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Of the crash. also a reminder that there is still no positive train control as required by congress. that's the bicker issue of safety. there is news on train 188 specifically. the fbi is betting reports the train's windshield was hit by a projectile before the wreck. let's go to alexander field. she is live on that first amtrak train to leave philadelphia's 31st street station since the crash. everything all right? >> sure is. chris. we have passengers getting on as we have just stopped right now. we have been making the ride from philadelphia to new york. also this morning, trains left heade...

>> i think it is a distract from the reality. united states of america is falling behind dramatically its global peers in terms of the quality of its infrastructure. we have trillions of dollars of an infrastructure debt right now and the accident which we saw happen which the ntsb says would have been prevented should we had positive train control -- we should not be scrimping on investments in public safety of but what it's even more important to understand this as china invests about 9% of their gdp in infrastructure, america is only doing 1.5%. by withholding this investment in what americ...

>> i think it is a distract from the reality. united states of america is falling behind dramatically its global peers in terms of the quality of its infrastructure. we have trillions of dollars of an infrastructure debt right now and the accident which we saw happen which the ntsb says would have been prevented should we had positive train control -- we should not be scrimping on investments in public safety of but what it's even more important to understand this as china invests about 9% of their gdp in infrastructure, america is only doing 1.5%. by withholding this investment in what americ...

There traffic on the tracks something going on on the track, what has to happen? what's a much more in-depth system. >> so is automatic train control, this technology on lots of portions of this highly traffic route? >> i'd say most of it on the northeast corner and i should say many passenger rails. the government had long ago insisted there be speed controls and this older technology. so when the federal rail administration over the weekend ordered them to get something on there now, this was saibl an it's been available for many years. it is on most passenger rail line but not on the 48 lin...

100 million. you can see how happy they were. the ceo of amtrak released a statement. he said the safety of our passengers and crew remains our number one priority. our infrastructure repairs have been made with the utmost care on infrastructure integrity, including complete compliance with federal railroad administration directorives. just a minute ago, the first train that came from philadelphia to penn station, new york passengers just unboarded a minute ago. that train was ten minutes late in leaving, 30 minutes late in arriving. so that may take everything down so it's a little late today...