. >>> a team from the national transportation safety board is joining the investigation into the crash that killed ten americans in costa rica. they're looking at strong winds as a likely factor but not ruling out possible mechanical problems. the small plane went down sunday shortly after takeoff killing two american families, a tour guide from wisconsin and their two local pilots. the family, the steinbergs there. and from florida, mitchell and leslie weiss. both doctors, traveling with their two kids. >>> and just hours ago, a southwest airlines flight was forced to return to seattle over a problem with the nose gear. the plane was heading to baltimore who t baltimore when the mechanical issue popped up. they had to circle over new york state before circling back to seatac. >>> one child is 7 and the other is 14, and an amber alert comes after a mother had been found dead inside a home. they searching for a 44-year-old man who also the death and possibly connected to the girls' disappearance. they suspect he may be heading for louisiana. >>> and tennessee authorities are searching f

. >> national transportation safety board staffing will be reduced from 405 to 22 people. this weekend the shutdown had a big impact on tourism here in the bay area. >> abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the story. >> reporter: the parking lot to muir woods was off limits, blocked by u.s. park police. the national monument was closed for the first time sunday. a victim of the government shutdown. >> we're a bit disappointed. >> they told us we could go in. >> reporter: these tourists from ohio were told by police they could enter the woods but at their own risk. >> beautiful. >> pretty big trees. >> reporter: debbie kevin kline sa -- clooin said it wasn't the same. >> the government shuts them down to us when they belong to us. it's very disappointing. >> i'm surprised. i've never seen it ever be closed. >> reporter: it was a surprise to see gates closed to port bridge. >> it's a hassle. >> reporter: a favorite for runners and tourists part of the golden gate recreation area closed down two to the shutdown. >> we were looking forward to walking closer, but another time

. >>> the "los angeles times" says the national transportation safety board will investigation tesla's crash system. a tesla crashed into the back of a parked fire truck on a california freeway monday. the driver said autopilot was on at the time. there were now injuries though. tesla's autopilot system was a contributing factor in a fatal crash in florida in to 16. >>> "the state" says south carolina lottery may have to pay out a $35,000 win because of a glitch. each winning ticket paid at least $500. lottery officials want an investigation before deciding whether to pay the winners. >>> and spor"sports illustrated lebron james passed. the superstar hit the 30,000-point mark with a jump shot at the end of the first quarter in last night's game against the san antonio spurs. james reached the milestone at 33 years and 24 days. bryant was more than a year older when he did it. >>> still ahead, disney grants some wishes. how the company is helping tens of thousands of its workers. mucinex fast-max is powerful enough to handle pretty much every symptom. name one. how 'bout 9? sore throat,

national transportation safety board is assisting in the investigation. >>> a 16 year-old boy is in police custody and facing murder charges for deadly quadruple shooting on new years eve in monmouth county, new jersey. officers were called to the home on wall street, in long branch, just before midnight, and the teenager is accused of killing his mother, father, sister, and a elderly family friend, who lived in the family's home. the teen's grandfather and brother were not hurt. police are investigating the shooting as a domestic incident. >>> still to come on "eyewitness news" tonight, running for a reason, and that reason the memory of a brave little boy that had people braving this bitter blast, to pound the pavement. why this run is so special to people lacing up their shoes and even some who are not. >>> tori. >>> it is a cold new years day but this is the place to spend it, i'm here with manual, czar , nicki, zach, we are at roychester park and they have a frozen pond that does -- well, let's just say this, nicki, sometimes pond does not always freeze. >> no, unless we get this weat

reduced from 4,000 employees to 250, most working with student financial aid, and the national transportation safety board staff will be reduced from 405 to 22 people, most investigations cannot be launched or continued during the shutdown. >> now, here in the bay area, most of the impact is being felt throughout the golden gate national recreation area where many visitors got a big surprise today finding out their favorite places were closed. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at aquatic park with details on this. cornell? >> reporter: hi, dion. so many attractions forced to close this weekend. check it out, the gates are closed at the is san francisco maritime national historic park on the high street pier, home to all the tall ships. it's closed due to the government shutdown along with a list of others. >> i'm surprised. i've never seen it ever be closed. >> reporter: it was a sunday morning shock to see closed gates on the road to ft. point. >> it's a hassle. >> reporter: the route a big favorite for runners, bikers and tourists, part of the golden gate recreational area that's been forced t

