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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 stupid operator error or a train conductor having a heart attack at the engine. it reduces the chance that something unfortuna...

Out. the ntsb will hasten to add that. there's been a tremendous amount of effort today spent on -- really on the ground. the effort has been trying to look at exactly what might be happening with the train cars. might there be any victims under the train cars, in addition to that, trying to isolate and find all of those individuals who may have walked away from this crash scene uninjured, but then maybe went home, they decided there was no sense in going to the hospital. the big emphasis has been trying to make sure they had every passenger on that passenger manifest list. now, as you know, t...

Headed into that curve. an area called the frankfurt junction. locals call the frankford junction a notorious curve out here on the rails. the speed limit in this area just 50 miles per hour. at least seven people killed in the crash, including u.s. naval academy midshipman justin zemser, and gym gaines an associated press video software architect, he was 48. hospitals treated more than 200 people many of them hurt when other people or objects fell on top of them. >> this huge red suitcase just came flying at me. our train was actually on its side. so it pushed me onto the side of the train. i...

Enforcement authorities. >> when you say the human beings involved that would imply both something that you know wasn't accidental, but potentially operator error in terms of the way the train was being driven? >> sure there's always handling that they'll take a look at making sure it was complied with making sure the operator was alert and was aware of what was going on so that would be one of those people they are going to want to talk to depending on their medical condition. >> one question for you, and this is an admittedly ill-informed question but one of the things i have been able to no...

800-523. 1901. >> is there a possibility it could be operator error? the tracks could be in the wrong position wrong color lights, something like that? >> we've seen that before. it could have been someone operating the train that made a mistake or fell asleep. we've seen that as well. we don't know. that will be a key focus of the ntsb. what was the condition of the people on board, the crew members. what were they doing at the time of the crash what were the conditions of the tracks. how fast the train was going. >> the black box will tell us a whole lots. >> thank you for your insight. we'l...