we will speak with a former chairman of the national transportation safety board next. >> pelley: the wreckage of malaysia flight 17 is scattered over several miles in eastern ukraine. evidence that might help confirm what happened to the plane, mark rosenker is the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. mark will the ntsb be involved in this investigation? >> certainly they would like to, scott. it is critical that the ukrainians invite a number of agencies that are independent globally recognized as professional aviation investigators so they can get in there to document the scene to pick up all the evidence that's necessary to do a good investigation, do the analysis required and then come up with the probable cause. >> pelley: the united states has good relations with the government of ukraine but the crash site is in rebel-held territory. it would be tough to get the investigators in there. >> absolutely. and, frankly, if i were still running the agency, i would not go over there unless i had full assurances from both sides they could come go work safely and

plane wound up in a residential yard near the airport, both the faa, and the national transportation safety board are investigating. >>> take a look at this, these are five cars of a csx train that derailed near 33rd and girard in the strawberry mansion section of the city this afternoon. chopper three was over that scene, cars, heading from way cross georgia to albany, new york were carrying lumber at the the time. no one was injured, in the derailment accounts, the causes under investigation. >>> after two days of severe weather, the skies have cleared, and parts of our air yacht sunnies shining this afternoon. it is a big difference from yesterday at this time. meteorologist kate billow is live on the cbs-3 sky deck with your first forecast, kate. >> thanks, guess contact so much nicer out the here this afternoon, it is not raining, it is in the muggy, sunnies shining and temperatures are pretty comfortable. we are not salt like like our counterparts to the west but we are comfortable for

nation to stand up, to make it happen, to stop it. >>> let's talk about what need to be done to improve safety. we spoke with peter goals a director of the national transport safety board. he's a senior vice president for washington public relations firm o'neil and associates. we asked if he thought the safety measures that the department of transportation enacted in the past year are working. >> they have done some things to help, yes. lowering speeds, i think the rerouting of trains, you know, all oil and hazardous material trains now go through a 27 point routing process that chooses the safest route. but the reality is, is that the government, particularly the office of management and budget, has been sitting on the rules, upgrading 1-11 cars since 2011. why they have not acted, i don't know. >> why do you think they haven't acted? everyone agrees getting rid of the 111s is the key step that can be taken to keep safety problems getting worse. >> the rail industry recommended stronger jackets, robust head shields and application for valve. i believe that the office of management and budget has been reviewing cost benefit analysis. the reality is 99.99% of all hazmat

we have offered support of the fbi and the national transportation safety board which has experience in working with international partners on these types office of investigations. they are on their way. personnel from the f.b.i. and the national transportation safety board ain the coming hous an days i will be in close contact with liters throughout the world as we respond to this catastrophe. our focus will be on recovering those who were lot, investigating exactly what happened and putting forward the facts. i want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well. i think it's very important for toekz to sift throufolks to sif fact annually based and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images we all have seen. the eyes of the world are on east earn ukraine and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly, i think it's important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months, we have supported a pathway to peace and the ukr

a member of the national transportation safety board is arriving in kiev today. >>> now, imagine takinglight all wait across the world but knowing that you may actually be flying through a war zone. did you know, for example, that each airliner assesses the danger of flight paths differently. that means that some planes fly closer to conflict than others. al jazerra takes a look at how airliners deal with those hotspots. >> reporter: the federal aviation administration and agencies around the world routinely issue notices to airmen, or note ems for sure warning of hotspots on the ground. recent warnings highlighted ukraine and syria. each carrier assesses risks differently. some war zones fall right along or near major air transportation routes. before mh17's crash, airlines like klm, had been flying over the ukraine avoiding the creme vinnicrimeanpeninsula but air cd others had avoided it. in a statement. air canada tells real money as a precautionary measure we have been avoiding the area for seven rag months already. we do not perceive any impact on our passengers. however, as all ma

and the national transportation safety board which has experience in working with international partners on these types of investigations. they are on their way personnel from the f.b.i. and the national transportation safety board in the coming hours and days all continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to this catastrophe our media focus will be on recovering those who were lost investigating exactly what happened and putting forward the facts. i want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well i think it's very important for folks to sift through what is factually based and what is simply speculation no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine. and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly. i think it's important for us to recognize that this out rageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months we've supported a pathway to peace and the ukrainian government has reached ou

