A melt down on a flight accused of threat ining to kill the crew and calling fellow passengers peasants. His explanation this february 4th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We will tell you more about that later on. What a scary situation. So many people ride on this train to the city every day. Its a deadly collision between a train and an suv north of new york city and the impact triggered a huge explosion. Kate snow is at the scene for us. Kate good morning. Reporter good morning, savannah. Federal investigators are on the way here now. This is the most deadly accident ever on this railroad. You can see the burned out car behind me. There were more than 600 passengers on board as it slammed into a car stuck on the tracks. A twisted heap of metal and glass is all that remains after it collided with a commuter train from new york city bound for the northern suburbs. As the commuter train traveled north, a black jeep drove on to the tracks and the crossing gates came down and the drive got out to look for damage. She got back in and tried to drive off, but was stuck when the train hit her. The train pushed the suv more than a football field, causing the vehicle to explode in flame and the front car also caught fire and pierced by the third rail. The driver of the suv was kill and so were six passengers aboard the train as the smoke spread through the cars and passengers scrambled to get out. I cut my hand and i bashed the glass and we started climbing off. People tried to help those in the front car. We couldnt get the door open. We were trying to blake the glass to no avail. People in the head car got out and maybe they broke the window or something. Most rescued themselves and tweeting have now left scene and just top the go home and hug wife and kids. You never know what tomorrow will bring, folks. The last crash was december 2013 when a speeding train cama off the rails on a curb killing four. It was blamed on an engineer with a sleeping disorder. Andrew cuomo spoke at the scene of this crash. Its a painful reminder how precious life is and sometimes how random it can be. As emergency crews worked into the early morning, their lights cast shadows among the grave stones of a cemetery. A fresh tragedy with few answers. Governor cuomo said given what he saw last night and the devastation, he is surprised there were not more casualties. This is a train that has come under scrutiny from investigators. They had several accidents over the last few years. Thank you. Debra is the president and ceo of the council and chair of the ntsb. They are beginning their investigation. What is first on the list at the scene . They will arrive and begin to gather the perishable evidence and focus on things that might go away in time. They will be gathering recorders and video that might be in the vicinity and talking to eyewitnesss. Tell me more about the recorders. What will they learn when they start to go through the images. With the recorders, generally what they have is recorders that will identify speed and direction and throttle position and braking. If bells or whistles were put off. We might be looking for video, any video footage that might exist at or near the crossing or on board the locomotive. There is a lot of people in the vicinity and we might have witnesses who provide video to the investigative team. The fact that that electrified third rail pierced the first car, how far devastation could that have done all by itself . We have to look at the mechanics of the crash, certainly the fire was a huge factor when it comes to the time that the passengers had to evacuate. You want to identify all of the causes of accident damage to have more robust and better crash worthy train cars in the future. We are not sure what happened to the Jeep Cherokee but you get to a crossing of a train and you see the lights what do you do . You have got to stop and give plenty of time. We see about 2,000 crashes every year that result in about 250 fatalities. This happens too often and unfortunately if cars get on the tracks and the gates come down its a very dangerous position to be in. You want to make sure before you enter a crossing that you can completely clear the tracks on the other side when there is traffic in the roadway, you have to pay special attention. Good advice there. Thank you very much. A devastating passenger plane accident overseas captured on video. Watch this. A Transasia Airways jet plunging into a river in taiwan overnight, triggering a major rescue operation of course. Ian, good morning. Reporter good morning, sa van a. The latest we hear from taiwan aviation officials is that 23 people are now confirmed dead and 20 still missing. The aircraft wheeling into a taipai river this morning. This dash cam video appears to show the last moments of the flight. The character clipping the roadway before crashing in the shallow river below. Emergency rescue converged on the partially submerged fuselage and 58 passengers and crew trapped below. Debris was scattered nearby. One of the first to be pulled from the plane was a small child, one of two believed to be on board. The 72 turboprop was only nine months old. 31 mainland chinese were among the passengers and it just took off from one of two airports on a short domestic flight. The airplane lost contact in what had been a stormy morning, but it had been clear at the time of take off. Local television showed the damage to the overpass. The aircraft appeared to barely miss nearby Apartment Buildings and its not clear whether the pilot pilot deliberately steered it into the river to avoid further disaster. This was the second disaster in six months. Another crash last july killing 48 people. Its dark now, evening time in taipai and the search is continuing for survivors under floodlights. The river is shallow so they have found the black boxes which should enable them to determine what did go wrong. Back to you. All right, ian williams. Thats just terrifying. Thank you very much. Isis followed through on the threats to murder a captured jordanian pile at. Jordan responded by executing two prisoners by releasing a convicted terrorist isis did demanded. Richard . Reporter the jordanian King Abdullah who cut short his visit to washington returned to his home country. The jordanian king is a close u. S. Ally in jordan and across the muslim world, there were condemn nations of isis and revulsion of the brutality. Crowds of supporters gathered in imam to welcome home their king and demand he exact revenge. Before sunrise jordan executed two militant who is had been on death row, including this woman who isis was trying to trade for the life of the jordanian pilot. The 26yearold 50 lieutenant captured when he ejected from his f16 on Christmas Eve on a mission in the u. S. Led war. Yesterday isis released this video shocking even by its own standards with images of the pilot being burned alive in a page. President obama who met with the king after the video was released promised action. I think we will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of the Global Coalition to make sure they are degraded and ultimately defeated. Across