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Who represents the philadelphia area agrees. >> the republicans' point is that you know that somehow we shouldn't be in this passenger business and that you know, if anything, it should be privatized. >> reporter: amtrak passengers say the government should be spending more on rail not less. >> if i had to see an upgrade all the way around. >> amtrak should have its own track. amtrak gets delayed all the time out west because it's got to wait for freight trains. >> i hope members of congress don't take steps that will lead to a situation where amtrak has to choose between positive train contro...

Up amtrak's ceo telling me new government ordered safety upgrades are already in place. >> everybody on this railroad has been emotional about this. focused and committed to safety. this is a safe railroad to ride. we know it. >> among the new upgrades, trains entering the curve where amtrak 188 derailed must slow to 45 down from 50. an automatic braking system that had been in place for southbound trains is operational for northbound trains too. meanwhile, investigators looking into the cause of the crash say engineer brandon bostian has been very cooperative but doesn't remember the crash. t...

Amtrak's northeast regional train departed philadelphia's 30th street station 15 minutes ago, the train slowed down as it approached the bend where train 188 jumped the tracks last tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring more than 200 others. about three dozen passengers were onboard. >> i trust amtrak executives and all the amtrak people will not put us back on these trains if they didn't think it was safe. i'm sure with their resources they've done what they needed to do to get us here the last couple days. >> in the wake of the tragedy, amtrak has lowered the speed limit at the c...

A busy weather weekend. a d.c. murder mystery, and hacking into the cockpit? let's zoom through some of today's top stories. it was a wild weather weekend after a powerful storm spawned 34 tornados. this was the damage left behind in southeast louisiana. check out this video of a twister in elmer, oklahoma. the cows unphased by the weather around them. the system is now headed through the central plains and going towards canada. more trouble expected in texas over the week already being hit by major flooding. these are dramatic rescue pictures from the weekend. the lone star state expected...

With that engineer will be critical. >> right, and it will be a formal interview with all the parties to the investigation, including amtrak and anybody else that may be a party to that investigation. >> how hard is it going to be to establish a manifest of the passengers given the fact that although the train tickets i gather are computerized even on unreserved trains people could decide at the last minute not to get on. >> yes. that's been a problem. any passenger trains that's been the ease of tracking passengers on aircraft but not on passenger trains even on subways, always a problem find...