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Are there possible mechanical reasons a train would be going at that speed into a curve, independent of operator error? >> we want to look at that. we want to look at the operator the mechanical condition of the train. we want to look at the signal. we want to take a holistic approach to understand why this train ended up in the situation that it did. when you look at the crash site as i did in a helicopter today, the physics are pretty apparent. you guys dont have a lot of mystery in terms of w...

What we should have been doing is subsidizing the safety of those passengers on that actmtrak train yesterday. >> you have no idea -- no idea what caused this accident. and to use that as a means of supporting the last amendment. support it if you want to. >> the committee rejected an amendment by chaka fatah who represents parts of philadelphia, that would have more than doubled amtraks funding. instead the republican dominated committee voted to cut it by 18%. joining me now is a democrat from...

This request was in consideration. the white house wanted to ramp up this issue around capital investment in amtrak thats why they put in an additional 1.3 billion in the presidents proposal. the presidents cut it out. they didnt say were just not going to have that increase they cut less than what was provided to amtrak last year that was the vote that was in front of the committee today. were going to cut amtrak by $250 million. or we were going to increase it as the president had proposes. >>...

Philadelphia, downtown center. that is where the last safe stop was made for that amtrak train headed northbound. we will take you now north along those tracks. this track, as it winds its way northwest out of the city winds its way, this is where the tracks make their first big turn. the train tracks continue in this direction. and this thoroughfare of track cuts through -- basically runs right through north philly. we are now here, coming up at the turn where the train derailed.

Train. the thing were looking at right there, that used to be a train. it is unbelievable that theres not more casualties. i dont even understand. i mean -- yeah, that -- i mean, seeing it like that makes you realize its incredibly lucky that we are not talking about many, many, many more fatalities. much more to come here from philadelphia, im going to talk to a congressman who represents parts of philadelphia, who had his proposal to increase funding from amtrak rejected today by republicans. ...

Inside of the passenger cabin was crushed. >> you can actually see the metro link engine pushed inside of the passenger car. it must have been a very traumatic crash. >> friends and relatives rushed to local hospitals. some learning their loved ones were lost. >> one of my uncles is really injured. >> theres no word yet how or why this happened except to note the obvious. there is only one track here, and horribly both trains were on it. >> both trains were on the one track. what happened in tha...

Welcome back to our tour of the rundown. why is it going so fast? that is the question investigators are trying to answer. train 188 was going more than twice as fast as it should have been. speed limit was 50 miles per hour. it was going over 100. lets put the focus on brandon bostian. i spoke to investigator about him in our last hour. >> we really just want to get his first-hand account of what he experienced. that is what we want to find out. we want to make sure we conduct our own interview...

Hour. three seconds later, when the data to the recorders terminated, the train speed was 102 miles per hour. >> a nearby surveillance camera captured what appears to be explosions as the train derailed at 9:21 p.m. six out of seven cars left the tracks and the engine was completely separated from the rest of the train. over 200 of the 243 people on board were taken to area hospitals where many were treated for rib fractures for being tossed by the trains violent motion. nbc news has confirmed t...

Track. you see two lines of track there. in between those two lines of track, theres a little embankment. you can see -- lets see if we can see this that looks like one of the front cars essentially sheered down to a third -- only a third of it -- there are trains on that you can count six cars still laying there. three of them in tact and upright. three of them laying on their sides as trains are operating, moving debris in the crash site. you can imagine a train traveling at a speed the train ...

Car, what did you do then? try to get away from the train, not knowing did it explodes did it catch fire? >> no there were people on my side that were putting pressure on their head where they were bleeding. i heard some screams. theyre part of it so i climbed over there, and one guy couldnt feel anything so i -- my heart goes out to him. and i hope hes not paralyzed, the other guy was bleeding a little delirious. he grabbed him, said its going to be okay at that point you could hear some sirens...