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Before crashing in the shallow river below. A live look at taipei. At least 23 confirmed dead. America rack miraculously 13 found alive. Heading to the scene of that hoar risk crash on one of the nations busiest commuter railways. Officials say an suv drove on to the tracks. Crossing gates came out and the driver got out to look for damage. Got back in tried to drive off and was struck when the train hit her. Our goal is to find out not only what happened but really find out why it happened so that we can issue safety recommendations to try and keep this from happening again. Lets go to nbcs kate snow in valhalla new york. Kate the deadliest accident this railroad has ever seen . Reporter it is. This is the metro north railway, jose. It runs out of new york city to many different suburbs. This was a crowded train. More than 600 people on the train last night tum 7coming home out of Grand Central station on their way home as you say, the train struck and suv. All we know at this spointpoint, what you said. A woman driver pup and to the tracks. The gate came down behind her. Hit her car. Got out to look at the damage. Back in the car to try to move. The other gate in front of her, apparently couldnt get off the tracks in time. The train plowed into that suv. Pushed it 400 feet, more than football feed the car exploded in flames as did the first car of the passenger train. People described struggling to get out of the train. There was fire in the first car. There was smoke in the first few cars. People were helping each other out of windows. You can imagine. Just a terrifying scene here last night. As you say, the driver of that vehicle died along with five other people on the commuter train, and were now told that 15 people were injured. Some of them fairly seriously. Jose . Kate what does this mean for the commute this morning . Reporter well, its not pretty. For the commute this morning. This is a major artery into new york city. Hundreds and hundreds of people would normally travel on this which is called the harlem line going into new york city. People have been urged to take other train lines this morning on their commute. Theyve added some bus service to try to get people around. What you see behind me a dead stopped train. They still havent moved that train fully off the tracks. Its going to be a bad commute but the Bigger Picture is that last 23450i9night theyre lucky more werent injured or killed on the train. The mayor was surprised the fatality werent worst here looking at the damage. Jose . Thank you very much. Now to taiwan stunned drivers witnessing a terrifying scene. Careening out of the sky. Clips a taxi crashes into the river below sparking a massive river rescue scrambling to pluck survivors out of the water including children. Ian, its just after 10 00 p. M. There. An active rescue scene still . Reporter its a very active scene, jose. In fact, within the last hour theyve hoisted the main body the battered body of the plane, out of the river and are now looking for the 20 people still missing. According to local officials, 23 confirmed dead 15 survivors, but 20 its thought, still trapped inside that fuselage. Already the speculation what might have caused it. Taiwan broadcasters putting out a tape purported tos the captain, mayday mayday, mayday and speculating engine problems. Well, theyve recovered the black box very quickly, because the water was pretty shallow there. So the precise cause of the crash we should know pretty soon, and the other issue, which is of immense speculation is whether the pilot deliberately steered that aircraft into the river. Now, those pictures of the aircraft coming down almost impossibly close to apartment buildings before it clipped the edge of that bridge of that elevated roadway and cartwheeled into the river. There is speculation that he might have after the problem with the plane, was first seen that he might have maneuvered it deliberately that way, but the authorities cant confirm that but as of now its very late in the evening in taiwan theyre continuing the search with the fuselage now on the bank and out of that river, jose. Nbcs ian williams thank you so very much. We will of course keep a very close eye whats going on there in taiwan. 10 05 local time. Overnight developments in jordan where the government is fulfilling its promise of revenge following the news that a pilot held hostage by isis appears to have been burned alive. Just hours after the shocking video was released jordan executededs two convicted prisoners linked to al qaeda including sa jeed da al rishawi. It it appears the pilot might have been dead who was locked in a cage doused with fuel and set him on fire. President obama, who met with King Abdullah right after the video was released promised action. Its just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. And it i think, will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of a Global Coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated. All of this will certainly be primary points of discussion when ash carter the president s pick for defense secretary heads to the hill for his confirmation hearing less than 30 minutes from now. Richard engel, nbcs Foreign Correspondent in istanbul. Stunning developments. The last 24 hours shifted things around in the middle east. Reporter for jordan this is a national tragedy. Many in jordan had thought this day was coming. They thought that the captive jordanian pilot might be executed, but few thought it would be in a, in such a public and horrific way that he would be locked in a cage then doused with some sort of fuel and set on fire in front of a line of isis militants, and then the cage was bulldozed and buried with some debris. There is outrage in jordan. People are calling for military action. Jordan is promising revenge, and the jordanian government has already announced that it carried out two executions of prisoner who were already on death row. One of them that woman on death row that isis had said it was willing to exchange for the pilot. Ra jeed da al rishawi, a militant who failed in 2005 to detonate a suicide vest in an amman hotel. So this is something the jordanian government trying to balance. The desire and requests from the people for swift action for vengeance and figuring how far jordan can go with this. Richard engel in istanbul. Thank you for being with us. And i want to bring in an msnbc contributor, good morning. Good morning, jose. Its just a horrible situation. This pilot may have been murdered as early as the 3rd of january. So all of this was a bluff by ice tois seesis to see what they could get from jordan . Dont forget the two japanese hostages caught in this strange theater where isis had said they would release kenji goto and the other prisoner if al rishawi was released and they did it when they knew, in fact, the pilot had been killed. So its a bizarre macabre theater and it has changed the political scene in jordan. One of the things we werent reporting very well is that the king was in unstable territory with regards to this pilot and the perception throughout jordan that the kingdom was not doing enough. I shouldnt say the kingdom, but the government wasnt doing enough to secure the pilots release. And i think that this brutal spectacular killing has, in fact, completely changed the climate in jordan strengthened the kings hand and may well result in a much more kinetic and strong posture of jordan in this fight with isis. And jordan is promising, indeed, an earth dk shaking response, yet there are some jordanians, steve, blaming the government for dragging them into the fise with isis . Thats right. I think there were a lot of people that thought that you know jordan for a long time has been a sponge and brought into that country and hosted many of the refugees that have tried to escape syria, have escaped iraq and sought refuge and jord sn literally bursting at a seams with a heavy load what isitis carrying without a great deal of acknowledgement and support from