jordan there is no disgust and anger over the fate of the fallen pilot. They are murderers, said the pilots father. They do not understand human or International Law or that of prisoners. I asked them that avenge the blood of our homeland. They threatened up to four more radicals and promised to deliver an earthshaking response presumably renewed air strikes. There is growing concern for the last known american hostage, a 26yearold Woman Working for an Aid Organization to help syrian refugees. Atfamilys request we are not releasing the name or the charity that aide was work for, but a potentially positive note that i have not meat any videos they have made of the american hostage or made known demands. Savannah . Thank you very much. Lets go to mike who served under the National Terrorism center and now the expectative Vice President working with the federal government on National Security matters. I have to say this. Is it possible to overstate how gruesome savage and gruel this video is. I hate to give it more attention except to ask the question what is behind taking this level of barry ity to the next level. What are they trying to do . Barry it is helping the u. S. And countries like jordan take the fight to isis. Isiss main enemy is the west but alongside and worst are regimes like King Abdullahs in jordan. This is muslims fighting against muslims and thats horrific. He is a sham leader. They hope to fracture this coalition and think they will end up doing the opposite. How does this play in . You mention their involvement in the u. S. Led coalition has been controversial. Not everyone supported it. Do you think seeing what happened to their National Hero this pilot might double their resolve . Absolutely. There was a minority starting to oppose jordans involvement and it was exactly the opposite. Jordan would be more committed and think this will make sure that the u. S. Stays firmly behind jordan that needs military and Financial Support to face whats going on in syria and iraq. We talked about the American Woman currently being held. The president in our interview said everything is being done to try to help her, but to put it into perspective, how limited the options are. It is so hard. We had Great Success with bin laden and other missions, but this is difficult. We had few friends on the ground and even for our operator this is a mighty task. It is a dark day indeed. Thank you very much. We have new developments on the boston bombing case. Defense attorneys in the Boston Marathon bombing trial have not given up on trying to get a judge to move the trial out of massachusetts. They asked for jury selection to be suspended. His lawyer argued that its clear that many people already believe their client is guilty. It is the defenses teams third motion to relocate the trial. A breakthrough may be on the horizon for patient who is suffer from an aggressive type of Breast Cancer known as triple thegative. Researchers in jacksonville plan to begin Clinical Trials for a vaccine that may prevent the disease from coming back after the patient has been treated. It strikes 15 to 20 of Breast Cancer patients. Unlike many other forms, it cannot be treated with estrogen blockers. The coast guard braved frigid conditions to save a log out of an icy channel. The labrador happened to fall in and rescuers saw it happen and then they jumped into action. The dog was about 200 feet into the channel covered in lose ice. The lab was not wearing a collar but the owners were located. A lucky day for the dog. Doesnt get easier than this. An inmate back in custody after escaping from a North Carolina prison by walking out the front door. Security video thats the sound effect. William earl hewitt walked past the metal detectors and once outside he sheds a coat and sprints for the woods. This was an elaborate plan. He posed as his brother set for release and they caught him five days later. His brother also in trouble. One of the guards has been fired. Unbelievable. It happens. All right, natalie, thank you. I saw that on the dukes of hazard. Didnt chase them though. Thats the difference. We have good news to talk about. We will get to that in a second. Not a lot of great news temperaturewise. This frontal system will bring a light clipper of one to three inches throughout the northeast, but the big thing is that it will drop these temperatures. We had wet weather making its way through the south from new orleans. We have wet weather and West Palm Beach looking at cloudy skies and showers and look at the rainfall amounts. Anywhere from one to two inches of rain. The rest of the country there is the swath of snow from the dakotas into the northeast and wet weather. There will be a series of storms into the Pacific Northwest dumping a lot of rain. Your flowers madaam. Its miss, actually. And each time i tell myself that i, well i think ive had enough im sorry dad. But im gonna show you, baby that a woman can be tough. I want you to come on, come on come on, come on and take it take another little piece of my heart now, baby miss dior, by christian dior. Good morning, im meteorologist bill henley. A cold start this morning but clouds will be thinning out. A nice warm up today in the 40s this afternoon. Tomorrow, the winds shift and here comes the cold. And a little light snow in the morning with a blustery afternoon. High of 31 after a morning low of 29. Colder on friday and another cold start on saturday. Saturday afternoon into the 40s. Dry saturday but that changes sunday, monday and tuesday. Have a great day. And thats your latest weather. Tamron we are talking about a frontier in fertility treatment. Its a medical breakthrough and a real topic. They passed what is being called the threeparent bill that allows the use of dna from three different people to make a baby. Obviously there could be benefits and the ability to prevent diseases but it has many people asking when enough is enough in terms of medical intervention. We are asking you to question this morning. Should people be allowed to create threeparent babies. A simple yes or no from you, we would appreciate it. Lauren said why not let biology happen naturally the way its supposed to . We have another response. If you understand the reasons why they are doing it its a great idea. Carry on. Many people had this reaction when ivf was introduced. When enough it enough. Let us know what you think. People worry about the slippery slope. This happens in a lab. Yes. Al. Just ahead we will turn serious and talk about the tragic train collision and there is a lot of concerns about train crossings and safety. Is hiltons youngest brother surrenders after threatening to kill crew members and what they claim was behind the midair melt down but first, this is today on nbc. Ng this is jim. A man who doesnt stand still. But jim has afib, Atrial Fibrillation an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. That puts jim at a greater risk of stroke. For years, jims medicine tied him to a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. But now, with onceaday xarelto®, jims on the move. 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