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Injured hundreds. there is a local radio call from a local commuter train about its windshield being shattered. >> transit 1, let those personnel know that that train was shot at so use caution. >> the engineer for that train also of interest to federal investigators. the lead investigator also stressing the need for the safety technology known as positive train control which they say would have prevented the crash. positive train control automatically stops a speeding train and despite the vast rail system, has only been fully implemented for passenger trains in a handful of places though it ...

Percentage of the campompensation and capped xorgt the $200 million cap is. >> what do you say to the victims and victims' family? let me read you a part an article in "daily news" and an interview with a dad. my son was nipped in the prime of his life but he did not have to die. i sit here now after my body's body and listen to the amtrak and federal people say that the safety mshls that could have overrode the speeding train could have been installed except for the time and money. time and money? my son is dead because of time and money. this is insane and he pauses. his sigh is as long as t...

And did they have an affect on the engineer of the train wo can't remember anything from the derailment because of a concussion. we know that there was speed involved. but they have no idea why it was traveling twice that speed. >> we have had experts say despite something hitting the wind shield. it could explain why the train was traveling double the spode limit. the federal railroad administration is demanding changes for amtrak. why don't you explain. >> reporter: there is an emergency order and asking amtrak to add the autospeed control. that is technology that slows down a speeding train...

Cars. thursday morning an eighth body was discovered. >> the dog hit on a couple of spots and we were able to find one other passenger in the wreckage. >> reporter: authority say all 233 people on board have been accounted for. as crews work to repair the tracks, ntsb investigation continues. they've taken 3-d imaging of the cars and continue to analyze the train's recordings. the other high priority, interviewing the train's crew including engineer, 32-year-old brandon bostian. >> i'm pleased to report we have contacted the not ji here in an he has agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb. we loo...

Between funding and this week's crash. >> that's a stupid question. listen, you know, they started this yesterday. it's all about funding. the train was going twice the speed limit. adequate funds were there. no money's been cut from rail safety. >> democratic senator charles schumer called boehner's comments "patently false." he said insufficient funding had delayed installation of the advanced technology system that could have stopped the speeding train. >> there's been another security threat at the white house. a california man flying a small drone while standing on the street in front of ...