we're learning new details about what the ntsb says caused this u.s. irways plane to crash at philadelphia international. 4:00 a.m., good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. tgif. let's find out about the forecast where meteorologist bill henley. bill? >> tracy, it's a cold one this morning and the temperatures feel even colder with the wind blowing. 37 degrees in philadelphia. right at the freezing mark for pottstown, reading. it's coming down in dover, 37 and 39 in cape may. but the wind is blowing. see the flag in center city. a gusty wind, already of more than 35 miles an hour. wind chills in the 20s. during the day today, few scattered clouds to start with. we have them overhead right now, 35 degrees at 6:00. by 9:00, colder, winds west/northwesterly at 20 miles an hour. finally sunshine at lunch time. jessica boyington following your first alert traffic. >> we're stating off on route 73 right around route 38. no problems getting on or off the off ramps. you can see the roadways are nice and clear and we're dry. definitely goo

finally, the ntsb has also previously announced there were no problems with the track, the train, or its brakes. adding to the so far unresolved mystery of why train 188 was going so fast. >> ntsb investigators say they'll have no comment, as they continue to analyze it, working toward reaching their conclusions, meanwhile, the philadelphia police department criminal investigation is also underway. these findings, along with the ntsb evidence, gathered by detectives, all expected to be forwarded to the district attorney at some point, who will then decide if they need criminal charges might be filed. live in the sat center, walt hunter, cbs 3, "eyewitness news". >> hopefully getting some answers, walt, thank you. >>> investigators are looking into another dangerous incident on the rails in philadelphia. last night, a mystery object hit an amtrak acela train not far from the scene of last year's deadly derailment. our justin finch shows us the damage. >> the view of 22, 22, sunday night, some aboard the dc to new york train heard it break. >> giant boom. >> speak to go new york sister

they are part of the ntsb's report that was just released yesterday. er brandon bostian's interviews included in those documents, right after the crash and six months later were different. amtrak 188 was speeding when it derailed. bostian is suspended without pay. he has not been criminally charged. lawyers for more than two dozen crash victims say the engineer changing memory is a red flag. >> they want to hear from him under oath. eight people were killed when the train crashed last may, including a naval midshipman, bank executive and a tech company ceo. victims and their families filed more than 60 personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits in this crash. they're being consolidated and assigned to a federal judge here in philadelphia. joshua gotbaum says most of the time it's fine but when trains shake he gets nervous. á5Ñ he has faith that the ntsb will get answers. >> what i hope comes out of the ntsb process and out of the whatever legal process follows it is two things, one is some justice and two is changes in the way amtrak operates so that t

thousands of pages were released by the ntsb. they give no cause for the derailment but include transcripts of the interviews the engineer gave. one in the days after the crash where he said he couldn't recall events after passing the north philadelphia station. a second from november where brandon says he recalls speeding up, applying brakes and recalls when the train began to tip. >> after months passed after the accident, he now has a sudden memory. >> while attorneys say those will be key in the case, he doesn't plan to read the document. not now. >> what i hope comes out of the ntsb process and out of the whatever legal process follows it is two things. one is, some justice. and two is changes in the way amtrak operates so that this doesn't ever happen again. >> reporter: two civil attorneys, tom klein and robert mongolusi are representing a number of victims. they say those statements will be very key to their civil case against amtrak and that train engineer. >>> the engineer brandon bostian has been suspended without pay s

the ntsb is looking into possibly lowering the legal limit of drinking and driving. is fox's cheryl crowley still -- soon be too high to drove.>> reporter: maybe want to celebrate by going out with your friends and drink. if you have more than one drink an hour, you may be putting yourself at risk of being over the current legal limit. .08 to drive a car. you could be charged with drunk driving if you are stopped. the ntsb would like to see a person's blood alcohol content be even lower before getting behind the wheel. the agency would like to see it lower from .08 2.05. >> that is like one drink and the police are going to take you and give you a test and you are going to be thrown in jail. i do not think it is fair.>> reporter: it is not going down well with some customers at this bar and long island. >> you have one glass of wine and you are eating, the stop it -- the cop is going to stop you and you only had one drink. it is kind of ridiculous. >> -- thinks the change would hurt his business. >> it definitely would impact my business. >> reporter: the ntsb said l

