but some victims' relatives question the account, telling the associated press their loved ones did not belong to a gang and had gone to the ranch for work. relatives said one body was missing an eye, another had its teeth knocked inward, and a third was shot in top of the head. a group of 30 women activists from around the world has crossed the border from north to south korea in a call for peace. the group, which included feminist icon gloria steinem and nobel laureates mairead maguire of northern ireland and leymah gbowee of liberia, crossed the demilitarized zone by bus after south korea opposed their plan to walk across. mairead maguire called for a permanent peace treaty between north and south korea. >> we come here as international women because we do not believe in wars. and we believe this is the longest war in history today, a

an employee who works for the associated press. don't know if it was a journalist or an employee of the ap was on the train, and said the train did go off the tracks. one assumes he or she meant that is what caused the crash, as opposed to something happened and then afterward, the train went off the tracks as you can see here. you can see one car on its side another car right behind it. can't see ambulances in this particular shot here it does appear to be some emergency first responders on the scene. and news helicopters have gotten to the scene. there are people tweeting out photos of the ehaven'ts and the inside of the train. and we can see that there are first responders on the scene, they appear to be firefighters and you can see passengers with bloody limbs. bloody legs in one particular picture that we are seeing. still alive, there's no fatalities from the pictures that i've seen. just two that have been tweeted out online it's very early, and sao often when you see a disaster like this there are fatalities we hope that is

the associated press just confirming in the past few minutes that jim gaines was one of the people on the train who was killed last night. his wife jaclyn is confirming the news. he was in washington for the day attending meetings, on his way home to new jersey, on the train late in the evening when it derailed. he is survived by two children, a 16-year-old and an 11-year-old. as you mentioned, he was a video software architect for the associated press. he worked there for almost 20 years. ashleigh? >> sorry, brian. i couldn't hear you there, but obviously we're just beginning to hear these details of those who lost their lives on board that train, the associated press staffer apparently also one of the latest victims. brian stelter live for us in new york city. thank you for that. we're continuing our breaking news coverage and coming up an update on the investigation and an update on the search for more possible victims. could they still be at that derailment site? . >>> we're back live on location in philadelphia. the scene of that deadly train crash. six people dead, 200 plus trea

the victims killed. an employee of wells fargo. an associated press employee and a naval academy mid shipman are among those killed. the train reached 106 miles per hour as it approached a curve where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour. the train's emergency brakes were applied moments before the entire train derailed killing seven people. >> this all happened along amtrak's northeast corridor which is the busiest railroad in north america. 2,200 trains operate from washington, d.c. to boston massachusetts, every day trains carrying 11.4 million passengers up and down the stretch in 2013. that's more than all airlines combined. >> this derailment has affected septa service. it's going to be down for a week. trains will run every half hour instead of the usual hourly schedule. honor tickets between trenton and new york city. the atlantic city line is suspended between philadelphia and pennsauken. passengers say it's a minor disruption. >> it's been a disruption for us but obviously just a terrible tragedy for so many. so we feel very grateful that we

jim gaines worked for the associated press. he was killed on his way home after meetings in d.c. abid gi lawny and another didn't survive the crash. four of the seven passengers who died on train 188. bob gildersleeve is missing too. today his family printed posters with his picture. >> the amtrak derailment is putting national focus on congress's failure to pass the transportation bill. current funding for highways, bridges and rails runs out at the end of the month. edward lawrence has more from capitol hill. >> >> reporter: members of congress voted to cut amtrak's budget. when the final budget passes it would be amtrak gets less than half of what president obama earmarked for the system. >> there are upgrades that could be made that would benefit the traveling public. >>. >> reporter: the national safety counsel public says it uses satellite to remotely stop any train. parts of the system have it but not the section with the derailment. >> this is the type of incident that this is designed to prevent. we have seen this before and we will continue to see it again until ptc is i

physical facility as quickly as possible for new jersemergency response. >> i am reading on the associated press own people going to the scene to tynkind of describo us first hand what's happening. i would image the perimeter around the media will be pretty wide anyway. just to describe going almost out of the view now is this robotic mechanism they sent in the vehicle on everybody's screen what we are watching. fortunately we still have a pretty decent shot of this. obviously it is dark. from arcadia to camera and helicopter we are watching this robot go down the road here. now it has gone out of view and now it is back in view. we are watching this. this is the scene outside of the venue. authorities said around 8:00 p.m. local time they were moving the people who were inside the curtis caldwell center where this event and subsequently the shooting happened to a nearby high school. they are moving the people out of the venue. i would anticipate, christopher they would be going on and securing this as a crime scene. >> thinker going to secure the crime scene and try to keep control of everyone

