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Windshield. erin mclaughlin is live following the investigation here. erin, what have you learned this morning? >> reporter: hi, christi. well, investigatorsing trying to solve the mystery of why amtrak 188 crashed. theyre now looking at the possibility that the train may have been struck by some sort of project style. yesterday in a press conference, a member of the ntsb pointed to two key new pieces of evidence. information from the assistant conductor of amtrak 188. she says that prior to the...

Far from it. this person had a lot of financial information. so if we can use that to drive up some of their financial capabilities, thats a great thing, but it wont win the war. >> okay. thank you so much for your insights. were watching several new developments in the investigation of tuesdays fatal amtrak derailment. in fact the ntsb spoke with the trains engineer and the ntsb said brandon bostian was cooperative but could not remember anything of the accident. an assistant conductor told t...

In part with the help of the fbi. this line of inquiry is based on an interview that they conducted today, with an assistant conductor who was working on the train and she apparently told investigators that she overheard a radio conversation between her engineer on her amtrak train and the engineer on a nearby septa train, a pennsylvania regional commuter train. there had been some media reports that a septa train nearby had had its windshield broken, just before the amtrak train derailed. and t...

Late. >> he did apparently have some technical problems on the route down to washington. >> did he report that it was stressful that he was frazled? >> i have no knowledge of his being frazzled as a result of him being a little late. we will go right here. >> is there any evidence on the train to show a projectile or anything like that? and just to clarify, the assistant conductor, when she overheard somebody she believed to be the engineer saying that someone may have thrown something at his tr...

Cause of the crash. adding that the engineer, william rockefeller, who was slightly injured, is traumatized as well over the derailment and that the assistant conductor suffered eye injuries and a broken collarbone and the other crew members are said to be, quote, banged up but okay. crews have been working through the day with heavy equipment and cranes to get the toppled rail cars into an up right position so they can be moved out of here so repair work to the rail line can take place. investi...

A part of this idea because he just absolutely embraces anybody who loves music so you prepared the orchestra simons come in at the last moment thats thats the life of an assistant conductor isnt it i would say i lost my mind i mean hes really working very hard with the orchestra as we speak now actually but now i its someone has to take charge of how were going to organize is having to the application process and how were going to make the decision the very very difficult decision of how to red...

Station stop. he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. >> msnbc adam reese joins us from the 30th street train station in philadelphia. surprise revelations at that press conference. i dont think people expected this would what we would be talking about, the possibility of a projectile. >> not at all. a new twist in the investigation. investigators say hes been cooperative. as you mentioned before the last thing he remembers ringing his bell as he pa...

His train being truck by something. our investigation is nothas not independently confirmed this information but we have seen damage to the left hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. >> joining me now is nbc news correspondent rahima ellis. thank you for being here. >> absolutely rev. what you were just playing there was the ntsb official telling us about an assistant conductor who was in the fourth car of amtrak train 188, talking ...

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Train in philadelphia moments before it derailed on tuesday. the crash killed eight people and injured more than 200 others. meanwhile, crews are working very hard to get limited service up and running in time for tomorrows commute. brian ennis is live in philly and picks up the story from there. bryan? >> reporter: hi first to the conflicting report. on friday the ntsb soliscited the help of the fbi to invest whether a flying projectile hit the train. investigators relying on two main pieces of...