according to the national transportation safety board, in the past ten years there have been zero deaths. every year except one. in fact "the washington post" took a deeper look at the president's record of misleading claims. let's just say it, they're not misleading claims, they're lies. they're lies the president uttered during his first year in office. its tally founding that that h nearly 2,000 false claims, averaging out to five untrue, that's lies, a day since he entered the white house. and that's the thing, people often say why aren't you talking more about the accomplishments? it's the president's own tweeting and spouting falsehoods that pushes that to the side. when you think about tax reform, people didn't get to talk about how it might help different parts of the country because the president was consistently lying about how it wouldn't help him or his business. to talk about commercial aviation, the only thing we have on record is when the president met with ceos of airlines and he said you guys, you are so regulated, one of the most regulated, we're going to roll that back

national transportation safety board are joining the investigation into the tourist plane crash in costaamericans were killed including families with ties to our area. university of pennsylvania student william steinberg died in the crash along with his parents and two brothers. they were from scarsdale, new york. authorities say the weiss family of belair, florida, also died. property records show they lived in montgomery county until 2004. their neighbor in florida was overwhelmed by the news. >> you never want it to happen to somebody that you know and they were good, good family. >> nature air is costa rica's largest charter carrier. it generally has a good overall safety record since its founding in 1990 but did have a crash last year killing a passenger. costa rican investigators say strong winds or mechanical problems likely caused this latest crash. >> the miss america organization has a new leader this morning and she knows what it means to wear the crown. former fox news anchor gretchen carlson is the new chair woman of the board of directors. the change comes after former ceo

national transportation safety board is now assisting in the investigation. >> a 16 year old boy accused of murdering his parents, sister, family friends in monmouth county new jersey is due in court today. police say the boy used semiautomatic rifle to shoot them new years eve, just before midnight in a home on wall street long branch. authorities say officer responded after someone inside the home called 911. >> we are investigating this and are confident it is a domestic incident, completely isolated. >> investigators say the suspect surrendered immediately, the teen's grandfather and mother were inside the home at the time of the shooting but were not injured. >> in gloucester county hundreds of student rent finally heading back to their own classrooms today. month after their school was shut down, because of mold. class also resume at whitehall elementary school in monroe township, the building was shut down in october, for mold clean-up. while hall student attended class in a section of williamstown middle school in the meantime. holly glenn elementary, and another school in the di

changed jamie finch former director of government public and family affairs for the national transportation safety boardremembers that world war two devastated europe's infrastructure to rebuild they hardly invested in rail but that wasn't the case for the u.s. even though the u.s. had a fairly robust passenger rail system prior twelve were to president eisenhower took notice of the autobahn the german government built it benefited the country both economically and defensively he brought. so many people into middle class it created jobs at several levels not just manufacturing but also car parts make notes and selling which of course impacted the economy a great deal the auto industry exploded and changed the culture of driving in the u.s. our economy travels on that the americans love for their cars and their own sense of independence well americans do love their independence solutions to the endless traffic jams are on the minds of many. californians high speed rail was approved by voters in two thousand and eight sixty four million dollar plan will bring in hundred miles of track stepping down the go

changed jamie finch former director of government public and family affairs for the national transportation safety board remembers that world war two devastated europe's infrastructure to rebuild they hardly invested in rail but that wasn't the case for the u.s. even though the u.s. had a fairly robust passenger rail system prior to world war two president eisenhower took notice of the autobahn the german government built it benefited the country both economically and defensively it brought so many people into middle class it created jobs at several levels not just manufacturing but also car parts make notes and selling which of course impacted the economy a great deal the auto industry exploded and changed the culture of driving in the u.s. economy travels on that bill and the americans love for their cars and their own sense of independence while americans do love their independence solutions to the endless traffic jams are on the minds of many. california high speed rail was approved by voters in two thousand and eight sixty four million dollar plan will bring in hundred miles of track stepping down

