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How many people do we know that have been in car crashes, for example that say, i don't remember the accident. that's not uncommon. we've been through a traumatic event, the brain wants to protect us by filtering out those bad memories. so that's not uncommon, and i hope that when we do interview him some of that memory will have come back. >> when do you expect to hear from him? to speak with him? today, tomorrow? >> we're not expecting it today, but sooner than later. by the time i meet with the investigator in charge later today i should have an idea of what that timeline is. it's important...

Like, you know, hydrogen powered cars and jet packs and futuristically hypermodern stuff, just some basic systematic safety upgrades that would take advantage of the fact that we are now a society that has things like computing machines and gps. this is not the most high-tech stuff. what they mandated for the u.s. rail system is something called positive train control. a very basic avoidance system that reduces stupid operator error or a train conductor having a heart attack at the engine. it reduces the chance that something unfortunate but human and predictable like that could result in a tr...

In the u.s. would have to get just slightly more modern, not like, you know, hydrogen powered cars and jet packs and futuristically hypermodern stuff, just some basic systematic safety upgrades that would take advantage of the fact that we are now a society that has things like computing machines and gps. this is not the most high-tech stuff. what they mandated for the u.s. rail system is something called positive train control. a very basic avoidance system that reduces the risk that stupid operator error or a train conductor having a heart attack at the engine. it reduces the chance that som...

That the engineer missed something or operator error. help us understand what these other possibilities are. how can the engineer not be in some way responsible. >> i believe he is responsible. there's certainly a small possibility of a mechanical problem. when you've got a train going twice the maximum speed of 50 miles an hour, to me it's a no-brainer. it's intuitively obvious to the casual investigator the train was going way too fast. generally speaking that's going to be an engineer operating failure. >> so when it comes to his story, mayor, i want to get your take on this, the engineer's...

Lot on your hands. we know you're going to be giving a briefing, update later this afternoon. first off, most importantly, what's the update on the investigation you can offer us right now? >> good morning, kate. today is a very busy day for our investigatee. we have a lot of investigators going out in different directions. we're looking at that forward facing image recorder. we're going to do further analysis of the event it's self. we're going to do a brake check of the train. just a lot going on today, kate. >> brake check, further analysis of those boxes. you also say mayor nutter went too...