the rest of the world what it has been doing. Thats exasperated tensions. Many jordanians think theyve done enough and issues were you isis going back and forth are not really theirs. Why are they jumping in allying with the United States . Ive said it before and say it cautiously. The king was not perceived to be a strong leader like his faufther king hussein. This may be his moment and that may, in fact, give confidence to the public in this fight with ice thais itsis that it didnt previously had. And you brought in the fact brought in refugees tens of thousands, more than any other per capita and thats not mentioned a lot. Talk about the american woman, steve, still head by isis. Yeah. Not a lot of talk about her. Is this is good thing or should we be kind of talking more about her . Its a good thing. I can say that that what can i say . I can say that the family has requested numerous media organizations not to talk about her publicly on the whole most of them are acknowledging that. Things are delicate with her particular situation. I happen to know a little bit about it and i they many media organizations have considered this and thus far have chosen not put her in greater peril by talking about her specifically. Steve, leave it at that. Shall we . Yeah. Thanks so much. Good to see you. Were just Getting Started on this hump day edition of the rundown. Still ahead, the president s pick to be the next defense secretary of the United States goes before lawmakers. We make you live to ash carters confirmation hearing on the hill. There you see the hall already ready. And politics of vaccinations and medical misinformation. Well set the record straight and break it down. The political debate and so much more, next. To me its really a slam dunk what the decision should be. This is far too serious an issue to be treated as a political football. People still die from measles. The president believes it shouldnt require a law for people to exercise common sense. Stouffers mac and cheese with real aged cheddar now in a convenient cup. New Stouffers Mac cups. Made for you to love. Curling up in bed with a Favorite Book is nice. But i think women would rather curl up with their favorite man. But heres the thing about half of men over 40 have some degree of erectile dysfunction. 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At Liberty Mutual we make filing a claim as stressfree as possible. See Car Insurance in a whole new light. Liberty Mutual Insurance the controversy surrounding vaccinations in the wake of the Measles Outbreak hitting a fever pitch this morning with new political reaction. The cdc weighing in and families across the country asking questions. First to the latest from the potential republican president ial candidate senator marco rubio and governor bobby jindal stressing the importance of vaccinations and ted cruz saying, the issue is largely silliness stirred up by the media. Cruz said children should be vaccinated but the issue has historically been left to the states to decide. Meanwhile, kentucky senator rand paul clarified earlier comments made showing a statement denying immunizations cause disorders and posted on twitter this picture of himself get akting a booster for a vaccine and getting reaction from the Obama Administration. We have over 100 cases of measles. Something we dont want to have a disease highly preventible through vaccination, and is highly contagious. And this is something we know what to do and we know how to do it. And vaccination is an essential part of that and thats what you continue to hear from all parts of the administration. Let me bring in senior Political Editor for nbc news mark murray and nbc news medical contributor dr. Natalie azhar. What do you make of the growing number of potential president ial candidates weighing in on measles . Well jose its two factors. One, all the measles cases across the country, thats raised the issue to where if youre a president ial candidate and have reporters in toe you have to answer some questions about what should end up happening. Of course, a lot of this happened after president obama gave his own interview to Nbcs Savannah Guthrie right before the super bowl in which he said look, everyone should end up gets vaccinated. The second reason why this has actually gotten so much attention is just the backlash to the answers, the initial answers that rand paul and Chris Christie ended up giving where Chris Christie ended up saying that vaccinations, yes, he would do that for his children but it ultimately is a parental choice. Chris christie had to back away and walk back the comments and rand paul suggesting on monday afternoon that vaccines hes heard of stories that could actually lead to mental disorders. Again, something he also walked back. So theres a lot of p. R. Here and a lot of walking back by candidates who really guestdidnt think would be part of the political right. There are certain elements of the right spectrum in american politics and also some on the left who believe in religious liberty or my body is a temple and i shouldnt be putting chemicals or other things into my body at all and you end up having those types of pressures that make it a more of an interesting political story than just a medical one. And dr. Azhar, talk medical. So much misinformation about the safety offy vaccinations and its leading to a lot of confusion. Separate fact from fiction for us about the measles vaccine, to begin with. Sure jose. This all stems from the late 90s, publication of a, an article by a british researcher which as soon as it was published, there became a lot, a lot of people put their Heads Together to see whether or not it was actually true. As early at 2001 cdc National Institutes of medicine very very highly regarded body of medicine looked into this. About ten years ago, one of the largest funded studds studies largely debunks the association between mmr and autism. Five years after that that original journal article was absolutely retracted from the british journal, one of the high left prestigious journals. We can safely say from the Scientific Community hawaii been large lay dismissed as a decade ago. That may all be true. Go do my Facebook Page or look at twitter feeds. There are hundreds of parents that say wait a second. Saying my body is my temple parents have been saying there are side effects of these things. I dont think its important to get my kid vaccinated because there may be some side effects that you doctors arent talking about . Right. Listen, i always go back to saying this. That theres no free lunch. You can get side effects from antibiotics sdpp that mean we should go back to a preantibach era . With medicine we rarely get such a slam dunk as dr. Fauci said a vaccine generally considered incredibly safer and incredibly effective. What are some of the side effects, possible side effects of this vaccine . Usually the side effects are related to the actual injunction. Flulike symptom et set virginia. Death or disability et cetera absolutely not. And the issue, again, is, when does personal liberty actually trump Public Safety . And Public Health concerns . I think thats really im obviously not going to be speaking to the political opportunism here but it plays into the discussion for us as well. So, doctor just to give us separating fact from fiction, measles is extremely dangerous, right . If you dont have a vaccine . It is. I think we want to reiterate to people, yes, a lot of people argue measles is a normal part of childhood infection, just like chicken pox was. For the majority of people thats probably true but, remember before we had widespread vaccination, 400 to 500 people every single year died from this not to mention the poor children who can suffer from encephalitis neurological problem, if thats your child you would think twice how dangerous measles really is. Dr. Natalie azhar, thank you both appreciate your time. Next hour on the rundown, joined by dr. Fauci, director of the university of allergy aroundfection diseases. After the break, well zoom through the days other stories including a fwhift the death of an argentinean prosecutors and boston streets cleared as fans getting ready for the patriots victory parade. It will take place just up the road in Downtown Boston at 11 00 a. M. Lots of snow up there in miami expecting 72 and sun i believe. Its chilly, too. Start the interview with a firm handshake. Firm, but not too firm. Make eye contact. Smile. Ay,no dont do that try new head shoulders instant relief. 