gates ever came down. in any event, what happened was that the train actually collided head on with this, what was serving as a parade float which was a flat bed 18 wheeler. you can see the chairs that are kind of up on that flat bed and the military veterans and their girlfriends and their wives were sitting on these chairs kind of going by like a parade float would do and for some reason, it got stuck on the tracks and then a lot of the military veterans, witnesses say, tried to get off as quickly as they can and they clearly, many of them, did not make it. they have just upped the number of injured to 17, many of them are critical. as you said, four dead. we just contacted a local hospital and the person who answered the phone of the dispatcher was apparently so overwhelmed and crying so hard, we could not understand what she was saying. clearly just happening outside of midland, texas, small town in west texas. there were two of those flat bed trailers part of this parade, if
trace: and a horrific train wreck involving military veterans yesterday evening in midland, some 300 miles west of dallas-ft. worth. investigators say a freight train slammed into this flatbed carrying the vets and their families to a banquet. four servicemen died and more than a dozen other people got hurt. one of victims, army sergeant michael, his mother-in-law says the purple heart winner pushed his wife out of the way possibly saving her life. other witnesses say they saw folks panic and jump from the parade float. casey is live with more at the scene in midland, texas. this was one of two floats in the parade, right? casey: i will explain that in a second. but, first, right back there behind me the train in the last minute or so just started moving, the first time we have seen that since this accident. obviously they have to clear the railway at some point but
branch has the authority to prosecute in the event of a crime. you as you have a better investigation if someone who has prosecutorial authority does the investigation. that is why it is so important. bill: i understand but in a word do you expect it to happen or not? if enough people rise up as people are starting to, including these 100,000 military individuals, they rise up and call for it, you bet. i expect it to happen because he doesn t want a blowout election in 2010. and people serving him deserve this. i think if people rise up they will have to do it. bill: we ve got to run. thank you, sir. louie gohmert. thank you for your time. martha. martha: we ll have a lot more on this morning in america s newsroom. also this. air raid sirens ringing out in the middle east. now thousands of israeli reservists are said to be ready to move. we ve got a live report on that coming up. bill: also a freight train crashing into a parade float during an event that honored
israeli officials warn they re ready for a ground invasion if hamas does not stop firing missiles into the country. fighting between the two side escalated sharply yesterday. with a first ever militant attack on the tel aviv area. we ll, of course, have much more on the growing tension coming up later in this half hour of the show. federal investigators are heading to the scene of a tragic accident in texas where a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans. four people were killed, 17 hurt, when the europe onpacific train hit the float at a crossing after sounding its horn. the railroad said the crossing gates and lights were working and it s not clear if the train crew saw the float. but there are some reports that the sirens from the police escort were so loud that they could not hear the train. signaling it was incoming. that kind of accident strikes me as totally avoidable. you have a lot of questions about how that could possibly
47. all served their country and all being honored for their service. one of the victim s mother-in-laws telling a local newspaper that he pushed his wife out of the way. she survived, he did not. 17 people were hurt. four remain in stable condition. the driver of the parade float and of course the engineer of the train among those being interviewed about it feds this afternoon. megyn: just awful. casey, thank you. in other news, a top university, you will know it, gets caught misrepresenting how well it s doing to u.s. news and world report and has been stripped of its rankings. imagine if you sent your child to this school thinking it was number 51 in the u.s. news and world report list only to find it didn t belong there and now it s been kicked off all