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Learning why that switch was lined that way. because the expectation, of course, is that the amtrak would be cleared and would be operating straight down like this. >> instead the passenger train was diverted to a side track where he crashed into a parked freight train. two were killed, more than 100 passengers were injured. >> there were bodies everywhere. the seats came up off the floor. glass came out all over the train. just bodies laying everywhere on top of one another. >> about half a doz...

The ntsb and mary schiavo, is the installation of positive train controls. do you know if these were on this track that could have been employed in this situation? >> victor, determining whether or not ptc was installed or is installed on this particular segment thats going to be something certainly of great interest to the ntsb. theres been a lot of talk about that in the last few months. we certainly want to ascertain the status of the ptc system here. >> what do you know about the signaling i...

That mosque five times a day for the last five years. gary nathaniel moore faces arson charges for the christmas day fire investigators found matching cans, charcoal, lighter fluid, at the mosque, and at moores home before the arrest in houston chapter of the council on american islamic relations asked for an investigation into a possible bias motive in that case. a new warning that hackers could easily take control of our railways? researchers now say that trains are at than increased risk fo...

Injuries. >> it turns out the pilot worked a the a law firm on the 6th floor of the building that he struck with a plane. the he was killed when it burst into flames. hackers can take control of our railways. they claim it was not be hard to access automated railway controls to cause a collision or de rail a train. train controls can be accessed through on board wi-fi. theres been no evidence of any trains being hacked. and two university lawmakers pushing to once again legalize hoover boards ...

Recovered and the intel recovered from his wife will lead to more of us understanding their mind set and hopefully defeat them. >> well have much more on that with experts joining us later on in the show. first, weve got amtrak news in the headlines now. >> were going to start out with brand-new safety regulations. the feds now ordering amtrak to make immediate steps to install automatic train controls in the northeast corridor. just days after learning the train may have been hit by an object...

Memorized. to think that a stone hitting or something distracted him that he would have hit that forward, theres a lot of safe guards that go in place as far as the training that go into this. although they can be improved as we talk about with the positive train controls as well. >> but where were they? we know he pulled brake just seconds before it hit that current and derailing. it took some time obviously to get up to the speed that it was unsafe before they got to 100 miles per hour? >> it ...

New york times." it talks about how amtrak is working feverishly to get this done, to get the positive train controls even on that section of track. the gear is. there the switch aint on. effecti effectively, its because the federal government did not give them the freedom to give those radio airwaves, just to talk simplistically by it. it forced them to go up by the mall for private companies. and not only that, there is also this technical need to make it homogenous, all railways need to be ab...

Talk about what matters right now and a total inability to focus on the thing at hand in this moment it is deal with what happened and come to conclusions. if we put the cart before the horse every single time guess what? real problems dont get solved because were going to spend our time fighting over the phony stuff. >> great to see you, chris. >> you bet. >> joining me now, robert zimmerman a democratic national committee member from new york. as i look at this and in march the senate commerce...

Speed the speed limit at that section of the track. at the curve, it was 50 miles an hour. the train was going 106 miles an hour. another thing they are telling us is this section of the track near philadelphia did not have positive train controls. that is an expensive piece of technology but mandated by congress to be placed on all rail lines in the united states by the end of 2015. it was not placed in this section of the track near philadelphia. what is positive train control? an automatic ov...

The ntsb is looking at the signals and mechanisms involved. they are saying the key component is speed. they say the train was going twice the rate of speed it should have been going at that section of the track. at that curve, the limit was 50 miles an hour. another thing they are telling us this section of the track near philadelphia did not have positive train controls. that is an expensive piece of technology but mandated by congress to be placed on all rail lines in the united states by the...