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Meteorologist bill karins is tracking at least two more snow systems before the beginning of next week and out west california getting muchneeded rain from the latest Pineapple Express system to move in. Heavy rain could continue through friday. After two days of delays due to weather, jury selection in the trial of accused Boston Marathoner marathon bomber Dzhokar Tsarnaev resumed today. His Defense Attorneys are also not giving up on trying to get the trial moved out of massachusetts. Yesterday arguing the jewishury selection made it clear their client is guilty. Well keep you posted. Live to capitol hill where the hearing room is buzzing in the confirmation hearing for ash carter to be there he is in the next defense secretary, about to get underway. Expected to be approved but could face a grilling on issues like isis. Jim miklaszewski joins me next for that, and more. 73 of americans try. To cook healthy meals. Yet up to 90 fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. 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A member of the d. O. D. Under president s obama and clinton, awarded the president s, departments distinguish medal four times and expected to be kwernl confirmed but not brr being questioned on everything from isis to terrorists and russian aggression. Jim miklaszewski what are we expecting today . Reporter you mentioned, former secretary of defense, considered brilliant. Essentially ran the pentagon during both panettas and part of hagels administration here at pentagon. Considered a brilliant intellect and will be easily confirmed. So this hearing is not so much about the confirmation of Ashton Carter to be secdef for a review and critique of the Obama Administrations military and Foreign Policy. As weve seen here this morning already, senator john mccain now chairman of the senate armed Services Committee has probably bun one of the most outspoken, harshest critics of the administration on things like the withdrawal of all forces or almost all forces from afghanistan. Hes criticized the Obama Administration for its conduct of the war against isis. He believes that Ground Troops must be involved. Not he alone, also many within the military community, that air strikes alone cannot defeat isis there in iraq and, of course then theres the issue of ukraine. Mccain again, has been a stalwart supporter of providing heavy weapons to the ukrainians against those russian separatists backed of course by vladimir putin. If theres any fireworks it wont be directed anyway at ash c. A. R. T. But carter but the white house. Listen in for a few seconds. As our nations 24th secretary of defense. Chuck hagel is a patriot and honorable Public Servant and during his leadership of the pentagon the men and women of our Armed Services have had a true ally who always put their interests first. This committee wishes chuck the best in his future endeavors. Dr. Carter even in the best of times the position for which you have been nominated is one of the most challenging in government. So id like to thank you your wife stephanie and your children will and ava for being here today, and for loaning you to our nation in service once again. Dr. Carter is one of americas most respected and experienced defense professionals. He has served as assistant secretary of defense for Global Strategic Affairs under secretary of defense for Acquisition Technology and logistics. Were going to be keeping a very close watch on this hearing today. As you can see, its kind of just getting under way with the thanks to family and friends. But i wanted to dig a little deeper into the biggest issues facing ash carter at his confirmation hearings today. That includes the fight with isis. Im joined now by Pennsylvania Democratic senator bob case cochairman of the wmd terrorism caucus. Senator, thanks for being back with me. Good to see you. Good to see you, jose. Thank you. In the wake of this gruesome video, the president said we will redouble our efforts to defeat isis. Is there more we could or should be doing . I think, jose were at the beginning of what i think is going to be a long process. A multiyear process to as the president had said degrade and defeat isis. This is not going to be weeks or months. We have to be honest about that number one. Number two is the president and secretary of state kerry and the administration have put together a very strong coalition. Some 60 countries, and thats a singular achievement. Just getting that coalition to Work Together and have a Strategic Focus day in and day out, month to month, is going to be difficult and still in the early stages but having that in place can be very important. Thats eveshlssentialessential. Not only do we need help. We cant just go into another engagement and start putting combat troops on the ground as some might suggest, but we have to make sure the coalition works and especially in hosh hosh horror we saw in the last 24 hours. It means in folks in the arab world and folks in the middle east who may not have been fully engaged yet, i think youll see much mov more of a focus. Listen to what senator mccain had to say on morning joe whether the u. S. Should send troops to fight against isis. Im very much in favor of forward air controllers, special forces some embedded trainers and others that literally make the difference between a fighting force thats capable and one that is not. That does not mean as the president always sets up the straw man, massive american troops. Senator, do you think its not reasonable to consider the possibility of sending folks, like special forces that could help pinpoint the Bombing Campaign so it would become much more effective . I dont think theres any question there are folks that make a very strong case that you, youve got to have got to have a lot of training and you also have to have forces that would support an air campaign. So i think there could be a lot of Common Ground there, but, jose this is one of the reasons why, one of the many reasons why, we need a debate in the house and senate on the authorization for the usa of military force. We cant keep going back to authorizations from more than decade now. Even though you could legally justify it, maybe. We need to make sure we have a debate and votes on the authorization for the usa ofe of force so its clear why were doing this from a constitutional point of view but also evaluate the strategy and have a real debate. The only way to vote intelligently, Congress Needs to vote is with a good and robust debate. Senator bob casey, thanks for being with me this morning. Always a pleasure. Thank you. After the break, the politics of pit bull. 