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Pilot program. the police department plans to have all officers equipped with the devices within the next two years. the move comes six months after rioting shook the city following the death of freddie gray while in police custody. philadelphia police are looking for suspects in this brutal robbery aboard a septa train. you can see a man and woman stealing a bag from a sleeping passenger. the man wakes up and chases after them, and thats when the struggle ensues. one of the attackers tases th...

Car. >> that man is the third person to report something hitting a train in that area. the assistant conductor told investigators she heard something had hit the locomotive. an engineer on a local train also claims his train was hit. >> wow. reports that three different reports of this. whats the latest you can tell us? >> good morning, steve. the fbi now involved in investigating is there a pattern here? is there a link between three separate incident ss. you had the train. you have the septa t...

It takes two feet of rushing water to float and move an entire vehicle, including an suv. >> definitely something to watch out for. thank you very much. derrick van dam for us at the world weather center. crash investigators in the u.s. have uncovered some disturbing details about last weeks fatal train derailment in philadelphia. renee marsh has more on the growing investigation. >> reporter: new information from this assistant conductor is deepening the mystery about what caused this deadly ...

Today, with an assistant conductor who was working on the train and she apparently told investigators that she overheard a radio conversation between her engineer on her amtrak train and the engineer on a nearby septa train, a pennsylvania regional commuter train. there had been some media reports that a septa train nearby had had its windshield broken, just before the amtrak train dreidel. and that it had been described as an unrelated incident. had been described as an unrelated snnt dd incide...

The engineer was accelerating as he would, into the piece of track that he was operating on to get up to track speed, which prior to this curve i think was 70 or 80 miles an hour. so when you move the throttle on the locomotive its not spring loaded so it will stay wherever you place it. theres typically eight notches. on this particular locomotive i assume its the same case. so this engineer was most likely advancing the power to get the train up to speed. and if all of a sudden there was a lar...

Fbi forensics team to help determine what happened here. you see in the red circle here that white impact mark? well the head of the ntsb believes that that mark came from a projectile that hit the train before the derailment. and now look at this. it may be one of three trains that was struck on tuesday night. erin mclaughlin is following the investigation live from philadelphia. what have you learned this morning, erin? >> well in addition to the windshield you were just describing there, inve...

Down and even stop a train. congress has mandated that all of the nations railways have it by the end of 2015 and they have some time. but, you know, i did have some time with amtraks ceo, and he said to me that, look, we plan on doing this by the end of the year but my question was, why wasnt it done, and yet, his answer was that it is a matter of cost as well as time. it takes time and it is a very complex piece of technology. >> but he also said as you know rene if it were in place, it would ...

Possible. since we do not have a camera in the cab and do not know exactly what the actions of the operator were at the time of the event. >> what about just general procedures? are amtrak engineers and employees trained to handle a flying object? would that be part of the training? >> well, they certainly are aware of it. unfortunately, its -- while its not a common occurrence, its something that does occur. and i would imagine an engineer or conductor would be prepared. now, if something hits ...

Treated for that after the accident was he hit by a projectile and incapacitated just as the train was speeding up? this morning new questions about the chain of events tuesday night. minutes before amtrak train 188s derailment, a pennsylvania regional septa train reported it had been hit by a rock or shot at damaging the front windshield. on friday the ntsb said it had also found something unusual on the windshield of the derailed amtrak train. >> we have seen damage to the left-hand lower port...