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Attempted to slow down? >> we don't have any information on that. right now, our focus is on the actual emergency response. that is what we do in emergency management, making sure that we can support any requests for resources to first responders. that is a more of a question for ntsb. we haven't heard any rumors or any reports like that. as i said our focus on the people on board the train and making sure they have someplace warm and making sure anybody who is injured is getting treated. >> also, we have asked a lot about the amtrak train for obvious reasons and where the bulk of the people a...

History, in recent months. and it's going to raise the question of is there adequate funding at amtrak and does the -- have the most advance safety does she most safety components when put on the line. the front-end camera will tell us what happened. >> the three accidents you speak of. one september 18th that derailed in washington and three people died there. the other was just this past week where one person died when a truck crashed into an amtrak train. i believe they are now saying that the truck may have been in the wrong in that particular instance. >> the truckdriver may have tried to...

Night. >> andy, thanks so much. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. on the phone with us now the chairman of the ntsb robert we are looking at this train crash between an amtrak train and a csx freight train that happened about five and a half hours ago in south carolina. chairman, thank you so much for being with us. what can you tell us about the situation there in casey, south carolina? >> good morning, christy and thank you for having me we will have a team arriving in colum a columbia, south carolina, they'll be leaving washington soon. team members will be arriving throughout the -...

In our state farmers market which is within a few hundred yards of where this occurred. we are at a place where they unload cars off of freight trains on to a yard where they put on trucks for distribution, new cars. apparently, that is where this accident occurred. >> so what did you see in terms of the passenger trains or the passenger cars that were derailed and the csx train? >> yes. it's very hard to see much of that part. apparently up closer to the front is where the most damage is. our firefighters, we have a fire station called -- that is close to here. our battalion chief got here ve...

In this case, probably would have prevented the accident. >> yeah. we are hearing similar questions and concern from mary schiavo when the government will complement these plans to add positive train control after the train crashes we have seen the past several months. peter goelz of the national transportation safety board, thank you. >> thank you. >> we will be back with the breaking news out of south carolina. but some people still like cable. just like some people like pre-shaken sodas. having their seat kicked on an airplane. being rammed by a shopping cart. sitting in gum. and walking in...