Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill christmas day, 2015, brought fresh appeals for an end to terror, and a new focus on peace. The theme dominated annual messages from various World Leaders, starting at the vatican. Cheers erupted from the thousands in sunny saint peters square, as the pope emerged to deliver his christmas message. In it, he spoke out against atrocities by radical islamis
Pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The ford foundation. Working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill christmas day, 2015, brought fresh appeals for an end to terror, and a new focus on peace. The theme dominated annual messages from various World Leaders, starting at the vatican. Cheers erupted from the thousands in sunny saint peters square, as the pope emerged to deliver his christmas message. In it, he spoke out against atrocities by r
Angels, says he doesnt mind. I can say i saw the pope. Reporter meanwhile in parts of central park north and east of the security perimeter, life went on as normal even as word spread those selfie sticks that more and more people use to hold their phones are banned for those catching a glimpse of the pope. Theyre banning these for people who are behind the barricades to see the pope. If theyre not banning the phones, then whats the difference . Reporter back live now, the selfie sticks one of many security precautions that Security Officials are taking in advance of the papal visit. Coming up at 6 00, well hear from Police Commissioner bill brat bratton. Well also hear from new yorkers who plan to skip town because they think all of this is just too much. Were coming up live at 6 00 as well. So we want to talk about security again, security being a large concern in the days ahead. We want to bring in chief reporter Jonathan Dietz to bring us up on this. Jonathan, youve been checking th
Even into putnam county, northern fairfield, could be a little icing overnight. Were going to talk about that. We got a great day today with 45 this afternoon. Debbie duhaime is looking at the commute for you this morning in for heather. Hows it going out there . Reporter ill tell you whats happening now, good morning, bill, good morning, everybody. Heading to the outbound bqe, traffic moving slowly heading down toward the brooklyn bridge. Its a disabled truck in the way. So expect slowdowns there. Now, still seeing this problem over on 202. Its closeed in bernardsville with Fire Department activity. 9 northbound the 9a getting past croton on hudson, an overturned truck to watch out for. Over on fifth avenue at bay shore closed at the Southern State, a serious accident there. Lets go outside to our camera. Heres a look at the l. I. E. Westbound. L. I. E. Westbound moving slowly here right out toward rosalind road, so expect some slowdowns. And going over to the other camera, the inboun
He told investigators he remembers the moment the train derails, saying, quotbue, i remember holding onto the controls tightly and feeling like, okay, well, this is it, im going over. And so i tried to brace myself. The only visual memory i have from that sequence of events is remember seeing objects fly in front of me. Amtrak 188 was going 106 Miles Per Hour when it derailed around a curve built to handle 50 Miles Per Hour. Railroad and engineering professor and consultant says there are still no reasons behind why the train was tr eling so fast. The big mystery is how he went from 70 Miles Per Hour to 106 miles an hour. As i mentioned before, that is not a casual increase. Thats not a momentary distraction. Thats not an, oh, i wasnt paying attention and off i went. Remembers the train run took slow on a straight away just before the curve derailed. He has no idea how the train got up to 106 Miles Per Hour. As we said, eight people lost their lives in that n derailmeed, among them sev