Rising stars of a sport that is just taking off. What is that sensation like for your body . It feels so realistic that your heart rate starts going up. Announcer this is the overnight news awe. Welcome to the overnight news. Im jeff glor. Nearly 350 passengers and crew members were on board when an amtrak train hit a backhoe on the tracks 20 miles south of philadelphia in chester, pennsylvania sunday morning. Two amtrak drivers on the back hoe died. Dozens on the train are hurt. As the investigation gets underway our transportation correspondent kris van cleave is on the scene. Reporter investigators worked around the damaged front end of amtrak train 89 after it collided with a backhoe in chester south of philadelphia. 341 passengers and seven crew were on the new york to savannah, georgia train. Passenger, beth blakeley. An impact. Then it was a rough ride. It took a long time to stop. All you could see was a lot of dirt and debris flying past the train. And then there was a couple of sort of like fire flashes. And then, we came to a stop. It was pretty panicky. National Transportation Safety board its leading the investigation. Two amtrak employees killed were from the construction crew working on the backhoe, the collision tore into the trains first passenger car. Roughly three dozen from the train were take tine local hospitals. It looked like it had been banged up a bit. From outside of the train. The windows were broken in. And it looked pretty harsh. This accident comes less than ape year after the deadly derailment of amtrak train 1 8 in philadelphia which killed 8. Just last month, another amtrak train derailed in kansas injuring more than 30. This mornings deadly collision stopped service between philadelphia and points south on northeast corridor for hours. Sundays are typically one of amtraks busiest travel days. Still track work is not uncommon for Early Morning hours on weekend. Ntsb investigator in charge as of now we have recovered the event data recorder. The ford warfacing video and inward facing video from the locomotive off to send to our laboratory in washington, d. C. Amtrak has restored partial service off to the crash scene. But jeff, what tomorrow mornings commute looks like depend largely on how long the ntsb need the train to stay on scene here as their investigation continues. Kris van cleave, thank you. Winter weather returned to the east this weekend with bitter temperatures, snow and dangerous wind. Here is jamie yuccas. Reporter an arctic blast. Is being felt along the east coast. Two people died in massachusetts when a tree fell on their car. Harbor was also near zero much of the morning. On social media, signs of spring, looked more like winter with tulips sprouting through new snow. We had cold air from canada. Wzb meteorologist pamela gardner. Have to ask you, it is april. We had a mild winter. We are into spring. Why now . Seems Mother Nature is playing a joke on us. Back to wintertime temperatures briefly because of the jet stream, digging farther to the south. Looks like in the longrange forecast models well see the polar jet lift off to the north maybe by midweek, back to more spring like temperatures. Strong wind in new jersey where windows shattered and pieces of a fence went flying. Trees toppled. An empty beach house was blown over in new york. Wind there gusted up to 60 miles per hour. In february, a crane collapsed in these types of conditions killing a person in lower manhattan. We are putting new restrictions on crawler cranes. Are being tested today with crane inspectors in the field. From the midwest to the northeast. More than 300,000 people woke up without power. According to flight aware. Com. Passengers flying into newark, new jersey were delayed more than two hours due to wind. Earlier today, the National Data bowie center reported waved as high as 20 feet off the coast of new jersey. It is expected to be cold here in new york again tomorrow. By wednesday, those temperatures do start to climb. But, jeff, with that means rain for much of the east coast. Jamie, thank you very much. Tuesday the race for the white house moves to wisconsin, where a cbs news Battleground Tracker pole out today shows ted cruz six points ahead of frontrunner donald trump. Heres major garrett. Reporter despite trailing in wisconsin, donald trump sat with his eggs in a milwaukee diner and sounded sunny side up. I think we are going to do i think we have a chance of winning it. Reporter trump usually wins where he lead and loses where he trails. He is trying to recover from a very bad week. Florida Police Charged Trumps Campaign manager, Cory Lewandowski with battering a female reporter and trump struggled numerous times to explain who would be punished if abortion were outlawed. The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman. At this moment the laws are set. And i think we have to leave it that way. On face the nation, trump said, ups and downs are part of politics. I dont know it has been the worst week in my campaign. I think i had many bad weeks. And many good weeks. I dont see this as the the worst week in my campaign. God bless the great state of ted cruz campaigning in green bay today with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker sought to capitalize consolidating the antitrump vote. Nominating donald trump would be a train wreck. And thats not fair to