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Heard any claim of responsibility. were still waiting to hear what or who planted this bomb and what their motives were. >> the significance of the location, though, is very important. this is right in the heart of bangkok, a very popular tourist attraction. >> it is. its basically the epicenter of bangkok shopping and tourism. across the road from the shrine is one of the largest shopping malls in bangkok, the central world mall. beside that, you have the intercontinental hotel, you have severa...

People had maps. and everybody had stories. and there was the train line that went through greece, and it took you over the border and you could jump off. and that was like the -- you take the midnight express. you take the escape train. you know, you talk about it. but there is a huge abyss of pain and fear between talking about it and trying it. but thats really all i thought about for years. i had been in jail for like a year and a half now. i was desperate to escape from prison. one of the t...

Look at how this northeast corridor looks by the numbers. as you said millions of people rely on this transportation route. actually 750,000 people per day. so that cues up to many millions over the course of weeks and months. much more popular to go by train actually than it is to fly say between new york and washington or vice versa. and these are very important routes for media types, for business leaders, for politicians. we have seen some airlines add some additional flights in order to hel...

Enforcement authorities. >> when you say the human beings involved that would imply both something that you know wasnt accidental, but potentially operator error in terms of the way the train was being driven? >> sure theres always handling that theyll take a look at making sure it was complied with making sure the operator was alert and was aware of what was going on so that would be one of those people they are going to want to talk to depending on their medical condition. >> one question for ...

Shuttles out of laguardia to washington. its just -- it was packed for obvious reasons. no one really knows, brian, how long it will be before service is restored. >> i think thats the key, yeah. i was planning on taking the train on friday. lots of people make their plans, especially business people media people and politicians. these are the kind of trains where if youre on the train, you sometimes overhear politicians talking to people. its very much a train line used by people to commute rea...

Northeast corridor. the most important train line in the united states, and amtrak just a couple minutes ago said its going to be this way for a while. theyve not been able to figure out thursdays schedule yet, but it looks likely that schedules will remain interrupted. this investigation will continue to take time. there really isnt a back-up train line for amtrak trains. its not as if theres ab second rail system that these trains can take from new york to washington and from washington to new...

For new yorkers this one hits home because this train line from washington through philadelphia to new york city so many people depend on so i think its a shock to all of us. >> thats new york mayor bill de blasio on "morning joe" this morning. this crash didnt close the full corridor amtrak says the economy would lose about $200 million a day if the entire corridor shut down. around 11 million people ride between d.c. and washington the stop right here in new york penn station and today riders ...

Unconscious. >> someone told me i had been delirious, and that they had carried me off. >> my shoes are not my shoes. somewhere i lost my shoes. and a lady gave me her shoes. >> joining me now is jeremy velez. he survived the train crash. and thank god, jeremy youre here. thank you so much for being here. im so glad youre okay. >> thank you for having me. >> you ride this train line often, you tell me. share with us why that is? >> we own a group of restaurants called fuel pizza in d.c. and we h...

Jail is escape, various ways to do it, places to go, how to do it. people had maps. and everybody had stories. and there was the train line that went through greece, and it took you over the border and you could jump off. and that was like the -- you take the midnight express. you take the escape train. you know, you talk about it. but there is a huge abyss of pain and fear between talking about it and trying it. but thats really all i thought about. for years. i had been in jail for like a year...

People had maps. and everybody had stories. and there was the train line that went through greece, and it took you over the border and you could jump off. and that was like the -- you take the midnight express. you take the escape train. you know, you talk about it. but there is a huge abyss of pain and fear between talking about it and trying it. but thats really all i thought about. i was desperate to escape from prison. one of the things i learned about was bakirkoy mental hospital. under tur...