with the connecticut police. we don't know if this was a mechanical failure, an accident or something deliberate. we want to ask jonathan hunt to come in now. jonathan, i know you are trying to talk with police. >> yeah, we were talking to police. they confirm those 20 to 25 nonlife threatening injuries. obviously this is a very early stage of the investigation. they will be keeping an open mind as to how this may have happened. we are also told the national transportation safety board is quote gathering information about this incident. what we know for now is that there was an inbound train leaving fairfield station, westbound train coming towards that station. the eastbound train for whatever reason derailed. it appears as you look at those pictures quite clearly to have sideswiped the westbound train. that parts of that train then derailed. as i can imagine, if you were on that train, it would have been absolutely terrifying. nonlife threatening injuries as i say. clearly when you look at the dang of that one

the gentleman from connecticut. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is recognized. mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record opposing the g.o.p.'s dube russ mother's day gift. happy mother's day. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair would advise members to confine their unanimous consent request to a simple declare tif statement of the member's attitude toward the record. further embellishment will result in deducted time. mr. courtney: i yield to ms. velazquez for the purpose of a unanimous consent request. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized. ms. velazquez: mau, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent to insert my statement in the record opposing the g.o.p.'s reprehensible mother's day work. more work and less pay for working moms. happy mother's day. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman from -- the gentleman from connecticut's time will be charged. the gentleman is recognized. mr. courtney: i yie

. >>> connecticut se une a la lista de estados que dará licencia de conducir a inmigrantes indocumentados, la legislatura aprobó la medida, alex roland desde hartford nos dice qué significa y cuántas personas podrían beneficiarsénico. >>> al ley se aprobó en la madrugada del jueves cuando 17 legisladores votaron a favor y 9 en contra de dar licencia de conducir para los inmigrantes indocumentados en connecticut. >>> muchas cosas significan para todos, especialmente para los que manejamos sin licencia. >>> después de tener la licencia puedo ir a la escuela. >>> senadores republicanos como michael mcclackan aseguran que están ahí no para hablar de la inmigración del país. >>> pero muchos dicen que es de seguridad pública y no de inmigración. >>> las primeras licencias de conducir serán desde el 1 de enero del 2015 a quienes tengan al menos 90 días viviendo en connecticut. >>> creemos que es bueno para nuestra economía, venderemso más seguros y también será mejor para la economía >>> esperamos que esta victoria en el estado de connecticut, siga progresando a nivel naciona

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train collision in connecticut. a busy section of the northeast corridor is brought to a standstill after two commuter trains collide, injuring dozens, and frightening many more. >> i thought this is the end. brace yourself. >> axelrod: a threat of more tornadoes this weekend across the nation's heartland. meteorologist david bernard has the forecast while anna werner looks at how one warning system saved lives. and meet our latest young innovator. at just 16 years of age, he's taken on cancer diagnosis singlehandedly. >> i created a new way to test for pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer that costs three cents and takes five minutes to run. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. >> axelrod: gfs, i'm jim axelrod with a special west coast edition. as the clock ticks down for tonight's pow ll drawing, both the excitement and the projected size of the jackpot keeps going up. the pot is now at least $600 million. california is the newest player in the multi-state lottery, a

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number one, the commuter train in connecticut. investigators should be on site this morning to try to determine what caused the train to jump the tracks and into the path of another train. and there are three people still in critical condition this morning. >>> new hampshire. a former chechen rebel probed by the fbi for any connection to the boston bomber has denied any involvement in the attack. the man that you see here in this video says he barely knew the tsarnaev family. what they have done cannot be justified by any background, any political or religious idea. their acts only brought shame and fear into our hearts. >>> number three, amy copeland. remember her? she lost both her hands and legs to a flesh-eating bacteria last summer. now she is the first woman in the world to get new limbs. they are $100,000 a pair and they mimic natural hands. they allow her to pick up tiny things, and even comb her hair. copeland says she is excited to get back to cooking again, and she hopes to receive a prosthetic leg later this year. good

