that also means amtrak isn't likely to let regional trains like amtrak or septa run on its tracks if they aren't ptc compliant. the mtsb determined a sleep deprived operator caused the train to race into the station way too fast leading to a derailment. it also could have stopped this deadly derailment back in december. there are concerns the operators in this crash may have been distracted. positive train control is also a priority for governor phil murphy. and in an announcement yesterday he said ptc is a key component to changes he wants to make to nj transit. he wants to add more train cars on the tracks but only after the system init stalled. they're taking steps to add more equipment and hire more people. >>> well, community leaders will meet this morning in philadelphia the governor of puerto rico. >> the non-profit group esperanza is hosting a community group. the visit comes nearly a week after an explosion fire at an electric substation sunday night that plunged much of the northern part of puerto rico into darkness. this happened as the island continues to struggle with a

amtrak makes the point that it transports 30 million passengers every year or thereabouts, and its safety record is pretty good in that regard. but there are those who say that they are averaging about two derailments albeit with minor injuries or no injuries at all. there are watchdog groups who say this is not good enough and we have had that call from the south carolina governor today for a review of passenger safety on—boa rd today for a review of passenger safety on—board passenger trains. david willis in washington, thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news: the home secretary, amber rudd says the ministers making the decisions about brexit are not divided. at least two people have been killed and dozens injured after a collision between two trains in south carolina. mps warn that cuts to the royal marines would leave britain's global interests at serious risk. sport now and a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. it is all go in the six nations. england, have started the defence of their six nations rugby union title. they are facing italy at the stadio olimpoico. ant

paul: amtrak does. >> does not have complete control. i think the issue here right now we are getting at is safety, improvements in safety cost money. politicians want to build things, they want to expand service, they don't want to put money into safety and trade-off, direct trade-off. paul: there's not enough money to go around for everything? >> yeah, i think this gets to especially into positive train track control, train conductors can be stopped if they are speeding but they also want upgrade and grade crossings that cost a lot of money. we need to do a cost-benefit analysis here. paul: dan, we had after allysia wrote a pretty tough editorial of amtrak, we had whole entourage and ceo then resigned who came in to see us, but it's a real difficult problem they talked about because so much of the infrastructure is really old. >> yeah, it is, but you know that ceo was previously the ceo of one of the private train systems, very successful operator as well. exactly, one of the things going on here is that we are dealing whether it's air

paul: amtrak does. >> does not have complete control. i think the issue here right now we are getting at is safety, improvements in safety cost money. politicians want to build things, they want to expand service, they don't want to put money into safety and trade-off, direct trade-off. paul: there's not enough money to go around for everything? >> yeah, i think this gets to especially into positive train track control, train conductors can be stopped if they are speeding but they also want upgrade and grade crossings that cost a lot of money. we need to do a cost-benefit analysis here. paul: dan, we had after allysia wrote a pretty tough editorial of amtrak, we had whole entourage and ceo then resigned who came in to see us, but it's a real difficult problem they talked about because so much of the infrastructure is really old. >> yeah, it is, but you know that ceo was previously the ceo of one of the private train systems, very successful operator as well. exactly, one of the things going on here is that we are dealing whether it's air

. >>> two dead and more than 100 injured in the amtrak crash in south carolina. the investigation is focusing on a switch that sent the train hurdling into another. welcome to "early start." i'm ryan nobles. >> it is monday, february 5th. i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. that's right. nick foles and the eagles going from underdogs to top dog knocking off the new england patriots 41-33 in super bowl lii. foles yearly quit football three years ago. started as the back up quarterback this season. he took home mvp honors. he went toe-to-toe with tom brady and beat him. >> in a game that featured record shattering offense, it was a clutch defensive play that sealed the win for the eagles. coy wire live from u.s. bank stadium in minneapolis where it is still cold. coy, what a remarkable football game. >> reporter: incredible. it is very cold. i wet this wash cloth 30 minutes ago. it is already frozen. it was hot in there last night. oh, my goodness. this was the most exhilarating super bowl i can ever remember. it may go down as the best ever. how wil

of course, amtrak had permission, according to sources speaking to nbc news' tom costello, that amtrak was able to use those particular tracks, but again whether those signals were working are not clear. sources telling tom costello the signals had been suspended for work and a switch may have been in the wrong place on the track. amtrak 91 was heading from new york city to miami. there were 139 passengers onboard and eight crew members. we know now two of the crew members did not make it. one of them was 36-year-old michael sella, the conductor of the train, and 54-year-old michael kemp, he was the train's engineer. 100 passengers onboard the train were taken to area hospitals. they had injuries ranging from serious to minor. two of them, we're told, were in critical condition. coroner margaret fischer here spoke earlier at a news conference about what happened at the train crash. take a listen. >> any time you have anything that happens like that, you would expect more fatalities, but god blessed us and we only had the two, and not that they were in any way diminished, because my goo

