tonight, the national transportation safety board is investigati. veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >> the national transportation safety board is investigationing. >>> an apartment building that was teetering on the edge of a cliff is a pile of rubble tonight. this is what's left of 330 esplanade avenue. it didn't fall into the ocean. it was torn out. and some people are popping the champagne. ly being demolished. kevin hub / pacifica sot: the view is awesome. i can't complain. million dollar view! track: clifftop apartment buildingt 330 esplanade danger of >> reporter: neighbors finally have a clear shot at the pacifica center. the lot is being demolished. >> it's awesome. i can't explain it. >> reporter: the apartment building at 330 esplanade was in danger of falling into the ocean. dozens had had to be evacuated in 2009. it has been sitting empty and condemned until today. crews should be done by the end of the night. the owner paid for the demolition. that won't be the case for 320 esplanade next door which was also red-tagged in 2009. the owner of

a new proposal by the national transportation safety board might do the job. more arrests. it's asking states to lower the legal limit by nearly half from .08 to .05. in the u.s... one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol in the last 15 years. if the states adopt the standard... they could get more funding for highways. bill: if the states don't comply with the requests, then they try to provide incentives and the incentives are usually more traffic funding. nats of blowing blowing a .05...is about the equivalent to one drink for a woman who weighs less than 120 pounds... and about two drinks for a 160 pound man. or if you look at alcohol servings...a 12 ounce beer, a glass of wine or a shot is about a .02 difference....so having all three can easily put you over the limit and under arrest. bill: it varies with each individual and the amount of alcohol they drink and how their body how they're following , their vision. but even if the legal limit is lowered... lt. ames doesn't think it will make that much of a difference. bill: .15 which is almost twice the limit of

the storm passed. >> i'm sure there was a courageous crew on board, but the question is, why? >> senator bill nelson says he wants the national transportation safety board to find out why the cruise line cleared the anthem of the seas to sail through that storm. news 6 found out this afternoon the national transportation safety board is considering his request. >> that is pretty crazy. i don't know. i wouldn't want to go on a cruise after that. >> she's sailed to the bahamas video she saw, showing what happened on board the anthem. >> do you think that the cruise ship should have sailed, knowing that storm was out at sea? >> no. i think it was wrong for them to go. they should have held off for a while until it was better. >> some of the people we spoke with today wonder if the cruise industry has their back or putting business before safety. we got ahold of senator nelson's letter he's sending to the ntsb and that's exactly what he's asking them to look into. >> thank you. senator nelson hopes an investigation will result in better warnings and advisories. he says he doesn't want another disaster like the el faro, a container ship that sunk in hu

today at 1:00 the national transportation safety board is releasing never before seen evidence from the investigation into the crash that killed eight people and injured 200 others. "eyewitness news" reporter walt hunter joins us now live in the cbs-3 sat center with the latest information on this, walt? >> erika, as you say, in less than one hour from now we will get our first look at 2,000 pages of evidence gathered by ntsb investigators. these documents including an interview with the train's engineer are the building blocks that will sometime in may lead to the final answers from the ntsb. on why this deadly derailment happened. >> for the first time, since the amtrak derailment that killed eight, and injured more than 200, the national transportation safety board is about to release never before seen evidence, gathered by its investigators. the main unanswered question, why did train 188 with engineer brandon boss tee and at the controls, accelerate to speed of 106 miles an hour, more than double the speed limit as it entered the frankford curve. locomotive and seven cars with 250

the national transportation safety board revealed new reports today and includes transcripts with the engineers. the last thing he remembers is pushing the throttle forward to pick up speed and braking before he felt the train going too fast into a sharp curve. eight people died and 200 injured when the train derailed last may. >>> the center of another battle. a company wants to turn it into a middle school. the buyer wants it rezoned for special use. here's more from gilbert baez. >> mary lynn has lived here for 53 years. they have stayed here during his rampage through fayetteville during the civil war. >> his troop stayed out here in my woods. >> now another battle is about to begin jordan and other residents are putting up a fight to stop the home from being turned into a middle school with 90 students. >> if you had bus loads of children coming in and out all day how am i going to get to my property? if this street is blocked that's my concern. >> there are no busing. i can tell them that pick up and drop off is between 7 and 8:30 so it's not 90 students at one time. >> kristy h

