the finding prompted the ntsb to have multiple exits in modified advance. in the long island crash it's alterations played in the death of four young women. senator schumer believes safety standards could have made a difference. >> had this limo been required to have side airbags or rollover bars or more bolstering, these girls might have survived. >> reporter: the ntsb did help police and the suffolk district attorney with an accident reconstruction but the agency is not part of the limo investigation. now, the d.a. telling eyewitness news the crash worthiness of those side impact panels is what they are looking into, one of the things, part of the probe in the deadly crash. back to you. >> interesting. >>> authorities say they busted a heroin ring that need 1 1/2 million dollars in sales last year across new york city. 25 people are charged. the brooklyn d.a. said the operation was centered in williamsburg where he worked with his mother, sister, brother and cousin packaging the heroin in cereal boxes. you hear one describe some of his customer's frighten

and the ntsb currently has an urgent request into ddot. they are -- the d. o. t. i should say. they are asking the department to respond within 30 days. live at the ten lee town metro stop, i'm mola lenghi for wusa9. >>> a serial killer set to be executed tomorrow in virginia gets a reprieve at least for now. a federal judge has issued a restraining order against the state and the death sentence of alfredo prieto. he killed a young couple in fairfax back in 1988 as well as a 15-year-old girl in california. his attorney is asking for the execution to be delayed until officials disclose the supplier of the drug that will be used to put prieto to death. now the hearing is set for tomorrow at 2:00. >>> russia gave the u.s. and its partners a one hour heads- up and then started dropping bombs in syria. but questions remain about who the russianings were targeting. in a u. n. briefing, russia claimed to be aiming at isis forces. but the jets hit targets in an area not currently controlled by the terror group. >>> from capitol hill. the house of representatives just voted to send the

intended flight so that goes into the ntsb 800 series regulations. so it is an ntsb investigation. >> and, les, you and i spoke as i mentioned in the last hour. when you see this much smoke coming from an aircraft, how much can you prevent that smoke from getting in the cabin? >> well, the initial -- if indeed it was an engine fire, and everything is preliminary at this part of the investigation so we don't even know for sure. yes, the f. aa said it was an engine fire but it's hard to determine just by those pictures. when we go through the checklist procedure for an engine fire situation, we pull what we call a fire handle. that not only sends out fire retardant material, it also shuts off the bleed air system which goes into the cabin and supplies pressurization and air conditioning and heat for the cabin situation. in addition to shutting down electrical, in addition it's shutting down all the electrical that's coming from that -- or hydraulics coming from that particular engine. >> you know, les, the two eyewitnesses i've spoken to about this sai

metro safety and they're known as the tri-state oversight committee and bluntly, the ntsb says that group is not up to the challenge. they say it would take that group years to address safety issue that the government could get done in just a few months. >> it's a long way from solving with all of the components. >> dave snyder is head of the transportation commission and he was briefed by the ntsb. other issues like metro's board and financial structure also have to be looked at and not just more oversight. >> it's like a new vulture just feasting on the corpse, but i'm more interested in bringing a corpse back to life. >> whatever happens is metro is still the focus. >> the ntsb has told the united states department of transportation it wants to hear back from them in 30 days to get this done. jim, back to you. >> inept is an awfully strong word and why did the ntsb feel it was so necessary to go that hard? >> well, jim, the current oversight group. the tri-state oversight committee is comprised of three people. one, two, three, from our region and they say they don't have the pow

we have taken a new approach to the way we handle ntsb recommendations. when i arrived at fra in january, there were more than 70 ntsb recommendations awaiting action. we've taken action on more than half of them. reducing the number of outstanding recommendations by nearly 15%, and we await word on another 30 from the ntsb. some of these recommendations have been sitting for more than five years. fra listened to the frustrations that members of this committee expressed about the railroad rehabilitation and improvement financing program, and we've acted. this year we've completed two loans and expect to complete two more shortly. the risk program is very much open for business. while working to try to bring new solutions to these old challenges, the men and women of fra have stayed laser focused on our ongoing safety priorities and have delivered significant results. during the last two years the united states has seen more than a dozen crude oil train derailments. in may, with our sister d.o.t. agency sinza, we completed the high flammable train rule tha

