On the ground. Is everybody okay . Im still figuring that out. We have cars everywhere. Down on to the highway. Lindsey this is a new train route for this train. Todays voyage was the inaugural run. Part of a 181 million project. The ntsb will no doubt take a close look at the project as well as interviewing and operating the amtrak train. You can see a live picture of what is going on there right now. A team is headed from here in d. C. To that crash site right now. At the live desk, lindsey mastis. Jonathan thank you very much. Look at the map. When you see the green line, that is the old route. The orange line is the new one that opened this morning. This was the inaugural run and meant to reduce sharp curves and enable the train to speed up. The train was going 81 m the Washington State project had the max speeds of 79 miles per hour. We dont know at this point if the speed was a factor in the derailment. This rail project cost more than 180 million. You know there were cars on bot
Hottest night of the year. Pepco confirmed pour outages and the heat and humidity could be factors. Our Garrett Haake has been on the story all evening talked with affected residents and businesses. Hes live in northeast. Garrett . Reporter debra, thankfully the power is finally back on here in northeast for all but a few dozen people who might still be without it. For a while tonight, though, there were more than 4,000 people across the district without electricity. Pepco says the first outage tonight in northwest was not caused by the heat, but regardless of what caused it all these people had to deal with the high temperatures. At andre jones home in upper northwest the power went off just like that. The next thing we know, bam. You know, so i ran downstairs. I thought maybe it was a breaker. Reporter jones was one of more than 2,000 pepco customers in northwest to lose power around 7 p. M. He and his kids couldnt stay indoors after that. Very, very, very hot, extremely hot. Reporte
Hour ago. Had to be very emotional. For me being a mom, it was a very emotional day here. Even though maddie was just eight years old, she was full of life. That was very clear when we saw a video that she produced and starred in and when her mother read an entry from her daughters diary. More than 1,000 people came out to the arena in santa cruz to celebrate the life of madison middleton, the eightyearold g girl was killed in her apartment complex last month. Her 15yearold neighbor has been charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing her. Today many of her friends from the community where he lives sang songs in her honor. Her mother read from her diary and shared a video that maddy made herself. Im hoping that much like the way the lord is moving in her life, its all about compassion. Shes showed amazing strength and compassion. The lesson to walk away is not to demonize anybody. Were all grieving together. American idol finalist james durbin sang let it be and another fr
Its here. Its absolutely here. Reporter high winds and heavy rain. Hurricane matthew is batters floridas coast. Were already seeing the impacts, and its a monster. Again, our number one priority is protecting every life in the state. Reporter but the worst hasnt hit just yet. The tomorrow is expected to pound the area with high surf and spawn tornadoes. This storm will kill you. Reporter 2 Million People in matthews path have been told to get out of way. Its th since super storm sandy in 2012. It could destroy homes and cut power to millions, possibly for days, and First Responders may not be there to help. This is really a serious storm. We have in every way tried to prepare as much as possible to keep you safe as possible. Reporter and to that end here in florida theyre doing what they can to keep people safe. Theyve opened 130 shelters across the state. Problem accommodating people, urging people if they dont have a safe place to be they need to make it to the shelters to stay safe.
Endorse donald trump. We are live on the Convention Floor there at the arena in cleveland where crews told the delegates to vote your conscience. Well the crowd was electric tonight and we did see the full range of emotion. At most points people were cheering but at some points jeering. Ted ted cruz got booed off stage. By the end of the night everyone was on the same page, everyone cheering for vp nominee mike pence. I accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the United States of america. He may be second on the ticket. Im a christian, a conservative and the republican in that order. But he was number one at the convention tonight. In the land of the free and the home of the brave. He spoke of his roots, his success as governor and his respect of donald trump. Hes got backup and on november 8th i know we will elect donald trump to be the 45th president of the United States of america. And he spoke of his distaste of Hillary Clinton. I would want a better title too