and good morning to you all on this friday. i'm t.j. holmes. >> and i'm marci gonzalez. reena ninan is on assignment. we begin with breaking news from nepal. the search for a missing u.s. marine helicopter is over. the us military confirms that the wreckage of an american huey helicopter has been found. officials in nepal say rescuers have located three bodies near the site. >> the helicopter has been missing since earlier this week when a second massive earthquake struck nepal. six marines were on board along with two nepalese soldiers. they were delivering rice and other relief supplies to a remote area. u.s. military has sent a team to that crash site to investigate. so far, the death toll from the two earthquakes is more than 8300. again, the update now. the u.s. confirming that in fact the wreckage of that missing helicopter has been found. you can learn more about the search for the crew of that helicopter at our website, abcnews.com. meanwhile, other updates we can bring you here at home, an apology from amtrak, taking full responsibility as investigators reveal more about the final moments of that tragic train crash in philadelphia. that train speeding up for a full minute when it should have been slowing down. >> all eight people killed in the crash have been identified. the first funeral is being held today for the youngest victim, 20-year-old naval academy midshipman justin zemser. bazi kanani is at the crash site. good morning to you, bazi. >> reporter: good morning, marci. good morning, t.j. investigators here say so far, they have found nothing wrong with the train, the track, or the signals prior to the crash. they're focused on why the train suddenly sped up just before derailing. the new evidence from the crash scene, a video recording from amtrak train 188's engine, showing the train suddenly accelerating from 70 to 100 miles an hour in its final minute. the brake hit just before rounding a sharp curve. >> mere seconds into the turn, we could see the train tilting approximately ten degrees to the right. and then the recording went blank. >> reporter: investigators still waiting to speak to the man at the controls, 32-year-old train engineer brandon bostian. inside the cab, he would have had the throttle handle on the left to increase speed. a red alerter button the engineer has to hit a couple of times each minute or the engine goes into emergency shutdown. on the screen in front of him, a speedometer. to tell him how fast he was going. bostian's attorney says he's still recovering, but will meet with investigators in the next few days. >> i believe as a result of the concussion, he has no recollection whatsoever of the events. i'm told his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. >> reporter: this morning, amtrak officials say all 243 believed to be on board are now accounted for. families grieving for eight people killed in the crash and praying for dozens more still hospitalized. several of those in the hospital are in critical condition. now amtrak crews here are still working to repair the tracks. they hope to have service between philadelphia and new york restored some time next week. marci? t.j.? >> like you said, they can't find anything wrong with the train or the track. a lot of focus going to be on that engineer. what else are we learning about him and his background? >> reporter: well, several of brandon bastion's friends are coming forward in support of him, in defense of him. they say he was really doing his dream job. that ever since he was a little kid, he was obsessed with trains. he always wanted to work as a train engineer. they say he talked frequently about how much he loved his job. >> bazi kanani, live in philadelphia. thank you so much. concern now with the safety of the nation's rail system has sparked a bitter dispute on capitol hill. >> after the house republicans voted to cut the amtrak budget for next year, house speaker john boehner lashed out at a reporter for asking about a connection between funding and this week's crash in philadelphia. >> that's a stupid question. listen. you know, they started this yesterday. it's all about funding. the train was going twice the speed limit. adequate funds were there. no money has been cut from rail safety. >> democratic senator charles schumer called boehner's comments quote patently false. he said insufficient funding had delayed installation of the advanced technology system that could have stopped this speeding train. amtrak is facing its first lawsuit stemming from the crash, filed by one of its employees. dispatcher bruce phillips was in the last car heading to new york. he's in the hospital after suffering a concussion, brain trauma, and spinal injuries. his attorney says amtrak is to blame whether it was operator error or mechanical failure. >> stay with abc news for the latest on the amtrak crash. another live report from philadelphia later on "gma." there has been another security threat at the white house. a california man was flying a small drone while standing on the street in front of the white house. the