, something, i saw a red liquid spewed across my lane it, appeared to be coming from that tire. >> ntsb says ride the ducks international, company that refurbished that vehicle, sent out notifications in 2013 about a potential issue with the axles. >> they recommended repair or increased monitoring by operators. >> the duck boat that crashed last week didn't get a repair. >> we have not had an opportunity to determine whether or not the seattle ride the ducks were in receipt that far information. >> it is not clear yet whether a broken axle was a factor in last week's crash the ceo of ride the duct every seattle said he completely agrees with the decision to keep the rest of the vehicles off the road, until the ntsb and independent inspection deems the vehicles safe. >> through all of this, the safety of our passengers, and those whom we share the roads with, remains our highest priority. >> he says he and his company are absolutely heart broken about the deaths and injuries resulting from the crash. andrew spencer, cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >>> the dalai lama is waking up at minnesota

meantime, we're told ntsb investigators plan to interview passengers tony. reporting live in the san francisco newsroom, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> horrific crash. thank you. >>> it was certainly a long battle for firefighters responding to a house fire in the south bay. flames broke ought about 5:00 tonight on martin avenue near mountain heights high school. flames broke out in a bedroom and shot up to the attic. the roof was made of metal and took hours to cut through. the entire family who lived in the home is homeless. the red cross is helping to get them back on their feet. >>> it is an act of kindness that has everyone talking. this morning the pope landed in philadelphia and was leaving the airport when he saw something that made him stop the motorcade. he saw 10-year-old michael kieting in a wheelchair. the holy father got out of the car, as you see, placed his hands on the child with cerebral palsy and kissed the boy's for the record. an emotional moment for everyone. receipt now pope francis is spending the night in philadelphia. the fin

. >>> and the ntsb is taking over the investigation into the deadly crash between a tour vehicle and charter bus in seattle. it killed four international students and injured more than 50 others. allyson grandy of our seattle affiliate cairo reports. >> reporter: tow trucks used to remove the buses off the bridge. it will be picked up by the feds who will examine the wreckage. >> i couldn't see anything. the see the feat fell on me, my >> four passengers killed, more than 50 injured. first responders put the most critical on the red tarp. >> people returned from the duck bus, some people bloodiebloodie unconscious. >> lance jacobson was driving behind the duck vehicle. >> he started wandering into the middle lane so i stayed back a bit. >> reporter: jacobson said he moved to the right and hit the barrier. >> he overcorrected and went across all the three lanes and the bus. >> i was in a tan suv and the duck bus came across my lane and hit the other bus. >> he collided head on. caught in the crash, he's convinced the duck bus had a mechanical problem. >> i saw a red liquid spewed acro

ntsb says safety mechanism known as a gust lock prevented the plane from being able to take off. >> these checks would have identified that the gust lock was still engaged before taxiing the aircraft for take off. >> reporter: forget to go disengage the gust locks before take off would be a monumental oversight especially for two experienced pilots. >> there is no question of mechanical failure. >> reporter: we spoke via face time with aviation attorney and pilot arthur wolk who represent the families of, two of the passengers kill in the crash, and even if the pilots forgot to disengage the gust locks, a point blocked out, safety mechanisms in the jet should have prevented the plane from being able to throttle up. >> is there so many other issues here which are trouble, just to blame the flight crew is easy waste out because they are dead, they cannot defend themselves. >> reporter: ntsb placed blame on the design of the gulf stream jet saying it did in the provide an unmistakable warning that the plane could not take off safely. spokesperson for gulf stream extended condolences and in a

the ntsb is going to dismantle that engine. it needs to know urgently whether this was a maintenance failure or a factory defect. david? >> matt, thank you. >>> we have new images from japan this evening. deadly floods north of tokyo. 20 inches of rain in just 24 hours. at least one dead, 12 missing tonight. families huddled on rooftops. and the fukushima power plant, in the flood zone tonight. >>> and the race for 2016 heating up. donald trump under fire for controversial comments. did he make a derogatory comment about a female candidate's looks? here's tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump on defense after attacking carly fiorina. telling "rolling stone" -- look at that face! would anyone vote for that? can you imagine that, the face of our next president? this morning on "the view," trump insisting he wasn't referring to fiorina's looks. >> i'm talking about her persona. she failed miserably at hewlett packard and ran for the senate and lost in a landslide and now running for president. i'm talking about her person

