Rethink possible. We are here. We have had our differences everywhere, but we look forward to coming back together. They are mourning the loss of two of their own as they learn more about the men killed in yesterdays train accident. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama dates. Here is the latest on the deadly accident that killed two bart workers. The ntsb has taken over the investigation. The two victims have been identified x but the name of the train operator has not been released. And right now the bart labor strike is still underway with no negotiations scheduled. A special bart Board Meeting is scheduled for tomorrow. The victims were members of the union. We have Team Coverage on the developing story and we begin with abc7 News Reporter lilian kim with what we have learned about the victims. Lilian . Ama, both men are said to have had extensive experience. We are at the lake merritt bart station and these candles have been put here in their memory. Very dedicated, well
The victims were members of the union. We have Team Coverage on the developing story and we begin with abc7 News Reporter lilian kim with what we have learned about the victims. Lilian . Ama, both men are said to have had extensive experience. We are at the lake merritt bart station and these candles have been put here in their memory. Very dedicated, well loved, honorable. The senior track engineer worked at bart for nearly three years. He and a contractor were inspecting the tracks when a bart train on a routine maintenance front hit and killed them. He lived in hayward and leaves a wife and two grown children. The family is grieving. They are in a state of shock to put it mildly. The contractor has been identified as Larry Daniels from oakland. His family declined to comment, but we know the railroad Consulting Engineer had 30 years of experience. A senseless tragedy. Ridiculous. Absolutely preventable. Tonight bart employees at the lake merritt and bart station stood together in a
And Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie along side Natalie Morales and al roker at his weather post. Well check in with you in a few minutes. We have former Vice President dick chaney here this morning. Hes in our green room. If you look at him now and think about how he looked the last time he was on the show, it tells the story. He was here about three years ago and i said dont take this the wrong way but you look a lot better than you did then. He had major Health Problems and discusses at lot of those and how severe they were in this new book. He received a new heart. He is very open about how close he came to death. Well talk to him in a few minutes. Well get to that later on. Lets get to todays top story and al, its the hurricane called raymond. Nobody loves raymond in this case. Especially our friends down in mexico. This is the first major hurricane in the pacific. We
Reporter that is correct. The National Transportation safety board has taken charge of the investigation into the deadly bart accident. Other crews, including bart is helping find answers. We do a thorough inspection of the mechanical and the operational inspection, with wheels, reporter brakes reportethis train was moved earr this evening. The ntsb investigators say that it has to be moved so they can get a closer look we will spread about and look at every single part of what happened and make a determination. Reporter the crews will to terminate what will happen the next day they crews willthe terminate and operating thinterview and the operator. The rule we are aware of the strike and make sure that it will be an impact full situation. Reporter in how to prevent future accidents will be applicable. There is a lot of informational we are going to be collecting. Reporter depending on the complexity of this accident it couldtake six months to one year perhaps even one year or longer t
Could be effected. Good morning. Thank you for joining us on this monday. Heres a live look at people boarding the ferries in alameda this morning. We have seen the lines snaking around and reports in over the weekend. And more people are expected to be on the ferries this morning as they search for alternate transportation. We are in day four of the bart strike. The bart trains are not running this morning. We want to welcome you on this monday. That is right. It is monday october 21st im dave clark. And im Maureen Naylor in for pam cook. We want to get a quick look of weather before we get to traffic. Thank you. We do have a lot of fog around. Some conditions under career skies. Everyone is pretty close here. 40s to low 50s mountain view. That is moffett. We will go 62 today. 20s up in the mountains. 46 at monterey. There is a lot of fog up and down the coast. Some of it is reducing visibility. We do get some of that moving over the bay and inland. Cool near the coast and inland. 50s