It was a whole lot going on. President trump just spoke about this. He says this underscores the need for better infrastructure funding. N. T. National Transportation Safety board will look for an official cause. That could take months. This is the deadliest amtrak crash since eight people were killed and 200 00 others injured in may oh 2018. The train traveling twice the speed limit in philadelphia when it entered a sharp curve and jumped the track. The n. T. S. B. Said the accident could have been prevented had amtrak installed positive Train Control Technology that would have slowed the train down. Atlantas International Airport is struggling to return to normal today. The lines are long after a power outage brought the operation to a stand still for much of yesterday. They didnt get the pow did get the power back before midnight bu thousands of people were stranded. We were literally carrying old people up and down the escalators. My heart was racing because i was scared for these
A second woman and a firefighter were also taken to the hospital. Both are expected to be okay. We just got these pictures in of a dog who was rescued from the flames. That fire broke out in a firstfloor apartment. Fire crews now have it under control. Investigators are trying to figure out how it started. We also have new information tonight about speed and that deadly amtrak derailment in Washington State. Nbc news cites multiple sources who say investigators are looking at the possibility that the train was traveling at 80 miles an hour in a 30mileanhour zone when it flew off an overpass and onto a busy freeway below. Three people are dead, more than 100 others are injured. All the victims killed were on the train. This was the inaugural run of a new route on that train. Well have a live report from dupont, where wash state. Thats ahead in about 15 minutes. Back in our area, more breaking news tonight. Shots rang out tonight on a southeast. Leaving a man dead. News 4s shomari stone
Hear what happened during the arrest. Jonathan and what did they know and when . Charges of grade fixing at one of the districts largest gold districts. Charges are they knew more than a year ago. What are you looking forward to waking up to Christmas Morning . Some gifts. Alison a young boy gets the ultimate gift. He is home in time for christmas. You may remember caleb, the Prince Georges County boy fighting for his life. Jonathan it is nice to see him smiling and talking. Two weeks ago he was accidentally shot. Annalysa gayle has the story. Caleb left childrens ready for the long road ahead. Some are calling it a christmas miracle. Its amazing to see his progress since he was accidentally shot december 5. For the first time, 11yearold caleb is able to watch one of his favorite tv shows in his home. I feel better than i was before the accident. Healysa the last few weeks has spent time at Childrens Hospital where he had several lifesaving surgeries. Camemergency procedures after his
[ bleep ] [ bleep ]. A man elected to keep d. C. Neighborhoods safe arrested for dui. The shocking video of him locked inside a bathroom peppering police with racial slurs. It was a great day today. Temperatures well above average. But the cold is coming. Ill show you when it moves in and what it means for christmas. News 4 at 11 00, starts now. School board meetings can be dull sometimes. But not tonight. Not in Prince Georges County. Im doreen gentzler. Im jim handly. Tempers flared as ceo Kevin Maxwell tried to explain what comes next after the grading scandal rocked the School District. Shomari stone is in Upper Marlboro with what parents heard tonight and what the School District failed to do before the state stepped in, shomari. Reporter good evening. It was a heated Prince Georges County Public School si parents packed the auditorium. The school board meeting, many of them demand to snow why they say dr. Kevin maxwell did nothing when he became aware of the recordkeeping issues
Not a single democrat voted yes. They warned tax overhaul will ruin the countrys financial future. We believe that this product will do two extremely important things for the country. Number one provide middle class tax relief and number two, provide business changes that make us more competitive. Today, marks a great vi victory for the very wellthy Campaign Contributors and at the same time as the deficit of this country is driven up by about 1. 5 trillion dollars. Now, President Trump was in a celebratory mode tweeting the u. S. Senate passed biggest reform bill. And he went on to give time on there saying it will go to a final vote in the house this morning and then if its approved there would be a conference at approximately 1 00 this afternoon. The way things will go down today as far as we can tell the House Conference Committee will meet at 8 trying to reconcile the changes made last night in the senate and making sure the house matches up all the language the same and immediate