we've already offered the support of the fbi and the national transportation safety board, which has experience in working with international partners on these types of investigations. they are on their way, personnel from the fbi and the national transportation safety board. in the coming hours and days i'll continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to the catastrophe. our immediate focus will be on recovering those who were lost, investigating exactly what happened and putting forward the facts. i want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well. i think it's very important for folks to sift through what is factually based and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen. the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly, i think it's important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months we've supported a pathway t

as for the investigation, we are learning from the national transportation safety board that it has not made any decision on whether to send investigators, adding that it is reluctant to send a team into harm's way. malaysia says it'll send more than 60 people to the crash site. as you said, question is where did this missile come from expect fighting between ukrainian military and pro-russia rebels has been going on for three months in the area where the plane was shot down. russian president vladimir putin just this morning calling on kiev and the rebels to engage in direct talks, but he has blamed the tragedy on ukraine. meantime, ukrainian foreign minister reportedly says his country's troops did not have those missiles in the area and said none had been seized by the rebel fighters in recent weeks either, this is insinuates that russia supplied the missile or it came from russia period. >> this was a mistake, and therefore more likely to have been a ukrainian separatists shoot down with modern equipment they didn't understand. >> what should we be doing against of the separatists i

and one from the national transportation safety board. and joining investigators on the ground already. in an area where tensions are already high. back to you. >> thank you. >>> some of the victims on the flight headed to the 2014 aids conference in melbourne, australia. a prominent dutch scientist was one, and his colleagued credited him for dedicating his life to the best for mankind. >>> and switching live to the philadelphia airport, annie mccormick there with more on how this crash has increased travel concer concerns. >> the f.a.a. has gone ahead and banned u.s. travel over that region of ukraine. at home there were plenty of people flying out of the country today, many saying they are a little on edge but it is not enough to change their plans. >> i know the plane land, i am still nervous. a p >> a ball of nerves waiting for his daughters to get off a flight from scotland. >> they are flying by themselves, minors, and you last thing you want to hear is planes shot how the of the sky. >> and it was shot down with a missile carrying

debra is the president of the national safety council and former chairman of the national transportation safety boardins us from chicago to explain how this could happen. thank you for being us. the malaysian prime minister released a statement saying that the flight route was declared safe, and malaysia airlines confirmed the aircraft didn't make a distress call. this still happened. as a former investigator where does your mind go, when you realize these planes, hundreds of them are flying over this disputed region when there are people with rockets. >> i think it's not really something like this happens that people really start to focus on some of the risks that are out there. obviously the united states, the federal aviation administration had put out advisories to u.s. airlines earlier this year, but it's events like this that i think cause people to really reassess where they are, and if the risk -- profile they are adopting is appropriate. >> it's interesting you say this, because this mh-370 disappears -- it never would have occurred to me that a plane could just disappear from radar. it neve

suspicious lingered. >> a lot of people thought it was down. >> national transportation safety boardnvestigators say no person is to blame. it appears a five-inch break in the track hundreds of feet from where the train sat is the cause of the derailment. there were also soggy conditions on the rail line due to heavy rain as a contributing father. track maintenance met federal standards and it was inspected just days before the crash. >> wrong place wrong time. >> repairs to the tracks were made long ago and trains have been rumbling through town here. but one big change we just showed you on top of the bridge, is that the fencing has been improved all around this area to try to prevent anybody else from getting up on that bridge again. now as for the parents of the girls, they have so far declined comment and they say they're aware of the report but they really don't want to talk about it at this point. in elicott city, brad bell, abc~7 news. >> thank you very much. >> tomorrow we have new developments in the case against charles severance. he is the person of interest in those thre

at the time of the accident i was one of the five board members at the national transportation safety board. at the departure time from jfk it was a quite hot summer day and for the airplanes and equipment in and around the airplanes were most likely well over 100 degrees and that, we believe, played a role in this accident. the airplane left about 8:20 in the evening and 11 or 12 minutes later, the event occurred. >> i'm captain david mcclain. i was with east one airlines and the primary witness to the accident when twa blew up. at the time of the accident, we were overhead long island about 16,000 feet headed out over the water. it was dusk around 8:30 in the evening. you could see a long ways, a good 50, 60, 70 miles or more. i saw this flight departing out of jfk with a bright light kind of, yellowish in colors and i mentioned to my first officer and we thought that possibly might have been a fire boot. wasn't no smoke or anything and it was probably the landing light. they were crossing our flight path, moving from the right to the left so we had a very good sight of them and were abou

