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Evening, it was a complete scene of darkness with hundreds of rescuers, firefighters police officers using their own flashlights searching the scene. the mayor just spoke to us. and he said he cannot be sure at this time that everyone is accounted for. it is late at night. they will attempt to do some searching through the night. i can tell you i was on the scene an hour ago. just as it was scribbled by the mayor and the governor a devastating mangled mess. thats what it is. one of the train car...

At least 50 yards away. no way to describe how it is that far away other than it just separated from the other cars when it derailed. >> yeah. it is hard to piece together exactly how these train cars got in the position they are. and what caused that. you mentioned a little bit earlier that they had brought in flood lights and lighting to help. as rescue crews and emergency personnel are on the scene. how close are you to that scene? can you tell us what theyre doing right now? >> im less than ...

And governor tom wolf by his side. describing it as something hard to believe. a little earlier, mayor michael nutter. it is a disastrous mess. never seen anything like this in my life. you can see why those words came out of his mouth. this is one of the train cars that derailed and it looks like it is actually bent in half as rescue crews have been on the scene throughout the evening trying to get passengers off that train. and into some kind of medical help. five people have been killed in th...

Employees. 65 is one new piece of information. 65 trans ports. still six considered critical. and unfortunately, confirmed, five individuals deceased as a result. all those individuals went to a variety of hospitals. primarily temple and area and a couple others. weve received tremendous support from all of our agencies and departments and obviously, now ill introduce governor tom wolf is with us. ive talked with him and his chief of staff. hes expressed tremendous support and weve received that...

Many were transported. youll get that from the fire department. ntsb, the national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel, as you can see the gentleman standing next to me on the scene as well. full response fire police department of homeland security amtrak, and other, and the state police. ive talked to governor wolff and his chief of staff. they are very concerned about this incident and giving their full cooperation. ive been on the tracks on the scene with my staff. >> im g...

And make police do what he wants. wolff? >> have you heard any angry vicious rhetoric from the protesters? >> reporter: its not been as vicious and as angry as previous protests, although theyve called police racist throughout the night but something that will not sit well with the cops that help them make their way through the streets of new york. and some of the protesters have been challenging police off to the side as theyre walking. basically trying to make them, you know, make them take a ...

Office about this, we received this statement last night from z zimmers communications director, quote, the city wants to ensure joe maraziti, special redevelopment counsel for hoboken, is able to fully cooperate with the u.s. attorneys investigation so that he can respond to the document subpoena he recently received and so he can answer all questions when interviewed. joe mazarziti was a person who told the mayor he was getting the full-court press from david samsons law firm, wolff & samson. ...

But what it chooses to hone in on and what it chooses not to hone in on. the two people that were in an e-mail, david samson and lori grifa did not speak to the mastro team. no one from wolff/samson spoke. there are so many questions we do not have. nobody in the mastro report is under oath. mayor dawn zimmer, i think, on your show said she would speak under oath. there are so many questions, and theres something in the report when they want there to be. they spoke to the person sitting next to ...

Them up in his show -- >> conversation. >> yeah. its just, theres a lot of information, theres a lot of documents, theres a lot of, you know, issues around the connection between the port authority and who funded the study and the connection with david samson and wolff & samson, and i know its complicated for the public to understand, but you know, and really, the bottom line is, that week, that week of may 8th, that day, there was some important things that happened. and right after that time f...

>> i spoke to the mayor this morning and told her that hoboken is in the front of my mind. and whenever theres any assistance needed here, we would be here to help. >> hobokens mayor, dawn zimmer, said she applied for over $100 million in grants, but received just over $300,000 from the state. zimmer was frustrated. on may 8th last year, she wrote to the governor, saying, please, governor, we need your help. i have tried to assure hoboken residents that hoboken would be treated fairly, because y...