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>> dana: for the latest reaction on capitol hill, the deadly derailment, adam kinzinger joins me. he's a member of the house foreign relations committee. i want to talk about the president speech, but first, amtrak obviously a really big subject there on capitol hill. the first immediate reaction to today's development? >> it is sad. part of the reason it is big news, because it is rare. that is important to point out. especially this being a maiden voyage, does a lot information into together. the first thing you are concerned about a terrorist in a derailment, anything like that, i'm not mak...

Passengers. they have been testing this route, amtrak has, at least the last 11 months. we know since last january, they began testing amtrak trains going down this route from seattle all the way down to portland. these tax are not new this has -- these tracks have been use by the freight train that bsb railroad. they put in today for passengers essentially, who want to go quickly down from seattle to portland. the idea behind this route was that it would shave between 5-1, because it is more direct. as far as the investigation unseen here, we cannot tell you, this is a recovery operation. we ...

Yourself and your media outlet. >> do you think this acronym could be speed related >> it is too early to know. we are sending investigators to the scene, so will find all that. we ought to give you is accurate information as possible. >> "washington post, do you have a number of fatalities that is updated? >> you probably heard a lot of numbers reported, by different news outlets, and we leave that to the local authorities and that varies. >> cbs, it was a newer train, was any new technology on on te strength? >> at this moment, we do not know, because we do not have an investigator on scene....

Way from canada down to the mexican border will be shot for some time. ntsb is supposed to be showing up here. a team will be on the ground this afternoon, and again, they will have more people showing up tonight. it could be a full year before we know exactly what happened. if they get preliminary details, they will help in other investigations in other areas of transportation safety. they will release that. typically, these cases take a long, long time to go over all the things human error, track condition, weather condition, and of course, the speed at which this train was traveling, which ...

State. the locomotive going right off the track. either well. where live in los angeles with more. william? scary moments for those passengers on the skywest airlines. still on the runway when the fire started, the pilot stopped the plane, top the stairs. everyone gets out. just as the firefighters arrived. no cause yet. the plane under inspection. in washington state, as you mentioned, another digester adverted when that amtrak train headed to seattle afternoon. that baggage cars that, the first four of the 15 car train, fell off the track, but did not tumble into the water. because under inv...