in the media, in the entertainment industry, congress and certainly in the white house, you know, i wish it had been a cleaner i made the wrong call and not sort of that s very interesting. but she has a voice in this big conversation and she should have had this one, you know, statement which i m very proud of and very happy she did and then be a voice in the bigger conversation. and the final point to that, so she hits she actually you know what, we have some breaking news, i ve got to break away from this. a train carrying members of congress to the gop retreat in west virginia reportedly hit a truck. this is what we re hearing from one gop source. this is breaking news just in to cnn. as you can see, they were heading to west virginia to go to the greenbrier. the source is telling cnn this is unclear how many members were traveling on this train, but there were injuries. that s what we ve been told. sources said that members,
harris: all right. john, how long have you been doing this? 25 years as an investigator, 10 years as an engineer. harris: so as i hear you and you say the crossing accidents are an epidemic, that s coming from a place of knowing. you have been there a long time. we appreciate your experience and you sharing with us your expertise. john hiatt, railroad investigator, thank you. you bet. harris: i want it turn now tore a spokesperson congressional institute spokesperson in a statement we just received. we had chad pergram on. our correspondent mike emanuel is also on the story. mike is sending this out. again, congressional institute quote a statement regarding the incident involving the train carrying members of congress. after consultation with leadership and the u.s. house and the u.s. senate, the retreat will proceed with an adjusted program. our thoughts and prayers are with those impacted by today s incident. that program will now include a moment of prayer for those invol
life was lost. it certainly makes it even much more tragic event. our hope is no one else is in jeopardy of loss of life. steve was a symbol for all of us in terms of his recovery. this will be a tragic event that will affect many lives, unfortunately. kasie hunt, our chief congressional correspondent, as well is on the phone. kasie, i believe you have confirmed the fatality on the truck. reporter: hi, andrea, forgive me. i m having a little bit of trouble hearing you. i think you were asking me and we can report nbc has two sources who confirmed there is one fatality associated with this garbage truck hit by the amtrak train carrying members of congress, so some very sad news to report on that front. there were serious injuries among others traveling on the garbage truck. we are working on looking into
we have breaking news. the train carrying members of congress to the gop release just had some kind of accident. it said most people seem okay, but there also appear to be some injuries. we don t have we re not on the scene yet, but our colleague, kasie hunt, who covers the hill, is on the phone with us. kasie, are you there? reporter: hi, steph. yeah. i am driving on my way down to west virginia to cover this republican retreat. we have heard at nbc that the train that was carrying members of congress, they all met at union station this morning, took an amtrak train down to west virginia, was in an accident with a garbage truck. there was at least one person, according to one of our sources, who was taken off the train to be treated for injuries. this person was apparently standing up on the train. there was, according to this source, a loud boom. laptops went flying. it was an incident that rattled a lot of people. we have on the phone now
fire up the coffee pot, let s get moving and grooving. international headlines now. dramatic new video coming in out of australia, a train carrying 53,000 gallons of sulfuric acid derailed north of queensland. three men on board suffered minor injuries. it is not clear what sent all 26 cars flying off the track. and hundreds of troops have now been sent to northern england to fight back rising waters after weeks of torrential rain, many towns and cities were left flooded and residents forced to evacuate. steve over to you. a new cnn poll shows more americans than ever think terrorists are winning but isis isn t the only terror threat we need to keep an eye on in 2016.