Andrea big sitdown in washington today. Donald trump meeting with as many as two republican lawmakers before he addresses aipac, the influential proisrael lobbying group. According to the Washington Post the meeting focuses on party unity an intended to help trump meet elected leaders and other players in the party including those who have not endorsed him. All this as the New York Times say members of the gop establishment are planning a 100day campaign to derail trumps plan to the nomination and if that fails, possibly planning a third party bid. Reince priebus said it is far too late for outsider to challenge trump. Listen to his answer about committing to the trump and two other candidates still standing. Can you guarranty the nominee will be one of the three candidates in the race right now . I think it is highly unlikely if it is not. I can tell you that. I think it would be somewhat very unusual but, you know, i cant 100 guarranty that but i cant imagine right now sitting here b
At home. Tragedy on the tracks. That amtrak train goes off the rails. Two people are killed. This accident has injured more than 30 hours. Welcome to a brandnew hour of americas news headquarters. This deadly scene unfolding in chester, pennsylvania. That is just south of philadelphia. And not far from another deadly amtrak accident that happened less than a year ago. Now, this time, the train is thought to have slipped off the tracks after striking a backhoe loader. Amtrak starting to resume service between philadelphia and wilmington, delaware, but this investigation is far from over, and we will have bryan llenas is live with more. Reporter take a look behind me right now. That is the scene from earlier this morning around 8 00 a. M. This amtrak struck and hit a backhoe, which is essentially a piece of construction its kpimt, or a vehicle that digs up and lifts up dirt. It hit that while it was on the track. Now, it killed two amtrak workers who were not on the train at the time. It
Announcer this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight from havana. Good evening. It has been a day rich in historic symbolism, brass tacks diplomacy. President obama, who reminded us today he was born the year of the bay of pigs invasion, met face to face on cuban soil with 84yearold president raul castro. Its their first meeting on cuban soil since diplomatic ties were reestablished. Afterwar afterwards, they emerged from what turned out to be a tense give and take with the press, ending with this awkward clasping of the hands, showing this relationship is still very much a work in progress. Our Andrea Mitchell was among the few called on at that press conference and joins me here now. Andrea, it was uncomfortable to watch at moments. Reporter it was uncomfortable, and its clear raul castro does not do press conferences. The two leaders agreed to disagree on big differences between the u. S. And cuba. Chiefly the u. S. Trade embargo, which president obama would like to
This is our western edition of the broadcast. Nearly 350 passengers and crew members were on board when an amtrak train hit a backhoe on the tracks about 20 miles south of philadelphia in chester, pennsylvania, this morning. Two amtrak workers who were on the backhoe died. Dozens on the train are hurt. Tonight as the investigation gets under way our transportation correspondent kris van cleave is on the scene. Reporter investigators worked around the damaged front end of amtrak train 89 after it collided with a backhoe early sunday morning in chester just south of philadelphia. 341 passengers and seven crew were on the new york to savannah, georgia train, passenger beth blakely. It fell like a car accident, like an impact. And it was a rough ride. It took a long time to stop. And all you could see was a lot of dirt and debris flying past the train and then there were a couple of sort of fire flashes and then we came to a stop. It was pretty panicky. Reporter the National Transportation