that is scary. >> reporter: today the ntsb looks into the investigation. >> we look at all aspects. we enter an investigation of this sort thinking anything is possible. let's see where the trail leads. >> the lanes on the bridge where 9.5 feet wide but the duck boat is 8.4 feet wide. but it swerved five lanes and into oncoming traffic and t-boned the charter bus. local residents have long said this bridge is an accident waiting to happen. >> we shouldn't lose people to make a change that needs to be made. >> reporter: this is the bridge where the accident actually happened. but you can see it is tricky because there are no dividers between the actual lanes. so it feels pretty narrow for the speed and the volume of traffic. mark gordon was on the bridge and narrowly avoided the accident. >> there was so many people and too much pain i could tell what was going on but couldn't wrap my mind around it. >> a flood of people ran to the scene to help and may have saved lives. tonight 19 people are in the hospital as the college community prays and begins to heal. morgan radford, nbc news,

senator schumer anoubs nced today the ntsb will investigate accidents involved stretch limos. saying stretch limos put lives at significant risk. >> they will be looking at what cautioned the crash. they will be examining the crash. and that is the first step to establishing standards for stretch limos. >> now, an ntsb spokesman said they will investigate crashes on a case to case basis. the agency recently issued a

ntsb has been notified. and of course, as we get additional information, we'll bring it live to you. reporting live, back to you in the studio. >>> new at 5:00, south carolina prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against charleston church shooter. roof who is also facing federal hate crimes charges, beyond the murder, attempted murder and firearms charges he's being prosecuted for here in south carolina. the 21-year-old is accused of gunning down nine parishioners at an historic african-american church. prosecutors plan to prepare evidence on his motive and apparent lack of remorse for the killings. >>> tonight, police in illinois say they may be getting closer to finding the three men suspected of killing a fellow officer. police in fox lake are following up on leads in the killing of lieutenant charles joe glenowitz. the killers have been described only as two white men and one black man. >>> well, we have now confirmation that a plane part found on a remote beach does belong to malaysia airlin

as i know that you know, senator, ntsb is the lead but the fra plays a role as well. the ntsb has specific guidelines about family assistance planning and i know they will take a very close look at that and we will as well. >> you have not had an opportunity to do that? >> in my role as a member of the amtrak board, we have had some conversations about the accident and the response. i have reiterated the importance that i put on making sure that families are communicated to quickly and appropriately. but it will ultimately be a part of the investigation, the ntsb leads and i can't get ahead of them. >> especially as a member of the amtrak board i hope you take a strong interest in this and understand the seriousness of it and i'll look forward to working with you in the months and years ahead as we look at it and hopefully make improvements in the future so things like that do not happen again. >> absolutely. >> now, to the positive train control. senator mccaskill mentioned the gao report that came out yesterday. if we are able to pass the comprehensive highway trans

the ntsb is still going to have to rematch that new jersey to examine it. it has to know whether this was a maintenance failure or a factory defect. matt gutman, las vegas. >> this morning a new threat every al qaeda on this 9/11 anniversary. the group encouraging the assassination of america's top business leaders including bill gates and warren buffett. the goal of the attacks to derail the revival of the u.s. economy. the threats come as a suspected isis sympathizer accused of a bomb plot at a kansas city 9/11 memorial is under arrest. >>> and on this 14th anniversary of 9/11, some school kids in new jersey have set up a special memorial, the juniors and seniors at cedar grove high are too young to remember the day itself but decided to place 2,077 flags on their school's front lawn. they also have a name of each of the 9/11 victims on every single one of them. >> what a way to share such a tragedy that took place 14 years ago than with a group of kids here at cedar grove high school. >> this flag memorial will be kept in place for the next week and a ha

in the case of morgan's limo on the east coast, the ntsb determined the addition to plywood to the front the car blocked passengers from escaping. >> several local news sites have been crashed by hackers. the attack brown down the almon ac, the mountain view voice, and the pleasanton weekly, and tonight, palo alto police are investigating. whoever did it replaced the site with images commonly used by  anonymous. it also included a message accusing the company of failing to remove harmful content. the images have been since taken down and replaced with this error message. they're using twitter and facebook to place their headlines and they're encouraging people to check out their online print edition. >> we're back in a moment with exactly how much we pay in taxes. stay with us. #1. when it comes to taxes. ===take vo=== >>> okay, this is not surprising. we're number one when it comes to taxes. in addition to the highest state income tax, a magazine claim -- slams california for having the nation's highest gas tax. >> what we see is california is losing high-wealthva individual businesse

