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So from 3 30 to 4 00 we saw that total come down almost half an inch. You can see this is the most rain weve had since april 8. About half an inch of rain. You have to go back to february 6 to see some heavy downpours on the order. You can see all of the lightning and thunder. Lightning strikes. Trivalley the hardest hit early. Right now, we have a last little line moving through the bay area right now into fremont. Still some downpours right now for your evening commute. 61 degrees right there. You can see the showers lifting from south to north. Not quite done with the system yet. Still a few more showers in the forecast and a lot of snow out of the system for the sierras. A full look at that in the forecast in a few minutes. Thanks. Half of the bay area are wondering whats the big deal but the other half this is what it looked like. Its National Bike to work day. Our colleague biking on the nbc studios. This is along central expressway in santa clara. Riding through some of those to
Why the Australian Government is threatening to euthanize johnny depps two pet terovers. Today thursday, may 14th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. And as we wake up, all focus is on this 32yearold conductor of the train that derailed two nights ago. And why he had that train going so fast into a curve where he was supposed to slow down to about 50 miles an hour. These questions need to be answered. And its our top story. The search for answers in the deadly derailment of the amtrak train in philadelphia. Weve got complete coverage of the investigation this morning. The stories of the victims who died, and the Safety System that could have prevented this tragedy. Natalie has made her way to the crash site this morning. Natalie, good morning to you. Reporter good morning to you, savannah and matt. And thats right, it is very
Just to my left where a speeding northeast regional train jumped the tracks last night. There were 238 passengers on board and a crew of five. At least sef seven are dead, more than 200 injured. Investigators from the National Transportation safety board are here and tonight crews are moving the train to a secure location. Hour after hour police, firefighters and other rescue workers searched desperately for anyone who might still be trapped in the wreckage of amtrak train 188. Keep calling, okay. Crawl forward sir. Pelley as victims were carried to ambulances, survivors told their stories among them beth davidz. Once the car started filling up with smoke we actually climbed out the top. It was when i was sitting on the top of the car and we looked out, you could see the first. The engine and first cars just crushed. Pelley the train left washingtons Union Station just after 7 10 last night bound for new york city. It stopped at philadelphias 30th street station. Then at 9 21, about ni
The train was traveling at approximately 106 Miles Per Hour hour. Once you hit this curve the train is supposed to be slowed down to 50 Miles Per Hour. Investigators confirm amtrak 188 was going twice the speed limit when it left the rails. But the why is still unanswered. Ton night crews are still on the scenery moving the wreckage from the crash site in Port Richmond. A live look now from chopper three at that scene only two cars remain on the tracks following last nights violent derailment. Good evening, im jessica dean. Im chris may. This has been a day and night of dramatic developments in the amtrak tragedy. Officials work to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. The latest at 11 00 oclock Eyewitness News has learned the train engineer is Brandon Bostian. The ntsb has not questioned him yet. But Philadelphia Police have. Federal investigators say that his train was traveling 10 sick miles an hour in a 50 miles an hour zone just before it went off the rails tuesday night. Al