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The track itself. could be an equipment problem. or could it be operator error. the engineer of the train who happened to be an experienced conductor, he had operated this route many times before. he could have just made a mistake in coming to the turn too fast. 70 mile-per-hour speed limit up north supposed to be doing 30 miles per hour in the curve. so we want to know what it was because if theres any improvements to be made we want to make them. this is a very heavily traveled route. we want ...

The operator suggested that the brakes failed. normally two factors, theyll look at the track conditions or the speed of the train, operator error. and well wait for ntsb on that. they should have something later on this afternoon. then we turn towards cleaning up the site so we can have the service commence again. its a very important line for us, and we want to get it up and running for tomorrow. >> i understand that there were three metro north workers on there. i dont know if their all opera...

The tracks in the bronx. 11 are in critical condition. andrew cuomo joins us. governor, what have you been told? the investigation is going on now. but so far, what have you been told about what possibly could have caused this accident? >> were waiting for the ntsb to do their full investigation. the black box will be retrieved and that will say how fast the train was traveling and whether or not the brakes were applied, et cetera. but two basic factors. one is track conditioned a the second is ...

And that is a difficult area of the track, but that doesnt explain this either. we are waiting for the ntsb to tell us exactly what happened. the trains have a black box on them similar to an airplane black box and that will give the speed of the train, whether or not the brakes were applied, and there was an earlier report that the operator suggested that the brakes failed. normally we look at the track conditions, the speed of the train, operator error, well look at the ntsb on that. well look...

Conductors told us that they seemed to fail. is that now in question as to whether or not he applied the brakes? that was a report that the operator stated that. i dont know whether that was an official statement. our first concern was getting the operator the appropriate medical attention. i heard the same report that they suggested that he had put on the bra kkes failed. so that is a possibility and there are others of course. track condition and operator error. and well wait for the ntsb and ...

Conference in the next half hour from the ntsb. and well bring that to you live when that happens. nbcs kristen dahlgren is at the scene of the crash. kristen, whats the latest there? >> reporter: well, like you said, were waiting for the ntsb to brief us so we can get the latest update on numbers, and also, really, their investigation is well under way now. theyve been on scene for several hours. theyre looking at a few things. theyre trying to come up with the trains black box so they can get ...

Nearby cars and buildings are incinerated. >> i think we had some proj projectiles go over 1,000 feet on that location. and thats scary. >> luckily, no one is killed. >> it was an act of fate or an act of god that those projectiles were hitting things like empty freeways. >> randy bib spends more than a month in the hospital. the fire changes his life forever. >> i couldndidnt know the next when i got up if i could go ten minutes without having to lay down. i havent worked since then. its been t...

If there was some mechanical issue involved, if it was operator error. but preliminary reports from witnesses suggest this vortex ride at the fair had stopped and people were in the process of offloading when the ride restarted. one passenger told wnctv when he got off the ride he heard a crashing side and he saw people on the ground and the ride open vapor on his knee crying. >> we have witnesses that may help us. the prelim flairy is the ride had stopped and they were fixed to offload when it ...

Dramatizing the story and ratchets up the pressure, too. >> bret: last word? >> the democrats are talking as if a clean c.r. is a kind of a sacred object. and nothing else is allowable. in fact, its a failure. its a resolution which everything is continued. the normal way that money is allocated is one department at a time. so, why not do it one department at a time right now? >> bret: gentlemen, thank you. julie from the white house, sthawnk. thats true it for the panel. stay tuned for an opera...

And i saw four inmates come into my room with something in their hands. i had something, too, but i jumped off the second floor because i was scared for my life. i want to know why the doors were kept open. ken zeter wrote this article for wire magazine. she joins me now. kim, good to see you. you talked to the prisoners attorney. he told you this. quote, its hard to imagine the doors open without an assist from guards or some other accomplice on the inside. what are prison officials telling you...