the amtrak train's conductor and engineer were killed. more than 100 people were hurt. >> that switch should have been realigned for the amtrak to go to the main track. >> reporter: why wasn't it? >> that's exactly what we want to find out. >> investigators also say railway signals that could have warned the crew to stop were out of service for maintenance. >>> "the pittsburgh post-gaze e post-gazette" reports in a blow to the gop, the supreme court is allowing pennsylvania congressional districts to be redrawn. justice alito denied the request to create a supreme court ruling creating a new congressional map. the court had ruled earlier that the current map discriminates against democrats. a new map could be in place for the may congressional primaries. >>> the "washington post" says the department of homeland security is offering online teacher training for active shooter situations in schools. the training allows teachers, staff, administrators, and first responders to prepare for shooting incidents on their computers. the simulation t

amtrak's silver star was en route from new york to miami. the crash happened near a switch yar about ten miles south of columbia, south carolina. kris van cleave reports the passenger train was traveling about 59 miles per hour when it hit the parked freight train. >> reporter: the 54-year-old engineer michael kemp of savannah, georgia, and 36-year-old conductor from california were both killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars failed. >> we should have had a lot more casualties, but we didn't. >> reporter: 116 people were taken to area hospitals with a range of injuries. >> the csx was on the track that it was supposed to be on, and that appears to be a loading track. >> reporter: national transportation safety board is now on scene to investigate the crash. >> that crash was, as they say in the railroad industry, lined and locked, which basically means it was aligned for the trains coming down this way to be diverted into this area. >> the ntsb has been able to recover the forward-facing video camera inside the amtrak

an amtrak train colliding with a freight train. >> this comes on the heels of other incidents with amtrak. ron is here with the latest. >> this happened after 2:30 this morning. here's what we know so far. at least two people reported dead and 70 injured. amtrak train 91 carrying 139 passengers running from new york to miami. the ntsb has sent people to the scene in cayce, south carolina. this comes after another deadly derailment after a train hurling off an overpass in dupont. washington state, killing three people and killing dozens. now this accident in south carolina. at least two killed in that accident. >> ron, thank you. joining us now is a passenger who was on the train when it crashed. derrek pettaway, thank you for joining us. from your perspective, what can you tell us about the moment of impact. >> i was asleep at the moment of impact. that's what woke me up. after that -- i mean it was -- everybody was just in shock. everybody was tired. so it was calm. everybody was orderly. the amtrak crew was very professional getting everyone gathered. first responders showed up really q

an amtrak train collided with a freight train. it happened just after 2:30 in the morning. >> here's what we know. two people reported dead. at least 70 injured. amtrak train 91 carrying 139 passengers, eight crew members. traveling from new york to miami. the ntsb has dispatched a team of investigators to the scene to cayce, south carolina. that's near columbia. >> the red cross is responding. >>> we want to move to a major move against monster energy. the multi-billion beverage company under fire from five women who say they were harassed by monster executives. >> each of them has filed a lawsuit. abc's amy robach brings us their first television interview. the allegations range from bullying to retaliation. we're learning one of the executives accused of harassment has now resigned. >> reporter: these monster energy youtube videos show men on the go and women who seem to be there just to party with them. these five women who worked behind the scenes at the beverage company are coming forward to say their life with the company w

so check of the regional rail services because of wire problems with amtrak. service is suspended until further note. outbound running at least 20-minute delays. watching that for you. the vine street expressway and cameras around 24th street. moving towards the schuylkill. eastbound towards 95, not seeing any problems right now. what for a crash at lower gwynedd and graycliff road. >>> and take a look at this map, the eagles parade of champions will begin in broader partison. to broad street and then city hall and then the ben franklin parkway before wrapping up at the art museum. businesses along the parade route are expecting a boost for this event and the millions of fans that will be there. >> nbc10's matt delucia is live outside of city hall in center city. matt, a lot to get ready for. >> reporter: a lot to get ready for, ted and katy, you can see preparations under way around city hall. the estimates right now what we've been hearing, potentially 1 million, maybe 2 million that might show up for this parade. that was about the number that showed up for

