today, 24,912, up 567 points at the closing bell. the markets closed tonight back to where they started the new year, but volatility could continue. in the meantime, we turn to new trouble on the tracks for amtrak tonight. the acela express today breaking apart during a trip from d.c. to boston. two cars on the train actually separating. here s abc s steve osunsami. reporter: this is what it looked like this morning when the speeding train came to a stop. passengers couldn t believe it. two cars were breaking apart. are you guys okay? no. you re not okay? i m a little shook up. reporter: the high speed acela express from washington to boston broke apart near havre de grace, maryland. amtrak tonight is calling this a highly unusual mechanical event. all 52 passengers were uninjured and had to be moved to a different train. felt like we were almost dragging something. and when i looked out the window, i could see a shower of sparks coming out the side of the train. re
permission. i m reserving my seton friday night washington to boston flight next friday night. that s the place to be. it was good one. and david corn, the possibility here that no one in the administration has a hint of a policy. rex tillerson if you look what he is saying days ago had no hint of a policy. suddenly now he is supposed to be saying to the russians this is what we need in syria. this is someone who hadn t given it a thought prior to tuesday. well, this is war by impulse. donald trump had a policy, so to speak, for a couple years now, don t do anything. then he changed his mind on the basis of a graphic, gruesome attack. but one that wasn t much different from what we ve seen in the past. as indira just pointed out, there is no strategy beyond the attack. rex tillerson is due to see putin soon. what is he going to say? what is the policy here? what is the policy about any other region? what is the policy in terms of iraq and iran?
were saying assad can stay in power. and now they re saying assad has to leave. so what is their actual policy beyond 59 air strikes? what s the next move? it s got to be sanctions. it s got to be diplomacy. at the end of the day wars don t end with a bunch of airstrikes. wars end with diplomacy. so they have to have a plan b. and i don t think they have thought this through. a few days ago they were going to let assad stay in power. now they re suddenly doing airstrikes. they need to tnk through what is the next plan they re going to do. i ll say vquickly, on my flight from washington to boston tonight, both senator markey and senator elizabeth warren were on the same flight. i spoke to both of them and asked them what do ow think? what next? and both of them were very clear that they think the president has to come to congress if he is going to do anything beyond this in terms of an authorization for more military force. so the president says he is ready to do more. i think he is goi
more military force. so the president says he is ready to do more. i think he is going to find a congress that is resistant to letting him do more without coming and first asking for permission. i m reserving my seton friday night washington to boston flight next friday night. that s the place to be. it was good one. and david corn, the possibility here that no one in the administration has a hint of a policy. rex tillerson if you look what he is saying days ago had no hint of a policy. suddenly now he is supposed to be saying to the russians this is what we need in syria. this is someone who hadn t given it a thought prior to tuesday. well, this is war by impulse. donald trump had a policy, so to speak, for a couple years now, don t do anything. then he changed his mind on the basis of a graphic, gruesome attack. but one that wasn t much different from what we ve seen in the past. as indira just pointed out,
it seems like trump is doing opposite of what obama would do. in fact, fewer people were killed in this of this chemical weapon attack than the last one of four years ago. the e requequestion is, his peo haley and tillerson can stand in power and now they re saying that assad can leave. what s the next move? its got to be sanction and diplomacies. at the end of the day, wars does not end with war strikes. it ends with negotiations. they have to have a plan b. a few days ago, they re letting assad staying in power and now they re doing air strikes. quickly on my flight from washington to boston tonight, both senator marky and senator warren were on the same flight. both of them are clear that the