This is al jazeera america. Live from new york city. Im richelle carey. Well get to the top stories in just a moment. But first fire and rescue crews are on the scene at an amtrak derailment in vermont. This train derailed in central vermont near the town of roxbury south of montpelier. It was heading to washington, d. C. Five cars went down an embankment. The injured have been taken to the hospital. Amtrak said that none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. Several dozen passengers have been taken off that train and put on school buses to take them to a nearby armory. The cause is still under investigation. The commander of u. S. Forces in afghanistan spoke about this a short time ago. Forces advised that they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support from u. S. Forces. 22 people from killed. 12 of them worked for Doctors Without Borders. They call what happened a war crime. Mike, what more is the pentagon saying about this attack . Well, its not so muc
This is Aljazeera America. Good morning, live from new york city, im randall pinkston. Schools and collegion are closed in South Carolina today. Thousands are without power around the state, seven are dead. Officials rescued hundreds from cars caught in flash floods. Robert ray is live for us in charleston, South Carolina. Was there any warning . Thats a great question. The answer is yes and no. They expect really intense rain and heavy amounts in the South Carolina area. The mayor here of charleston, whos been here for 40 years at mayor said he has never seen anything like it, including 1989s hurricane hugo which really caused havoc in this area. People are trying to figure out exactly what to do in the coming days and assess when this rain is over, which should be over today, later today. Charlestons been hit hard, the capitol, columbia very, very much completely pummeled. There have been swift water rescues and chopper rescues yesterday. Roads have collapsed. Dams have crashed in. T
This is al jazeera america, live from new york city. Im richelle carey. New details on the penalty gone that hit a Doctors Without Borders hospital in afghanistan. Forces advised they were taking fire from enemy positions and asked for air support. Several civilians were accidentally struck. 22 people were killed, ten of them worked for Doctors Without Borders. Mike viqueria is live in washington. This is the beginning of a very long process to figure out what happened. What is the pentagon saying about this attack . Reporter well, thats just the problem. You saw general John Campbell there, not only the commander of nato forces but also all forces in afghanistan, after what the United States is saying is an accident pending a full investigation, president obama himself expressing condolences but says he wants to wait until after a full investigation by the department of defense. But it is the conflicting and shifting explanations for some of the phrases that have been used after the m
Carolina. The vote for leadership, House Republicans will vote on the speaker of the house. How it can change leadership. Also, comic relief from saturday night life to late night talk shows, the effectiveness of politicians telling jokes for votes. And we begin knit in roseburg, oregon. Umpqua Community College is prepared to open its doors after nine people were shot dead on the campus. The president announced students and faculty can return but class he are closed until october he 12th. This is not a club we wanted to join. We did not want to be part of the Sandy Hook Club but were now members, the newest members and the senior members are all taking care of us and i would like to thank them. Sabrina register is live in roseburg oregon, for us, sabrina. And adam we have spoken to several students today who say even though its several days away, they are too nervous and upset to be returning to campus. I want to talk to chris meant, even though he had been shot multiple times, he rus
Hour. A San Francisco man said he has zero summer say for the man who tried to problem him an interview you will see only open abc7. The Surveillance Video is incredible. Bill had just taken out the trash when he was confronted by an armed man wearing a hoodie. He did not back down. Instead he wrestled with the intruder and got hold of the gun. I got the when it felt like i could cut his head off like a won a marathon or championship. He tried to shoot at the would be robber but the gun jammed. Our reporter will have much more of the exclusive interview at top of the hour. Happening today, alameda dive crews are back in the water searching for a missing better, the 31yearold man was a contractor in the i. T. Organization and in a boat with other e employees on friday when the tight ok water. No one was wearing a life jacket. Seven swam to chair and he did not making it. At the search area is the size of a football field from 10 to 50 and the bottom is hard packed rock. They are searchi