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the national transportation safety board reduced 2,000-page document including interviews with the train engineer. the documents know no problem with the locate motive, track or signal. they were fine. alison: am track is investigating a new understand don't on the same stretch of track. something hit the express on the way from d.c. to new york. 200 people on board at the time. no one hurt. leon: gray and rainy tonight. what a difference a week makes. you can see grass in front of the white house. alison: amazing. doug hill has a check of the forecast. moving along with the melting. doug: south and east of washington the snow is gone. the temperatures are in the 40's. 60 at midday. 47 at the airport. live look at the belle haven country club. there is area of rain to deal with through the evening hours. by 7:30 or 8:00, most of the rain or the front then we'll see improvement. steady areas of rain to contend with here. the rain is coming to an end. some areas north and west could drop below freezing and that could mean patchy ice. most people involve freezing will wake up to sunshine. e

over the weekend, causing violent moments on board. 4500 passengers were asked to stay in rooms for hours the captain says he doesn't for see the storm being too sielt. the national transportation safety board is deciding whether to investigate the decision. >>> a tear down of super bowl city should be finished tomorrow night. >> tonight we're getting a sense of the impact the nfl had on the bay area, who showed up for events and who stayed away from the city because of them. >>> i'm spencer christian. we'll have a cooling trend coming our way and there may be rain in the seven-day forecast. >>> spencer, what a nice day on the monterey peninsula. we'll catch up with celebrities at the pebble beach celebrity four score and seven years ago, our [train horn blares]th-- ... to the continent... [claps] ... a new nation. announcer: why not celebrate presidents day with a better night's sleep? through presidents day at sleep train get up to four years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, and save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, plus same-day delivery, and sleep train's love your mattress guarantee. hurry! this special financing offer ends presidents day at sleep train. >>> sig

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the national transportation safety board estimates manufacture more than 4 hundred deaths are caused each year by tire failure. >> helped defeat numerous proposals in several states to make the sale of aging tires illegal. arguing there are so many variables that effect aging. it's not so simple to just slap a date on it. the key for the consumer, check your tires manufacture date. >> the problem is not many it's not as easy as finding the stamp on a milk carton. >> it's on the inside of the tire. meaning you have to slide under to find it. it's a series of numbers you have to decode. to understand. >> to find the date. look for the letters dot. followed by a string of numbers. the last 4 are important. the week and year. the tire was manufactured. >> 4515. the 45 week of 2015. help. another. knowingly selling tires much

the national transportation safety board estimates manufacture more than 4 hundred deaths are caused each year by tire failure. >> helped defeat numerous proposals in several states to make the sale of aging tires illegal. arguing there are so many variables that effect aging. it's not so simple to just slap a date on it. your tires manufacture date. >> the problem is not many people know how to find that. it's not as easy as finding the stamp on a milk carton. >> it's on the inside of the tire. meaning you have to slide under to find it. it's a series of numbers you have to decode. to understand. >> to find the date. look for the letters dot. followed by a string of numbers. the last 4 are important. the week and year. the tire was manufactured. >> 4515. the 45 week of 2015. >> many experts aren't much help. we found one tire shop after another. knowingly selling tires much >> his advice. buy your tires from a store you've heard of. and always ask to see the tires and the date. before they're installed. >> we have thrown away tires that had brand new tread. that were ten years old. >

the national transportation safety board will release the facts they posted. it was traveling twice the posted speed limit when it went off the rails. we don't know why. >>> in boko haram, a witness watched from a free as the extremists fire bombed huts burning children alive. at least 86 people were killed, 35 others were injured when gunman raided a village close to where boko haram is. 20,000 people have died during the six-year islamic up rising in nigeria. >>> cuba is launching its first broadband home internet service. the state tell communications company says it will allow through fine optic connections operated with a chinese telecom firm. >>> 6:12. governor mccrory's plan to rebuild the infrastructure may get a boost from wake county commissioners, what support of the governor's $2 billion connect nc program would mean for wake residents. and cam newton in snow, why a family of steelers fans is paying tribute to the panthers s co o mas, wassing gs iol - did we tried tbut didnnect then we d abouan's kidsikconnicalsee two ee s morewth fra tmo stng. h s