introduced a bill for trailers to be fitted with under ride guards, are you aware that the national transportation safety board has recommended that the trucks be equipped with side guards and rear guards since 2014? >> yes, ma'am. >> and are you aware that the national transportation safety board have required to put under rail guys, because'. >> i am, senator. >> and are you aware that the insurance institute for highway safety produced a acceptable side under ride guard at 40 miles an hour? >> yes, ma'am. >> make it easier for the industry to add the safety measure? >> most definitely, senator. >> and do you think this is a safety measure we should push forward with? >> i wouldn't dismiss it. and i applaud you, one fatality is too many. 40,000 a year is just inexcusable. we need to be doing more. one area that i would ask that you press nitsa on a dot is to speed up their analysis of this and report back the added weight of the under ride guard to be sure that it does not compromise the integrity of the trailer itself. we're talking 80,000 pounds in these trailers, you're adding more weight underneath it, y

the national transportation safety board says an engineer told investigators he didn't see the reduce speed limit sign before the ben. he planned to start breaking about a mile out. the. >>> the person who sent the missile alert in hawaii that turned out to be a false alarm is nopt not cooperating with the investigation. that information was revealed today during a senate hearing by an official with the f.c.c. public safety and homeland security bureau. the hawaii emergency management agency says it encouraged employees to cooperate but it's up to each individual. it took nearly 40 minutes to correct the mistaken alert. >>> a new report about president trump and robert mueller. when the president wanted to fire the special counsel and why it never happened. >>> larry nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing young female athletes. now what both parties of lawmaker want from the olympic committee and usa gymnastics. >>> a disturbing case of animal cruelty in the east >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening once again. president t

we also know that the national transportation safety board is tweeting that they are assisting costaith the investigation of the crash of this plane, a cessna c-208b. we'll learn more as that develops. >> thank you for bringing us the stories of those families, the pictures. it's important we remember them. we'll be right back. . >>> college football's national championship matchup is set after a wild night of bowl games i didn't watch one of. coy wire has more on the "bleacher report." i was asleep, my friend. what happened? >> you being a good girl, i'm going to make a lot of people in the atlanta area happy right now. go dogs. for the first time in 37 years the university of georgia will play for a national championship. they punched their ticket in one of the greatest rose bowl games ever, battling oklahoma and baker mayfield. he was battling the flu but looking like drew brees 2.0. the highest scoring rose bowl ever. sooners were up by 17 in the first half, but georgia kept attacking. they used the wild dog formation. nick chubb, game-tying touchdown with a minute to go. in over

the national transportation safety board is on the scene. phil mattingley is in charlottesville. happened yet? >> the investigation ongoing. according to people on the seasonable and involved with the crash, here's what we know at this point. the garbage truck was coming up on a parallel road to the train. it tried to take a left. ended getting stuck on the tracks. whether something stalled out, it is being looked into. one thing was clear. there was not nearly enough time for the train conductor to react. >> we were moving at a pretty rapid pace and it didn't seem there was any time for the train to slow down at all. i didn't feel any slowing before the impact. >> no braking before the impact. that was the first thing lawmakers felt. several saying how they flew over seats. they also had family members with them. there were cuts, bruises, one lawmaker in a concussion protocol. the main concern, the individuals on the garbage truck. one individual dead. another seriously injured. one thing lawmakers did right after the crash, several of them doctors, sprinted off the train to adm

the national transportation safety board, which is investigating the crash, told cnn:"investigators ares that have been raised regarding training of the amtrak 501 crew members." n-t-s-b released details from its interview with the engineer behind the controls of the train.he missed at least two signs just before the crash. the n-t-s-b also said that engineer took seven to 10 observational training trips, but just three operating the equipment, and only one of those trips was in the direction the train was traveling when it crashed. according to the n-t-s-b, "the engineer also said that he would not have gotten behind the throttle if he had any reservations about his readiness to operate the train."that engineer has not responded to cnn... but more than a half dozen lawsuits filed so far in the crash, all raise questions about crew training as a possible cause. one of the lawsuits was filed by a conductor, who was training in the lead locomotive when the train crashed. drew griffin/cnn senior investigative correspondent:"the ntsb says its investigation could take anywhere from 12 to 24

