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The platforms and trainings are wide open. you don't even need a ticket in some cases. >> i think there's two issues, one the security on the train itself, which is very hard. you need the vigilance of the passengers. the other one is how free it is to travel across europe country to country, almost like within the united states, you don't get checked for documentation going from, say, you know, new york to washington, d.c. same thing in what they call the provinces, basically the european countries, you can travel very freely without any check of documentation, and i -- i think they're going ...

Them to actually come through the windshield but it does happen. this is one of the many kinds of obstacles that engineers operating on the corridor run into. it's an additional part of our -- the difficulties of our job, that most people don't know about or think about. but, there is safety glass. and the it works pretty well. it works pretty well to when you realize that the combined forces that would be involved with sympathetic that is thrown or shot at a windshield, plus the velocity of the train itself, you could be talking about hubs of miles an hour of impact. >> fritz edler former amt...

Unusual thing for things to be thrown at a locomotive. it's somewhat more unusual for them to actually come through the windshield, but it does happen. this is one of the many kinds of obstacles that engineers operating on the corridor run into. it's an additional part of our -- the difficulties of our job, that most people don't know about or think about. but, there is safety glass. and the it works pretty well. it works pretty well to, when you realize that the combined forces that would be involved with sympathetic that is thrown or shot at a windshield, plus the velocity of the train itsel...

Coming in. six people were killed in this. now we're learning more about those who died. one of the associated press's key video people, key video journalists for them, was one of those who died in this train derailment. and jim gains his 8 years old -- 48 years old. father of two. on his way home to plains borrow, new jersey. pentagon official confirmed that a u.s. naval academy midshipman was among those killed on the amtrak train as well. we can tell you that the ntsb sent seven different teams of people. they hav categories they look at that signals on the train track, the train itself, th...

Hudson rivers. new york governor andrew cuomo talked about the factors that could have caused the crash early this morning. >> there were three possibilities. that there was a problem with the track. there was quote, unquote equipment failure on the train itself, or operator error. that the engineer of the train, who was a long-time engineer made a mistake where human beings that could happen also. >> reporter: and we understand that we're going to have another press conference with the ntsb a little later on today. and we may find out the speed factor sometime today as well. martha? martha: i...