former ntsb board member and he joins us. john when this first happened a few day ace go all of the attention was over the engineer now we have reports of three objects hitting three trains in a 16 minute span in that area. does this look different to you now than it did a few days ago? the throwing rocks and objects at the train is nothing new. i was on a train once when they were throwing rocks. it didn t break the windshield but it did hit the cab area of the train. it s not uncommon. it s been going on for many, many years. i m talking, my experience was maybe more than 5 years ago. so it takes something you re saying it s so common it would take a particularly large on jek or a freakish circumstance for it to actually affect the travel of the train?
pummelling the midwest. those pictures in a live report coming up. also jeb bush putting to rest any question of how he will campaign in the state of iowa. some big news from him shortly. and based on what they know now would they or wouldn t they? how the invasion of iraq is being relitigated more than a dozen years after the invasion on the campaign trail. plus the eyewitness account from on board a train. we begin with that raid inside syria by u.s. special forces. 24 hours after learning about it for the first time. we are getting a lot more information about how and why the u.s. military tried to capture an isis operative in eastern syria and why killing him was not their first choice. u.s. military officials telling nbc news that isis senior commander was the emire of oil and gass for isis but that does not mean that he was high up in the isis hierarchy. one analyst comparing him to al capone s accountant. but with his hands in so many of isis s major operations, he app
residents are not out of the woods just yet. all eyes are now on the levees. the last line of defense for homes and businesses not already under water. nbc s john ying reports. reporter: in minot, a furious effort to reinforce the last lines of defense around the city s critical infrastructure. this is our war zone here. and this is where we continue to fight. reporter: so far the levees are holding at the water filtration plant, but officials have ordered already weary residents to boil their drinking water in case the supply is contaminated. until there is a significant reduction in the water level we all have to remain vigilant. reporter: the souris river crested in minot about two feet lower than forecast, but still shattered a record set in the 1880s. the historic flooding across the region is due to heavy spring rains and record snow pack. nearby the missouri river reached new highs and areas downstream continue to be threatened. this week, saint joseph, misso
today we begin with a record-breaking river. in north dakota the souris river has finally crested, although residents are not out of the woods just yet. all eyes are now on the levees. the last line of defense for homes and businesses not already under water. reporter: in minot, a furious effort to reinforce the last lines of defense around the city s critical infrastructure. this is our war zone here. and this is where we continue to fight. reporter: so far the levees are holding at the water filtration plant, but officials have ordered already weary residents to boil their drinking water in case the supply is contaminated. until there is a significant reduction in the water level we all have to remain vigilant. reporter: the souris river crested in minot about two feet lower than forecast, but still shattered a record set in the 1880s. the historic flooding across the region is due to heavy spring rains and record snow pack. nearby the missouri river reached new h
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