that is from the associated press. my early on bigs found an important nugget. he fall of 2012 e-mails were exchanged between secretary of state then chief of staff cheryl mills and the head of the counter terrorism center, matthew olsen. matthew olsen has emerged as one of the heroes because one week after the attacks on the benghazi consulate he was the first government official to declare benghazi was a terrorist attack doing that before sworn open testimony before the senate. now the e-mails show olsen was communicating and telling her we are continuing to fight off questions and thought congressional hearings happening on benghazi are going fine. so it shows interesting communication between one of the most senior intelligence officials in the country and hilary clinton's staff. back to you. >> you have more reading to do. keep reading and we will come back to you. james rosen. thank you very much. let's bring it to the couch. jedediah starting with you, the advantage to hilary clinton, if there is there there in all of this as president obama likes to say,

talk about the findings from the associated press first. from california state government which showed there is a little bit of a problem there. >> yeah it is actually interesting. the frequency of accidents for these cars seems a bit higher for typical car, but according to the companies the cars didn't cause accidents but hit by other people or the human driver were involved with some of the accidents with this report came out. gerri: out of 48 cars, four cars since september have gotten into accident. what would be parallel number the in the real worlds those low-grade human drivers it is not even one per 100,000 miles. it is .3 of 1% of 100,000 miles. the hit rate is much higher. granted these were all fender benders. no one got hurt but the speeds were very low. what does it mean in the confidence of self-driving cars, does that mean you're more or less can confident? >> those asks may not be reported. gerri: true. >> a lot and in the low speed human environment. they are scared of high speed driverless cars flying down the highway. it

the associate press said that brian rice suffered a mental health episode that required him to be put in the hospital. carroll county confiscated both his personal and department guns. >>> the atf investigating all the fires set in baltimore. it's offering a $10,000 reward for information on the arsonist. at least 19 buildings burned during monday's violence in response to freddie gray's death. >>> i'm kristin wright at the news desk. the department of justice minutes ago announced a $20 million pilot program to help local police departments buy and implement body cameras. agencies will have to apply for competitive grants to purchase the cameras. the new program also includes funding for training, technical assistance and studying best practices. the justice department says they expect to provide 50 awards one-third of the grants to smaller departments. local agencies will be responsible for the long term costs associated with the cameras. >>> coming up on four minutes after 6:00. and the district is moving forward with providing body cameras to officers. one caveat though, the polic

according to records obtained by the associated press. that's the latest the a. pfr is reporting. >> think about this, katie it is now thursday, the state's attorney now has this thursday. he was arrested on april 12th. why was the police investigating. it's like sending the fox out to guard the chicken coop. that case should have been turned over to the state's attorney office on day one to investigate. that's another problem. >> that's not the process greta. the process is that the state's attorney office does its own investigation and police are entitled to their own investigation as well. >> we're now on april 30th: >> that's when the police start their investigation states attorney should have started then as well. >> and there is no -- already been occurring though. >> greta look, this is wrong. you are absolutely right greta, this investigation should have been in the state's attorney's hands from the beginning. here it is now, we are finding out that there was a second stop. look those police officers knew a long time ago that there was a second stop. why

he took these dramatic photos for the associated press. disaster also put those journalists at the center of a media frenzy since they all became part of the story. paul joins me now here on the set. he's the director of interactive and digital news production for the a.p. thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> how are you doing personally? were you injured at all? >> minor scrapes and bruises. you know i think now, coming off my adrenaline so i'm processing everything that has happened. >> yeah. but you were able to pretty quickly help other people off the train. and then at what point did you transition into taking photos into reporting? >> well the minute i jump off the train, you know i fell pretty hard. >> yeah. >> and then people were just screaming at me. and i was completely disoriented. and once i kind of get my bearings and saw the wreckage that's when i knew wow, this is major. and immediately i sent an e-mail to my newsroom saying hey, my train just crashed and derailed. give me a call. and after that i just kind of lent my ph

many of the reports in the newspapers come from the ap, the associated press, which we still have today, and it was established in 1846, conglomerate of five newspapers pooling resources, the herald being one of them to get as much information from around the country as they pozbly can at any point in time rising to importance during the civil war and you can see it's right at the, you know, apex of its early significance here, and so a reporter named edd edd edd edd lorence is doing the reporting, so the reports coming from him, into the ap and to the herald: also, you see stan ten, the secretary of war giving his dispatches given in the paper as well. he would go to the war telegraph office and give information coming from the government and newspapers would report that as well. i don't know precisely what people's reaction was not being there, awebut certainly, there's reports in subszequent editions of dispair. there was a beloved figure, leader in parts of this country, and so there was certainly a bit of worry and mayhem, and when, in fact, he was not killed, but injured. there wa