don dahler is in bridgeport, connecticut, where n.t.s.b. investigators are on the scene. don. >> reporter: yeah, jim, the two trains remain on the tracks here that carry millions of passengers and tons of freight every year. investigators did find the data recorders and they're now 54ing over the information on them, trying to understand what happened. for the next 7-10 days these traction will remain closed as investigators 5 pore over every inch. >> we'll be look at the breaking performance of the train, the condition of the wheels, the condition of the car. we'll be looking at the general condition of the track and the rail bed. in terms of the train operation, we'll be looking at how the crew behaved and how the crew operated the train. >> reporter: this is what investigators know so far-- the eastbound metronorth train left grand central terminal in new york at around 4:40, headlined towards new haven, connecticut. it had roughly 300 people on aboard. the westbound train left new haven for new york around 5:30 with about 400 people on board. shortly after 6:00 p.m.,

connecticut's governor updated that situation a short time ago. we will get a live report. >>> plus, power fever. >> give back to the community. vacation, of course. >> did you get your ticket? the record drawing is tonight and that has a lot of folks dreaming about what they would do with the half a billion dollars. we will get to those stories in a moment. first, we start with our saturday afternoon political headlines. >>> former republican presidential nominee mitt romney stopped by nbc's tonight show last night. among other things, jay and mitt talked about the attack on the american consulate in benghazi. >> you think if it had been labeled terrorism instead of an islamic video, it would have changed the election? >> i think a point discussed but i don't think it would have changed the election. >> president obama went to obama yesterday to promote johns in the middle class. in his weekly address this morning, he admitted it's hard to stay focused on his agenda right now amid all the turmoil in d.c. >> getting out of the washington echo cham

the senator from connecticut. mr. murphy: i ask that i be allowed to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. murphy: thank you, madam president. it has now been almost six months since the horrible shooting in my state of connecticut in sandy hook, connecticut, where 20 6- and 7 olds lost their lives and another six adults protecting them perished as well. we all believed that we were going to do something about it on the floor of the senate. we thought we were going to come to our senses and finally realize the laws of this nation that allow for this kind of senseless killing whether it be in mass numbers in places like sandy hook or aurora or tucson, or in your state, madam president,, the sikh temple or in the everyday average gun violence that has become background noise to this nation. it is not just about bad people doing bad things. it is also about the laws of this nation that have allowed for this to happen because we don't have background checks on every gun purchase so

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reporting from connecticut, seth lemon, news 4. >>> right now a heads up. one runway is closed until tomorrow afternoon. the other will be closed early tomorrow morning from midnight to 5:00 a.m. they are closing the runways so crews can make improvements to airfield. a separate runway will be used for overnight flights. >>> get ready for the pomp and circumstance. at least three colleges and universities give. their seniors the big sendoff today with their commencement ceremonies. georgetown's first ceremony of the day is already underway. for now the ceremony is outdoors but could move inside in the event of rain. catholic university begins their ceremony at 10:00. and in virginia george mason's ceremony begins at 10:00. >>> the first lady is in nashville today. she will deliver the commencement address at martin luther king jr. high school for health sciences and engineering. it's her second graduation ceremony in as many days. sglmpbls there's a free health fair in the district. it's on 9th and g streets in twoes. you can get free health screenings from

they lived in a prosperous suburb of hartford, connecticut, and bought a victorian beach house on the shore. shenkman owned a tv studio and produced "the gayle king show." he adopted nancy's children, victoria and peter. but it wasn't long before nancy began to detect a darker side of her husband's personality. when did you notice the change? >> things were okay for the first couple of years as the relationship went on he became much more controlling. when he was angry, everybody knew it. and he screamed, he yelled, sometimes threw things. he would slam his fist against a wall. foul-mouthed. just very obviously out of control. >> so he would be verbally abusive? >> yes. >> mentally abusive? >> yes. >> physically? >> not really, no. it was not, certainly, bruising and broken bones. >> is it sometimes harder to explain to people if you don't have a black eye or if you don't have the broken bones? >> i think it's harder to explain and also a reason why people don't seek help. >> nancy's sister marilyn says even her closest family members had no idea what shenkman was doing to her. >> he