two investigators from the national transportation safety board here in the u.s. are traveling to costa rica to help with the investigation. costa rican officials say they're focused on two things that could have caused the crash, mechanical problems and weather. >> there's a human loss here that's unspeakable. >> reporter: jacobson lost her brother, bruce steinberg, and his family in sunday's deadly crash. she says she's still waiting on the details of the investigation. >> i'm living a nightmare. my girls are living a nightmare. you know, i lost so much of my family. >> reporter: when the first responders arrived at the scene of the crash deep in the forest of costa rica, they found the wreckage of the single engine cessna in flames. the private charter flight operated by the airline nature air crashed just minutes after taking off from a small airfield on costa rica's west coast late sunday morning. the plane was headed to the capital city of san jose. av ache officials say before picking up passengers, the cessna attempted to land but winds of more than 28 mil

the faa, the national transportation safety board are both involving the cause of the crash. the pilot has not been identified. >>> a richmond police officer at home recovering after he was randy a driver while trying to shut down a weekend sideshow. two 18-year-olds are now under arrest. alex savidge tells us the couple allegedly ditched the car that struck the officer and tried to report it stolen. >> reporter: dramatic cell phone video taken by a bystander shows it slamming into a richmond police officer who was standing in the street. that officer had responded to break up a large sideshow early sunday morning near marina bay parkway and regatta boulevard. the driver who hit him sped off, and the eight-year veteran was left with head trauma and bumps and bruises. the police chief says this could have had a much different outcome. >> using an automobile that's traveling at a high-speed to hit another person, i mean, the automobile is a weapon. it's a deadly weapon. a serious, serious injury or death can result. >> reporter: last night police arrested these two teenagers in

the faa and national transportation safety board are now both investigating the cause of the crash. >>> chp officers chased a driver through three counties and across two bridges today before taking the man into custody. the chase came to an end near amador street in hayward at around 9:30 am this morning. you can see the driver and the chp tried to stop the driver for passing on the shoulder. the chase went into san francisco and continued southbound on highway 101 before heading east on the san mateo bridge. the driver was taken into custody in hayward.>> it is never good to see a failure to yield because you are putting the public in danger. we just try to and stop everybody in the same manner. >> the driver is only identified as a man in his 20s and the truck he was driving was not stolen. >>> now to president donald trump state of the union address there will be two californians who will be watching the speech along with first lady melania trump. this 11-year-old will be recognized for his flag and flour challenged to decorate the graves. a fire technician for the forest service

the national transportation safety board giving an update after talking to the engineer.ld investigators he misjudged the location of the amtrak train and missed a signal that would have alerted him to an upcoming curve. three people killed, dozens more injured when the train went around the curve as twice the speed limit and ran off the tracks in washington it was traveling along a new route when the derailment occurred. >> leah: a suspect in the murder of a colorado sheriff's deputy is set to make his first court appearance today. authorities are still searching for two more men who were possibly connected to that case. we're live in los angeles. william, what do we know? >> police believe the man that they have in custody likely knows the other two suspects who are still on the run. this all began when up to 10 men assaulted a woman wednesday night in north denver prompting witnesses to call 911. deputies respond and the suspects ran. >> it started out with like -- i saw a tall man about 6 fought wearing all black clothes and hoodie running through my yard running away

the national transportation safety board is now assisting with the investigation. >> happening today,hiladelphia's newly elected city leaders will be sworn in at the kimmel center. democrat larry krause letter take the oath of office as new district concern. krasner succeeds interim da kelly hodge who took over for williams. williams serving a sentence for bribery. she is long time civil rights attorney and public defend earn. >> reb a rhynhart also sworn in at the kim he he will center at the first ever female controller. rhynhart defeated mike toll lynn son last november after defeating incumbent city controller alan butkovitz in primaries. celebrating inauguration with a party later tonight to benefit youth programs in philadelphia mural arts program. >> travelers who took to the skies on new years day encounter quite the headache at some of the countries busiest airport. now, for two hours last night, the customs and border protections passport processing system was down, nationwide. all passports had to be check manually as a result some travelers in miami and at other internatio