. >>> the national transportation safety board says it will renew its search for the black box inside the el faro cargo ship. 33 crew members were lost when it sank during hurricane joaquin. >>> today new york city's health prevalent in the state. health care workers who are not vaccinated are now required to wear masks when assisted patients. flu season runs through may and doctors say it is not too late to get vaccinated. new york's highest court is considering where to over turn smoking restrictions in state parks. smokers rights groups say the rules should be decided by the legislature, not the parks department. >>> a huge announcement today in the scientific world. >> one expert is calling this one of the premier discoveries in the last several hundred years. >> we have detected gravitation al waves. we did it. >> a gravitational wave is defined as a faint ripple in space and time, kind of like the rippling you see when you drop a the ripples were created by a collision of black holes. to detect gravitational waves, scientists had to come up with a way to hear them. and they fina

today, the national transportation safety board will release its findings on the deadly crash. a prominent civil rights leader in kentucky, who became the first african-american elected to the state's senate, has died. georgia powers was 92.... she passed away saturday morning of congestive heart failure. her career in the kentucky senate spanned from 19-68 to 19-89. powers also marched with the reverand --- dr. martin luther king junior the way she led people so effectively was because of her grace, humility, her charm. in 20-10...a portion of i-264 --- which loops arouud louisville was renamed in her honor. the zika outbreak is now taking center stage.... with olympics preparations still underway in rio de janeiro, brazil. a test event for the summer games was supposed to be a time to get excited for the events ahead... but the virus is stole the thunder, brazil has seen more than a million cases of zika. face the greatest contract the disease, but ensure safety. with special vehicles, community. so this is work that has been done so far and we will continue on the way to the

the national transportation safety board is asking states to lower the legal blood alcohol content from .08 to .05 -- in an effort to reduce highway deaths. in the last 15-years, one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol. but officials at the washoe county sheriff's office say lowering the limit isn't going to make usually 1 percent are at a .05 or around that range is typically at a higher range where we see fatal accidents so i think a .08 is a good range to look at for duis. blowing a .05 -- is about one drink for a woman weighing less than 120- pounds and two drinks for a 160-pound man. if states adopt the measure it could mean more funding for freeways. if you plan on filing your taxes electronically this morning, you might have some trouble. the i-r-s says they've accepting electronically filed tax returns because of a "hardware failure." you can send electronic returns to companies that serve as a middleman between you and the i-r-s. those companies will have to hold the return until the system is up the i-r-s expects their back up today. ?could the ninth u-s be broken up?

. >>> investigators from the national transportation safety board arrived in new jersey to inspect damage on the royal caribbean cruise ship. it sailed into the path of a weekend. this morning the rest of the passengers on board the royal caribbean ship finally disembarked. 3,000 of the 4500 passengers. this is one of the overhead walkways where some of them are leaving this morning. don champion is in new jersey. >> reporter: after a nightmare at sea passengers of the anthem of the seas cruise ship are on solid ground sharing tales of a dream caribbean vacation gone wrong. we slept on the sofa. it. >> reporter: the liner set sail for the bahamas last weekend but got caught in a major winter storm in the atlantic. the vessel was battered by hurricane force winds. >> i could see the water coming over the balcony. >> reporter: they spent hours on lock down in their rooms while the ship's captain was navigating through the storm. >> they opened up the minibar so that was good. >> reporter: royal caribbean officials say they are reviewing the company's storm avoidance policy to make sure an i

