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>> laura: two failures, one embarrassing, one tragic. the first at atlantas hartfield jackson airport the busiest in the world which was completely shut down for 11 hours by a power outage. and then this morning, tragedy struck at the washington state amtrak train derailed plunging off a bridge on to interstate 5, killing at least three people, injuring more than 100. investigators are still looking for the exact cause with attention on the trains high rate of peed as a candidate president trump...

>> reporter: what was supposed to be a celebration, the first run of newer, faster train service, tonight is a tragedy of twisted metal, with multiple passengers dead. >> oh, my god. that train is derailed. >> train derailment over the freeway. multiple patients. >> reporter: amtrak train 501 left seattle just after 6:00 a.m., heading toward portland. 86 passengers and crew on board. at 7:30, passenger chris karnes tweeting, "wow, this train is fast. we are passing up traffic on i-5." minutes la...

>> lakewood mayor don anderson and his city council fought to stop the train line citing safety concerns. $180 million in federal stimulus money spurred washington state to move the passenger line from the sparsely inhabited coastline directly through towns like lakewood and over interstate 5. anderson warned just two weeks ago that disaster could be coming. >> if there is an accident, and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements. >> maybe you didnt predict this exact thing, but i...

Cost, if you cant afford to do the best way through our community, i would rather not have it there. >> reporter: lakewood mayor don anderson and his city council fought to stop the train line citing safety concerns. $180 million in federal stimulus money spurred washington state to move the passenger line from the sparsely inhabited coastline directly through towns like lakewood and over interstate 5. anderson wandrned just two week ago that disaster could be coming. >> come back when there is ...

Low with the stock markets and economy so high. >> this president, theres a disconnect between economic confidence and even his handling of the economy is not nearly as close to what the economy is doing right now. >> nice to have you here. >> good to be here. stay with us. we want to get to the horrible, horrible train crash. overnight we learned amtrak, that train that jumped the tracks in washington state yesterday morning was going 80 miles per hour in a 30-mile-per-hour zone. the question...

Not new and according to one official from the ntsb they believe its because of political power as well as money that this hasnt happened yet. i just want to show you, though, whats happening out here right now. if you take a look out here, they have actually been working overnight to remove the train cars off of the overpass where it was dangling. took down one, put it back on the train tracks and now they have moved one on the southbound lanes of the interstate 5 freeway as you can see there. ...

Crashing on to a highway below. brian: it happened yesterday. the ntsb says the train was going 50 miles per hour over the speed limit. newly finished track from seattle to portland. steve: 72 people were taken to the hospital. miraculously a newborn on board survived unharmed. an army soldier on the highway jumping in to help save lives. >> i couldnt afford to be scared. i couldnt afford to be shocked. i had to do what im called to do. and focus and channel that into helping these people around...

Now and advocate for the money to do it. because this project was never needed and dangerous to our citizens. >> all right. kyung lah is on the phone with me now. youve been talking to the madigan army medical center. where the majority of victims were sent after the crash. what are you learning? >> reporter: most of them were sent here, john, because this hospital is just four to five miles away from the crash site. it is the closest one. so thats why so many immediately were taken here. but th...

Bottle. once you announce your resignation, its pretty much time to go. he was right when he said the people of minnesota would go through quite a bit and his family would go through quite a bit if he continued his service. that said, i think that maybe more due process should have been afforded. >> thanks for coming in. always appreciate it. >> thank you, kate. great to be with you, as always. >> thank you. were going to give you an update on the breaking news we were following that has been ...

And fell onto vehicles that were southbound on i-5, killing six people. all those killed were in the train. nobody on the ground, nobody in cars below were killed but 77 people were taken to local hospitals. they have various degrees of injuries. this was in inaugural trip for this amtrak train which connects seattle to portland. it was meant to be a high-speed train that would shave 15 minutes off the travel between those cities. its a more direct route but it has a sharper curve here. the ntsb...