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Buzzfeeds editor of latino coverage and political reporter is the guy on the pitbull beat. He is i guess, buzzfeeds mr. 305. He is with me now. Good morning. Thanks for having me jose. So is this Republican Party in florida saying pitbull, i know you want me . Whats going on here . Well they want to turn a negative into a positive. You might remember as you saw that pitbull supported obama in 2012, but what republicans say is that hes more of an issues guy on education. You know . School choice. Hes an entrepreneur. They say that rather than a partisan guy hes an issues guy and trying to bring him over. The other day republican strategist ana navarro at a party with pitbull in miami. Must have been a good crowd and basically said she was trying to sell him on jeb. Professional negligence not to. Well thats very interesting. I can only imagine those parties. Explain to me the power of pitbull . I mean not only to florida. This guy is huge . Huge when you talk to his people they make it clear. Theyre serious when talking about the mr. Worldwide thing. But she mr. 305. Look, any campaign any politician is looking for something that is local. Right . You know theres candidates are always looking for surrogates and usually theyre these serious activists and Community Organizers who wouldnt want to be introduced as obama was in 2012 by pitbull . You say you talked to his people. How many people does he have . I think a lot of people jose. I figured. Why are democrats confident he wont go republican . I mean you had one Democratic Congressional aide told me you know pitbull is siding with antiimmigrant party jie cant picture that with a kodak. Everybody was having a blast making pit bull references but democrats basically say seriously that latinos are in the camp of republicans and tough for republicans to get not only pitbull but latino voters back in their camp. Pitbull actually responded to your story. What did he say . If you want to give me your what did he say . This is what he said. Basically, he said im not here to be part of any Political Parties. Here to bring Political Parties to my taert because they cant, wont, never will stop the pitbull party, dale. For a moment i thought i was listening to pitbull. Thank you. I worked on it. Give me a dale before you go. Dale thank you for being on with me. Thank you. Thanks, buddy. A serious story, but, you know. Pit bull its bad. Bad form. Thanks buddy. After the break, talking about a new Television Show thats getting a lot of attention. Fresh off the boat is a comedy that focuses on an asianAmerican Family that moves into a White Orlando suburb. Talking why this is so important, next. Huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know pinocchio was a bad motivational speaker . I look around this room and i see nothing but untapped potential. You have potential. You have. Oh boy. 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Weighs the possibility of arming ukraines military as it fights russianbacked rebels. Secretary of state john kerry discussing options with ukrainian leaders when he travels to kiev tomorrow. And talk about this part of the world. Do you think the u. S. Will eventually arm the rebel theres . Is it a good idea to do so . Its tilting in the direction of providing some support and assistance to the rebels and the sort of political intelligence is tilting that way. I have big concerns. I agree with Henry Kissinger in a Senate Hearing said im uneasy about beginning a process of military engagement without knows where it will lead us and what well do to sustain it. Hes raising a cautionary flag this could well lead to a greater escalation with rush with very unclear objectives at a point where the russian economy is imploding, the combination of the sanctions and 50 a barrel oil are crippling russia. It begins to asked question of what do you achieve and what do you risk by doing this . And siloing the ukraine problem. U xrankraine is not a member of nato and raises fundamental questions how far were willing to go in creating a change in equal lib bree sum a placeum across from moscow. Talk about not backing down on is it so important for russia geopolitically . From putin he is perspective, he sees the challenges against the United States and the west as appropriate and important in defending russias national interest. That the e. U. Trade deal, the economic deal with russia was a point too far. The things that weve done before with kosovo recognition before russia was are points that russia saw as points of humiliation that were beginning to threaten its own interest. Of course we see it radically differently and we want to see lub liberty, free choice open markets, dont understand why they have resistance towards them. Russia is a rich nation a nucleararmed nation and more paranoid about its borders and a sense of encirclement by the United States and the west. I think its that, that russia and putin is playing to. Hes playing to his domestic citizenry that want a strong leader. His popularity despite the economic challenges in the country continues to soar over these sorts of challenges in the west. Then you have the ukrainian people who fought many died to get rid of someone who was essentially proputin and theyre asking for, through their votes, to be able to have a different way forward. Are they alone in the world . Is no one going to help them . No one is there. We try to create white hats and black hats in this situation. I certainly feel for all of the brave citizens that have fought for their liberty inside ukraine and what is happening in Eastern Ukraine is very messy. That said ukraine is geographically in the armpit of russia. It is stuck there and it is something we need to deal with. Ukraine made a choice not to get on a nato track. There are differences between what the west can do for a nato member and what it cant. President obama has been very judicious about saying that we would not enter militarily into this conflict in fear of creating a greater escalation with russia that could go global and could have staggering and unexpected ramifications in other places. So these are not quick binary decisions we should be making or making them emotionally. Russia is a different kind of global stakeholder than many other problems and challenges we have. Lets talk about another problem and challenge we have. We see whats going on in jordan after the horrific burning alive of one of their pilots and their reaction this morning by executing two people on death row. Do you see that in any way changing the i think it certainly changes the notion. I mean you have to sort of put it in a context of allies in the region. The man they just killed was very popular in jordan from a prominent tribe and all of those tribal leaders throughout the region not just in jordan are now inflamed and these are sunnis. And to a certain degree this helps dramatically stiffen and strengthen the resolve within at least jordan add probably beyond to finally begin pushing back in isis. To some degree sought groups and other al qaeda affiliates and isis as basically defending them and tea fending their interests from this rise of sheism. This is a big change on the ground in places like jordan and probably further. Steve, thanks for being with me. Thank you, jose. Were keeping a close watch on the confirmation hearing. Bring you the latest as it develops. A new modern family is coming to television. Its taking it in a new direction. The last time an Asian American family was featured on Network Television was in 1994. Allamerican girl. But thats all about to change. Tonight, theres a big difference. Here is msnbcs richard liu. Not blackish. Daddy is scaring me. If network tv has it right, todays American Family is not what it used to be. Upper middle class and africanamerican. 