that is latest in a string of deadly amtrak accidents. likely to hear talk about positive train control, its technology designed to prevent these types of accidents but the deadline to have it installed is the end of the year. margaret. >> brennan: thank you. the knew cycle in washington has been dominated this week by a four-page memo written by republicans on the house intelligence committee, asser asserting that the fbi concealed that it had used anti-trump research funded by democrats when it obtained secret warrant from the foreign in tell generals surveillance to monitor a trump campaign associate named carter paige. he had already been on the fbi's radar due to past exact with russian operatives. the anti-trump research also called the sealed dossier was originally put together by a former british spy named christopher steele. the memo confirmed that the fbi investigation had begun in the summer of 2016 based on information about another trump campaign associate named george popadopoulos, he has since pled guilty and is cooperating

that's also because of amtrak problems. it's going on and we're watching it that's because we're nervous it might spread out in two other lines. watching this for septa, and service suspended for chestnut hill west. westbound is totally back pope and whitpain and township line reed around swede road. back to you. >>> the dow dramatic drop. a lot of eyes are nervously watching the stock market when it opens today. but experts say the dip may actually have an upside for your wallet. >>> and when you can cash into the company's pledge for a popular eagles player. >>> plus, time to settle up, new england and philly made bets leading into the super bowl. and now the north is making good on their wagers. ♪ >>> a philadelphia institution is collecting on a super bowl bet with its counterpart in boston. since the patriots lost, the big game to boston, while the boston public library has prominently displayed books with the words eagles in the title. boston library tweeted this with the proof, and a cattle nice "wholesome wager. "

and why didn't they tell amtrak to stop? >>> a pilot is fine tonight after making an emergency landing when his landing gear failed to work in texas. check it out. you are looking at video that captured the small plane skidding along a run way at san antonio international airport. the plane scraped along the pavement for about 100 yards. the faa is trying to find out why the landing gear failed. >>> slick roads in the nation's midsection of causing numerous crashes including a huge pileup that closed part of a missouri interstate overnight. this drone footage was taken by fire department along interstate 44 east of springfield. numerous cars and big rigs lost traction in the icy westbound lanes near the town of marsh field. the highway patrol says the road will be closed all night and two other big rig crashes on the same freeway killed one person and sent a dozen to the hospital. >>> tomorrow for the third and final time, a disgraced former usa gymnastics doctor will be sentenced to decades in prison. on friday 265 women an

. >> well, amtrak operates over of course pretty much the entire united states. they don't own all of that track at all. so it's not uncommon for one railroad to operate across somebody else's railroad. that happens all the time. freight trains do that. passenger trains do that. it just so happens that csx is who owned this particular stretch of the track. >> to have two deadly crashes in less than seven days, it's difficult for people who look at this and say the rail system in the united states is as it should be. what message do you want to send right now to train travelers? >> well, i think that we've got to look at each individual accident and decide what's going to there. on wednesday, it appears that somebody had a garbage truck on a railroad track and hit it. today we're looking at different circumstances down here in south carolina. so i wouldn't want to draw any gross conclusions based on on a couple of different accidents. but generally speaking, our rail system works very well. unfortunately we do have accidents like we've seen here. >> and one consis

ten yea rs amtrak railway system for the last ten years and has relied on short—term, ongoing systems that have existing funding levels being maintained. president trump has, of course, mooted plans for a big infrastructure programme of around $1 trillion. it's unclear how much of that, if any, would go to actually enhancing the nation's railway system here. we often assume from this country that many people in the state travel by air because of the vast distances. how widely usedis of the vast distances. how widely used is the us rail network? very well used, especially in certain parts of the country. on the west coast and he is closed as well 30 million people a year, more than that in fact, travel by train —— and the east coast. amtrak says based on that its safety trek —— record is very good but the national transportation board, the federal authority which looks at accidents of the type that happen in south carolina today, found a deficient culture, as it put it, when it looked into a recent derailment back at the end of last year and there are certainly concerns about s

two cars broke apart on one of amtrak's high-speed acella trains. shortly after departing washington, d.c. en route to boston this mourning. amtrak says 52 passengers were on board and had to be transferred to another train. no injuries were reported, but the cause is under investigation. this is the latest in a series of incidents for amtrak, including a crash that killed two people when a train was sent onto the wrong track in south carolina over the weekend. >>> only three days left until the winter olympics opening ceremony in south korea, and as athletes and some 100,000 spectators descend on pyeongchang each day, security becomes a top concern. our reporter takes you through the security. >> reporter: an attack could come from anywhere. a hijacking, a car bomb, a standoff. these simulated drills preparing south korean security teams for any threat. protecting the games, an olympic-sized job. it's not just olympic venues that are possible targets. intense drills like these are playing out across the country. tactical teams are ready at airports