. >>> very sad news from the associated press. ated press has confirmed one of their employees was among those who died in the train derailment. they just tweeted we mourn the loss of our a.p. colleague jim gaines video software architect in the amtrak accident, and we of course send our condolences to all of those who were victims and their family and friends. >>> stay with us as we continue to follow the breaking news out of philadelphia, including more on the investigation as the team from the ntsb begins to comb through the scene. . >> on behalf of a million and a half people here in philadelphia city, we also express our deepest sorrow. we will do everything that we can to assist families who have loved ones on that particular train and whatever their circumstance and condition but certainly with the six confirmed deceased. we are heartbroken at what has happened here. we've not experienced anything like this in modern times. ...and takes the wheel right from your very hands... ...this isn't that car. the first and only car wi

the associated press reports good dell won't hear it by the time.s not clear if that's because the players union wants him to recuse himself from the hearing. >>> a live look from the capitol this morning, the man who called a security scare on the capitol mall. the bomb squad destroyed a what looked like a pressure cooker and a propane tank nied his car. >> right in front of the capitol, of course i would have done the same thing. you know i would have freaked out and i would have done the same thing, but they -- i understand. that's all. >> he was cited for driving on a suspended license. >>> turning to the race for the white house now, presidential candidate bernie sanders has one message for voters and pundits as he kicks off his campaign today. don't under estimate me. he's trying to ignite a grassroots fire among democrats who might be wary of hillary clinton. >>> martin o'malley is expected to jump into the race as well. >>> a louden county supervisor says he may still run again for office. sean williams withdrew from the republican primary a

had been with the associated press since 1998. y's video initiatives and getting the associated press from a press wire service into the world of video which is the associated press we know today. also we're also seeing right now fox business learning we are going to get a briefing from the ntsb. of course they're on the ground. that's at 5:00 p.m. eastern time, they're going to give us an update on the investigation and we're looking at what was the cause here? was it speed? was it switching? was it human error? and there's a lot of questions circulating out on social media. >> about ten minutes after the train left philadelphia it had gotten to a high-speed maximum speed. it was about to take a left curve that's when passengers reported a series of big bangs and the train derailed. when we get the black box contents we might know why that train went off the rails. >> our partners at the journal are reporting that excessive speed is being looked at as a possible cause. that curve, 50-mile-per-hour curve. the train is supposed to g

jim gaines worked for the associated press doing digital video. i is also among the dead. the number of deaths is likely to climb. train safety experts say the technology exists for a failsafe able to slow a train down even if the operator does not hit the brakes soon enough. >> positive train control is that backup system that will step in and take over and protect all of the passengers. >> how can we prevent this from ever happening again? we won't know until we have all the answers. i'm david wright in philadelphia. >> as we continue to look for answers, investigators, we want to continue our live coverage in philadelphia. >> abc's karen travers is there. what's going on with investigators there at the scene? >> as you can see from behind me, there still is a heavy police presence here in this area. cars are blocked off from getting anywhere near the crash site which is just over there in that direction. the flood lights were on as soon as it got dark as investigators continued to comb through the wreckage and the debris looking for clues. there

the process. associated press reporter david pitt has been covering the story and joins me now via skype from des moines, iowa. david just a couple of weeks ago we were talking about how bad this was, but it hasn't gotten any better. >> right, it does still seem to be spreading. the hardest hit states are minnesota where most-- you know, a lot of the turkeys in the united states are raised and iowa, the leading egg-producing state. so both states have seen increased cases in the last few days. so we are seeing it spread, still and the priority, i think, for those who study this problem is to try to figure out how to keep it from spreading and how it is spreading, and then stop it if possible. >> sreenivasan: what are the the market effects now? this has just gone on long enough. are we seeing prices increase zoo we are. the last story i did a few days ago reflected carton egg prices going up about 17% or so in the midwest. the biggest impact so has been eggs used for ingredients in things like mayonnaise and cake mixes and that kind of thing. those markets have seen a little over 60% increase. >>

