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Conductor at the time of the derailment was not in control of the train. he was in the passenger section, not in the cab and an engineer and a conductor trainee was in the cab. the engineer is still allowed to operate the train. the engineer though, did not hit the emergency brake. investigators have recovered both of the black boxes in the front and the rear of the train. they also are very curious about looking at the cameras, especially the one inside the cab to see what the engineer and the ...

The time of the accident. we know the engineer was in there as well as a conductor who was getting familiar with the terrain, is what theyre saying. the conductor, who was working that train, was in the passenger section of the train. we also know that all of the crew members have been hospitalized after this derailment and thats why its taking longer for them to interview those crew members. they also said they were able to remove the cameras facing into the cab and also facing forward in front...

Lead conductor was in the passenger section not in the cab. instead the engineer and a conductor in training were in the cab. the engineer still allowed to operate the train. >> under amtrak policy he couldnt operate the train unless he was qualified and familiar with this territory. so the answer would be yes, within the preefs two weeks hed been qualified to operate on the territory. >> reporter: but the ntsb says the crew did not hit the emergency break before the derailment. it was automatic...

Was getting experience and familiarizing himself with the territory. the actual conductor was in the passenger section at the time of the accident. >> reporter: its hard to know what exactly all of this means. we are told by ntsb in that same news conference that the engineer is allowed to control the train. but we did also learn that the engineer, the crew, didnt hit the emergency brakes, john. the emergency brakes were automatically activated. were a little more than 24 hours after this accide...

Number two ranking senate? the democrat speaking right now. they are pushing the vote as late as they can. but in the next few minutes the senate will vet and pass this bill which will be celebrated at the white house at some point tomorrow. in the mean, tonight both black boxes have been recovered are from the deadly train derailment in washington state. three people killed and more than 100 hurt. it was the first new run of this route and a technology called positive train control was not acti...

Breaking developments for us this morning. >> reporter: so many questions in this ongoing investigation but investigators with national transportation safety board focusing on a number of things including speed and the possibility the engineer who was driving the train may have been distracted. they say the emergency brake was automatically engaged, this train was going 50 miles over the speed limit and the engineer was not alone in the locomotive. >> there were two people in the cab, the engine...

Force of the deadly force of a train derailment. the ntsb in their news conference saying the lead conductor at the time of the derailment was not in control of the train. he was in the passenger section, not in the cab. an engineer and a conductor trainee were instead in the cab. the engineer is still allowed to operate the train. the engineer though, did not hit the emergency brake. investigators have recovered both of the black boxes in the front and the rear of the train. they also are very ...

But within the next few things of that nature senate will vote and will pass this bill, which will be celebrated at the white house at some point tomorrow. both black boxes have been recovered from the deadly train derailment in washington state. three people were killed and more than 100 hurt when an amtrak went speeding off the rails. it was a first run with a of this route. were learning where the crew was when the train derailed. kyung lah joins us now. the driver was not at the controls? ...