group that seized the national wildlife refuge on january 2 demanding the federal government turn over public lands to local control. investigators from the national transportation safety board have arrived in new jersey to inspect damage on the royal caribbean cruise ship that sailed right into the path of a dangerous storm this weekend. the luxury cruise liner, along with thousands of passengers on board, returned to its home port last night following the nightmare trip. don champion is there. reporter: after a nightmare at sea, passengers of the anthem of the cr back on solid ground sharing tales of a dream caribbean vacation gone wrong. >> the wind was coming through we slept on the sofa because we did not think we would make it. reporter: the 200,000 ton liner set sail for the bahamas last weekend but got caught in a major winter storm in the atlantic. the vessel was battered by 30 foot waves and hurricane force winds. >> i could see the water coming up to our balcony. reporter: he was on the cruise with his family. they spent hours on lock down in the ship's captain navigated out of the storm. >> my sisters and my brother were pretty distraught. my mom was ok. they ope

the national transportation safety board is asking states to lower the legal limit from point-zero-eight to point-zero-five percent. so those couple of glasses at dinner could land you in jail if this proposal is adopted. blowing a point-zero- five...is about the equivalent to one drink for a woman who weighs less than 120 pounds... and about two drinks for a 160 pound man. looking at alcohol servings... a 12 ounce beer.... a glass of wine... or a shot is about a point zero two difference....so having all three can easily put you over the limit and under arrest. but lowering the limit... might not make a big difference. washoe county says... 70 percent or more of deadly accidents caused by drunk drivers blowing a point-one-five. bill: .05 at that point they're not as impaired as a .08 so they are harder to detect because they someone with a higher alcohol concentration would be at. if states adopt it... it could mean more funding for freeways. medications or drugs will not change your blood alcohol content ...but if you mix them with alcohol... it could affect your ability to drive. sara

but the plane will stay in the tree until the national transportation safety board is done investigating. >>> the venetian causeway is nine months of getting rerouted. drivers will be able to take the venetian causeway starting at noon tomorrow. the 730 foot stretch connecting the venetian islands to the mainland was completely reconstructed. a ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held for the $12 million project that finishing on schedule. we will be there with a live report. beginning tomorrow on cbs4 news at noon. >>> a food court at ventura mall was going to be shut down to make way for a three-story complex of food in shops. for the next three years, demolition and construction, shoppers will be without one of the two pleasures of shopping, heading to the food court today. the square-foot expansion is expected to be completed in the fall of next year.>>> we take hollywood with a look at the oscar nominees. >>> a film topping the weekend box office. cbs4 news at 6:30 pm will be right >>> the 80th academy awards show gets underway shortly. stars are making their way to the dolby theater. p

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. >>> the national transportation safety board revealed details about last month's greyhound bus crash that killed two women. the preliminary report did not state a probable cause yet for this deadly accident. the driver tested negative, however, for both drugs and alcohol and the bus had no mechanical problems. two of the six passengers were wearing seat belts. sth our first look at the image created by laser scanning the wreckage of the bus. national transportation safety board will continue to analyze footage from cameras and data recorders on board that bus. >>> the state department of public health listed it's ban on crab fishing but fishermen say they can't go back to work just yet. health officials cleared all areas south of point reyes. recent tests show levels are practically nonexistent but the fishermen say they'll have to wait for state fish and game to give an okay, which could take another week, or longer. the state closed crab season because of unsafe levels of acid in the crabs, today, managers and officials met to figure out how to salvage this livelihood oom of us are

the national transportation safety board says the batteries should be separated from other flammable cargo and the number of batteries in a single container should be limited. >>> the swedish furnish maker ikea is recalling two types of lamps. over a million have been sold in the united states and canada. the plastic clips that hold the glass shade can break, which lets the glass fall and shatter. >>> u.s. safety regulators have determined that computers controlling google self-driving cars can qualify as drivers. automakers and tech companies are racing to develop cars that drive themselves. the ruling affects car design. it's a big step toward winning approval of self-driving cars on the road. >>> disney's quarterly earnings soared thanks to "star wars." "star wars: the force awakens" helped disney gain profits 32% billion. but its tv profits slumped dragged down by espn which has lost over 7 million subscribers the last three years. >>> the seafood chain red lobster is feeling some love from beyonce. red lobster says sales surged 33% on sunday compared to a year ago after beyonce

the national transportation safety board just released -- for the first time -- thousands of documents related to its investigation. among the documents - transcripts of interviews with the train's engineer brandon bostian. he says he doesn't remember the crash. investigators still don't know why the train was going 106 miles per hour -- twice the speed limit -- when it crashed. more information about the cause of the crash is expected later this year. now amtrak is looking into another incident. this one happened last night -- not too far from where that crash happened in may. according to amtrak something hit one of its trains as it was passing through philadlephia. there were about 200 people aboard the acela express out of washington d-c when it happened. a gunshot. investigators say whatever it was -- it cracked a window. they think someone may have thrown something at the train. no one was hurt. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - chesapeake prepares to beloved deep creek family murder-suicide. plus -- some are calling it "divine intervention" how a nun came to the rescu

