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The train on baltimore last night. im glad the train didnt stop. thats rand paul. then there was dr. ben carson retired neurosurgeon from johns hopkins university. he says if you have an unpleasant experience with a plumber, do you go out and declare a war on all plumbers doctors, teachers, et cetera? it doesnt make sense either. >> i think rand paul got a little blow back. they were concerns people african-americans, took his comments about not stopping in baltimore, they found those to be inse...

Tracks and there were no reports of brake problems. according to a law enforcement official, rockefeller said he tried to brake, but the train didnt stop. the 20 year railroad veteran and coherent. result of drug and alcohol tests are not yet known. the ntsb will also look at whether fatigue was a factor. >> we will be developing what we call a 72-hour time line so that we have a good understanding of what sort of activities preceded this accident. >> reporter: sources tell cnn rockefellers phon...

The trains speed is even higher than the maximum speed of 70 miles per hour in the straightaway north of the crash site. deepening the mystery, the ntsb says the train inexplicably when from 60 to 82 miles per hour in two minutes before hitting the curve and jumping the track. >> for a train to be going 82 miles an hour around that curve is just a frightening thought. >> reporter: mechanical problem or human error? its still too early to tell. investigators say the train made nine stops before j...

News media. tell our viewers what the investigators said. >> reporter: well, a lot of information coming out. first we should tell you that according to the data recorders, that were recovered from the trains, first of all, the track seemed to check out okay. the signaling system seemed to be checking out as well. what is most disturbing to officials here is the speed at which the train was traveling, 82 miles an hour going into that type curve. also, the data recorder revealing that six seconds...

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...

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Heightened interest in positive train controls, high-tech systems using signals capable of detecting problems, slowing trains, even bringing them to a stop. congress mandated the systems by the end of 2015. all right. so, wolf, just last hour, when you were speaking to ntsb board member weener, he told me something that was not in the press meeting, that the train was going 60 miles per hour two minutes before the crash, also going 60 miles an hour before it approached that curve. that shows tha...

Trying to get through those. passing through a suburb where the river flooded, washed out the bridge. its a little island, surrounded by water. people cant get in and out. they have to helicopter in supplies and this is on the outskirts of acapulco. where hard-hit towns maybe 70 kilometers or 60 miles west of here, theyre trying to get in helicopters but the rain didnt stop until yesterday. they are still discovering extent of the damage. they dont know how many people are missing and how many p...

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