Most of the injured have already been evacuated to area hospitals. Right now there are 63 reported injuries. Of those 63, 1 11 are in criticl condition of the Morgan Radford has been on the scene throughout the morning. Arriving a few minutes after the awful derailment happened. Morgan what is the latest you can tell us. Hi, richelle, i was here moments after the train crashed. Im actually standing in the home of a witness who was sleeping when he heard the train crash. He has now given al jazeera an exclusive look outside of his window where you will see no where else. Can you tells us what you heard this morning. I was a sleep and heard a loud boom. I thought it was something i was dreaming. It reverberated and maybe five minutes later a text message went off on my cell phone and it was a neighbor telling me to look out the window. And i was horrified at what i saw. What did you see . I saw a derailment and the train scattered all over the tracks and off the tracks and one almost in
Officials in scotland now say eight people were killed when a Police Helicopter crashed through the roof of a glasgow bar on friday night. Dozens of others were taken to the hospital with injuries, some of them serious. Rescue efforts are still ongoing. The accident came on the eve of Saint Andrews day, scotlands official national holiday. Rescue workers examine the wreckage at the city center bar. The true extent of the disaster will not be known until the scene is cleared, but the building is in danger of collapsing, so the recovery work is a painstaking business. This is a complex and ongoing rescue operation that will not be quick. It is very complicated, and indeed dangerous. Pay tribute to those people from the Emergency Service who are working in and around the city. Around 120 people were in the bar. They were watching a concert by a local band when the helicopter fell through the roof. Rushed to help the injured while they waited for rescuers to arrive. This is a black day for
Back into head start. What you get are our National Parks and monuments open again. What you get is the economy not stalling but continuing to grow. What you get are workers continuing to be hired. Thats what you get. Thats what you should be asking for. Take a vote and end this shutdown right now. The president s remarks came after a closed door meeting last night with congressional leaders yielding no results. That meeting lasted for over an hour and was described by republicans as, quote, polite but unproductive. Today both sides sticking to their positions with republicans refusing to fund the government unless obama care takes a hit. The white house insisting that the house pass a clean bill that funds the government. We start our Coverage Today with nbcs kelly odonnell, whos on capitol hill. Kelly, i know there was at least a little bit of a bipartisan lunch with senator rand paul. Then you have two members of congress, one democrat, one a republican, coming out with some kind of
Separated by a heavy armed border, emotional reunions for north and south korea. How cyber thieves stole a doctors patient files and the rann son demanded for their return. Good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. A truce in ukraine has had no impact on the spiralling violence gripping the country. You are looking at live pictures in kiev, where there are reports of more deaths as a result of clashes between protesters and riot press today. Demonstrators are throwing gas bombs while police are using water canons, gun fire has been heard there, its not clear who is doing the shooting. Todays violence comes after a truce was called. The two sides had great to resume peace talks today. The deal had no effect on the escalating conflict that killed more than two dozen people. Todays violence forced an evacuation of the people. Jennifer joins us on the phone. Tell us what you see and here . Its been a confused morning in kiev. Each side accusing the other of starting
Of genocide and war crimes. And with three months to go until the world cup. One of fifas top men tells us there is no plan be. Does it mean that all will be perfect . Thats not the point. Six hours of talks have failed to find a compromise on the crisis in ukraine. Russians foreign minister has been meeting the u. S. Secretary of state in london. John kerry says the west will not recognize the referendum on crimea becoming parts of russia. Sergei lavrov said crimea is more important to russia than the faulkland islands are to britain. Simon really no surprise that theres no compromise between kerry and lavrov . No, you wouldnt have found many optimists in london going into these talks on friday, but john kerry as he said after they broke up, they lasted six hours, they were frank and candid. Both dug in to each others narratives about good ways of defusing, deescalating it, but it became very clear getting the russians to cancel sundays referendum in crimea that he had failed to do th