The driver, a mother from oregon, is tonight facing criminal charges and is jailed under 24hour watch. Nbcs morgan rat ford has details. Reporter carnage on the strip. Innocent pedestrians mowed down when a car jumps on to a sidewalk out of nowhere. The car hit them and it was like a bowling ball hitting pins. Witnesses stunned and then angry. Chasing down the driver. They were not polices chasing the car. They were random duded. Reporter behind the wheel Lakeisha Holloway with her daughter in the car. The video obviously shows intention. Her exiting the roadway on to the sidewalk and then obviously plowing through the pedestrians on the sidewalk. Reporter holloway swerved on to the sidewalk not once but twice, gaining speed for a quarter of a mile. Injuring more than 30 and leaving one dead. A 32yearold mother we havent determined to exact fact what the motive was. He believe she had some disassociation with the father of her child. We dont know the exact recipient that caused her to
Ive seen the email, liz, and the person who made the threat claimed for example that every school in new york city was somehow rigged to explode and made an illiterate reference to allah. The schools opened and stayed open and everything was we do not see that as a credible terrorist threat, and we are investigating it as a hoax. We believe that the email originated overseas. The language in the email would lead us to believe that this is not a jihadist initiative. They should have closed the schools, though, i think so because they never know if it was true or false. They said they knew. How do they know . They said they know. If they know i guess they know but i dont think they should have let the school stay open. They should have closed it just in case of an emergency. Reporter yes, they kept the school open but that is the sentiment we heard from many parents here this afternoon. They closed the schools in los angeles but the police city says that was in his words a significant ov
The deal is for the weekend. Pretty good weekend to head outdoors, especially tomorrow. Boston 50 degrees, 52 down toward the cape and hyannis, orange 32, 35 in fitchburg, North Central massachusetts into Southern New Hampshire much cooler. Thats also where the fog has been developing. Mainly this is the area where it will focus overnight and also where youll see the coldest temperatures. Many areas staying in the 40s all night long and staying near 50 in boston. Well see sunshine mixing with the clouds tomorrow up near 60 degrees. Changes by sunday. Well bring in more clouds and cooler temperatures. Well take a full look at your weekend forecast coming up in a short while. A Crystal Clear pick of how a red line train took off without an operator. A rubber cord was wrapped around the throttle controls allowing that train to leave the station and tonight it we have the story live from south boston. They Just Announced some major safety changes. Reporter right, lisa. Governor baker and t
Email comments captioncolorado. Com good morning, everybody. This saturday morning. You made it to the weekend. Im Kerry Connolly along with pamela gardner. Another great weekend it will be. Amazing weather. With us. We will be mostly dry. Today will be dry. And cooler temperatures. On the way out, ill get to all of that in a second, starting out with temps in the comfortable range here. 51 boston, 52 hyannis. 39, though in norwood. It gets a little frosty once you get up to fitchburg. 46 degrees in worcester. Heavy coats necessary for some while others farther to the south and east can have a lighter jacket out there. Temperatures or visibility right now is looking good in all spots. Were not dealing with the extremely dense fog or it came down to now 1 and threequarters of a mile. Light fog has developed in the Connecticut River valley. Thats where we see the fog. Temperatures will be very pleasant. The clouds hang around for the majority of the day with bursts of sunshine throughout
Asquez is on administrative leave. J. C. inside the mbta s control center. The splitsecond decisions needed to keep riders safe. More than one solution to the complex problem came up. Julie mcdonald continues our coverage in braintree. There is no question i m sure that nine minutes felt like an hour during that time they were making these decisions. The mbta is praising the quick thinking of the control Center Dispatchers during the nine minutes the red line train traveled without an operator thursday morning. They got the call within 60 seconds that it was moving without a motor person and knew there was a 10minute buffer between this train and the next one. The decisions made were to clear the line so the express trains with passengers to cross j. F. K. First before beginning to plan b would have included diverting the runaway train passed the yard where a device could have stopped it from moving. There was a third option, considered to be the worst case scenario. If the trains were