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Could be mechanical error. we don't know what -- why this happened. and we really want to know that. and i think -- i think it's almost irresponsible just to say oh, positive train control would have been prevented it. it might have. but you really need to know what happened here. >> and i know from investigations in other train accidents long before there was positive train control that was controlled by satellite or gps there are mechanical systems on trains meant to do the same thing if a train is blowing through a central or speeding or faster than is supposed to be. there were levers. >> ...

It indicates the train could have been taking the turn far, far too fast. why is another issue. >> we were talking about this, the philadelphia train derailment. and we talked about positive train control. the president also says that positive train control, that technology designed to slow a train down automatically was not activated at the time. could it have made a difference here? >> oh, yes, in this kind of an accident is exactly where positive train control has made a huge difference. and, you know, it's not illegal that it wasn't activated because rail operators have been given extensio...

They do not do that. they graduate down with different speed limits. that is possibly a suggestion that could have made this a little less likely to happen, but again, if you lost track of where he was, or he misjudged, or you are unfamiliar with the territory, any of those things could have happened, and once again, some positive train control for space and the like saved in the coming we would not be having this conversation. >> jon: this was the first time that amtrak was using that particular stretch of track at least for passenger. with the crew have taken that trip before rehearsal? >> m...

Run on a new passenger route, the train sped at 80 miles per hour, much faster than the posted 30-mile-per-hour speed limit for the curved section of track. investigators already recovered the train's rear black box. and they also know this. life-saving technology called positive train control, was not activated on this brand-new passenger rail line. ptc forces speeding trains to automatically slow down. >> we're going to find out exactly what ptc or positive train control would have prevented this accident. it's a great disappointment that positive train control has not been implemented in ev...

Before the horse, but it's not clear he was saying we need to heavily invest in these sorts of things. >> let's be honest. the problem is bigger than donald trump. this is about mustcle memory an politics. the nra taught us they will go after us and deprive us of money and we will have lobbyist attacking us, and so the problem is bigger than donald trump. but he campaigned on the promise to blow up the old orthodoxes. it should be about things like positive train control and front loading, and comprehensive control but it isn't. >> it's about expressing normal human emotion and condolences. he...