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Barreling towards a 50 mile-an-hour curve addt more than 100 miles per hour more questions asked about the man at the wheel. the engineer. he show have a really good idea what happened even though his lawyer claims he does not remember the crash at all. cnn's drew griffin is in philadelphia now digging deeper on that part of the story. drew the engineer has not yet spoken to investigators. >> reporter: that right, jake and until he does because he was the sole drive every of this train we're federal reserver erwe're never going to have a clear picture. again, another day of silence. brandon ba...

Understand, it is able to slow the train down automatically without the engineer involved so if the system senses you are going too fast, you are coming around this turn at 100 miles per hour and long before two seconds ago, you could slow down and if this was in place, this accident wouldn't have happened. >> and it is supposed to be in mace by the end of the year and now there is talk in congress i understand based on pressure from a number of groups to extend the deadline on that, some as far as 2020, that it all has to be in place in the country. and we'll see if that has an impact on that...

Pezzed to dying unnecessarily in a train wreck. >> reporter: as the the investigation into the crash continues, friend and family of the victims remember those who will never be seen again. like the 20-year-old naval midshipman simply on his way hope. >> this tragedy has shocked us aall in the worst way. we wish to spend this time grieving with our close family and friend. >> reporter: you hear the may your's criticisms of the engineer's actions. after he said that an ntsb spokesman said the may your's word were inflammatory. what we know about the engineer he has nearly a decade of experience...

Breaking news of the amtrak crash. few more details to update you. an eighth person has now been discovered and that brings the death toll here to eight. that body was found this morning by a cadaver dog. the fire department doing that. 43 people still in the hospital. amtrak service may actually be able to get back up and running by tuesday. still though, the big question, and that is, how did this happen, and the engineer's role or perhaps the train's role. was it mechanical? the engineer? these things are still up in the air. i want to bring you david susi, the former faa inspector, as well...

Miles per hour. yesterday, the engineer said he couldn't remember how fast the train was going, according to a source. today, he's staying tight lipped. federal investigators hope this man, brandon bostian may know why an amtrak train jumped the track causing a deadly crash. >> it was probably a few seconds. you could see it pounding. when i was pounding in the back of my head, i was like, maybe this is. in the moment that, like, we -- it was like i'm alive. >> it appears speed is a factor. preliminary data shows the train was traveling more than 100 miles per hour as it approached a turn just...