two commuter trains crash sending dozens to the hospital in connecticut. now investigators are trying to figure out what happened. we'll go live to the scene in a moment. o.j. simpson is back in court asking for a new trial. coming up, we'll take a look at what happened in the las vegas hotel room that led to his robbery and kidnapping conviction. >>> the two officer that is first responded to this house in cleveland are speaking. they relive the moments of liberation for two of the women held in captivity for more than nine years. we're getting firsthand look now inside the trains that crashed in connecticut last night. cnn just got these images right here. you can see debris and shattered class, just about everywhere and some of the seats just all broken up and mangled. the trains collided during rush hour last night at bridgeport, connecticut, and dozens of people were sent to the hospital and susan candiotti is live for us at the scene. anything more on why the train at least one of the trains would derail and then crash into the other? >> fred, we hav

two senators from connecticut, both surveyed the damage. one of them calling it staggering. >> the damage is absolutely staggering. ribbons the size of carses are torn away like ribbons of cloth. tons of petal tossed around like toy things. insides of the cars are shattered. >> reporter: so among the possibilities investigators are looking at include, let's see whether the brakes might have failed, whether there was a problem with the signals or possibly the tracks. we'll hear from them at a news conference at about 5:00, in about an hour from now, fred. >> we'll look forward to that. thanks, susan, for bringing that information to us. >>> south korea's defense ministry is confirming that north korea fired three short-range missiles today. the missiles were fired away from south korean waters. south korea now says its army is on high alert. tensions had been strained on the korean peninsula after the u.n. imposed tougher sanctions on pyongyang. back here in the u.s., a lot of people are feeling lucky, or at least they got their fingers cros

that's over 400,000 people in connecticut. people like the 87-year-old retiree from south berry, connecticut, who lives in a small, reasonable condo. she lives on $1,100 a month. she has gone through a $100,000 home equity line of credit, and her condo fees and her electric bill, because she lives in a small little condo that is heated by electricity alone, basically eat up the entirety of her budget. she couldn't eat without food stamps. she couldn't eat without these benefits. they keep her alive like they do for millions of seniors all across this country. or on the other end of the age spectrum, another south berry resident -- south berry, connecticut, doesn't have a reputation as a town in need, but they have hundreds of snap recipients just like almost every town across connecticut. mrs. smith is an unemployed mother. she made a six-figure salary for decades. because her husband became disabled, she was the sole breadwinner for her family. the recession hit her just like it hit hundreds of thousands of others across the

a long stretch of rail that tens of thousands of passengers take daily between new york city and connecticut will be shut down, but u.s. senator richard blumenthal sees a silver lining amidst the twisted metal and debris. >> i feel that we are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident. >>> a big scare at the cannes film festival when a man allegedly fired a gun during live tv show sending anchors and the audience running for cover. the gun was loaded with blanks. nobody was hurt. police say the suspect is holding a fake hand grenade. it's been a rough couple days at the cannes film festival. earlier this week the theft of priceless jewels from a holts room were reported. >>> we have a nice -- hotel room were reported. >>> we have a nice evening around the bay area, clear skies, temperatures in the 50s and 60s right now. we're going to see warmer weather on the way for tomorrow, lots of sunshine through the day and temperatures beginning to climb. we will have gusty winds into the afternoon. temperatures up about 5 to 10 degrees. we'll

janelle burrell in connecticut this morning. thank you, janelle. >>> this morning south korea's military defense claims north korea has launch tleedhree short-range missiles off the east coast. seth is monitoring this from beijing. seth, good morning. >> good morning to you, tracy. two of those missiles was launched this morning, another one was launched later this afternoon, that according to the south korean defense ministry. it's not known why the north launched these three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the east coast, and these types of missile launches are not uncommon in north korea, but this does come amid stepped-up tension and diplomacy in north korean. north korea's leader had threatened all out war against the south and america this year. that ramped up sanctions against his country and those joint u.s.-south korean military exercises that were taking place. just recently the north had moved to mid-range missiles it had on the east coast that were believed to be able to reach guam. that was seen as a po

