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Longer? or does this allow them to kick the can down the road? >> if you give congress a chance to kick the can down the road, they will kick that can down the road. and they will. because there is no consensus right now. the president has moved his goalpost a couple of times on what he wants. he wanted the wall and he got the wall and then he asked for more. now well have a big, big debate for many months over a comprehensive reform of some kind about the family immigration policy, about the wa...

There is mental health factors. but then there is the issue of casualties and injuries. and thats the issue that has to do with guns. and you cant eliminate any of those factors. they all need to be addressed. >> yeah. we learned just a short time ago that the armed school resource officer, they are known as sro, there was one on campus, he was suspended today because officials found he never entered the building during the shooting. what does that say to you about armed guards being part of the...

Lack of energy to go back over here and begin pulling up these other old rocks. >> but if john kelly, who obviously has a long, distinguished military background, who is working with somebody who does not have a full security clearance, i mean, again, i guess none of us can get in john kellys head. but you would think somebody of that experience would want to at least know, why does my closest aide not have a security clearance? >> i think thats right, and i understand it. anderson, remember wha...

Maleverybo maleverybomal -- than it daz with inattention. this is someone with whom he has established a personal bond of trust, in whom he has confidence, and so i can understand why there might be a lack of energy to go back over here and begin pulling up these other old rocks. >> but if john kelly, who obviously has a long, distinguished military background, who is working with somebody who does not have a full security clearance, i mean, again, i guess none of us can get in john kellys head....

Troops and support them, pass the defense budget. give them the tools and the funding they need. you know, i understand the president can be infatuated with the military regalia and trappings. it is very seductive. we have a different tradition here. when we have military parades we do honor the troops. it focuses on the human element not heavy metal war machines rolling down the streets of american cities and by the way on a practical level. if you want to stage a huge parade you are taking tro...

Decades and decades of aviation safety in this country and accidents, learning from the accidents and putting in place regulations to avoid a repeat of the accidents. so we have had a remarkable run. but as you know, theres always the risk that something could happen tomorrow. you can never eliminate the human factor. thats always a constant risk. but we have 4 billion passengers with a "b" globally, 4 billion on 38 million flights. its a remarkable safety record. and no one individual gets cred...

Than a simulation of empathy and if we confuse that with true empathy and we will turn ourselves into machines that go without this decisive human factor of insight and mentally a component of. in this pen we make now a robot that german scientists intend to a quick with an empathy program the ultimate aim is to turn it into a teacher. now teaches geography. that its eyes are cameras with which it observes its students its still learning how to react to different gestures to encourage or motivat...

The ntsb has a go-team on the ground. they just spoke in the last half hour. take a listen. >> were going to look at all of the signals, tracks, mechanics. there are many factors and human factor. thats part of the interviewing. as well as looking at the operations bulletins and some of the records to find out what exactly was the speed environment. and the requirements for this area. >> reporter: theres been a lot of talk about that positive access control system that would have automatically s...

Transportation, which is interstate 5. >> do we know whether the conductor or engineer has been tested for drugs or anything like that? i would imagine thats a routine follow up for something like that. >> that is what the the ntsb is being very careful about. that human factor is a critical thing for the fra. the soaked most factor of crashes in derailments. >> neil: why would somebody be going that fast? lets say it was something mechanical or they couldnt control it. the other obvious issue, ...

They have their wheels checked so there were no anomalies and the human factor side. was the engineer being attentive and driving at the correct speed? what was going on in the cabin prior and during this accident. >> i know in previous amtrak accidents along these lines, very often it is a human failure, right? >> we go back to the accident outside of philadelphia and right, the engineer lost situational awareness and entered into a serious turn at more than twice the posted speed. they look at...