Two workers were hit by an amtrak train late last night. It caused trains to be sus penned. They are trying to pig yur out why the workers were on the tracks. We have more on the investigation. Reporter we have been watching now for several hours an Ongoing Investigation and multiagency response from amtrak, the federal railroad association, ntxb ntsb and more. Lets explain this to you. 11 20 or so on tuesday night came reports of this incident. Amtrak 175 was make its way to Washington Union station and two people on the tracks were struck. The two people were rail workers. There were no jr. Injuries or c that were aboard. Now, on the scene we have a very investigative presence a and so many questions here such as what were the workers doing there and could it have been prevented . They will take data and analyze it. Nbc 10, back to you. We continue with the impact it is having on service in our area. We are live at 30th street station to update us on the delays, pamela. Reporter one
Heres lester holt. And theres a live picture of the white house of the capitol, actually, of course. Ands theres the white house. In a short time, president elect trump and president obama will begin their trip to the u. S. Capitol where mr. Trump will be sworn in around noon eastern time. It will be the start of a new era in washington and this country, what many see as a clean break from the last eight years under president obama. I am joined for our coverage by chuck todd, our political director and moderator of meet the press by tom brokaw who has covered the comings and goings of president s since Lyndon Johnson and by nicole wallace, nbc political news analyst. Tom, let me start with you. We have seen in many, many campaigns where, you know, harsh words were said. But to see the relationship that weve seen between president obama and president elect trump in the last several ek well, i think that president obama wanted to go out on a high note. Hes got very good Approval Ratings
For reopening classrooms helped to harden the views of many educators it would be unsafe. School that is are trying to reopen are seeing the dangers of inperson education firsthand. Georgia, the districts Largest School where these images of crowded hall ways went viral last week, now has 35 confirmed cases after reopening for mostly inperson instruction. About 20 miles to the east in woodstock, georgia two schools that didnt require masks have now more than 1,100 students and staff in quarantine. To that end nbc news correspondent ellison barber is with us from woodstock, georgia. What are they saying there now . Reporter the high school were in front of is Woodstock High School. They decided to temporarily halt inschool learning. School officials learned at this school right now at Woodstock High School there are 300 students and staff in quarantine. They have 15 tests for students out pending results. They think some of those presumably come back positive. Theyll have to quarantine
Witt. New details about the failed mission to rescue american photojournalist luke summers. Launched the effort to save summers, but ultimately, they were not able to save him. And on the sunday talk shows, new reassurance that this attempt needed to be made. I do think it was the right decision to actually engage and try to go in for the rescue attempt. Nobody can do it better than our special forces community. It doesnt always go perfectly. Thats always the risk. And then, in this particular case, unfortunately, and it was a tragic loss of the two hostages, you know, it was an unfortunate outcome. Nbcs Kristen Welker at the white house with more on what happened in that raid. Good day to you, kristen. What more do we know . Well, alex, good morning, those who knew luke summers are sharing his story today. In a statement, his stepmother describes summers as a talented photographer. Meanwhile, add the Obama Administration begins to assess the failed rescue mission, one official tells m