you don't get to hear their name. >> connecticut -- >> you hear virginia tech will host connecticut -- but then in the graphic they were showing on the tv, their name popped up next. they were celebrating before the guy could say coastal carolina is also going back. >> that's awesome. everybody celebrating the same thing. >> i can't even tell you the last time i was like this excited. >> go. >> it was matt stoney's 21st birthday. instead of bingeing on booze, he's going to binge on his 21st birthday cake. we've had him on the show before, he eats stuff, lots of it. this time he wants to break a record that was set in 2005 by rich lafever, by eating five pounds of cake in five minutes and 26 seconds. >> five pounds of take. >> this was approved and sponsored by major league eating and the international federation of competitive eating. get to it. >> this is like one of those generic grocery store cakes. not even like a fancy cake. >> just over four minutes he is three quarters of the way through. >> better hurry up, dude. the bad part about this is if you don't break the record you ate

brad, photojournalist, freelance from connecticut. first of all, i want to say that it is really commendable that you guys do the frontline story. the reason for that is journalism suffers from a thing that most american companies don't suffer from, and that his tireless self-promotion. one of the problems with journalism, from an observer's point of view, is that you don't explain enough what you're doing and how you do it, but more important he why you do it. it has a huge functioning democracy and getting people to understand. having said that, i have a son who has aspergers, so i panicked as i know everybody else did, but i know my son really well. but it also speaks to something that you brought up, and that is if the fbi could not know about the guys in boston, saying i was wondering is how could you even have your son, if you thought he was violent, hand him a gun? she never even thought it was possible for him to be violent. otherwise, why would she go target practicing with him? but that also speaks to something we need to do

now, 70 years later, the class of '43 in connecticut finally got to have their big dance. nbc's rehema ellis has our story. ♪ >> reporter: when it's the senior prom for these seniors it's okay to break tradition. >> these are my two dates. >> reporter: 88-year-old tony pegnataro brought a former classmate and his wife. instead of being dropped off by parents, their two daughters were the chauffeurs. >> have a good time. >> reporter: the original prom for new haven, connecticut's hill health high school of 1943 was canceled 70 years ago because the country needed young men like tony, the class president, to fight in world war ii. >> i graduated in june. i was in parris island boot camp in south carolina in july. >> reporter: marilyn white unger said they did what was expected. >> it would not have been right to be out dancing and having a good time when our boys were fighting, some of them in our class never came back. >> reporter: it was a time in america when food was rationed, a dime bought you a loaf of bread and gas was 21 cents a gallon. on sunday, the music was the

they won the 2013 third team today over connecticut on this given sunday, a hard day's night for elana petanna scores four games in women's lacrosse. >>> got some nba playoffs? we've got it, western conference finals, quincy poindexter. too little too late for the grizzlies in game one of the best of seven series because san antonio so full of vitality on the defensive boards, plenty of gas in their running game and the hot hand of tony parker, 20 points, nine assists as the spurs take care of business 105-83. that's sports. see you at 11:00. >> thanks so much. >>> be sure to tune into cbs tonight at 9:00 for superstars immediately followed by wjz eyewitness news and tonight we have an exclusive ad that the governor is using to try and drum up support for maryland's gun law before it could go to referendum. >> also the president provides a baltimore student at today's commencement at moore house college in atlanta, his unique story and his reaction, the surprise reaction he had when the president called his name, those stories and more coming up tonight on wjz eyewitness news at 11:00.

train collision in connecticut. a busy section of the northeast corridor is brought to a standstill after two commuter trains collide, injuring dozens, and frightening many more. >> i thought this is the end. brace yourself. >> axelrod: a threat of more tornadoes this weekend across the nation's heartland. meteorologist david bernard has the forecast while anna werner looks at how one warning system saved lives. and meet our latest young innovator. at just 16 years of age, he's taken on cancer diagnosis singlehandedly. >> i created a new way to test for pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer that

