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Kept pace with the latest technological changes. changes that have been available in these kinds of systems. automatic control systems, positive train control -- absolutely preventing collisions like this. megyn: what is that? it sounds promising. >> what these guys are using our older versions in which the operator can shut them down. probably, almost more important, you have the human factor. these jobs can be awfully repetitive an awfully boring. we have found in a number of accidents in the ...

Months involving bus or train operators who either were not paying attention or simply not doing what they were supposed to be doing. it has apparently happened again. federal investigators tonight are questioning the actions of a san francisco commuter train operator who slammed his train into another one parked on the tracks ahead of him just yesterday. investigators say that moments before it happened, the operator turned off the auto controls like the automatic controls which would have slow...

Nine people were kill and more than 70 injured you might remember june 22 in washington, d.c. when metro train stopped in another train stopped on the crash. the cause has not been determined on that. may 8, more than 50 people were injured when a boston subway trolley plowed in another train. investigators in that case say the 24-year-old operator blew through a signal while texting on his cell phone to his girlfriend. the san francisco incident comes on the heel of a house sub committee on tra...

Accidents are happening. laura ingle here in the studio live with a closer look. >> hi, julie are its disconcerting news to any travelling when repeated stories of crashes come up and tonight were learning more about what investigators think might have happened to cause two more massive rail cars to plow into each other, this time in the city by the bay. national transportation safety board says the operator switched from automatic to manual mode before he should have and they made an announceme...

>> taken captive by the enemy, a young american soldier in the hands of the taliban. were seeing his fate and now we know his name. im julie banderas and the fox report begins right now. from the city by the bay to the nations capital, and thats just the beginning. crash after crash, from coast to coast. something is wrong with our mass transit system. is anything being done to keep us safe when we ride the rail? they have dreams of building an islamic empire that spans the globe, suspected of h...

With more details. >> reporter: smoke, blood and screams, those are the words witnesses have used to describe yet another nightmarish scene. we are expecting to hear from n.t.s.b. on the latest information on this investigation. now, the n.t.s.b. tells us they are talking with the two train operators, witnesses and passengers to piece together the accident. one train operator was one of four hospitalized with serious injuries. many more were hurt when the westbound train plowed into another sitt...

Impact shook their building. this is just the latest in a series of crashes involving public transit. laura ingle joins us now live in new york with more on the troubling string. what is going on? theyve been in los angeles, boston, washington, and even long island an engineer was accused of letting a passenger drive a train. >> this has left a lot of commuters on edge. definitely, lawmakers are concerned and are look for answers as to why the type of public transportation problems just seem to ...

Railway "l" train plowed in the "k" train at a boarding platform yesterday afternoon. four of those people were taken to area hospitals. appeared to have severe injuries, bleeding from the head weve been told. the two trains crashed at the "l" train -- as the "l" train emerged from a tunnel connecting downtown san francisco to the citys westside neighborhoods, leaving some passengers in really bad shape this is at least the third major transit accident in the country in the last few months. nine...

Week when you have the independent judge, umpire, if you will, in effect saying, what the democrats are considering, so far, does not meet those tests. >> jamie: chris well watch the interview and pay very close attention, thank you so much for joining us. you dont want to miss fox news sunday here on the fox news channel and check your local listings, you can watch it there as well, have a great day, chris. >> chris: thank you, jamie, same to you. >> eric: it is supposed to be a chance for the ...

Users, similar to security measures that are in place now for online banking and shopping. but until such safeguards are in place, at a minimum, ask your doctor or hospital what theyre doing to keep your health data, just that: your health data. in new york, jamie colby, fox news. >> jamie: fox news alert for you now. new details coming in on a train crash in san francisco. the two trains collided late yesterday and injured more than 40 people. investigators wrapping up an interview with the ope...