the other, that ground breaking recommendation by the ntsb. we'll tell you those stories, mo >>> right now, the trial for a deadly hit-and-run on the vw parkway is under way. u.s. park police say 73-year-old earl peter hit and killed 38-year-old rick warrick on super bowl sunday. warrick was trying to fix his car on the side of the road. this case also triggered an investigation at the fire department. a 911 dispatcher was fired after telling warrick's daughter to stop whining as she called in for help. >>> president bill clinton's former health and human services secretary is recovering from a stroke right now. donna shalala suffered the stroke last night. she formerly worked as president of the university of miami. just this year, she took over as president of the clinton foundation. >>> changes are coming to the route 7 corridor. we could learn about those changes this week. >> transit leaders say they're considering several options to ease traffic on route 7 between leesburg and alexandria. among them, dedicated bus lanes, a streetcar or l

officials say the engine experienced a technical issue, and today investigators with with the ntsb will arrive to investigate the exact cause. guys? >> arthel, thank you. >>> i'm sorry. those words coming from hillary clinton for the first time as the e-mail scandal grows. >> good morning. this is a big deal. this is the first time hillary clinton has ever directly apologized for using a private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> in retrospect, certainly as i look back at it now, even though it was allowed, i should have used two accounts. one for personal, one for work related e-mails. that was a mistake. i'm sorry about that. i take responsibility. >> the apology didn't stop there. around 11:00 last night, clinton posted another apology on facebook saying, quote, i know this is a complex story. i could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. she then posted a link to a new website that's entirely devoted to answering questions on this issue. well, in response, republican national committee released a statement saying, quote, the only thing hillary c

now the ntsb is investigating what they hope to find out.ior driving class to see if agent makes a driver more or less safe on the road. >>> a 14-year-old boy is on life support. it was wrongly reported that lucas angelo passed away. angelo was declared brain-dead after being on life support since wednesday. angelo a freshman was crossing the street when he was hit by a car. angelo has since been in a coma where he will remain until his organs can be donated. police do not believe speed, alcohol or drugs were involved. road has reopened after a deadly head-on collision. a 56-year-old man died last night when his vehicle collided with another car. this is video from the crash site. officials say the man peered into the other lane hitting another driver. the driver and her three passengers suffered injuries. they were taken to a nearby hospital. authorities say it is unclear weather alcohol or drugs were involved. a memorial is set for wednesday. early tuesday morning kathy baker was in an exercise class when a car driven by an 80-year- old wo

. >> ntsb holding a meeting tomorrow. the gulfstream business jet crashed after it overran the end of runway in massachusetts may 31 last year. preliminary ntsb report is suggested the crew of the private jet did not perform a flight control check before attempting take off. >>> new this morning, a four year old boy and his dog are rescued from a well near jackson, mississippi. that boy was trapped for several hours nearly 25 feet down in that well. the hole was only about a foot and a half wide. authorities say the boy was alert and talking with the rescue team the entire time he was stuck. >> we had all of the volunteer fire departments here in lincoln county, sheriff's office, brookhaven fire department. i just can't say enough about what everybody did to get this little boy out that far well safe. >> crews sent water down to the boy to help keep him hydrated. his dog was rescued short time later. >> still ahead this morning, police in one colorado town, they are on high alert after caller makes a threat against police

the ntsb delivering a sobering assessment of the group that does have oversight of safety and they're known as the tri-state oversight committee. it's a group of three. yes, three people who have no set of safety rules and guidelines and they don't have the ability to enforce any safety rules or guidelines for metro. the ntsb saying today that if the federal government were to step in and take control of metro safety, issues that would take the current oversight group years to fix could, in fact, be addressed in just a few months. this announcement today has sent shock waves through the halls here on capitol hill. local leaders are reacting and we'll have their reaction coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and why some say this may not be all that's needed. back to you. >>> service on the yellow line back to normal this afternoon after trouble this morning. metro says a transformer started smoking near la font plaza and metro has ed spspeeds across th potomac. it is all clear. >>> a man charged in the murder of his ex-wife's second husband entered a no-contest plea in court today. men wen shot

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there were safety concerns about the debt will company's vehicles before this crash happened that ntsb says the company was notified of problems in 2015 in fact. i had at a a big change economy has an official say what he's a creep for some people also feet caught on camera stealing a package from a doorstep east bay homeowners will response to this end next firefighters on tyler we approached the peak at the fire season and a forecast is not encouraging students >> catherine: the middletown a destructive wildfires in california hit their early stand tonight 76,000 a. have burned the fire is 97 percent contained to the oven homes have been destroyed in this fire began at the denver 124 people killed one person is still missing and the cause remains under investigation. >> catherine: threat of more wild fires have gone from bad to worse there is no rain in the forecast for the bay area for the next several days of october typically marks the beginning of preseason here in the bay area much of the region as a very dry. hellfire the chief says trees are very dry and that raises the threat