within hours of the shootings in connecticut they swung into action. new york's mayor announced he would spend as much as it might take to support the gun banners and wrote checks immediately. media figures denounced the n.r.a. it is as important today to destroy the n.r.a. as it was during world war ii to defeat the nazis. it was quite a performance. but support for the president's agenda began to weaken as elected officials and ordinary citizens looked deeper into what was being proposed. and second amendment supporters like you began showing up by the hundreds of thousands at rallies around this country. observers quickly realized that the belief in our traditional rights and freedoms is as alive today as it was when the bill of rights was drafted so long ago. in the end -- [applause] in the end the fact that our opponents live in a different world or perhaps on a different planet than most americans doomed their efforts which i remember watching pbs as the president delivered his anti- second amendment diatribe and hearing a savvy commentator, assu

new details on devastating crash between two trains, it happened last night outside of bridgeport connecticut. they describe a chaotic scene. at least 70 people were hurt. four remain in serious condition. metro and amtrak service between new york and boston has been suspended. commuters are being told to find alternate ways to work on monday. >>> weary residents of a texas town ravaged by tornadoes are finally returning home. hundreds of people seeing their property for the first time since storms hit wednesday night. they confirm 16 twisters touched down in north texas, granbury bore the brunt of it. it killed six people and destroyed dozens of buildings. back to "cavuto on business", go to foxnews.com for the latest. ♪ >> neil: all right.

. >> now for the latest on that commuter train crash in connecticut. amtrak service between new york and new haven, connecticut remains suspended tonight and for the morning rush in that area. amtrak will provide limited regional train service between boston and new haven. connecticut's governor says tomorrow's commute is going to be a challenge for some 30,000 residents of his state. >> let me put in this perspective. there are 30,000 daily commuters what's trips will be disrupted because of this accident. if all of those were to get on the highway and single occupancy cars, we would literally have a parking lot. >> governor malloy says once the damaged cars are removed it could take another week or so. >>> did a sterling, virginia domestic violence situation escalate to murder? police say roseangela spradling shot her husband to death friday night. he was a police officer. the 25-year veteran of the washington airport authority police department. surae chinn reports the loudoun county sheriff wants to send the message that there is help for any famil

nbc's michelle franzen is in bridgeport, connecticut for us tonight. >> reporter: a new video posted on youtube captures the frantic moments after friday's train collision in bridgeport, connecticut. >> step over this. >> reporter: shocked passengers making their way to safety just moments after impact. nbc news has not authenticated the video. today crews separated more than a dozen rail cars at the collision site and heavily damaged train cars were moved. a slow tow to a nearby rail yard. the ntsb is focusing on two sections of track with signs of possible fractures. they were sent to the agency's lab in washington, d.c. for analysis. investigators say data recorder show the trains were traveling around 70 miles per hour at the time of the collision. >> they were going 70 miles per hour just prior to the impact. >> reporter: the accident occurred in an area under long-term construction where only two of the four tracks were operational. >> we don't know the cause yet. but certainly, it is a wake-up call for paying attention to the quality and efficiency of our rail system. >> repor

five stories we are watching is number one, the commuter train collision in connecticut. they are trying to determine what caused the train to jump the tracks into the path of another train. as many as 70 people sent to the hospital and most treated and released but three people still in critical condition this morning. >>> number two, according to south korea's news agency, north korea launched three short range guided missiles today. south korea's ministry of defense said all three ended up in the sea off the korean's peninsula's east coast, and there is a maintain much readiness to act. >>> and number three -- or should i say $600 million? that's how much the jackpot is worth. it's the biggest prize in the game's history. you might not want to spend your winnings yet, because the odds of hitting all six numbers and the powerball number are 175 million to 1. if nobody pulls it off, next wednesday's jackpot could jump to $925 million. >>> number four, starting today same-sex couples in france can marry and adopt children, and that's after the president signed a controver

