that warrant have played any substantial role in the subsequent investigation. carter page himself has not been indicted. so it is not clear that this is a meaningful contributor to the current mueller investigation. and so the fact that we have weeks of hysterical build-up to this release is -- is entirely a political phenomenon, not a phenomenon about the actual mueller investigation or the actual state of the tru