Ntsb go team arrived in Washington State and came forthwith shocking infor information. That train going 80 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour zone and we got that information from the trains event data recorder. As you mentioned, really stunning images from the scene. Showing 13 of 14 rail cars dangling over interstate five. And this is about 50 miles south of Seattle Washington and the train was making its inaugural one on faster route seattle to portland, oregon, 80 passenger where on board and five crew members and dozens were injured and many very seriously. And at least three are confirmed dead and accident investigators say there could be more. Theres a couple cars not safe enough to search. We know theres nobody alive in them at this point. And but there are we just dont know until they can shore up the train cars and get in there and search them. The tracks where the derailment happened owned by sound. There was extensive test ago long the rails and on this route before openin
Their homes into the freezing streets. The latest on the investigation this morning. Trumps former Campaign Manager under fire, the singer who is filing charges alleging Sexual Assault. Joy villa joins us live with her story this morning. And mr. New years eve is here, Ryan Seacrest live on gma with the big plans for a rockin eve. Mariah careys big center stage comeback. Were live above times square with the lastminute preparations for that famous crystal ball drop. How nice. We were arguing over who sang that. Carly rae jepsen. Ding, ding, ding, it wasnt katy perry. I know my deif sdras. And pop culture. We were gearing up to ring in the new year, i can is in just a couple of days. Ill be on the couch. Ill probably be asleep. I usually go to bed around 10 00. I value my sleep a lot. A fun night, cold night and hope it will be a safe night and that is why as times square gets ready security is at an alltime high. Gio benitez got an exclusive birdseye view as the nypd prepares to protec
Ill have all the details on owe all right. Guys, back to you. As we talk about extreme cold its impacting schools in greater d. C. Region. Couple closures. Arch bish ol carol in d. C. Closed today because of plumbing problems caused by cold and barnaby manner Elementary School oxon hill close because of water main break. Delays in virginia clark county schools delay one hour. Page county schools and Frederick County virginia schools on a two hour delay. In West Virginia, berkley, grant, hardy and Jefferson Country schools youre on hour delay and western maryland, alleghany and Garrett County schools both delayed two hours. For the kids going to school on time there were several chmerkovskiys several chmerkovskiys inclouding good morning, allison, steve, when its cold liking this and theres certain schools in montgomery country without heat and here in Montgomery County buses are affected by the cold. What happened, over the last two weeks kids were on lengthy winter break and none of t
City, terror in new york a truck crowding plowing to people on a crowded bike path. Least eight deaths. We are also tracking the moose from the fbi as the investigation takes a new turn overnight. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] autria we have got the latest from Lower Manhattan coming up. Just a few moments. But first, lets get a check on your forecast. Veronica johnson has what you need to know. Veronica tracking another cool day for us. It will seem much chillier out there today with more clouds. D. C. , 46 degrees. Surrounding areas in the upper 40s. O low freezing with snow that we will talk about later in the hour, showing up not too far from here. Headline forecast for today, warm with sunshine by the end of the work week, tracking weekend showers. We will not get a lot, though. 43, high today of 62, but today maybe a little sprinkle with a light shower and we will talk abou
And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Good morning, everyone. Im savannah guthrie, and it is an anxious morning for folks up and down the east coast. Hurricane sandy strengthened over the night. Want to give you the information we know right now. Sandy is a category 1 hurricane with wind speeds of 85 Miles Per Hour. Its located about 285 miles east of cape hatteras, North Carolina. Emergency officials in new york city and washington, d. C. Had taking unprecedented actions to deal with this storm. Thats righ the mass Transit Systems shut down, schools cancelled. The stock markets are also closed. The first weatherrelated closure in 27 years, and just take a look at this nasa image from space. This is one massive hurricane. 800 miles wide which means its impact is going to be felt across a massive region for a very long time. You forgot to mention one precaution. Starbucks in new york and long island closed this morning. Dont hear that very often. Weather