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That they will backtrack on this and they may well say, ok, we will leave it six months, nine months until this market has calmed down. interesting thought, that. the kind of thing you could slip out a few days after everybody has gone home again after the triumph which you hope for at the meeting. katy, what do you make of equipment i think interesting line in the piece for the government... interesting line in the piece for the government. . ._ interesting line in the piece for the government....

Train derailed at 18 miles an hour. thats a very low speed and that would indicate there was some kind of either mechanical problem or track problem. >> harris: i have made perhaps the jump based on things ive covered before that when you have a role out of something that they have the first day for this cascade train line, which was driving along the rather iconic viewpoint of puget sound, they were very proud to get this is one of their first pieces of spending, hundreds of millions of dollars...

Her boss was aware of the closure of the george washington bridge. it was also the person who sent the infamous track problem. christie denied knowing anything before or during the backup. kelly and bill baroney pleaded not guilty. we have donald trump hitting the trails hard today. . this is where we look at the top tv mark. this is really interesting. both candidates have dolled out high dollar cash all in an effort to win your vote. look at the millions invested. [accountant] my job is to man...

He felt the train slow down at the end and then appeared to derail what. do you make of the reports tonight? >> well not being there makes it difficult but sounds like a derailment and a track problem. if the ntsb responds to the scene -- >> they are. were told theyre gathering information. >> i saw it on tv and wondered why my bags werent packed but im retired. theyre going to have a person going to look at that aspect of it. and look at human performance. we have a lot of injured people. one t...

Little bit of freight on it. i ride those trains every now and then youll even see an oil train on the tracks. and they have trouble keeping it in a state of good repair. at one point, because the u.s. rail industry is in such decline, the steel mills have stopped making the heaviest grade of rail. amtrak wanted to put in heavier rail and couldnt get it. but theyve done a lot of work on those tracks. they put in a lot of welded rail. this is an unusual time of year for a track problem. they get ...

Into a sharp turn. officials tell abc news rockefeller zoned out. >> sometimes you have a momentary nod. how long that was, i dont know. but he caught himself too late. >> reporter: andrew cuomo said this to a public radio station. >> there was no track problem or equipment failure. and this is a serious situation. the operator has rights, but theres questions of liability. >> major train wreck. five cars on their side. >> reporter: federal investigators say the train was traveling 82 miles an h...

The microscope. seven cars jumping the tracks in new york killing four people and injuring more than 60 others. think plan to be here for 7 days they were teetering where the harlem and hudson rivers meet. was it a track problem? a train problem a mechanical issue human error? could speed be a factor. the engineer at the controls said he tried to apply the breaks but dont r couldnt slow down. >> we will interview the train crews in the next day or two.

Was on the northbound tracks, slightly different area just north of there. are you hearing anything there on the scene from either people who live in the area, concerns expressed about this particular stretch of track? >> reporter: you know, some people are wondering if this will be a part of a larger investigation to find out whats going on here. there is a curve. they are certainly and naturally expressing concerns about whether or not that stretch of track is safe. theyre raising concerns on ...

Officials of the tape of that crash. we will show you it but we want to remind people this is very violent. its difficult to watch. the conclusion was there was nothing technically wrong with the track but that the slider actually came around curve number 15, arguably the fastest on the track. he was offline, out of control, and then obviously, when his sled crashed, he went airborne and crashed into that pole and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful. in spite of the fact that they say this i...

Worker was killed when a train was released by the dispatcher to go into an area which it shouldnt have been released to go into. there was a derailment because of a track problem. four incidents they are now investigating, two of which involve fatalities since may. something is wrong there. >> is there some procedure where the ntsb or some other authority would supervise in a special way until we find out whats happening? >> no. the ntsb -- >> postaccident investigative. >> they report what hap...