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The recovery of the plane continues in taipei where its now 11 00 p. M. Ill talk to a pilot about the footage in moments. I want to go to adam reese in valhalla new york. Adam, good morning. Theres a lot of Unanswered Questions this morning as investigators trying to get to the bottom of this horrific crash. Reporter good morning to you, jose. Ntsb investigators on their way here this morning to the scene to find out what caused the crash that killed six people and injured 15. Some of them very seriously. You can see the car, the jeep over my shoulder. She was attempting to cross over at the intersection when the gate came down according to an eyewitness. She got out of her car to lift the gate got back into her car attempting to cross over at the intersection and thats when the train slammed into her pushing her more than 400 feet down the tracks. Now, the train never derailed. It stayed on the tracks. Now, investigators will be looking into that gate and whether or not the train was going too fast. Now, at the same time the third rail punctured the first car sparking a fire. There was lots of smoke and fire in the cabin. Passengers rushed to get out. Some punching through the windows to get out. Governor cuomo was quite surprised that there werent for casualties at the scene. Investigators will be looking at eyewitnesses x looking to see if theres any videos and of course looking for the recorders on the train. They expect to be here for five to seven days and their analysis could take a total of 12 months. Jose . Adam, its been a rough couple of years for metronorth. Reporter there was an accident in december of 2013. Four People Killed. The conductor, apparently was in a daze. There was some talk of maybe that he had sleep apnea. So, yes, there is a record on the mta here of several accidents in the last few years. Msnbcs adam reese. Thank you so very much. I want to take you to taiwan where terrified drivers in taipei witnessed this. A trans asia plane falling from the sky. Clipping an elevated roadway before landing in the river. Nbcs ian Williams Joins us from beijing with the latest. Ian, its just after 11 00 p. M. Now. Whats the latest . Hi jose. Rescue workers have now hoisted the battered fuselage of that plane out of the river. Theyve told us their latest figures are 23 dead. But 20 people still unaccounted for. That plane cartwheeling dramatically into the river late this morning. This dramatic dashcam video appears to show the last moments of the trans asia flight. Clipping an elevated roadway before crashing in the shallow river below. Emergency rescue teams soon converged on the partially submerged fuselage barely up in the water. 58 passengers and crew trapped below. Debris was scattered nearby. One of the first to be pulled from the crippled plane was a small child. One of two believed to be on board. The frenchbuilt turbo prop was only nine months old. 31 mainland chinese were among the passengers. It had just taken off from the smaller of taipeis two airports on a short domestic flight. The airport lost contact shortly before 11 00 in what had been a stormy morning, though it was relatively clear at the time of takeoff. Local Television Showed the damage to the overpass. The aircraft appeared to just barely miss nearby apartment buildings. But its not clear whether the pilot deliberately steered the stricken plane into the river in an attempt to avoid greater disaster. Its the Third Largest carrier. This was the second disaster in six months. Another atr 72 crashed last july killing 48 people. Reporter there is speculation tonight, jose that the plane might have suffered a catastrophic engine failure. Broadcasters in taiwan have been playing whats purported to be a recording of the captain saying mayday mayday mayday. We cant confirm that. But its on a website. Because that river is pretty shallow, they have quickly recovered the black box. So we should know quite soon precisely what did bring that plane down in such a dramatic way today, jose. Nbcs ian williams. Thank you so very much. I want to bring in msnbc aviation analyst john cox. Good morning. Good morning, jose. Pretty extraordinary, isnt it, for investigators to have that kind of footage trying to figure out exactly what happened . The video will certainly help the investigators along with the digital flight data recorder. They should have a clear indication of what happened in short order, meaning a few days. And weve actually isolated part of the dramatic footage, the taxi and part of the bridge. Tell me what you see here. One of the things that i noticed very quickly is the airplane is under control to a point. And then once it starts to roll the roll is unarrested which means probably the crew couldnt stop it. This is consistent with an engine loss event which they report if the airplane is allowed to get a little bit too slow. The rutter can no longer provide enough authority and i suspect, based on the flight path of the wreckage, that this is something the investigators are going to look at very very carefully. So if its really kind of losing any control, once it goes on its side, what it shows, it seems to show is that the pilots were able to at least keep it under control as they were passing by these apartment complexes. It would have been just even more devastating had that plane crashed into the apartment complexes. Oh, it certainly would have been even a greater catastrophe than it is if they would have hit the apartment buildings. Whether they had control of it or not is something the investigators will have to look at very carefully. The video, its a little bit hard to tell. But its clearly the fact that they report a problem with the airplane and once that roll starts, the ability to stop it is open to question. Thats where the investigators are going to look first. What kind of information can you glean from the black boxes . First, the cockpit voice recorder will record the conversations between the pilots so if there is an engine loss the discussion and what they do to deal with that engine loss the airplane is capable of flying on one engine. It also has Automated Systems that help it reduce drag. Did those systems work as they should have and did the pilots do anything that may have inhibited those Automatic Systems . Thats what the cockpit voice recorder is going to tell us. The digital flight data recorder will give us the parameters of flight, how the engines were operating, the airspeed the altitude and other systems, including the autopilot and so fort that may how they all functioned in the seconds before the accident. And john, the fact that the plane had recently taken off, in other words, it wasnt midflight, does that tell you anything a at all . Is that relevant . Its going to be relevant because engine losses right after takeoff are a bit harder to handle than in cruise or during descent. The reason being is because youre requesting and demanding more power out of each of the two engines. If you have one that fails, then you have an asymmetry or a difference between the power from one side of the airplane to the other. That causes adverse handling characteristics and the pilots that are trained to handle this are required to make large rutter inputs and fly the airplane very carefully. So takeoff is a time when it is the most critical time if you do lose an engine. It was a new plane. What do we know about that plane . The atr is a longestablished airplane. It has a very very good track record. Its one of the more modern ones that they produce. I think it was an 72600. This was a new plane, a tested design. Its a wellknown safe airplane. Its flown all over the world in all kinds of conditions. These pilots look at that 6900 hours for one and the main pilot had 4900 hours flying experience. John cox, thanks for being with me. Appreciate it. My pleasure jose. Good to see you. Likewise. Coming up this hour were going to head were going to get hearing from doctors and ntsb investigators on that deadly train crash in the new york city suburbs. Plus, the vaccination debate now hitting fever pitch as the Measles Outbreak continues to grow. Dr. Anthony fauch i of the National Institute of health joins us next live to discuss what we all need to know. First, a live picture of the line of buses carrying the new England Patriots heading for Downtown Boston and their super bowl victory parade scheduled in less than an hour. Live report coming up later on. And aleve is proven to work better on pain than tylenol arthritis. So why am i still thinking about this . 