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There should be more specific information about those metrics soon. >> the event recorders themselves can give you information about the speed of the train. any brake applications throttle applications that the engineer could have made horn bell. it can give us a lot. that will be key to this investigation. a good download of those data will be done this afternoon, i think. we hope to be able to provide you with information. the engineer driving train 188 was hurt but the mayor says if he hasn...

Component of positive train control. the idea is to use gps, the network system satellite network to tell you exactly where your train is and the system would also know where other trains are. >> so even if this engineer didnt realize he was coming upon this curve or was speeding in general, we dont know what this should have slowed him down is what you are saying? >> thats correct. >> is there any way to turn that system off? >> i would have to believe there is a way. for example, on commercial...

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Morning with officers and other personnel to look even further in case someone was possibly thrown from the train. the search process is vigorous and active. what im going to ask you to do i should have said this earlier, if you could raise your hand give me an idea as to where youre from. as many as i can. ill come right back over. >> there is a report regarding the speed, the train was going 100 miles per hour in a 50 mile-an-hour zone. can you comment regarding the speed of the train? >> i ca...

We were all exchanging trying to get out of there. >> those were the lucky ones. the crash tearing all seven flying off the tracks two left standing upright. one nearly flipping totally upside down. investigators now also analyzing the data recorders for clues about what went so wrong. peter doocy live for us in philadelphia. >> reporter: these commuter train tracks have speed limits. the speed limit on the rails behind me is 50 miles per hour. the latest information we have from data that the "...

He said no more questions. >> i ride the train on a regular basis. ive been on the 7:10 out of washington, d.c. yeah amtrak a lot. to see these cars these huge metal vehicles turned upside down one basically almost split in half most of the cars upside down on their side or tilting, the engine completely separated. you know this is a devastating situation. that was last night. then the second visit when we had more light, we brought in light cannons. to see it in the daytime is almost indescriba...

Question. [ inaudible ] >> you were in stereo and i heard neither one of you. i doubt that the chairman of the board of amtrak would have that kind of information. if we can get that information and are in a position to release it well be glad to get back to you. thank you. well be in touch. >> youve been listening to philadelphia mayor nutter taking several questions. highlights of this press conference. they are still searching every vehicle and surrounding area of this derailment for any othe...

Liability. >> what about the 200 or so injured and maybe people who didnt have serious injuries? >> the problem, you have a $200 million cap for a single train wreck that you could sue for. lets say there are 200 victims here. there might be only a cap of $1 million totally per victim and that is patently unfair. >> why is there a cap? >> because its the federal government. taxpayers are going to pay for this. another issue you have to look at also was this the result of the throttle application...

This is the ntsb removing the data recorder from the derailed amtrak train in philadelphia. they hope that box will give them clues about what led to the accident. as you can see on the other side of the screen the mayor of philadelphia is making his way along with a contingency there to the microphones. his press conference is about to begin. again to the image on the right, you can see that black box is actually orange. that is the data recorder inside the amtrak train. that is where they will...

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