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Breaking news tonight. new surveillance video showing the sudden explosion as amtrak train 188 derailed and crashed. you see this there on the left of your screen. this as the ntsb tonight reveals in the 65 seconds before the crash the train accelerated from 70 mile an hour to 100 miles an hour in less than a minute then there was the actual crash. the person who applied the brakes in tin stant before the crash was the engineer brandon bostian. he says through his lawyer that he does not remembe...

Bostian agreed to meet with them for an interview. we have learned a lot about him today, including our interview with one of his close friends and former coworkers. well begin with jason carroll out front tonight in philadelphia. youre learning a lot more about the investigation at this hour. >> reporter: well the ntsb says that the train does not have a mechanical history of unintended acceleration. thats why its very important for investigator to speak with this engineer and find out why the ...

Thank you, sir. its an important detail because they need to get answers from this engineer. next were going to talk about that issue. could criminal charges be brought against the engineer. and could existing technology have prevented this train from speeding up so fast the 70 to 1000 in just a minute. a special outfront report from inside the engineers cabin. the patriots deflate gate is about losing weight not footballs apparently were for real. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghan...

Accident in northwestern spain. the engineer was talking on the phone when he drove his train around a curve at 95 miles per hour reaching twice the speed limit before it derailed killing 79 people. he survived and was charged with 79 counts of reckless homicide. >> now the head of the ntsb says hes going to be obtaining the engineers cell phone records. he is looking for any distractions that could have occurred in that locomotive cab and whether the engineer suffered from any medical crisis. >...

Passengers in the train. he does not remember deploying the emergency brake. we know it was deployed. the last thing he recalls is coming to looking for his bag, getting his cell phone, turning it on and calling 911. >> his attorney says he client did dmot have a preexisting medical condition, was not impaired by alcohol or drugs and his cell phone was off. bostian did speak to investigators for several hours on tuesday. following the questioning, the citys mayor says bos chon refused to provide...

Miles an hour. we do believe that positive train control could have prevented this accident. >> so i want to talk to you about that technology in a moment. but first, the crucial point of speed that you just revealed to the american public it ak ale vat accelerated from 70 miles an hour to 100 miles an hour in less than a minute. is there any time where such acceleration would be normal or acceptable? >> it is normal during certain segments of this northeast corridor for this train to get up to ...

Safety board revealing that the train accelerated from 70 miles an hour to 100 miles an hour in a minute. seconds later it hit a churve and the cars flew off the tracks. the trains brakes and tracks and signals all appeared to be working on tuesday night. we know the horrific derailment killed eight, injured more than 200. but the ntsb says that a new piece of technology could have prevented the tragedy. and you think, is that too good to be true? well chris frates investigates outfront. >> the ...

Pedal designed to stop the train if the engineer is unresponsive. >> that was the dead man pedal. if you move you foot off of it just the wrong way, it will start to sound that sound you heard and then it will stop the train. >> while not identical, the commuter and amtrak locomotives are similar. you know how to drive it even if all of the controls arent the same. >> amtrak trains are quite similar to what we see around the country on commuter trains and freight trains. all have the instruments...

Information. clearly something happened something went wrong in that engine compartment with the engineer. and because of the expertise of the ntsb and the quality of their investigatory ri process, obviously were all hopeful that well get answers to those questions. the 106 miles an hour now what youre sharing or what they shared earlier, the speeding up of the train going into the curve, we know the straightaway was even rated at 80 miles an hour. so the train was already going too fast on the...

Reckless and irresponsible. you heard his friend saying he was a great engineer and said every time they went to get back on the train in washington to come back to new york he would put his phone in his bag before he got on the train. now that doesnt mean anything about what happened the other night. but thats what e r what he said. he said he was never drinking or texting. his lawyer said he wasnt impaired by alcohol or drugs that night. when you put all of that together what do you think? >> ...