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Definition of this highway hypnosis, being in a daze, nodding off, does this really constitute fall agsleep? was he negligent in falling asleep? certainly his lawyer has said he had a good nights sleep before. hes got a clean track record leading up to this. these will be issues under scrutiny. the potential is because there were fatalities, he could face charges. interestingly in the last couple minutes, weve talked with the engineers lawyer. he says today the engineer not speaking with the nts...

Anomalies in the signaling. if we remember, the engineer was quoted as saying right after the accident that he applied the brakes, knock happened. the ntsb say theyve had an examination of the brakes, and they feel that the results have come back showing that there were no problems with those brakes. this is what they said. >> weve determined that the metro north mechanical department performed a proper brake test prior to the accident train leaving the station, and there were no anomalies noted...

She said hes gone. martha: rick leventhal is on the scene. rick, what are we learn being what happened here? >> reporter: the "new york post" is reporting the engineer said he zoned out before the crash. but tmz is reporting the engineer said he fell asleep in the minutes before the train crashed. when he woke up it was too late to stop the train from hurtling off the tracks. he did not cut the brakes until 6 seconds before the derailment. and it was too late. it killed four people and injured 3...

Tomorrow on the show, debbie wasser man shultz and tom daschle. >> developing news, president obama set to speak this hour on health care law the beginning of whats described as a full-court press to get people enrolled and turn the page from the flawed rollout. has the white house truly turned the corner? well talk with top democratic leader james clyburn. more news on the train derail xt in new york. the train engineer recently started a new early morning shift. plus, sources tell nbc news the...

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The neighborhood is surrounded by nature preserves where bear sightings are frequent. excessive speed is to blame for the deadly train derailment here in new york city. the ntsb determined the train was going 82 miles an hour when it entered a curve with the posted speed limit of 30 miles an hour. investigators say the trains emergency brakes were activated five seconds before it flew off the tracks. >> by the time i looked up, it was completely going o track and teas rubble frm rack flying at...

>> and renee marsh joins me live now. the subpoenas that you mentioned for the engineers phone records, can you expound on that a little bit? what are they asking for and have they issued the subpoenas? >> reporter: we know that they want those phone records because essentially what they want to know is was this person using their phone, were they distracted while the train was in operation? we know that the nypd as well as the bronx office are all investigating. if any charges are brought, the ...

It sort of takes your breath away. >> reporter: the engineer has told police i played the brakes but they didnt work. but investigators say they are not aware of any problems with the brakes and they had worked at the nine stops before train crashed. along this stretch of the hudson line trains can run at 70 miles per hour. but they must slow dramatically down to 30 miles per hour as they make that left-hand turn. for whatever reason that didnt happen. the engineer was in the first car as all th...

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Going, but we still dont know why. just one day into the vase and a startling revelation. >> this is preliminary information from the event recorders, shows the train was traveling at approximately 82, as it went into a 30-mile-an-hour curve. >> reporter: speed caused the crash, but why was it going so fast? mechanical problem or human error? its too early to tell. we do know 82 miles per hour is too fast for the approach which had a speed limit of 70. power to the engine was not cut, and brakes...