Lawyers say he never would have compromised safety on the red line train that took off and traveled four stops without him last week. Did he wrap a cord around some of the controls on the train . There is no indication he wrapped a cord around the controls. I have spoken to mr. Vazquez and he categorically denies he would do anything like that. It has been said it appeared he rigged a cord around the throttle and forgot to set emergency brakes before leaving a train to manually flip a switch to bypass signal problems. It could be mr. Vasquez deployed the brakes and they failed. Vasquez did not attend his disciplinary hearing today. His lawyer says he was following Doctors Orders to limit stress. He is having a very, very difficult time with the cushons as well as the incident itself. His lawyers say their probe should focus not only on the operator but also on aging equipment. Talking about a system and tracks that have problems and require in order for the train to continue at the poi
And he categorically denies he would do anything like that. It has been said it appeared he rigged a cord around the throttle and forgot to set emergency brakes before leaving a train to manually flip a switch to bypass signal problems. It could be mr. Vasquez deployed the brakes and they failed. Vasquez did not attend his disciplinary hearing today. His lawyer says he was following Doctors Orders to limit stress. He is having a very, very difficult time with the cushons as well as the incident itself. His lawyers say their probe should focus not only on the operator but also on aging equipment. Talking about a system and tracks that have problems and outages and tracks that would require in order for the train to continue at the point it was at to actually disable safety systems. The investigation does continue tonight. No word on what may have been hearing earlier today. John atwater, newscenter 5. Right now the woman hit by a Commuter Rail train is under investigation. The 50yearold
Closes in on 15,000. The nations epicenter, new york state, also recorded its highest number of deaths in a single day, 779. At 151,000 confirmed cases, new york state alone now has more cases than any other country, except, of course, the United States. There is, however, a glimmer of hope. The number of hospitalizations in the state continues to decline. Governor andrew cuomo says it is a sign that the social distancing measures are working. We are flattening the curve by what we are doing. If we stop what we are doing, you will see that curve change. That curve is purely a function of what we do day in and day out. Its not a time to get complacent. Its not a time to do anything different than we have been doing. We know now, for sure, that the mitigation that we have been doing is having a positive effect. But you dont see it until weeks later. Remember, this past weekend, all of us got up in front of this podium and mentioned that this was going to be a really bad week. At the same
The Israeli Security cabinet is meeting again to discuss how much further its going to go. The death toll is now mounting with at least 1,000 palestinians and 45 israelis killed. Palestinian Health Officials say they were able to pull more bodies from the wreckage during yesterdays lull in violence. For the latest on the ground, well turn to nbc newss Martin Fletcher live in tel aviv. Whats the latest . Reporter hi, steve. This ceasefire is getting confusing. Yes, hamas agreed to a ceasefire but it didnt take effect because it was more firing both from hamas and israel. What happened with the countdown to the ceasefire was last night israeli accepted a 24hour ceasefire. Hamas rejected it. Then there was a question of whether israel was hoping they would continue with the ceasefire anyway, but they didnt so stlal began bombing gaza again and now hamas said, yes, they do accept the ceasefire after all. Now were not sure what israel is doing. Theyre still fighting and were waiting to see
Of the senate as you know. What happens tuesday if they do . After more than seven months in mexican jail, a u. S. Veteran. Andrew tahmooressi returning last night after a mexican judge recordered his release. Tahmooressi spent time under harsh conditions for crossing the border with loaded guns. He got lost on a california freeway ramp and never meant to cross into mexico. And live in los angeles with more. Hi, william. Reporter arthel, that one mistake, wrong turn, cost tahmooressi seven months of his life. Trying to get back on track with ptsd treatment in Southern California when he drove into tijuana. Despite significant evidence it was a mistake. Mexico refused to release the former marine, suggesting as a sovereign nation its judicial process had to take its course without interference. Yesterday after political arm twisting by several congressman. A District Court judge acquitted hem of weapons possessions charges after the Mexican Attorney Generals Office withdrew the case. I