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Four-alarm response. the fire department is in command. its called a level 3 mass casualty incident. 238 passengers on board. six people are said to be in critical condition. at least were told five fatalities so far. about 53 people were taken to the hospital. many are described as walking wounded and we can be thankful for that. lets go back to larry mann. youre a railroad expert and i was just about to say how fast do you think this train could have been going given the damage that were seein...

Larry, are you there? >> yes. okay. thank you. before i interrupted you, you were telling us about the new construction in cars compared to the new we are cars that you guesstimate are at least 20 years old or more? >> yes. this is old equipment. amtrack has replaced some cars over the years but not enough to have the top quality cars that could resist derailments. just one example of the newer cars they have steel posts at the front of the cars so it could withstand a collision and

Premature. by later this afternoon, they will have a considerable amount of knowledge they can start to focus the investigation. >> let me bring in larry mann as i mentioned, the authority on railroad safety the principal author of the safety act in 1970. weve been on together many times, you have been very vocal about technology and advancements that are needed in our infrastructure. weve had just as of late may 6th the accident in north dakota, march 28th los angeles, 21 people hurt february 2...

Its a costly item. and amtrack doesnt really have the funds. and theyve, over the years, have determined that people are not going to be thrown from a rail car in an accident and -- >> larry, once again, my apologies, i do have to interrupt you. i just want to bring everybody up to speed who is just joining us. we are continuing coverage our coverage of the derailment of amtrack number 188 which derailed, eight to seven cars of it just outside of philly a couple of hours ago. six people are crit...

Completely shut down. it seems like all over penn station, people are settling in for a trip. and they are offering to honor your ticket so theyll get you to newark penn station, princeton junction trenton, metro park. they are willing to let you kind of hop a ride with them if they can get you there. they just made that announcement. >> thank you very much. on the phone is larry mann who is described as a railroad expert. larry, can you hear me? >> i can. >> thank you for joining us. as im sure...

Northeast corridor is stella trains and cars. >> can you tell us what is different in the trains and cars compared to these that have been developed since 1970? >> the newer construction has steel frames at either end of the cars heavier steel and the -- they also have this crash resistance-type cars available where if theres an impact. >> okay. im going to have to end -- i want to hear the rest of that but we have to interrupt you, larry mann just for a second because we want to listen back in ...

and i would say within eight or neen minutes, you know i was there and trying to you know once i realized i had a body count, made sure no one was behind anything and i said hey, im on this train. >> you said you were trying to keep track of the number of passengers you were sure on that train car that needed to be taken out, that needed help getting out? >> yeah. so when the first person here was one of the captains of the fire department. so when he came in he knew me. and he said co...

recorder thats expected to shed more light on why that train derailed. ntsb investigators are still combing through the wreckage for clues and the company is cooperating fully with its investigation. >> amtrak will do everything in its power to assist in the investigation and brought every resource to support that effort. this is the amtrak family. we are very saddened by whats occurred and will do everything in our power to work with the mayors office ntsb and all authorities to do ev...

North. >> it was apropos he would die in a winter like this, and in commemoration of larry, i think next week we should bounce all bumbles at half mast. >> didnt i tell you, bumbles bounce! >> youre the only one i know who would eulogize larry mast. public polling, ppp. im going to read the questions. lee harvey os wald acted alone in killing president kennedy or was there a larger conspiracy? there was a couple things i couldnt answer so i would probably put myself in the not sure here becaus...

0 obama is his aggressive use of drones to disseminate terrorists. the far left hates that to his credit, mr. obama used drone warfare in effective way in order to protect this country. the truth is that the nature of warfare is changing dramatically in the world. there is no way that any country can control chaotic nations like iraq and afghanistan its impossible unless you impose nazi like regime where you execute people at will. the united states cant nation build any longer. we do have to ge...