didn't survive. 48-year-old jim gaines has two young children and handles video software for the associated press. his colleagues say he was coming back home to plainsboro new jersey. also among the casualties justin zemser he attended the u.s. naval academy in washington. and the school says the 21-year-old was on leave and heading home tuesday night to see his family in rockaway beach, new york.op>> it was his high school valedictorian and finishing up his second year at the naval academy. he was a loving son, nephew and cousin who was -- this tragedy has shocked us all in the worst way. >> reporter: but as the injured left area hospitals, the family of rachel jacobs had no contact from her. the ceo of an internet apprenticeship company based in philadelphia was on amtrak train 188, according to co-workers. she is the mother of a 2-year-old and a twitter message from her company reads, quote, thank you for your thoughts and prayers for our ceo rachel jacobs. we are still looking for rachel and hope she will be with her family soon. and some members of her family her husband and sister we're tol

and spent time at reuters and the associated press. channel he inherits is to boost ratings, with figures reaching 30,000, numbers falling behind fox, cnn and m.s. m b.c. >>> a year ago this month there was big news out of bangkok when the thai government overthrew the government of yingluck shinawatra. it was the 12th coup d'etat. no country had more military coups over that period. the thai media are old hands at dealing with this thing, figuring out where the red lines, the journalististic bound res are. the aftermath of this coup is challenging. the government of the general turned prime minister lifted martial law, but it has not eased the pressure on journalists. replacing martial law is article 44, security law that journalists and human rights activists say is worse in some ways. the military hoounty gave itself the power to pull news off the air, shut down media outlets and they will them what to public or not. beyond article 44 is a challenge to report on the prime minister. he may have taken off the air. we report on the thai

hughes tells the associated press the penalties don't fit the crime and he plans to make a statementside a federal court tomorrow afternoon. hughes says his stunt last month was meant touvuq0 attention toñs9s politics. >>> the u.s. capitol police chief was grilled on the hill today about that gyrocopter landing, and other security lapses. lawmakers wanted to know how hughes was able to fly right up to the capitol, even though police had been warned about that stunt. >> it's my understanding you did get that e-mail about a half hour before the gyrocopter landed, along1qá/h a website for a live stream that this guy was live streaming his flight. so maybe somebody else wants to follow up on that. but it would seem as though somebody would tune in. >> and we attempted to tune in. we had no luck immediately. >> as for those other security concerns, the chief told the house committee that his officers are getting extra training after three incidents guns in public rest rooms inside the capitol. >>> next tuesday will there will be a full committee hearing on capitol hill about the deadly ph

matthew daly of the associated press. i want to start with v.a. secretary mcdonnell. heard senator isakson say repeatedly that he is the right man for the job, that we need to have congress' back. how is congress, as a whole, not just senator isakson, view secretary mcdonnell? matthew daly: i think there is some suspicion about him. i think they really worry that he hasn't done enough to promote the choice program. the choice program kind of came out of the law that was passed last year in the wake of the phoenix scandal about wait times. and they really have had very low sign-ups for it. congress has been continuously pushing them -- better sign-ups with the whole 40 mile rule thing. they basically were saying that they were measuring on a map that if you draw it as the crow flies to 40 miles, and people were driving, so they said, we can't do it. so now to have opened it up so that if you drive 40 miles, you can use this private care. so that has been one way to have -- way they have opened it up, but there has been some suspicion. plus, they are worried that, i thi

annal employee with the associated press. both on that doomed train. >> we're at the live desk and we're monitoring the latest feeds from all of our news crews. we expect to hear very shortly about 5:15 from the ntsb about their investigation. >> we're going to be with you for the next two hours as the situation in philadelphia plays out. >> the images are stunning and the stories are harrowing. the first clues about why are raising more questions. we have a team of reporters trying to get answers for us from d.c. to philly. we get right to wendy, a block from the crash scene. >> reporter: we're here at the crash scene about a block away. we've been looking at the cranes trying to shore up the power lines that were hit by the cars when they came off the track. then the same cranes will be used to upright the train cars. we've also seen a flatbed truck go in with new track. this is the busiest corridor in the

