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>> well its not quite as cut and dried as all of that. in fact, if i could add some texture on some of your earlier discussion congress has already authorized what they call positive train control system to be in by the end of the year. the truth is, they already have something called automatic train control and thats what the ntsb and fra is insisting be put in place when they put this line back in place. automatic train control is what they call it, and its something that is not quite as compr...

So how could a projectile have led to this. and the working hypothesis still holds true i think that if somebody threw a projectile, other train engineers have said this, if something big and heavy hits the windshield just the noise just the shock and surprise alone can disorient the train engineer. now, this is a train coming out of the north philadelphia station. its about a three-mile stretch to get to the curve where the accident happened. and when 188 came north out of that station the rout...

In the same area causing window damage. the engineer of the derailed amtrak train saying he still cannot remember anything in the minutes before the crash. brian yennous has more in philadelphia. >> reporter: hi julie. exactly right. the fbi had a presence here on the crash site from the very beginning but the ntsb asked them to analyze the lower left portion of the windfield for amtrak train 188, particularly a circular break that could have resulted from someone throwing or shooting something ...

Do you have a problem with his presence? >> hes worked hard to ask tough questions but undermined his reputation. so that was a false promise. he didnt have any -- the republicans were never going accept him as a moderator of a debate because he was so close personally to bill and hillary clinton. >> well be talking a lot about this over the next 100 days. have a great weekend. thanks for joining me. >> we just got that breaking news. heather now has more to tell us and right on the other side. ...

Youd have to relitigate some of that. they have the video of him setting the bomb. you have the video of his martyrdom evened into the boat. >> the abunevidence was abundant and also quite damning. ronan, thank you. were also awaiting for the national transportation and safety board press conference. we expect when that happens that well learn a little bit more about the investigation of that amtrak derailment. were told that federal investigators have talked to the train engineer. theyve talked...

>> train engineer brandon bostian will sit down with federal investigators in the next few days. >> i believe, as a result of the concussion he has no recollection whatsoever of the events. im told that his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. >> all eight of the victims of tuesdays accident have been identified. their families grieving their loss. >> this has been a massive effort. its been painful. >> amtrak says its continuing to work on repairs around the site but t...

Train acceleration. the ntsb says they now believe that just over a minute prior to the crash that the train sped up at a time when it should have been slowing down just as it began to enter that curve. thats when they say they believe the train engineer hit the emergency brakes but by then it was simply too late. seconds later the train crashed and now thats based on detailed analysis of footage captured by that camera that was installed at the front of that train. of course, what that footage ...

Engineers lawyer will present? >> absolutely. frankly, if i were a train engineer i would want this positive train control to help me in case i made a mistake. he obviously screwed up here and just to echo what mr. francis was saying this positive control technology that exists amtrak is using in other parts, but this is the busiest corridor in the united states and this is the place you would want to put it in first, and why they didnt do that i dont know. possibly a funding issue and managing ...

Breaking news tonight. new surveillance video showing the sudden explosion as amtrak train 188 derailed and crashed. you see this there on the left of your screen. this as the ntsb tonight reveals in the 65 seconds before the crash the train accelerated from 70 mile an hour to 100 miles an hour in less than a minute then there was the actual crash. the person who applied the brakes in tin stant before the crash was the engineer brandon bostian. he says through his lawyer that he does not remembe...

Engineer, if the train seems to have not noticed a signal or if the train is speeding right? if the train engineer doesnt respond to that signal positive train control can override the human. override that locomotive engineer and automatically slow the train down or stop the train by remote control. this sort of system does require equipment upgrades to trains, putting a lot of basic train infrastructure on the grid. it requires some gps technology. this is not like learning to live on mars righ...