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Going 106 miles an hour in a 50 mile-per-hour area? >> certainly the things that we usually look at and just big categories generally speaking the human, the machine and the environment. were when i talk about environment, were talking things like visibility and rain and sleet and snow and obviously we didnt have rain sleet or snow the other night but want to make sure visibility or whatever was not a factor. mechanical issues. look at mechanical conditioning of the train. the braking system. th...

He felt the train slow down at the end and then appeared to derail what. do you make of the reports tonight? >> well not being there makes it difficult but sounds like a derailment and a track problem. if the ntsb responds to the scene -- >> they are. were told theyre gathering information. >> i saw it on tv and wondered why my bags werent packed but im retired. theyre going to have a person going to look at that aspect of it. and look at human performance. we have a lot of injured people. one t...

Those who have been affected by this tragedy. our sincere condolences and thoughts and prayers go out to all of toem. as mayor nutter said we brought a multidisciplinary team in here that will be covering a number of issues. were looking at the track the train signals, the operation of the train mechanical condition of the train, human performance. we are setting up a multidisciplinary investigation to try and understand the factors that led to this accident. in addition, we have brought in expe...

A station so whom ever boarded at that station may not have been swiped in electronically, maybe that person missed the train, maybe that person may have been treated, walked away from a hospital, maybe never got to a hospital. >> thats one of the primary things that authorities say theyre trying to get to the bottom of. >> so what did the mayor say effectively? one of the first things that stands out how little information we know? >> right now the focus is very much on this investigation. we k...

Condition of the train, human performance. we are setting up a multi-disciplinary investigation to try and understand the factors that led to this accident. >> now the white house press briefing is beginning right now. were keeping an eye on that but earlier president obama released this statement and reads in part, quote, our thoughts and prayers go out to the family and friends of those we lost last night and to the many passengers who today begin their long road to recovery. want to begin now...

& that is more on the way and including tracks and signals and operations and human performance. and our purpose for being here on-site is to collect the perishable evidence and the information that goes away with the passage of time. well start collecting information and what was the train speed and speed limit on the curve and that is part of our investigation. that is to carefully document that. there is an intense focus on gathering patient data and more than 288 of the patients were treated...

No seat belts on amtrak trains its not hard to see how there would be so many injured. at least 140 people were either seen or treated. many of those people who were treated have been released this morning. one doctor at a hospital said that what he saw was what you probably expect to see, a lot of broken bones, a lot of lacerations -- excuse the sound of that subway above me and that what he saw in his experience over the course of the night was that the people who were in the back of the train...

Washington -- started train to new york city, as well as communicated with mayor bill de blasio in new york city as well since that was the termination point with an expectation there would have been new york city residents, as well. on behalf of a million and a half people here in the city of philadelphia, we also express our deepest sorrow we will do everything we can to assist families who have loved ones on that particular train in whatever their circumstance and condition, but certainly wit...

National transportation train and rapid investigator. what is job one with, russell? >> preserve the evidence at the wreck site and anything that is perishable and gather all of the facts they can related to the different areas of the investigation. >> we have heard reports from outlets like the wall street journal who say the train was doing more than 100 miles per hour on a curve where design speed indicates 50 miles per hour should be the maximum speed. if that is true it is going to be a maj...

Black box. and cnn has learned investigators are seriously considering whether excessive speed could have caused the accident. the amtrak train is believed to have been traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour as it approached a turn where the speed limit was 50. according to a source briefed by investigators. one passenger tells cnn, the train did appear to pick up speed right before the jolt. >> it felt like we sped up a little bit at first as if we were almost going around a curve. >> report...