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>> and how old are you? >> i don't know -- >> that's okay. >> reporter: the amount of people hurt, staggering. >> how many patients are there, do you think? >> one, two, three, four, five, six -- probably a dozen. >> reporter: all told, police say nearly a dozen taken to hospitals. three people killed including friends jim hamley and zack willholt. and in hopes of preventing another tragedy on the tracks. and hallie, the ntsb now says a full review could take one to two years and part of that review may be looking at whether positive train control an automated system could have prevented this ...

Made things cheaper or more efficient. >> well, that's the thing. they're talking about two ideas at the same time today. the argument that you could have this safety function of air traffic control housed in an entity that is not part of the government but is regulated by the government. they are the backers of this. congress points to europe and canada and places where this is working as a matter of safety. the longer temporary goal and what the president talked about today is on next gen and a system that would save time and money. that's something that the existing government agencies have...

That anything that's a safety function will continue to be funded. and any employee that comes here to feed and take care of the animals will continue to do that. but if you want to see the pandas online, too bad. even the animal cams are going dark. >> when we're shut down it takes away from things that families can do. >> reporter: locally owned businesses around the hill worry that lack of tourists will dry up their income as well. >> d.c. might be the next detroit, because when half the city is unemployed or doesn't have a paying job, this could become detroit in close to two months. >> re...

Liberty, this may be their last chance in who knows how long. >> welcome aboard. lady liberty. >> reporter: tourists are dealing with not only writing off a paycheck -- >> he works for the government. >> reporter: but writing off their vacation plans as well. >> there's not much i can do about it. so i'll just -- if i'm furloughed, i'm furloughed. we'll just deal with that. >> reporter: this will take a toll on employees as well, like those who work at liberty island. >> my only source of income. >> reporter: not only are employees at national monuments staying at home today -- >> we have lift...