it was in response to december's attack at sandy hook elementary in newtown, connecticut. >>> fairfax county school board will consider changes on how it disciplines students. they will discuss proposed changes at the meeting tonight. it could vote on the issue in a couple weeks. the school board spent a year looking into changes to its discipline policies. many parents say they should be told sooner when their children are facing possible punishments. and this morning more than 100 d.c. teachers are getting ready to reapply for their jobs. teachers and staff at cardoza high school will be reconstituted for the next school year. it's aimed at turning around underperforming schools. d.c. schools chancellor say both schools need a fresh start. teachers tell "the washington post" they're blind-sided and the move ignores more serious issues. >>> hundreds of new jobs coming to northern virginia. amazon is expanding expecting to hire 500 people. they provide cloud computing services to businesses and the government. virginia lured the company with a $500,000 grant. fairfax county speeding u

if you're watching us from boston or new york or connecticut potentially an inch of rain. so, some flooding there and even here in the southeast. potentially one to three inches of rain. so, a lot of flooding. we've seen a lot of wet weather continues today around the country, poppy. of course, all eyes on the severe weather threat with the tornadoes expected this afternoon and into tonight. that's kind of the timeline. >> weather has just been absolutely nuts. i am from minnesota and my mom was telling me on the phone, 40 to 50 degree temperature changes there in a day in the last week. wild weather, dangerous weather. we'll keep an eye on it for everyone. thank you. >> sure. >>> now to connecticut where weather played no part in the collision of two commuter trains. investigators got a good look at the wreckage yesterday and will be back at it all day today. one of the big problems now is the line itself is really totally out of commission. we don't even know for how long. more than 250,000 passengers travel on this route. susan candiotti was there yesterday. she is live

governor of connecticut is asking people, incredible. people not to go into new york city if they've don't have to. stay home. work from home if you can. an incredible amount, 30,000 commuters from connecticut into new york on the morning, daily basis. he is asking as many of them to stay home as possible. because that, imagine all those people now on the roads. >> no doubt about it. >> tens of thousand on the road already. a clog. no one well move. happening this morning. if you happen to be watching and have to get up in a couple hours and come into new york city. don't do it if you can avoid it. or take the bus system. buses will take you around, back down. >> got an excuse on this one. >> true. firefighters in colorado springs have a hefty problem to deal with. it had nothing to do with flames. take a close look at the tree there. see it. 200-pound bear you are looking at. >> got stuck in the tree. they're not really sure how. they shot it with a tranquilizer dart. one problem though, the bear there fell asleep and did not fall out o

i would like to thank the families who flew all the way here from newtown, connecticut for joining us here today in san francisco. and while you are far away from home, i hope that you feel welcomed in our city. as a father of two girls myself, i can't imagine the pain and grief that you have suffered these past three months. and i have profound respect for your courage and for your commitment, for turning this grief into action. the tragic and horrifying events in sandy hook elementary school, touched every american, a tragedy of this magnitude brings along with it the pain, the shock, and the disbelief. and it forces all of us to ask the question how can we prevent such terrible events? how do we protect our children? our youth, our residents? for san francisco, it is very important for us to continue to have an open dialogue regarding gun violence so that we can answer these questions ourselves. today, we honored the three-month anniversary of the tragic mass shootings at sandy hook, elementary school, with technology leaders from san francisco and all over the bay area, joining th

. >>> las autoridades de connecticut dijeron hoy que el choque entre dos trenes provocó graves daños y de gran magnitud en las vías férreas, como consecuencia se necesitarán varios días para las reparaciones, ana ledo con lo más reciente de esta colisión que dejó decenas de heridos. >>> el servicio de trenes continuará suspendido por días, mei que las autoridades investigan las causas del accidente de dos trenes de la metro norte. >>> miraremkos el desempeño de los frenos del tren, los vagones, los rieles la vía, dijo este funcionario federal. >>> el choque de los trenes fue el viernes pasadas las 6 de la tarde, un tren que viajaba de gran central en nueva york a new heaven fue impactado por otro tren que se descarriló. >>> como que chilló, no se oyó el impacto, sino que el chirrido. >>>e ra la hora de más tránsito, un total de 70 pasajeros resultaron heridos y solo 3 están en condición critica. >>> los bomberos dicen que habían más de 50 heridos ylos bomberos tuvieron que poenr una rampa. >>> se espera que la investigación de los hechos tome 10 días. >>e> l gob