also a victim 48-year-old jimgaines the father of two and associated press video software architect on his way home toplainsboro new jersey from meetings in dc. people throughout the region grieving and trying to come to testimonies with this unexpected tragedy. >> he was absolutely wonderful and everybody looked up to my son. and it's no other words i can say. >> reporter: and bruce and lesli i spoke to a lot of people on and off camera about this and they say they are all connected to amtrak through school work or leisurely travel and they will be watching very closely to see how amtrak handles this. in northwest dc stephanie ramirez wusa 9news. >> the busiest rain line in the country sheet down thousands -- rail line in the country shut down thousands were stranded. scores waited in line trying to get buses north to new york and boston. and a whole lot of trains headed from florida and atlanta and they had to stop in dc where they ordered passengers off. >> the train that crashed that was our train we were supposed to be in. >> reporter: you were supposed to be on the train. >> yes.

also on the doomed train 48 year-old jim gaines who work with the associated press. new jersey married father of two was on the the way home from d.c. when he was critically injured in the crash. gaines was pronounced dead at temple university hospital. his grieving wife simply says jim was more precious then us, then we can adequately express. then there was 20 year-old justin zemser a student athlete on break from the u.s. naval academy. mid ship man from rock away beach, new york was on his way home to his mother. >> he was a loving son nephew and cuss honey was very community minded. this tragedy has shock us all in the worse way. >> reporter: meanwhile family members of the missing maryland husband and father bob guildersleeve are in philadelphia handing out the flyers with his pictures hopes for word on his whereabouts. and, moments ago, we have confirmed the name of another victim, 42 year-old doctor derek griffith, acting dean of student affairs and enrollment management at megger evers college in brooklyn. the that is part of the it is i university of new yor

people are confirmed dead including a naval midshipman from rockaway, new york and a member of the associated press. more than 200 p.m. were injured and federal officials are investigating the caused and recovered the equivalent of a black box. we are told that speed is the focus of the investigation at this preliminary stage and the city is urging people on the train to call amtrak and report in at the number at the bottom of your screen. 1-800-523-9101. we have that phone number along with pictures and video from the scene online at 6abc.com. we'll continue to bring you the latest developments as they unfold. >> david has a final check of the numbers. >> sun mixing with clouds and windy and cooler today northern and western suburbs only in the mid-60s in most spots a couple of 67's on the map the closer you get to the i-95 corridor and a couple of spots getting up to 70 and philadelphia may be close hitting 70 and 71. down the shore upper 60s and windy with sun mixing with clouds today. >> thank you. that will do it for "action news" at noon, join us for "action news" at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. now

i mentioned this the denton county emergency chief was talking to the associated press. we're getting calls to for pyre ands re -- fire and rescue for people in homes and cars as the water is rising so very quickfully north texas, denton the town where people were on top of the pickup truck is krum. that's about 50 miles northwest of dallas. and so they are set and ready to go for the next call that comes in. they are anticipating many. and we'll watch this situation too. and, we'll move on to this and come back to this when we learn more information. boy, those people are fortunate. >>> high profile republican names yet to announce whether they are running for president, namely jeb bush scott walker chris christie here's the question does waiting to announce help or hurt your chances? the fox news political insiders will be right here with me at home base chime in while you tune in hit us on the fox news social media pages, facebook and twitter, help our hurt to wait? stay with us. >>> i'm harris faulkner this is the fox report and we're going to check in now, time for t

. >> also killed was james gaines that worked as a video architect for the associates press he leaves behind his wife and two children. in the midst of this travel we hear stories of survival including former congressman patrick murphy on his way home from a trip to washington he only suffered bumps and bruises it didn't take long to figure out how lucky he was. >> there was a lot of head injuries. >> we caught up with a passenger named jeff cutler who lives in brooklyn but grew up on west oak lane is he hurting today and is counting his blessing. >> it was enough they wanted to x-ray it i am mobile a slight limp and bump, but no break. >> a family resource center is set up at the convention center marriott and information is being updated on a regular basis, stay with channel 6 "action news" for the very latest. >> walter thank you. >>> more than three dozen of 200 people injured remain hospitalized tonight. right after the crash hospitals went into emergency mode, holding staff over and calling more in. it spread from the far east university city west to montgomery county officials