according to the ntsb the according to the ntsb, the pilots didn't input a piece of information into flight computer. so, as the jet started to take off, warnings. the captain puts the nose down and the jet slams onto that runway and bounces 15 feet back into the air before sliding to rest. the ntsb says, not following procedures and the "captain's decision to reject the takeoff" are the probable causes. the airline says it made "several changes to our procedures, manuals and training." no one was injured. the pilots have not flown for the airline since that incident. and neither has that damaged aircraft. david kerley, abc news, washington. >> absolutely amazing stuff there. >>> coming up in our next half hour, the elaborate hoax played on a high school in pennsylvania. the honor student who turned out to be a 23-year-old. how he managed to fool everyone from students and teachers to parents and administrators. >> but first deliverying a an valuable history lesson to students around the country. how this new york news anchor is touching young lives across america. you're watching "w

nbc 10's matt delucia is live at 30th street station to fill us in on what the ntsb plans to do this ith report. matt? >> this release is expected to be some 2,000 paoes long. it will be the bank of information that is used to determine the official cause of the crash of amtrak 188. why was it speeding at more than 100 miles per hour around a 50 mile per hour curve. from what we know at this point, he told investigators he does not remember what happened just before the derailment. the ntsb determined he was not talking or texting on his cell phone and he's not been charged with any crime in this. there's also the question, though, about the dent in the locomotive's windshield, what caused that? the crash killed eight and injured more than 200 people. and this release by the ntsb will be the biggest since june of last year an a final report is expected in the spring. this is the kind of thing that investigators will be looking at and pouring over for the next several months, especially lawyers for the victims and families. right now, amtrak is being sued for close to $300 million. liv

tha the ntsb saying it was ann electrical issue with one ofone of the cars that caused sparks.he federal transit administrationinistrat would require agencies likequir metro to measure safetysu saf performance based on fatalities, injuries safety events and system reliability.bity right now there are no federalal rules specific to publicifico transit. there are rules that apply to aly commuter rail services.er rail ser now back to 2006 the ntsb n recommended cars be retiredeted sooner than planned thised thi after crashes both in 1996 and 16 then again a red line crashra back in 2009.9. now, this all comes at a time at a where there's a new gm inew g place who has been riding metro since december. dem live in southwest megan dicee fox5 local news.s. >> well tonight republicanlica presidential candidates willda w have another debate showdown. showdown. candidates are getting readyes a getting for the new hampshire primaryir and the race is looeking pretty tight. ght. fox news' joel waldman has more. >> reporter: heading intont the final fifty seven beforefi the new hampshire pri

a lot of people say that they'd be in favor of that, the ntsb says that alcohol is to blame for about a third of all highway crashes nationwide. highway deaths, i should say. they say it's time to stop that so stop so many people from dying on the roads. the feds started pushing to lower the but that decision is up to state legislatures and only hawaii has considered a bill and that hadn't made it out of committee. we talked with a handful of people who say they would be in favor of it and say it's a good move. >> kind of hard to tell, had a few drink, how drunk you are, really. so yeah. >> actually, i think it might not be that bad of an idea. because i think there are already a lot of fatalities across the country. >>reporter: something that's important to note here, the ntsb says this is not just a highway problem, or a road problem, they say that they're noticing impairment in a lot of airplane crashes, in pilots, they say that problem has even gotten worse over the years, too. i should also mention that i reached out to orlando police, and the florida highway patrol, both of them

. >>> the legal blood alcohol level may become lower in the ntsb gets its way. they ask them to drop the loveel from .08 to .05. hoping to cut down on the number of alcohol related crashs and safe lives. there is the second time the ntsb made the recommendation since 2013. >>> a free service is offered for every resident in one local city. be able to enjoy through a pilot program. >>> an all expense paid trip to cheer on his panthers in . >>> accused terror suspect in jail in western north carolina is charged with murder. justin sullivan was accused of supporting isis and faces state and federal charges. fbi arrested sullivan in june on terrorism related charges. federal authorities unsealed a 7 count indictment yesterday that details plan to support the international terror group isis by carrying out attacks in the u.s. it shows sullivan bought a silencer and planned to buy a semi automatic rifle plot to kill hundreds at a con concert or bar. he is accused of trying to have his neighbor killed and killing a neighbor in morganton in 2014. >>> a couple facing char

of what the train's engineer told investigators in two separate and very different interviews. >> the ntsb investigation shows no malfunction with the train, its brakes, the track or the signals on the night of the faith al crash. which makes statements made by the train engineer, in two separate interviews, key to understanding what happened. attorneys representing dozens of victims of the crash spent monday afternoon pouring over the transcripts from those interviews. >> what we have learned is the problem with brandon bostian, and the problem remains his changing story. >> on may 15th, brandon bostian told investigators, quote, the last memory i have is approaching and passing the platform in north philadelphia. but months later, on november 10th, bostian was re interviewed, set couple of prominent scenes had now come back to him, he now remembered pushing the throttle and accelerating the train. then seconds later, realizing his mistake, and trying to apply the brakes. the civil attorney seized on that improved memory. >> he remembers accelerating into the straight away. he remembers a

