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The images we are seeing. >> peter said and he is spot on as always, the prior crash with the train was entering a curve. i had a chance to look at a map of this area. this train was about to entering or was entering a curve. while they had to modify and test the tracks and all of this work was done at the beginning of december, local officials in washington were highly critical of sending a train at this speed through this area because it had to route to an intercity train line. it sneaneeds to slow down at a e in the track. they undoubtedly test this data that they did earlier in the month. ...

Crew members. what else are you hearing? >> what we have been told is that there is a minimum of three fatalities. i unfortunately think that number will probably grow. i don't know by how much. we know several people are being treated at st. peter's hospital to the south of the accident site. and several people to the north. this site is just south of the accord, one of the largest military installations in america. i'm confident they are getting the medical treatment they need. i think we should acknowledge that almost instantly our first responders sprung into action. they are on the site b...

Of them at speeds that haven't been tested with that many cars before. again, i don't know the answer whether it was a pulling or a pushing train or maybe they had engines at both ends which would be unusual. they wouldn't both are working. the curve and his distribution make me think it was the speed on the curve. >> peter, i assume you can see video and the pictures we are showing. this derailment. the police spokesman that said earlier, several of them upside down. describe what you are seeing. >> this is really horrific and indicate that is the train was going at a high speed.

Herpecin l. >> welcome back. we are following the breaks news. a train derailment and train out in washington state. 78 passengers on board and five crew members and multiple fatalities and scores of injuries. we are also hearing for the first time from inside that derailed amtrak near olympia. immediately after the crash and after the train's conductor responds to dispatchers. listen to this. >> hey, guys, what happened? >> we were coming around the corner to take the bridge over i-5 there and we went on the ground. >> okay. are you -- is everybody okay? >> i'm still figuring that out. we hav...

With us as well. peter, you are the former managing director of the national transportation safety board. that is a very, very telling audio from the conductor. >> it is. it indicates that whatever happened, the engine was past the point where things started to go south. the engine was still on the track. he was unaware of how serious the accident was or just beginning to know how serious it was. it was clearly shocked. >> is that extraordinary or unusual that the first car or the engine is still apparently on track, but the cars behind it are dangling off the track and upside down? >> not at ...