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This happened and that this engineer was put into a situation where he was out of control, let's say, or out of control of the train and unconscious perhaps for a very brief period of time. and this engine is a very powerful high horsepower locomotive designed to accelerate passenger trains very quickly. so it may seem difficult for people to comprehend that this could happen so quickly but if he was unconscious even a minute this locomotive could have accelerated the train to a speed of 100 plus miles an hour and by the time he came to got his wits about imh and realized where he was, it may ...

Washington. the ntsb the reconstructing the train as part of their investigation. in addition, amtrak is hoping they can get service back up and running between philly and new york on tuesday. alex, back to you. >> tom, what is your read on the ntsb's report of their talk with the train's engineer? because didn't they say he was very cooperative? >> reporter: very cooperative and offered to come back. he was sitting with his attorney, and that's very common in these incidents. he also turned over his cell phone to the police immediately after the accident. and this is also a guy who had been v...

Amtrak beef up technology by installing circuits to control speeds along the northeast corridor. trains must be equipped with a safety feature that automatically applies the brakes when a train is exceeding certain speeds. we know this train was going 106 miles per hour at that turn. ntsb investigators believe the safety features would have prevented the crash on tuesday. the ceo of amtrak also saying they would. a short time ago amtrak issued this response. amtrak's overarching goal is to provide safe u and secure rail passenger travel. we will immediately implement the federal railroad draek...

Public trial, i can understand that the. and the one hostage he might have had the closest relationship with is kayla mueller the last one who was killed in the rather tragic circumstances months ago, so i am waiting to see how the story evolved in the next several days. >> but if it is indeed the fact that the u.s. government was saying no casualties and no army forces wounded then it is really textbook operations. >> delta force knows what they are doing, and they can maneuver inside of syria and they have done it before. >> thank you, michael weiss. and new mystery of that amtrak train de...

Train and the other was the southbound train. one was hit by a rock like a passenger side window. the septa has damage to the front windshield and all within 15 minutes you have the crash of amtrak 188, all in the same area about the same time and so it raises some interesting timing situation going on. >> and we know that the near did meet with the ntsb today. do we know what was said and what the latest is? >> this is what is so frustrating and again the ntsb said we need inner facing cameras in the cabs to see what is going on in the engine room. the engineer said he rings the bell passing ...