the ntsb will release thousands of pages of information about the crash. >>> and let the melting continue here's a live look at the battleship new jersey. temperatures are in the 40s and they're going up. it's 4:00 a.m. good morning, this is "nbc 10 news today." i'm tracy davidson. let's get right to meteorologist bill henley with his first alert forecast for this monday. bill? >> tracy, we're starting off with clouds but we are dry at least for now. that's going to change this afternoon. you can see the showers that are already in western pennsylvania but through the morning commute, we will be dry. 42 degrees right now. we could hit 60 degrees today before those showers arrive. we'll go through the forecast neighborhood by neighborhood when i'm back in ten minutes. jessica boyington now has your first alert traffic. >> that's right, bill. we are starting out in new jers jersey, woolwich township. exit 2 so far, all lanes are open. the new jersey turnpike, we're still into the green. no problem there heading around the new jersey turnpike. at least on the southbound side at that point no

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they have already been linked to deadly crashes and now the faa, the ntsb and the nation's main pilot union are all warning against shipping large quantities of these batteries and as nbc's tom costello reports some want them banned on passenger flights worldwide. >> the dangers posed batteries on full display in this faa test. a bulk shipment of batteries burning so hot the plane's fire suppression system is overwhelmed. have already been blamed for this catastrophic fire on board a ups cargo fire in philadelphia and the loss of two cargo planes that killed their crews in due buy and off korea. now a top pilots' union is calling for a battery shipments. >> we have no fire fighting equipment on board that can fight this fire. if it lights of course, the only chance of a successful outcome that we have is to get the aircraft on the ground as soon as possible. >> reporter: while most u.s. passenger airlines already ban bulk shipments of batteries, nearly every cell phone, laptop, tablet and dvd player carried on a plane comes with lithium batteries that can overheat. already 2,100 cases

he says he has faith the ntsb will get answers. >> what i hope comes out of the ntsb process and out whatever legal process follows it is two things. one is some justice andç two i changes in the way amtrak operates so that this doesn't ever happen again. >> right now on the nbc 10 app, read both engineer brendan bostian's interviews with the ntsb and we've also posted brand new photos from the derailment scene. in the digital operations center, live here, vai sikahema, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. 4:16. >>> police are searching for three men who brutally beat and stabbed a customer at a chinese restaurant in the north philadelphia. the violent attack was caught on surveillance cameras. this is very graphic, we do want to warn you. this is video from the lucky garden takeout saturday night. three guys tackled the customer, stabbed him more than a dozen times. at one time, the suspect whipped the victim with his own belt before stealing his watch. bystanders begged for the men to stop. >> one of the guys had a knife. he bleed a lot. >> it did look personal. they're pulling out belts. t

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the ntsb report says the captain stated he had only done a similar move in a simulator. the report also states once the aircraft hit the ground it slid for about 200 feet. as you may remember at least two people of the 154 aboard sustained minor injuries. the faa report which gave detailed information about the captain says he had been take prescription medication and shouldn't have flown. u.s. airways declined to comment. for the investigators, harry hairston, "nbc 10 news." >> the fbi director says the battle with apple over whether to unlock an iphone is the hardest question he's seen in government. >> james comey testified before members of congress about the benefits and problems with encryption. denise nakano is live with more on this privacy battle. >> james comey says the question at the center of this case, who do we want to be and how do we want to govern ourselves. the fbi director appeared before the house intelligence committee, just one week after a judge ordered apple to unlock an iphone from one of the san bernardino gun men. apple is expected to file an

according to the cruise line, at least four people suffered minor injuries and the ntsb saysering an investigation. weather can be deadly on the high seas. the "el faro" saidhurricane joaquin. the storm battered the ship till it sank, killing all 33 people on board. this is the ntsb video of its final resting place threehe surface. they fully supported the search and the investigation. it's not the only massive ship to be undone by weather.es hit this cruise ship near spain in 2010, smashing through windows. a direct hit on unsuspecting diners. wave killed two and injured 14 others. the company said the incident was unforeseen because the weather was not really that bad. happened on this ship during a bad storm off new zealand in 2008. everything that wasn't nailed down slid around out of control. 42 people were hurt, manybones. the company said it was a rare occurrence that was fully investigated. then there was this cruise liner "oceanos" sinkingst of south africa in 1991 after rough weather and flooding left the ship adrift. all the passengers were evacuated by south african rescue

