get to the part about which iranians they were and what exactly the u.s. navy did to them. iranians in question were fishermen on an iranian merchant vessel that had been captured by pirates more than a month ago. the navy destroyer, uss kidd heard a distress signal. they boarded the iranian ship, captured the pirates and rescued the iranians. let s see ahmadinejad turn that into anti-american propaganda. we also got big news today about things unexpectedly getti intin better at home. the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest in three years today. down to 8.5%. the economy added 200,000 jobs last month. manufacturing jobs are up. we loft manufacturing jobs every year for 12 straight years but now we have added them for two years in a row. even construction jobs are up. the the first time we ve had a growth in construction jobs in five years. factories are upping production. consumer confidence is up. even wage s are up a tiny bit. we talked on this show last night about a
are looking at a bunch of different responses right now. it seems the ntsb son their way right now. this is a planned new service, just started this morning. the maiden service, if you will. this comes after a pretty significant investment in this amtrak section called the kaskade line. we don t know from ntsb what the condition of the rails were, but 78 passengers on that. 5 crew members at the time of the derailment first reported at 7:45 a.m. eastern time. 10:30 eastern, ali. images, so hard to understand. jo, thanks. we ll come back to you when you have more reporting. jim formen and jo lilean kent.
investigation that just now is beginning. ali? thanks for your reporting. jim forman for us on the ground in dupont, washington. bring in joe lyin jo lynn kent. what do you have? reporter: different injuries, about 77 people transported to area hospitals. a number in a level red situation. about four of them last time we got an update from the hospital and about 20 people in serious and fair, but both stable condition across this area. now, what we do know is that the ntsb is launching this investigation. the investigators are heading there right now. king 5, our nbc news affiliate reports there have been three fatalities and those according to the pierce county sheriff s office happened in the amtrak railcar or cars. not on i-5, on the highway. so we are still getting more information on this run, but we