the irs told the associated press it shut down the service while it shores up its security.is notifying taxpayers whose information was compromised. >>> our world lead now, isis marched through ramadi last week and the u.s. officials said the iraqi forces did not put up much of a fight. but after being acaused of running scared the iraqis say they're on the verge of a turn around and hours away from retaking ramadi. does the pentagon believe them? that's next. hey, what are you doing? you said you were going to find out about plenti, the new rewards program. i did. in fact, i'm earning plenti points right now. but you're not doing anything right now. lily? he's right. sign up, and you could earn plenti points just for being a wireless customer. in the meantime, i just kick back and watch the points roll in. where did you get those noodles? at&t cafeteria. you mean the break room... at&t - the only wireless carrier to be a part of plenti a rewards program that lets you earn points at one place and use them at another. >>> welcome back to the lead. i'm jack tapper. our world l

james marshall gains the third from princeton. 49 years old and worked for the associated press. >> agedy. let's several people still in the hospital tonight. 54 patients were taken to temple university hospital. fox 29's dawn timmeney is live at that hospital tonight with some more. dawn? >> reporter: well, iain and lucy 23 patients are still being treated here at temple university hospital. eight of them are in critical condition this evening. the chief medical officer here coming out to update reporters saying the situation has improved greatly since last night when dozens and dozens of patients were rushed here following the derailment in port richmond. some of those people in bad shape and obviously very, very shaken. most patients today are in stable condition or better with the exception of those who are in critical condition. the doctor telling us about half dozen should be getting out tonight. dr. herb curbing says 30 to 40 doctors were on hand to deal with the many victims who suffered severe trauma all hands on deck. the most serious and challengeing injuries according to t

two unidentified officials told the "associated press" that the hackers are part of a criminal basedperation in russia. criminal-based operation in russia. tax information was stolen as part of a scheme to claim false tax refunds. >>> on wall street stocks pushed to a new record high and finished higher following tuesday's big selloff. the dow rose 121 points, the s&p gained 19 points, the nasdaq finished 73 points higher. >>> apple is working to fix a software glitch that can cause iphones to shut down when they receive a certain text message. when the iphone isn't being uset id shows a shortened version of the message on the locked screen. it can show some arabic characters. it will shut down but restart automatically. >>> comedian tracy morgan settled a case with walmart. a walmart truck slammed into a limo van carrying morgan and others back from a show from delaware last june. morgan was injured in the crash and one of his friends was killed. morgan said walmart, quote, did right by him and his family. >>> lamborghini is going into the luxury suv business. the euris suv is expec

naval academy and staff member from the associated press. urces close to the investigation confirm to nbc news the train was traveling at a speed in excess of 100 miles per hour. that information coming from the train's event recording. meanwhile officials are still working to identify passengers. >> we have not completely matched the manifests that we've received from amtrak with the patient or hospital information that hospitals assign personnel to our emergency operation center last night. that is a very tedious process dealing with individuals, many of whom obviously we have no idea who they are. >> the derailment has caused train service along the northeast corridor between new york city and washington to close and it's the nation's busiest rail system. as you can imagine some people are not happy about it. >> you can't just tell people take the new jersey transit to you know trenton and then you got to catch a bus. you need to provide bus service to get people to the 30th street station from trenton and see to it they can get on the tra

the associated press is reporting that it is train 188. washington, d.c., up to new york city on tuesday night when it crashed. these trains go all the time the amtrak the acela. this is a

. >> reporter: jim gaines worked for the associated press. the 48-year-old father of two was killed on his way home after meetings in d.c. >> he would just do things to try to make your day better. >> reporter: abid gilani and rachel jacobs with a young toddler at home didn't survive the crash either. four of the seven passengers who died on train 188. bob gildersleeve is missing too. >> please help me find my dad. >> reporter: today his family printed posters with his picture. >> blond hair, beautiful blue eyes. >> reporter: others have found their loved ones here at temple university hospital where dr. cushing and his team performed surgerieries and set bones all night long. >> we're fortunate there weren't more deaths. what little i've seen suggested things could have been worse. >> reporter: jeff cutler agrees. he was in the second car and felt it launch into the air. >> i felt like we were flying. >> reporter: you had time to feel that sensation? >> i recall that sensation. it eventually tipped over with a thud. >> reporter: left with jus

