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The train was traveling southbound towards washington, d.c. vermonts governor peter shum lin talked about the cause of the accident earlier. >> i want to emphasize that at least based upon the immediate knowledge that we have, theres no belief that theres any wrong-doing here. a freight train went through late last night, it passed without any incident. so the ledges had to have fallen in the last several hours. >> joining me now, former ntsb board member john goalia. thank you for being with us...

Comfortable getting on the train? >> of course theres always concern when you have an accident. we need to make sure they have the resources they need to maintain the infrastructure, the track, the trains, their personal. its not an inexpensive proposition to maintain the infrastructure. congress and the american public need to make sure that amtrak gets the resources it needs if were going to use it. weve been pushing for public transportation for a number of years. if were going to push the pu...

Decreased two miles per hour before the crash, what does that tell you. >> clearly either the conductor or the engineer move the throttles to make the train go that fast or something for the throttles went haywire. >> and how -- how easy is it to determine that? do we have your audio back? clearly we are having a problem. let me try once more. john can you hear me it is anderson? we are clearly having trouble with johns audio and well try to restore that and get that working again. john are you ...

Place ready to retrieve them is a promising sign but still a lot of work ahead. >> all right, will ripley, thanks so much. lets talk more about the retrieval of these objects and what happens from this point. john is a former ntsb board member and aviation safety expert. david is a cnn safety analyst and john is a security analyst and former tsa undersecretary. good to see all of you, gentlemen. john, why dont i begin with you? how encouraging is this to you that there are these objects? we know...

Trees, years ago that was a common technique, to try to duck under the clouds, because oftentimes clouds dont stick to the ground. if you can see the ground and the runway, then you can land. >> certainly we want to be clear to our viewers, initial reports are that fog may have played a role, but certainly the investigation will go on for quite some time. we dont know anything for sure. john, before i let you go, before i let you go here, what was your reaction to hearing the reports that are ou...

>> it may not tell us a lot. back in the late 90s, george bush won the straw poll. four years ago the last time they had the conference, bill frist, he won the straw poll. he never even got to the starting race. so sometimes theyre right, sometimes theyre not. brianna? >> paul, thank you. again, to our viewers, we are keeping our eye on the breaking news that the polish president along with the first lady and other top dig any tears from that country have been killed in a plane crash. initials...