Our coverage of this deadly derailment continues at 4 40. Positive train control is the technology that can automatically slow down a train to avoid an accident. Thats ahead at 4 30. Now to south jersey where two people are dead after this crash, where one of the cars went right into a pole. State police on the scene right now of this creek. It happened around noon in tab p bett tabernacle. Ted greenberg is there. What can you tell us . Reporter the investigation is well under way. New Jersey State Police confirmed to me two people are dead. They were inside that vehicle, a gmc yukon, which is wrapped around a pole right near the intersection and it hit the pole and caught fire just before noon today. Right now theres no word from state police on what led to the crash. It did prompt authorities to evacuate. More than 50 students and employees from the sequoia alternative program, which is part of the school district, and that program is housed in that building and that evacuation as a
All the new details. Theres a News Conference about to get under way. Im keeping my eye on that. Authorities say at least 100 people were injured on the train and on the highway. Reporter out of 14 train cars, 13 crashed. At least one of them dangling over traffic. Drivers in disbelief. Several of the train cars smashed a semitruck. Anthony escaped by climbing out a window sfwl it seemed going really fast and everything went dark. And tipped over. Reporter everything went black. New tonight. Fire crews say they searched every train car and made dozens of rescues. Using jaws of life. And saws to get into the crashed cars. Reporter the next goal, recover the trains black box to determine speed. And whether the brakes were applied. The curve was restricted to 30. And it looks like he failed to slow for the curve. Reporter officials are examining the tracks condition and whether anything was in the trains way. That track hadnt been upgraded with positive train control. A hightech safety up
Now to more breaking news that impacts every american. Within the past 90 minutes the house passed the biggest reshaping of the tax code in three decades. The senate is expected to follow with its vote tonight. The sweeping 1. 5 trillion package would touch every taxpayer and every corner of the economy. It provides steep tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy. And more modest tax cuts for middle and lowincome families. Heres a look at some of the potential winners and losers under this plan. On the winning side, corporations and tax preparers. Losers include high tax, high income states like new jersey. Obamacare customers and older and americans who are more poor. The president tweeted stocks and the economy have a long way to go after the tax cut bill is totally understood and appreciated in scope and size. Immediate expensing will have a big impact. Biggest tax cuts and reform ever passed. Enjoy and create many beautiful jobs. Our coverage of the story continues with jgeorge spenc
Block. Whoever did this needs to be caught. Reporter its hard for family to understand why anyone would kill 85 yearold willy cooper. He lived in West Philadelphia his whole life. Theyre forced to watch investigators comb through his house for evidence. Catch them. When they do i hope they rot. Because he never hurt anybody. Cooper was found stabbed to death by a rel thif afternoon. Neighbor and friend has lived on the block since the 1960s. And described him as the shirt of his back kind of man. Its the same sentiment echoed by his grandson. More than ever now he holds dear a photograph of his daughter and grandfather. The person that did this i need to understand why. What was the reason. He was too good of a person to even kill him. Reporter investigators say there are signs of force. Its not clear if thats a forced entry or exit. The 85 yearold family wants him remembered as a selfless man. Dedicated to making others smile. Turn yourself in. Cooler was a good man. Cooper was a good
Center says about 80 of taxpayers will see a tax cut in 2018, and less than 5 will see a tax increase. No word yet on when the president will actually sign the bill. Live in the breaking news center, keith jones, nbc10 news. Our coverage of the story continues on nbc10 news at 5 00. George spencer is finding out what this all means for you and your paycheck. Do you have to take withholding changes . How soon could it all start . Those answers are ahead on nbc10 news at 5 00. We are following this breaking news here at home. An 8yearold is dead after this hitandrun crash in northeast philadelphia. This is the scene where police were able to find the driver after he took off. The two drivers involved in the crash are both in the hospital right now. Both are expected to survive. Investigators are still trying to find out how this all happened. More breaking news. Within the past two hours we learned new information about an attempted abduction near a school in philadelphia. Two children o