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the defense secretary telling cnn three bodies have been found in the charred wreckage of the helicopter. six u.s. marines on the helicopter helping on an aid mission when the pilot radioed about some kind of fuel problem, then contact was lost. cnn s will ripley will join us with details in a few minutes. that helicopter has been found and officials saying three bodies in the charred wreckage. we will bring more as we get it. there is new information on the crash of amtrak 188. the engineer driving the train has been agreed to be interviewed by the ntsbational transportation safety board. 32-year-old brandon bostian was at the controls when the train derail in philadelphia. eight people killed and more than 200 injured. ntsb officials hope bostian can answer the remaining questions. among them why the train accelerated from 70 to over 100 miles per hour in the moments before the crash. we are also learning this morning that amtrak was just months away from installing a saf
reporting tonight, lester holt. good evening. what a crushing weight of responsibility to decide whether someone lives or dies. tonight, a boston jury who saw every gruesome picture, heard every heartbreaking story of loss and suffering, has spoken on the fate of marathon bomber, dzhokhar tsarnaev, unanimously voting that he be put to death for his crimes. four people died in the attack and aftermath, over 200 injured. some of those who survived are speaking out about the verdict. nbc s pete williams has been covering this story from the start. he s outside the courthouse now. pete, good evening. reporter: lester, good evening. the jury deliberated just 15 hours after four weeks of testimony in this penalty phase of the trial, rejecting a plea from defense lawyers to send him to prison for life. [ explosion ] dzhokhar tsarnaev becomes the first person in the u.s. sentenced to death for an act of terrorism in nearly two decades, since timothy mcveigh executed for bombin
to try to figure out what happened to the other five people onboard who have not yet been located. chris. will thanks for staying on it. we do want to know more about the u.s. marines who were aboard the missing helicopter. here s what we understand at this point. let s bring in cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. what can you tell us? good morning, chris. this was a marine corps unit out of camp pendleton. they had deploy today japan for a six-month tour when the crisis erupted with the earthquakes and had been sent there to help. our understanding from the pentagon when they went down they were on a relief mission delivering tarps and rice to a hard-hit village. and at that point some other villagers came up to them and said wait a minute there s another village that needs help. they got back in their helicopter and they went off to the second village and were trying to get there to help those people as well when this happened. a couple of days ago the father of p
tell us what you learned. reporter: just now the u.s. military is confirming with the nepalese army has said for the last few hours. this is the wreckage of the u.s. helicopter that has been missing since tuesday. this helicopter was in the middle of a relief mission 80 miles where i m standing now. they dropped off a load of supplies and headed to pick up patients that needed to be taken here to this command post where i am. they would then get first aid and go to the hospital. they never made it to the second location. we know the helicopter went down 21 miles east of here in a very remote mountainous area. the elevation about 11,200 feet. a very steep mountain side. three burned bodies so far have been recovered. they have not been identified. no word on the condition of the other five. six u.s. marines on board. two nepalese soldiers. the condition of the helicopter described as wreckage indicates this was a crash. not a hard landing. there was a fire. not good news for