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Arrest in connection with fridays train explosion. police have also searched a house in a suburb west of london. an 18-year-old man police arrested saturday remains in custody. the terror threat level has been downgraded to severe meaning a new attack is considered highly likely. a bomb detonated in a train during rush hour friday morning. teresa may is headed to the united nations and said the terror threat will be at the top of her agenda. >> one of the issues we need to be addressing and i wi...

And by whom. in the past u.s. officials feel that this type of sophisticated weaponry must have come from a third country, its not a capability cuba would have and the why, why does cuba do this when its obviously wrecking u.s./cuban relations having a big impact. more questions than answers here, fred, and certainly the united states is frustrated by this state of the investigation at this point. >> all right, patrick oppmann in havana thanks so much. london police have made a second arrest n...

We are going to have to be prepared to push back. >> neil: i worry about accidents. you get very close and you actually hit them. or you shoot down a plane or god knows what. then its out of control. >> look at what happened in brussels with the train explosion. an example of how isis is using decentralized execution to get all over europe and the united states and is emanating from places like raqqa, syria. we cant give up the sanctuary fight. >> neil: we look at brussels and what couldve been ...

Cannons, mia? >> there are a lot of people, for example, in the group by the former fbi agent, they have done studies of foreign fighters. they were 400 british returnees from syria and iraq, in other words they went, they fought, either for isis and then they came back, and addition to that, there might be as many as 4,000 radicals and 20,000 people who are vulnerable. so, the more we see the numbers increased, the more difficult it is and a strain on the security services to watch everyone 24/...

Front organizations. i mean, that got neil gorsuch off to a very, very bad start. but there is nothing in the constitution, theres nothing in the history of traditions of the senate that would prevent the president from announcing a consensus candidate with the majority leader and minority leader standing beside him. they didnt even try. they went to a special interest list, they picked this guy and the dark money is out trying to push him onto the court. its not a great tablea. >> thank you for...

We now know that this gigantic oil train explosion was caused by a defect on the tracks. specifically a broken rail that had been detected twice by a contractor hired by the rail company but even though it was detected twice it was never fixed. and then it caused this terrible accident in this terrible expolosion. we know this thanks to an investigation by the federal railroad administration. joining us now is sarah fineberg, the acting administrator. great to you have here. thanks for being her...

We now know that this gigantic oil train explosion was caused by a defect on the tracks. specifically a broken rail that had been detected twice by a contractor hired by the rail company but even though it was detected twice it was never fixed. and then it caused this terrible accident in this terrible xbloegs. we know this thanks to an investigation by the federal railroad administration. joining us now is sarah fineberg, the acting administrator. great to you have here. thanks for being here. ...

Are progress and good things. but heres the amazing part of the story. for having not fixed this flawed rail, for having detected that flaw twice and ignored it for having caused through negligence a giant fireball and evacuation of 1,000 people, for all that, under the old rules they were operating, csx and the contractor were both fined in this case. a grand total of $25,000. $25,000 which at least csx will presumably find in a couch cushion at company headquarters. it has been a really hearte...

As we become a country that is more energy independent, this is one of the challenges we face. how do you safely move energy products like this very volatile, flammable products across the country, from the ground to the refineries on the coast. >> that is sarah fienberg speaking in february at the site of an oil train explosion in west virginia that led to the evacuation of hundreds of people. and it was a little personal from her because she is is from that area. sarah feinberg joins us on set...

Acting administrator of the federal railroad administration speaking in february at the site of an oil train explosion in west virginia thatc evacuation of hundreds of people. that disaster in addition to being part of her remit at work was also a little bit personal from her because shes from that area. administrator sarah feinberg joins us on set. thank you for being here. i appreciate it. >> and thank you for having me and the reporting you have been doing a long time. >> i wonder what it fee...