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Abdullah and signing a multi-year deal. the united states upped its aid to jordan, upped the aid to 1 billion a year for the next two years. the u.s. is investing in this important ally in this important region. >> good news for jordan, especially dealing with a refugee situation from syria, iraq and the fight against isis. our abcs molly hunter on the ground in the middle east. thank you so much. we turn back here now to the other major story we are following this morning. a deadly commuter r...

Good morning. im reena ninan. >> im t.j. holmes. heres some of the top headlines we are following on "world news now." at least seven people are dead after a commuter train hit an suv on the tracks in suburban new york city. the impact sent the electrified third rail in to the first car of the train followed by an explosion and fire. we have full details ahead. this incredible video, showing the overnight crash of a passenger plane shortly after it took off from taiwans downtown airport. it cr...

>> need a medic! make a hole! >> reporter: minutes tick by, a half hour. passengers say it was at least 45 minutes or longer before firefighters reached them. >> a lot of people vomiting, sick, i feel sick. we dont know what it was. >> reporter: some passengers did self-evacuate. more than 80 taken to the hospital and one death. 61-year-old carol glover of the washington, d.c. area. the train headed to virginia left the busy lenfant station in downtown. seconds later, 800 feet from the platform,...

New pictures from a suicide bomb blast in nigeria on sunday. a number of people were killed in the attack that targeted a mobile phone market. the bombings came a day after boko haram militants were suspected of using a 10-year-old girl to detonate a bomb at another market. some passengers on a washington metro train were trapped up to an hour as the cars filled with smoke. they described moments of panic as riders tried to breathe. one woman died and several others where critically injured. a...

Toddler to break into this laundromat. you can see him hoisting the kid to disconnect surveillance cameras. >> i couldnt believe what i was seeing on video. >> reporter: good samaritans in the city of brotherly love coming to rescue of this woman who narrowly escaped death when she fell on to the tracks for a third rail. similar story in the city of angels where a blind man fell on to the tracks and was trapped beneath a train for some 20 minutes before being rescued. he have managed to escape w...

Numbers. i was within a margin of error. the reality is we have taken on big generational changes and transformed our state for 25 years we were losing people six years in a row, now we have more people moving into the state. ten charity hospitals, this is the third rail louisiana politics that turned into public private partnerships. we not only cut the government spending by 26% but grew in our economy. this is not making politicians popular by kissing babies and cutting ribbons, but this is a...

Run, it wouldnt be about poll numbers. i was within a margin of error. the reality is we have taken on big generational changes and transformed our state for 25 years we were losing people six years in a row, now we have more people moving into the state. ten charity hospitals, this is the third rail louisiana politics that turned into public private partnerships. we not only cut the government spending by 26% but grew in our economy. this is not making politicians popular by kissing babies and ...

Washington. >> you had last week, steve, i dont want to dig into, you know, touch the third rail of republican politics, but you had last week, him -- this is the charm of chris christie. >> yeah. >> tell it like it is, right? but then you have last week, him turning cartwheels and trying to explain how, you know, the clip issue, limiting it to ten rounds in a clip, and then making some preposterous explanation that well, if you only limit it to ten, then youre devaluing the life of the ten chil...

Young child around neighborhoods that later on became crack neighborhoods as crime and rampant issues occurred. there is a problem with fatherless homes. >> uh-huh. >> there is a direct correlation -- >> that is a fact. >> that is a fact. i have done this for many years. and i have studied the last 50 years of statistics. >> theres no reason to even spend any time -- the fact the president himself has called attention to it. it is a fact. its just a question of whether, you know, we need to shin...

Oh, my god, the red train is right there. why dont we just go on this one. >> she doesnt realize the train is on the opposite tracks. mira tells her mom to hurry. then walks ahead to hold the door. >> i was in my own world. >> in an instant, she was off the platform. >> i just walked straight down there. >> krish hit this ground hard. >> i saw my son hitting head. >> they miss the potentially fatal third rail, but are trapped in a perilous spot. the next train is arriving at any moment. they des...