Page 8 - Given Force News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im stephanie sy. Federal investigators this morning are trying to learn why an amtrak train was going twice the speed element when it derailed. The attention is now focused on the engineer who was in control. Seven people were killed hundreds more treated for injuries. Duarte geraldino is live in philadelphia. Good morning what do we know first of all about the condition of those that are still being treated at hospitals . Reporter its important to note their ages they range from 19 to 80 years old. There are about eight people in critical co...

What were learning about the victims. Under siege gunman in afghanistan, trapping dozens for hours. Killing one american. Burundi, military seizes power while the president was out of the country. Good evening im antonio mora. This is Al Jazeera America. We begin with a Stunning Development in the investigation into last nights deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia. Federal transportation Officials Say the train was traveling at more than twice the speed limit when it jumped off the tracks. At least seven people were killed and about 200 were injured. Jonathan betz joins us now from philade...

Cost and the expense. And we used to banter this around in the Cheyenne Mountain on a lot of cold, dark nights on alert and doing an exercise or for real world contingency. And often times, we would sort of come to the conclusion, what is it worth to us . Is it worth seattle . San fransbn, or los angeles, or increasingly now colorado, denver, heartland of america. Potentially in the future eastern seaboard, boston, new york, washington, d. C. Is it worth the investment in f. These systems to pretend to ok protect what we value the most. Thats our homeland, our way of life. I think the answer, ...

Thats our homeland, our way of life. I think the answer my personal answer is yes. And so im an optimist about this. Not without our challenges. We continue to deal with those challenges. Weve got the best and brightest people. I can tell you. I wish you could meet a lot of them. Phenomenal people working these issues. Im really proud to work with them and be their deputy director. Im humbled to do that. Theyre doing some really important work. And i thank you all again for your contribution to this debate debate. Look forward to your questions. Thank you very much. Were going to open up the q...

Any capability, maybe not designed to catch every single thing that they could lob at us. But long enough to buy our leaders some time to be able to make an assessment and have options, if you will. The nation would have options. So i continue to believe that were on the right path. Thats part of a larger continuum of capabilities. And i dont think we ever want to give up on the idea that we have some capability in the Missile Defense tool kit. All right. I think well take one more question right here. Wait for the mike. Yeah. Im anna wilderman. For the first and only time in history, i attend...