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Talking about the profits of for folk s -- norfolk southern pulls in, it is at this point around $40 billion and so it is just paling in comparison to how much they are taking in with 4.45 billion in 2021 to 4.8 billion in 2022. >> and we just got this report in from the ntsb and what have we learned so far, pete? >> well, it is four pages long on this derailment on february 3rd, and what is interesting here is that the ntsb is digging into the temperature of the wheel bearings on board this very long train. about 150 car or more, and they said it was going 47 miles per

Hour, but over the course of several miles, the temperature in one of these wheel bearings which has been the center of the investigation went up, up, up, and ultimately leading to the audible alarm inside of one of the locomotives that the ntsb says came to a stop, and that the wheel bearings were above a temperature of about 250 degrees above the ambiant temperature, and very, very hot temperatures here, and we know that fire of the train and the leak of vinyl chloride was so critical in this incident and that is what the transportation secretary is looking at today on the ground. the ntsb d...

That is what the ntsb will find, and really assess some blame to figure out what the mechanical failure was and who is to blame for that. there are big questions here and were things properly inspected? was the train properly operated? we know that the weather was clear and nighttime, but the ntsb is not going to leave any stone unturned as they look at this. jim and kristin. >> thank you, pete. and we are joined by the former chairman of the ntsb, jim hall, and we know it is preliminary and jim, big question is if this is a railroad company failure here or a regulation failure? i am looking a...