. >>> the ntsb is blaming the flight crew for the crash that killed a philadelphia philanthropist and six other people. the crew skipped important safety checks that may have prevented last spring's crash that killed philadelphia inquirer co-owner louis katz. randy gyllenhaal has more on the report and reaction from the community he served. >> reporter: two of those victims had deep ties to camden. louis katz was born here, it's a billionaire philanthropist. and marcy was his friend. they co founded this charter school in camden together. both of them were on board that flight when it crashed. today we're learning more about what went wrong. >> the legacy of hope. >> marcy and katz helped create this charter school. >> they touched each one of our lives. >> takeoff near boston, the ntsb released a report blaming the flight crew for accident. >> a complete flight check had not been done. >> the jet was unable to even get off the ground because it's elevators were accidentally locked. >> this accident was preventable. and it just shows us the importance of following procedures, each and

i heard the plane hit. >> the ntsb and the faa are investigating.s to determine the cause of the crash. >>> that crash is the second crash in new jersey, these pictures show a plane that crashed into the atlantic on thursday. the train's transmission went silent for two hours from the flight from michigan. the pilot 68-year-old michael moir was the only person on board. he was heading to atlantic city at the time of the crash. he had 40 years experience flying planes. >>> police in cumberland county are looking for suspects in a shooting that left a man in critical condition. it happened on the 500 morocco of east avenue in fairfield township. police received 911 calls of gun shots in the area. when they arrived they found a man in his 20s with a gunshot wound to the held. he was flown to cooper university million center in critical condition. >>> -- university medical center in critical condition. >>> the search continues for a driver who hit a police officer on a motorcycle and kept going. it happened at east 4th and morton streets in chester, del

the new information the ntsb is sharing about the deadly accident when the four on 2 returns. -- >>> ride with the duck tour bus suspended operateerations follow -- operations. the duck boat collided with a charter bus. the victims who died were international students. dozens of others were injured. officials ordered the company to cease operations pending a full investigation. they say the duck boat's axle was sheered off and axle repairs had not been done. the ceo overed his do understand theles and full caption -- offered his condolences to the victims. >> we will not return into service till we can demonstrate it is well maintained, road worth and safe. >> according to the ntsb ride with the duck tour bus identified an axle problem on the vehicle two years ago. at this point it is unclear if the seattle franchise that owns the vehicle was aware of the warning. >> investigators say this could determine a year to determine the cause. >>> now to healther and frank. sheriff's deputies -- heather and frank. sheriff's deputies got the call today. >> two bodies found in a mobile home pa

the ntsb blamed the flight crew for the exodus, saying the pilots failed to do a preflight checklist. >> the accident was preventable. and it shows us the importance of following procedures. >> the jet couldn't even get off the ground because it's elevators were locked and the crew failed to notice. some of the victims families aren't buying that explanation. >> i think in this instance there's plenty of mechanical failure component to go around. >> arthur represents two of the families filing suit against the jets manufacturer gulfstream. >> i don't have any question there was a mechanical component to this crash. i think it's a disservice to the dead flight crew to simply blame them without data. >> but the nts about does say this very flight crew had a pattern of ignoring their safety checklists. in the meantime, the agency is now issuing a safety recommendation to all pilots in light of this accident. live in camden, randy gillylle l gyllenhaal, nbc10 news. >> some of the other people on the plane were from our area. james mcdowell from georgetown, delaware. and wayne leads and su

the ntsb is faithing. >>> a violent sexual predator will be out on the streets unless officials find him a home and fast. 51-year-old frazier smith is due to be released from state prison where he served time for sexually assaulting four teenage girls. several proposed replacements have already fallen through amaid public outcry, including one in concord. now yesterday a judge ruled if the county cannot find a way to make it work, he will be forced to release smith as a transient. >>> well, every day there are more and more cars on the road and this may be the reason why. california issued half a million immigrant driver's licenses in the last year, a program to issue the licenses to immigrants began this year and generated huge lines at the dmv last january and february. >>> still to come, california lake is running dry, and it is leaving behind a muddy mess. >> plus a twist on take out in the bay area. but why the meals may actually be illegal. >> good morning, everybody. how is that coffee? how is that breakfast? good, isn't it true i will tell you what is good, what you missed la

