188 engineer Brandon Bostian moments before last years tragic crash in port richmond. Train experts we spoke to said radio interference has always been a problem. Certainly it could have contributed to this accident. But nevertheless, it could have been preventable. Reporter but washington, d. C. , rail safety expert larry mann says two things could have saved eight lives and kept hundreds of others unharmed. A second person helping in the locomotive to monitor the dispatch radio and positive train control. Had there been positive train control along that route, this accident would have never occurred. Reporter mann says positive train control would stop the train if it was exceeding the speed limit. Amtrak 188 was going 106 Miles Per Hour when it hit the curb at frankford junction more than twice the limit. Former ntsb chairman james hall says no matter the cause, he hopes amtrak takes steps to become safer. Unfortunately just provides interference and a distraction from the major cau
Nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. What a crushing way to of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. A boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. Youunanimously voting to be put death for his crime. Four people died in the attack and over 200 were injured. Some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. Nbcs Pete Williams has been covering this story from the start. Hes outside the courthouse now. Pete good evening. Reporter lester good evening. The jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this penalty phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. Shock har tsarnaev becomes the first person in the u. S. To be sentenced to an act of terrorism terrorism. We send a message, a strong message, that were not going to tolerate terrorism. And i think whether
Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. What a crushing way to of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. Tonight a boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev unanimously voting he be put to death for his crimes. Four died over 200 injured. Some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. Nbcs pete wims has been covering this story from the start. Hes outside the courthouse now. Pete good evening. Reporter lester good evening. The jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this pep at phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. Dzhokhar tsarnaev becomes the first person in the u. S. Sentenced to death for an act of terrorism in nearly two decades, since Timothy Mcveigh executed for bombing the Oklahoma City Federal Building in 1995. We send a message, a strong message th
And feeling like summertime. I thought what the heck put the light suit on. Plan on mid80s through the weekend. Plan on having a backup ready to go for later on this afternoon as there will be increasing rain chances through this afternoon and on into tomorrow. Outside your weather headlines early on your weekend, the warmth and the humidity coming back today. Staying all weekend. Really sticking around into early next week as well. Storms each and every one of those days before cooler weather returned midnext week. Storm team 4 radar, a couple of light showers in frederick county. These are moving into carroll county. And a few fading showers in the mountains of west virginia. I couldnt rule out a sprinkle in the Shenandoah Valley as well. Mild temperatures into the mid to upper 60s right now. Plan on temperatures in the 60s for the next few hours. Into the mid and upper 70s. High near 86 degrees. Increasing chances after that. More on all that and the impact on your weekend coming up
Uprising. The ousted president is already serving a 20year sentence on charges he had a hand in killing protesters in 2012. The search is over for the eight people on board a u. S. Marine helicopter that crashed in nepal. Military officials are now hoping to remove the victims from the crash site today. Marines and Nepalese Army soldiers were on board. Their bodies were found in the mountains near kathmandu yesterday. And the chopper was part of the Relief Mission in the earthquake hit area. Weather conditions hampered recovery attempts yesterday. We are now hearing from the parents of one of the u. S. Marines killed in that crash. Chris norjek was the pilot and the mom and dad spoke about their son from their home in kansas. Hes just an amazing individual. My son is my hero. Hes with any now and always will be. Well there are 300 u. S. Military personnel in nepal supporting the earthquake aid mission. Fairfax countys urban search and rescue team members are back on u. S. The team land