. >>> a new push from the national transportation safety board to lower the legal limit -- legal blood alcohol limit. the want to lower the limit from .08 2.05. agency has alcohols to blame for about 33 percent of highway deaths legislators will be left to make the decision and hawaii is the only state to consider a bill to lower it >>> 10 years but one seminole county man is tried to get half of the money from a winning lottery ticket. the agreement he said was made with a woman who cashed in the price. >>> a small plane crashed into the ocean with a 19 and 20-year- so hay,o i amazg gh ner ulha peed would vehoht atnye ulfi tt do tha make tt o othr y r . right enrit er i codn bie i he waso lpl i kn is ch smalthg litt tng simplehi but me sle madee pp made mda share urto. 5:54 am. waiting to find out what caused a small plane to go down off look investigators say the plane took off a marathon near the florida keys with 2 students from south america on board. eyewitnesses say they were able to escape the plane as it went down and swim to shore where they were met by lifeguards. the plane

. >>> the national transportation safety board revealed details about last month's greyhound bus crash that killed two women. the preliminary report did not state a probable cause yet for this deadly accident. the driver tested negative, however, for both drugs and alcohol and the bus had no mechanical problems. two of the six passengers were wearing seat belts. sth our first look at the image created by laser scanning the wreckage of the bus. national transportation safety board will continue to analyze footage from cameras and data recorders on board that bus. >>> the state department of public health listed it's ban on crab fishing but fishermen say they can't go back to work just yet. health officials cleared all areas south of point reyes. recent tests show levels are practically nonexistent but the fishermen say they'll have to wait for state fish and game to give an okay, which could take another week, or longer. the state closed crab season because of unsafe levels of acid in the crabs, today, managers and officials met to figure out how to salvage this livelihood oom of us are

the national transportation safety board will launch a second search for el faro. you recall the cargo ship sank in the atlantic during a hurricane in october. it was found in about 15-thousand feet of water near the bahamas almost a month later. the navy and n-t-s-b ended its search in november -- without finding the ships black box. a second search is expected to begin in april -- and will last about two weeks. when the ship went down -- including a man from virginia beach. a police officer in georgia was shot and killed this morning. it happened at an apartment complex in the atlanta suburb of riverdale. officials say the officer was not wearing a bullet-proof vest. he was shot twice. once in the arm -- and once in the chest. a suspect was also shot -- and is in critical condition. he was wanted on an outstanding drug warrant. new information in the fight against the zika virus -- two american women who contracted the disease suffered miscarriages. the women became infected with the zika virus while miscarried after returning to the u-s. a spokesperson for the c-

the national transportation safety board has not said why the train was going too fast when it rounded a curve. new this morning, we want to show you incredible video from colorado. a car caught fire on a busy interstate yesterday afternoon in colorado springs. you can see flames covering the front of the car. firefighters quickly got it under control. no one cause a massive traffic jam. investigators are not sure how the fire started. this morning five people, including three children, are waking up away from home. this is after a fire destroyed theirs. 22 firefighters fought the house fire yesterday on mckann avenue in norfolk. that's in the ballentine neighborhood. crews found small flames inside one of the bedrooms. firefighters tell us the home did not have working smoke detectors. investigators are working to figure out what started the fire. no one was hurt. the red cross is helping the residents with another place to stay. stay with us, here's what's coming up in our next 30 minutes of news: remembering the dooley family. today, how you can honor family members killed in last w