we were promised a news conference and amtrak said they would hold one. it is the third crash involving an amtrak train is the third crash involving an amtraktrain in is the third crash involving an amtrak train in the united states in the last month. it is likely the chairman of amtrak will be facing some tough questions. we are waiting for the governor of south carolina, henry mcmaster, to give us an update and we will bring you that when the news c0 nfe re nce and we will bring you that when the news conference begins. the crash happened just four days after an amtrak train carrying republicans to a retreat in west virginia collided with a rubbish truck. a passenger in the truck was killed and five people on board the train were taken to hospital. in december three people died in a train which plunged off the bridge in seattle in washington state. mps have warned against cutting the number of royal marines to save money. reports have suggested that the government has been considering axing the jobs of up to 2000 marines, as well as the royal navy's two

an amtrak train slammed into a parked freight train. gabe gutierrez has the overnight developments in the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. this crash happened while many of the passengers were sleeping. two people were killed. 116 others were injured. most of them are out of the hospital. questions are swirling about who is to blame and whether new technology could have prevented this. this morning, investigators are looking through the mangled wreckage of amtrak train 91, working to found out whether human error was to blame for the violent crash. >> i have never seen anything in my entire life like this. bodies everywhere. people on top of one another. i couldn't move. the seats were on my legs. >> reporter: the train was en route from new york to miami, with 136 passengers and 9 crew members onboard. near columbia, south carolina, it slammed into a csx freight train. passengers describe a terrifying jolt. >> you wake up bouncing off of chairs. >> reporter: amtrak's president pointed the finger at csx. csx dispatchers were ma

an amtrak train slanled slammed into an empty freight train. they say the miami-bound train may have been on the wrong track. here with more. >> reporter: at least six people remain in the hospital after this deadly amtrak train crash. the two people dead are amtrak employees. one is the conductor, the other is the train's engineer. majority treated and are ereleased. including at least three children. around 2:30 in the morning the train veered off the main track and slammed into a freight train on the main track. >> we remember being thrown on to our seats with a lot of metal coming down around us. we remember the lights going off, the smell of smoke and just being banged around. >> first thought was i wasn't going to make it. this is the end for me. . >> the ntsb says the key is figuring out why a switch on the railroad diverted the trainthe main track. early faces of this investigation. they will be collecting evidence from the scene. >> this seems almost unbelievable that a switch could be set spot on the amtrak train. >> that's why the ra

amtrak tonight is calling this a "highly unusual mechanical event." all 52 passengers were uninjured and had to be moved to a different train. >> felt like we were almost dragging something. and when i looked out the window, i could see a shower of sparks coming out the side of the train. >> reporter: this has been an unfortunate few weeks for amtrak. >> everything is everywhere. we wrecked on the train. >> reporter: these were the calls for help just two days ago, after a train on its way to miami crashed head-on into a parked freight train sitting on the tracks in south carolina. >> there's babies on here bleeding out their heads. it's a lot of people hurt. >> reporter: amtrak is investigating the train this morning that broke in two. they say its speed could be as high as 125 miles an hour. david? >> steve osunsami with us tonight. thanks, steve. >>> the deadly flu epidemic, and this evening, the new warning from authorities right here in new york city. the deaths of two children confirmed just this week. and in texas tonight, grief counselors brou

an amtrak train packed with republican members of congress including house speaker paul ryan slams into a truck in its path. >> mass casualty incident, level one. train versus truck. >> lawmakers jumping in to help the injured. we have the latest from the scene. >>> it's president trump versus his own fbi director again. the fbi makes a re public warning. grave concerns about the accuracy of that secret russia investigation memo. urging the white house not to release it. >>> the cdc director resigns amid scandal. right as the agency is fighting this flu emergency exploding in 49 states. >>> kids and migraines and the unusual way doctors are treating them. would you believe botox? >> i saw a night and day difference. >> parents say it's a life changer. >>> and meet the real-life heroes turned movie stars playing themselves in clint eastwood's new hollywood blockbuster. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. welcome to our viewers in the west. we begin with the frightening moments on the rails for republican members of congress today. it was a deadly

two cars broke apart on one of amtrak's high-speed acella trains. amtrak says 52 passengers were on board and had to be transferred to another train. no injuries were reported, but the cause is under investigation. this is the latest in a series of incidents for amtrak, including a crash that killed two people when a train was sent onto the wrong track in south carolina over the weekend. >>> only three days left until the winter olympics opening ceremony in south korea, and as athletes and some 100,000 spectat spectators descend on pyeongchang each day, security becomes a top concern. our reporter takes you through the security. >> reporter: an attack could come from anywhere. a hijacking, a car bomb, a standoff. these simulated drills preparing south korean security teams for any threat. protecting the games, an olympic-sized job. it's not just olympic venues that are possible targets. intense drills like these are playing out across the country. tactical teams are ready at airports, subways, even shopping centers. the commissioner general of the n

