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That boez goes for the city of chicago. relatively quiet. temperature wise kansas city and central plains as we head through friday and through the weekend. unsit elled weather across parts of the west. we will keep you updated. heather and ainsley let's head over to you. >> the train derailment in philadelphia the panic and horror inside the derailed train cars shared by victims almost immediately on social media. >> keep calling, okay? >> crawl forward, sir. >> keep crawling. keep crawling. >> doug luzader is live at union station in washington, d.c. where the train began its journey last ni...

>> reporter: well jake while i talk to you, it is still a search operation here. but meantime there's a full-blown investigation under way. as you mentioned, we now know that train was going in excess of 100 miles per hour as it approached a curve that had a speed limit of 50 miles per hour. the reason why investigators know this they are looking at how the wreckage is laid out at the site, looking at the angles. they're also looking at the sort of damage to the train cars. and we also know they have the train's event recorders. the question now, though is why was this train going so fast? >> ...

Ground? >> well wolf i can tell you, this is still a recovery operation. when that engineer stepped on the brakes this train was already going at 106 miles per hour. that's more than double the speed limit in this area. that is the headline coming from the ntsb. now, a full-blown investigation is under way to figure out why the train was going so dangerously fast. investigators believe the train was traveling over 100 miles per hour as it approached a curve with a 50-mile-per-hour speed limit. several train cars jumped the tracks. >> the train was placed in engineer induced braking. that means...

Allies in that part of the world. and it is a problem not really at an operational level but at a political level. >> peter, bobby, thanks so much for all the insight. nice to see you this morning. we want to go back to chris who is of course at the scene of that train derailment. chris. >> rene marsh and i are here getting new details about the investigation. we're going to give you the latest developments on what happened when this train went off the tracks here in philadelphia. stay with us because federal investigators are still working the scene very hard. there are hundreds of rescues ...

Them in critical condition at this hour. it is almost 24 hours after this crash but there are still people missing. people hoping that their loved ones will be the miracle story tonight. this surveillance video shows the speeding train at the moment of the crash. >> are you okay? he's calling, okay? >> crawl forward, sir. keep crawling. >> passengers many of them with broken bones and serious head injuries, were scrambling desperately to escape. drew griffin is "outfront" in philadelphia. he begin ourself coverage. the man at the center of this is that ebbngineer. you have learned his name, so...