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>> congressman, im going to turn you over to stephanie ruhle, who is in the anchor chair. im not sure if you have any other questions for the congressman? >> congressman, it is ali velshi. thanks to you, kasie. congressman, we are seeing tweets that members and spouses, some have medical training. are you seeing anybody being administered to? do you have any sense of what the most serious injuries might be like? >> well, ali, thankfully, the attending physician of the capitol is here. he is walk...

Live now. he serves on the house energy committee, also the first member of congress to endorse president trump. first, congressman, have you heard anything about your colleagues there? do you know, does everybody appear to be safe? >> i just learned from listening in on your show. i was not able to attend the retreat. i had some district events that had to take priority. i flew back home very early this morning so was not on that train. certainly, my thoughts are with my fellow members and thei...

Congressman carlof florida, republican on the train. they are stopped by charlottesville. congressman, can you take us through what just happened? >> kasie, good morning. thankfully, it does appear that most people are okay here. some minor injuries. we hope that the driver of the truck, and if there were passengers, are okay. were on the train, and theres limited visibility. we do hear helicopters overhead. but, yes, we were on our way to west virginia, and there was a sudden impact. a loud noi...

>> steph, i apologize. i dont want to interrupt you. they charter a special train from union station. it is an amtrak train but special train used to carry members of congress to an event like this. this isnt something where members of the general public are involved. >> got it. thank you. kasie, thanks for that. congressm congressman said, there are some injuries. hopefully they are not serious. this is the train that was headed to charlottesville, west virginia, having hit a truck of some sort...

Carbello of florida theres a doctor who deals with members of congress who is on the train and there may be other medical people on the train so thats helpful. the train was on its way to a retreat where garrett is in west virginia. this accident seems to have happened in charlottesville, virginia. were just trying to get numbers. theyre headed for where garrett is. were trying to get numbers. its an amtrak train but not a passenger train. it has been chartered for the use of members of congress...

Grathman. theyre going to west virginia to the very well known large resort in the greenbrier, the biggest retreat in the state of west virginia, theyre stopped after this accident in charlottesville, virginia. >> we have robert pittinger saying hes okay. steve scalise is not on that train, but we are getting -- here is the good news. a lot of tweets and messages from peoples offices who say theyre okay. and theyre saying people around them seem to be okay and that people on the train seem to be...

Martha mcsally tweeted to say prayers -- she numbered -- she said there were three people on the truck. we dont have that information independently confirmed as far as you know, right, tom? >> reporter: thats right. and can i make the point that picture on the right looks horrific. i think what were looking at is a lot of trash. and so this does not appear to be the debris from the train. the train appears to be sitting upright on the tracks, and what we seem to be looking at is the trash from t...

Representatives, but sounds like your family members were there. are there members of the senate? are there staffers with you? who is traveling? also, did you feel -- or can you see any damage to the train or to what the train hit? >> we do not know if the train has received any damage. there is a significant contingent of capitol police with us here. i can see them outside the train now. they appear to be inspecting it. the train is almost entirely, i think, entirely occupied by members of cong...

Lets all let it kind of play out here over the next month or so. i think it is coming to a conclusion. >> i want to update folks on the crash. the train was on its way to charlottesville -- west virginia. the accident occurred around charlottesville. i want to clarify. were not talking about west virginia at the moment. thats where they were going. >> right now, the train is in sho charlottesville. back to robert mueller -- oh, that is a picture right now. that is the garbage truck. remember, th...

It apparently hit a truck on the way. >> garbage truck. >> on the way to west virginia. were getting several tweets from members of congress who say theyre okay. theyre on the train. i saw one -- we spoke, first of all, to the congressman from florida, speaking to kasie hunt, who says he is okay. he does see there are some injuries on the train. pete sessions has tweeted that, my staff members -- karen, my staff members and i are on the train to the conference. karen is his wife. we are all safe...