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It was snowing on the 14 th Street Bridge and traffic had ground to a standstill as thousands of federal workers and other rush-hour commuters tried to get home ahead of a major storm. With an awful metallic crack, a blue-and-white jet swept out of the swirling snow at 4 p.m., smacked against one of the bridges spans, sheared through five cars like a machete, ripped through 50 feet of guard rail and plunged nose first into the frozen Potomac River. Moments later in a crowded subway car undernea...

Factions there receiving military support from countries like iran, the next war in gaza could be the bloodiest yet. bret? >> bret: trey yingst in jerusalem. thanks. up next, what is behind the medias fast sip nation behind beto orourke. we will bring you there first, here is some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 2 in detroit with confirmation two tornadoes touched down between it you flint and lancing thursday evening. state police say roughly 70 homes and busi...

And ukraine in the last decade and undermined the sovereignty of western nations by meddling in our election and others. however, rex tillerson went on to write he believes there needs to be cooperation between the u.s. and russia, specifically in syria. we got in touch with the kremlin earlier today and they said there is no cooperation between the u.s. and russia in syria. and it comes, bill, at a time when the russians are saying they believe the u.s. is training former isis fighters in sorry...

Europe hezbollah with drug trafficking in europe. the lame defense here isnt playing. david: all right, weve got to leave it at that, gang. coming up next, three dead, dozens injured as a tam-- amtrak train derails, and is it finally time to update our infrastructure?

Automobile than this engineer does a train. so going two miles an hour over or under isnt particularly egregious. >> is there anything you can tell from just the way the cars landed, the way that they are now configured? and we see some that are down and on their side and then some that remain upright and partially over? >> conventional cars, depending on the speed -- high speeds tend to what they call accordion. these cars are connected differently. like i said, theyre articulated so its almost...

Deserves it. >> as you pointed out, he is survived by his wife, four sons, a brother. four half sisters, a grandmother. just 39 years old. >> and over half of his life, uma, had been in the military. as i said, this is the cream of the crop. thats why we are a great military. because we have such outstanding non-commissioned officers like master sergeant josh wheeler. >> yes, hes obviously among the best of the best. general, always good to see you. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts ab...

A scare in the sky as american airlines pilot died in the middle of a flight with nearly 150 people on board. flight attendant who happens to be a nurse tried to save the pilots life after he became unresponsive. red eye was flying from phoenix to boston but the co-pilot diverted to syracuse, new york. all airlines in the united states are required to have two pilots on board. american airlines has not released the pilots name. amtrak train derails in vermont sending five cars off the tracks and...

A scare in the sky as american airlines pilot died in the middle of a flight with nearly 150 people on board. flight attendant who happens to be a nurse tried to save the pilots life after he became unresponsive. red eye was flying from phoenix to boston but the co-pilot diverted to syracuse, new york. all airlines in the united states are required to have two pilots on board. american airlines has not released the pilots name. amtrak train derails in vermont sending five cars off the tracks and...

Kansas kansas 200,000 people under the watch there. we have had multiple reports of tornadoes over the past hour or so. at this point, tornado warning there across collinsworth county. if youre in that area, best time to get to the lowest point of your home. get away from windows. radar-indicated tornado in that region. one of those nights where well be on top of the storms as they progress. >> pedram, thank you. coming up next new regulations after an amtrak train derails. well talk about the...

Lawsuits but the total payout is capped by law at $200 million. capped by law to protect american taxpayers. a political battle raging over infrastructure. president obama said yesterday the u.s. needs to invest more in infrastructure and not just when a bridge collapses or a train derails. house speaker john boehner tore into a reporter who asked him about linking funding to the crash. >> are you really going to ask such a stupid question? listen you know they started this yesterday. its all ...