Im Alison Harmelin in for annemarie green. This morning the National Transportation safety board is investigating the deadly collision between a commuter train and a Sport Utility vehicle. At least seven people were killed when the metro north train slammed into the truck about 20 miles north of new york city last night. The suv was stuck on the tracks. The front of the train burst into flames. The victims include the driver and six people on the train. Don champion is in valhalla. Good morning. Reporter good morning, alison. Over my shoulder you can see buses have been brought in to give them privacy. After getting stuck between Railroad Crossing gates that had come down, witnesses say the driver of the suv that was hit got out of her vehicle and then jumped back in. Thats when the collision happened, sparking that fire that consumed the first car of the train. More than an hour after the deadly collision, smoke still billowed from the front of the north train that was heading at rush
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Jordans King Abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a Jordanian Air force pilot who was might fooiting in the u. S. Led coalition against isis. Jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26yearold who fell into the hands of the Islamic Terrorist Group when his plane went down in syria christmas eve. Today, isis put out this video showing the pilot in an orange jumpsuit. Then, hes murdered, not a beheading this time, but something equally cruel and inhuman. Hes set on fire. Were not going to be showing you that. We dont know when the execution was carried out, but isis chose to release the video just as jordans king was in washington. And Holly Williams has been covering isis from the beginning. She joins us tonight in northern iraq. Holly, what can you tell us about the video . Reporter well, scott its a highly produced video includin
Annemarie green. This morning theyre investigating the deadly collision between a train and Sport Utility vehicle is. At least seven people were killed when anthe train hit the truck. It claimed the driver and six people on the train. Don champion is there. Good morning. Good morning, alison. Over my shoulder you can see buses have been brought in to give them privacy. After getting stuck between Railroad Crossing gates that had come down, witnesses say the driver of the suv got out of her vehicle then jumped back in. Thats when the collision happened sparking that fire that consumed the first car of the train. More than after hour afterward the smoke billowed from the train at rush hour tuesday evening. The train never made it to its defendant nation. Investigators say it crashed into a Jeep Cherokee stopped under the gates at the track triggering the fire. The third rail of the track came off from the explosion and went right through the car. Hundreds of commuters were on board at th
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. Jordans King Abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a Jordanian Air force pilot who was might fooiting in the u. S. Led coalition against isis. Jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26yearold who fell into the hands of the Islamic Terrorist Group when his plane went down in syria christmas eve. Today, isis put out this video showing the pilot in an orange jumpsuit. Then, hes murdered, not a beheading this time, but something equally cruel and inhuman. Hes set on fire. Were not going to be showing you that. We dont know when the execution was carried out, but isis chose to release the video just as jordans king was in washington. And Holly Williams has been covering isis from the beginning. She joins us tonight in northern iraq. Holly, what can you tell us about the video . Reporter well, scott its a highly produced video includin
Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. This is our western edition. Jordans King Abdullah ii hurried to the white house tonight after what appears to be the savage execution of a Jordanian Air force pilot who was fighting in the u. S. Led coalition against isis. Jordanians had been holding vigils for the 26yearold who fell into the hands of the Islamic Terrorist Group when his plane went down in syria christmas eve. Today, isis put out this video showing the pilot in an orange jumpsuit. Then, hes murdered, not a beheading this time, but something equally cruel and inhuman. Hes set on fire. Were not going to be showing you that. We dont know when the execution was carried out, but isis chose to release the video just as jordans king was in washington. And Holly Williams has been covering isis from the beginning. She joins us tonight in northern iraq. Holly, what can you tell us about the video . Reporter well, scott, its a highly