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The train, rests with the engineer. the conductor is inside the train attending to the passengers. he has the title of being the one in charge of the entire train crew. train doesn't move until the conductor says so but as far as adhering to speed restrictions, wayside signals, the conductor's inside the train and he can't see where he is at at any one particular time. >> i ask that question amtrak their official responsibilities for the conductor and the engineer, it cites radio speed restrictions, so i was trying to understand the checks and balances in place to alert the engineer or remind ...

Welcome back as we recap our top story. the scene here, a devastating and deadly scene there in philadelphia. an amtrak train derailment. at least five people dead. dozens more injured. we know at least six people are in critical condition at the hospital. the train was headed from d.c. to new york, a very popular corridor. the busiest, really the busiest train corridor in the country. some 17 million people actually travel this corridor every year. but seven cars suddenly jumped the track last night. most of them flipping over rescuers had to use hydraulic tools to remove many of the trapped ...

Relates to taking mass transit. in this particular case the northeast corridor people have expectations that it's going to be a safe ride. when it's all said and done, the inspections will be done. the analysis will be done. we have to make sure that something like this never happens again along the corridor. >> i know that there are still people missing. is it possible that there are still people inside any of these train cars? >> well they're not giving any specific information. but the reality is they're basing the unaccounted for and the passenger manifest can give certain information with...

And all seven cars derailed. the biggest important thing to let you know, latest count stands six people are dead. more than 200 people we're told have been taken to the hospital. not everyone at this moment has been accounted for. that's something that's extremely troubling to the mayor and very important that they end up figuring out where everyone is and make sure all of the names on all of the lists at the hospital and coming from amtrak that those manifests that they match. also coming into us just now into cnn, president obama released a statement on the amtrak derailment. let me read it...

Upset about his punishment get in trouble. it's wednesday, may 13th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning on this wednesday. i'm marci gonzalez in for reena ninan. >> i'm t.j. holmes. what a wednesday we have now. breaking news overnight coming to us out of philadelphia where we have amtrak train derailment. at least five people dead and look at the mess. we have more than 50 people injured. we know several are in critical condition at hospitals now but these pictures are telling us the story. >> and it is a devastating scene with several of the cars totally r...