the train, playing in this field, train comes by throwing rocks, playing on the track. often? yeah, often. reporter: if train 188 was hit by something did it disorient the engineer who was new on the route as he was supposed to be slowing down not speeding up? we obviously had an incident that occurred that has shaken the nation and we are going to get to the bottom of it working with our colleagues at ntsb. tom costello thank you. we ll continue to watch developments in the crash and bring them to you as they come. we re just getting started on this monday edition of the rundown. still ahead, has a key iraqi city fallen under isis control? the iraqi government says yes, but the u.s. calls it all fluid. we ll talk about what s going on there with nbc s bill neely and analyst mia bloom. plus, a prominent extreme athlete dies while trying a base jump in yosemite national park. we ll tell you about the stunt that took his life. can someone hack into your
the 04, 06, 08 elections turned on iraq and it s not gone away as a major issue. to the extent that hillary clinton has competitors this time in democratic primary, they are staking their campaigns on the iraq vote she made more than a decade ago. it is fascinating to see. she has not answered many questions about this lately. she hasn t answered many questions at all lately but that could change very soon. great to have you with us today. thank you so much. a hacker says he took control of a flight mid air and he claims it was not the first time. we ll tell you how he claims he did it and just moments ago the reaction from the u.s. government. plus, one of the world s most famous dare devils killed at yosemite during an illegal base jump. we re now hearing who was with him and what didn t happen in his final moments. hi, i am heinz new mustard.is?! hi na na na na she s just jealous because you have better taste.
intuition of the way it s going. a lot of fluctuation over 15 minutes. yes about 60% male, 40% no. no is the same for female. we see a lot of change on the female responses to this question. when we look at party and response to the same question democrats almost 100% these numbers are real time, saying yes it will influence. republicans saying no. the most influence in change here to the question has been here on terms of independent vote. give us your thoughts at pulse.msnbc.com. back to you. thank you very much. coming up police are asking for help in a bizarre murder mystery in an upscale neighborhood blocks from where the vice president lives. who set a house on fire leaving four dead? the death of a popular athlete dean potter killed attempting to base jump in a
we were just talking before the break about extreme sports legend dean potter who died over the weekend while base jumping in yosemite. he and a friend graham hunt were attempting which is illegal, an aerial descent into yosemite. a day later their bodies were found during a search. joining me now is a dear friend of dean s. i m so sorry for the loss of your friend. i was just told that you were in touch with him as recently as a week a week and a half ago. when you heard this happened and you don t base jump yourself. but each and every time he went out to base jump were you nervous? well i m nervous i was nervous about him doing it in the first place. it s a very dangerous sport. why do you think he embraced
illegal. that doesn t stop people from doing t. because they love it. reporter: saturday shortly before sunset potter and 29-year-old graham hunt attempted a base jump from a cliff with about a 3,500 drop to the valley floor. friends reported the two were missing that night. on sunday a helicopter spotted the bodies of the two men. they reportedly jumped together but were found at different locations. neither man had deployed his parachute. photographer sean rieder knew both men and said hunt was like a brother to him. graham and dean both were two of the best wing suit jumpers in the world. and while i think both of them never had a death wish i think they both truly were honestly choosing to live life to the fullest, they were also both aware that what they were doing, it brought the chance of death. reporter: ken yeager president of yosemite climbing association thez their community is heartbroken and devastated at the loss of both of these humble