just one day after the ntsb announced that the duck boat involved in last week's deadly crash didn'tir that was recommended in 2013, state >>we need to act immediately. >> grant:instead of waiting for a formal complaint- utc commissioners voted unanimously to keep ride the ducks fleet of amphibious vehicles off the streets. >>the suspension will go into effect immediately. >> grant:ride the duck seattle operations are suspended pending a state investigation. it's the utc's job to make companies operate in a safe manner. >>we believe it is important to act immediately to protect the public safety. >> grant:at issue, what the ntsb investigators revealed sunday - axle issues. >>when i landed, i was looking right at it, and i'm going there's no tire, there was no fluid or anything and i'm >> grant:a 2013 safety bulletin for recommended inspection and reinforcement of the front axle housing assembly. >>ntsb i personally looked at the failure and this particular duck did not have the fix. >> grant:investigators say its front left axle sheared off, but they're not sure whether that happened

the ntsb will be sending three investigators to figure out what went wrong with this engine failure. passengers involved say they know what went right, a fast and orderly evacuation that may have helped save lives. on the tarmac, a terrifying scene. thick smoke swallowing the british airways plane on fire on the runway as all 157 passengers, including leth letha dunn, evacuated, sliding down emergency chutes. >> as soon as they hit the tarmac, they just sprinted, because behind us are giant flames. >> reporter: at the airport, planes grounded, people watching in shock. >> please be off the plane. this is insane. >> reporter: airport officials say the boeing 777 was taxiing for takeoff to london's gatwick airport just after 4:00 p.m. when the engine caught fire. crews rushed to the plane, hosing it down. four minutes later, the fire was out. >> at the top of the chute, i could see the smoke and flames and i'm thinking it could go up any time. >> reporter: donna worthington, preparing for the flight, watched from the ground, shaken but safe. a dozen people hospitalized with only minor

the ntsb just announced they're sending three investigators to mccarron international. look at that, a british airways jet taxiing on the runway about to take off for london. the boeing 777 never got airborne after it caught fire. emergency slides were activated to get all 159 passengers and 13 crew members out. >> there was a lady with a very young baby not too far from us, she was brave taking her baby off the flight really quickly. pretty much, everyone was trying to help her. >> despite all of the drama marx amazingly, 14 passengers suffered a minor injury. >> all right. certainly hot in vegas this time of year. it's very hot this time of year in the bay area. >> yeah, it's all about the same. if you have asthma, if you're going to be outside, you want to try to limit the time outdoors during the hottest hours of the day. the ozone levels will be unhealthy, especially in the north bay, east bay and south bay. the peninsula approaching those unhealthy levels. that will likely continue all week. officialing urge you to carpool or use public transportation. look at thi

. >> the ntsb has learned that ride the ducks international which refurbished the vehicle in 2005 notified customers of a potential safety concern in 2013. they recommended repair or increased monitoring by operators. >> five people were killed and 50 people were taken to the hospital with injuries. 16 are still being treated. >>> a michigan man nearly blew up a gas station. a spider was hanging out near the gas tank when he tried to torch it with a lighter. no word on the spider. >>> just in time for the holidays. under two bucks a gallon for gas. it's a very good possibility. >> reporter: and we're here at the chevron near downtown san jose where the cost is $2.89 for a gallon of regular unleaded. the average cost in san jose is $2.92. this is the new normal. there's a worldwide glut of oil, way more supply than demand. we'll stay oversupplied through 2016 and at the price we'll gradually drift upwards. and gas prices will not go up until about 2017. the saudis will take a financial hit if they reduce production. and iran has a large supply of oil ready to be released and could be pumpin

cory: the ntsb has some issues with that as i recall.n do you expect this car to be in production as opposed to handmade vehicles? mat: they are pretty close. i don't think tesla is dumb enough to put this on a big event. see is them to build the 20,000 cars they say they have preorders for. cory: the forms online suggest there is more. matt: there were 20,000 earlier this year but we don't have a final number. cory: and importantly, there is a refundable deposit that went out before they knew how much the car would cost. what percentage of orders do you think it canceled because it was so expensive? on deposits tot wait that long -- i think very few will be canceled. i think some of them may be canceled because no one wants to wait for two years. we have to see how quickly they can ramp up production. 15%. cory: good stuff. betty liu will be there in california. she will take a test drive. we will get you all the highlights first thing tomorrow. check us out tomorrow when the tivo ceo comes. ♪ john: i'm john heilemann. mark: and i mark