national transportation safety board issued their findings last month, finding the crew of the boeing 777 mishandled the aircraft's automated system and didn't respond correctly when the plane came in too slow and too low to land safely. the plane clipped a sea wall short of the runway, broke into pieces and caught fire. the crash was the first time a 777 was involved in a fatal crash. >>> it is back to work for many of us after the long weekend tomorrow. caltrans says the repair project on 280 through san francisco is on track and should open in time for the morning commute at 5:00 am tomorrow. northbound lanes are closed to replace an aging seismic safety hinge. removing parts of the concrete roadway, busy weekend in san francisco. last night, the san francisco opera put on a free live simulcast at at&t park. at least 20,000 people came. organizers reminded attendees about the closure of the 101 split to king. >> i completely forgot about it. right at that merge, it is a hassle, i have to say. hopefully they get it fixed right away. i use that freeway quite a bit. >> caltrans has co

the national transportation safety board says it began with a track break. nearly two dozen train cars left the tracks, crushing the scene. signs now limit access to the area. to --terstates northbound interstate lanes northbound to springfield are open again. they were close this morning due to a tractor-trailer crash. the wreck was cleared just before 11:00. no word on the condition of the truck driver. world this noon, investigators say it is too early to know what caused a deadly subway derailment in moscow. at least 20 people died and more than 150 were hurt. the crash happened during morning rush hour inside the subway station. investigators initially thought a power surge caused the derailment. asy have ruled out terrorism a cause. another day of growing tension in gaza. this comes after the islamic group hamas rejected a cease-fire deal opposed by egypt and accepted by israel. >> so much for that cease fire just six hours after it agreed to an egyptian proposal to stop attacks,- airstrike israel resumed airstrikes against gaza. that's because hamas n

there are new safety concerns about the railroad after new released documents from the national transportation safety board that came in the wake of a derailment tragedy that killed two college friends here. killed the night of august 21st, 2012, were elizabeth nass and rose mayr trespassing on the railroad trestle. they were there when a passing train derailed and buried them in tons of coal just before midnight. new documents include photos of a fractured rail and show drainage around the rail bed failing, trains running over mud. los angeles-based attorney ron goldman spoke via skype today. >> they knew there was trouble on this section of the track. they had installed a patch apparently on that section of the track. >> reporter: the ntsb also found inspections were up to date. the train was running below the speed limit. the crew was sober and paying attention. the brakes were working. still it was not enough to prevent tragedy. in ellicott city, maryland, scott broom, wusa9. >> in a written statement csx railroad cautioned the ntsb has not issued its final report. the company said its focus remains on

at the time of the twa 800 accident, i was one of the five board members at the national transportation safety board. at the departure time of that air may not from jfk, it was a quite hot summer day and therefore the airplanes and the equipment in and around the planes were most likely well over a hundred degrees. that we believe played a role in this accident. the airplane left about 8:20 in the evening, and 11 or 12 minutes later, the event occurred. >> i'm captain david mclane. he was with eastland airlines and i was the primary witness to the accident when it blew up. at the time of the accident we were over long island about 16,000 feet, headed out over the water. it was dusk. it was around 8:30 in the evening. you could see a long ways, a good 50, 60, 70 miles or more. i saw this flight departing out of jfk with a bright light, kind of yellowish colors. and i mentioned to my first officer, and we thought that possibly it might have even been a fire but there was no smoke or anything. and it was probably the landing polite. they were crossing our flight path. they were moving from the right to

we've already offered the support of the fbi and the national transportation safety board, which has partners on these types of investigations. they are on their way. personnel from the fbi and the national transportation safety board. in the coming hours and days i'll continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to this catastrophe. our immediate focus will be on recovering those who were lost, investigating exactly what happened, and putting forward the facts. i want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well. i think it's very important for folks to sift through what is factually based and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images we all have seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine, and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly, i think it's important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months, we've supported a pathway to peace, and the, cranian government

has offered and is sending national transportation safety board investigators. the former chairman says those investigators will face challenges. >> i think of the evidence, preservation that needs to take place. the critical pieces other ones that came off first as you try to understand how the aircraft broke up in what was going on. so they do have their work cut out for them. >> there is no confirmation from the state department as or whether anys to americans were on the flight. the majority of passengers were passengers or malaysian. the nationality of 41 passengers remains unverified. >> thank you. today's crash may be the deadliest incident involving a commercial airliner being shot down in history. it is only the fifth time on record. in 2001 it happened was when a siberian airlines plane was shot down by ukrainian forces over the black sea and what was determined to be an accident. other incidents happened in 1988, 1983, and 1978. stay with us on abc 7 and wjla.c om. we will have all of the updates we can get on the developing situation in ukraine. we w

