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Clear. train 501 was traveling about 80 miles per hour as it rounded a curve and derailed. that's more than twice the posted 30-mile-per-hour speed limit. >> the brake was automatically activated rather than being initiated by the engineer. and that simply means that that's part of when there is an accident, the emergency brake system goes in place. it was not something that the engineer actually initiated himself. >> three people onboard the train were killed, including zach, his friend described him as a mass transit history enthusiast. many passengers wanted to be onboard for the train's in...

Focused on is excessive speed, failure to slow down, two people in the cab instead of one and the possibility that either that second person or some piece of electronics distracted the engineer, he failed to hit the brakes. back to you. >> all right. this is a story we certainly need answers to. thanks so much, tom. we're going to take a break. coming up, money, power, politics. jared kushner's family business boasting billions of dollars in real estate acquisitions over the last decade but just how accurate are those figures? a look inside the kushner family firm. i'd like to know why i did...

>> preliminary indications are that the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour and a 30-mile-per-hour track. >> the event data recorder is starting to provide the first clues as to what possibly caused amtrak train 500 want to go off the tracks. as the cars are removed, investigators are looking into factors, including why the train was going more than double the speed limit for the area. >> they are looking in operations, the track, the mechanics. survival factors, human performance. >> the team will interview the engineer, conductor and crew members on the trip from seattl seattle. >> the ...

Me. >> telling you what? >> telling me why this all happened. >> reporter: but then, he shut down. even so, detectives thought they had enough evidence linking him to the crime. they arrested him and charged him with murder. then, an amazing turn of events. after his steadfast denials, the engineer admitted that, yes, he was the shooter. but he said he was not guilty of the crime because he had been insane when he pulled the trigger. a little more than a year after his arrest, hemy neuman's trial for murder began and the prosecutor argued his insanity plea was preposterous. the case against hi...

>> you're this close to telling me. >> telling you what? >> telling me why this all happened. >> reporter: but then he shut down. even so, detectives thought they had enough evidence linking him to the crime. they arrested him and charged him with murder. then, an amazing turn of events. after his steadfast denials, the engineer admitted that, yes, he was the shooter. but he said he was not guilty of the crime because he had been insane when he pulled the trigger. a little more than a year after his arrest, hemy neuman's trial for murder began and the prosecutor said his insanity plea was prep...