A violent Train Derailment injured more than 140 as well. One of europes worst accidents in decades. It happened just before sunset on wednesday. Witnesses say the highspeed trainee merged from a tunnel, derailed on a curve and sent cars flying off the tracks. I heard an explosion. When i arrived, one of the carriages was already over the road that comes out from here. Smoke billowed from the wreckage. Crews worked to rescue trapped passengers. Distraught relatives were blocked there from the scene, forced to wait on the sidelines in safe areas. An investigation now under way this morning as crews worked to lift the wreckage from the tracks. Officials ruled out a terror attack as a possible cause there. A Sweeping Program that collects phone record data on u. S. Citizens is not going anywhere. The house narrowly stopped a move to slash that program wednesday. Tracie potts joins us live from washington. Tracie, what does this mean for our privacy . So much debated about it. A lot debate
World remain on high alert after credible terror threats from al qaeda. Many u. S. Embassies and consulates remain closed. Nbc White House Correspondent Kristen Welker has the latest. Reporter back from camp david, president obama is getting the latest on the high alert. Theres been an all of lot of chatter out there. Chatter means conversation among terrorists about the planning thats going on. Theyre reminiscent of what we saw pre9 11. Reporter according to two top u. S. Officials, the terror plot could include one large attack or simultaneous attacks around the world, but the intelligence still isnt crystal clear. Embassies and consulates from cairo to kabul are bracing themselves. Although the streets of kabul were calm today, the embassy was still closed and will remain on high alert. National Security Officials told nbc news the threat is coming directly from al qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula based in yemen. A terror group thats gotten stronger in recent years. Its more dangerous
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Im betty ngyuen. Overnight a rapidly spreading wildfire in Southern California grew larger, and this morning it is on the move. The silver fire is what its called. Its in riverside county. Its moving east toward the resort town of palm springs. In just a past few hours, the fire has grown to 22 square miles and is burning an estimated 1,000 acres an hour. The latest update puts the blaze at just 20 contained. Local officials have ordered nearly 2,000 people out of the area. 26 homes have already been destroyed. At least one man has suffered serious burns. And five firefighters have also been injured with heat exhaustion. Theyll be off the job for at least 24 hours. The multistate manhunt for James Lee Dimaggio has taken yet another dramatic turn. Authorities now believe the man suspected of kidnapping 16yearold Hannah Anderson and her 8yearold brother ethan may be armed with homemade explosives. The two children have been missing since sunday when their mothers body was discovered in a
Psychological torture for five days in that wartorn country. Angie joins us with more on this harrowing story. Reporter good morning. The face of nbc news known for covering some of the worlds most dangerous stories found himself in the headlines after disappearing with his crew in syria. Im very happy that were able to do this shot this morning. Were in good health, were okay. Reporter on the today show after a terrifying five days of being captive. Earlier this morning we got our first glimpse and he talked about the traumatic experience. We were with some gunmen, rebels who were escorting us. Theyxecuted one of them on the spot and they kept us blindfolded, bound. We were not physically beaten or tortured. It was a lot of psychological torture. Threats of being killed. They made us choose which one of us would be shot first and when we refused there were mock shootings. Well go to a sniper position. Reporter engel who is known for his fierce reporting on the front line of wartorn co