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Occurrence, it basically goes against their argument that it somehow puts them off the hook. they are going to be found liable in this. i mean, because it's a civil standard. but i agree with joey. i think that the projectile issue has more to do with the engineer's criminal liability, not the civil case. >> all righty. joey, last word. >> very quickly to mel's prior point about the $200 million and people don't think it's enough. i think it could be fixed by congress. you could see potentially a fund in place and you could also see, again i'm speculating, but i think it may be reasonable for ...

So how could a projectile have led to this. and the working hypothesis still holds true i think that if somebody threw a projectile, other train engineers have said this, if something big and heavy hits the windshield just the noise just the shock and surprise alone can disorient the train engineer. now, this is a train coming out of the north philadelphia station. it's about a three-mile stretch to get to the curve where the accident happened. and when 188 came north out of that station the routine practice is for him to open up the throttle to get right up to about 80 miles an hour and then ...

More than 200 people were injured. friday, the youngest victim 20-year-old justin zemser was laid to rest. the naval academy midshipmen was traveling home on leave. hundreds attended his funeral which include full military honors. the federal railroad administration ordered amtrak to take measures to improve safety on the northeast corridor. joining me from philadelphia msnbc correspondent adam reyes. what are the orders issued by the administration? >> reporter: good morning. three orders. one to assess curves, one to assess speed and to install atc, automatic train control. that would alert ...

Seems. this morning, let's talk about the legal angle here. investigators are focusing on what happened in the second leading up to derailment, of course the possibility the train may have been struck by an object before hurdling off the tracks. the fbi is investigating a fist-sized crack on the left side of the windshield. let's talk to cnn legal analyst mel robins and hln legal analyst joey jackson about this. mel, throwing projectiles at trains, apparently, we have been told is common. so much so it has a nickname "getting rocked." yak tram train might be one of three trains hit by somebody...

I may have said horn. he's priored to sound his ed torequired to sound his bell as he goed past a station stop. and he did that. he recalled doing that. but he has no recollection of anything past that. >> joining me now from philadelphia's amtrak station, adam reese. what more do you know that you can tell us about the ntsb's interview with the engineer brandon bostian? >> reporter: they tell us he's been very cooperative offering up more support. all he remembers as you heard ringing his bell as he passed through the north philadelphia train station. he wasn't fatigued he wasn't ill. this wa...