are 12 people missing after fast rising flood waters flipped cars trees and even homes. 12 people were in a house swept away in the blanco river. one tornado ripping through a mobile home near austin texas killing a man who lived inside. another cone doe touching down in the border town of mexico killing 13 people injuring hundreds. governor abbott has declared 37 counties effected as disaster areas. heather and ainsley. thank you, kelly. unfortunately it is not over yet. ten s of millions of americans are still in the bath of those storms. maria molina is here with more. turn around don t drown if you see water rising like that. they heed the warnings when you get the flash flood warnings in effect. flash flooding or at least the flooding that has been occurring across parts of texas and oklahoma had has been a long-term story.
paid for by abc, inc. from abc news, this is world news now. and hello to you on this thursday morning. i m t.j. holmes. i m marci gonzales. reena ninan is on assignment. we begin with the focus on speed as investigators try to get to the bottom of that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. we now know the speed of that train. it was going over 100 miles an hour. thing is, it was in a 50-mile-an-hour zone at the time. that s when all seven cars jumped the tracks. now the engineer says he doesn t remember a thing about the crash. we get the very latest now from abc s david wright. this is what s left of northeast regional amtrak 188, seven cars tangled on the tracks killing at least seven people, injuring hundreds more. we learned the name of the engineer, 32-year-old brandon bastion of queens, new york, an amtrak engineer for the past five years. police and federal investigators are already questioning him.
it s thursday, may 14th. captions paid for by abc, inc. from abc news, this is world news now. and hello to you on this thursday morning. i m t.j. holmes. i m marci gonzales. reena ninan is on assignment. we begin with the focus on speed as investigators try to get to the bottom of that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. we now know the speed of that train. it was going over 100 miles an hour. thing is, it was in a 50-mile-an-hour zone at the time. that s when all seven cars jumped the tracks. now the engineer says he doesn t remember a thing about the crash. this is what s left of northeast regional amtrak 188, seven cars tangled on the tracks, killing at least seven people, injuring hundreds more. we learned the name of the engineer, 32-year-old brandon bastion of queens, new york, an amtrak engineer for the past five years. police and federal investigators are already questioning him.
and we re back. boston strong. it is a phrase that sums up the strength and resilience of a city touched by tragedy. one year ago tuesday, two bombs exploded close to the finish line of the boston marathon killing three, injuring hundreds more. to get an understanding of how the city has changed, how its healed, i went to boston for a unique discussion with a special round table and an audience of first responders, some of whom were on the scene of the bombing on that horrible day. we are here in boston with boston harbor and the skyline of the city behind me to understand the impact of the attack on the city from people directly affected. joe andruzzi, a former patriots
get more than three months in jail. friends say he was a thrill-seeker. he is the type of kid who would see something and people are like, you re crazy for do it and he would be like, that s nothing and he would do it. reporter: the port authority that handles security for the site says, we are constantly reassessing our security posture at the site and constantly working to make this site as secure as possible. and walking along the perimeter, we can t find any easy way in. in fact, security is tight. you can see those card readers right there. clearly, there was a massive security failure. gio benitez, abc news, new york. moving on to another step, this year s boston marathon. they unveiled the banners that will line the route of the race yesterday. special they re calling it honor banners will be hung near where the bombs went off. last year killing three, injuring hundreds. the marathon s theme, we run together. about 36,000 runners will tackle the 26.2 mile course on april