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Derailing outside of philadelphia. the pictures, we want to show you them over and over again. they speak volumes. they say more than words i can provide or describe about the scene and how horrific it is. just take a look at all of it. the train's engine, seven cars as i mentioned, overturned, derailed. crushed. ripped apart. looks like shredded paper in some places by the shear force of the crash. some of the cars so badly mangled first responders had to use hydraulic rescue tools, so-called jaws of life we heard about before, to reach people who were trapped inside. many passengers talking ...

Much faster. and watch how the passenger cars pull off. this is why it was easy for people to talk about speed early on. this accident fit the pattern. we have a whole investigation to complete. but right now, that's why speed keeps coming to the forefront. >> tom foreman, thank you so much. joining me now is robert halstead along with bob francis. thank you both for joining us. mr. francis, let me start with you. the ntsb now saying that this train according to initial data analysis was going in excess of 100 miles an hour around this 50-mile-an-hour curve. some passengers also said before th...

>> looking last night at the breaking news coverage many others announced how there was no light. at one point you see just a few flashlights, glimmers of light in all of that. how do you describe getting off or having even the presence of mind to open that window to get yourself out of there and to help other people in the dark and smoke all around you? >> yeah well tamron it was pretty bad. you know, i thought i was a goner, frankly, it was so violent. but once i realized i was okay i checked my arms and legs they were still there and i just forced myself up. i knew i was going to get home t...

Apparently the train was believed to have been going over 100-mile-an-hour when is it crashed. that's just into us. let's talk about it. a former safety official with the federal railroad administration is with me. paul ginsburg is with me as well a forensic audio expert who's examined recordings for the federal government in multiple high-profile criminal cases. let's get right to it. george first to you. we had heard obviously speed could potentially be a factor around that curve, especially when you look at the trajectory of how those train cars flew off those tracks. when you hear 100 mile...

With that engineer will be critical. >> right, and it will be a formal interview with all the parties to the investigation, including amtrak and anybody else that may be a party to that investigation. >> how hard is it going to be to establish a manifest of the passengers given the fact that although the train tickets i gather are computerized even on unreserved trains people could decide at the last minute not to get on. >> yes. that's been a problem. any passenger trains that's been the ease of tracking passengers on aircraft but not on passenger trains even on subways, always a problem find...