This morning, a commuter train hit a truck that was abandoned. No one was killed but 21 of the 58 people on the train were taken to the hospital. Tonight, four of them, including the engineer are in critical condition. Omar villafranca is at the scene. Reporter the explosion and flames lit up the sky after the metrolink train struck the truck just before dawn. Ould see three of by daylight, you could see three of the five of the 7. 5ton rail cars toppled over like toys. The truck driver, a 54yearold man from arizona, got stuck on the tracks and jumped out when he saw the train coming. He was found walking about two miles away from the crash. Was the driver under the influence of anything, according to your officers . He appeared to be very unsettled, and so the extent or the cause of that is actually yet to be determined. Reporter officials here say todays crash would have been much worse if not for new rail cars designed and purchased after a 2008 metrolink commuter crash which killed
Up to 50 among gop voters. Thats an 8 gain. Trump is defying his critics and his doubters yet again. Lets dig deeper into these poll numbers with our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny. Walk us through what the polls show and what we can take from the numbers. Ana, you hit the point on the head there. Voters are getting more comfortable with donald trump. I think thats exactly what we are seeing. Initially it was curiosity. People were tuning in to see how the celebrity could run for president. But since then, his staying power has only grown, as you can see from the poll now compared to june. He has started to become a touch of a bit more serious of a president ial candidate. Weve heard him talk about immigration, weve heard him talk again and again about making America Great again. After spending some time out there with voters, both in iowa, New Hampshire and other states, i can tell you that voters want are liking what they hear about his how hes talking back to washington
Ranger school. A test of will, endurance and leadership. Will they ever be allowed to see full combat . The top lead and scary time for rosie o doedonnellodonnel. She says that her daughter is missing and needs help. Welcome to the lead. Our politics lead the star ship. Trump continues to do what most would say is illogical and sore above a field and trump has spent the summer boldly than any of the rivals on the immigration and certainly in tweets targeting the media personnel. Now, in a normal system action that might hurt but when it comes to trump, the prime directive does not apply. The poll shows and a clip of the nearest republican rival in the race by double digit. Lets get right to cnn and these numbers across the board good for trump. Yeah, its true. He has been getting stronger. Look its been the summer of trump. Theres no mistake about that. Our latest poll is suggesting that the realestate mogul may have some staying power after the summer. Growing crowds wherever he goes.
But 48 Million People could soon be facing it. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking new. Experts from the National Transportation safety board are joining investigators at the scene of a fiery commuter train collision near los angeles. This was the scene moments after the train hit a produce truck. The truck driver says he turned onto the tracks rather than onto a nearby highway. But he got out. The train couldnt stop in time. Five cars derailed, three coming to rest on their sides. 28 people on the train are hurt 4 of them critically. Officials say special technology prevented the accident from being far worse. Well speak live with the former chair of the National Transportation safety board deborah hurz man. And our correspondents and analysts are standing by as well as our newsmakers to follow all the news breaking right now. Lets begin with our National Correspondent at the scene of the accident near oxnard california. Whats the latest youre hearing on the scene a
Years. This is him leaving the courthouse a little while ago. Investigators say the case against fogle span years and include tens of thousands of pieces of evidence. Mr. Fogle had done the right thing when he learned of the victimization of the first victim, the first girl who was 14. If he reported that to authorities, victims 2, 3, 4, 567, 1, 9, 10, 11 and 12 would never have been victims. Today jarred fogle has admitted to par tut baiting in a fiveyear criminal scheme to exploit children. Beginning in 2011 fogle learned that the head of the Jared Foundation Russell Taylor was sexually exploiting a 14yearold girl. At that time fogle chose to receive and repeatedly view child pornography involving that 14yearold girl. This continued during a fouryear period and fogles actions resulted in the sexual verdictization of 12 minors in the state of indiana. The approximate amount of data reviewed by the indiana state police, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police department and the fbi includ