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Floridas new republican governor is canceling a huge high-speed train project. governor rick perry rejecting more than $2 billion in federal money. he says the proposal which would cost floridians another 3 billion is just too expensive. high-speed rail may be a priority for the president, he talked about it in the state of the union, but republican governors in ohio and wisconsin have also scrapped plans for trains there. new jersey governor chris christie pulled the plug on a big train project...

Train collision. but it was like when you are in your car and you run into something just for a second, there was the inertia where people kept moving forward. just the look that everybodys face we knew immediately something had happened. but and then one lady actually said she saw one of the bodies on the ground flying from the impact of the truck. certainly our prayers and thoughts are with those people. as far as getting to retreat, loss of life any time thats a tragedy. >> congressman, we wa...

Couple others that are badly injured, certainly our hearts and thoughts and prayers go out to whatever families that they may represent. >> harris: wow. well, we wish you the best. we, again, are thankful for your perspective on this and shooting us a picture, too. because that becomes part of our reporting. and it is on the screen now congressman walker, we are glad that you and others are reportedly okay. we report that one fatality. not sure where that came from. you describe the impact as be...

> >> harris: all right. tell me about what happened that you know of and how you are doing. >> it looks like we where 10 to 15 miles east of charlottesville when we had a direct impact. it wasnt just a clip. it was a force. people that were in the aisle went down to the ground. smaller injuries as you said on the bumps and scrapes. we have dr. larry buoyshon and dr. marshall attending to those. three people leaning out the window. three large dump truck, three people on that. one, speculate look...

Confirm by fox news. >> harris: let me step in with fatality, we know there was a body on the ground outside. and you were just telling us that that was somewhat in your purview that you could see that after that dump truck had been hit, there was somebody outside. we are able to -- you just took a picture for us, and i was able to download that now and i can look at it. so i can now see your perspective, congressman walker because you said you are about four cars back from the impact. >> right....

Just making sure that this was strictly accidental. there was no nefarious behavior. we dont think thats the case. but, at this point we certainly dont have any idea of plans. there is probably, my guess would be, somewhere between 250 to 300 people actually on the train. maybe 200 to 250. >> harris: um-huh. >> mostly house and senate members with spouses and staff as well. >> harris: thats a lot of people. >> sandra: congressman walker thanks so much for getting on the phone obviously. this is ...

We do have spouses. this is our once a year annual retreat that both house senators come together to come together to plan for the 2018 year. especially coming off the state of the union speech last night. its a retreat that lasts about two days. we were in philadelphia last year. we were going to green burrow in west virginia this year. obviously, we dont know what those plans are. dont even know if the train is operable at this point. >> harris: congressman walker, we are able to see through s...

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