gains designed video software for the associated press and his co-workers say eusols he always had nicehings to say to everyone. >> his official role is to be a software architect here but i think the first thing everybody would say is that he's the kindest, nicest person anybody here has met. >> gains left behind his wife and two children who are 11 and 16 years old. we've also confirmed rachel jacobs also died. her co-worker showed up at 30th street station desperately searching for her. jacobs took the train after a late night meeting and her business in university city. she used a pass to get on and was not on the train's manifest. her family confirms she did not survive. they have released this statement quoting, this is an unthinkable tragedy. rachel was a wonderful mother, daughter sister, wife and friend. she was devoted to her family, her community and the pursuit of social justice. we cannot imagine live without her "we respect ask for privacy so that we can begin the process of grieving. >> the search continues tonight for a number of people still missing more than a day afte

who was on his way home to new york. 48-year old jim gaines, a father of two, who worked for the associated press was also killed. and officials say. the search continues for some people who are missing more than a dozen people are facing eviction. from a san francisco apartment building today, tenants and their supporters. rallied against what they say, is a new tactic by landlords. to get around rent control. lawyers helping the 18- people being evicted say, the reasons being given for eviction are minor lease violations. they say. it is all part of a rising trend of what's called "low fault evictions." most of the tenants affected are filipino immigrants and their families. >> if they don't let us stay then we have no more place to live. rosendo: "you can't go to sleep at night. right now because of this restlessness and stress i was hospitalized because of this. >> pam :the lawyers for the families say, a 20-thousand dollar buyout offer. does not go very far in the bay area rental market. the lawyer for the landlord has not commented. an important san jose city council meeting. aimed at expan

according to a report obtained by the associated press a police lieutenant who helped arrest ray earlier last month had been hospitalized in 2012 for mental health issues. the van that transported gray made several unscheduled stops for unknown reasons. a second prisoner in the vehicle has been dismissed a washington post article that reported he heard gray intentionally hurting himself. medical evidence shows gray suffered a massive injury to the back of the head which closely matches a bolt in the back of a police van. >>> around here it was fairly peaceful nearly one thousand people gathered to show support for baltimore in the wake of gray's death. katherine scott is live at city hall with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, tam this started at yesterday's afternoon it started in the evening, there were on a handsful of arrests and no serious injuries and nothing was reported broken. the protest stretched into the night, hundreds took to the streets in center city to show solidarity with baltimore in the wake of the fatal injuries stained by freddie gray while in police custody. >

local 39521, our local member, include scores of journalists, some in our city the associated press and the bay city news service, the journalists job is to be the eyes and ears, of our viewers, and government transparency is an essential tool to do that properly. the sunshine ordinance before you day will strengthen the increase in transparency in this law -- strongly endorses this and we thanks, avalos, and chair mar, for bringing it i want to propose additional language page 1, 917, after the a, in parens insert all elected public officials -- including but not limited to then you list those, the mayor, city attorneys, etc., then after the board of supervisors, you have another dash and continue and every department head. thank you. >> thank you next speaker please? >> good afternoon, chairman avalos, and supervisor tang, brenda g. friend of ethics thank you supervisor avalos for you and supervisor's mar's legislation. in relationship to page one line 19, the addition of the word electronic is that going to be an electronic calendar so the public has easier access? it reads currently

that's according to to the reporting of the associated press. philadelphia's mayor says the engineer gave a statement to investigators, but cops say, he has now clammed up refusing to answer questions. this afternoon, officials upped the number of dead to seven, but investigators say they'll likely find more bodies crushed under train cars. hundreds of others hurt one doctor said most of the injured have broken bones. the latest on the investigation live from the scene in a moment but first, the stories of terror as the crash tossed passengers through the air. the amtrak train was headed from washington to new york last night. shortly after it left a train station in philadelphia it entered a steep curve. that's where passengers described a violent shaking as if the engineer tried to brake. the train's cars flew from the tracks, some landing on their side. one crushed and shredded. according to patrick murphy who was in the cafe car, the scene was so bloody and chaotic, survivors didn't care about anyone else. stepping over other people to save t

