Wreckage strewn across a wide area. It is interesting that the front of the train is still intact on the track, but many carriages have come com pletely track, but many carriages have come completely off the track and one is hanging over the freeway, the interstate five which goes the full length of the west coast of america. More than 70 people have been treated in hospital. There are reports of several fatalities. We are still seeking confirmation on that. As for the cause of this derailment, we dont know. There is a lot of speculation locally that speed of the train might have had something to do with it. This was a new route for this train, day one. It was a new route designed to be faster on a railway previously used forfreight trains, faster on a railway previously used for freight trains, but improvements had been made to make it possible for passenger trains to follow this route. So that is clearly one of the lines of investigation. But the focus is still on the injured and getting people to safety. We dont know whether everyone has managed to escape from those carriages. We would hope so, more than a couple of hours after this development happened. As viewers have seen, there are no reports of any motorists deaths, which is extraordinary, looking at the scene. It is extraordinary when you consider that this was 7. 40 in the morning, rush hour. It is a very busy freeway. I am hearing that there are no serious injuries amongst motorists. It is early days, and often reports so early can prove to be wrong. But the early word is that most or perhaps all of the injuries and maybe the fatalities as well were people actually on the train, buti well were people actually on the train, but i stress we are still seeking confirmation. The governor of Washington State has declared a state of emergency in just two counties, the two counties affected by this area of rail. That is a procedure to release funds quickly for the Emergency Services to try to sort out the situation. The freeway itself could be closed for several days to clear the wreckage and so that the investigation can continue. Peter, thank you. Lets speak to someone peter, thank you. Lets speak to someone currently at the scene of the derailment, a tv reporter for a news network in seattle. Tell us what has been going on where you are . It has been a crazy morning for me because this is the first day of the new Amtrak Service from seattle to portland, oregon. It has been a big deal that amtrak has been talking about for weeks and has been in the works for more than a decade. I was on board the train that derailed. I got off the train ten minutes before it derailed, so it has been shocking. We have spoken to people who know the dead and injured, and has been difficult to process. Amtrak had added several miles of upgraded rail service here which allowed them to add more routes. So they added a 6am local time train, which today was the first day for it. And because of that, we were on the train to broadcast from the very first ride, and itjust broadcast from the very first ride, and it just so broadcast from the very first ride, and itjust so happened that the ride led to a derailment and several casualties. Frankly, i potentially escaped death by getting off the train when i did, just by chance. You had a lucky escape. You sound in the state of shock yourself. 0h, yeah, its tough to process. I am just sitting here, looking at this andi just sitting here, looking at this and i have been shaking for about four hours. I dont even know what time it is. There are people we were talking with this morning, wonderful people who were on Christmas Holidays or perhaps had the week off. Some people were commuters and heading to work. And there were many rail enthusiasts as well, who were excited about the new rail service and want to be part of history. And this has gone shockingly wrong. A number of agencies will have two a nswer to number of agencies will have two answer to what happened because there are a lot of questions now because a train has derailed over the busiest interstate in washington. You have clearly pick yourself up and carried on with the job of reporting. I suppose a lot of focus will be on the fact that this was the first day for this new passenger service. Absolutely. There will be a lot of questions. They opened a train station 20 miles from here which allowed them to expand their ability to run more routes. I dont know, you hate to speculate, but there are a lot of questions. 0ne but there are a lot of questions. One wonders if this ocean where the train derailed was maybe part of the new train tracks that they had just put in. We dont know that yet. I have asked Law Enforcement officials about and we are trying to get that confirmed one way or another. Also, how fast was the train travelling . There is a sign that says 30 mph. So we will see its bid was a factor in this. One extraordinary fact is that apparently, no motorists have been harmed. Yeah, that is incredible considering that this is the busiest highway in the state of washington. So its amazing that no motorists we re so its amazing that no motorists were hurt. I hope and pray for those good people, and you could tell they we re good people, and you could tell they were good people that we spoke to this morning. I have to run to do another tv report, but i appreciate you giving me a few minutes. And we appreciate your time. Alex rozier from king five news in seattle, many thanks. We will have more on this story, with president trumps speech on us security. Time for a look at the weather. We have fog on the way widely in england and wales. It will be central, southern and Eastern England that will get the widespread and dense fog forming. That is already starting to develop and it will just already starting to develop and it willjust get already starting to develop and it will just get worse already starting to develop and it willjust get worse overnight in many areas. But there is camping in from the west and further north across scotland and northern ireland. There is cloud coming in from the west. We could find not only fog, but freezing fog across the south east of the uk. The main mechanism for lifting the fog will be cloud, so things should improve in the midlands in central and southern england, but some fog could linger all day in the south east and east anglia. But milder further north and west. Temperatures could hit 14 degrees. Wednesday will not be as foggy. The weather front is very weak. Much milder to the south. Perhaps some sunshine in northern scotland. Youre watching beyond 100 days. Echoes of the cold war and a clash of global superpowers in americas new National Security strategy. President trump will lay out his vision for americas global role in the next few minutes with a focus on china and russia. This is the scene at washingtons Ronald Reagan building you can see mike pence, and he is like to introduce donald trump, who will expand on his policy of america first. Another big story this hour, a horrific train crash on the us west coast. Several people are dead after the train came off the tracks. Get in touch with us using the hashtag beyond100days. Hello and welcome im katty kay in washington and Christian Fraser is in london