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Moore now on the fatal amtrak derailment. the fooikbi has been called in and the ntsb spoke with the engineer and officials say bostian was cooperative but couldnt remember anything of the accident. fritz edler is an officer of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and train men. i know youve operated this same type of engineer that was involved in the tuesday derail the. what does it take to control the speed and how quickly you can make an adjustment? >> let me start by saying first of all t...

From washington where im at right now to boston. nearly $800 million to upgrade speed it up between those two cities. midwest approximately $404 million going to expand high-speed rail sr. including chicago to which i can i route. west coast, approximately 300 million invested to lay the groundwork for a high-speed rail from los angeles. to san francisco. join me as transportation secretary ray lahood. mr. secretary, we have a shared passion. you are doing it and im thinking about it. this chanc...

Right now to boston. nearly $800 million to upgrade speed it up between those two cities. midwest approximately $404 million going to expand high-speed rail sr. including chicago to which i can i route. west coast, approximately 300 million invested to lay the groundwork for a high-speed rail from los angeles. to san francisco. join me as transportation secretary ray lahood. mr. secretary, we have a shared passion. you are doing it and im thinking about it. this chance that we could bring back r...

They are the train men of the 21st century. they will connect 80% of america with their plan and their vision in the next 25 years. half the time it took to build the interstate system. this has never -- this is 13 billion times more, chris, than we have ever had for high speed rail thanks to ppt obama and vice president biden. they deserve the credit for it. >> see, i think the united states has been broken up by air travel. i think air travel has created most of america as a flyover country. w...