The scene behind me at roughly 7 40 this morning. This is video from sky 7. Smart says the southbound train would have been moving at 79 miles per hour. Full speed when the accident occurred. The force of the impact pushed the victim 50 yards down the track. We also have some interviews here with smart police chief jennifer welsh, saying the railroad has video of the accident from the train. Well, certainly, point of impact, hopefully will be captured on the video, but a lot goes into that prior to what happened, what this person was going, how they were acting, were they on the sidewalk or middle of the intersection. Theres a lot of factors to look at to figure out exactly how this happen. Reporter they are figuring it out for quite a while. They have not said what happened. They have not said whether it was a suicide or an accident. They are just not saying. Smart tells us the traffic arms in the intersection and the lights and the horn of the train were all working. One side effect,
For philadelphia, south jersey all of delaware as we are tracking a light snowfall any time between 5 00 a. M. Wrapping up at 4 oclock on tuesday. So heres what we can expect. Start time six to eight clock in the Morning Light snow, general 1 to 2 inches across the region. This will call for slick roads and slow travel blustery and cold conditions tuesday and details coming up in the accuweather forecast. Shirleen. Thank you melissa. Lets continue our live team cover Ridgeway David Henry live on the schuylkill expressway with more on how road crews are getting ready. Hi david. Reporter timing of that storm has potential of turning rush hour into a real mess tomorrow morning so penndot is doing everything it can to stay ahead of the storm pretreating roadways all day today. This penndot truck was putting down a brine mixture on Montgomery County today. Trucks were doing the same in bucks chester and delaware counties as well. Highways through philadelphia until after 6 00 tonight and th
Far to link to his victims. He led the recovery in new orleans, but now former mayor ray nagin goes on trial for corruption. We begin with progress made during the second day of talks to end syrias war. A victory for rebels allowing women and children out of a key city. Meanwhile, the fighting continues between the rebels and the government. More from nick schifrin. The violence in syria is continuing on unabated. We shouldnt diminish the fact that this is the First Agreement in three years of war. Its not clear how it will work on the ground or if it will alleviate the suffering. Theres nowhere where it needs to be alleviated more than homs, the Third Largest city. Most of the homs simply no longer exists. For two years its been pounded by bombs, mortars, artillery. The Bashar Alassad regime tried to crush the city. From the ground and from the air. Almost every day the terrifying sound of jets and the horrifying inevitable plume of smoke rising above a neighbourhood. The citys popula
[ singing ] breaking with tradition for the first time. Girls are performing at englands Canterbury Cathedral. Good morning to you. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Live from new york city. Im Morgan Radford. The message in ukraine is clear no deal. Protesters pushed back hard after rejecting the president s offer to join the government. The unrest step pd up as protesters attacked a government building with Police Officers inside. Al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse joins me live from kiev. Are protesters feeling emboldened after rejecting the president s offers . Morgan, they are. They were feeling emboldened before legementing the president s offer. The protesters left on independence square, frustrated that therein no movement, tried to march on parliament. They clashed with police and we have seen picture of the clashes and burning barricades. We have seen demonstrations spread around the country. In kiev, not far from here, they spread again. In the heart of the capital ukrainians besieged
How one grammy hopeful is making it big without the backing of a major label. Topping the news this hour day two of the geneva peace talks to end syrias war. A small victory for rebels and a deal to get women and children out of a key Battle Ground city. The government draws a hard line saying it is not giving up the keys to damascus. Meanwhile the fighting rages on amongst rebels, Government Forces and Al Qaedalinked militan militants. How are the talks affecting the fighting . Sadly, that fighting continues unabated. I suppose we shouldnt diminish the fact that this is the First Agreement the two sides have made in the three years of war. The fact is nobody knows how the deal with work on the ground. Nobody knows how the women and children will leave the children. It theres nowhere in syria that needs the suffering alleviate more than the thirdlargest city, homs. Most of the homs no longer exists. For two years its been pounded by bombs. Mortars. Artillery. The assad regime tried to