the ntsb documents revealed more information about the track site.raking system was installed on the southbound traction but not on the northbound side where the derailment occurred. attorneys argue the blame lice with the engineer. >> there was no problem with the system, no problem with the tracks, no problem with the locomotive, no problem with the brakes. what we learned is the problem was brandon bostian. >>> the same storm system that brought snow to the planes could be causing rain today. >> we have a lot to watch, a lot of people being impacted by this storm. here's a broad look at everything. definitely the snow highlights on the map all of that moving the heavy stuff now in places like omaha, moving more into iowa. you can start to see some showers line up and as this pulse forward, taps that gulf moisture. we have the warm temperatures i was talking about earlier. we were starting to get into that dynamic setup for the storms today. here's the front we are looking at and we can already see a couple little popcorn firings on this especially

. >> the ntsb wants to now lower the limit from 0.08 to 0.05, saying it will dramatically reduce d.u.i. related deaths. emily wood is live downtown with reaction from both sides that might surprise you. >> this one recommendation could totally restart the ntsb says lowering the limits to 0.05 is one step to stop drunk drivers and tonight is a debate we're hearing already has mixed reviews. grabbing a drink or two after work is common for some, but recent ntsb recommendations to lower the legal limit could change the amount of alcohol people drink before getting behind the wheel. >> i don't see any real benefit there. i don't believe it is going to make much difference going from 0.08 to 0.05. >> for social drinkers like james and john, they say it's easy to grab an uber or designated driver. >> one or two beers shouldn't be an issue. it should be left to the doctors and not the transportation board. >> for the family of lisa hastings the debate is a personal story. hastings was 22 years old when she was killed by a drunk driver on route 128 while on her mother, karen, says she supports

the ntsb says there's no evidence that the driver was texting before the crash. there's no evidence of a signal or switching problem on the train or problems with the train's engine. the ntsb will hold a formal hearing in april. >>> broward county has a new program that might help you or could save a loved one the next time you're in an accident. yellow sticker on your windshield too. claudia docampo explains. >> reporter: if you're ever in a car accident, the first thing you want is help and now officials are broward county are making sure that happens more readily by launching a program for you and first responders called yellow dot. >> the program that broward county is rolling out that's free to the public. >> reporter: the program has been in the works for a year and now it's in place. broward county officials have modelled yellow dots after other similar programs in nearby counties. you place it here on the rear window of your vehicle. then this pamphlet, one per family member. the pamphlets with your medical information go in the glove box of your vehicle.

the ntsb has told congress they found no issues with the track, brakes, or the locomotive itself. at least 86 people are dead after boko haram extremists refugee camps in nigeria. at least 62 others are being treated for burns. survivors say the shooting, burning, and explosions lasted for nearly four hours. officials say the first troops to arrive were outgunned and reinforcements. today two virginia tech students are expected to be arraigned, after being charged in the murder and kidnapping of a 13-year-old girl. nicole lovell' s body was found about 100 miles away from her home in blacksburg, virginia, over the weekend. authorities believe david eisenhauer knew lovell, and used their relationship to lure her out of the house. natalie keepers is accused of helping to dispose the body. people in lovell' s hometown are shocked to hear the news. >> very saddened. i can' t imagine. i have three daughters. i couldn' t imagine. sean: the motive is not clear and police have not disclosed how lovell was killed. if you step outside today, it is unbelievable. kevin: it is uncommonly mild

today the ntsb said the risk ped b lithn batteries is growing and immediate and called r new battery >> we're lking for separation of lithium ion batteriefrom flammable materials, toeduce the amount of lithium ion ttyhi ceain disnc indehe apl >>te ip i . opsed, instead prosing singent packaging d better labefaa auors d deci on ugh ne dardfor ippi baie but ere's noal banning the batteries at we car o board ery day in our ptops and our cell phones. tom coello, nb newswashington. >>now to somhing you not bee you st wi youryes, a sta sells for ju 99 cents a gallon, something a whole lot of folks tught they would never see again, and while it won't happen everyere analysts say gas under $1 could be on the way in a lot more places we get more from nbc's blake mccoy. >> how are y? reporter: lois cookhas been driving sc busses in eln,llinois for 26 year >>ood morng. >>eporter: but thi year her bus andhe 353 others in this actually saving money. eagames tranortaons coming in half a million dollars under budget, money th's being redirectedo help fund all-da kindgarten >> we're absoluty thrille