. >> in a interview with the associated press the head of iraqi defense called carter's comments quoteealistic and baseless. he also said that the iraqi army and police did have the will to fight but lacked good equipment, weapons and aerial support. >> more problems for earthquake ravaged nepal. thousands of people fled their homes in the northwest part of the country after this landslide. the landslide created a damiana lake, that could burst and cause flashfloods. resident are moving to much higher ground, now the country still recovering from a pair of earthquakes that killed nearly 9,000 people, and injured thousands more. >> now, to the severe weather hitting the middle of the countriment check this out here. flooding waters rush through theme park in texas yesterday. that record rain caused nearby creek to overflow, partially submerging a roller coaster. the water later receded the park able to open yesterday afternoon, seems like the midwest and planes getting hammered. >> texas especially, yes. absolutely. and, that very same system, is very lent going to hit us, but blocking

with us to share their reporting, lisa layer of the associated press and jeff zeleny. if the democrats want to keep the white house, it's time to try somebody new. >> he would be fine with either bush or clinton. i bet he would. i have news for the bullies of wall street, the presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families, it's a sacred trust to be earned from the american people and exercised on behalf of the people of these united states. >> the former maryland governor and baltimore mayor made things official saturday and that means hillary clinton has two declared rivals for the democratic nomination. bernie sanders had a big rally at home to explain his rational. >> today with your support and the support of millions throughout our country, we begin a political revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially, and environmentally. >> are there big jitters in camp clinton? not really. the poll, clinton at 57%, and sanders at 15%, and o'malley with barely a pulse at 1%. at this point in 2007, barack obam

then you have the associated press who runs a headline on -- >> he made a mistake. >> cuomoey said hebeen -- inaccurate in the way -- >> his reaction was, his family is a leading liberal family. his gut reaction shows what the left is thinking these days. >> i'm almost out of time. i'm more worried about a "washington post" headline that says "event organizer offers no apology after thwarted attack in texas." think about what that means in terms of free speech. no apology -- >> that was the associated press. >> where you were attacked. >> here the thing howie. i think -- here's the thing. it was -- this was a bad event to begin with. the garland police was like, this event is so bad you need to hire your own private security. this is a bad event wasn't thought through. common sense should have outweighed freedom of speech in this instance. >> to me nothing outweighs freedom of speech. good devil raysbate. thank you very much. >>> ahead are the main street media writing off ben huckabee matt carson, and carly fiorina? >>> the reporter who covered the killing in the freddie gray case wh

this was a video software engineer for the associated press. e company says the 49 year old was known for his dedication and passion. qualities the company said earned him the coveted geek of the month honor in 2012. he was in washington for meetings and was on his way home to princeton, new jersey when the train jumped the track. this was the ceo of an education consulting firm. she commuted back and forth from philadelphia to her home in new york. she was headed home to her husband and two year old son. still unaccounted for this baltimore businessman. in philadelphia his 13 year old son mark held up his father's photo, asking for help finding him. >> we're very scared. we have no idea where he is at. we're just trying to get as much information as we can. >> reporter: we continue to learn new details about the victims. also among the dead this educator, dean of student affairs at a college in new york. philadelphia hospitals have treated more than 200 people. many have now been released and at this point all of the remaining injured expected

according to the associated press, a search did not detect anything hazardous but police found the driver and arrested him. pressure cooker bombs killed three people and injured hundreds at the boston marathon. >>> on this memorial day, americans everywhere are paying tribute to soldiers who sacrificed for our country, but at the same time, isis is on a roll in iraq and syria. nbc's tracie potts live for us in washington this morning. tracie, there's a spirited debate among lawmakers about the need for increasing u.s. troop levels. >> this morning we learned that they launched 15 new air strikes. washington, lawmakers argued that air strikes simply are not working. they're not enough. >> we need a strategy. that's no strategy. >> he suggests that boots are not enough. don't think we need boots on the ground. the problem is iraqis don't want to fight, they don't have the will to fight, despite all the training and equipment that we've been providing for them. isis recently took ramadi, although the iraqis have gained some ground. the areas they've taken in syria and iraq now amount to abou

he tells the associated press that foreign fighters are coming into the area and raising the black isis flag. he also says that militants are switching from so-called hit and run attacks to actually taking over and holding territory. he says he's worried terrorists are trying to create a new safe haven. a western intelligence official tells the associated press none of them is confirmed and it is too soon to say how many supporters are in afghanistan. meantime the news agency has just reported people heard every gunfire and multiple explosions in the central part of the capital city of kabul. there's no word on whether that has anything to do with isis supporters or for that matter the taliban. >>> absolutely devastating. that's what the governor of texas called the damage left over from the deadly flash floods and tornadoes that tore through much of the houston area. and other parts of the state. the forkers say more rain is coming. at least 11 people reported dead in texas and oklahoma. with 30 others at this moment missing or unaccounted for. cops in the town of devine texas, southwe