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Putting in the measures in, it was deemed the risk was lower on the northbound side of the track, and maybe factors were not considered, but that is what they did. >> knowing this, are their routes on your radar that raise red flags elsewhere about the safety of amtrak? >> i think amtrak's safety record has been improving. in my days at the ntsb, we had lots of accidents with amtrak and lots of fatalities. so it has been improving, because it's high-speed rail and we are trying to run it on rail lines that were designed 100 years ago, there are concerns in there that wouldn't exist, say, in eu...

Aware of the postings from several years ago that appear to be from brandon bostian talking about the need for -- for safety systems to be in place? >> no i was not until drew's story there, so that is very interesting. >> is that something you would be interested in reading more about. because you said you are trying to get a profile of him, the way he approaches his job. is that something in the questioning phase that you would certainly like to have looked at? >> absolutely. i think that would help paint a picture of who this engineer was. and we want to know that. so we do look forward to ...

Southbound side of this track there was an older braking system called an automatic system that was in place and there was, however, no pt system, which is that positive crack and control system not in place yet. we are told the federal government has mandated there be pt systems on all of the rail systems in the country and it's supposed to be installed by the end of the year. but they were not in place. they're trying to get the electrical system up. so there's going to be questions that have been asked and many more will be asked about why it wasn't in place. one person was heard reported s...

Deadline. >> you're going to live with that. what do you want them to do specifically by next week in order to allow the rue assumption of service between philadelphia and new york? >> we want them to match on the northbound side the technology they have on the southbound side which is less than ptc, but it still caps the speed of the train. if the train is speeding it sends a message to the engineer saying you're speeding. the engineer has to react to that or slow the train down. if he or she doesn't, it automatically slows the train down. >> what does amtrak say, can they do it by next week?...

Federal railroad administration and you're the acting administrator. >> we need to know how the accident happened and how we can prevent it in the future. >> that's the most important thing is safety. it's our only mission and it's the most important thing we do and we'll be determining how the accident happened. how to stop it from happening in the future in the meantime is there anything we can do to make sure that rail passengers are safe. even before we have a determination of this accident. for example, amtrak in this area where the derailment happened has some technology on the southboun...