San jose to stockton when it derailed about a mile west of sunol in alameda county. We begin our Team Coverage with reporter kiet do at the crash scene. Kiet, theres some commotion going on right now. Fill us in. Reporter talk about a feat of modern engineering. Union pacific has lifted one of the derailed cars and placed it back on the tracks. Take a look at the video we shot about 10 minutes ago. The crane approached from the west and hooked that up railcar which weighs about 50 tons, swung it over and lowered it right back on the tracks. The one in the water should be lifted out a short time after that barring any major complications this scene is set to be clear by 4 p. M. The view from chopper 5 shows the scale of the disaster earth gave way after a weekend of rain. The passenger train going about 30 miles an hour weighing 250 tons was no match. To give you sense of the force of the impact, you see that barren patch of dirt up there . That is where the earth gave way and the mud s
Weve been live on American History tv from the world war i centennial symposium at the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia. Well reair the days events this evening at 8 00 eastern here on cspan 3. Up next constitutional law professor michael gere hardt talks about his book the forgotten president s and discusss 13 president s least remembered by americans due in large part to their strict constitutional vision. The National Constitution Center Hosted this event and it runs about an hour and 10 minutes. This book is spectacular. I was so excited to read it this book on the forgotten president s. What michael has done is take a topic which seems like a parlor game, these obscure president s we dont remember well, and revealed that the constitution was at the center both of their failures, devotion to a particular constitutional vision but also that their failures laid the groundwork for the success of more powerful president s. This is a constitution saturated book. It is so on missi
Other students say they would have preferred to stay home at least one more day. It looks like any other day, parents dropping off their kids, others walking to school. Today students returned to classes with an overwhelming desire to talk about the event that rattled their lives. It was kind of scary because we never knew. People were talking about aftershocks. You never knew when one was going to come. Yeah, im really happy to be back. Its actually kind of scary. I would rather be at home since my mom is home alone. Reporter teachers encouraged students to talk about their experiences. Some were even allowed to text a friend or a family member. By telling the story, they get it off their chest. They let other kids know what was going on. And, you know, its therapeutic for a lot of kids, i believe. Reporter the school reopened only after engineers and architects inspected the buildings yesterday. It was just a big mess, a lot of breakage of bookshelves and things like that. Structural
And i was screaming for my mom and she tried to get to me. And so finally, paramedics came afterwards the surgery lasted nine hours and we believe he is going to be okay. That were thankful hes doing well. Labor day weekend is typically one of the busiest. So wineries are boyried that visit visitors will stay home not going up to wine country. People who work here tell me in the past days its been more reminiscent of mid january than late august. Napa valley vines attract tourists have around the world. Grapes are ripe and its just a wonder full time to be here. Today, crickets we need people to come. This supports countless other businesses in the area. Were open for business now. The owner worries tourists will cancel their plans for her, tourism is a lifeline. Iets how i eat. This is what feeds my family. She lost about 30,000 worth of merchandise. Devastating. Today, customers struggled through the store. Thank you so much. Its tough we made efforts to come in and support cool peop
The story for you and bring updates here on abc7 news at 6 00 good evening, im cheryl jennings. And im dan ashley. Moving now to todays after shocks and development froms earthquake that happened on sunday theyve been inspected and most determined to be around stone bridge charter school. 200 injuries now, the Napa City Council voted to seek federal Disaster Relief there have been five after shocks today. Two state law bridges were forced to be without water. Tonight hearing from one of the youngest people injured in the earthquake. From his hospital bed in sacramento, this 13yearold wroerl says hes fortunate to be alive after a pile of bricks nearly crushed him. Started calling to get to the door. And the chimney collapsed on my back. I stumbled forward. And i was screaming for my mom and she tried to get to me. And so finally, paramedics came afterwards the surgery lasted nine hours and we believe he is going to be okay. That were thankful hes doing well. Labor day weekend is typical