has been robbing peter to pay paul. >> brit, there is obviously a legitimate debate on funding for amtrak but any sense that had anything to do with this tragedy? >> based on what we know funding is not a factor the failure of the installation of the safety system is not an issue. this is no indication that the accident was caused by anything other than excessive speed and that the engineer sped up inexplicably in a way that would make the train jump the tracks whether they were new or old tracks where that much curve. that whole back-and-forth was pointless and you say republicans are blaming democrats, i didn't hear that. i heard democrats blaming republicans and speaker boehner responding to that. >> we ask you for questions for the panel and we >> wewr got this from facebook. why doesn't the federal