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Against a brutal regime. >> we'll stay in touch with you on that senator gardner, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. just ahead, more on the iraqi military's failures on fighting isis. are there any forces on the ground capable of pushing back the terrorists? did a bullet hit the windshield of an amtrak train before the deadly crash in philadelphia? stand by. we're getting new information.
The ntsb says they found no evidence to back up an assistant conductor's claim she heard the engineer say train 188 had been hit. >> we've interviewed the septa engineer and he did not recall having any conversation between him and the amtrak engineer but nevertheless we do have this mark on the windshield the amtrak train and certainly want to trace that lead down. >> reporter: amtrak restored full service today along the busy northeast corridor. maneuvering the curve where 188 derailed without problems. technology called automatic train control is now in place to slow northbound trains befor...
About the investigation into the deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia. this is the first day since the accident that passenger trains are running again. one the most important and heavily traveled areas of the northeast. let's go to cnn's rene marsh at philadelphia's main train station for us. what's the latest, rene? >> reporter: well wolf there's only one way that a train could speed up and that's by the person driving it. data from the train's recorders show that this engineer manually pushed the throttles forward to increase the speed, but the question remains, why? why did this ...
This was intentional. everything is on the table as far as investigators go. there-of-they are also looking at his experience. we know that he had only been on this route a matter of weeks. also today, wolf a law enforcement source is essentially throwing water on this theory that something, a projectile was thrown at amtrak 188, and that may have caused the crash. this source is saying that police they listened to all of the dispatch recorders, and have heard nothing about 188 being shot. they also spoke to passengers and none of them said that the train was struck. >> rene we'll check back. ...
Priority one. we should tell you, wolf data from the recorder shows this engineer moved the throttle forward to speed up the train. the question remains why? although investigators are focusing on this engineer and his handling of the train, we should say it is too early to say this indicates a criminal act. in fact we know police as well as the district attorney's office they're waiting for the ntsb to complete their investigation before they make any moves. an ntsb source is saying it's too early to take anything off the table, are possibilities are still on the tashlgs wolf. >> rene, thanks...