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So many people have said george w. bush was always about the little details, not about things of great expense or that required a lot of show. but he was always good about the very little touches within individual people. that meant a lot to his friends and neighbors, around the library, you see the american flag there on the side of the train route. they come out all over this land, you said theyre going to go pretty slowly. two and a half hours to go about 70 miles. the thinking was that it wo...

Are intentionally going to slow down as the train goes through some smaller texas towns in between spring and college station. we have a map for you to show where the train route is actually headed. and boy, oh, boy, we have seen people braving the cold and braving the rain in some locations, already camping out and some of those little towns. they could make their way down to houston and be a part of the celebration and the farewell today, but they are going to get a chance to see the president...

Didnt know is that before detectives spoke to him, they had obtained a copy of the train route he drove the day after the murder. and guess what? it matched the route traveled by melissas phone. detectives confronted him with the evidence. >> her phone, after it was stolen, drove to the area of your house and stayed there overnight. and came to work with you the next day. and traveled north with the train, because the train has gps on it, doesnt it? >> uh-huh. >> it was on the train. okay? unles...

>> never. never. i dont think i ever spoke to her more than two words. >> do you know if shes had anything to do with what youre going through right now with debra and the divorce? >> i dont know. and i really dont -- dont care. i mean i just -- >> that wouldnt bother you if she did? >> oh no. the thing is that i just want to get away from my wife. i just wanna be at peace. >> reporter: then they asked him the question. >> did you have anything to do with -- with melissas death? >> no. >> report...

Her more than two words. >> do you know if shes had anything to do with what youre going through right now with debra and the divorce? >> i dont know. and i really dont -- dont care. i mean i just -- >> that wouldnt bother you if she did? >> oh, no, the thing is that i just want to get away from my wife. i just want to be at peace. >> then they asked him the question. >> did you have anything to do with melissas death? >> no. >> but what tony didnt know is that before detectives spoke to him, th...

And id like to remind everyone the average afge members take home pay is right at $500 a week. >> which is remarkable when we read that statistic. >> after taxes and other deductions. that is not a lot of money. they are living pay day to pay day. and when you shut off one pay day, it creates a crisis. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much for having me. lets get this government opened right away. >> thank you so much. listen, do you remember these scenes from last year? hu...

Was teetering from the bridge. the mayor of lakewood washington, a city just north of the crash site, expressed grave concerns about the new train route prior to the accident and the city of lakewood actually sued the washington department of transportation over the new rail route citing safety concerns. >> dont come back when there is an accident and try to justify not putting in those safety enhancements, or you can go back now and advocate for the money to do it. >> kyung lah is on the phone ...

Between 70 and 80 miles per hour when he knew something went terribly wrong. >> we felt a little bit of a jolt and then at a certain point the -- we could hear crumpling of the train car and we were catapulted into the seats in front of us. >> emergency responders transported crash victims to hospitals all along i-5 including mad began army medical center which took in 20 patients. the worst off in stable condition. the recovery process got slowed down because some of the train was teetering fro...

Went off the tracks, there was a very sharp curve. when investigators get here a little bit later tonight they will be looking at a number of things including the speed. there were 77 people on the train and five crew members. 13 of the 14 train parts, the cars and the engines, came off the tracks, many of them came on the highway down below.y five cars and two semi trailers were hit by train parts and train pieces as they were coming off that trestle and there were injuries, but no fatalities a...

Defiance in tacoma. its the big hunk that goes around the water of tacoma if youre familiar with that. it was also a congested train route. so they took $180 million, revamped this existing train route which avoided that water line route and then were going open it today, get these old trains to move faster on it. eliminate some of the congestion with some of the cargo traffic, but basically the criticism has been all along with all of these projects is were just moving old trains faster. these ...