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We begin with the investigation into the deadly amtrak derailment in philadelphia which left seven people dead. the ntsb says the train was going over twice the speed limit when it went off the tracks late tuesday. that's the scene right now. 3:00 in the morning eastern time in philadelphia. >> investigators say they are in the process of getting a search warrant for the engineer's phone records. to see if he was distracted at the team thauf crash. 32-year-old brandon bostian told police he couldn't recall how fast the train was going when it crashed. samuel burke has more. >> reporter: the in...

Wreck. he joins us from the scene in philadelphia. brian? >> reporter: wolf another horrible discovery today. another body pulled out of the wreckage a few hours ago, bringing the death toll in this derailment to eight and tonight we have learned new information about the engineer's actions that evening, and about his background. for the first time the engineer's side of the story. what happened when this train derailed at more than 100 miles an hour approach aring a curve limited to 50. >> he remembers coming into the curve. he remembers attempting to reduce speed. he does not remember pullin...

Happened? >> nothing? nothing. >> and in terms of, you know, joe branch, let me get you in on this, there's been criticism about the engineer, and with the benefit of the doubt, nobody knows anything yet. the black boxes haven't been made public, the events recorders have not been made public, your read on what's happening right now with his cooperation or lack thereof or all of these other stories with regard to the engineer's role. >> i'm really unable to describe the engineer's role. i've been an amtrak spokesman during these kinds of things many, many years ago. anything i'd say, it would ...

Paid for by abc, inc. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and hello to you on this thursday morning. i'm t.j. holmes. >> i'm marci gonzales. reena ninan is on assignment. we begin with the focus on speed as investigators try to get to the bottom of that deadly amtrak crash in philadelphia. >> we now know the speed of that train. it was going over 100 miles an hour. thing is, it was in a 50-mile-an-hour zone at the time. that's when all seven cars jumped the tracks. now the engineer says he doesn't remember a thing about the crash. we get the very latest now from abc's david wright. >> ...

The train at 106 miles per hour as he entered that curve that is more than double the posted speed limit. and then he slammed on the brakes, got it down to 103, 102 miles per hour and then it's too late. the train is going off the tracks. we don't know why the train is traveling that fast. was he asleep at the switch? was he not paying attention? was he incapacitated in some way? was there a mechanical issue of some sort? he, we are told, hasn't talked to ntsb investigators. police sources told us he hasn't talked to them either. and we're also told he has contacted a lawyer. we're told the en...