Accused of severely beating his father todd. Sarah palin forced to call 911 blaming medication. What really happened inside the former vp candidates home. And severe winds cause this massive stage collapse killing a deejay toppling this structure. Debring crashed to the ground with thousands of concertgoers watching in horror. And good morning, america. We want to get right to that breaking news about that deadly Train Derailment in washington state. Look at that scene yesterday. Height of rush hour. Trains dangling over one of the busiest interstates in the northwest and now we know that the train was traveling at 80 miles an hour in a 30mileperhour zone. Yeah, it was the inaugural run on that particular track. Youve seen the devastation from the exterior. We want to take you inside some of those cabins. These are the picre it is incredible. Pictures incredible. Crazy to think some survived this after looking at some of those. So fortunate, so lucky. Heres what we know at this hour. A
Early this morning. Lets just talk a little bit about the numbers here. So two Apartment Buildings, 11 units now deemed unliveable, 19 adults and 11 children with no place to go. You see nothing but flames. Reporter this video tells the story. An Apartment Building exploding into flames. Andrea poston lives next door and was there as it started. I saw the kids on the balcony screaming help me, catch me, help me, help me. Reporter from there this fire grew. At one point evacuation tones were even sounded, ordering firefighters to get out. Assistant chief Alan Doubleday says he sees fires everyday and this was a big one. We are etypically equipped to fight fire on one floor. When you arrive here and you have fire on two floors and the roof, youve basically exhausted all your resources by the time you get on the scene. Reporter after 30 minutes the fire was out, but the damage was done, five with minor injuries and dozens without right before christmas, you know, just imagine the Christma
Firefighters went to the offensive fire tack and the rescue. The rescues included pulling two people to safety by ladder from balconies. Favor victims treated for smoke inhalation. 30 people displaced heading to the holiday. That building was very pretty. They had the lights all around it. You know, so im sure everybody is devastated. I hope christmas comes for them. Many people are stoic now. But it will hit them. The red cross says replacing the lost gifts for displaced children will be a priority. We are going to provide assistance today to meet those immediate things folks have clothes, food, replacement of medical items. We will also have conversations with them about where they plan to go. The red cross is working with the families tonight. There were a number of children displaced. Local churches have been gathering goods, clothing, that sort of the Management Company looking for the vacancies within the complex to put families up tonight so they can try to rebuild the lives. Fo
Sua cravens is in the med lines saying he was racially profiled during a traffic stop in northern virginia. Good day at 9a starts right now. All right. 9 01 is the time right now. Good day dc is on your tv. It is tuesday, december 19th, 2017, and were yet another day closer to christmas. Yes. Its not feeling like christmas though, right . Foles like springtime. Well take it. No complaints. No complaints. Look at your beautiful pink shades, though. Definitely feels like the se season. Wanted to coordinate. I like the the new comedy father figures hits theaters this friday. Kevin mccarthy he has interviews with two of the films big stars ed helms and owen wilson. Looking forward to this. Looks like a funny movie. For sure. Im excited lets take live look outside right now as we mentioned another very comfortable morning with great day on tap for tuesday. Lets get over to tucker barnes. He says the s word is in the long forecas you mean sunny . Yes. It is in the forecast. Well take a look
Sickout. He has more on whats behind all of this and how it will impact you. Thats right, wendy. Metro and its Largest Union are locked in a heated and contentious contract dispute, thats where all of this is coming from. Metro workers have been telling their supervisors theyre not coming into work on friday. That is what our sources are telling us. An email has been going around telling supervisors theyre going to have to staff up and be ready to work 12hour shifts this entire weekend, just in case metro front line workers, like train operators and Bus Operators dont show up. What does that mean . Really, it comes down to the nasty blood that is just going on now between metro and its Largest Union, as these contract disputes go out. A spokesperson for metro said there have been an unusually high number of absentee requests for this weekend. Thats why they are taking this action. A says he doesnt believe a sickout will happen, but its a tactic that they are using to try to get the gen