i talked to the national transportation safety board today, they tell me they're seriously considering launching an investigation to see why the ship set sail when a vicious storm was lurking off the coast. >> the new cell phone video shows how hard it was for people to keep their balance as the anthem of the seas sailed through a storm this week. waves reached 30 feet, forcing passengers to stay inside their room until the storm passed. >> i'm sure there was a the question is, why? >> senator bill nelson says he wants the national transportation safety board to find out why the cruise line cleared the anthem of the seas to sail through that storm. news 6 found out this afternoon, the ntsb is considering his request. >> that is pretty crazy. it's like, i don't know, i wouldn't want to go on a cruise after that. >> she says she's sailed to the bahamas before and couldn't believe the video she saw showing what happened on board the anthem. >> do you think that the cruise ship should have sailed, knowing that storm was out at sea? >> no. i think it was wrong for them to even go. they shou

the florida senator bill nelson has called for the national transportation safety board to investigate the voyage. >> wild video there. >>> news channel 8 at 6:00 is next. >> what we're working on. >> new developments tonight in a 8 on your side investigation. >> sinkhole activity under a tampa apartment complex. we brought the problem to the attention of city leaders. don't, engineers begin digging for answers. >>> and breaking developments, just minutes ago in a deadly mass strip club shooting in tampa. >>> plus, these 8 on your side stories. >> reporter: we're going back to cuba this week to cover congresswoman caster and a congressional delegation's visit. why that's important to tampa. >> reporter: tonight we asked the d.o.t. why they hired the company that now at havertys furniture, it's our annual presidents day sale. which means it's the perfect time to create the perfect home. now through february 15th, everything in our store is on sale. plus, we're offering thirty-six month, no interest financing. come in today for our best prices of the year. with havertys, your home can be

a new proposal by the national transportation safety board might do the job. bill: it could possibly bring in more arrests. it's asking states to lower the legal limit by nearly half from .08 to .05. in the u.s... one-third of all highway deaths involved alcohol in the last 15 years. if the states adopt the standard... they could get more funding for highways. bill: if the states don't comply with the requests, then they try to provide incentives and the incentives are usually more traffic funding. nats of blowing the equivalent to one drink for a woman who weighs less than 120 pounds... and about two drinks for a 160 pound man. or if you look at alcohol servings...a 12 ounce beer, a glass of wine or a shot is about a .02 difference....so having all three can easily put you over the limit and under arrest. individual and the amount of alcohol they drink and how their body metabolizes it, their reaction, how they're following , their vision. but even if the legal limit is lowered... lt. ames doesn't think it will make that much of a difference. bill: .15 which is almost twice the limi

the shallow water not far from shore. two people on board survived. it is unclear what caused the plane to go down. the national transportation safety board is working to figure out what happened. >>> a young couple in naples lost everything as their house burned down on the first day of their lease. they had just unloaded their belongings. the night before. when they came back the next morning to drop off their pet bird, the house was engulfed in flames. >> a couple of the neighbors were outside. they called 911. >> so i called 911 and they came on over. flames in the front. a lot of black and gray smoke. and popping noises. >> fire officials say the fire was caused by boxes left on the stove. the couple hadn't noticed that the knobs were on. when the utilities were turned on, they caught fire. >>> a florida inmate has just been granted a stay of execution. in january, the nation's high court said parts of florida's death penalty are unconstitutional. now florida's justices have to decide if everyone on death row get as life sentence or if some may be executed. mike explains. death warrant was signed weeks ago before it was decided

the pilot inside, suspended in midair. it took several hours to pull him to safety. he suffered from minor scrapes but the airplane is not going anywhere. it will stay in the tree until the national transportation safety board has finished its investigation. >>> the third time was not the charm for a private space company calling off the launch of a falcon nine rocket. after similar cancellations in recent days, on the website. they say the rocket and its payload are fine but it is not saying why the launch was scrubbed again. one of the previous launches was canceled because of problems with the propeller. it carries a satellite delivery internet and phone access to millions of people in asia. >>> john gerard is joining me now. happy weekend. >> be happy weekend is now over. be a pretty decent day we get past a few sprinkles. nothing big heading our direction. even though we are in a el nio pattern. it has gone awol. it has gone missing for a few days but a good bit of a break from the stormy weather-if the weather. the radar is clear that over the next 12 hours a few blips and a few blobs on the radar sprinkles and light showers. a few popping up any time until 11 am. more of a concentration off the browa

