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Sidney blumenthal was being paid by the clinton foundation20,000 a year and he wasnt doing work for clint on foundation he was doing back door work for hillary clinton at the state department and pretending to be an intelligence genius and have all kind of sources and how much the secretary was paying attention to him and how much it influenced u.s. policy. but the overlay the deception as to what was happening and none of it was true. >> she doesnt follow the directions. my question is what doe...

Candidates are concerned, whats your prediction on it? is it going to be the one who outrights the right to get the nomination or to get a foot in on all of this? and is national security going to be again one of their biggest topic and only topic because theyve really failed on domestic in many regards? >> i think theyre in a bad position with foreign policy as well because president obamas approach is so popular at this point in time. as much as they want to rewrite history we dont have amnesi...

It. >> yeah. this all sounds plausible. i was a conductor in car number four. so obviously mr. bostian a could have had his hands empty as far as those lotle and brake levers go. this is not something that he could really control. we know that this engine is called the sprinter because it accelerates very fast. if he hit the throttle inadvertently because something hit his windshield, this is all consistent. this is very early in the investigation, eric. were speculating here. thats why the ntsb...

Amnesia he has as well. >> and if he does have amnesia, it would not be because of a concussion its more likely because of trauma? >> im putting trauma and concussion sort of in the same thing. traumatic brain injury is what it is. if you look deeply enough at anybody whos had a concussion most people have some degree of memory loss but it can be pretty mild and not even noticeable in a lot of people but if you start to do a detailed neurological exam the way that they interact with the world in...

So you could have what are knowns as islands of memory. you remember certain things but you dont have continuous memory. you hear about football they take a concussion and perform a complicated play but if you ask them about that play the next day, they may have no recollection of it. it could be a similar sort of thing. >> how long can this sort of amnesia last? how long can this last from a concussion or a trauma like this? >> well if he has no other preexisting medical conditions and we haven...

People are dead and more than 200 others were injured. there have been no charges filed against bostian, and he has agreed to talk to ntsb investigators. one question thats being thrown out there, could amnesia potentially be used as a defense in court? joining me to discuss is cnn legal analyst and senior trial counselor paul callen. its not like hes saying amnesia. weve heard from doctors saying he could regain some of his memory. when would amnesia even been applicable? >> it really would nev...

>> and he has amnesia, that he cant remember anything from the time of the crash to where he started looking for his luggage and phone and dialled 911. does that seem plausible to you? >> it seems absolutely plausible and credible. if he had a head injury sanjay was talking about retrograde and that indeed like sanjay said it can and typically does clear up. so, it may very well be that in the days and weeks ahead, he gets his memory. and theres something that happens with people who have amnesi...

Throttle by actually physically opening it through some motion you could speed up the train. it would take some type of probably conscious movement to do so. especially with this type of throttle. but in general, im not familiar with the type of throttle on that particular locomotive how easy it is to move. but in general, it would not be easy. >> theres also been talk of like a dead man switch. can you explain that to me? >> maam? hello? >> barrett, its brooke. youre on tv. do you hear me? can ...

Sometime about safety procedures do they play at all in this? >> i think they do. they are evidence of state of mind. but frankly they sound like they would help him. they sound thoughtful responsible, interested in safety. so i dont think they would be a problem for him. i think they would be helpful. >> sanjay if he sustained a concussion and a head wound requiring 15 stitches how common is it for memory lapses to occur and would the memory lapses occur from before the accident. ive had a conc...

Describe having islands of memory. you may recall certain things but not remember other things. people with concussions can do complex tasks right after the concussion and a day later not remember those things at all. one sort of thing that gives it more context is did he have pre-existing medical problems did something happen around the time something involving his brain that was involved with this in some way, that would affect how much amnesia he has as well. >> and if he does have amnesia, i...