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Christie refused to take questions from reporters yesterday after setting off a political firestorm with comments he made earlier in the week about vaccinations. The New York Times also publish publishing an article about trips the governor has taken saying he enjoys luxury benefits while others pay the bill. Msnbcs correspondent kasie hunt is in washington this morning. How are you . Im doing well. How are you . Im wondering how the governor feels he did. Did this trip do any good more good or more harm than good . Well jose you have to remember the stakes for him were a little bit lower than they were for, say, mitt romney, when he traveled abroad during his president ial campaign as the republican nominee and made several missteps that cast him in a negative light. I think, if anything if this trip did represent an opportunity for christie to portray himself as someone who can stand on a stage thats bigger than the one he stands on in new jersey then he passed up that opportunity with what happened with these scenes. He waded into that debate at home. We were all focused on that. I will say he didnt make any mistakes in sort of the Foreign Policy arena. Its not as though he came over and offended his hosts as romney did or made a major diplomatic faux pas that will follow him in that regard. It seems like this trip got sort of off the rails and into a place that they didnt necessarily want it to go. Mentioned this New York Times report about the governor. What does it say . Relwell, that report is potentially part of the reason he declined to take questions from reporters on his third day in the u. K. His camp wouldnt kwonconfirm that. You saw a few moments ago in particular, he took basically an all expenses paid trip to jordan that was paid for by the king and thats something, if he were actually president of the United States would not be allowed under the law because of the conflict of interest. It also sort of outlined a broad pattern of his interest in Luxury Travel and gifts and allowing others around him to pick up the tab. Thats the kind of story that could follow him through a potential president ial run. Now, again, that would be illegal if you were president. But was it illegal as he was governor . If he were president. Governor. He stayed within the law. The question its more about sort of this broad question of whether this sort of conduct is something that would work for him over the course of a president ial campaign. Kaisie pleasure to see you. Nice to see you, jose. As the fight over vaccines continues, federal Health Officials face tough questions from lawmakers about the current Measles Outbreak and the flu vaccine as well. Leaders from National Institutes of health and centers for Disease Control and prevention testified before a house subcommittee yesterday. Joining me now is the director of the National Institute of allergy and infectious diseases. Doctor, good to see you. Good to see you. You testified at this hearing. But first weve gotten massive reaction from our Facebook Page for example, to the measles and the vaccine controversy. Many parents, doctor, have questions about it. Whats your advice to them . Well the advice is to take a look at the scientific data, the evidencebased information that measles vaccination is one of the most highly effective vaccines for any virus that we have. Measles is a potentially serious disease with complications that we have experience with. This is a very very safe vaccine. All of the misinformation about complications have proven to essentially be untrue. And so when you want to make a decision all of the evidence overwhelmingly points to the benefit of vaccination, not only for your child but for the societal benefit of protecting those children who cant be vaccinated for one reason or other. Either babies who are from birth to 12 months old or children with diseases such as leukemia. So if the parents take a look at the information, you can make a rational decision that the data strongly strongly urge for vaccination. Now, youre saying its effective against measles. A lot of parents are fearing or some may fear it may be effective against measles but may have a side effect that could hurt their children. And thats exactly what i just said. The overwhelming Scientific Evidence indicates that it is a safe vaccine. Years ago, there was misinformation put out that the mmr was associated with increased in the incidence of autism. That information has been proven to be completely incorrect by multiple independent scientific bodies. In fact not only incorrect, but fraudulent by the person who made those reports early on. So the idea of adverse effects that would mitigate against getting vaccine are just not true. Its a very safe vaccine. Buzz feed by the way, has a new article about a growing number of pediatricians around the country who are refusing to see unvaccinated patients in an effort to protect the rest. They say their zero tolerance policy will protect vulnerable patients in their waiting rooms. Whats your reaction to that . I can understand why pediatricians are doing that. The fact is that measles is a highly, highly contagious disease. It is extraordinary that if a person who is infected with measles has the average of infecting 11 to 18 other people its clearly an airborne respiratoryborne virus that hangs around for a couple of hours after a person coughs or sneezes. Its the kind of virus that can very easily infect Vulnerable People who have not been vaccinated. Thats the reason why pediatricians, some pediatricians are really taking a hard stance against that. Do you think there should be a federal law that everybody has to vaccinate their kids against measles for example . Well i cant comment on federal law versus local. But traditionally, the local Health Authorities have been the ones responsible for example, creating criteria of admission to Public Schools and requiring the having a set of vaccinations. That traditionally has been the case. Whats happened over the years, there have been a number of exemptions particularly things like philosophical exemptions about getting vaccinated. Thats, i think, the thing thats under discussion now about the degree of that which is created a cohort of a reasonably High Percentage in certain regions of the country of babies who have not been vaccinated and that really is the trouble because what we have with the outbreaks is overwhelmingly among unvaccinated children. Thank you dr. Fauci. Thanks for being with us. Thank you. The other stories making news today, including more snowstorms on the east coast and a super soaker rain system heading for the west coast. Get this one baby with three genetic parents. The u. K. Becoming the first country in the world to allow whats being called a pioneering in vitro fertilization method. The details coming up on the rundown. The bold nissan rogue, with intuitive allwheel drive. Because winter needs a hero. Now get 0 financing or up to 1,000 back on the 2015 nissan rogue. Nissan. Innovation that excites. 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And a live look now on capitol hill where the president s nominee for defense secretary, ash carter is facing tough questions in the confirmation hearing. Well have more on this. [cat meows] meow, meow, meow, meow. Its more than just a meal its meow mix mealtime. With great taste and 100 complete nutrition, its the only one cats ask for by name. Weve been keeping a close eye on nash carters confirmation hearing. Hes been asked about a number of topics including asia ukraine and the president s strategy to fight isis in iraq. Its my understanding that in coming months the Iraqi Security forces assisted by us will take back territory from isil. I think youre right. Its important to get that territory back soon because you dont want them to settle in and you dont want the population to settle in to having isil rule them in their barbaric way. Joining me now, Barry Mccaffrey and msnbc military analyst. General, a pleasure to see you. Good to be with you, jose. What can you tell us about ash carter and how he might change the way the u. S. Is dealing with for example, isis. I worked with him earlier years. I think hes a superb nominee. This guy is brilliant. Hes got good judgment. Hes reasonably nonpartisan. He knows everything about the pentagon. He was dr. Bell perrys associate dealing with north korea over the years. I think were very fortunate to have a guy of his caliber come in for the last two years. Talk to me about this fight against isis. I mean what they did with this jordanian pilot is just