so here's what we know, the national transportation safety board has wrapped up investigation face, in the crash that killed eight and injured about 200 others on may 12th of 2015, attorneys bob mongeluzzi and tom kline who represent many of the victims and will address the media, after the report is released, sometime this afternoon. the release will be the the first big development in the investigation since the ntsb said excessive speed was a factor. the train reached 106 miles an hour before it engineer activated the emergency brake. they probed whether train 188 was struck by a projectile before the derailment. interestingly, the washington post is report ago this another amtrak train headed from washington d.c. to new york last night was struck with another object, in a totally separate case this happened last night. no one was injured, and that is a separate investigation, the timing, of course, very interesting, with this report coming out, set to come out this afternoon, guys, back to you. >> that is true, we will see what it says and reveals. thanks very much. >>> now to a de

the national transportation safety board will launch another expedition to find the data recorder. the mission is expected to begin in april. how last two weeks. they believe it will hold vital information to why the boat sank in october. bill nelson spoke on the senate floor about the development.. there decision to search for the data recorder is a critical step in our understanding of what went tragically wrong. that day. we owe it to the families of the lost mariners aboard the el farro and to the future safety of all of those who travel on the high seas. >> 33 people died when the puerto rico. >>> police releasing details- -33 people died with the shipment under on its way to puerto rico. >>> mark albert is a maryland were two men shot at, they restaurant and two men are being hailed as heroes. >>reporter:. the sheriff of hertford county was shakiness. he talked about veteran deputies being gunned down at a fair restaurant. patrick daley served 30 years and mark logsdon service 16. >> debbie d daily arrive first on-i been deputy dailies arrived on the same. he was shot in the

the national transportation safety board has wrapped up its investigative phase in the crash that killed eight and injured 200 on may 12th of 2015. attorneys bob mongeluzzi and tom kline represent many of the victims and they will address the media after the report comes out this afternoon. we're told, this release will be the the first big development in the investigation, since the ntsp say excessive speed was a factor in the crash. you'll recall the federal saying that the train reached 106 miles an hour, before the engineer acted in the emergency brakes. investigators probed whether train 188 was struck by a projectile before the derailment and interestingly, information we are getting overnight washington post is reporting that an amtrak train heading from washington d.c. to new york was hit by several objects while passing through philadelphia. no one was injured in that case but that report, of course, coming out at an alarming time with this report set to come out, today. back to you guys. >> all right, dave kinchen live for us in university city. >>> an arrest and stabbing on a

the national transportation safety board will release the far. they have yet to analyze evidence or make recommendations. what we do know is the train was traveling at twice the posted speed limit on a curb when it ran off the rails. >>> world health leaders are talking about the zika virus today in geneva, switzerland. this has the disease is affecting international events. olympic organizers in rio de janeiro are working to combat the spread. kelly wright shows us the plan. >> reporter: the zika virus outbreak is taking center stage with olympic preparations underway in rio de janeiro. tested and for the summer games was supposed to be a time to get excited for the offense ahead. but, the virus is doing both under. with questions over health safety. >> actions are being taken with informing the community. so, this is work that has been done so far and we will continue on the way to the games. so, we are sure going to be safe. >> reporter: the south american country has been hit the hardest with more than 1 million cases of the virus. a zika vir

the national transportation safety board is investigating the september 8-th fire. there were 170 passengers and crew members on board at the time... but all escaped without injury./// ((sharie johnson)) > warmer weather... taking a toll on lake tahoe. the role these unusual temperatures are having on northern nevada... and whether it will let up any it's surfs "way" up along the northern california coast today. a high surf advisory is in effect... and the public is being warned of powerful rip currents. waves reaching between 11 and 20 feet could pound the coast by this evening. out in deeper parts of the ocean.. forecasters predict waves as high as 40 feet./// ((sharie johnson)) > water

