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Putting in the measures in, it was deemed the risk was lower on the northbound side of the track, and maybe factors were not considered, but that is what they did. >> knowing this, are their routes on your radar that raise red flags elsewhere about the safety of amtrak? >> i think amtraks safety record has been improving. in my days at the ntsb, we had lots of accidents with amtrak and lots of fatalities. so it has been improving, because its high-speed rail and we are trying to run it on rail l...

Aware of the postings from several years ago that appear to be from brandon bostian talking about the need for -- for safety systems to be in place? >> no i was not until drews story there, so that is very interesting. >> is that something you would be interested in reading more about. because you said you are trying to get a profile of him, the way he approaches his job. is that something in the questioning phase that you would certainly like to have looked at? >> absolutely. i think that would...

Southbound side of this track there was an older braking system called an automatic system that was in place and there was, however, no pt system, which is that positive crack and control system not in place yet. we are told the federal government has mandated there be pt systems on all of the rail systems in the country and its supposed to be installed by the end of the year. but they were not in place. theyre trying to get the electrical system up. so theres going to be questions that have bee...

Deadline. >> youre going to live with that. what do you want them to do specifically by next week in order to allow the rue assumption of service between philadelphia and new york? >> we want them to match on the northbound side the technology they have on the southbound side which is less than ptc, but it still caps the speed of the train. if the train is speeding it sends a message to the engineer saying youre speeding. the engineer has to react to that or slow the train down. if he or she doe...

Federal railroad administration and youre the acting administrator. >> we need to know how the accident happened and how we can prevent it in the future. >> thats the most important thing is safety. its our only mission and its the most important thing we do and well be determining how the accident happened. how to stop it from happening in the future in the meantime is there anything we can do to make sure that rail passengers are safe. even before we have a determination of this accident. for ...

Harder to get this legislation through the house. of course, this just one of the battles on the horizon now that 2014 is getting underway. president obama really trying to restart and retool his presidency after a rocky 2013. so another big issue hes going to be taking on in 2014 is the issue of the minimum wage. hes going to call for an increase in the minimum wage. you can expect some democrats to use that as a campaign issue in 2014. another big looming battle, immigration reform. of course,...

Bottom of the hour. here are five things crossing the cnn news desk. at least four people dead, 172 missing from record breaking flooding in colorado. this is new video from around the boulder area, which appears to be hardest-hit. hundreds of people are waiting to be rescued from mountain communities that have been cut off by raging flood waters. theres more rain in the forecast today and that could jeopardize evacuation plans. number two, a greyhound bus flips over in southern ohio on the no...

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Fields. 24 small rail cars were deposited on the northbound outer roadway in the carteret area by tidal surge. if youve driven to that area, you know it well. theyre small freight rail cars off to the side of the roadway. those rail cars were picked up by the tidal surge and carried on to the elevated roadway and landed all throughout the outer roadway of the new jersey turnpike on the northbound side. additionally, the southbound ramp from exit 15w to interstate 280 has a large washout. this is...

Accidents reported, however, northbound side near la ciena boulevard, lights building up, a two-car crash has one lane blocked and one car facing the wrong direction in the carpool lane, so a lot of activity already. -- already. if you can be sepulveda is a great alt at that time nath, 4905 through long beach, thats a great way to go, no problems through the south 110 in los angeles. well keep a close eye on that. we hope the injuries are not too severe. the caltrans camera, the drive on the 10,...