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This weekend paul ryan seems less interested in taking back the party than playing nice. >> i think these groups are indispensable to keeping taxpayer interest accounted for, keeping people account able. we some difference of opinions on tactics. we all believe the same thing with respect to the ultimate goal. >> leadership might have had spine stiffening but orders are dictate freddie above, power in the republican party does not necessarily rest with the speakers gavel. according to he had kil...

49% of west virginia voters support impeaching the president and that was before the obama care rollout. the same poll found that manchin, a rare consensus builder, has taken lets but he finds comfort in remembering when the senate met in the old chamber during the fiscal cliff negotiations. >> ill never forget. lindsey graham gets up to speak and he said the last time someone from my state spoke in this chamber it was the civil war. >> reporter: his latest attempt at a consensus, a bill that wo...

Have sleep apnea which could have caused him to dose off before the train derailed. 46-year-old rockefeller will be evaluated for the disorders which causes people to stop breathing while they sleep leaving them exhausted when they wake up. rockefeller is on unpaid leave during the investigation. we are learning more about the university of new haven student who prompted the lock down on campus tuesday. william tongue was carrying two hand guns ammunition and what appeared to be the same type ...

Investigation. >> prosecutors are most likely looking now at a charge of criminally negligent homicide, a form of manslaughter in other states. >> reporter: rockefellers lawyer says his client had a good nights sleep before the crash. but two weeks prior, his shift changed significantly, from late to early. could be a defense. could explain why rockefeller might have nodded off. >> a jury might look at this and say, you know something, its a horrible situation but its a terrible accident. he had...

Was open to the public. it stood just 40 feet and adorned about only 700 lights. today in american fashion, the tree has been super sized standing at 76 feet and covered with 45,000 lights. you may not know this, but all of this comes from humble roots. this comes on christmas eve after the stock market crashed in 29. the country was still in the midst of the great depression. rockefeller center was near completion, december 24th, 1931 was just another thursday night at work for many americans. ...

About fatigue, zoning out and micro sleep. whats it mean for the rest of us behind the wheel? heres abcs ron claiborne. >> reporter: the investigation into this weeks deadly train derailment is focusing on the trains engineer. sources telling abc news, rockefeller admitted to dozing off right before the crash at 82 miles an hour. his lawyer says rockefeller felt well rested earlier that morning and he had suck come succumb to highway hypnosis, a trans-like state associated with the boredom of di...

Dangers of sleep deprivation. >> as we are hearing more about the crash were learning more about fatigue, zoning out and micro sleep. whats it mean for the rest of us behind the wheel? heres abcs ron claiborne. >> reporter: the investigation into this weeks deadly train derailment is focusing on the trains engineer. sources telling abc news, rockefeller admitted to dozing off right before the crash at 82 miles an hour. his lawyer says rockefeller felt well rested earlier that morning and he had ...

Train derailment told first responders he was dozing off just before the crash. >> every indication he would have had time to get full restorative sleep. >> reporter: investigators who combed the wreckage found no problems with the train signals along the routes or the brakes. >> based on this data, theres no indication that the brake systems were not functioning properly. >> reporter: sources tell abc news that human error was likely the cause of the crash that killed four and injured more than...

Batman tun t batman tundra cart can be yours. >> the commuter rail line should be back on line this morning as details emerge. the driver nodded off at the switch. moments after the accident, rockefeller told police he zoned out. this as the train was barrelling towards the tracks on a sharp turn. it was coming in an area cleared for half that speed. but when the train was going 82 miles per hour by then, thats nearly triple the speed limit, and by the time the engineer slammed on the brakes, it...

Firefighters as they arrived on the scene of the deadly train derailment in the bronx. this morning, new details about the man at the controls. the trains engineer, william billy rockefeller, his union representative saying he was nodding off and caught himself too late. >> hes extremely distraught over it and he feels for the families. >> reporter: in the minutes after the derailment, according to a senior law enforcement source, rockefeller told first responders, going along and im in a daze. ...