just remind them to keep an eyen eye on their drinks. for linda, that most were gay adds to her family s pain. to see a group of people who have been persecuted just for being themselves, targeted, just really hurts it angers me it grieves me. reporter: she s hopeful her son s story will be a warning that may save people lives stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york we have a lot to cover in our second hour of chris jansing reports. let s get right to it. at this hour, up in flames, a training carrying ethanol derails and catches fire in minnesota forcing people earlier today to flee their homes. what we know about this latest derailment. also, an update on the health of pope francis who the vatican says is progressively improving in the hospital. we ve got a live report from rome. plus, an investigation underway after nine soldiers were killed in an army helicopter crash in kentucky what we just learned from pentagon officials. and any minute now, we re expecting
move quickly to seek access, just as we have in this case, and secondly, our travel advisory warning for russia continues to be a level 4 and has been for quite some time and that continues to be the case and it continues to be our message to any american citizen currently inside the russian federation. now, the fsb, the russian intelligence agency says that he was caught red handed, conducting espionage on behalf of the u.s. on russian state defense industry senterprises, that is something the wall street journal in their statement today is firmly disputing, the newspaper calling for his immediate release, chris. josh lederman, thank you for that good news, pope francis is feeling better, and even back at work after being hospitalized for a respiratory infection. nbc news foreign correspondent