opposition to, that especially because i know at the federal level, i believe the national transportation safety board said that we need more automated enforcement or we're not going to get safety numbers that we want to see. so thank you for commiting that we'll continue to work on that. very, very encouraging. directors, does anyone else have some comment? yes, director ramos? >> yeah. i just wanted to make sure that we acknowledged all of the advocates that were supportive of the vision zero infrastructure, that came into place that has helped us get to lowering the levels. of course, we've got a long way to go, but i'm rather confident that the lives that we didn't lose, you know, we can all be appreciative of that. but it doesn't come without trade aves and we wouldn't be able to make those trade-offs if it weren't for the support that is often generated by neighbours that the understand the value of making our street safer for everyone. so, i wanted to make sure that we acknowledge that. i also wanted to speak to the subject of the autonomous vehicles that came up and it's something that i think

yes, they have the national transportation safety board, but there is no stamp that is to be put on the vehicles. they just have to pass government tests. their work has been rationalized. their work has been digitized. their work has been computerized in ways changing what is -- ways that are changing what is happening in the workforce. very quickly i will just say the engineers i studied since about 2004 have a hiring freeze on analysis engineers in the u.s. they only hire analysis engineers, simulation engineers in india. because they built a big enter ,here, and i spent months there at that center and months also in michigan. at the center they have offshored the work of building the models. the reason they were able to offshore that work was because we had digitized the models. we have digitized and met the much highest --mathemati zed come up and it means that people in india can do the work for a fraction of the cost of a u.s. engineer. my point about adaptable. how can u.s. engineers who wanted to do that work be adapted in the u.s. when it would happen with the india? they woul

national transportation safety board are joining the investigation into the tourist plane crash in costa 10 americans were killed including families with ties to our area. university of pennsylvania student william steinberg died in the crash along with his parents and two brothers. they were from scarsdale, new york. authorities say the weiss family of belair, florida, also died. property records show they lived in montgomery county until 2004. their neighbor in florida was overwhelmed by the news. >> you never want it to happen to somebody that you know and they were a good, good family. >> nature air is costa rica's largest charter carrier. it generally has a good overall safety record since its founding in 1990 but did have a crash last year killing a passenger. costa rican investigators say strong winds or mechanical problems likely caused the latest crash. >> ♪ >> in today's tech bytes gearing up for the consumer electronics show. >> the event kicks off next week in las vegas. expect to see new smartphones including a new ekperia from sony and galaxy at eight from samsung. >> dell

(grant) the national transportation safety board has released its preliminary report on last month's deadly amtrak incident in washington state. according to the report.... the train was going 78 miles per hour before it flew off an overpass onto a highway....killing three people and injuring dozens. the train had been traveling through a 30-mile-per-hour zone. the engineer and another crew member haven't been interviewed by the n-t-s-b yet because of their considerable injuries. (grant) authorities say a man from india sexually assaulted a 22-year-old woman while she was sleeping on a flight from las vegas to detroit wednesday. the detroit free press reports that the woman....who cited a federal complaint... immediately notified a flight attendant about what happened. the victim says when she woke up....her shirt was unbuttoned and the man had his hand down her pants. authorities later arrested the suspect who was in court wednesday on charges of aggravated sexual abuse.... he spoke to an f-b-i agent....reportedly admitting to some of the details. (vicki) still ahead... a school emp

reform exactly aligned with what the national transportation safety board concluded that the crash was avoidable and that pilot error and failed training procedures was the cause. we have new leadership at the federal aviation administration and i strongly urge him to swiftly enforce the flight safety law. we the members of the western new york delegation, and the families of flight 3407, will be watching and closely. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the the gentlewoman from florida seek recognition? ms. ros-lehtinen: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized one inute. ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you so much, mr. speaker. this friday, january 12, marks he eighth anniversary of the devastating earthquake that devastating earthquake that took the lives of 250,000 haitians and left unimaginable destruction. local south florida organizations led by haitian women of miami ms. ros-lehtinen: thank you wil silent march at 4:00 p.m.