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We need to go back maybe 30 years, the rail industry from the very instance that the ntsb made a proposal for positive train control, the rail industry opposed that safety device. what has happened over the years is that the rail industry has said they can't afford it. but the railroads, particularly the freight railroads, are making significant amount of money and they can't complain that they can't afford positive train control. the railroad industry, of course, amtrack is another issue. congress doesn't adequately fund amtrack. if they would, then we wouldn't have this issue on the passenge...

Rainy. listen to state police just moments ago. >> the weather has not been kind to us during this recovery operation. obviously you can see that it's rainy it. 'windy. our field personnel out this that are trying to recover these items, they are miserable but they are working as safely as they can. but it does slow down the process, for sure. >> reporter: officials had initially hoped they may be able to open this stretch of highway today it's not going the.half. state police now say tomorrow at the very earliest. this is the major artery between seattle and portland 678 that will cause serio...

Train control in the early '80s. maybe even earlier. and the rail industry opposed it in every step of the way. and even after it was adopted by congress, the rail industry was at the doorsteps of congress to have it further delayed and the last congress, they were successful. and they may be even again. >> you don't buy the argument that the rail industry's making and they don't want to pay for ptc. after the crash, president trump tweeted this. the train accident that just occurred in dupont, washington, shows more than ever why our soon to be submitted infrastructure plan must be approved q...

The country, 23% have ptc. so the deadline is december of 2018. but they've already indicated they will probably push that to 2020. stephanie, i've covered an awful lot of train accidents from california to the bronx to philadelphia to virginia all across the country and in every one of those that i've covered, the final conclusion was that positive train control could very well have prevented these accidents and prevented deaths. the ntsb has been very adamant about this, whether it is a human error factor, which generally is the problem these days, or whether it's a mechanical issue, brakes ...

The trains. all these other things, and we cannot get this positive train control implemented? although it wasn't place on the track, apparently the locomotive was not equipped for positive train control in this instance according to the president of amtrak. >> jon: ultimately, it is up to congress to provide the money, right? >> it really is. there is no excuse. i hope these guys take a look at this and realize, this was partially their fault if not mostly their fault. you cannot keep giving people extensions. like i said, 25 years ago right near the same spot, five railroad employees lost he...