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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. heres what we understand at this point. lets 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 t...

Helicopter to go gowndown. they did not make it christine. >> they did not make it. what was a missing helicopter is now a crashed helicopter. can you tell us anything else about the marines on board? do you know where they were stationed or where they were from or what kind of helicopter? obviously officials may be quiet about where the group is from until they can find out the true nature of the crash and alert their loved ones. >> reporter: we believe the helicopter was based in camp pendleto...

The helicopter was conducting what we know as the last humanitarian mission. the crew is based in camp pendleton, california. according to the pilot postings, he was from wichita. the people who joined the international task force here dropping off supplies and picking up casualties. you can see behind me bringing back what appears to be one of the survivors of the earthquake. they are still bringing back people. we see this every hour on the hour. this is an older woman laying on a stretcher. h...

We learned it went missing in a rugged mountainous area some time around 10:00 p.m. local time. they had just delivered a load of tarps and rice into one of the hardest hit villages from the initial earthquake. they were on their way to deliver more but they lost communication and now nobody knows what has happened to had a aircraft. one reason potentially for hope is that there has been no sign after crash for that chopper. the crew didnt set off any emergency beacons as far as they can tell. t...

Fox news alert now, philadelphia mayor michael nutter just wrapping up a news conference you saw it here. they are trying to update next of kin for the people who died seven people so far. police combing through the rubble. ntsb investigating exactly what happened and if speed was a factor. amtrak very popular with commuters of course on the east coast, the northeast corridor where this happened, actually the busiest railroad area in the country. amtrak runs more than 300 trains between washin...

we were all exchanging trying to get out of there. >> those were the lucky ones. the crash tearing all seven flying off the tracks two left standing upright. one nearly flipping totally upside down. investigators now also analyzing the data recorders for clues about what went so wrong. peter doocy live for us in philadelphia. >> reporter: these commuter train tracks have speed limits. the speed limit on the rails behind me is 50 miles per hour. the latest information we have from data ...

coming up later on. the white house has been lobbying hard for a piece of legislation the republicans were happy to approve but democrats today told the white house no. so its the obama white house getting support from republicans but losing the ibssue today in congress because they lost democrats. this is the trade deal. it is an ongoing political story. that kind of a big democratic split is a rare and precious thing in our politics these days. we have eyes on that. also news tonight...

penalties which i think if you look at them, they are pretty heavy handed. a four game suspension for tom brady just for deflating footballs does seem over the top. in addition to losing a first round draft pick and fourth round pick and 1-million-dollar fine for the patriots. however i said this all day. i think the patriots brought a lot of this on themselves with their defiance in the face of ted wells investigation. they obstructed his investigation. did not cooperate fully. ted we...

it was deployed from camp pendleton outside san diego and an indian helicopter heard the american marine pilot complain of a possible fuel problem. it had just dropped off supplies and was en route to a second location when it went down but there was no indication of a crash, according to pentagon spokesperson. no smoke or signs of a degree field. the marines did not issue a mayday signal and the emergency radio beacon has not been detected. those signals could be blocked due to the na...

>> thats his twin? >> um-huh. >> and then here is -- where was this taken? >> this was in california. he was based in camp pendleton so he spent some time there and he was in monterrey as well. >> and here is -- what is this? >> this is him in ramadi. >> i hope we can get him home. >> i do too. >> thank you. >> right now "on the record" just obtaining new information about our governments efforts to try to get amir released. a state department official telling us the obama administration has tak...