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Can place on his commissioner that he put in place to get them moving forward. i would lay it at the president's feet. again, there's a reform bill out there that we passed out of our committee out of the house on a bipartisan vote 316 to some and it's over in the senate now. the senate needs to take that up and let's pass this let's do the reforms necessary, let's get the states involved let's make sure that if we're giving billions of dollars to amtrak that they're spending it wisely. right now i don't believe that's going on. >> there's criticism of your bill that one of the elements of it ...

Officials say amtrak train 188 accelerated from 70 to over 100 miles an hour in that final minute before tuesday's deadly crash. amtrak's ceo now says that technology that could have been -- could have prevented the disaster captured in this newly obtained surveillance video will be installed on the northeast corp doi by the end of years. meanwhile, the funeral for midshipman justin zemser will be held today on long island. a bill that will give congress to potentially reject any nuclear deal with iran is now on president obama's desk. the house overwhelmingly passing legislation on thursday...

Surveillance camera from a nearby building. watch as sparks fly at over 100 miles an hour. the deadly speed catapulting seven train cars and the engine off the tracks. >> we will have positive train control on the northeast corridor section by december 31st. >> reporter: amtrak's ceo says that safety mechanism to prevent human error will be in place by the congressional mandate. but some say too little too late. why isn't it done now? was it an issue of cost? is it just come down to the bottom line? >> no it's a time issue and also a cost issue. >> reporter: all right. well back out here live ...

Engineer at the controls of ill-fated amtrak train 188. >> we're very excited that he's agreed to talk to us. we plan to do it in the next few days. >> he's a sweet guy. he's a good decent person. >> reporter: friends of the engineer speaking out saying he would never do anything with negligent intent. >> just knowing how much he loves this job and how much it means to him and to have this happen is just got to be devastating. >> reporter: according to bostian's attorney the five-year veteran engineer did not have a pre-existing medical condition, was not impaired by alcohol or drugs and his c...

Rescue. tremendous sadness for those families i'm sure. thank you. we turn now to startling developments in the amtrak crash investigation. officials say that that train accelerated substantially in the final minute as it hurtled toward that fateful curve going from 70 miles an hour to more than 100 in only a minute. cnn's transportation and government regulation correspondent rene marsh has the very latest for us live in philadelphia. that's an extreme speed-up. >> reporter: it absolutely is. you know investigators also found that at this point they are no anomalies as it relates to the tra...