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Would not have died. >> contributing to the accident was the absence of positive train control or ptc. all of these deaths and injuries were preventable. it would have prevented this derailment by automatically applying the brakes even when the engineer did not. the ntsb has called for the implementation of ptc. thankfully congress has mandated the use of this technology by the end of next year. thank you, congress. >> thank you, congress. but no rush. we are really good at investigating these k...

>> they get priority what were talking about, the implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks which the private companies have to do amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere curves are inherently dangerous when youre going any significant speed. to give you an example, the acela can go 150 ...

In the u.s. would have to get just slightly more modern not like, you know hydrogen powered cars and jet packs and futuristically hypermodern stuff, just some basic systematic safety upgrades that would take advantage of the fact that we are now a society that has things like computing machines and gps. this is not the most high-tech stuff. what they mandated for the u.s. rail system is something called positive train control. a very basic avoidance system that reduces stupid operator error or a...

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 ...

Welcome back to "the lead." im jake tapper. breaking news coverage on our national lead. the stretch of track where amtraks train went airborne missing a key meese of technology called positive train technology. all passenger rapes in the united states arethe -- trains are supposed to have this installed by the end of this year. amtraks ceo says it could have prevented this accident from happening. tom foreman is standing by. explain this for us. what does positive train control do? >> positive ...

Positive train control throughout every mile of track, but were not giving you the money because we have to pay for other things, like special interests, thats a big part of the problem. >> congressman steve israel from new york, thank you for being with us. appreciate your time. >> thanks. moments from now, news conference, mayor michael nutter at the site of the derailment. well bring that to you. who is john berman, difficult one to answer. my co-editors big night on celebrity jeopardy. h...

Continues. theyve taken 3d imaging are the cars and continue to analyze the trains recorders. the other high priority interviewing the trains crew including the engineer. 32-year-old brandon bostian. >> hes not compelled to talk to the ntsb. we hope we would have that opportunity, if we cant talk to him then we certainly will use other means to try and piece together this puzzle. >> reporter: meantime some are questioning why amtrak didnt install special technology on the tracks that would have ...

Cases. mr. maloney, when the engineer here said i dont remember what happened that smacked familiar for a lot of people because we heard that from the engineer in the bronx in that new york 2013 crash. now, in that case he wound up having some kind of non-diagnosed apnea -- sleep apnea and there were no charges or really any liability or change there. what do you see as the concerns here? >> it sounds like they didnt learn their lesson from the accident in metro north in the bronx. this sounds v...

Actually, we think that there is an option that is even brern have better than having a second person. and thats positive train control. its designed to protect against human error. if the error occurs, positive train control will kick in and control the speed of the train sgrp. >> weve been talking about that and apparently it was installed on metro north trains after people a died. so until were up to speed technologically, doesnt it make sense to have two people up front? >> well, weve certai...

Implementation of something like positive train control, that has to be done with the tracks, which the private companies have to do, amtrak cant do that by themselves. >> absolutely not. absolutely not. >> and, you know, i dont blame amtrak. first of all, our rail bed from boston to washington is so bad because its curved everywhere, curves are inherently dangerous when youre going any significant speed. to give you an example, the acela can go 150 miles an hour on a straightaway. but from bost...