train wrecks. A cruz win in wisconsin could buoy his campaign with grassroots donations and establishment backing. Trump hold commanding leads over cruz in states like new york which votes april 19th, and pennsylvania which votes april 26th. Earlier this week in a speech off to College Students about success, trump said one key is understanding the power of momentum and the importance of keeping it. Trumps momentum propelled him through most of the campaign. And jeff, it is now on the line in wisconsin. Right back. On the democrat side, Bernie Sanders two points ahead of Hillary Clinton in wisconsin. Anthony, good to see you. Frontrunners, both have fallen behind in wisconsin. Lets talk about the democrats, first. Much of a concern is that . Well in wisconsin you have a very liberal democratic electorate. That tees it up well for someone like Bernie Sanders. A close race there, but overall, the delegate math is still on Hillary Clintons side. Because she has got the lead in the elected delegates and got a lead in what we call super delegates. Those are Party Leaders in the democratic side who can support whomever they want. Theyre still behind her as well. So the climb for Bernie Sanders, even if he wins wisconsin is still pretty steep. Back to the republicans. Donald trump had a rough week. States you looked at. New york and pennsylvania. Down in wisconsin. Why . Well, the rough week you mention. The controversy around some of thats pretty much baked into supporters at this point. They tell us in the polls that his comments go a lit tool far. But theyre supporting him anyway. So the lead you see for ted cruz in wisconsin i think is more reflective of a conservative republican electorate there and the kind of voter looking for a wisconsin representative then . Probably the last chance for a while to put a dent into Donald Trumps lead. It is that kind of conservative state. But Going Forward the states you mention, new york, pennsylvania, the map now goes into territory that probably favors donald trump. Anthony, thank you very much. Thank you, jeff. New study out confirms what millions of people taking statins have been complaining about for years. It may offer a solution. Jericka duncan has more on this. Reporter Peggy Oconnor who suffered a heart attack after years of battling high cholesterol complained to her doctor about statins she was taking. Drugs that can lower bad cholesterol. I started having muscle spasms. Claims like that initially dismissed by some in the medical community. The lead researcher of the Cleveland Clinic study. We have confirmed that this is a problem that is real. Alternative. Problems including muscle pain, weakness, affect up to 10 of people on statins or 3 million to 4 million americans. The study looked at more than 500 patients who reported side effect and are considered statin intolerant. They were given a statin or sugar pill. 42 who took a statin, experienced muscle pain or weakness. The second part of the study involved testing nonstatin cholesterol lowering drugs. One was an oral drug. The other injectable. Both worked, however the injectable had better results. Patients have got one of the new injectable cholesterol lowering drugs had a had a 5254 reduction in the levels of their bad cholesterol. What are the costs per year when talking about the injectable nonstatin drugs . It is 14,000 a year. Theyre quite expensive. Hundred dollars per year. The doctor estimates 36 Million People in the country rely on statins. So far two injectable nonstatins approved by the fda. Jeff. Jericka duncan, thank you. The airport in brussels reopened today under extremely tight security. The first flight since the airport was hit by a deadly terror bombing 12 days ago took off for portugal. Intercontinental flights are expected to resume tomorrow morning. Isis commander blamed for the death of a u. S. Marine was killed today by a drone strike in iraq. The isis member behind the rocket attack that killed Staff Sergeant louis cardin, and injured eight marines last month. Engaged in the fight against isis with the help of u. S. Forces are kurdish forces, the peshmerga. Holly williams has more on this. Reporter for two years, the iraqs kurdish fighters have led the battle against isis, known as peshmerga means one who faces death. The kurdish soldiers have helped from the extremists. Nearly 1,400 peshmerga lost their lives in a war theyre fighting without enough body armor or helmets with few weapons and against an enemy that uses suicide bombs and booby traps. The kurds are not only fighting for themselves but for the rest of the world. Masrour barzani, in the region plunged into economic crisis by the falling price of oil. With consequences for the peshmerga. They havent been paid for months at least. Reporter they havent been paid for four months. No. Reporter theyre fighting isis on the front line . They are. They believe in the cause. Unfortunately they have families, people to take care of. Front lines without being paid. Reporter the kurds say the war against isis has cost them billions of dollars. Not only in bullets and fighters pay, but because they have opened their doors to outsiders. You have taken in 1. 