the national transportation safety board released documents that showed a broken track near the derailment site in 2012. elizabeth and rose were with 19 years old. they post photos from a railroad bridge just before train cars derailed dumping coal on them. a company spokes man said csx is committed to preventing injuries and accidents. >> next at 11, airline fees about to take off. >> this could not come at a worse time. >> why the latest increase isn't coming from the airlines but from congress. >> a stranger rescues a child from a hot car. what this man did in a grocery store parking lot while the baby's mother was inside. >> and new video shows men running from a shooting scene just steps from a neighborhood play ground. >>> new video could help police solve a weekend shooting. detectives released a surveillance video showing six persons of interest in a shooting that happened near lincoln road and t street northeast. the men are seen running in different directions near the harry thomas rec center. a new play ground just went up in the area where three people were shot sunday night. i

we offered the national transportation safety board and the fbi and personal from those groups are on way. in the coming hours and days, i will continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to the issue. our immediate focus is on recovering whose who were lost, investigating what happened, and putting together the facts. there will be misinformation as well. i think it is important for folks to sift through what is factual based and what is speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the often images we are seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern crane and we will make sure the truth is out. more broadly, i can it is important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months we are supported the pathway to peace and the ukrainian government has reached out, put out a peace plan and lived up to a peace fire despite the separatist. moreover time and time again russia refuses to they can the st steps to de-escalate the situation. putin said he is

we've already offered the support of the fbi and the national transportation safety board which has experienceions. they are on their way. personnel from the fbi and the national transportation safety board. i'll continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to this catastrophe. our immediate focus will be on recovering those lost, investigating exactly what happened and putting forward the facts. i want to point out there will likely be misinformation as well. i think it's important for folks to sift through what is factually based and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly, i think it's important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months we've support add path way to peace and the ukrainian government has reached out to all ukrainians put forward a peace plan and lived up to a c

december rah hersman is the former chair of the national transportation safety board.ing. >> good morning. >> let's begin by understanding the special challenge of doing this in a war zone, the investigation of a crash. >> so there always are logistical challenges for investigators, but i will tell you that this scene holds particular challenges, and i think it's about ensuring not just the safety of the investigators that you would send in but also ensuring the integrity of the evidence and maintaining the preservation of that scene of the wreckage. >> do you believe that so far it has been preserved or has it already become, you know, questionable? >> well, i think probably we've all seen a lot of people engaged with the wreckage, whether it's on roads or farms or in the main wreckage area. that can compromise the scene. but really what's most important is that you have those pertinent pieces of evidence. if there was a missile strike, you want to make sure that you have the area of the aircraft where that initial penetration took place, where you have that telltale

the national transportation safety board issued a skaiminging report about the derailment in 2012 inborough. conrail was long to continue to open and close the swinging bridge against repeated recommend takings of a consultant. 7 cars derailed releasing vinyl color ride. and blasted them for the way they happenedle the emergency response. one ntsb member called receipt response chaos. >> israel continued to pound gaza city tonight with air strikes and heavy shelling from tanks. 17 million palestinians were thrown into darkness because israel bombed gaza strips only power station today and palestinians say it will take a year to rebuild. at least 128 palestinians were killed today putting overall death toll for palestinians at 1200. hamas released this video militants using a tun toll infiltrate israel and killed five israeli soldiers. >> it won't quit until it destroys all tun elz. >> president obama announced today europe has joined the united states in approving dramatically tougher economic sanctions against russia and sanctions include restrictions on state-owned banks, russian b

we've already offered support of the fbi and the national transportation safety board, which has experienceg with international partners on these types of investigations. they are on their way. personnel from the fbi and the national transportation safety board. in the coming hours and days i'll continue to be in close contact with leaders from around the world as we respond to this catastrophe. our immediate focus will be on recovering those who will lost, investigating exactly what happened, and putting forward the facts. i want to point out there's will likely be misinformation as well. i think it's very important for folks to sift through what is factually based, and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen. and the eyes are the world are on eastern ukraine, and we are going to make sure that the truth is out. more broadly, i think it's important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months we've supported a pathway to peace.

