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They've had to bring in extra guards and security to help keep these sworn enemies separated. police here on high alert. >> in the gang world, violence usually condones more violence. is this over? most likely not. >> and police telling us they are still finding weapons out here and many of them high powered firearms. phillip mena, abc news, waco, texas. >> we turn now to the latest on amtrak. the engineer's union now calling for a second crew member at the controls of all trains on the busy northeast corridor. meanwhile the lead conductor of the train that derailed now suing amtrak. emilio fo...

Structured much more structured than your average street gang. they know what they're doing. they have bylaws and rules and a highly sophisticated way of conducting war. they keep files on their enemies. they do countersurveillance and surveillance on their enemies and law enforcement. they're very smart. they're not what we picture as our average biker. >> charles falco, thank you very much. thank you for agreeing to come on even with your concerns. and we'll stay in touch off television so you can let us know what's going on. appreciate it. >> thank you, sir. alisyn. another top story we...

Throttles and the then the train continued to accelerate that's one possibility, in my mind. the other possibility is just that it was an unplanned act. it was something that was overlooked simply forgot he was going into a turn. and the third possibility is some kind of inka passitation by the engineer. he was having memory loss. did that happen before or after the accident? >> we're also learning that the engineer had been traveling the route for just a few weeks. do you think that could have played a part in this derailment? >> l it's not like you get your driver's license and you can go ou...

Caused -- it's not a major cause of this tragedy. but if it happened as the engineer was entering the curve, it could have served along with other things as a distraction to him where he lost his situation awareness for just a few seconds. then all of a sudden realized he was entering the turn at a far excessive speed. could it be a contributing factor perhaps, but i don't think it's going to be a major part of the investigation. >> could it be a reason for that strange acceleration just as that train approached the curve? >> no it wouldn't have been. the data recorder on the train is pretty c...

Struck. they also interviewed passengers no mention of the train being struck. meantime we've been talking to government sources as well as law enforcement sources all day. it appears there's a sharp focus on the engineer, his experience and his handling of the train. tonight fbi analysts are examining the crashed amtrak locomotive now housed at this maintenance site in delaware trying to determine if something struck the train moments before it derailed. meantime the ntsb said they found no evidence to back up an assistant conductor's claims she heard the engineer say train 188 had been hit. ...