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Opportunity to restore cut that is were going to be implemented and they didnt do it. so cameras cost money. everything that we are talking about, positive train control, cameras in there, you know people suggested to me today, you know what about seatbelts? all these things cost money. a lot of money comes from the federal government wolf. there has to be an understanding to use your resources wisely. while we were at d.o.t. we placed a high priority if not the number one priority on safety. i ...

Americans to these preventable tragedies. >> mayor, good luck to you. we know you have your hands full. thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >> lets get more on whats going on. joining us from the national transportation safety board member who is in charge of this investigation. what do you say to what we just heard from mayor nutter that it was reckless to be going that fast around that curve, 106 miles an hour in a 50-mile-an-hour zone? >> im going to not make such remarks. we a...

Effect all over the place. >> wolf it is amtraks intention because its the law to implement this throughout the system. it may be that it hadnt been done at this particular place on the system. >> what about putting cameras inside the locomotives to see what the engineer is up to? obviously, if there were a camera in there and being recorded, if the engineer dozed off, fell asleep or whatever that would be obvious. there are a lot of people, including the former managing director for the ntsb no...

Now in philadelphia? >> well i have to be honest with you, wolf. until earlier today, i never heard that term in my life. the issue at the moment is certainly you want to have as many safety devices on a train or plane or cars or whatever the case may be. i dont know that we are the only place in the entire amtrak system that doesnt have this particular device. im going to leave that for the moment to the folks at amtrak and ntsb and federal railway administration to sort through that. obviously...

Various stages of disarray turned over upsidedown on their side. we are still investigating whats going on. a total of 200 police personnel responded to this incident as well. most individuals were able to walk off of the train. many were transported. youll get that from the fire department. ntsb, the national agency is activated and investigating. amtrak personnel, as you can see the gentleman standing next to me on the scene, as well. full response fire police department of homeland security s...

When you look at just how horrific and mangled that metals is to try to figure out how this happened wolf. >> have they been able to speak with the conductor, kate? >> thats a big question. the mayor said -- a im hoping to get an update on that as well at the 2:00 briefing. the mayor said the conductor, the engineer, was somewhat injured and was going to speak or has spoken with police investigators. thats clearly a big question and will be a big focus of the investigation, what the conductor kn...

The cabin to see what the engineer is doing, dozed off, fell asleep or whatever? >> we certainly called for cameras in the loco motive cabs. we have called for inward facing cameras. we had to call for that after tragic accidents. so, we have called for that. we are waiting for a regulatory authority to act on that recommendation. >> whats their excuse? >> well im going to let you ask them that question. its not my position to make to apologize for other federal agencies. >> if this area in phil...

And this just sets all of that back a little bit once again. wolf? >> and then these past three weeks the huge earthquake at the end of april, but since then there have been a lot of aftershocks as well and now a second major earthquake unfolding. so when you are speaking to folks over there, what are they saying to you, sumnima? >> absolutely terrified, wolf. they were terrified anyway after that first earthquake. as i mentioned a lot were camping out when i asked them when do you plan on movin...

Not only figuring out which agencies are here and who can help and who can go where, but also just getting to the hardest hit areas. the epi center of this large aftershock today is 140 kilometers east of kathmandu. a lot of the roads are closed. even getting supplies and search crews in there to assess the damage is difficult. but one official elg us that theyre expecting the death toll to sharply rise as they get into some of these villages and find more collapsed buildings like the one behind...

Buildings, confusion, a lot of real anxiety, couple gentlemen i watched running back into buildings to try to rescue people. it was quite an event. >> at least 68 people have died in the latest earthquake more than 1200 injured. those numbers could very well go a lot higher. the quake was centered east of nepals capital of kathmandu. the epicenter of the april 25th quake was west of the city. the quake triggered landslides. a red cross team from canada captured these images 30 miles north of kat...