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Of liquid material safely every year. so, is there a growing problem about accidents? what is really the state of train safety in this country, right now? >> reporter: that is the important question, jenna. there is growing concern about all this. outgoing, ntsb chairman debra hersman. they moved everything safely, one or two tank cars and part after much larger train. today whole trains may be comprised of 100 tank cars carrying hazardous liquids. train tracks run through the backyards of millions of americans. shipments increased more than 400% since 2005. hersman says, that local emergency ...
85% of the oil that's escaping right now, they've got another plan in place to shut that flow of oil off entirely. that's about a week and a half to two weeks away. and that's called a top kill. and where they're going to put in solid material, liquid material, also called a junk shot. it's like golf balls and pieces of tire where they're just going to clog the pipe up and stop this flow of oil entirely. but again, that's about a week and a half to two weeks away. they're trying to mitigate this right now to keep some so much oil from going in the gulf every day. >> david, where you are, is th...