77 injured after an amtrak passenger trail derailed onto interstate 5, i5. Witnesses onboard that train describe the terrifying moments when their train car plunged off a bridge and onto a highway packed with traffic. It jumped and hit, derailed off the track and hit two cars. It was awful. I saw bodies on the ground. I dont know if they fell from the train, but there were about three or five bodies on the ground, about two or three people injured with gashes in the knees, head wounds. This happened in the middle of the rush hour at 7 40 a. M. This morning on the west coast. The president tweeted a moment ago, the train accident that just occurred in dupont, washington shows now more than ever why our infrastructure plan must approved quickly. Not for long. Weve got a number of reporters following this story. From our Los Angeles Bureau is nbcs jo ling kent and dr. Torres. I want to do a bit of push back from our white house on that president ial tweet. This is brand new train, a brand
Occur and that it should be reviewed. Heres what the attorney general told lawmakers. I think spying did occur. Yes, i think spying did occur. The question is whether it was predicated, adequately predicated. Im not suggesting that wasnt adequately predicated, but i need to ebbing phror that. I think its my obligation. Dana Catherine Herridge has more on this story. Opening possibly pandoras box for Obama Administration officials who have been waiting to figure out what is this report going to say. Your thoughts . Reporter so, in 2015, the fbi opened whats called a Counter Intelligence investigation and that was the foundation for special counsel robert mueller. The reason a Counter Intelligence investigation is important is because its different than a traditional investigation. Its designed to collect information, not really proceed to a criminal prosecution. And the attorney general said today he wants to understand whether there was Firm Evidence to open that Counter Intelligence i
Not going to get to the conjecture game. Pat rosman joins us on the phone. Very little to put together what do you think of what you heard . Well, good afternoon, neil. A couple things. Theres really three defining elements that we can piece together based on known facts. Aimlessly as you pointed out, first of all, a s. U. V. Driving through the mall. Secondly apparently several ear witness accounts of gun shots or what the ear witnesses believe to be gun shots. And third, you have police with their weapons drawn fanning out throughout the area. So if you align those apparent facts together, seems like a very serious situation. When you look at this and people see something unusual with this, showing you a bit ago, someone had a smart phone or recording all of this, thats not something that is done by accident i suspect. So what is the first thing in Law Enforcement you do . Well, sounds like precisely what they are doing and what they may well have done based on the little bit that is
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