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Acidified our oceans are? >> we have some idea. scientists have been alarmed the last decade because they see an acceleration. using the equipment we have which is cumbersome and very expensive and cant with used in many conditions. so there is a vast amount of the ocean we cant get to. and it is something you can only judge by the effects. we have some data and some recognition, shellfish having trouble making their shells. coy fish in trouble. and the something is going on. so scientists reall...

Peaceful ride turns bloody when the enraged driver plows his car into the crowd of cyclists. a fellow rider captures the heart-stopping moment on camera. elton is among several cyclists hit. >> translator: and before i was able to look back again, the car collided with the back of my bicycle at the beginning of its acceleration, so it didnt hit me with all of its force. but the bike and i were thrown into the air, and i fell to the ground. i was left terrified from what happened, from seeing peo...

Status of the investigation, including the timing." this latest news is coming out from "the new york times" saying the department of justice has identified criminal wrongdoing in gm failing to disclose a defect in those ignition switches in those vehicles. what does that mean? it means that for one according to "the new york times," former employees are under investigation and could face criminal charges, which means, yes, people could be arrested. we could see some of these former employees be...

Into the crowd of cyclists. a fellow rider captures the heart-stopping moment on camera. elton is among several cyclists hit. >> translator: and before i was able to look back again, the car collided with the back of my bicycle at the beginning of its acceleration, so it didnt hit me with all of its force. but the bike and i were thrown into the air, and i fell to the ground. i was left terrified from what happened, from seeing people lying on the ground. the sound of crying. the other cyclists ...

>> going through the cell phone specifically as andrew mentioned. they want to see if he was texting, on the phone, video games. the fact that they have the physical phone is significant. you would think theyd be able to get answers to some of those questions that they might not be able to if the phone was missing. are they going to be able to figure this out without any question at all whether this guy was on his phone 97 way, whether another internet leaving a trail, on a video game? >> yes, a...

Theyre saying the only way, in their words, an operable train could accelerate the way this train did would be for the engineer to physically push the throttle. what do you think when you hear that when you hear the questions being put out there? is this reckless behavior, this is intentional act? >> yes, i take it a step further. you would expect him to accelerate as he was leaving the station and accelerated for a full minute before. thats usual. but remember he said he remembers the train acc...

Co-worker, the locomotive driver, engineer, whats he say about him? >> the engineer had only been on this shift for about a month or so. so he knew him in the workforce i dont know think there was a lot of reinteraction outside. he had run the line for six years and a lot for familiar with the quarter this occurred on. >> when he talksed about what was going through his mind. did he feel a shift with the acceleration? did he feel something was awry? what does he tell you? >> it was a very quick,...

Investigation, erin that they have completed the analysis of the black boxes. so far no indication of mechanical failure. but an ntsb source does stress that it is still very, very early in the investigation. too early to rule anything out at this point. they say that they will not have an exact cause until the conclusion of this investigation, which could take 12 whole months. erin? >> and rene the train, what we do know, right, 106 miles an hour at the time of the crash, more than twice the sp...

Meanwhile, new information from the trains black box, investigators say the data shows bostian manually pushed the train throttle forward, which could have led to that deadly acceleration that caused the crash. the question remains why? alisyn. >> thank you so much for all that background. lets bring in mary schiavo, the department of transportation and cnn aviation analyst. good morning mary. >> good morning. >> mary can you explain this connection? if this train was struck by a projectile why ...

Caused -- its not a major cause of this tragedy. but if it happened as the engineer was entering the curve, it could have served along with other things as a distraction to him where he lost his situation awareness for just a few seconds. then all of a sudden realized he was entering the turn at a far excessive speed. could it be a contributing factor perhaps, but i dont think its going to be a major part of the investigation. >> could it be a reason for that strange acceleration just as that tr...