this morning, a commuter train hit a truck that was abandoned. no one was killed but 21 of the 58 people on the train were taken to the hospital. tonight, four of them, including the engineer are in critical condition. omar villafranca is at the scene. reporter: the explosion and flames lit up the sky after the metrolink train struck the truck just before dawn. ould see three of by daylight, you could see three of the five of the 7.5-ton rail cars toppled over like toys. the truck driver, a 54-year-old man from arizona, got stuck on the tracks and jumped out when he saw the train coming. he was found walking about two miles away from the crash. was the driver under the influence of anything, according to your officers? he appeared to be very unsettled, and so the extent or the cause of that is actually yet to be determined. reporter: officials here say today s crash would have been much worse if not for new rail cars designed and purchased after a 2008 metrolink commute
stage for a showdown between the executive and legislative branches. the decision can be bad news for anyone who has worked in the trump white house and is refusing to testify. house democrats are hoping the ruling could pave the way for some of them, like former national security adviser, john bolton, to testify in the impeachment probe. his attorney said bolton was personally involved in matters that are being investigated. the house intelligence committee wrapped up two weeks of public hearings. and chairman adam schiff said they could release the report as soon as next week. he warned that that timetable might extend. we don t foreclose the possibility of more depositions and more hearings. we re in the process of getting more documents all the time. that investigative work is going to go on. we re not prepared to wait months and months while the administration plays a game of rope-a-dope in an effort to stall. democrats say those who won t testify might find themse
burglar messed with the wrong woman. how an 82-year-old grandma took care of business. helps when you re a dead lifter. welcome to our viewers and around the world. this is early start. i m caitlkaitlan collins. i m christine romans. 4:00 a.m. in new york. 11:00 a.m. in jerusalem. a federal judge ruling former white house counsel don mcgahn must testify under subpoena. a judge said that aides are not immune from testifying. for the constitution, no one is above the law. jackson ruled that if mcgahn wants to refuse to testify, he must do so in person and question by kquestion. the justice because it will appeal the ruling, setting the stage for a showdown between the executive and legislative branches. the decision can be bad news for anyone who has worked in the trump white house and is refusing to testify. they could pave the way for some of them, like john bolton, to testify in the impeachment probe. his attorney said bolton was personally involved in matters that a
stop at least temporarily that house democrats effort to get years of the president s tax returns. correspondent david spot kicks it up without the breaking news. hey, david. it is a busy monday for thanks giving week. don mcgahn left the white house while before ukraine entered the equation, but this is somewhat of a setback for the trump administration. may start a chain reaction should bring others who know more about ukraine in front of the camera. mcgahn left the white house last fall, specifically october 2018. a senior official with the department of justice tells fox news that doj will appeal this ruling, hoping for a stay. this ruling sets up an interesting situation for those who work and worked in the white house, and the top tiers of the trump administration, as president trump spoke to ukrainian president zelensky. white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, energy secretary rick perry, and former national security advisor john bolton have all decided not to test