. >>> still to come another deadly amtrak crash. officials are trying to learn what caused a passenger train to slam into a freight train that was just sitting on the tracks. >>> the 49ers hope to be a contender for a super bowl soon and the team appears to be close to lockingup jimmy dean long term. joe fonzo has the report coming up. >>> and this flu season is the worst in recent history. what officials are saying about the deadly illness that has already taken dozens of lives in southern california. >>> the bay area's home team, ktvu, fox 2. >>> federal investigators are on the scene of a deadly train collision that happened this morning in south carolina. the crash left an amtrak conductor and an engineer dead. brian maness has details on the investigation. >> reporter: amtrak 391 was traveling to me your -- from new york to california when it collided with a freight train in pineridge, south carolina. the train carrying 147 people and eight crewmembers, 139 passengers, two amtrak crewmembers died in this crash. 116 people were

a deadly train collision in the line elect to amtrak employees dead and dozens injured. some sort of lethal miscommunication led to the tragedy. >> it appears to me that the csx was on the track is supposed to be on and that appears to be a loading track or a switch track. in fact is on the wrong they were supposed to be meeting at the bridge clearly and there may be a time factor but that is what appears to be. >> the ntsb also releasing new details at the press conference. >> good evening, ntsb investigators are on site and plan to interview the surviving members of that train crew tomorrow. in the meantime, trying to figure out why amtrak train 91 during eight crew and passengers from new york to miami were diverted from the main railroad to a sidetrack at a railyard where it struck a freight train. >> for whatever reason that switch was, as they say in the railroad industry, mind and locked for the trains coming down this way to be diverted into the siding. reporter: ntsb investigators say they have heard but not yet confirmed local reports that the signal system on

amtrak says that based on that its safety record is pretty good. i must say, the national transportation safety board, the federal authority that looks into accidents of the kind that happened in south carolina today, found a deficient culture, as it put it, when it looked into a recent derailment back at the end of last year. there is concern about safety levels, given, as i say, this being the third fatal incident of its kind in as many months. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the only surviving suspect of the terror attacks that killed 130 people at the bataclan in paris goes on trial in belgium today. salah abdeslam was captured in brussels four months after the french attacks in 2015. the charges he faces are not related to those attacks, but to a shootout with police while he was on the run in belgium. the us secretary of state, rex tillerson, says america cannot stand by with arms crossed while democracy in venezuela is being destroyed. speaking in argentina, mr tillerson said the us was looking closely at impo

it involved an amtrak passenger train carrying nearly 150 people. we've got the latest details on this crash ahead for you. >>> in politics, memo spin, a ranking democrat calls the gop note deeply wrong after president trump says it vindicates him. new reaction to the growing firestorm today. democrats looking to release their own memo. we'll tell you what it might reveal and how the president would stop it before it goes public. >> i took a meeting, 20 minute meeting. but they needed it to be true. >> donald trump jr. in a new interview, seeming to dismiss that trump tower meeting that's become one of the biggest parts of the mueller investigation. what prompted his response, details next. >>> but again, we begin with breaking news. an accident on the railways in south carolina has left two people dead, at least 80 more injured and it happened after an amtrak passenger train collided with a csx freight train this morning 10 miles south of clo columbia. pictures here from the scene show the amtrak engine on its side and the front of it crumpled, the

the engineer and the conductor were both killed when an amtrak train from new york to florida crashed into a parked the freight train. more than a hundred people were injured. the ntsb held a briefing just last hour and a spokesman says investigators are now looking at how this amtrak train got diverted to a track where that freight train was sitting. cnn's kaylee hartung is joining us live from the scene. kaylee, what more have you learned? >> reporter: well, ana, we've learned answers to that question of how this fatal crash happened with the help of ntsb chairman, robert sumwalt, as he explained a switch on the track was locked with a padlock, sending that amtrak train colliding into the freight train. thankfully, with no one onboard it. take a listen to his description. >> for whatever reason, the switch -- and when i talk about a switch, i'm talking about a rail switch that can actually switch how the track goes from here to here -- for whatever reason, that switch was, as they say in the railroad industry, lined and locked, which basically means it was a-lined, aligned, for the