this comes as the ntsb is about to release more on the amtrak derailment. katherine scott has more on the 30th street station with more on the story. >> reporter: nobody was hurt when the object struck the train as it passed through bridesburg. amtrak officials are trying to determine what the object was. it comes always the national transportation safety board is expected to release documents and information that could shed some light on last year's fatal crash that happened at bridesburg junction. let's get pictures of the incident as the train passed through bridesburg. you can see the damage on the acela express train from washington, d.c. to new york. amtrak is investigating what the object may be. last night's incident happened not too far away from where the fatal crash happened. federal investigators are trying to determine whether a projectile hit that train. 8 people died and two hundred others were injured. investigators say the train was traveling at twice the speed limit when it entered the sharp curve at frankford junction. the engine was oper

that's when the train derailed killing eight passengers and injuring more than 200. today's ntsbeport is expected to be most significant since june of last year. one of the key points of interest will be the transcripts of interviews conducted by the engineer, brandon bostian who said he didn't remember what happened prior to the crash. >>> stratford police will release more information about a person hit and killed while walking along south white horse pike. the accident happened last night in stratford. police tell us the victim died at the scene but they are not releasing any other information. the driver did stop and talk with police. >>> a philadelphia family is looking for closure one year after the murder of a cloth-bound teenager. d'andre bing was shot and killed in north philadelphia on january 23rd last year. police still have not made any arrests in his case. last night, d'andre's family and friends held a vigil to keep his memory alive. >> the last year has been horrible. it's been horrible. i will never ever get used to not having my son. >> even though we lost him,

. >> reporter: the ntsb documents show investigators realized the train system to slow it was missing at the derailment site. the fact it was revealed after the derailment. the doctor said from the start automatic train control could have prevented the crash. >> doesn't surprise me at all that the locomotive equipped with automatic train control but it was not on the track. >> reporter: the engineer said he was comfortable and spent three years five days a week running trains on the northeast corridor. >>> right now, understand read both interviews with the ntsb and released in the report today and posted brand-new photos of the derailment scene. >>> philadelphia police are hoping this surveillance video right here helps them catch three men wented for a brutal beating and stag over the weekend. randy gyllenhaal is live at northwest with the latest on this investigation. randy? >> reporter: jim, police have the crucial clue, the video of the chinese restaurant showing the entire e tack and more importantly it shows close-ups of the three suspects' faces. detectives say the customer wa

the ntsb said it released all of the facts it has concerning the wreck of amtrak 188. investigators found no evidence of mechanical or equipment failure with the locomotive the tracks or signals. as for the man at the controls, brian bostian blood tests show he had not consumed either alcohol or drugs, that his cell phone was in the in use while the train was operating. a safety official said bostian had fully cooperated with investigators he was interviewed twice once a few day after the deadly mishap in may and then again in november. in may he said he had no recollection of what occurred after passing north philadelphia station and the 3 miles later at the franklin junction crash side. in november, though, he did recall parts of that time. he spoke of adjusting his speed at certain locations but added the memory from there is very vague. the only word and i hesitate to use the word dream-like because it sounds like you a asleep and i don't believe that i was asleep at all. but kind of a very foggy memory. two philadelphia based attorneys who represent victims and th

the ntsb reminds us that no conclusions have been reached as to the cause of the crash. the material released today is simply the raw material and will help them reach that conclusion, likely to be announced sometime this spring. iaian? >> all right, bruce, thank you. tonight amtrak also investigating how a mysterious object hit a train traveling through philadelphia last night. passenger taylor lauren shared this picture of the acela express train. the object heavily cracked the train's window. it hit the train as it passed through philadelphia's bridesburg section, not far from where the spot where amtrak 188 derailed last may. no one was hurt from last night's incident. >> temperatures are once again flirting with the 60s in many places. and all out romance in other spots, take a live look at center city, hard to believe today is february 1st, the question, are the temperatures going to stick around? meteorologist, scott williams tracking it for us. >> could be some rain hanging around, as well? >> that's right. looking at some rain right now. certainly those temperat

today the ntsb said the risk posed by lithium ion batteries is growing and immediate. and called for new battery shipping regulations. >> we're looking for separation of lithium ion batteries from flammable materials, and looking to reduce the lithium ion battery within a distance inside the plane. >> reporter: proposing more stringent packaging, state of charge limits, and labeling. international aviation authorities could decide soon on tough new standards for shipping batteries, but there's no talk of banning the batteries we all carry onboard every day, in our laptops and our cell phones. tom costello, nbc news, washington. >>> now, to something you might not believe unless you saw it with your own eyes. so there it is. a station selling gas for just 99 cents a gallon. something a whole lot of folks thought they would never see again. while it won't happen everywhere, analysts say gas under $1 could be on the way in a lot more places. we get more from nbc's blake mccoy. >> reporter: lois has been driving school buses in elgin, illinois, for 26 years. >> good mornin