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Moment a commuter train went off the tracks at o'hare airport. look at that! smashing into the top of the escalator, injuring dozens. mike tobin is live in chicago. mike, good morning. is the focus on the driver, yes or no? >> reporter: it is. it is worth taking a look at the dramatic video of l train jumping the escalator. the fact it was before three a.m. contributed to no one being on the escalator. given that hour fatigue is looked at the top of the list of possible causes. that train operator had been on shift, had been working since 8:00 p.m. prior to her shift. she had been off for 17 h...

Track, right on to an escalator at o'hare airport. more than 30 people were injured. in a news conference just minuted ago, the lead investigator said the train operator admitted during an interview she dozed off and did not wake up until the train slammed into the station. the investigator said the operator also admitted she dozed off while operating a train in february and missed a station and was admonished for that by her supervisor. up next, nick cannon is defending his decision to wear whiteface to promote a new album that's called "white people party music," but he says there's a diff...

On an escalator. new surveillance video captures the moment of the train simply going berzerk. mike, amazing video you're about to show us, right? >> one person who missed the live version was the train operator. she told investigators she was fast asleep until the train was up the escalator. what makes it worse, it wasn't an isolated incident and the chicago transit authority knew it. this operator had only been on the job 60 days. she had been late to work once for oversleeping and had fallen asleep at the switch at least one time before. >> in february she dozed off and passed a station wit...

So they are looking exactly how this happened. they're saying at this time this train is going to be up on the escalator and stairs for much of the day as they work to dismantle it and take it off the train and can look further into this. 10 ambulances were brought to the scene though and in special crews, initially they thought there could be people stuck underneath those trains. they learned just a couple hours ago that wasn't the case. they say thankfully this was much slower period, one. slowest periods they have at an early, early, monday morning period, martha. martha: wow, that is good ...

Was arrested overnight by u.s. and mexican authorities at a hotel in mazatlan. guzman is on the dea's most wanted list. rough commute on mass transit near san francisco. an out of service b.a.r.t. train derailed friday, halting all traffic east of the station for hours. it stranded hundreds of passengers during the friday evening commute. the only person on board was the train operator who was not injured. and at the vatican, former pope benedict joined pope francis at a ceremony to appoint 19 new cardinals. they greeted the former pope with tears and applause. the first time the two popes...