There were 58 people on board and 23 are confirmed dead so far according to state media, the plane was going to an airport just off the southeast coast of china. Air nattics Officials Say it was an atr 72 similar to this one. A short haul regional craft. No word yet on a cause. Officials says the aircraft itself was nine months old and completed a check early last week. The rescue for survivors is still under way. Ntsb investigators are heading to the scene of a deadly commuter train accident north of new york city. Seven people were killed in that crash. It happened at peak rush hour last night. Reports say the female driver of an suv stopped on the tracks. The crossing gate came down she got out of the car and went back in. Thats when she was struck. The third rail buckled and went right through the first car of the train. The suv driver and six train passengers died making it the deadliest accident in metro north history. About 650 people were aboard and most were safely evacuated b
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. For a storm wreaking so much havoc along the west coast tonight, the force behind it sounds almost harmless. But what forecasters call the Pineapple Express is serious business. Its a virtual river in the atmosphere hundreds of miles wide that is driving tropical rains from across the pacific into Northern California on up to western Washington State. Its triggered widespread flooding Power Outages, even shutting down a major highway. And tonight more rain is on the way. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is outside seattle with details for us. Miguel good evening. Reporter lester good evening. Rivers across the region are surging tonight. There are flood watches in effects for counties in three different states. And tonight widespread damage is already done. 30 miles outside seattle a community at one point 30 inches under water. The town of brennan first hit hard by pounding rain and then by a riv
Readers everywhere. Nightly news begins now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. The terrorist group isis so determined to shock civilized people everywhere has now resorted to a new method of murder. They have executed a Jordanian Air force pilot by burning him alive and well point out just as quickly here were not going to air a bit of that here tonight. This execution while no more vial than any of the others may be different in terms of how jordan now reacts to the murder of a pilot and a muslim and in the background here is the knowledge that an American Woman is also being held by the same group. We have it covered tonight beginning with richard engel. Richard, good evening. Reporter good evening, brian. There is absolute outrage in jordan. People are furious. They are shocked. There are calls for military action action. And theres been a strong show of support for the monarchy. Locked in a metal cage
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. For a storm wreaking so much havoc along the west coast tonight, the force behind it sounds almost harmless. But what forecasters call the Pineapple Express is serious business. Its a virtual river in the atmosphere hundreds of miles wide that is driving tropical rains from across the pacific into Northern California on up to western Washington State. Its triggered widespread flooding Power Outages, even shutting down a major highway. And tonight more rain is on the way. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is outside seattle with details for us. Miguel good evening. Reporter lester good evening. Rivers across the region are surging tonight. There are flood watches in effects for counties in three different states. And tonight widespread damage is already done. 30 miles outside seattle a community at one point 30 inches under water. The town of brennan first hit hard by pounding rain and then by a riv
The driver got out to look, them got back in, drove forward and got stuck. That crash set off a fire that engulfed the entire front of the train. Hundreds of shaken passengers had to be evacuated through the back cars. That train was carrying about 750 evening. Im derek mcginty. Also tonight the barbaric murder of a jordanian pilot by isis is creating outrage around the world. A video released today shows the pilot being set on fire in a cage and burned alive. It comes weeks after isis offered to trade the pilot for that now executed female al qaeda prisoner in jordan, but there was already dead. Isis captured the 26yearold when his f16 crashed on christmas eve. The video is not dated and Jordanian Television says the pilot could have been killed up to a month ago. Jordans king abdullah, ii consulted with president obama at the white house tonight. He cut short his trip to washington to return where jordanians showed their support of the pilot calling him a martyr for islam. Just what