ntsb investigator wills start the investigation on monday.sharing their survival story. gregory moody walked away from the crash but daughter and wife suffered serious injuries. we'll hear more in a live report in about 15 minutes. >> another dog dead in north were california because of toxic algae. the. >> you green sludge is growing in lakes and rivers and beyond. the latest dog died after swimming in the eel river. the camp ground, medical tests confirmed the death was related to the algae. another dog died while swimming in the russian river. it thrives where waters are warm and flowing slowly. the bottom line, if you see the algae in the water, stay away and if you come in contact with it, make sure you wash it off. >>> alameda county is having problems with the toxic algae blooms spotted in four lakes,. no one is allowed to swim in them because of the algae. >>> it is the final stop of the pope's historic tour of the united states and tonight pope francis is in philadelphia. >> one of the most touching moments today is after the pope ar

bluntly, the ntsb says that group is not up to the challenge. they say it would take that group years to address safety issues that the government could get done in just a few months. >> it's a long way from solving the problem and dealing with all of the components. >> reporter: dave snider is head of the west virginia transportation commission and other issues like metro's board and financial structure also have to be looked at, not just more oversight. >> just kind of like in a new vulture, just feasting on the corpse. i'm more interested in bringing the corpse back to life. >> whatever happened, metro safety is once again the focus. >>> metro has responded saying it welcomes more oversight to get to the goal of a safer system, but coming up at 6:00, what has to happen now here on the hill to get this new federal regulation. will it, in fact, happen? wendy, back to you. >> thank you, adam. >>> he was probably on his way back to his post in camp david when he saw a disabled car stranded in the pouring rain so marine corporal william ferrell st

." >>> the ntsb will be at las vegas mccarren international airport today. they are investigating what caused a british airways jet to catch fire on the runway yesterday. patrick walker reports from las vegas. >>> reporter: >> may day, may day. request fire services. >> heavy fire services are on the way. >> reporter: the pilot of this british airways boeing 777 aborted take-off as he radioed his emergency to the tower at las vegas's international airport tuesday afternoon. the jetliner sat on the tarmac as thick, black smoke billowed and orange flames engulfed its wings. >> 2276 heavy we are evacuating. we have a fire, i repeat, we are evacuating. >> reporter: 157 passengers and 13 crew scrambled down emergency slides to evacuate. >> one of the first people off. and jumped on the slide and i looked up and the flames seemed to be about twice the height of the aircraft. >> reporter: so far, the cause of the fire is unknown. patrick walker for cbs news, las vegas. >>> it has been exactly five years since this fiery blast at san bruno leveled a neighborhood. to

. >> ntsb learned that the duck boat vehicle was in an accident in 2005. there was a potential safety related concern in 2013. the duck boat involved in the crash was an army surplus vehicle built in 1945. at least 16 people remained hospitalized from the crash, one of them in critical condition. the number of people on the district killed this year is 117, and the latest murder on the list is still unsolved. it happened just before midnight . d.c. police say that three men were shot, one of them, 50-year-old thomas stalling, died. anybody with information is asked to call the police. tickingw, the clock is on congress in the face of a possible government shutdown. lawmakers have just 72 hours to reach a deal. it looks like friday's announcement by house speaker john boehner that he plans to step down make clear the way for a deal. -- may clear the way for a deal. >> john boehner being a lame-duck speaker allows him to pass the bill. kellye: on "face the nation," speaker boehner says he expects the senate to pass a continuing resolution this week. a potent

. >> reporter: when the ntsb arves, they'll be greeted by the investigation already surrounding that crash. the two people on board yesterday when it crashed are expected to survive. but it's brought this usually bussing area to a stand still. several agencies including the sheriff and members of the coast guard got a closer look at a plane in pieces. the coast guard auk sulry cessna is still laying in the soccer field where it made an emergency landing and has become a spectacle for residents who wonder how it happened. >> i heard all the noise last night but i didn't know exactly what had happened. >> we heard the sirens. sitting in the living room. >> reporter: the investigation into yesterday's crash shut down the neighborhood that was filled with people from the poolohe playound when the pilot signaled engine tub early thursday evening. >> november 758 delta kilo,e w are experiencing engine roughness, over. >> reporter: authorities say he considered emeency landing options like teterboro and even the hudson river but in a spl second decis cnse this soccer field for hisaing pl >>