beyond everything theyve been doing is horrible. But burning a man alive. You know jordan seems to be changing now. Do you see that this battle is now going to change as a consequence of what we saw . Im not too sure that this is a material change. These people murdered hundreds and hundreds of captured syrian soldiers. Theyve done the same thing against tribesmen in iraq. Its a brutal murderous organization. Theyre mostly murdering other sunni muslims and then when they get their handson them shiite muslims. Its unsurprising that they remain a cancer in the middle of this region. Their idea is to unite the sunni populations in theyre well on the way. Theyre doing effective work. When theyre doing effective work, how do you fight them . How do you beat them . How do you destroy them . Occasionally theyre stupid. I think burning this poor courageous young pilot alive was certainly one of them. This is not the way islam is a religion of peace in general. This is a huge mistake. It was a prominent jordanian tribesman. Theyve done other stupid things. They massed on kobane. They pounded these people in open desert. They were such an attractive target until finally he broke them. So im not too sure theyve got very decent decisionmaking. What they do have though is they have scared the bee jeeb is out of the iraqi army and to some extent the syrian army. The terror has worked to their benefit in many ways. Its odd that they would have, as some say, maybe killed this jordanian pilot on the 3rd of january and held this tape for a month almost as theyre negotiating negotiating, supposedly for the release of jordanian prisoners. So it seems as though they didnt release this at the spur of the moment. They thought about this. Yes. On the issue of iraq and in syria, they havent really lost a lot of the ground they have and they have had for some time right . Other than kobane. Thats right. To be honest its going to be very very difficult for either the syrians or the iraqis to confront them. Iraq has a huge problem. Theyve got to get back the city of mosul. A gigantic city. Isil is wellentrenched there. The iraqi army 25 of it ran off and left tanks and blackhawk helicopters and hundreds of millions of dollars of cash. So i think isil remains a potent threat. Theyve got several thousand foreign fighters primarily european but also maybe a couple of dozen americans which ought to concern all of us. Theyre going to for sure end up reinfiltrating both europe and the United States. Something we got to take into account. Theyre not a threat to our existential existence as a country. But they darn sure are dangerous people. Were going to have to confront them over the coming five years. General mccaffrey thank you so much for being with me this morning. Good to be with you, jose. Turning to a potentially risky scramble over how to fund the department of Homeland Security and the first big test for Mitch Mcconnell as Senate Majority leader. Lawmakers are back at square one after democrats united to block the funding bill because it gutted the recent action on immigration. Now the department that protects the u. S. Against terrorism and secures the borders is set to run out of money in 23 days. Nbcs luke russert is watching it for us on capitol hill. Luke, good morning. Where are we heading from here . Thats a good question jose. It seemed that Mitch Mcconnell and the Senate Republican leadership want to reintroduce the bill that failed yesterday to essentially say to the country, look, democrats are obstructing this bill theyre using the filibuster against us which mcconnell used so well in his time in minority. The idea is perhaps, once this bill goes down again today, because republicans are trying to make a confrontational stand against the president regarding that immigration order you mentioned, perhaps they would take out language in the bill controversial for republicans which was the repeal of the language from 2012 which allowed the children of immigrants to came here through no fault of their own not to be deported. That wont go anywhere because they vowed to block that. They want a kleenex tension of the department of Homeland Security. This seems to be the d. C. Political food fight, House Republicans waiting for the senate to move before they do anything. But the issue at hand here jose, is put this in the context of whats happening around the world. You had the news about that fighter from jordan burned alive yesterday. The department of Homeland Security, the agency that essentially keeps this country safe, is slated to run out of money on february 27th over a fight regarding immigration, which has nothing to do with in terms of Homeland Security as the way they see it especially when you see a lot of the money going through Border Security that come out through the funding of that bill. So youre going to have a very interesting predicament the republicans find themselves in. Theyre already starting to hear calls from democrats saying look you want to defund the department of Homeland Security to make a stink about immigration and you have isis doing horrific things in the middle east . The question is how long can they hold out. One last thing, jose. There are some on the republican side say, you know what its not a big deal if the department is not funded through february after february 27th then it runs out. We know there are essential personnel. We saw that in 2013. You could in theory have if the department runs out of money, despite still going onment Border Patrol agents. Other important people who work for the department of Homeland Security putting their lives on the line and not getting paid because, in theory there would be a shutdown. What about a c. R. Which is what they do when they cant agree on anything. Continuing resolution and temporary funding measure. That could in fact happen and maybe that does happen because realize if you put your life on the line, you should be paid. Right now, democrats are really trying to use the procedural tactics they once called to be obstruction and saying look well accept nothing but a clean funding because we dont want immigration politics drawn into the department of Homeland Security politics. Where it goes is unclear. Its going to be a more serious phenomenon where americans think i am secure or is this fight over immigration prohibiting that, jose . Luke russert on capitol hill thank you. Good to see you. Take care. As Congress Tries to figure out what to do next president obama is set to meet with immigrants in the white house. In a few minutes he will meet with a group of young people dreamers, in the oval office. Able to stay in the u. S. Because their parents brought them here when they were young. They fall under part of the president s executive actions known as the deferred action for childhood chris, good morning. I dont think the timing is a coincidence, is it . You could be right about that jose. The president has a message he wants to get out and its a direct response in many ways to what we saw with the vote and what we were talking to luke about. Hes going to have six dreamers here from all around the country, texas, maryland nevada, new york virginia. They have personally compelling stories. Theyre going to college, hoping to support their families. One of them has won a National Leadership award. Well hear from the president making the argument that first of all, just by their own rights, they should be here that they are good for this country. The second argument hes going to make is what you just heard from luke. Is this really a fight you want to have over immigration when our National Security is at stake . Just yesterday afternoon after meeting with the department of Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson talked about the impact that it would have if there was not money flowing for dhs. The same kind of strategy we saw yesterday when the president surrounded himself with a group of letter writers who had benefited from obamacare on the same day that the republicans held yet another vote to get rid of obamacare and they told personally compelling stories. The white house thinks they have a winning hand to play on this one in part because it doesnt make sense for them in a time when were seeing what were seeing with isis to try to take money away from the department of Homeland Security. But also because when he signed this executive order, as you well know because you followed it so closely, jose our nbc wall street journal polls showed support for the president s executive action over whechling support in africanamericans and hispanic communities supporting it in i think 60 . 