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Broad day light. how her partner came to her rescue. country music star blake shelton has a message for america's kids. what he said that has the internet going crazy. mornings are better with friends. welcome aboard. thanks very much for joining us on the busy thursday. we had a lot to talk about. >> more to come. >> yep. in fact, this is the lead story and should be. on the fox news alert, a dozen people are still unaccounted éo for. an amtrak train flies off the tracks in philadelphia, 24 hours ago. >> we now know the train was traveling at twice the legal speed limit which was 50 when...

Miles per hour. >> do you remember the gentleman that sat next to you? i forgot his name. >> jeremy. >> you know how he said he liked to walk the train. he said i did feel as if i was being knocked side by side because the train was going so fast. >> there had been some suggestion, that the train was behind schedule when it left philly. maybe the guy was trying to make up for lost time. it looks like right now a simple cause, the guy was going way too fast. and yet, yesterday, on capitol hill, voting on a funding bill democrats used yesterday's accident down in philly to accuse republicans, es...

Was traveling at 106 miles per hour when the engineer applied the emergency brake as he hit the curve where the speed limit is 50. the train was going 102 when it flew off the tracks. the engine slid forward and didn't roll over. the first car mangled and the other three cars on their side. five of the cars and the engine are being moved by the ntsb to a more secure location. we're told that might be in wilmington, delaware, likely a hangar where they can be closely dammed. the data recorder are being examed at ntsb headquarters in washington. they're starting to repair the tracks. we saw trac...

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The wreckage, a violinest at the washington opera, jennifer kim tweeted out this. hey amtrak thanks a lot for derailing my train. can i get my violin back from the second car of the train? twitter erupted. they go, hey, there are a bunch of people dead this morning we know of at least seven. i misspoke earlier. what poor taste. she then deleted the tweet then deleted her account. and people just said, we cannot believe the insensitivity. so many people died and she wants her violin. >> now, let's talk about maybe possibly insensitive. you make the call at home. >> oh, it is. >> that is. as i s...