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that is the national transport safety board. the united states worry that this is a crash site that could be tampered with and that some evidence might get lost. that is something that the obama administration is very much insisting upon since the crash happened. >> now u.s. and ukrainian officials believed a missile system was responsible for downing the flight. it's a such as to air missile system. dick rushworth explains. >> the spotlight is on russian-built weaponry from the soviet era. the book missile system dates to the 1970's, radar guide it includes four surface to air missiles on a turn table mounted on a tank. each has a range of up to 28 kilometers. rushinga is blaming ukraine for the airline disaster. while not saying directly kiev forces shut down the plane, it said it does have the book mitchell system in place. >> the ukrainian surface to air missile regiment has 27 book m.-1 launchest in the region. >> kiev has presented evidence showing a russian crew operated within eastern ukraine to launch a missile. >> it i

they will be doing the analysis, and we have learned from the national transportation safety board heren washington that a specialist in those boxes will travel from washington to london, to the uk to help in that probe of the black boxes and the folks in britain tell us that once they get the boxes, if they are in good shape, they should have preliminary data within 24 hours. >> now that an access corridor has been secured, do we have any undates on the investigation itself? >> del, as you mentioned the first crash investigators finally on the scene, these are folks from malaysia. they got a chance to look at the wreckage today. they were accompanied by international monitors. they reported that a large piece of the wreckage looked like it was broken or sawed, or somehow split in half, and smaller pieces of the debris have clearly been moved. and this prompted the australian prime minister to say he believes this crash site has been seriously compromised. >> after the crime comes the cover up. what we have seen is evidence tampering on an industrial scale, and obviously that has to sto

the national transportation safety board says a broken rail caused the train to leave the tracks. this happened nearly two years ago. 19-year-old rose mayor and elizabeth nass were killed when the 80 csx cars left the tracks. csx knew about problems with broken rails. the families of both girls are still deciding whether to sue the railroad for negligence. >>> the prosecution's star witness in the federal corruption trial of former virginia governor bob mcdonnell and former first lady, his wife, maureen, differed damaging testimony today. peggy fox joins us live from richmond. what did he say about all the gifts he was giving? >> reporter: andrea, we heard a lot about the rolex watch that he bought for former governor bob mcdonnell. today every jury member got to hold that $7,000 watch and examine it. in fact, one juror dropped it and picked it up and said it's still working. i do believe it's real. jonnie williams on the stand today. here he is walking into court. on the stand today he said he bought that watch at malibu jewelries. he -- jewelers. he said he regrets buying it. he

they are on their way -- personnel from the fy and national transportation safety board.n the coming hours and days i'll continue to be in close contact with leaders ash the world. our immediate focus will be on recovering those lost, investigating exactly what happened, and putting forward the facts. there will likely be misinformation as well. i think it's very important for folks to sift through what is factually based and what is simply speculation. no one can deny the truth that is revealed in the awful images that we all have seen. and the eyes of the world are on eastern ukraine, and we are going to make sure the truth is out. more broodly, i think it's important for us to recognize this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in ukraine. for months we have supported a pathway to piece, and the ukrainian government has reached out to all ukrainians and lived up to a ceasefire despite repeated violations by the separatists. violations that took the lives of ukrainian soldiers and personnel. more overtime and again russia ha

, debra hersman, who until stepping down earlier this year was the chairman of the national transportation safety board. she's with us tonight from our chicago bureau. debra, this is a grisly business in the best of circumstances, but in this case you have let's say five or six miles worth of wreckage that's come down in an active war zone. we've seen pictures of firefighters putting water on it, people walking on the wreckage in flip-flops, local farmers in boots. how do you begin to assess what you have there if you're running this investigation? >> you know, investigators like to identify some really critical parts first. you want to identify the origination of the breakup, where the sequence started. so just like when they put together the pieces of the shuttle across multiple states, it's that trajectory that you're trying to take a look at. finding all four corners of the aircraft, the nose, the tail and the two wing tips. and most importantly those recorders, the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder. so that's kind of the road map that they're going to be looking at over the next

