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Divers recovered the train's event recorder from the bayou, which is like an airline's flight data recorder. the tape revealed the train was traveling at 72 miles per hour and there was no brake application. whatever caused the crash, the engineer never saw it. investigators also discovered the signals on the track were green. >> the signals are controlled by a current that goes through the rail, and if the rail breaks, the signal will immediately turn red. so, the signal didn't turn red. >> the bridge was originally built in three sections. the southern section was a 165-foot steel truss brid...

And there was no brake application. whatever caused the crash, the engineer never saw it. investigators also discovered the signals on the track were green. >> the signals are controlled by a current that goes through the rail, and if the rail breaks, the signal will immediately turn red. so the signal didn't turn red. >> the bridge was originally built in three sections. the southern section was a 165-foot steel truss bridge. the center section, a single 140-foot steel girder, was originally designed to pivot so river traffic could pass through. the northern section was simply 192 feet of tra...

earth. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." mitt romney is using ads, web videos, speeches to hammer away at president obama on welfare. romney is taking a lot of heat though over his claims about the administration's policies, but with support from an unlikely ally he's raising the stakes today. here's our national political correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: wolf, mitt romney is not backing away from his accusation that president obama is trying to make it easier for the poor to receive welfare checks and to help make his case he's getting some help from an old r...

island in new york. >> on long island irene's storm surge flooded downtown long beach. some streets in manhattan also flooding but the water started to recede and new york's evacuation order is being lifted this hour. in its sweep up the coast irene has killed 15 people across six states. more than 4 million people overall without power and these amazing pictures show some of the damage when irene made landfall as a hurricane. for place like new york city, the storm wasn't as bad as many feared but as janet napolitano said earlier today, it's not over yet. >> no matter where you are ...

lashing new england with powerful winds and rain. hello again, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. >> i'm brooke baldwin. let's get you caught up on what we know at this hour on this storm. president obama an hour away from making the statement about the storm. he will be doing so 5:00 eastern from the rose garden. we'll bring it to you live as soon as we see the president. >> irene continues to lose power since making landfall this morning. floodwaters are receding on new york's long island and downtown manhatt manhattan. evacuation orders for low lying areas including the rockaways ...