70 . This is a case that the president thinks he can make very strongly and hes going to do it today surrounded by six dreamers jose. Thank you very much. Good to see you. 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An interesting opening shot in this 2016 campaign. You have this week being consumed by the vaccines issue. He hasnt said anything as of now . He has not. Hes one of the few candidates not to weigh in yet. While he was planning his big 2016 rollout, this isnt an issue he thought would dominate the headlines. But it is likely hell have to address it at some point because everyone is putting out statements. Initially, you saw the confusion with christie and rand paul starting to come out initially skeptical of Vaccine Mandates and then sort of changing their position as the day went on. Most recently you saw marco rubio and bobby jindal saying theres no reason not to get vaccinated. I think thats where the wind is blowing on this issue for both parties. Thank you very much benji for being with us. Its confirmed that bush will be part of a slew of republicans visiting iowa shortly. Who knew huh . Pretty obvious. Back now to one of the big stories of the day, that train crash in new york that killed six people. Were waiting to hear from the ntsb any minute now as they investigate the crash which we believe was caused by jeep that got stuck on the tracks. There you see it. People getting their situations the camera men setting up the mikes on the podium. It sounds like a drivers worst nightmare. As nbcs jeff rossen explains it happens more often than you may think. Right now officials are investigating the deadly crash in upstate new york trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. There was a loud bam like an explosion type thing. Once we jumped off on the side there was another explosion. And its happened before. Check out this dramatic video from inside a train crash just outside of orlando last may. That demolished a new sports coupe. It stalled on a Railroad Crossing before the gates came down. The driver got out with seconds to spare. Just last month in houston, a mother father and six children escaped injury when this Freight Train struck their car and another across it. Officers say the conductor sounded several times but the two cars didnt move in time. In glendale california, an suv stuck on the tracks caused this commuter train to derail. Hitting trains on both sides of it. Killing 11 people. Almost like a pretzel. I came off the chair and i was tumbling in the aisleway. According to the federal railroad administration, more than 230 people were killed in nearly 2100 collisions nationwide last year alone. Vehicles stopped on the tracks for any number of reasons. From mechanical failure to intentional thrillseeking. What if you get stuck on the tracks . Experts say you should be aware that trains cannot stop quickly. So dont expect them to stop on a dime. Get everyone out and immediately off the tracks. Leave your possessions in the car. Dont take anything with you. And once youre out, experts say you should actually run toward the direction of the oncoming train off to the side. It may seem counterintuitive, but youre actually running away from the collision site and any flying debris from your car. Jeff rossen thank you so very much. Fans are lining the streets in boston to celebrate super bowl champs. The new England Patriots. There you see the live shot of the buses. First, in the true spirit of friendly rivalry, look at some of new yorks biggest and best parades in the last year. Stouffers mac and cheese with real aged cheddar now in a convenient cup. New Stouffers Mac cups. Made for you to love. How much money do you have in your pocket right now . I have 40 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. 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I dont know if youre able to see some of the big snow banks here. Weve gotten 40 inches of snow or so in the past. A lot of folks are critical for mayor marty walsh on holding this parade where some people are getting cleaned out from their neighborhoods and kids just getting back to school. It took me three hours to make it to Downtown Boston a trip that should usually take 50 minutes. I passed a lot of frustrated drivers coming here. This is an exciting day for the boston metro area. Theyre called the new England Patriots because they draw fans from all over new england. I would imagine there are folks from connecticut, rhode island delaware perhaps all the way down from vermont and new hampshire. This is a big day for the city their fourth super bowl championship. Ron mott, thank you very much. Enjoy it. As the patriots get set to take this victory lap around boston, who doesnt love a parade. Thats our five things everyone loves a parade. Number one, a true throw back to the original victory parade the triumph and procession that made its way through ancient rome to celebration a victorious military general. Number two, the inaugural parade. The tradition dates back to the very first inauguration of george washington. The president and first lady making their way down pennsylvania avenue to their new or reelected home. Being out with people gives us moments like this one with nbcs al roker. Mr. President , mr. President mr. President come on say hello. Come on come on its warm. Its warm. Thank you. He told me its warm. He did indeed. Number three, some words somewhere its definitely warm the rose parade dating back to 1890. The grand daddy of them all, the rose bowl came after the parade in 1902 to help fund the parade. Number four if you live in new york, you know all about the ticker tape parades. The ticker tape is from stock ticker machines that used to greet everyone from the apollo 13 astronauts in the 1970s to new york sports teams when they win. Number five in new york you might be into ticker tape but here in miami were into bets. This is kind of a different kind of parade. 9 one ive grand marshalled before years ago. Its the great Coconut Grove bed race held every year in Coconut Grove. Thats how i get to telemundo every day when i finish right here on the rundown. Thats how we do it here in south florida. Were just about to hear from the ntsb for an update on the valhalla, new york train wreck. Well be keeping a close watch on it for you on msnbc. That wraps up the rundown. Thank you for the privilege of your time. News nation it tamron hall is up next. Jacks heart attack didnt come with a warning. Today, his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. 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The front sec of the train catching fire with hundreds of people on board after it collided with an suv. Most passengers had to be rescued themself as smoke filled the cars. Some trying to save strangers who were up front. We could not get the head cars door open for some reason. We were trying to break the glass to no avail. It seemed like somehow some of the people in the head car got out. It seemed maybe they broke the window or something. Well Officials Say a black Jeep Cherokee dref on to the tracks as the crossing gates came down. The driver got out to look for damage then jumped back in to try and drive away but was stuck, her suv shoved farther than the length of a football field. The impact causing an explosion of flames. Adam reese is at the scene. The investigators, i understand it, have arrived. Whats the very latest of some of the conditions of people that were on that train