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We begin with the investigation into the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia which left seven people dead. the ntsb says the train was going over twice the speed limit when it went off the tracks late tuesday. thats the scene right now. 3:00 in the morning eastern time in philadelphia. >> investigators say they are in the process of getting a search warrant for the engineers phone records. to see if he was distracted at the team thauf crash. 32-year-old brandon bostian told police he couldn...

Wreck. he joins us from the scene in philadelphia. brian? >> reporter: wolf another horrible discovery today. another body pulled out of the wreckage a few hours ago, bringing the death toll in this derailment to eight and tonight we have learned new information about the engineers actions that evening, and about his background. for the first time the engineers side of the story. what happened when this train derailed at more than 100 miles an hour approach aring a curve limited to 50. >> he rem...

Happened? >> nothing? nothing. >> and in terms of, you know, joe branch, let me get you in on this, theres been criticism about the engineer, and with the benefit of the doubt, nobody knows anything yet. the black boxes havent been made public, the events recorders have not been made public, your read on whats happening right now with his cooperation or lack thereof or all of these other stories with regard to the engineers role. >> im really unable to describe the engineers role. ive been an am...

Paid for by abc, inc. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and hello to you on this thursday morning. im t.j. holmes. >> im marci gonzales. reena ninan is on assignment. we begin with the focus on speed as investigators try to get to the bottom of that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. >> we now know the speed of that train. it was going over 100 miles an hour. thing is, it was in a 50-mile-an-hour zone at the time. thats when all seven cars jumped the tracks. now the engineer says he ...

The train at 106 miles per hour as he entered that curve that is more than double the posted speed limit. and then he slammed on the brakes, got it down to 103, 102 miles per hour and then its too late. the train is going off the tracks. we dont know why the train is traveling that fast. was he asleep at the switch? was he not paying attention? was he incapacitated in some way? was there a mechanical issue of some sort? he, we are told, hasnt talked to ntsb investigators. police sources told us ...

We understand that theres a lot of focus on the engineer, the engineers speed. do we know where he is tonight? and also, the police are now taking a closer look at his cell phone records. what more do we know about that? >> well, we know he spokes to them yesterday, but today he wasnt saying anything to them. and it looks like hes laying low. ive been looking at his facebook profile. sometime in the past 24 hours, he changed his profile picture to a blank back picture and theres no longer access...

At the fact that for yes, its in the northeast, but also -- >> is that doctor were against it? >> i guess it is. no, but what im saying is you have so much of the economy centered here. and from boston all the way down to washington so many man and woman hours lost every day. you have richard haas bringing in statistics from the council on foreign relations that this costs us billions and billions of dollars every year. why dont we aggressively support infrastructure when this means good busines...

Will be an issue of restructuring at amtrak. people use it. if you want to deal with the traffic issue you have to have more in the area of rail. people need to have confidence in rail when they pay their ticket north of boston i use it occasionally when you get on and pay your money, you want to make sure youre safe. >> absolutely. >> i know national transportation safety board is looking at this. it appears as if its probably pilot error -- pilot error, the engineers error. however, you heard ...

Its thursday, may 14th. captions paid for by abc, inc. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and hello to you on this thursday morning. im t.j. holmes. >> im marci gonzales. reena ninan is on assignment. we begin with the focus on speed as investigators try to get to the bottom of that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. >> we now know the speed of that train. it was going over 100 miles an hour. thing is, it was in a 50-mile-an-hour zone at the time. thats when all seven cars jumped the ...

More than double the speed limit as it hit a dangerous curve near the frankfurt junction rail yard. the engineer hit the brakes but it was already too late. >> maximum authorized speed through this curve was 50 miles per hour. when the engineer induced brake application was applied, the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour. three seconds later, when the data to the recorder is terminated, the train speed was 102 miles per hour. >> a nearby surveillance camera captured what app...