the president of amtrak said that csx is responsible for that section of the track. a gps-based system called positive train control could have prevented the rack. >> my goal is to find out what happened and why it happened. so we can prevent it from happening again.>> this was the third deadly rat involving amtrak in less than two months. -- rat involving amtrak in less than two months. >>> later this morning they will be rallying against a sweep of the largest homeless encampment. we are live with the latest.>>> new numbers reveal how many drivers are cheating when it comes to carpooling. >>> the market has opened up. let's take a look at the board. the dow is down about 200 points for coming up we will get an update from the financial reporter. superbowl champions.. for the first time. the underdogs beat the 5-time champs.. the new england patriots 41-to-33 in super bowl 52. *wins on field >>> the eagles are the super bowl champions for the first time. the underdogs beat the five- time champs, the patriots 41-33 in the super bowl lii.>> time runs out! but that is

another case apparently in the last couple of months, an amtrak incident involved human error. that's why the ntsb continues to say positive train control ptc needs to be implemented on tracks across the county. install it ends at the end of the year. >>> larry nassar the sports doctor already facing life inreceived his and final sentence in the assault trial this morning.as sentenced to 125 years inlite gymnasts in michigan. 260 women and girls say nassar abused them while he worked for the gym. michigan state university ands.a. gymnastics team. >>> president trump traded insults with the top democrat on the intelligence committee today. he called adam shift quote one of the biggest liars and leakers in wall. added he must be stopped. schiff wrote instead of tweeting false smears, the american people would appreciate if you turned off the tv and helped solved the funding crisis protecting dreamers or anything else. the president's message came before the meeting of the house intel panel was expected to release aemocratic memo. >>> another exclusive accuweather seven-day outsid

he's talking about the freight train that amtrak passenger train plowed into. that freight train no one on board. csx the corporation that owns and controls the stretch of the railway where this accident occurred. that means they're responsible for maintaining the tracks and the signal systems, so you know they will be a critical component of this investigation. we have reached out to csx and amtrak for comment on the governor's remarks that a train could have been on the wrong tracks. we have not yet heard back on that. the focus here just outside of columbia for so many is on the passengers who survived on the tracks, 116 who had been taken to local hospitals. we know of one in critical condition, two in serious condition. otherwise a lot of bumps and bruises and whiplash for those on board that passenger train. many of them have been taken to an area that's been set up at a middle school across the street here, a reception center, where the red cross is on-site to give them a warm blanket, somewhere to be to figure out how to get to their final destination a

it's not just tunnels and amtrak, it's water systems. it is repairing the flint system. repairing the water system in california. s the flood control. it goes on and on and on. unless of course you happen to be a wall street investor and you want to, well, let's say you want to build that tunnel. the federal government will give you 80%, you come up with 20%. and by the way, what's going to be the cost? to the commuter? so none of this makes much sense, except for one thing. thankfully the president, after a year-plus, has come forward with a plan. we'll work with that. we'll take his bad plan, we'll do a judo move on it. we'll flip it. and then we'll build a definite program for america, let's call it a better deal for america. a better infrastructure plan. what do you think? can we do that? mr. payne: will the gentleman yield? mr. garamendi: certainly. mr. payne: i think, sir, you are on the right track. we were willing to work with the president. and this unfortunately is another incident, or an example of where his lack of knowledge of government operation is hamperi

. >> reporter: an amtrak train heading to florida crashed into a csx freight train, derailing several passenger cars and the lead engine in casey, south carolina early sunday, two people were killed and more than 100 injured. no one appeared to have been aboard the csx train at the time of impact. south carolina's governor addressed the situation. >> the csx was on the track that it was supposed to be on. it appears that amtrak was on the wrong track. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board is on the scene investigating. a source with knowledge of the investigation says they're focusing on the signal systems and whether they were working properly. this is the latest deadly incident involving an amtrak train. >> abc7 news was in san carlos after a box truck overturned on u.s. highway 101, it happened just south of holly street at 1:00 this afternoon. drivers faced delays until that truck was uprighted and towed away. the highway control tells us no one was hurt. >>> oakland police are searching for a gunman who shot and killed a man at 67th and market street at 6:00 this

what amtrak officials say they are doing after another crash turned deadly. hi, we're alaska airlines. and we don't just fly lumberjacks to glaciers. we fly all kinds of people all kinds of places. like app developers to mexico city. musically inclined novelists to nashville. and pilates instructors to palm springs. sure, we love a good glacier. but we also like a little cocoa butter. from the west coast to the world. alaska airlines. that's how we fly. investigators are on the scene in south carolina.... after two people were killed and more than 100 injured in an early morning train crash involving amtrak and c-s-x freight trains.(jr stone) reporter kim hutcherson has more. an amtrak train headed to florida from new york and carrying nearly 150 people crashed into a c-s-x freight train... derailing several passenger cars and the lead engine in cayse (casey) south carolina early sunday. two people were killed and more more than 100 others injured.amtrak identified the dead as the train's engineer and conductor.no one appears to have been aboard the c-s-x tra

