were flying, cell phones, laptops. no warning, didn t hear no brakes. just that was it, you know. just woke up bouncing off chairs, man. this is the second amtrak crash in less than a week. last wednesday a train carrying dozens republican members of congress heading to a retreat in west virginia hit a garbage truck. the ntsb and the fbi are investigating both of those crashes. the fallout from the nunes memo. devin nunes warns this is only phase one. among the many guests weighing, camila harris of california and chris coons of california. and john brennan, morning joe, everybody, just moments away. always have been. when i found out i had age-related macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. my doctor and i came up with a plan.
train. please convey that to all the other members, your colleagues there. the whole country is concerned about what happened to the republican members on their way to a retreat in white sulphur springs, west virginia. the collision occurring in charlottesville, virginia. tom costello covers transportation. what are you hearing from officials about how this could have occurred? the amtrak, no warning to the fact there was a sanitation truck apparently on the tracks. according to the congressman who described the scene and according to the pictures we re getting, the cab of the truck was not as damaged but obviously a report of a fatality, one of the passengers, one of the workers, one of the crew on that truck. reporter: let me quote senator jeff flake as saying there were three people onboard the truck, that one has passed away, two are injured.
one of the first and basically still unexplained legal controversies of the trump administration started back in march when the president fired all the u.s. attorneys with no warning, with no successors lined up, no time to plan for the handoff of work in the prosecutor s office. we don t know what that was about last march but then this week was the next big surprise move on these crucial and powerful federal prosecutor positions. thursday marked 300 days since they initially fired them all with no warning, no explanation but on the eve of that 300-day milestone on wednesday of this week, they suddenly appointed 17 new ones at once. and there are a few intriguing things about the timing and whether they had to make the appointments by yesterday as a specific deadline and made a huge decision about tons of federal prosecutors as a gigantic surprise with no warning and no time to plan. but there are also questions about who they are putting in
and it was so sad to tell them that many times in many cases it wasn t there any longer. did meet two people whose home was saved, but they were traumatized by what they saw last night. next thing you know, fire is a block away. had tote, no warning or anything of that sort. reporter: you didn t know if your house was burnt or not. absolutely. no. reporter: when did you come back? this morning, a couple of hours ago. reporter: surprised to find house intact? very surprised. thank goodness. no, 99% chance that it s gone. but hoping that 1% it s still there. we ll stick with it, see what stuff can be replaced. not be happy about it but i don t know whatd possibly do you know. get your helicopter and go over
they are. they said they didn t receive an e-mail or evacuation order and i believe one of the firemen said he kinda blames the mayor and another one of firemen who have rank said he was upset with how all this has on down. were not casting any blame but they say they ve rescued people from rooftops. i want to bring in this gentlemen name oscar. you live here, you ve got some kids back here. so we heard about the evacuation and being flooded so we just try to get my mother to save haven. there s some people who don t want to leave. they try to tell them we have to leave so that s my main concern. how are you feeling? what are the emotions going through your mind. didn t give us no warning, we thought it was just gonna be in-and-out situation. without a just last two or