Here tonight. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with that headline breaking from philadelphia. Federal investigators just moments ago revealing that sudden acceleration just before the amtrak train derailed. These images of the crash site from above, where three cars there on their side another nearly flipped. One of those cars virtually incinerated. Tonight, the death toll rising to eight. They believe the rest of the missing now accounted for. And tonight here an abc news exclusive. The lawyer for the engineer on what his client remembers. And this evening, weve learned that engineer now agreeing to talk to federal investigators. Were going to begin with that new piece of information, authorities says the train was going more than 100 Miles Per Hour and that it sped up moments before the crash. Abcs david kerley takes us right up to those tracks. Reporter today, we walked onto the tracks. Eight lives lost here. Amtrak asking us not
And this is sort of a hit and miss storm. Those were hit were hard hit. Abc7 news is in san jose tonight. Its been raining off and on. Chris looks like youre getting a break out there. Just goes to show how quickly weather can change where we live. And in roads are starting to dry out. This was the scene downtown. You can see just how dark it was. We saw a good amount running around without an umbrella, trying to beat mother nature. I havent seen outside since this morning. I was not prepared. For the rain. So its great its raining, we need it. Back here live palm trees with blue skies behind it. This is the west julian street as we approach highway 87 here. Live in downtown san jose abc7 news back to you. Thank you. Some this is a mixture of hail and he rainfalling from lauren b. And when you get unusual weather, take a photo or video and share it with us. You can follow live doppler 7 hd. It is free if you go there youll be able to get it as well. A 17yearold student is dead after a
Common touch. His impact so big, he was just named Time Magazines man of the year. This morning, incredible access behind closed doors, at the vatican. And the popes christmas message for everyone this morning. Only on gma. It is a special day here. Good morning, america. Two big stories this morning. Robin and josh, standing by at the vatican. And we have all the latest on that huge Mega Millions jackpot, as well. Were live from both locations where those Golden Tickets were sold. Lets do it. Here are the winning numbers. Write them down. 8, 14, 17, 20, 39 and the megaball, lucky number 7. San jose and atlanta. Were going to get to more of that later. Right now, lets get straight to the vatican. What a remarkable year it has been. The resignation of one pope. Elevation of pope francis turned out to be an electric leader for the worlds 1 billion catholics, sending a spiritual jolt around the world. Robin, josh, you made the journey to rome. Got to see behind the scenes at the vatican a
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