nbc's jim miklaszewski is standing by at the pentagon. what do we know? >> according to a senior u.s. official there's no indication by the crash team. paramilitary search and rescue teams are on the ground there, u.s. military, and this official said there's no indication that anybody could have survived this crash. so that's an indication that not all of the members of the u.s. marine corps crew that were aboard six marines and two nepalese soldiers apparently it sounds as if not all have been found. now, this helicopter crashed right into the side of a mountain. it as a on a very steep cliff, according to officials we're talking two. three charred bodies we removed from the helicopter. that would leave as many as five that could be still unaccounted for. and you can understand with that kind of terrain why it would be difficult to find all those victims at once. the investigation into the crash, of course, continues. oh, and by the way, the conditions there 30 mile per hour winds and more. it's raining, there's lightning, it's a very difficult recovery operation that is taking place now. now, to be clear about this the u.s. military is not now confirming any u.s. military dead and won't until they account for every single individual on that helicopter. and you mentioned a moment ago, jose that this helicopter was only eight miles from where it took off when it suddenly disappeared earlier this week. just eight miles. there have been hundreds of hours of air searches in that area under way and it took nepalese ground forces to find it on the side of the mountain, jose. >> jim mig laklaszewski thank you very much. we'll keep our eye out for that news conference in nepal. developing now, federal safety investigators could talk to the aengengineer of the amtrak train. an eighth person was killed in the crash. 200 injured they're focusing on the train's sudden acceleration a minute before the derailment tuesday night. police want to check brandon bostian's cell phone to make sure he wasn't texting. we're also hearing from friends of bostian. >> i was shocked considering what kind of person he is and what kind of love -- he wasn't just doing this as a job like, yeah i've got to pay the bills so i'll take this job. it seemed like this is what i love to do. >> as the investigation continues, the first funeral is being held today. 20-year-old navy midshipman justin zemser will be remembered in queens, new york. more now on the investigation from nbc's tom costello in philadelphia. >> reporter: this morning, the ntsb says it's eager to talk to engineer brandon bostian who now says he'll sit down with investigators as early as today. meanwhile, the first lawsuit against amtrak alleges gross reckless conduct. it was filed bid an injured off duty employee who claims he was violently hurled inside the rail car and suffered brain trauma. investigators now say the train was accelerating for a full minute before the derailment. 43 seconds before the crash 80 miles per hour. 31 seconds before the crash 90. 16 seconds before the crash more than 100 miles per hour. >> i don't think that any common sense, rational person would think that it was okay to travel at that level of speed. >> the question did engineer brandon bostian realize he was speeding? was he distracted? his attorney insists he had turned off his cell phone and put it in his bag, but he doesn't remember the accident. in a statement, amtrak's ceo says "amtrak takes full responsibility and deeply apologizes for our role in this tragic event." what is amtrak's policies about distractions in the cab? >> we try to minimize those distractions. they're not allowed to have cell phones. they have to have them shut off and stowed. they can't use them. >> period? >> period. >> reporter: meanwhile, the ntsb is hoping to interview survivors about where they sat on the train and how they managed to escape. >> we want to find out where they were seated and their injury patterns so we can correlate their seating with the injuries for crash survivability issues crash worthiness issues. >> that was nbc's tom costello reporting. and now we're joined by nbc's rehema ellis in philadelphia. rehema, good morning. we're also learning more details about the safety system that could have maybe prevented this tragedy. >> good morning, jose. yes, indeed we are learning more about that. we're also learning that on the southbound side of this track there was an older braking system called an automatic system that was in place and there was, however, no pt system, which is that positive crack and control system not in place yet. we are told the federal government has mandated there be pt systems on all of the rail systems in the country and it's supposed to be installed by the end of the year. but they were not in place. they're trying to get the electrical system up. so there's going to be questions that have been asked and many more will be asked about why it wasn't in place. one person was heard reported saying they didn't have it in place on the northbound side as this train was heading to new york because they didn't think that the train could get up to those high speeds as quickly at that point having left the philadelphia station at the time it did in the distance that's involved. i have to tell you too, jose. it's a very different scene out here this morning versus a couple of days ago at the point when the crash -- shortly after the crash