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Who represents the philadelphia area agrees. >> the republicans point is that you know that somehow we shouldnt be in this passenger business and that you know, if anything, it should be privatized. >> reporter: amtrak passengers say the government should be spending more on rail not less. >> if i had to see an upgrade all the way around. >> amtrak should have its own track. amtrak gets delayed all the time out west because its got to wait for freight trains. >> i hope members of congress dont t...

Up amtraks ceo telling me new government ordered safety upgrades are already in place. >> everybody on this railroad has been emotional about this. focused and committed to safety. this is a safe railroad to ride. we know it. >> among the new upgrades, trains entering the curve where amtrak 188 derailed must slow to 45 down from 50. an automatic braking system that had been in place for southbound trains is operational for northbound trains too. meanwhile, investigators looking into the cause of...

Amtraks northeast regional train departed philadelphias 30th street station 15 minutes ago, the train slowed down as it approached the bend where train 188 jumped the tracks last tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring more than 200 others. about three dozen passengers were onboard. >> i trust amtrak executives and all the amtrak people will not put us back on these trains if they didnt think it was safe. im sure with their resources theyve done what they needed to do to get us here t...

A busy weather weekend. a d.c. murder mystery, and hacking into the cockpit? lets zoom through some of todays top stories. it was a wild weather weekend after a powerful storm spawned 34 tornados. this was the damage left behind in southeast louisiana. check out this video of a twister in elmer, oklahoma. the cows unphased by the weather around them. the system is now headed through the central plains and going towards canada. more trouble expected in texas over the week already being hit by...

With that engineer will be critical. >> right, and it will be a formal interview with all the parties to the investigation, including amtrak and anybody else that may be a party to that investigation. >> how hard is it going to be to establish a manifest of the passengers given the fact that although the train tickets i gather are computerized even on unreserved trains people could decide at the last minute not to get on. >> yes. thats been a problem. any passenger trains thats been the ease of ...

On the route going from washington to new york when a train also derailed. and we dont know for sure what the cause of this latest crash in philadelphia was, amtrak was in the process of installing whats called an automatic braking system though along the stretch of track where the crash happened. and jon, that was supposed to be fully in place by the end of this year. >> too late it seems like. leah gabriele gabriel, thank you. the system of roots on which the train derailed is the northeast ...

>> yes, right. im certainly not an expert on this but i read a paper years ago that i thought was interesting that talked about homeostatic risks. it was a theory about risk ee quul lib yum. you have a tolerance for risk and i have a tolerance for risk. statistically speaking, theyre not the same. but as we begin to employ certain safety protocols, we will counterintuitively begin to assume greater levels of risk. therefore, you ride a motorcycle, you put on a helmet, youre going to drive a litt...

Might be. one of the other -- so were talking about land and were talking about over sea. in terms of land, lets just say it was able to land. you still have 239 people youve got to do something with. how hard would it be, and what would the space requirements be to land this plane? >> well, the capability of the airplane to land in a short runway is phenomenal. you have what they call a.b.s., automatic braking system, and carbon brakes that get better as they heat up instead of fade as they hea...

1500 feet of track posed one of their biggest challenges in 20 years. ceo boardmen telling me new safety upgrades are now in place. >> everybody in this railroad has been focussed and committed to safety. this is a safe railroad to ride. >> reporter: an automatic braking system was installed and as we saw a new speed limit for trains in the area of the disaster. >> reporter: weve slowed down here. this is where they derailed. the new rules require them to come in at 45 down from 50. the engineer...

Talking about a possible fuel problem before the chopper disappeared, but the american commanding general in nepal said today they cant yet confirm the cause of the crash tamron. theyll have to look into that, once again, after they recover the bodies. >> all right, kelly, thank you very much. very sad news there. were also following several developments in the deadly train derailment in philadelphia including new deals about the technology that could have prevented the crash. amtrak says an a...