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There are lots of minor injuries on the train but we're doing okay. and everybody is handling it in the best way possible and a professional manner. >> sandra: we know there has been one fatality. we are hopeful you are telling us those around are you mostly okay and hopefully you get medical attention. have you seen a doctor yet on the train? >> the doctor has been through all the cars. they have done a great job. and again, primarily they are minor injuries. certainly mine are minor. but the shock of the collision was such that you weren't braced for it. and it was fairly severe. and that th...

I'm chair of the rail pipeline subcommittee. i'm here with folks from amtrak. we surveyed the damage. walked around the train. the pictures that i sent you earlier were from the engine that actually hit the truck it has derailed. the engine has the first three wheels off of the track. we have to lift that back on the track later. but currently we have an engine on the back of the train that was with us. that engine is going to pull us back into the station and we have to got rest of the journey by bus. >> harris: in terms of the injuries from what we're being told, congressman sessions was jus...

Bit and stop it again. so we appreciate you telling us exactly what you are seeing. sandra? >> sandra: we have got senator rand paul on the couch. i want to get you back in here. amazing to hear firsthand account so quickly from the train. these are members of congress dialing into the control room. we are hearing from the virginia governor now. he has just tweeted this ralph northam virginia public safety agencies are coordinating with local first responders in response to today's train crash outside of charlottesville. not a whole lot of update there but to hear from the governor is importan...

It looks like a suburban area, neighborhood. and neighbors came out immediately. i know there was a member of congress' wife who saw on the garbage truck there was a phone number. this is a garbage truck that, you know, on its side garbage everywhere. she had the wherewithal to call the garbage company who had no idea that their drivers had been injured. so, everyone was trying to do what they could to help. and, again, these physicians that busted open that door, god bless them, because we were all -- i was screaming that they should. and they did. and these congressman did the right thing, t...

Being wheeled out from our van damage point on a -- vantagm the stretcher as well. i don't know if they are coming from the train or outside of the i do see some of my friends members of mine actually walking outside the train now. sap san congressman, can you give us an idea of how many people you think are on the train? we had pete sessions earlier said this is his quote. i know probably 200 members of congress and senators are on the train. are you -- is that in line what you are thinking? >> that's accurate. this is my eighth retreat, an annual retreat. and it's senators, u.s. representati...