happened. there were fewer reporters out. you can't see it right now because of the truck going behind me, and theres a lot of traffic here, but you can take a look down the street and we don't see the emergency vehicles that we saw a couple of days ago in that area. all seven rail cars are now gone and amtrak is trying to fix the track and the electrical system to get the system back up they hope as early as next week. jose? >> nbc's rehema ellis thank you very much. coming up in the next hour, we'll hear more about the engineer and one of the victims in this tragedy. now to the white house. the amtrak crash was one topic discussed during president obama's news conference following the gulf summit at camp david. but the bulk of the time was spent on the summit itself and his assurance to gulf leaders that an iran nuclear deal would not come at the expense of their security. the president even promised to use military force to protect them if necessary. kristen welker is at the white house. good morning kristin. >> you're right president obama's goal was to calm the fears of the gulf nations who worry they'll be vulnerable in the u.s. strikes a nuclear deal with iran. on thursday, the president offered those countries assurances that the u.s. will help defend against everything from cyber attacks to missile strikes. the u.s. vowing to offer military goods and also some training exercises. what the gulf states wanted they wanted a defense treaty and the president stopped short of offering that. what he did offer instead was a pledge to help protect the gulf nation. is he also made assurances that even if a deal is reached sanctions would only be lifted when and if tehran proves it's complying with the deal. the president and secretary kerry gave top officials a briefing about the status and argued any deal would make the region safer because it would delay the amount of time it would take iran to make a nuclear weapon. only about two out of the six leaders invited to camp david attended. instead, the majority of the countries sent senior officials. king salman of saudi arabia did not attend. we've been talking about this all week. saudi arabia says the iran deal is not the reason but it does highlight the deep skepticism in the region. jose? >> kristen, i want to ask you about what the president will be doing at 11:00 when he speaks to a gathering of police officers. >> he's going to be attending the 34th annual national police officers memorial service. it aims to honor police officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. you can expect president obama to pay tribute to them in his remarks. you can also expect, jose thousands of police officers from around the country really from around the world expected to attend that event which will be held at the u.s. capital. according to from tern order of police, one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty someone somewhere in the united states every 53 hours. and since 1792 nearly 19,000 u.s. law enforcement officers have been killed in the line of duty. now, of course this year the event comes against the backdrop of tensions in some local communities with police. there's a wreath-laying ceremony immediately following the memorial service so it will be an emotional morning. jose? 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>> jose, how are you buddy. >> good. reid told me there are no other all-stars out there for the democrats out there for the democrats other than hillary clinton this time around. how surprised are you by that answer? >> well, i wonder how surprised joe biden is about that answer if you're joe biden. don't forget joe biden hasn't said he's making a decision at the end of the summer. i am mildly surprised you didn't hear harry reid make a caveat for joe biden. i don't know if that should tell him something or if it's him assuming biden isn't running. i'm mildly surprised on that front. >> and, chuck, hillary clinton emerged in brooklyn yesterday. her campaign releasing a video of a walking tour. she said that she was talking to some real folks in brooklyn, according to politico. she ordered a salad at the local pizza shop. what's the strategy? >> look, anything i think to make her more approachable when you look at their image -- and they're concerned about it -- there's an idea she's not an approachable person. when you've been in a secret service bubble for 23 years as she has been it sometimes can be very easy to get comfortable inside the bubble so i think part of this is not just about making her appear more approachable, i think part of this is getting her more comfortable outside of the bubble. however, let's not start talking about brooklyn as real america here. brooklyn is hipster capital of the world these days. it's not exactly iowa. >> and chuck what was the last time she spoke to the press, for example? that's been something she hasn't been very approachable on that front? >> well, not only that, i think the oddest statistic that we pointed out in first street a couple days ago, let me give you this one. since hillary clinton announced her candidacy for president, there has been a clinton who has taken quite a few questions from the press. that clinton, though, is bill not hillary. he has taken 39 questions i believe, in various televised and on-camera questions from members of the media and that includes his letterman appearance. our own colleague cynthia mcfadden and christiane amanpour. so in the same time since hillary clinton announced her candidacy, the clinton that has taken more questions is bill, not hillhillary. 