>> well, dara, the latest news out of washington is that the national transportation safety board wille this afternoon whether it will send its famed go team to that crash site. this investigation may be pushed along by u.s. intelligence. officials here say they have evidence of a missile strike that brought down this aircraft, and u.s. officials say that proving who fired it, though, may not be easy. >> reporter: as the world searches for answers into the crash of malaysian airlines flight 17 in eastern ukraine, a malaysian government announced it's sending 62 people to the sprawling crash site. >> we get assurance from the minister of foreign affairs. >> reporter: ukraine is asking for an international investigation, and the crash site is in territory claimed by pro-russian separatists. it's a crime scene controlled by the people many consider to be the prime suspects. u.s. intelligence officials believe they already know the cause of the crash that claimed nearly 300 souls. an american satellite reportedly picked up the launch of a surface to air missile, like one of these spotted i

the national transportation safety board will determine the probable cause of the incident. conrail freighter dumped around 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride into mantua creek. many residents reported health problems in the weeks after that incident. >> israel is stepping up its offensive in gaza once again. watch as explosions rattle a reporter. >> very quickly we've already taken the windows out of this side of the building. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is warning of a prolonged military campaign in gaza. he wants to destroy tunnels he believes hamas uses to funnel weapons. gaza's electricity company says two israeli tank shells hit a power station fuel tank overnight. israel is also attacking homes of hamas leaders. hamas says it has determination for a long fight. >>> the european union will impose new economic sanctions against russia this week. the penalties are over russia's military support of separatists in ukraine. the west says russia supplied rebels with the missile system that shot down a malaysia airlines flight in ukraine. the plane's black boxe

. >>> the national transportation safety board releases its final report on the paulsboro train derailment. four tanker cars derailed on a bridge back on november 30th of 2012 and released vinyl chloride that's a toxic gas into the air. federal investigators are faulting conrail for the derailment and local officials for their response to the resulting toxic gas release. nearly 700 residents had to be evacuated close to 30 accept to area hospitals. paulsboro's mayor saying that the local first responders did what they could. >> i can't put the blame on the volunteer fire depth. they are what they are, volunteer. and some, you know, we do train for some things but that wasn't -- not on the agenda. >> the ntsb found the bridge malfunctioned 23 times in the year preceding the derailment and 11 times before -- the month before. conrail says it will evaluate the inform tsb findings and will implement all appropriate measures. >> two people face charges tonight in a brawl involving dozens of guest tas wedding reception in central jersey. police in middletown township in cape may county say the p

the move comes after a 1200 page report issued by the national transportation safety board found instances of negligence by the freight train line. 19-year-old rose mayr and elizabeth nass died two years ago when a train carrying 9,000 tons of coal jumped the tracks. the teens were sitting on the edge of the train bridge. the ntsb found that csx employees knew about broken rails before the girls were killed. >>> a wild scene on the baltimore-washington parkway this morning where a motorist led police on a high speed chase. the chase in the southbound lanes ended at route 32 in howard county. it happened after the tires on the suspect's car blew out. maryland state police say they were assisting national security agency police in the chase. it's unclear exactly what the suspect did to gain the attraction of police. >>> metro will start running simulated service on the silver line this sunday. the trial run will be over and passengers will then be welcomed the following weekend. fairfax county will hold an open house for the wiehle- reston east station on saturday. reston now reports there w

the national transportation safety board will determine the probable cause of the incident. a conrail freighter dumped around 20,000 gallons of vinyl chloride into mantua creek when it went off the tracks. many residents reported health problems in the weeks after that incident. >> 5:35 now. a popular dating site has come under fire for playing with its users heart strings. "action news" reporter erin o'hearn is at the big board with more on this market research which is racing some eyebrows. >> reporter: the site has been candid about this experiment. basically it altered compatibility scores of its users after they answered a series of questions on the site. >> we have to apologize for a moment. we're going to try and get a microphone that is working here. sorry, erin in a couple moments otherwise we'll just move on. >> reporter: so basically the users. >> there we go. >> reporter: who had a low compatibility, they were telling them their score was higher so they were actually more likely to engage in conversation than if they just thought that they had a low compatibility

weekend's incident in barcelona is now being investigated by the spanish equivalent of the national transportation safety board>> pelley: don, thanks very much. well, this could be one of the closest of close calls. at a weekend airshow in britain a turkish air force f-16 buzzed the crowd as it landed. witnesses say it was less than 10 feet above their heads. nonetheless the royal air force which hosted the show called it a completely normal approach. a new video shows oscar pistorius reenacting the killing of his girlfriend and we'll have that just ahead. so imagine -- what if there was a new class of medicine that works differently to lower blood sugar? imagine...loving your numbers. introducing once-daily invokana®. it's the first of a new kind of prescription medicine that's used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. invokana® is a once-daily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. here's how. the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in and sends some sugar out through the process of

