At least 14 of the cars caught fire and one went into a river. Csx train in West Virginia was carrying the same kind of crude that travels through martinez and richmond. And as Christin Ayers tells us, the accident has provoked renewed warnings from people who are already concerned about that situation. Here we go again. You know. We knew this would happen again. It was just a question of when and where. Reporter bay area environmentalists are watching very closely. Because there are trains carrying the same highly flammable fracked oil that was on those trains through richmond on their way to martinez. The mood is on the hands of the blood is on the hands of the Rail Companies because their rails are unsafe. Reporter andres soto is the richmond organizer for communities for a better environment. He says not only are the rails unsafe, the cars are too. Theyre running the stuff in you know this explosive fracked crude in train cars that were designed to carry high fructose corn syrup. R
Us live for this morning interview. And whats in the box . We have something cool to show you that could change your life. We are an hour away from the big reveal this april 8th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a wednesday morning. Busy news morning. Breaking news out of afghanistan where three u. S. Soldiers have been shot and wounded in an alleged ambush by an afghan soldier. We will bring it to you as soon as we have it. We are working another big story. The outrage over yet another Deadly Police shooting in South Carolina and this time it was caught on camera leading to murder charges against the officer. Gabe gutierrez is on the story for us. City leaders are stunned. The fbi is investigating to see if civil rights were violated. Protesters here today and we should warn you the video is disturbing. The outrage is growing. A white Police Officer drawing his
Bay area braces for the next wave of rain. The next series of storms is forecasted to be much stronger than today. Bill martin is tracking the next storms arrival. We begin in the south bay with. It was a windy day here, so much that the wind toppled this tree. This is just some of the mess left behind. Reporter its a muddy walk from the door to the driveway at this familys home in san jose. The remodel is going to stay like this. Its pushed things back. Hauling things out, he couldnt bring in a tractor because there was so much mud. Reporter the storm did little to help south bay ressive wars, currently at 75 of average for this time of year. The ground was dry, so we expected the water to just kind of soak in. Now the ground is wet, so were hoping the next series of storms will bring waters into the ressive wars. We had about 20 trees that were damaged by a broken limb or fell over. The city of san jose has free sand bags ready for residents and its equipment is ready to go. As soon
Bill martin is tracking the next storms arrival. We begin in the south bay with. It was a windy day here, so much that the wind toppled this tree. This is just some of the mess left behind. Reporter its a muddy walk from the door to the driveway at this familys home in san jose. The remodel is going to stay like this. Its pushed things back. Hauling things out, he couldnt bring in a tractor because there was so much mud. Reporter the storm did little to help south bay ressive wars, currently at 75 of average for this time of year. The ground was dry, so we expected the water to just kind of soak in. Now the ground is wet, so were hoping the next series of storms will bring waters into the ressive wars. We had about 20 trees that were damaged by a broken limb or fell over. The city of san jose has free sand bags ready for residents and its equipment is ready to go. As soon as it starts raining theyll be out in the street. Reporter one problem . The colorful fall leaves clogging storm dr
Shocked and devastated over what happened. A lot of them were trying to crack a little bit of a smile for that picture but they are very upset this morning. They are making sure the fire does not sparked back up again. Fire will look into what caused the fire. They do not know at this time. The red cross is on scene helping them as well. We willor to get some updates as we go through the morning. Astronomers are all abuzz this morning after three cosmic events in the last 24 hours. The latest one spotted right here in the bay area. Youtube video on the left of your screen shows a blue flash across the sky. It was taken by a driver along interstate 280. On the upper right. An asteroid that was expected 11 last night. The football field sized asteroid passing the earth within 17thousand miles. Thats closer than some satellites. And on the bottom right, a meteorite that exploded friday in russia. It sent a shockwave over the Ural Mountains. 900 miles east of moscow. Windows on some four t