amtrak says that based on that its safety record is pretty good. i must say, the national transportation safety board, which is the federal authority which looks into accidents of the kind that happened in south carolina today, found a deficient culture, as it put it, when it looked into a recent derailment back at the end of last year. and there is certainly concern a bout safety levels, given, as i say, this being the third fatal incident of its kind within as many months. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: the only surviving suspect of the terror attacks that killed 130 people at the bataclan in paris goes on trial in belgium later on monday. salah abdeslam was captured in brussels four months after the french attacks in 2015. the charges he faces are not related to those attacks, but to a shootout with police while he was on the run in belgium. china has accused the united states of exaggerating beijing's nuclear strength, saying it needs to ditch what it calls a cold war mentality. the statement comes after washing

but it is the third amtrak collision 01’ but it is the third amtrak collision or detailment in the —— derailment ina or detailment in the —— derailment in a months. that poses question about safety? yes and the governor did say it was time perhaps for a review of passenger safety on board amtrak trains. you mentioned that incident last in, in last month when a train carrying republican members of congress killed one person when it collided with a rubbish truck in virginia. then in december of last year, three people were killed when a passenger train derailed in washington state. now, amtrak makes the point that it transports 30 million passengers every year and that its safety record is pretty goodin that its safety record is pretty good in that regard. but there are those who say that they're averaging about two derailments a month. albeit in many cases with minor or no injuries. but some say this is not good enough and we have had the call from the south carolina governorfor a call from the south carolina governor for a review of safety on trains. david willis talking earlier.

america's only national passenger rail service last week an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress hit a trash truck killing a passenger in the vehicle and in december a train in washington state hit a curve at more than one hundred kilometers per hour twice the permitted speed that train was not equipped with an automatic braking system which might have prevented the accident that killed three and then just about one hundred others the government subsidized dam track system has been heavily criticized by president donald trump he's pointed to its accident record as reason to push for more spending to refit the network of roads rails and airports united i'm calling on congress to produce a bill that generates at least one point five trillion dollars for the new infrastructure investment that our country so desperately needs but trumps a budget proposal to congress to be submitted this week calls for slashing amtrak's operating budget and rail investment grants by almost half tameka. al-jazeera washington. the palestine liberation organization has moved to cut ties with

an amtrak crash kills two people in south carolina. how this accident could have been avoided. ( james ) and after the break... as the rebuilding begins after the firestorm... so does the crackdown on those looking to take advantage. how unlicensed contractors were busted in the north bay. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) . ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 ( james )( darya ) welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. rebecca:high pressure will remain in place near the west coast through the remainder of the week. this will keep unseasonably warm daytime temperatures across the region. long range forecast models remain dry through the middle of the month. no major hot spots. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. slow on wb 80 from the maze. and a major hot spot on wb 84 at the high rise cleared. jammed from the tolls ( darya ) an undercover sting nets 13- suspected unlicensed contractors -- all accused of trying to take advant

amtrak is said that based on that, its safety record is pretty good. but i have to say that the national transportation safety board, the federal authority which looks into accidents of the kind that happened in south carolina today, found a deficient culture, as it put it, when it looked into a recent derailment, back at the end of last year, and there are certainly concerned about safety levels, given, as they say, this being the third fatal incident of its kind within as many months. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: the only surviving suspect of the terror attacks that killed 130 people at the bataclan in paris goes on trial in belgium later on monday. salah abdeslam was captured in brussels four months after the french attacks in 2015. the charges he faces are not related to those attacks, but to a shootout with police while he was on the run in belgium. china has accused the united states of exaggerating beijing's nuclear strength, saying it needs to ditch what it calls a "cold war mentality". the statement comes aft

reporter: a chaotic scene after an amtrak train, fra transportig republican lawmakers to a retreat in west virginia crashed. they felt a jolt. >> you were not braced for it it was severe, throwing a head of people's head -- a lot of people's heads into the seats. reporter: carrying dozens of republican congress members, staff and family, when it slammed into a dump truck. the train was going about 70 miles for hour when the collision occurred. capital and g.o.p. doctors and nurses attended to the injuryd, including those in the severed dump truck, they performed cpr for several moments before highe died of his injuries, the other was taken to the help. >> not surprising that there was a fatality. >> house speaker paul ryan was a passenger, he was the not hurt, and updated president on the accident, most of those injuries suffered head and neck injuries. about a half dozen people were taken to air hospitals including minnesota representative, jason louis, who is under going standard concussion protocol. the train has returned to charlottesville, and the lawmakers are taken to the retre

