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If they do hit, the biggest chunk could be upwards of 250 pounds, which is a hefty flying object. there could be another two dozen of these chunks. they could weigh a lot less, but still all told, we're talking about some 1200 pounds of debris. and the debris field could be spread over some 500 miles. that's the distance from los angeles to phoenix. listen to nasa explain how precisely -- really they have no clue where this will land. >> it will have an uncontrolled reentry, which most satellites actually -- they're not brought down in a specific place. it's just whatever they come down. you g...

Republicans that in the state of the union, he said, look, i want to go on nuclear power, i want to go forward with offshore drilling and if there is a possibility of putting together an energy bill this year that would have bipartisan support there will be energy production. cap in trade is gone there would be a possibility of doing something on trade. on education they are closer together. on afghanistan, there is a lot of republican support. so there are areas where you could build some trust and people could begin to see, you know, maybe those guys can work together that would help the cou...

>> reporter: now this is what we're talking about. septa has said objects sometimes they've gotten reports of objects being thrown at trains in some neighborhoods like this one in philadelphia. buff the emergency stop is unusual. on top of that, you're talking about three trains hit by an object within 20 minutes span and all really close to the area of the crash. the ntsb, we also -- this is also bringing in a whole new set of questions. remember the engineer was a really being scrutinized because the ntsb has still not really explained at all how the train sped up in that last minute before ...

After leaving the station three-mile away from where the derailment happened bus he has a concussion. the question is whether or not this flying object had any impact. we don't know that. says he also can't remember anything and meanwhile the federal railroad association is mandating amtrak put in an automatic speed restriction system that was put in place on all you northbound trains -- i'm sorry. all southbound trains at this curve, but not put on the northbound trains. so the federal railroad administration is mandating amtrak put this automatic brake system on this curve for all those nort...

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