Good morning and welcome to al Jazeera America, im morgan live from new york. This morning 26,000 commuters in new york city suburbs have to find another way to get to work. This after a train derailed yesterday just outside of manhattan. The accident left four dead and Dozens Injured and ntsb investigators have now recovered the trains data recorder and trying to determine exactly what caused the crash. Our mission is to understand not just what happened but why it happened with the intent of preventing it from happening again. Reporter the train jumped the tracks just as it was getting ready to leave the bronx and cross into manhattan and 7 cars derailed with the lead car feet away from the hudson river. It happened along a curved section of the track and trying to figure out the excessive speed played a role. An al jazeeras john is here live from the bronx, john . Morgan good morning. The hudson line of Metro North Railroad is one of the busiest Commuter Rail routes in the world. 26
Studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone, welcome to today on this tuesday. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer along side al roker and tamron hall. Did we do something with the set . Did i miss something . We changed something. Sorry i missed the House Warming Party but it looks good. It looks good. We are excited. Good. We are going to start in washington at the scene of the deadly shooting at the navy yard. After conflicting reports on monday, confusing information, investigators now believe the gunman acted alone. Natalie morales is there with the latest. Natalie, good morning to you. Good morning to you, matt. We are starting to learn more about the alleged gunman and possibly aa motive here. According to officials, the man identified as the alleged shooter, 34yearold aaron alexis had been experiencing mental problems and had a checkered past. He was a computer contractor, a former Navy Reservist who was honorably discharged in 2011. Alexis did have a valid pass to en
Long instead of backing up towards a runner road. But the northbound side that is really unusual this morning. Once again the six a right to sell the bonds into snow the has been a whole spate of crashes here on the one on one northbound direction. That drive times already at 36 minutes. In that the bay bridge in a solidly backed up into the macarthur amazed. You can see the other being cycle data released low rate. And now that it 7 00 were already starting to back up to the cemeteries had. James heres a the weathers going to be like today and beyond. We have a mild afternoon for everyone. For some of our lower spot. It will be dissipating thursday afternoon. We should expect a whole lot from that system. And a quick update on hurricane the old deal. It is now work this way of the halfway peninsula about. As winds about 60 mi. Per hour. And as is done a number on the baja peninsula. Mark as you can see all the debris around and phone lines are down and many of the hotels are suffering
Extraordinary act of courage with no time to spare. Nightly news begins now. Good evening, the gunman in the mass shooting at the Washington Navy yard reportedly told police he was hearing voices and that someone was using Microwave Technology to infiltrate his body. Investigators say the portrait emerging tonight of this former Navy Reservist turned private contractor points increasingly to mental illness, at the same time were portraits are now emerges of the Civil Servants who died in the hail of gunfire simply because they were inside the complex of navy buildings. We begin tonight with our justice correspondent Pete Williams on what weve learn sod far in this evening. Pete, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian, the man accused of the shootings, aaron alexis, came to washington three weeks ago after seeking treatment at a v. A. Hospital, after complaining about hearing voices and worrying about his safety. Just last month, investigators say aaron alexis checked into this hosp