we start in connecticut. that train collision we have been telling you about all morning and what could be a long delay for commuters next week. the accident happened on a main line linking the bridge port area to new york city. it handles around 280,000 people every week day. and officials there say the tracks could be closed for weeks. there are a number of victims. our susan candiotti, national correspondent, live for us in bridge port this morning. susan, thank you for joining us. i know you rushed right up there. any word from investigators on what they'll be looking for and talking to in this? >> reporter: right, hard to say exactly at this point. certainly one of the things they'll be looking at is was there a problem with the tracks? they'll be talking with the engineers on both trains to find out whether there are any mechanical problems or any human failures. these are some of the key things they always look for in an accident like this. poppy, if you look over my should, you may be able to make out

the wreck leaves dozens injured in connecticut. the impact on local travel this morning. >> plus presidential visit. baltimore beams with excitement as baltimore comes to town. so i did he viz isn't we will answer that straight ahead. >> and good morning. i'm meghan mccorkell. the preakness is now just hours away. >> take a live look outside. a cloudy day start in the area, but will the gray skies stick around for preakness? meteorologist tim williams is live with first warning weather forecast. eyewitness news saturday morning is seconds away. >>> good morning. welcome to eyewitness news saturday morning. i'm gigi barnett. >> i'm meteorologist tim williamss are in the 60s around the area. we have cloud cover out there, that will linger through the day. there will be breaks of sun. we had sun already that we have seen. the winds are calm, but the gray skies will linger because of easterly winds off of the ocean, bringing in moisture and contributing to the clouds. so what will be seeing today if you look at first warning weather ra

thanks so much, jennifer. >>> on to connecticut now. still trying to figure out what caused a railroad collision there. railroad authorities are removing the broken rail cars from the site after terrible crash right now threatening to make tomorrow's rush hour a real mess. a commuter train derailed and struck another train in bridgeport, connecticut two days ago. nine people injured in the accident remain hospitalized. one in critical condition. thank goodness for the quick action of my next guest, dr. daniel solomon is chief resident of medical trauma surgery at yale new haven hospital. good to see you, doctor, joining us from bridgeport. >> thank you. >> so you, like everybody else, using the commuter train to avoid the nasty commute along i-95. give me an idea of what happened. were you at the time of this collision thrown from your seat or were you at first able to just simply walk away? >> well, i was in the front car and i didn't feel anything at all. the train bucked a little bit and came to a stop and people were a little bit ne

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connecticut's governor says people should be patient while the tracks are repaired. federal investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the crash. they do not suspect foul play. there is another transportation close call, this one from the air. a u.s. airways flight with 34 people on board had to make an emergency landing without its landing gear. our pamela brown has the exclusive report on the belly landing in new jersey and one passenger's fear that she was never going to see her family again. >> 34 people sat aboard this u.s. airways flight as it made this dramatic emergency belly landing at newark airport due to trouble with the landing gear. linda was one of them and never thought this could happen to her. >> thought it was it. we were going down. basically it was a controlled crash, but it was a plane crash. you see on the news all the time not many people survive plane crashes. that was my thought. >> the mother of two says she was exhausted. she was making her way back home to new jersey after training for her new nursing job in dallas. the flig

connecticut governor dan milloy, concerned about people getting to work. workers removed the two trains that collided. nine remain in the hospital. federal investigators are looking into the cause of this crash. >>> meanwhile, an amtrak train out of new orleans derailed in chicago. amtrak says the wheels of that train lost contact with the tracks yesterday morning. nearly 200 passenger was onboard. no one was hurt. >>> breaking news right now out of iraq. the death toll there climbing from a series of car bombings. at least 40 people were killed in those explosions in baghdad and the southern city of basra. this is brand new video just in to our newsroom of one of those blasts. we're hearing at least nine bombs in baghdad alone went off. no one claiming responsibility for these attacks. >>> we are learning new details about the accident that pretty much destroyed this northern virginia office building. state police tell us a truck driver fell asleep behind the wheel early yesterday morning, plowed into this building in faulkner county. he was okay. no one