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Avoid the area. this is train 501. the cascades route going north to south. a very congested area for cars. this was a new service. there's about 14 miles of new and updated tracks along this route. the last known speed was reportedly, this is not confirmed, around 80 miles an hour. there's reports of massive damage in the area and according to the sheriff's department, injuries and casualties. those numbers are still to come. >> it looks like today was the first day for this expanded cascade service. if you're used to amtrak, it doesn't look like your typical train. it says cascades on the si...

Amazing thing to think about. >> and i think it will continue as a problem for women. >> martha: thanks. thanks for being here tonight. coming up next, terrorists targeting trains. the new tool that police are using to keep you safe on more than 140,000 miles of rail lines across this country. but can it work? plus, a new report casts doubts on the key witness on hillary clinton's role in the uranium one deal. that man's attorney joins us with her response to those allegations next. ♪ origins to over 150 ethnic regions- and open up a world of possibilities. save 40% at ancestrydna.com. ends ...

Track miles and train stations that would need to be secured around the united states. this is not happening yet. it is -- the train system here in the northeast is what i would call partially secure. if we were actually going to make a move to fully secure it, it would cost billions of dollars. >> bill: 140,000 miles of rail lines. madrid, brussels, it can be a popular target. >> terrorist organizations would love nothing more than replicate the attacks in europe here in the united states. the reason they haven't done it so far doesn't come down to rail safety standards in the united states, ...

Terrorists are targeting american trains. ainsley: that's pretty scary. the tsa is warning about attacks similar to the foiled plot to derail a new york bound train in 2012. steve: todd piro is live at one of the busiest train stations in the world here penn station here in new york city. todd: steve, ainsley and brian. good morning. you said it best. this is one of the busiest train stations in the country on a normal day. you can imagine as we approach the christmas season with some people coming into the city to see all that new york city has to offer. it's going to grow even more busy. the...

To you as ever. now china has famously expanded its infrastructure over the past couple of decades but there are places where it is still woefully inadequate even homing the economy like the mongolian border that is where thousands of trucks full of coal stretch back for one hundred thirty kilometers the tailback formed in the summer as demand for coal group trucks move just to the crude and it could take weeks to cross into china and it's not just that the road that's the problem there both countries say that their customs should starve and there's little sign of that promised rail lines. wel...