Was distracted when they were talking about damage to a train. That night near his location. The agency found the distraction increased the trains speed to 106 Miles Per Hour it entered the frankfurt curve. The speed limit there, 50 miles an hour. The ntsb says bostian lost situational awareness. A prosecutor for the office of the general called that finding, quote, junk science. Saying bostians job was to look out for the 200 on board the train and hes been trained to know the route and the area. In a hearing the defense picked apart prosecution arguments showing bostian himself was seriously hurt saying multiple times there was no evidence bostian intended to harm anyone in the crash. This was the first incident in an unblemished career. The defense showed photos of the backpack zipped up and contents. Later the judge saw the backpack had been dumped out and the tablet inside was missing. Its never been found. A prosecution witness was a passenger on board the train. She says bostian
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york this is nbc nightly news. Good evening. It is a war seemingly without end as we were reminded today with word a u. S. Drone strike targeting al qaeda militants along the afghanistan pakistan bo killed two western hostages including an american aid worker the u. S. Had spent years trying to free and an italian aid worker. Their deaths happened in january but were publicly revealed today by president obama. We also learned today two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed. We have two reports and start with Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter . Reporter lester goodevening. The president today sa that he deeply grets the loss of two innocent lives and that he demanded the information be declassified insisting the victims families deserve to know the truth. In an extraordinary statement, president obama today confessed that the u. S. Accidentally killed two hostages including an american that had been trying to free for year
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It is a war seemingly without end as we were reminded today with word a u. S. Drone strike targeting al qaeda militants along the afghanistan pakistan border killed two western hostages including an american aid worker the u. S. Had spent years trying to free an aid worker. Their deaths happened in january but were publicly rev today by president obama. We also learned today two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed. We have two reports and start wi alexande house. Peter . Reporter lester, good evening. The president today said that he regrets the loss of two innocent lives and that he de information be declassified insisting the victims families deserve to truth. In an extraordinary statement, president obama toda that the u. S. Accidentally killed two hostages including an american that had been trying to free for years. As president and as commande t
Hockey show down. And girl power. How a group of girls selling girl scout cook kiss turn into crime fighters. They help police catch a thief in the act. Their remarkable story today, saturday, march 15th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill along side jenna wolf and dylan dreyer. We want to get you to todays top story. Thats the breaking news coming in overnight involving the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. That development, this the disappearance was intentional. They made that statement earlier this morning. The plane has been missing for 8 days and investigators are finally getting more details about at least the track of the airplane. Some of the initial movements. They now know for sure that the plane did make a deliberate uturn and someone disabled the devices that would allow them to see the plane o
World headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. It is a war seemingly without end as we were reminded today with word a u. S. Drone strike targeting al qaeda militants along the afghanistan pakistan border killed two western hostages including an american aid worker the u. S. Had spent years trying to free and an italian aid worker. Their deaths happened in january but were publicly revealed today by president obama. We also learned today two other americans working with al qaeda were also killed. We have two reports and start with Peter Alexander at the white house. Peter . Reporter lester, good evening. The president today said that he deeply regrets the loss of two innocent lives and that he demanded the information be declassified insisting the victims families deserve to know the truth. In an extraordinary statement, president obama today confessed that the u. S. Accidentally killed two hostages,including an american they had