Good evening and we begin this thursday night with new details, federal investigators talking just moments ago about that deadly collision on the tracks. Hundreds of commuters at the height of rush hour describing what happened in the final moments. New images of the devastation coming in tonight. Investigators inside that charred car. There you can see those windows, melted away. And were learning more about the mother behind the wheel. The ntsb looking at her cell phone, among other things. Her family and friends speaking out, and tonight, the chilling new 911 calls. Abcs linsey davis leading us off again tonight. Reporter tonight, federal investigators combing through the charred skeleton of that metro north train, revealing the engineer blew his horn for four seconds before the fatal crash. This image showing the electrified third rail piercing the passenger compartments right through the foot rests, the seats. In newly released 911 tapes, distressing calls from eyewitnesses. Train
Could he ultimately be set free . And on the road again . Nearly 25 years after Thelma Louise hit theaters lets keep going. Gina davis and Susan Sarandon may be reunited in a town near you. The big announcement that has fans wildly excited today, sunday february 8th, 2015. Announcer in from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this sunday morning. Im erica hall. And im lester holt alongside lester holt and dylan dreyer. I was going through some of the songs for the grammys. You were trying to figure out thats his excuse. The beyonce this morning sam smith is the one that everyones talking about. He has everybody watching him. Hes 22 years old. Some people feel like hes come out of nowhere. Hes just exploding with a number of categories. In one category where hes up against beyonce, he says well if i win, maybe ill give it to her. I think he would probably do it. Well talk more about that coming up. We want
Among them sarah palin, who says she is ready to throw her hat in the ring. And remembering mr. Cub. Baseball fans in mourning with the death of ernie banks. We will look back at his life today, saturday january 24th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a saturday morning. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Tough news overnight. You spent a long time in chicago. He is mr. Cub. Ernie banks. We woke up to the news overnight. What an incredible optimistic guy. I had a chance to meet him. He had the enthusiasm. The Chicago Sun Times with lets play two. That got the fans to go to the wrigley field. I was rushing around and started reading articles about him. Every word approachable and optimistic and all the positive words. He got the medal of freedom from president obama. Lets get to the top story. The huge storm making a big mess on the
Suspension from nightly news . His comments about an experience on the war in iraq led to his temporary removal. Jon stewart plans to leave the daily show after 16 years. In my heart i know it is time for someone else to have the opportunity. The announcement that is rocking hollywood, washington and millions of fans this wednesday, february 11th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today. With matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning and welcome to today on a wednesday morning. When jon stewart made that announcement on the show there were gasps in the studio. Its hard to imagine the late night landscape without job stewart and he should be proud of those 16 years. More on that story. A tribute to american aide worker Kayla Mueller who died at the hands of isis. President obama is vowing to bring her captors to justice. Chief correspondent Andrea Mitchell broke the story of her death. Such a terrible 15d story not only necessary her fami
What in the world were you thinking . Well, clearly i wasnt thinking. U. S. Soccer star hope solo at the center of that huge firestorm speaking out for the first time this morning about her offthefield trouble and her hope for the future. And good morning, america. We have a lot to get to this wednesday morning and we begin with that american sniper verdict. The jury got the case a little after 7 30. By 10 00 they had a verdict. Eddie routh convicted of murdering chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. Of course, this case made so famous by the movie american sniper, you see Bradley Cooper playing chris kyle right there. And six of the jurors will be joining us in an abc news exclusive taking us inside their deliberations, but first abcs ryan owens has the latest from stephenville, texas. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning, robin. It did not take this jury long to decide they did not buy the insanity defense. They only had the case for about 2 1 2 hours and nearly an hour of