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>> interesting to note. u.s. safety authorities are in the process of implementing an ought matting speed control system on rail lines. that technology called positive train control was supposed to be in place by the end of 2015. the stretch of track where this crash occurred did not have it installed offs yet. u.k. rails meantime are operating a lower tech version of this kind of braking system. later in the show, phil black will explain exactly how it works. yes has taken control over govern...

Transportation system is as a whole. the ntsb says its the safest system known as positive train control had been installed tuesdays amtrak crash would not have happened. the cost of that is not cheap. according to the federal railroad association it costs about $52,000 per mile of track. all of this pumping a much discussion on capitol hill. lets bring in at the white house. >> reporter: there is a big question, does the federal spending levels, does that impact that in any way way, president o...

Money to repeal the estate tax for a bunch of billionaires. >> joining us to discuss, congressman scott perry, a republican from pennsylvania. congressman, thanks so much for being with us. your side, speaker boehner, accusing democrats of politics on the issue of train safety and democrats accusing republicans of playing partisanship on the issue of funding and safety here. lets agree that perhaps the partisanship may not be helping the cause. lets move beyond that and ask specific questions he...

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Interview with federal investigators. they are hoping 32-year-old brandon bostian was traveling at speeds topping 100 miles an hour when the train went off the tracks. the disaster killed eight people and injured more than 200. we are learning that amtrak was months away from installing a new safety system that would have prevented the derailment. cnns tom foreman with more on that technology. >> reporter: christine, positive train control is about building a matrix of information around trains ...

Grabbed each others hands to make a chair to sit down and then we carried him through the whole way. >> reporter: first time hearing from some of those first responders there who were on the scene. again, just a reset, jake we are outside of the building where the ntsb will hold its final press briefing but at this point it is delayed, because as we speak they are speaking to the crew of that train that derailed. one other point, jake we did find a press release from amtrak dated 2010 in which t...

Is put in place is because the ntb know which trains are using that track and they know where to stay. then it was going twice as fast, over twice as fast but simply unexpected. >> theres a lot of talk, if positive train control had been in operation here, this crash may not have happened. but even without that safety system in place, wouldnt there have been warnings on the plane, the alarms ringing that it was traveling too fast? >> well, there wouldnt have been an internal alarm on that. but w...

Under the presidents proposal, a lot of that would have gone for safety including positive train control. it does have a tangential relationship. this is an important debate about whether were going to have affordable passenger rail in our country. its a big debate between our team and the other team and common sense. and we need to be investing in it, the republicans could have delayed a meeting today out of respect for the accident in my hometown. if they were to go on with the hearing, they w...

About, the engineer possibly facing criminal charges, id say -- thats a criminal issue. we want to find out what happened so we can learn from it and keep it happening again. >> you were very strong today about positive train control. i think it surprised people a little bit. i was talking to mayor nutter about that, why do you feel so strongly about it, why do you think its applicable in this case? >> im strong about it, because we believe that train control will prevent accidents like the one ...

Lawrence, but i dont see that as a necessary step. i think theres obviously some steps that, you know, the fact that we have that ptc, positive train control, from new york down to washington, but we dont have it here seems unjust. we need it all over. if it saves one life, thats one life thats worth it. >> absolutely. were going to take a break here. thank you all for joining me. patrick murphy is going to stay with us. coming up, surviving a train crash. what passengers need to know. patrick m...