The 1and1. Steve hes up for two. Gbinije. Hes 1 2 last time. Johnson comes out. Beachem in and colson out. Mike all your threepoint shooters are out there. Steve they need it down. Youre down two threepointers. The whistle and a push coming up. I think its going to be on syracuse. Its going to to be on cooney. Mike they called the push on connaughton. Steve so connaughton gets ready to go to the line. Mike Trevor Cooney and jim boeheim saying why are you fouling in that situation. Steve cooney said frankly coach, i dont know. Connaughton, a 75 percent free throw shooter. He hits the front half of the 1and1. Roberson back in now for syracuse. 17. 9 left to go. Cuts the lead to four. Here comes colson. A long pass. It will draw the foul from grant. Mike notre dame is so concerned, sometimes its risky play. That was a real smart play by joseph once he caught it, not heading to the rim eating up the clock. Hes at 74 percent. Steve he confirmed your comment. Good game by syracuse here. They
Secretary bob mcdonald corrected a misstatement that he made last month on this broadcast about his own military record after the statement was questioned by several retired officers. This comes, of course, at a time of controversy around prominent journalists who have been accused of inflating their war records. Heres wyatt andrews. That was wrong and i have no excuse. Reporter the secretary apologized for what was said during this encounter when he falsely told a homeless veteran in los angeles that he had served in the special forces. The comment was captured by cbs news last month for a segment on this broadcast. What unit . Special forces. Special forces. What years . I was in special forces. Reporter the fact that mcdonald was not in the special forces was first reported in the Huffington Post last night. The secretary explained that when he saw the veteran, he was attempting to find Common Ground but got it wrong. And so what i was trying to do is find a way to connect with that
Because of fatal collision at the crossing in menlo park. Before 5 train smashed into a car on the track killing a female driver. Then just before noon today another tragedy open the track. This one involving a train and pedestrians. Just over a mile away at the palo alto station. Adult female victim was taken to Sanford Medical Center still conscious. Initial reports indicate that it appeared to be an intentional act. Every year on the afternoon 12 pedestrians die on the tracks according to cal train. Almost all ruled as suicide. Car versus train accidents cal train says they average about 1 a month. Since 1992 6 of them have resulted in death. I think the one in menlo park is an accident wait to go happen. Jill lives near the raven wood crossing. Although cal taken says last night was the first fatal car collision here people who use this as commute route tell us its dangerous. Busy el ka moon 0only one block away. Car back up all the time when the signal turns red. Its also a pedest
Their sides while igniting the truck into flames. You can see that truck is completely demolished. Reporter firefighters and First Responders pulled the injured from the train in all 28 injuries, four of them critical. Sort of flipping on the pole like a flag. Everybody in shock a lot of shock. Reporter the driver of the truck fled the scene on foot. We dont know why but he was found a little while later. One of our patrol officers saw what he believed to be a disoriented male walking approximately one to two miles south. This individual was a produce truck driver. Reporter the conductor according to metrolink, was able to see the truck on the tracks slowing down before impact possibly avoiding a more worse outcome. They are sending a team to lead the accident investigation. The biggest question, why did that truck end up on the tracks . Several tragedies involving passenger trains have happened recently in the bay area. The latest one today in palo alto. Vic lee is live where official
Complaints. If we can abc7 news was there as a dozen people were let tout a police van. Neighbors were upset. There are people coming in and out in and out. Not surprised what they say. The friends would come, make noise, wake up my baby. Dogs would come to the house and bark at my kids. I didnt like that. Neighbors and Business Owners say theyre glad to see something being done. A fatal train versus car collision led to a commuter back up and today a pedestrian was hit by another train the fatal train accident happened in menlo park. That is where vic lee is live for us tonight. Vick . Well you can see, the trains appear to be running on schedule. That is good news for passengers, and good news for drivers, the traffic as you can see is once again flowing through the ravenswood crossing here in menlo park. Cal train crews were able to fix the crossing gate just before 5 00, just in time for evening commute. Just a little while ago a man drove his car up here and stopped it then tossed