aircraft never made it over the white house grounds. it flew over lafayette park across the street. drones are not allowed anywhere in the city. the suspect being charged with violating a federal order. meanwhile, patriots' quarterback tom brady, he is now officially appealing his four-game suspension over deflategate. the nfl finds itself now on the verge of a legal showdown. league commissioner roger goodell will personally hear brady's appeal. that hearing must take place in the next ten days. the patriots released a harsh criticism of the report that led to brady's suspension. it claims the nfl's conclusions are incomplete, incorrect, and lack context. to texas, where they have gotten more than their fair share of rain this week. causing dangerous flooding and forcing evacuations. in lubbock, another two inches fell last night alone. turning streets into rivers. flood warnings will stay in effect through much of the state. but the upside? this year's steady rainfall has lifted texas out of its exceptional drought category for the first time in three years. and in drought-ravaged california, a few showers were very welcome in the san francisco bay area. that storm is packing a bigger punch as it moves south. but not enough to ease the state's water shortage. coming up, finally free. a wrongfully convicted man, he walks out of jail. new evidence that set him free after nearly three decades. and murder mystery? or is it accidental? a deadly fire blocks from the vice president's house. why investigators are taking a close look at the evidence. and send in the drone. rescuers used the technology to save a hiker. i thought i'd start the video by showing you the apartment building where the fire was. when things like this happen i think you find a new perspective on life. hi. red cross put us in a hotel so we were able to stay together. we're strong and if we overcame that or if we can overcome that we can overcome anything, so. [ sniffle ] two former top ranking officials at the los angeles county sheriff's deft are under arrest. up with was the second ranking official in the department. both charged are obstruction of squus tis and civil rights abuses. it's the latest development in the case that began four years ago. no hard feelings. that's what man who spent decades behind bars far crime he didn't commit is now saying. 58-year-old michael mcallister has spent half his life in prison the. a woman mistakenly identified him as a man who assaulted her. another man recently confessed. at the time of the crime, the two men were look-a-likes. mcallister says he's not sure what he's going to do now. >> go home. and eat. >> how do you feel? >> wonderful. better than i've felt in over 20 years. >> okay. >> yeah. and i'm ready to cook his dinner. >> mcallister is debating whether to stay in virginia or move to florida to be with his daughters. he says spending time with his family is what he missed the most in prison. wall street opens in positive territory this morning. the dow gaining nearly 200 points thursday. closing just below its all-time high. nasdaq close to a new high as well. s & p 500 was up, too. and dairy queen, the latest fast food chain taking soda off the kid's mean ewe. soda still available, but only if requested. they're offering turkey wraps and bananas. still, their bread and butter ice cream. this home is on the market. prospective buyers have to pay an entry free and have to write an essay. the person who wryites the best one will get the house. about 3,000'sly cabots are needed. >> get to writing, folks. a river rescue. a fisherman saves a boater from drowning. he happened to have a gofrompro on his head. and collision course. a train barrels toward an 18-wheeler stuck on the tracks. across america, people are taking charge of their type 2 diabetes... ...with non-insulin victoza. for a while, i took a pill to lower my blood sugar but it didn't get me to my goal. so i 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rockies. if you're flying airport delays possible in dallas houston, and kansas city. well arson investigators have a mystery on their hand. four bodies, three adults and a child, were found in a multimillion dollar house. >> the family hat owned the house was in washington's social register. flis plis with calling the fire suspicious suspicious. the mansion is in embassy row, just blocks from where vice president joe biden lives. the georgia high school principal who made what most are calling at least racially insensitive remarks. she's lost her job. >> look who's leaving. all the black people uh huh. >> you heard that correctly. you saw the reaction after she dismissed the crowd before she realized the valedictorian had yet to speak. she is later apologizing saying the devil came out in the room. that wasn't enough for the school board. they fired her. california state legislators approved a proposal that all children be vaccinated. the move toward mandatory vaccination came after kids got sick last year. this is in south carolina. nobody was hurt. train slammed into a tractor trailer