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Gowan. give us an idea of the situation there as first responders get to the people who try to get help. >> victor, it's an ongoing process. the storm ended two days ago but everyday there are new things being discovered, new information coming out. they're able to access the more remote areas to identify when help is needed, how many people have perish sod it's a day-by-day, hour-by-hour situation. >> ivesto, i was in port-au-price last year and there were so many effects from the earthquake in 2010 that had not been repaired, infrastructure problems, of course. is most of the damage we're se...

Congressman, good to have you on the show today. thank you so much. >> thanks maria. >> see you soon congressman michael mccaul. ramping up safety back at home. what the feds are demanding from amtrak following last week's deadly derailment. alabama senator richard shelby is with me on that. and more on our nation's infrastructure problems. don't forget to follow me on twitter @mariebartiromo, @sunday morningfutures. ameriprise asked people a simple question: in retirement, will you have enough money to live life on your terms? i sure hope so. with healthcare costs, who knows. umm... everyon...

It has been resisted by unions and by the engineers. they don't want to have a camera looking at you, but from a safety perspective, it's important to have them here. >> peter i will put you on the spot. i keep hearing how ghoulish it is to bring up funding for amtrak's infrastructure and i ride an amtrak train every weekend because my husband lives in boston, and last weekend the engine stopped working and power on the train went out and it took them 45 minutes to fix it and the heating and cooling systems on the trains don't often work properly, and doors are sometimes stuck open, and someti...

Infrastructure, is it? >> that is correct. the northeast corridor tracks are very old. some of the infrastructure was built in the 1930s. it was renewed in the 1970s and early 1980s. so there is infrastructure work that needs to be done. but it does not appear that infrastructure problems played a role in this particular derailment. >> and, steven, a lot of people are looking to the train engineer you now for answers to a lot of questions. but how does amtrak screen their engineers before they start work? what sort of training, safety training do they go through? >> most of the time, amtrak hi...

Countries as well. on this scale. and the fracking has made a lot of people nervous, and it could compromise the water supply in the state with the missouri river. isn't this quite a gamble? >> look, there are some down sides, there's tremendous up side to producing new energy in this country, for this country, but, you know, about i think six years ago, i suggested the state legislative leaders and the govz for and others that they needed to have a special session of the legislature to get ahead of all the infrastructure problems that will come from this kind of development, and i was told to...