8 Million People who have fled isis. Yes. A big burden for such a small place. It is absolutely. It has increased the population of kurdistan by almost 30 . And near the front line, just north of mosul, a city occupied by isis, is another potential disaster. Mosul dam built by saddam husseins regime on weak foundations has fallen into disrepair. And dangerously so. Engineers warn that it could break at any time. What would happen if the dam broke . Large part of mosul will be flooded. Anything on the way all the way to baghdad would take a few days to reach baghdad. It would be flooded all over, everything, you know, on the way. The u. S. Says it could trigger a 45foot high flood wave on the river tigress endangering the lives of 1. 5 in a part of the world already suffering the effects of another man made catastrophe. Holly williams, cbs news, erbil, iraq. The reopening of a major oil refinery and the neighbors against it. An escalator sends fliers fans flying. And were off off to the drone races. Continues. Geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. Plumpify your lashes with new plumpify mascara a ginormous lash lifting brush boosts lashes to 50 times the volume new plumpify mascara from easy breezy beautiful covergirl an exxon mobile refinery has the go ahead to reopen after an explosion last year. Neighbors say the process of danger, increased air pollution. Danielle nottingham has details. This was the scene after a sudden explosion shut down the exxon mobile refinery in torrance last year. Smoke and ash covered surrounding neighborhood. This woman says she will never forget hearing the large boom. I was petrified. Reporter the blast damaged the gasoline refining unit. The plant provides 20 of southern californias gas. The crippled plant cut production. Sending gas prices in parts of california above 4 per gallon. Homeowners within miles of the facility packed a 12hour public hearing worried about what reopening the refinery will do to their air. I am very concerned about the pollution. Reporter one engineer compared restarting the plant to starting up an old car. During the first hours, hundreds of pounds of hazardous pollutants will be pumped into the air. Late last night, the air quality District Board voted to allow the company to fully restore refinery operations. As part of the agreement. Exxon mobile will have to pay a 5 million fine for those increased emissions and the explosion. In an emailed statement, exxon mobile tells cbs news it agrees with the decision and is working to safely restart the torrance refinery. Exxon mobile sold the refinery last year to a new jersey based Energy Company for a half billion dollars. The deal was contingent upon exxon mobile proving the plant is in good working condition. Maureen mach, city of torrance commissioner. The District Board orders states that exxon mobile cannot start the plant during school or Business Hours and must give the it begins operations. Los angeles. Traffic on a big bridge. Big thrill turned into a scare for hockey fans in philadelphia last night. An escalator suddenly sped up at the wells fargo center, home of the fliers. After they won. Fans were sent tumbles. Nobody was seriously hurt. The team has not said what caused the malfunction. Despite the bitter weather in parts of the east. A soon of spring today. Baseball is back. Pirates cardinals in pittsburgh. First game of the regular season. Game time temperature, 35 pirates won 41. There was a small disruption on the San Francisco bay bridge today. Very small. That is a chihuahua being pursued by a motorcycle officer. They eventually picked the dog up. He is now in the care of an animal shelter. Traffic was shut down there just a little bit. Police say if there is your chihuahua, please come forward. Still ahead here, the new on steroid. Thing drones and the first words that come to mind may be spying or secrecy, not sports. That could be changing. Across the country a new kind of competition has taken off. And 60 minutes sports got an up close look. This is what drone pilots see as they speed around a course. Its what makes drone racing so addictive. First person view. When you first put on the fpv goggles what is going through your mind . First thing i had to do was it can be disorienting. Sensation. Something else. An oil worker from australia when he won the first u. S. Drone racing championship last summer. After a couple of flights, all of a sudden the world starts opening up. I can fly through that door way now. And down that hallway and along the path. What is that sensation like for your body . It feels so realistic that your heart rate starts going up. When youre trying a new trick or trying to shoot a gap that are going to break something. Reporter most pilots begin fooling around with drones in their backyard. For an employment counselor from california, it quickly became an obsession. You know when i started the hobby. It was just something to do just to kill time. But its so addictive. I have been a gamer all my life. And this, this right here, drone racing is like video game on steroid i think. You can see the full story and the rest of 60 minute sports tuesday on showtime. Thats the cbs overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning york city, im jeff glor. Welcome to the overnight news. Im jeff glor. North dakota has 28 delegates. Every one could make a difference in this campaign 2016. Republican Party Officials gathered at a hockey arena in fargo over the weekend to pick delegates
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