It was a whole lot going on. President trump just spoke about this. He says this underscores the need for better infrastructure funding. N. T. National Transportation Safety board will look for an official cause. That could take months. This is the deadliest amtrak crash since eight people were killed and 200 00 others injured in may oh 2018. The train traveling twice the speed limit in philadelphia when it entered a sharp curve and jumped the track. The n. T. S. B. Said the accident could have been prevented had amtrak installed positive Train Control Technology that would have slowed the train down. Atlantas International Airport is struggling to return to normal today. The lines are long after a power outage brought the operation to a stand still for much of yesterday. They didnt get the pow did get the power back before midnight bu thousands of people were stranded. We were literally carrying old people up and down the escalators. My heart was racing because i was scared for these
Happened a little before kw8 this morning about 40 miles south of seattle. About 80 people were on board that amtrak train at the time and the train itself was moving at about 80 Miles Per Hour Officials Say and heading to portland. Dozens were taken to the hospital, including people who were hit while driving on the highway. You could see right there just how many emergency crew vehicles were out there today helping out victims, not to mentions a you just saw several of those passenger cars just dangling there over the overpass. When we got to the scene, it was obvious that there were some fatalities and a lot of injuries and some people were able to get off the train. Multiple cars and struck were struck by train cars that evident there the train tracks and went down on to the road. The people that were in all the vehicles, even though when you see the pictures its pretty horrific. At this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fatal. Now were told the trains new route is part of 1
A major milestone. Meryl streep responding after rose mcgowan slams her over the Harvey Weinstein scandal. What the actress is saying about mcgowans claims she knew about weinsteins behavior and did nothing. Those stories, plus, was a rat responsible for the massive blackout at the Atlanta Airport . Jesus was here. Rare access to some of jerusalems holiest sites, as the world gets ready to celebrate his birth. And you know the grinch is stealing christmas. The little boy who called 911 because he thought the grinch was stealing his christmas. A story that will make your heart grow three sizes today, tuesday, december 19th, 2017. From nbc news, this is today, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everybody. Thats a pretty shot. A tuesday morning. Getting close to christmas. Boy, what a scene outside seattle, that train that could have been even worse. Its hard to believe that is the first time it had been on the tracks there and that happened on day one. Our top st
Repeatedly that cold behind the frontal boundaries and as we go to the next 24 hours it will be feel like upper 40s were back to december. Been keeping an eye on moisture. It looks like that. Well be passing well south tomorrow and it looks like another dry day we have tomorrow. For the short term this evening also staying dry at 7 00 and temperature 55 by 9 00 and by 11 00, 50. More on even cooler 7 someday forecast sarah and jim back to you. And breaking news, on capitol hill on tax reform legis legislation. House of representatives passed Sweeping Change today and as it turns out they have to vote again tomorrow. Tom fitzgerald in the newsroom with more. The question now is what happened . Jim, sarah, its harded to under estimate the scope of this victory for the republicans and the importance for them they have been desperate for a major legislative win tonight as you pointed out theyre not there yet the the house passed a massive tax reform project. Its the largest tam reform in m
[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. A man elected to keep d. C. Neighborhoods safe arrested for dui. The shocking video of him locked inside a bathroom peppering police with racial slurs. It was a great day today. Temperatures well above average. But the cold is coming. Ill show you when it moves in and what it means for christmas. News 4 at 11 00, starts now. School board meetings can be dull sometimes. But not tonight. Not in Prince Georges County. Im doreen gentzler. Im jim handly. Tempers flared as ceo Kevin Maxwell tried to explain what comes next after the grading scandal rocked the School District. Shomari stone is in Upper Marlboro with what parents heard tonight and what the School District failed to do before the state stepped in, shomari. Reporter good evening. It was a heated Prince Georges County Public School si parents packed the auditorium. The school board meeting, many of them demand to snow why they say dr. Kevin maxwell did nothing when he became aware of the recordkeeping issues