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That an individual, whether or not thats a lower ranking individual, didnt actually transfer the paperwork over to the computer, remember, a lot of this -- we know a little more about the air force because they went through this. a lot of this is base-specific. what procedures were taking place at each base where these court-martials were taking place. this is only the equivalent of felonies. there are some domestic violences as well. that takes the individual to look at the piece of paper, this...

What are they asking for in the lawsuit? >> well, in names, secretary mattis, it names all four secretaries -- three secretaries, army, navy, air force. theyre trying to get them to be held in contempt if the department of defense is not in compliance with this very clear federal law that there needs to be this reporting taking place. theyre basically looking to the courts for another avenue, for an enforcement mechanism to make sure the department of defense does what its required to do under t...

Progress, but then suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. the kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. sheriffs detective howard cole was sent in pursuit. >> it was believed that quinn grays cell phone was being tracked to an area west of orlando. >> but something had gone wrong. before tracing the calls, investigators had to get a judges approval. and in the rush to fill out the proper paperwork, someone made a small, but critical error. >> when they actually went to get the...

A live look for you at the white house. president trump holding a cabinet meeting at the hour. were standing by to see if he says anything to reporters before lawmakers in the house cast their final vote there on the republican tax bill thats happening in the next hour. meantime, two days after that deadly amtrak crash in washington state, federal investigators, were learning, are focusing on possible human error. was the trains engineer distracted in the moments before that train plunged on t...

We have all our capital allocated to get it done. >> he said the system should be in place on this stretch of track by next spring. congress has ordered the nations railroads to install this technology but under pressure from the railroad industry, a 2015 deadline was pushed to the end of next year. >> national transportation safety board has been begging the railroad industry to implement positive train control. every time it gets close our congress pushes it back. it pushes it back and keeps d...

Jumped the tracks, plummeting on to the highway and vehicles below. >> well be we hope interviewing the crew to find out if they have more information that can help us figure this out. >> reporter: besides looking at whether a mechanical malfunction played a role, investigators are now focused on the crew controlling the train and whether human error caused the deadly derailment. >> it was like being inside an exploding bomb. >> there was this body lying there, i mean, it was -- he had -- hardly...

Well as many passengers. however, its very expensive to install. the commercial railroads asked for a delay in implementing this. and i believe that the new date that required implementation was depressi december of next year. had this been in place it would have stopped the train. >> you talk about mandated things in place and not until next year. theres also, of course, the human component. lets be clear, we dont know it was human error that happened here. thats what investigators are looking ...

The country, 23% have ptc. so the deadline is december of 2018. but theyve already indicated they will probably push that to 2020. stephanie, ive covered an awful lot of train accidents from california to the bronx to philadelphia to virginia all across the country and in every one of those that ive covered, the final conclusion was that positive train control could very well have prevented these accidents and prevented deaths. the ntsb has been very adamant about this, whether it is a human err...

Trains. david gun, he was the president of amtrak from 2002 to 2005. he led some of the top transit authorities on the continent, new york, philadelphia, washington and toronto. david gun joins me now. thank you for joining us. based on what you know -- first of all lets talk about the positive train control. that has not been put into service on this train line. it was delayed until next year. what do you think about when you hear the reporting on the positive train control? >> well, railroads ...

>> that was totally straight on approach and across the bridge or on the curve. that can play an important part. this man was right earlier on. you always look for three things. you look for track first and mechanical problems and then human error. >> still with us, the one on the right with the train cars dangling over the highway. its twisted metal and for trauma, please help me with the technical term in a train derailment. when you see the trauma, the car is dangling down. what does that tel...