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Steve, what are you seeing right now . Reporter bob, i have to be honest, i just got here, so im seeing this for the first time with you. We just walk to up this corner 20 seconds ago. You see an army of media here. We are being kept here. I talked beverly with Dave Schratwieser you can see construction lights make it look like baseball stadium, they wheeled those trailers in because time is critical, when you have got people who could be trapped people who could still be bleeding, people who ne...

And good morning, america. Lets get right to that breaking news. Take a look at the devastation this morning. There it is right there in philadelphia. The train was headed from washington to new york. America just around 9 30 last night, five miles out of philadelphia. All seven cars including the engine came off the track, three of the cars you see one right there toppled on their side one nearly upside down on its roof. 243 were on board including 5 crew members. About 200 have been taken to t...

Made sure they know where each and every person on the train is right now. You mentioned the ntsb did update the investigation with the press conference a little while ago. We did learn a few things this evening. For that and for word on who survived go to brad bell standing by in philadelphia as well. Brad . Brad you talk about survivors. That is one of the things that the philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter amazes him that so many people did walk away from this. Sadly, seven perished many injure...

Webut begin this morning with todays eess eye opener, your rl wo 9d in0 seconds. Its an absolute disastrous mess. Never have seen anything like this in my life. A deadly train deraitlmen in philadelphia. At least five people were killed. At least 140 people injured. The cause is not yet known. It hit power lines, pedestrian bridges. They continue the search for the missingel hicopter scouring the earthquake devastated area. The death tolls i at least 65 in the powerful wake of the aftershock. To...

With three shows left we hear more from David Letterman and look at the shifting landscape of late night tv. We begin with you wrorld in 90on secds. Newew video shows the moment the amtrak train flew off the tracks. Did something hit the amtrak train before the deadly derailment in philadelphia . This apparently was not the onlyin tra g toet hit that night. They had been hit by rocks or shot at. The jury has spoken. Ho dz tkharsarnaev will pay for his life for this crime. He is going to go to he...

Eun . Aaron gilchrist live in philadelphia for us thank you. Well check in with you throughout the newscast. Now lets turn our attention to the weather. Storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein, we can feel it already. You can see it in the storm team 4 tower cam with the sunrise occurring as we speak. The clouds cruising through. These kind of look like spring clouds coming in. Unlike yesterdays summaryery clouds floating over us. 50s northern and western suburbs. And Reagan National now is at 65...

As the ntsb investigates they need to get more trains moving through. Federal investigators say amtrak 188 was traveling more than 100 miles an hour before it went off the tracks. This is important. Thats more than twice the speed limit of this area where it derailed. At this point, there are seven confirmed deaths. More than 200 people hurt in the crash. More than 50 of them have fractured ribs. Joining me now, our transportation reporter adam tuss who has been on the scene since 3 30 this morn...

The curve, he applied the emergency brake. Thats when the shuddering started to happen and all the rail cars then actually derailed at that curve. Lets show you the video of what the ntsb has been up to. They have been on the tracks taking a look at every little piece of information that they can. Taking a look at the wheels. The outside of the rail car. Some of the rail cars an absolute mangled mess. We heard the word disastrous use time and time. Take a look. Just moments before the derailment...

I didnt want to misspeak to you. That is govenor como arriving on the scene of this train derail. Ment. Of the only official information we can get in. The Train Derailment happened a few hours ago we have been able to speak to spokesperson. We had a train derail this morning at 7 220 a. M. 100 feet north of the metro north station. This was a passenger train that originated at 5 54 in the morning and was due florida grand centra due intogrand. We dont have any information on the passengers and ...

Ffdny is reporting four fatalities. These are live pictures for you. The emergency vehicles are on the scene but most of the injured has already been taken to area hospital. Right now the fdny are saying there are 63 reported injuries. Of those 63 h 63, he is 11 willl condition. What ca can you add to this. The police and Fire Department officals are coming and going. We know this investigation is ongoing in determining what has happenedmenhappened. I just want to point out a couple of other thi...