republicans on capitol hill voted to cut funding for amtrak by 15%. democrats on a key committee tried to boost the funds by a billion . that effort failed though. this however just a preliminary vote. full house and senate would have to approve any cuts that would take place. you stay with abc news as we cover the amtrak disaster. we'll take you live again to philadelphia in our next half hour as we continue to update this investigation. >> we're learning more about the six marines board that helicopter that vanished in nepal. family and friends identified the pilot as captain chris nor gren from wichita, kansas describing him as a born leader who would do anything to save his crew. each of those crew members would have had an emergency beacon and radio with them. >> that is capable of transmitting both on satellite frequencies as well as civilian emergency frequencies. >> the crew would have had to turn the beacon or radio on themselves. so far searchers have not heard