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By the black box on the train. it has forward looking equipment. they will be pulling the camera. it will have the train speed, when the wrisl whistles and hor was sounded, there are regulations how far before the crossing the audible signals have to be sounded. speed of the train. when the opening near and train control personnel applied the brakes. that gives them an idea when they saw the obstruction on the track. so because of that black box they will have an awful lot of information to star...

First and foremost by the lack box on the train. they have forward-looking equipment. they will be pulling the camera. they have the train speed. when the whistle and horn was speed of the train. when the engineer applied the brakes. that gives them an idea when they saw the obstruction on the track. so because of that black box they will have an awful lot of information to start with. and of course they will also gather information about the track, the track conditions, which railroad owns that...

Because there is clearly, clearly a potential out there at the time that an entirely new set of election electors in different states was going to be submitted to the vice president of the united states in order to try to get him to certify as the appropriately elected electors, electors that were never elect the. and that is, i think, a really problematic thing for eastman and a number of individuals. that is the kind of obstruction that doj is looking at in this criminal activity. >> thank you...

There at the time that an entirely new set of election electors in different states was going to be submitted to the vice president of the united states in order to try to get him to certify as the appropriately elected electors, electors that were never elect the. and that is, i think, a really problematic thing for eastman and a number of individuals. that seems to be the kind of false statement, that is the kind of obstruction that doj is looking at in this criminal activity. >> thank you ver...

Truck. and killed two people on the train. 50 more were injured. eight of the trains ten cars derailed and fell on to their side. forced many of the 287 people onboard to climb out of windows. lets bring in mary skievo. what information will investigators be able to glean from that about this and what will they not be able to get from that? >> well, the black box on the train very much like black boxes on planes. recording parameters. the speed of the train when the horns, bells or signals were ...

>> well, i dont know enough about the facts of any individual case, but i will tell you that the committee is well aware that witness tampering is a federal offense. it is an offense in the district of columbia, an offense in all of the states, and its a very serious matter because it means someone is trying to interfere with the collection of the truth. and the collection of facts, and the committee will not stand by and allow that to happen, and we will be acting in a very strong way to oppose...

Specific details that at this point are heresy? >> well, i dont have any further details on that right now. ill just say that i found her testimony 100% credible. she would have no reason to make any of that up. and the committee remains determined to get all of the evidence we can from all of the material witnesses that are out there. so well continue to pursue all of the facts and all of the leads. >> one last question, were out of time. liz cheney at the end of this hearing pointed out what s...

Vice president. i mean, its a crime to threaten the president or the vice president. youve now got a president celebrating a pledge to hang his own number two. what is the exposure on that? >> in a day of huge fireworks, nicole, i think this was one of the two or three most incendiary. it was -- its almost like a law school exam. i counted six new crimes potentially. yes, this is one. also, the obstruction. also, the destruction of property. but look, to date, the inquiry has all been, is he awa...

Somehow is detached from reality and thought that he won, he is engaging in actions trying to take the law into his own hands in a way that the law doesnt permit. lets just think about the seven battleground states that biden clearly won. in the states on december 14th, trump and giuliani have organized these false electors. people who say in these declarations, we are the duly authorized electors and call our state for trump and they submitted to the national archives in order to gum up the wor...

We want to get rid of the electoral college. they have a massive agenda. every member had to be approved by policy and they are investigating the republican party and conservatives who supported trump in the various states stretching the definition of obstruction in ways we never heard of before. to leah criminal predicate to indict the former president of the united states. what do you make of that? >> that commission as they call it is shocking when you compared to the most recent 9/11 commiss...