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Cars. weve continued the testing of the signals and the signal circuitry. basically as the tracks are being rebuild, our signal specialists are going along to check the continuity of the signal circuitry. over the weekend, we plan to reassemble the train set as much as we can to put it back together, connect the brake lines, and conduct a brake test, and that will take several days. over the course of the last few days, some of you have asked what would we do if we could not talk to the engineer...

Full recovery. >> the ntsb says the initial data shows the train was racing into the curve at 106 miles per hour before the derailment. that is more than twice the 50 miles an hour posted limit for that curve. the engineer has been identified as 32-year-old brandon bostian. his attorney says bostian has absolutely no recollection of the crash. joining us to talk about challenges facing the investigation two people who know rely very well former ntsb safety investigator and cnn analyst mary schia...

Investigators believe, it was going more than twice as fast p 106 miles an hour. now, the engineer slammed on the brakes but it was too late. when the train derailed it had gotten down to 102 miles an hour. and now the question is why was it going so fast? i want to bring in ntsb investigator robert sumwalt. robert, good to see you. >> good morning, jose. >> i want to get to the issue of positive train control in a minute but first i need to ask you about the investigation. whats the main focus ...

Were there any obvious mechanical signal problems anything on the track that stuck out to you -- >> are there any obvious mechanical or signal difficulties that we found? we have not -- again, we just basically got here. a lot of the emergency response has been going on till about 2:00. so we havent been able to get that very thorough, up close and personal view of the track. well be doing a brake test of the train. theres a lot of work that needs to be done that will be done. and we will be let...

Restorative sleep. >> reporter: they say the eng e engineer is cooperating. >> hes a strong man and it takes a strong man to come down and be honest, and thats what billy is doing. >> reporter: on the question of the brakes, rockefeller claimed they didnt work at the time of the crash. >> weve determined that the metro north mechanical department performed a proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station, and there were no alom knees noted. based on this data, there is no indi...

A source, that they didnt work. >> we determined that the metro north mechanical department performed a proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station. and there were no anomalies noted. >> reporter: the federal rail administration is expressing serious concerns about metro norths recent series of accidents. in a letter to the head of the mta saying, four serious accidents in less than seven months is simply unacceptable. now, the engineers union rep and his lawyer both say he...

Went to bet at 8:30 in the evening, woke up at 3:30 and got to work at 5:00 a.m. the ntsb saying they have looked at the train, they have found nothing wrong with the signaling that the train was using. and nothing wrong with the brakes on the train. >> weve determined that the metro north mechanical department performed the proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station and there were no anomalies noted. based on these data theres no indication that the brake systems were not...

It takes strong man to come down and be honest. thats what billy is doing. >> on the question of the brakes, rockefeller had claimed they didnt work at the time of crash. >> weve determined that the metro north mechanical department performed a proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station. and there were no anomalies noted. based on these data, there is no indication the brake systems were not functioning properly. >> the facts, 82 miles per hour on a 30-mile-per-hour curve....

Anomalies in the signaling. if we remember, the engineer was quoted as saying right after the accident that he applied the brakes, knock happened. the ntsb say theyve had an examination of the brakes, and they feel that the results have come back showing that there were no problems with those brakes. this is what they said. >> weve determined that the metro north mechanical department performed a proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station, and there were no anomalies noted...

Investigative team. today investigators from the recorders group sat down with the metro north official familiar with the accident route and this territory and reviewed the date a from the cab car. from that meeting, weve determined the metro north mechanical department performed a proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station, and there were no anomalies noted. in addition, the crew conducted whats called a running air brake test shortly after leaving the station and, again,...