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Congress pushed that deadline back when it became evident that many of the railroads weren't going to make it and so the concern from a safety perspective is not having positive train control, which is a gps-based system that backs up the engineer if they're fatigued, if they're distracted or incapacitated and slows or stops a train before a collision or an overspeed derailment. that technology is a lifesaver and should be on all of those routes now. >> it wasn't used here. we don't know if it was there and not implemented but it wasn't used by this train on this day. now, i do understand the ...

Addressed and prioritized in this legislation. we will be very excited to sign it in the coming days. >> reporter: early reports are indicating the fatal amtrak derailment similar to the 2015 derailment in philadelphia could have been prevented by positive train control, which they passing '08 for all lines on '15. that has been pushed back and a quarter of passage of the lines. is this white house considering any steps to speed up the implementation of positive train control to stop this kind of actions? >> secretary sanders: we are going to review and investigate what took place yesterday an...

Trains. david gun, he was the president of amtrak from 2002 to 2005. he led some of the top transit authorities on the continent, new york, philadelphia, washington and toronto. david gun joins me now. thank you for joining us. based on what you know -- first of all let's talk about the positive train control. that has not been put into service on this train line. it was delayed until next year. what do you think about when you hear the reporting on the positive train control? >> well, railroads have been running trains safely for years without positive train control. so my first response is w...

Implemented yet. on this rail it was on the train track, but not operating on the train cars yet. it was implemented in the spring and around the nation a year from now in december of 2018. take a listen to what one said about it. >> it's a great disappointment that positive train control is not implemented in every railroad across the country. it can prevent these exact types of accidents. it was mandated and unfortunately the deadline was moved further into the future. every year that we wait to implement it means that more people will be killed and injured. >> and just to give you an idea o...

79 miles an hour but once it goes on the ground you can't stop it. >> kennedy: what is the status and the longer distance amtrak trains and commuter trains we see in this country, considering the massive fatality crash we saw in los angeles about eight years ago? that started all of this, what is the likelihood that this train -- >> it's hard to say. even if it had positive train control, it may not have affected it. if it was a broken axle, once it goes on the ground positive train control doesn't take effect. also keep in mind that the aspect of positive train control, in these types of acci...