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The breaking news this morning. investigators looking at tuesday nights train derailment in philadelphia focused on excessive speed as the cause. officials say the train hit that tight curve on philadelphias north side at 106 miles per hour. that is more than twice the posted speed allowed there. the death toll from the crash now stands at seven. more than 200 people were injured and eight of them this morning still in critical condition. we have news from nepal. at least two major earthquakes...

Ripley at the base of operations of the search in kathmandu. good morning, will. >> reporter: hi john. behind me are indian military helicopters that landed a short time ago. they are awaiting instructions as they go out and search. india and the united states and nepal are searching for the missing marine helicopter into three sectors. there are 400 nepalese soldiers on the ground searching for the helicopter. they are in boats scouring the rivers in the area. no communication with the helicopt...

Of the incident or anything unusual. the next thing he recalls is being thrown around coming to finding his bag, getting his cell phone and dialing 911. >> reporter: all right. again, over my shoulder you can see that this is the track where this all happened. investigators from the very beginning, they suspected speed simply because of the angles and the way the wreckage was left on the tracks. also, the extent of the damage. still, there are so many other questions. we know this train was goin...

Perhaps he may have been distracted at this point. >> rene thats the engineer. what do we know about the conductor? has the conductor spoken to authorities yet? >> reporter: we know that detectives definitely want to speak to the conductor. another key person who was on board that train. however, im told that because of his medical condition, detectives have not been able to interview him yet and the ntsb hasnt interviewed any crew either. >> rene these are the things they will do. thanks so muc...

Condition. i want to get the latest on the investigation. lets bring in cnns rene marsh. rene, we learned that the engineer told philadelphia police after the crash the other night. >> reporter: thats right, john. we know as you mentioned this train was going a whopping 106 miles per hour along this curve that had a speed limit of 50 miles per hour. according to a law enforcement source immediately after the crash, this engineer told philadelphia police detectives that he didnt recall his speed....

Pressberry and thats where the apprehension of freddie gray occurred. and quite frankly, thats exactly where freddie gray should have received medical attention. >> now six baltimore police officers have been suspended with pay from the baltimore police department investigates. we will dig deep sbeer that investigation and find out if those suspended officers could face charges. our legal panel will be here later on in this hour. and theres another republican gathering this weekend. this one, ...

Complicated the efforts to work out a nuclear deal between iran united states and its allies. those tox resume today in vienna. i want to get the iranian perspective here. our senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen is live inside of tehran this morning. fred what are you hearing? >> reporter: hi john well the atmosphere here is one where many iranians believe that improved relations with the united states could be a possibility, especially looking at the nuclear negotiations. but a...

Julie? >> john, thank you very much. kelly? a germanwings plane makes an unscheduled stop in italy after a passenger and flight attendant fell ill possibly from panic attacks. the plane was heading from handleover, germany, to rome but it was foflsed to make the emergency landing in venice. the airbus jet was carrying 145 passengers and 5 crew members. this comes less than two weeks after a germanwings copilot crashed his plane into the french alps killing all 150 people on board. to califor...

>> if they dont know how to -- whatever. and then you lie down and then if you know you go to the other side. i was just saying if god comes to my aid. then god will -- >> wow. weve got the very latest from the middle east bureau, hi john. >> reporter: hey, julie, and that young woman remained hidden even while those al shabaab militants wanted them to come out or stay in and die and those that came out were shot and killed anyway. as we know how 148 people were killed when the militants stormed...

Away. >> students at a school near dusseldorf started a memorial for 16 teenagers killed in tuesdays crash. they were returning to germany after a student exchange program in spain. two of their teachers were also on board that plane. lets head to correspondent erin mclaughlin at the site in the french alps. so when will the recovery crews head out and when they do how difficult will it be to reach the site? >> reporter: hi john. the operation was suspended overnight. its expected to begin aga...