. >> florida senator bill nelson says he wants the national transportation safety board to investigate the cruise line's decision to sail into that storm. >>> caught on camera an officer helps rescue a in missouri. you'll be able to see here the officer and another man pulled the woman out of the burning car. the woman suffered minor injuries. police tracked down the other driver and took him into custody. >>> also caught on camera, a close call in california when a canopy in a gas station comes crashing down. maintenance workers still on the roof. no one was seriously hurt. >>> and a paratrooper fly news a shocking situation in florida. the man was sky diving when he drifted into a power line. firefighters shut off power before bringing him down. the man was not hurt. >>> still ahead on 7 news at 5:30, confusion after a pair of brutal attacks. officials are trying to figure out why one man attacked a man with a sword. >>> what's next for mbta >>> and a former bruins star heading back to where it all began. more on his return to you like being you should want your stop into td bank and

. >> the national transportation safety board is expected in hawaii today to investigate how this crash involving a tourist helicopter happened. attention. how a witness captured the video help. >> reporter: cell phone video captured the helicopter hovering in the air shortly before amonging into the water feet from the shore. almost meal, it overturned. -- immediately, it overturned. >> crashed right in front of us. >> reporter: he was taking pictures on his video. he noticed something was wrong with the aircraft. the rotor appeared to stall. >> we all rap over, bunch of people jumped in, and tried to help survivors. >> reporter: he tried to free those trapped inside the wreckage. >> somebody said there's somebody still in the aircraft. i dove through from the pilots side in the back seat, and saw them. >> reporter: firefighters and nearby members of the navy raced to the scene. all five people on board were rushed to the hospital. >> we heard two loud bangs, we thought it was gunshots, and saw made us scared, particularly in such a high profile destination. >> the chopper came down at

it will be the first major development since the national transportation safety board pinpointed excessive speed as the factor within days of the crash. eight were killed. barbara: to th of it considered to be armed and dangerous. to the capture of the three men. one of them love notes notes. a winter storm in california has turned deadly. john: the partition. an investigation continues. also an investigation is under way in a suburb in detroit after five were killed in a house fire. authorities say the victims were 30's and were co-workers at a restaurant. they were in the basement when it started. john: we could soon know the secret about aliens. the c.i.a. has released hundreds of declassified documents detailing investigations into possible alien life. they posted documents of reported unidentified flying objects that range in date from the late 1940's to the 1950's. while playing off the hype of a tv show the c.i.a. broke down the cases into two categories. whether you side with agent or the other. panel members met to discuss the lack of sound data and reasonable explanations in sigh

crews at the national transportation safety board and faa are now investigating. >> in volusia county, family and friends expected to come together to mark a somber anniversary. today marks six long years until she disappeared. detectives say her cell phone hasn't been used and her bank account remains the same. the victim's mother holds a vigil each and every year. 5:30 at 1069 verizon view boulevard. everyone is invited to attend. >> the suspect involved in a shootout that left an innocent man injured won't be getting out of jail any time soon. smith. police say on friday night smith was pointing a gun at cars on busy 17/92. when police got there, they say smith started tiring at them and they fired back. a man who was walking by was hit in the leg. we are told his injuries are not life threatening. threatening. >> we are expecting to learn more details. we were there saturday when the bodies were found. this was at mission club apartments. the two were boyfriend and girlfriend. at this point, they are not searching for any other suspects >> we'll find out who will join a long list

. >>> plus the national transportation safety board is wrapping up its investigation into last years train derailment, could new information set to be released shed light on the cause of the deadly accident. >>> it the is very important for pregnant woman to understand that this is a difficult moment. >> zika out break is raising concerns all over the world, why travelers and folks here at home should be worried about this virus. >>> good day, it is february 1st, 2016. the first day of black history month. >> of course, we will go to the history of black history month and talk about some important people, that are involved in it. but when you, talk this morning, i have to admit, i was like this feels good. >> down right tropical, 40 something degrees, sue serio. >> but, and it is first morning in the long time we have not talk about refreezing of what melted yesterday. we did have melting, but it is still mild this morning. now bus stop buddy is ready for the rain later on in the day, probably arriving after lunchtime. mild start. temperatures are mostly in the 40's and 50's this mor