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Missouri. >> the man has always -- >> and the sham has been overseeing locks on the mississippi river. for 30 years. recently, the mechanical system unlocked 25 in winfield, missouri, malfunction. shutting down river traffic for 100 miles. so this wasn't built in the 1930s and really hasn't been updated since. >> that's correct. we have a number of problems out here. under seepage foundation type structural issues. >> he fears a collapse like this of a lock in illinois in 2011. exactly why the trump administration is seriously considering a $4.2 billion upgrade. with seven locks on the mississ...

>> and the sham has been overseeing locks on the mississippi river. for 30 years. recently, the mechanical system unlocked 25 in winfield, missouri, malfunction. shutting down river traffic for 100 miles. so this wasn't built in the 1930s and really hasn't been updated since. >> that's correct. we have a number of problems out here. under seepage foundation type structural issues. >> he fears a collapse like this of a lock in illinois in 2011. exactly why the trump administration is seriously considering a $4.2 billion upgrade. with seven locks on the mississippi and illinois rivers as part of...

An area that is usually for taking pictures. with big ben, lot of school groups walking around. it is completely cordoned off. it is dark here now. there are blue lights flashing. >> shepard: william james on the line with us. correspondent from the reuters news agency at parliament, still locked down, streets and roads still shut down. we understand the river thames is back open for river traffic, the tube station is back open. parliament will be back in session tomorrow trying to move on as quickly as possible, as they work to determine who this person was, why this person carried this out. ...

Evening. >> it's a very tragic occurrence here on the ohio river. >> reporter: nine were aboard the 20-foot pontoon when officials say it became wedged under a work barge near a bridge under construction. completely overturning the boat, killing two. four others were immediately rescued and in stable condition. two of the missing now identified by family and friends as joyce wright and donelle sweeney. friends have said sweeney's daughter is the missing child. >> this current that's out here on the river, if you were to get pinned against something, it's pretty hazardous. >> reporter: the owne...

The tape revealed the train was traveling at 72 miles per hour and there was no brake application. whatever caused the crash, the engineer never saw it. investigators also discovered the signals on the track were green. >> the signals are controlled by a current that goes through the rail, and if the rail breaks, the signal will immediately turn red. so, the signal didn't turn red. >> the bridge was originally built in three sections. the southern section was a 165-foot steel truss bridge. the center section, a single 140-foot steel girder, was originally designed to pivot so river traffic cou...