. >> the ntsb sent a go team of engine and fire specialists from d.c. figure out what went wrong. >> the fire sent passengers scrambling down the emergency slides and running for their lives as flames shot out of the plane. >> nbc's chris clackum has new pictures of the badly damaged plane. >> reporter: by daybreak wednesday, the heavily charged british airways jet has been towed from the runway in las vegas. close-up photos providing proof how extensive the damage is. it burst into flames tuesday just as the boeing 777 headed down the runway for the flight to london's gatwick airport. >> he was doing almost 100 miles an hour when he slammed the brakes on. >> we have an aircraft on fire with people coming out of t >> there were some passengers that were saying there's a fire, there's a fire. >> reporter: a fire that started in the left ingyp and quickly grew into some terrifying but heroic moments, especially by the crew. >> there was no hesitation whatsoever. the exit doors were opened. they were literally in full swing. it was like clock work for them

but ntsb investigators and the faa are in town and will be taking a look at the plane to figure out what happened. cbs news, las vegas. >>> crews reopened the runway this morning. >>> a baltimore spending board has approved a settlement to the family of freddie gray. the 25-year-old died in april after sustaining a severe spinal injury while in police custody. six police officers are charged with his death. it sparked days of unrest in the city. the mayor says it's in the best interests of the city to avoid drawnout litigation. >>> an apology from hillary clinton for the e-mail scandal. the former secretary of state took to social media after her news interview to say sorry for her quote complex story. >> i should have used two accounts, one for personal and one for work related e-mails. that was a mistake. i'm sorry about that. i take responsibility. and i'm trying to be as transparent as i possibly can. >> reporter: clinton acknowledged she could more effectively handled the questions. despite criticism over the way she handled it she declined to apologize in earlier interviewed saying

all of the dead were from that school. the ntsb, but they now say they did not have a recommended repair if 2013. verdicts are trying to figure out if the company was aware of that warning. right about now, pope francis is landing back if rome after his three-city u.s. tour. before he left, though, some funny moments to show you. he stopped his profession to kiss the baby dressed like the pope, himself. he dressed with a family that drove 13,000 miles in a volkswagon to meet him. the pope's reaction, quote, are you crazy. but the weekend's funniest moment came saturday night when actor mark wahlberg spoke to the person on stage. >> he whispered in my ear that he loves the movie "ted" and i told him, that was not appropriate for a boy of his age. me. >> all right. 860,000 people. >> yeah, at the very least. the next cleanup does continue as you talk about. pope francis gone, memories and impact of this historic six-day u.s. tour will likely alonger for a long time here. the images are just like the moment, overwhelming. down comes philadelphia for the evening, converted into a cathedral.

. >> reporter: the ntsb saying the engine case can you evering multiple breaches. outward like shrapnel. >> it's hard to express how rare this is. this is almost a never event. >> reporter: inside, terrified passengers watch the fire intensify. one of the pilots with the mayday call. >> mayday. mayday. request fire services. >> reporter: what seemed a chaotic exodus inside looked orderly from outside the plane. >> is everybody okay? >> reporter: those emergency slides popping open and all 170 passengers and crew streaming out. g.e., which built that engine, calls its product wildly reliable. the ntsb is still going to have to remove that engine to go it to know whether this was a maintenance failure or factory detect. matt gutman, las vegas. >>> in morning a new threat from al qaeda on this 9/11 anniversary. the group encouraging the assassination of america's top business leaders including bill gates and warren buffett. the goal of the attacks to derail the revival of the u.s. economy. the threats come as a suspected isis sympathizer accused of a bomb plot at a ka

the ntsb wants the department of transportation, the federal railroad administration specifically to oversee the metro rail safety. nar to happen, congress would have to pass a law re-classifying metro as a commuter rail network. leon: coming up at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- the fight to prevent a government shutdown. details on what happened on capitol hill today with a matter of hours to spare. maureen: ramping up the fight against isil. how russia is joining the effort. doug: the latest update on the hurricane. hurricane joaquin. increases the likelihood of an impact in the midatlantic. i will tell you the possibilities still to come on "abc7 news at 6:00". leon: crisis averted for now. hours before midnight deadline the house pass a bill to keep the government funded. but there is still a catch in this. "7 on your side" government investigator chris papst is live to explain it all for us. chris? chris: the catch that you mentioned has people in area concerned. especially those who work for or have jobs tied to the federal government. the bill you mentioned only funds government throu