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Really interesting. >> case law in there. unbelievable. >> theyve got the science. >> i wish i could talk more about this. we will, well watch there case carefully. danny and joey, flat out of time. bye. have a great day. >> thank you, everyone for watching. around the world starts right now. this is "around the world." im fredricka whitfield. >> im michael holmes. thanks for your company today. now, were going to talk a little bit about the train crash in new york. there have been development...

Looks as though all of the cars were moved away. the it was traveling 82 miles an hour heading into a curve. nothing appeared to be wrong with either the track or the breaks. keep in mind this train already made 9 stops before the derailment occurred. the national transportation safety board has begun interviewing the trains engineer known as william rockefeller. as is standard procedure in cases like this they confiscated his cell phone because they canted to see if he was distracted by the fin...

Slowed before? this is a pretty sharp curve. it has been there forever. but the fact that weve had other accidents there, means we have to look beyond just the fact that the train engineer said that brakes were not working. we have to see if theres additional issues concerning that track. >> whats the range of possibility, likely possibilities here? what does past experience tell you, mary? >> well, past experience says that, you know, on more than one occasion, people -- trains have been unable...

Side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> he said he was okay. he didnt have a lot to say at the time. i recon he was trying to figure out what happened. >> the train engineer is also unharmed. the heart-stopping incident doesnt stop him from watching trains with his dad and recording them. >> to this day, im still videoing trains. ive always enjoyed doing it and its the first time ive seen something like that bad happen, thankfully. coming up, the construction of a new baseball st...

Courthouse in sanford, florida, where the jury in the george zimmerman murder trial has been deliberating for 12 hours straight on a saturday. some have indicated we may be close to a verdict. so stay with us right here on cnn. hi, everybody, im alina cho in new york. cnns special coverage of the george zimmerman trial returns in just a moment, but first, a look at some of the other news happening today. the death toll is rising in runaway train explosion in canada. police in quebec say there ar...

And this shows massive debris from the blast coating the town. the train companys ceo faced anger from residents when he visited the town on wednesday. he has said that the train engineer may have lied when he said he set 11 hand brakes on the train cars before the accident. one week ago today, the train cars filled with crude oil exploded into an inferno, authorities say the massive fire may have vaporized the victims. one day after a deadly trail derailment in france the nation paused today ...

Of harms way at that point. >> he is stunned. >> i was like, holy cow, this really just happened. >> his father was on the other side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> i seen the truck driver there. he said he was okay. he didnt have a whole lot to say at the time. i reckon he was trying to figure out what happened. >> the train engineer is also unharmed. the heart-stopping incident doesnt stop him from watching trains with his dad and recording them. >> to this day, im still vide...

>> it was like slow motion. it hit in the trailer and it kind of scooted down the trailer and then it was pushing on the cab and it knocked down signals. rocks were flying everywhere. >> mark skaggs lives in town and videos trains for a hobby. hes recording a different train moments before impact and almost misses the collision. >> i heard the whistle blowing and i spun around and caught it just at that instant. i kind of had a sinking feeling because i thought, oh, man, this guy could be dead. ...

Captured something i thought id never see. >> the truck driver starts inching forward but its too little too late. pieces of the truck fly towards the camera. >> i was scared. i didnt know if something was going to hit me or anything. i was just hoping that i was out of harms way. >> he was stunned. >> i was like, holy cow, this just happened. >> his father was on the other side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> he said he was okay. he didnt have a lot to say at the time. i recon ...

Responsibility. >> an investigation now pointing to possible signal issues in this new jersey train dehe railment. authorities say the train stopped for a red light, after inspecting the bridge the train engineer reportedly got approval from a dispatcher to cross despite the red light and only a few cars made it over before the bridge collapsed, derailing seven cars, toxic gas liked into the air and making more than 70 people stick and investigators are looking to see whether the signal issues l...