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If they do hit, the biggest chunk could be upwards of 250 pounds, which is a hefty flying object. there could be another two dozen of these chunks. they could weigh a lot less, but still all told, were talking about some 1200 pounds of debris. and the debris field could be spread over some 500 miles. thats the distance from los angeles to phoenix. listen to nasa explain how precisely -- really they have no clue where this will land. >> it will have an uncontrolled reentry, which most satellites ...

Republicans that in the state of the union, he said, look, i want to go on nuclear power, i want to go forward with offshore drilling and if there is a possibility of putting together an energy bill this year that would have bipartisan support there will be energy production. cap in trade is gone there would be a possibility of doing something on trade. on education they are closer together. on afghanistan, there is a lot of republican support. so there are areas where you could build some trust...

>> reporter: now this is what were talking about. septa has said objects sometimes theyve gotten reports of objects being thrown at trains in some neighborhoods like this one in philadelphia. buff the emergency stop is unusual. on top of that, youre talking about three trains hit by an object within 20 minutes span and all really close to the area of the crash. the ntsb, we also -- this is also bringing in a whole new set of questions. remember the engineer was a really being scrutinized because...

After leaving the station three-mile away from where the derailment happened bus he has a concussion. the question is whether or not this flying object had any impact. we dont know that. says he also cant remember anything and meanwhile the federal railroad association is mandating amtrak put in an automatic speed restriction system that was put in place on all you northbound trains -- im sorry. all southbound trains at this curve, but not put on the northbound trains. so the federal railroad ad...

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>> lets start here. lets start in downtown oakland. tuesday night, this was the scene there. take a look. >> all right. thats new video posted on youtube of riot police firing tear gas canisters on demonstrators. police officials say they responded only after being hit by rocks and other objects. but one man, a 24-year-old marine, an iraq war vet, scott olsen who you can see in this video, i think right there, falling to the ground. he was critically injured after being struck in the head by a f...