stuck on the tracks. nobody injured here. the truck was pushed into a parking lot where six cars were damaged. the rail road crossing will be close frdd for a couple of days while repairing are done. a lazy day fishing? not so much. a guy was struggling. the guy who fell into the water could not swim. he was not wearing his life jacket. he's lucky to have somebody standing by. but again, he will probably be wearing a life jacket next time around. >> mm-hmm. a drone has come to the rescue of a hiker lost in virginia's blue ridge mountains. luckily for that woman, her cell phone signal was strong enough to reach 911. rescuers moved in, taking directions from a commander who has dispatched a drone. >> we kept a visual on the drone from up here. we could see it. we indicated probably 200 yards. >> thanks to the drone, rescuers managed to find the stranded hiker in less than an hour. sad news overnight. we have lost a legend. blues lemd b.b. king has died at the age of 89. died in his sleep at his las vegas home last night. >> in hospice care. earlier this month, he announced he was in hospice care because of high blood pressure and diabetes. dance dan harris looks back at his remarkable career. ♪ >> a lot of people think that when you play blues, it's because you are blue. i can play blues and feel better. it's like a on the toik me. >> reporter: more than anybody, b.b. king kept the blues alive. ♪ >> reporter: the blues guitar legend was born riley b. king in a segregated mississippi delta area in 1925. he worked on a cotton plantation from early boyhood. >> i'm very proud of those days. working on a farm. >> reporter: one of his uncles changed his life when he gave him a guitar. when he was 20 he moved to memphis and was a deejay. he sang and played guitar on air. soon he was discovered got his own record contract and blues boy became b.b. ♪ the thrill has gone 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than that of a goldfish yeah. the study by microsoft found most of us lose concentration after about eight seconds. goldfish manage nine seconds. >> the more screens we have going at a time, the harder it is to filter out distractions. our ability to multitask is increasing. multitasking means you have an inability to focus. goldfish they're capable, we are, unlike goldfish capable of short bursts of attention. that's something. i suppose. you have my attention right now. whatever you're about to say. most stay-at-home moms or dads don't hesitate to let the kids walk to the school bus. unless they spot a predator. i would say that qualifies. >> one south carolina mom kept her kids inside watching a ten-foot alligator strolling across the lawn. one neighbor tried to pin the ail gitlligator in the bushes with his car. >> at last word the ail gate sir still on the run. >> what a lesson. that mom can always say, stay inside you don't know what's out there. for some of you, your local news 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"purr-fect" pet today. >> now, as far as our weather everyone, it is quieter on live doppler hd. still cloudy out there. the soaking storms from yesterday are gone. this is the way our 12-hour day planner will look and the camera dropped. it was showing mostly cloudy sky over san francisco. temperatures in the upper 40s to mid-50s. headed to noon the clouds will open up and we are in the mid-50s to mid-60s and it is breezy this afternoon with more sunshine so put the umbrellas away and put out the sunglasses. cooler-than-average. >> leyla hoping for friday light. >> i feel like the brady bunch. >> the story of a traffic reporter. >> here is a look at traffic as you pull it from oakland into san francisco so the far right hand lanes it appears with we have cashpayers awaiting their turn. on the san mateo bridge it is looking clear between hayward and foster city but not this weekend, next weekend, memorial day weekend the bridge will close so crews can put the finishing touches on the repaving project on the high-rise. >> we have breaking news the missing united states marine helicopter found in nepal with three bodies found by ground troops. the helicopter was based out of san diego. on board six marines and two army soldiers while delivering aid to victims of the 7.3 after shocks. sergio quintana is the only bay area reporter in nepal with another helicopter flying to the wreckage. we will connect with him from katmandu at the top of the hour. can you get the latest by following us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> police are asking for help in finding a gunman who shot and killed a 17-year-old boy. his family held a vigil and is promising they will hold 13 more vigils over the next two weeks. our reporter, amy hollyfield, is at the police headquarters. amy? >> yes vallejo police say they sent the entire police department including their k-9 out to the murder scene looking for the killer. they called in the c.h.p. and they put two schools on lockdown. they have not announced any arrests. the teen, max

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