39-9. i think that's something they need to figure out how to correct. >> and i guess 39 questions would be a regular morning for jeb bush but he's found that answering some of those questions hasn't been very good for him recently. >> no, look i think there are two things that i take away from this week watching jeb bush's candidacy and watching him mishandle the iraq question. number one, i can't believe how flat footed he seemed to be on this iraq issue. you want to say you misheard the question first time, fine. but the fact that it took him three tries to clean this up is a head-scratcher. it makes me wonder does he have the infrastructure around him, does he have people saying to him -- prepping him or is he just handling this on his own and are his aides having too much of a hands-off approach. the second development that i think on this story is is how comfortable the rest of the republican field the 2015 version of the republican presidential primary field, is very comfortable saying the iraq war essentially was a mistake. that they would haven't done it knowing what they know now. that's a gigantic development that you have the rank and file essentially of the republican party moving in that direction. i'm having flashbacks to the '08 primary. that was the mainstream democratic position in 2007 2008, but the fact that the republicans have moved to that position is quite a development. >> i agree with you chuck. you pretty much have to guess that they would have asked you that question if you're jeb bush. >> if your last name is bush absolutely. >> you would have guessed that that was coming some time. sooner rather than later. but also -- >> it's not even a high hard one. this is not like one of those sneaky fastballs. this is a question you could be getting from a friendly interviewer or a combative one. >> you can throw -- close your eyes, throw the dart, it will hit the dart board and that will be the question. it doesn't matter. finally you have an official candidate senator rand paul on "meet the press." what should we expect there? >> well look, i think on this iraq question it is interesting to watch. ron paul and rand paul were seen as outliers on their position on iraq. they've always been comfortable criticizing the decision to go into iraq and now all of a sudden it's the mainstream position and it's a reminder that while some people think rand paul's foreign policy views will create problems for him in a republican primary, are they? or is the republican party moving closer to him? >> and chuck we look forward to seeing that. harry reid talked about rand paul when i asked him about the patriot act. that's coming up today. but i can't wait to see "meet the press" as we do everyday sunday. thank you, chuck good to see you. >> you got it. thanks jose. rand paul will be one of chuck's many guests this sunday on "meet the press" and remember, you watch "meet the press" then you can see the spanish language version of it on telemundo. i want to take you back now to kathmandu where lieutenant general john whistler is giving an update on the marine helicopter that crashed there. let's listen to that. >> at this time i can confirm we have located the wreckage of uh-1 yankee huey helicopter missing since tuesday may 12. because of the nature of the wreckage it is unlikely there are any survivors at this time. our prayers are with the marines and the nepalese soldiers and their families. we all mourn this tragic loss of life. the aircraft was positively identified at approximately 1:50 p.m. today, eight miles north of charikot. the wreckage was found at approximately 11000 feet in extremely dense forest and exceptionally rugged terrain. our nepalese partners originally discovered what they thought to be evidence of an aircraft mishap while they were flying patrols in this area in their helicopters. as soon as we were made aware of their first reports, we immediately diverted u.s. helicopters that were already in the air to the grid coordinates that they had provided by to us. at this time, i'm not able to positively identify the cause of the mishap. i'm also unable to positively confirm the identities of any of the remains of the service members, either from the u.s. or from nepal that were on board that aircraft. additionally, due to the extremely difficult terrain at the site of the mishap below-freezing temperatures and violent winds and thunderstorms, i made the decision to cease the recovery efforts for this evening. we can not afford to put u.s. or nepalese service members at any further risk. at first light, we will resume the recovery mission. the six marines and two nepalese soldiers on board the aircraft were participating in disaster relief missions following the second devastating earthquake that struck this country. they were determined to go forward with their duties, eager to contribute to our mission and to alleviate suffering and to come to the rescue of those in need. they were courageous. they were selfless individuals dedicated to the international humanitarian aid mission here in nepal. we are deeply saddened by the discovery of this wreckage. and we will remain dedicated to the recover effort until every last marine and nepalese soldier is brought home. we are and will continue to work clo