only 12 were amtrak passengers. company admits they can do more. >> we need to do a better job, both investing in crossing technology so it's impossible to try to quote, beat the train, closed quote. >> in response questions about safety amtrak writes in part it is committed to maintaining an environment where employees are encouraged to report any unsafe condition. following investigation into 2015 crash, blasted amtrak for lacks attitude towards safety. wouldn't go that far after these recent crashes. >> are we willing to say there's a systemic issue with am track, no we're not. >> the trump administration proposed slashing amtrak subsidy subsidies by more than $600 million. congress is still debating that as they final budget deal. >> gabe thank you. >>> big talker of the morning. space enthusiast world over are still talking about that remarkable spacex launch on tuesday using the biggest rocket in the world. went off almost without a hitch. two of the three rockets even came back to earth. i mean that was amazi

amtrak tonight is calling this a "highly unusual mechanical event." all 52 passengers were uninjured and had to be moved to a different train. >> felt like we were almost dragging something. when i looked out the window, i could see a shower of sparks coming out the side of the train. >> reporter: this has been an unfortunate few weeks for amtrak. >> everything is everywhere. we wrecked on the train. >> reporter: these were calls for help just two days ago, after a train on its way to miami crashed head-on into a parked freight train sitting on the tracks in south carolina. >> there's babies on here bleeding out there heads. it's a lot of people hurt. >> reporter: amtrak is investigating the train this morning that broke in two. they say its speed could be as high as 125 miles an hour. david? >> steve osunsami with us tonight. thank you. >>> the deadly flu epidemic, and the new warning from authorities right here in new york city. the deaths of two children confirmed just this week. and in texas tonight, grief counselors brought in after a second grad

this is the latest deadly incident involving an amtrak train.in december, an amtrak train derailed near dupont, washington killing three.i'm kim hutcherson reporting. (jr stone) a local hospital was able to repurpose one of their flu tents to use as a triage center to treat the wounded. lexington county officals are estimating about 5-thousand gallons of fuel were spilled, but say that there is no threat to the greater public at this time. in other national news... president trump was golfing today in west palm beach ahead of his super bowl party held tonight at the trump international golf club. but he did sent out a tweet: "my thoughts and prayers are with all of the victims involved in this mornings train collision in south carolina. thank you to our incredible first responders for the work they've done!" (justine)ride share company uber will be in a san francisco court tomorrow -- details on the billion dollar lawsuit. coming up... much more on tonight's super bowl -- including a live report from minneapolis. (spencer) at&t has a network with thousands of best-in-class security expe

amtrak is calling it a mechanical issue. the incident comes after three deadly crashes that have involved amtrak trains in the past two months. a former official is now saying that amtrak would benefit from a safety stand down from a top to bottom. >>> another false alarm from the public alert system has congress asking how similar incidents can be avoided in the future. alerts went out to millions of mobile devices on the east coast warning of a tsunami watch. it turned out to be another false alarm and it was part of a test conducted by the national weather service.>> at the very least, we expect that the alerts that come to our devices are timely, accurate, and only sent when necessary.>> officials from fema and the fcc told the homeland security meeting that two-person validation has been effective for larger cities, but less so in rural areas were sinners are lightly staffed. the man who was responsible in a white has been fired, but it is unclear if anyone at the national weather service will face discipline.>>> an eng

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en menos de una semana, los dos accidentes que tienen que ver con trenes de amtrak, esta vez uno con destino miami chocÓ contra uno de carga en carolina del sur. al menos dos personas perdieron la vida y mÁs de 100 resultaron heridas.segÚn amtrak, la vÍa estaba conectada manualmente bloqueada, lo que hizo que se desviara hasta donde estaba estacionado el tren con mercancÍa. javier: a este accidente se unen otros, como el del 31 de enero en virginia, donde viajaba un grupo de legisladores republicanos. el tren chocÓ contra un camión de basura y dejÓ un muerto y varios heridos. ningÚn congresista le saliÓ afectado. carolina; el 18 de diciembre el aÑo pasado con un tren amtrak que viajaba de sea todo a por landa dejÓ tres personas sin vida y un centenar de personas lesionadas. javier: en 2016 un tren con mÁs de 100 pasajeros que iban a bordo y camino a nueva york, se descarrilÓ en pensilvania y le quitÓ la vida a dos trabajadores en la pista. las autoridades encontraron mÁs de 20 causas que contribuyeron a este fatal accidente. carolina: en otros temas, un acto de bondad