. >>> well today the national transportation safety board placed the blame on conrail for this november 2012 derailment in paulsboro that led to toxic vinyl chloride leaking into the air. the report today found that a train rolled past red signal indicating that the rails on the swing bridge were not aligned. a conductor not trained in bridge inspection looked beforehand and said that he had found no problem. the ntsb said conrail did not follow its own consultant's advice to close that bridge after 23 prior problems. conrail also issued a statement today saying that they regret the incident. the report criticized local emergency officials for their handling of the toxic gas release. >> the federal government is suing pennsylvania and the pennsylvania state police over physical fitness tests given to applicants for say the trooper pigs. justice depth officials say the use of these tests to screen and select applicants discriminates against women. according no lawsuit since 2003 more men than women have passed that physical fitness test. state police spokeswoman says the agency had not s

the faa and the national transportation safety board are now investigating. >> south jersey mom whoseghter was shot while sleeping in her bed shares her outrage tonight exclusively with "eyewitness news". betty hudson of sicklerville is trying to stay positive. last week a bullet went through a wall and hit her 13 year old daughter tia in the lower back as she leapt in her bed. now the honor roll student whose heading into the eighth grade is spending her summer going through a painful recovery. >> entered the lower back. came out entered through her private -- exited through her private parts exploding in her stomach look she was shot five times. i'm angry. i want to know who did this and i what happened to protect other kids from having the same thing happen to them. >> so far no one has been arrested in that shooting. the family plans to hold a peace rally this saturday in front of their home. >> what good is a swimming pool in the middle of the fer some it's closed? that's what people in norristown want to know much the pool at the george washington carver community center needs a

investigators with the national transportation safety board issued their report into the probable causef the crash last month. they found the crew mishandled the decent descent. the plane clipped a seawall short of the runway. that broke the plane into pieces and then caught fire. the crash was the first time a boeing 777 was involved in a fatal crash. on tuesday, san francisco's supervisors are expected to honor airport employees who helped to rescue children from that crash. >>> the victim of a shark attack in southern california is now recovering tonight and is very thankful he's alive and can talk about his horrifying experience in the water. steve robles was swimming just south of l.a. when a seven-foot shark attacked. he did escape with chest lacerations and a broken artery in his thumb. >> you could feel the whole body shaking with the shark. just the whole thing trying to gnaw in on me. i see him for two seconds and he makes a really sharp turn. and comes lunging right at me on my chest. i thought that was it. >> now lifeguards say it's been more than 100 years since someone has

nations that had passengers on board. we already know that the national transportation safety board has sent an investigator, the fbi has sentn investigator, these agencies are going to support the ukrainians, who whoever -- ukrainians, or whoever leads for the investigation. i think what we will be looking at is a broad-based investigation. it will look at all of the areas treated obviously that is a question -- a problematic question. dozens if not at hundreds of investigators supported by technical -- bike laboratory -- supported by laboratories around the world. >> joining us from washington dc. advertising technology firm to mobile began publicly trading today. we will look into the software that allows you to buy and sell video advertising the. -- advertising. ♪ democrats spend 8 billion dollars a year online for video ads. to $200 billion spent on television last year. that dynamic is changing. television money is following the viewers online. online video ad firm called on mobile technology that allows agencies and publishers to buy and sell video advertising. us more is to mobile's chief executive. of the company ce

national transportation safety board, the faa and possibly the fbi in what is going to be a months long investigation. >> captain sullenberger thank you very much. 295 people are said to have been aboard this malaysian 777 flight 17 from amsterdam to kuala lumpur. it seems unlikely based on what we know at this moment that anyone would have managed to survive. this flight was flying over ukraine, apparently at its cruising altitude of around 33,000 feet. and then when it reached that eastern part of ukraine, where you see that marker that is the area where ukrainian separatists have been fighting a skirmish over the last several months in an effort to try to secede from ukraine and join russia apparently according to all reports we're receiving in these early hours, apparently hit by an antiaircraft missile in this area that is attempting to secede from the rest of ukraine and join russia. an area where there have been a lot of military aircraft shot down over the last several weeks. now we just received this photograph. this is from a russian news paper. it appears to be a length of fu