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>> well it's not quite as cut and dried as all of that. in fact, if i could add some texture on some of your earlier discussion congress has already authorized what they call positive train control system to be in by the end of the year. the truth is, they already have something called automatic train control and that's what the ntsb and fra is insisting be put in place when they put this line back in place. automatic train control is what they call it, and it's something that is not quite as comprehensive as positive train control but it would have prevent this had tragedy and it is available...

So how could a projectile have led to this. and the working hypothesis still holds true i think that if somebody threw a projectile, other train engineers have said this, if something big and heavy hits the windshield just the noise just the shock and surprise alone can disorient the train engineer. now, this is a train coming out of the north philadelphia station. it's about a three-mile stretch to get to the curve where the accident happened. and when 188 came north out of that station the routine practice is for him to open up the throttle to get right up to about 80 miles an hour and then ...

In the same area causing window damage. the engineer of the derailed amtrak train saying he still cannot remember anything in the minutes before the crash. brian yennous has more in philadelphia. >> reporter: hi julie. exactly right. the fbi had a presence here on the crash site from the very beginning but the ntsb asked them to analyze the lower left portion of the windfield for amtrak train 188, particularly a circular break that could have resulted from someone throwing or shooting something into the windshield. before the train crashed tuesday 9:21. an assistant conductor in the cafe car s...

Do you have a problem with his presence? >> he's worked hard to ask tough questions but undermined his reputation. so that was a false promise. he didn't have any -- the republicans were never going accept him as a moderator of a debate because he was so close personally to bill and hillary clinton. >> we'll be talking a lot about this over the next 100 days. have a great weekend. thanks for joining me. >> we just got that breaking news. heather now has more to tell us and right on the other side. >> good morning. hope you're off to a good day. do you remember this story about the sleep depriv...

You'd have to relitigate some of that. they have the video of him setting the bomb. you have the video of his martyrdom evened into the boat. >> the abunevidence was abundant and also quite damning. ronan, thank you. we're also awaiting for the national transportation and safety board press conference. we expect when that happens that we'll learn a little bit more about the investigation of that amtrak derailment. we're told that federal investigators have talked to the train engineer. they've talked to the man who was steering that train when it derailed. when that happens, we'll bring it to ...