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When you have a cold, from around $899 per month. stuff happens. ♪ { sneezing ] shut down cold symptoms fast [ coughing ] with maximum strength alka seltzer plus liquid gels. before we go tonight, this was tough to watch today. especially the loss of three innocent lives. the amtrak accident in washington state was all the more sad, all the more tragic when you consider this is what passes for a new train line in the pacific northwest, in our country. and today was its inaugural run. old fre...

And charlie, theyre 78 and 79 years old, take a listen to what they said was like being there on that train during this derailment? >> it was like being inside an exploding bomb. >> all of a sudden it was just crash and there i was down, and the train went like this. there was this body lying there. i mean it was -- he hardly had any clothes on. the clothes had been ripped off him. he was, obviously, dead. >> i think we were lucky to be getting out of here alive. >> and they went on to say charl...

Before we go tonight, this was tough to watch today. especially the loss of three innocent lives. the amtrak accident in washington state was all the more sad, all the more tragic when you consider this is what passes for a new train line in the pacific northwest, in our country. and today was its inaugural run. old freight track bed was modernized. old freight cars were repurposed. and while we mourn the loss of life and the injuries and we await the investigation, this happens to be a metaphor...

>> lakewood mayor don anderson and his city council fought to stop the train line citing safety concerns. $180 million in federal stimulus money spurred washington state to move the passenger line from the sparsely inhabited coastline directly through towns like lakewood and over interstate 5. anderson warned just two weeks ago that disaster could be coming. >> if there is an accident, and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements. >> maybe you didnt predict this exact thing, but i...

Cost, if you cant afford to do the best way through our community, i would rather not have it there. >> reporter: lakewood mayor don anderson and his city council fought to stop the train line citing safety concerns. $180 million in federal stimulus money spurred washington state to move the passenger line from the sparsely inhabited coastline directly through towns like lakewood and over interstate 5. anderson wandrned just two week ago that disaster could be coming. >> come back when there is ...

Through these train tracks, this is a new train line, this was a $181 million retro fit to let the amtrak trains move more quickly. the signs warning passengers this is just changed as of today, 14 new lines. yf drivers to be careful but then this train crash happened somehow. >> youve been in touch with the hospital where many are being treated. what can you tell us about their condition tonight. >> reporter: the hospital weve been speaking with, four to five cj from the train crash. its the ar...

These train cars. passengers say the crash itself was chaotic. they were traveling at 70 to 80 miles per hour and then suddenly the cars were flying. they were flying. and as far as what it felt like for the conductors, you can hear the panic in their voices as they made the first emergency call. >> amtrak o 501, emergency, emergency, emergency. we are on the ground. we were coming around the corner take the bridge over i-5, and we went on the ground. >> okay. are you -- is everybody okay. >> im...

Trains. david gun, he was the president of amtrak from 2002 to 2005. he led some of the top transit authorities on the continent, new york, philadelphia, washington and toronto. david gun joins me now. thank you for joining us. based on what you know -- first of all lets talk about the positive train control. that has not been put into service on this train line. it was delayed until next year. what do you think about when you hear the reporting on the positive train control? >> well, railroads ...

See there, an area where a railway car is flattened on the ground. we are told there are multiple fatalities in this, we dont know the number of fatalities or the number of injuries. we can tell you they are still working alive rescue scene on the multiple cars you see dangling off that overpass. out of sight from the view of the cameras now, the county sheriffs officer that was there giving an update a short time ago, we have had a couple of days earlier. we were told 3-4 additional cars are up...

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