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Rockefellers phone records have been subpoenaed but based on a preliminary review, its not believed the engineer was on his phone at the time of the derailment that killed four. among them, jim lovell, who was commuting to work on sunday morning. >> my dad was not a victim. he was a loving father, great dad, best friend, uncle. i am so proud and blessed that i was able to call him my father. >> so not only was this train going too fast, but power to the engine wasnt cut and brakes were not appli...

To idle six seconds before the train came to a crashing halt. at five seconds the brakes applied. by then it was too late. seven cars and locomotive were off the rails coming to rest just inches from the harlem river. >> investigators are still trying to determine if any of the trains equipment failed. union officials say the engineer is extremely distraust over the lost of four lives and still trying to piece together exactly what happened. andrew cuomo said today rockefeller should be discipli...

Tried to apply the brakes, but the brakes didnt work. the black box also showing that the brakes were not fully engaged. investigators are now trying to determine if rockefeller is to blame or if there was a mechanical problem. well keep watching that story, of course. mourners remembering the victims in a vigil at the crash site last night. take a listen. >> she took amazing care of the children and if you were to ask any of the staff or any of the families of the children who live here, they...

Helping others. >> there is nothing wrong with giving to charities. some of this can come from this segment of society. it is fine to recognize that longs swe dont demonize the ones that dont do it. >> there are tycoons like john d. rockefeller people who vilify them saying they did charity work but they were evil robbers. >> no. they fundamentally transformed the lives of americans. rockefeller is probably responsible for saving the whales he pushed down the profit enough it was no longer profi...

We wanted to think about this. i think on its face, i dont think you even needed to conduct polling but they did. on its face i think we always talk about this. maybe they should trade out this. george w. bush he thought about getting rid of cheney. it doesnt -- i think it reeks too much of panic and desperation. so that minus almost certainly cancels out any pluses you might get. >> let me go to michael. knowing all that, we know how it makes you look weak and desperate and very selfish to dump...

We wanted to think about this. i think on its face, i dont think you even needed to conduct polling but they did. on its face i think we always talk about this. maybe they should trade out this. george w. bush he thought about getting rid of cheney. it doesnt -- i think it reeks too much of panic and desperation. so that minus almost certainly cancels out any pluses you might get. >> let me go to michael. knowing all that, we know how it makes you look weak and desperate and very selfish to dump...

A big divide about foreign policy involvement. there are more people isolationists in certain parts of republican party and others who are not. this goes back to taft and roosevelt beginning of the century. then you had goldwater and rockefeller. you had i mean, ronald reagan, versus ford. and you know this split has been around the republican party for a long time. and the democrats are not immune. when george mcgovern lost so badly in 72 the centrists took the party back from big parties have ...

Really the only thing thats in the bill or the meat of the bill is simply that they all got a postponement. they postponed everything for a later date. there is not -- i mean, i dont know how anyone could celebrate because nothing was done except postponement. >> thats literally what has become the norm now, unfortunately for both sides, which is you will remember back in 2011 we had a similar situation and then what do they do? they created the super committee which then at that time was viewed...

Canefield, rod -- sugar cane field he wandered to the course next door. >> i scouted the caddies and i said that has to be better than the sugar cane. the sugar cane cuts you like a knife. >> chichi was a natural, but he was the beneficiary of good fortune. it was owned by lawrence rock fellly and as chichi grew his game he talked to rock rockefeller about an investment opportunity. >> i went over there and i was very nervous. he relaxed me. he thew -- he knew how to do it. he said what do you w...

And you know who coughed up money in a really big way? nelson rockefeller. nelson rockefeller, not only governor of new york at the time, but also a rockefeller, and he asked dr. kings private attorney to meet him at a chase manhattan bank in new york city, on the corner of 47th street and 6th avenue, about three blocks from here. they met there on a saturday morning, nelson rockefeller, met dr. kings attorney at the bank vault. the guards opened up the vault, governor rockefeller walked into th...