This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley, reporting tonight from washington. Pelley good evening. Tonight, investigators from the National Transportation safety board are on the scene of a horrifying rail disaster. It happened about 20 miles north of new york city at the end of the tuesday evening rush. A commuter train out of Grand Central terminal slammed into an suv that stopped on a crossing. The explosion lit up the night sky. The driver and five on the train were killed. Several others were injured. Vinita nair is in valhalla new york. Reporter investigators spent the day shifting through charred wreckage trying to figure out why the train plowed into an suv at 60 miles per hour. It was an horrific scene of twisted metal, smoke and flame visible for miles in the night sky. James wallace was in the second car of the train. We sturted to smell gasoline fumes and the fire was getting larger up front ahead of the car. I was thinking this is not the place we want to be. We need
The country to work in highneed jobs. Chris christie was riding a tidal wave of popularity. A new poll shows otherwise. A survey finds 66 of those polled believe christie is more interested in a possible president ial run than governing the state. His job Approval Ratings have dropped to their lowest level since may of 2011. Next up here, a kangaroo at mcdonalds. Lets just go with that. This happened in wisconsin. The kangaroo is 8monthold jimmy. You see him there . He lives with four other kangaroos. They are pets of a couple and often take little jimmy out in public. Last week jimmy was taken in to a mcdonalds. Another customer didnt think that was cool and called the police. It causes a lot of attention because you dont see a kangaroo every day, especially out of a cage you know. Thats a fair statement. His wife and jimmy were leaving when police arrived. No charges or arrests. Police say jimmy is a therapy pet for mrs. Moyer who is battling cans sdpler they put a sweater on their k
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Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Five babies have been diagnosed in the suburban chicago area. All of them at one day care facility. Its part of this new Measles Outbreak that continues to grow. This news tonight about these five babies raises the issue of infants too young for vaccinations. This will no doubt prompt a lot of parents if they havent already to check what the vaccination requirements are where their children are cared for. And its where we begin tonight with nbcs hallie jackson. Reporter at this suburban chicago day care, five babies believed to be infected with measles, their parents powersless to stop it since the infants are too young for the vaccine. Now a warning as many as ten other children may have been exposed to the virus and unvaccinated staff and kids are being asked to stay away for three weeks. There are likely to be more cases. So we shouldnt be surprised by that. The cats out of the bag. Reporter 4 mill