And sky 7 live over a fire. This in brookline. Fire officials on st. Paul street say it is a threealarm fire. Crews are still on the scene. No word yet on the cause or if there are any injuries. Also breaking news in the fight against terror. The f. B. I. Releasing new information about the gunmen in last weeks for ror attack in california. Christa the f. B. I. Director says the two shooters, syed farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik were radicalized at least two years ago and that the two had discussed gee had and. Jihad and martyrdom as early as 2013 before they started living together. I can only say so much about it at this point. This indicates that they were radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online. And online, as early as the end of 213, they were talking martyr come. Martyrdom. Christa that was the f. B. I. Director. He told the Judiciary Committee that the two were inspired by foreign terror organizations. He did not name which ones. The two are accus
Reporter this is a train operators cab like the one on the run away train. The throttle is the big lever on the control panel. T Officials Say if the operator did tie a chord around it, he would face serious consequences. We are aware of those reports and in anyway wedging or restricting the movement of the siniston would be a prohibited at that would subject the operate to tell nation. Reporter the red line train took off from braintree carrying dozens of passengers but no operator. With no one at the controls the train traveled six miles before t staffers in the control center stopped it by cutting power to the third rail. T officials also say the operator, David Vasquez of canton, also failed to engage the secondhand brake when he got out of the cab. We do believe this was an isolated incident. One that likely required an mistakes for this to take place. Vasquez say they couldnt. She is a friend, yeah. I cant picture this guy doing something wrong. I mean, the equipment is old, they
Boston, im byron barnett, 7 news. Anchor governor baker now focusing on keeping t riders safe. Changes are already being made. John cuoco now live in boston with that part of the story. So whatever passengers saying, john . I spoke with a few passengers and they are happy knowing this that this has the attention of state. Its good there is such Quick Response to fake the problem. After thursdays run away train, t passengers put at ease knowing something is being done. It does make you feel a little bit better that somebody is looking into it. Reporter the mbt ais aing the use of the bypass procedure. They got the train moving yesterday. Now a second senior mbta official must be present. To witness and insure the motor person is following all of the safety steps that are required. Reporter the mbta says they are reminding all employees in person and writing about prohibited as on trains. Administrators do not believe tampering with the trains is a widespread practice. Memory of folks at
Overnight the militant group releasing a new video with the threat to kill two japanese hostages. The video appears to hoe the same English Speaking masked militant as previous videos. In this he demands a 200 200 million ransom in the next 72 hours and speaks directly to the japanese Prime Minister whos now on a sixday visit to the middle east. One is thought to be a freelance journalist the other a japanese citizen who went to the syria to be trained with militants. Woo ale stay on top of this story throughout the morning as those developments continue to come in. Here at home were following a breaking story out of cincinnati. A deadly bridge collapse onto a major interstate. Crews have been combing through the debris of this collapsed bridge over i75. At least one construction worker killed and the driver of this tractor trailer was injured when the bridge collapsed onto his truck. Police say the bridge was undergoing demolition and appeared to be sagging when the tracker trailer ap
And not so funny. We showed you the controversial Super Bowl Ad featuring a lost puppy. Viewers so outraged go daddy yanked it hours later. Will the company get out of the dog house today wednesday, january 28th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on wednesday morning. Matts got the morning off. Got the shovel out. A lot of snow at his house. Check out marshfield, massachusetts. Weve seen images. Look at this. Storm surge, the waves froze on the homes and the trees. Waves coming over the homes and into the street ahead. Thats amazing. The storm and its aftermath our top story. The impact of what ended up being a record setting storm in parts of new england. To dylan dreyer, shes in marshfield about 30 miles south of boston along the coast. Dylan, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, savannah and man, are we happy thats over. New england took it on the chin with