So maybe 101 north, sal, some shiny roads if you will. Ill keep an eye out. Thank you very much, steve. Well start this hour with a deadly crash on eastbound interstate 80. It remains partially shut down after three crashes, including one fatality as i just mentioned. Alex savidge is at the scene. Whats the latest . Reporter unfortunately, three separate crashes here in the same spot. And the last of the crashes left one man dead. Let me show you the scene here. And all the crashes happened in the same spot. This is eastbound 80 near the cummings skyway in crockett. And the chp is here and they have the two left lanes closed for the investigation into the final crash that happened here. And it involved that big rig. That truck slammed into the back of a mazda sedan this morning. And the driver of the mazda was dead at the scene. I want to show you video from earlier on. Well show you what the scene looked like. Its unclear why the driver of the big rig was unable to stop and slammed in
Texas faces new concerns as aging dams holding back walls of water are deemed extremely high risk. Plus, a home on the brink of falling right into ray swollen river. And happy birthday, your majesty, the queen of england turned 90 pictured proudly with the youngest members of the royal family. Good thursday morning. We begin with the race for the white house and the frontrunners looking to the general election after crushing their rivals in new york. The other candidates, though, are not giving up. Theyre also hitting the campaign trail today hoping to score some more crucial delegates in the next round of primaries. Its your voice, your vote. We get the latest from abcs bazi kanani. Good morning, bazi. Reporter good morning, diane. Morning, ryan. Donald trump says his campaign is evolving. He is hiring new staff and working to change his tone. Hillary clinton also moving on from the bitter battle for new Hillary Clinton turns her focus to the general election attacking her potential r
This is al jazeera america, live from new york city im tony harris. The death toll is climbing in afghanistan at this hours. 7. 4 mooutiond earthquak magnitue city near the Northern City of jarm. Nearly 270 people died across the region. The earthquake felt in pakistan and india, and in kabul, jennifer glasse. Reporter the injured and dead here in afghanistan are in 11 provinces. Almost a third of the country really a sign of how strong and powerful this earthquake was. And its reach across the country, we felt it here in kabul, 150 miles south of the epicenter, deep underneath the hindu kush mountain range. That is a real concern because villages closer to that epicenter which may have been affected are very remote and could be very difficult to get to. And so we may not see the true extent of the damage, the casualties in afghanistan, for some time. As officials try oget to those villages. Afghanistans chief executive, Abdalla Abdalla has called on medical officials to head to anywhe
Europe. Clinton versus clinton, an in depth look at Hillary Clintons policies versus president clintons policies. We begin with brake being biking news off the west coast of canada. A fran th frantic rescue missioa whale watching boat sinks. Four people are confirmed dead, ten others pulled out of the water and they are getting medical treatment. But there were 27 passengers on the ship. Melissa kai joins us now by phone in victoria, British Columbia. What can you tell us about what happened . Was there rough weather . Any idea what caused the ship to tip over . At the moment, the cause of the sinking is still under investigation. But what i can tell you is that at about 5 00 p. M, local pacific time at about eight nautical miles northwest of tofino, the loviathan ii did sink with 27 persons on board. Is this a normal route as far as you know for this particular whale watching ship . As i dont work for company i cant fest speak to the routes but whale watching was a very popular pastim
And the king is dead. Blues icon bb king dies overnight. Well remember the man and his music today friday may 15, 2015. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1 a. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. For music fans around the world it is a sad friday morning. Bb king was a legend and he has passed. All of us saying he contributed so much to the world of music. I looked at my phone and my library of music. I have 63 bb king songs on there. We will talk more about his life and music coming up. We want to start with this breaking news. U. S. Marine chopper missing for three days has been found in pieces in the mountains of nepal. What can you tell us . Just moments ago in kathmandu lieutenant marine corps general john wiszler declared it is unlikely there were survivors in the Helicopter Crash and all eight passengers on board were killed. The u. S. Military is no longer calling this a search and rescue operation but a recovery op