Hour over a curve. Eight people are killed. The engineer Brendan Bostian is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Today the judge ruled there wasnt enough evidence to send bostian to trial. He dismissed all charges. Said bostians lawyer, today there was justice. Tuesday night the big story is the dropping of all charges in the case of the deadly amtrak train derailment. Live outside the Justice Center is dann cuellar. You have the full story. Thats right, jim. It was a that took many by surprise except Brendan Bostians lawyers. From the beginning they have maintained his innocence in this tragedy. Everyone came to the same conclusion. This was not a crime. Bostian was at the controls of amtrak 288 when it crashed may 18. The commonwealth called First Responders and a rail expert to testify that bostian was criminally negative. The defense passed back citing finding about a wrong attack, its possible he mistakenly accelerated to a curve of 156 Miles Per Hour in a 56 Miles Per Hour zone
Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. May 12th, 2015, an amtrak train derails in philadelphia, after it speeds up 150 Miles Per Hour over a curve. Eight people are killed. The engineer Brendan Bostian is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Today the judge ruled there wasnt enough evidence to send bostian to trial. He dismissed all charges. Said bostians lawyer, today there was justice. Tuesday night the big story is the dropping of all charges in the case of the deadly amtrak train derailment. Live outside the Justice Center is dann cuellar. You have the full story. Thats right, jim. It was a ruling that took many by surprise except Brendan Bostians lawyers. From the beginning they have maintained his innocence in this tragedy. Everyone came to the same conclusion. This was not a crime. Bostian was at the controls of amtrak 288 when it crashed may 18. The commonwealth called First Responders and a rail expert to testify that bostian was criminally nega
High pressure isnt moving. So we are going to see our heat continue through the end of the week. By the time we get to the weekend, expect some cooling at the beaches. Heres a look now. Concord just bumped up to 60 degrees. Oakland 58 at the moment. Livermore 55 degrees. So a lot of cities broke some records yesterday and today, well be very, very close. A couple of degrees cooler than yesterday at least. So near recordbreaking for inland areas. Sunny and dry across the bay, temperatures in the mid80s today. And then even 80s at the beaches. We are starting off with a deadly crash, rough start to the wednesday morning commute. Northbound 101, two lanes closed approaching 12 in the north bay the connector ramp to highway 12 shut down as well, emergency crews on scene. As you can see, the speed limit speeds are going around 55 Miles Per Hour at this time. A bit slower than usual but not much of a backup. Bay bridge toll plaza, heres a live look, 880 580, the maze and you can see no major
For 30 hours before being rescued at sea is recovering in hospital in belfast. The family of guy hedger, who was shot by intruders at his home in dorset, have paid tribute to him athletes like Paula Radcliffe could lose their World Records under proposals to rewrite the record books in an effort to improve credibility over doping. Ode to a nightingale. How singers are trying to save the endangered songbird. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, World Snooker champion mark selby admits he is at the peak of his powers as he becomes only the fourth modern player to retain his title at the crucible. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has defended his Shadow Home Secretary after she appeared confused over the cost of the partys plans to put an 10,000 extra Police Officers on the streets. Mr corbyn insisted he wasnt embarrassed in the slightest by Diane Abbotts difficulties with the numbers for what is one of his flagship election policies. The
Its reaching the point where its of watergate size and scale. Two days ago, the Washington Post reported that the president gave russian officials highly classified information from israel. Yesterday, the New York Times said comey had memos indicating he tried to talk him into dropping the fbi investigation of his former security adviser, michael flynn. You know, its obviously, its no small matter when were talking about impeaching the president of the United Statesmembers of both parties are now asking to see comeys notes on his oval office encounters. House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz scheduled a hearing with comey next week. But tweeted that the former fbi chief has changed his phone number. Our democracy has become a mess. The turmoil in washington triggered a sell off on wall street. Stocks suffering their biggest one day drop since last september. I think were at a point where it seems like the presidency is starting to crackle and become vulnerable. I think wall