Cspan. So we will be archiving the video for this event so youll have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Edu. We would welcome questions or comments that you have. We set up a twitter feed cjreform so you can post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today were going to be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about that subject, im pleased to welcome Governor Terry mcauliffe to brookings. Many of you know him as a governor of the commonwealth and lifelong entrepreneur. He has worked to create jobs and build a 21st century economy. He also is committed to bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence at charlottesville, he spok
Cjreform so you can post any comments you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities in convictions and sentencing. We need to reform our criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today were going to be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach that issue. To help us think about that subject, im pleased to welcome Governor Terry mcauliffe to brookings. Many of you know him as a governor of the commonwealth and lifelong entrepreneur. He has worked to create jobs and build a 21st century economy. He also is committed to bettering the lives of ordinary people. After the tragic violence at charlottesville, he spoke out forcefully against hatred and bigotry. And just over the weekend, he hosted a family day at a juvenile Correction Center which brought together inmates and family members. Hes been a trailblazer in restoring civi
Criminal suftis system more fair. They outlaw recommendations for them to consider. The Vice President of government studies at the Brookings Institution and i would like to welcome you to this forum on criminal Justice Reform. We are webcasting this event live so a warm welcome to all of our viewers from across the country and also those of you watching it live on cspan. We will be archiving video for this event so you will have an opportunity to view it later if you would like at brookings. Edu. We would also welcome any questions or comments that you have. Weve set up a twitter feed at cjreform. Thats cjreform. You are welcome to post any comments that you have during the forum. So the United States has one of the highest incarceration rates in the world. Our prisons are overcrowded and there are Racial Disparities and we need to inform the criminal Justice System and develop alternatives to the existing policies. Today well be discussing criminal Justice Reform and how to approach
Here tonight. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with that headline breaking from philadelphia. Federal investigators just moments ago revealing that sudden acceleration just before the amtrak train derailed. These images of the crash site from above, where three cars there on their side another nearly flipped. One of those cars virtually incinerated. Tonight, the death toll rising to eight. They believe the rest of the missing now accounted for. And tonight here an abc news exclusive. The lawyer for the engineer on what his client remembers. And this evening, weve learned that engineer now agreeing to talk to federal investigators. Were going to begin with that new piece of information, authorities says the train was going more than 100 Miles Per Hour and that it sped up moments before the crash. Abcs david kerley takes us right up to those tracks. Reporter today, we walked onto the tracks. Eight lives lost here. Amtrak asking us not
And then, you can see the flash of the train screening off the tracks at over 100 miles an hour and heres similar video taken from other side of the tracks. The train now going right to left and a different angle but the fate of the train and all 243 people on board is the same. The big question now why according to ntsb, was train accelerating as it approached the curve. Why did the speed soar from 70 to 106 miles an hour. Its thursday nights and the big story. On action news tonight is the world from ntsb lead investigator that amtrak train 188 sped up for the final minute before t its catastrophic derailment. At the site tonight the train cars are gone. Amtrak is faced with repairing tracks so it can reopen the route between philadelphia and new york. Action News Reporter dann cuellar is live at the scene. Dann, it seems the questions that must now be answered have all to do with engineer brandon bostian. Reporter thats right jim brandon is now agreeing to talk to ntsb. They really