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>> give us a better idea, mike, of three stops. how far of a distance are we talking about here? >> oh, it's about -- you're looking at a couple, three, four miles at least, maybe more, going without an operator. and what's interesting is, i mean, they're looking at possible tampering of some kind of safety device in the cab of the train. nothing has been definitively established. the transit police are involved in the investigation, they are the chief people involved. the fbi has been asking if they need some assistance in this investigation, but right now there is a possible case of tamperin...

This was one accident and one investigation but we'll justin to do more as we go along. >> is what's happening overall here, this is not first conversation we've had about oil train safety and not first time we've covered it. and it's a concern to so many communities aren't country whether or not they're anywhere near oiled fields because so many towns have oil trains rumbling through, past schools and main streets. >> right. >> is what's happening here that we're getting a slight reorientation in terms of who is responsible for safety, it fields like the companies that make money off shipping...

Track safety improvements, is that potential fine, are those potential penalties also going to go up? is that even under consideration? >> well, the congress would probably have to step in on that. but what we've said is we have a zero tolerance policy for these crude routes. so whether it's track, whether it's the way you are operating the train, we're taking everything that could happen on these crude routes incredibly seriously. in this case, as you said, we're putting out a safety advisory urging railroads to do closer inspections. if there's evidence or indication of a defect or a flaw, t...

Anti terror police have until tonight to question ayoub el khazzani. raising concerns about train safety here on american soil and across europe. let's go live to paris and bring in senior correspondent jim bittermann. jim, what are we learning about the investigation? >> reporter: we are learning a lot about the investigation. we are awaiting the latest. the prosecutor has until this evening to bring el khazzani before a judge or release him. we expect that we will hear what the charges may be during a news conference this morning or today here. i would like to bring in the

Why? not because of what they have recently done to devalue the currency. why give that state visit to a country that doesn't share our values and our allegiance. i call on others to ask for the president of the united states to say we are not going to have that state visit. >> on the democratic side, the tweet from bernie sanders. quote, we need banks that invest in the job creating economy. we don't need more speculation with the american economy hanging in the balance. so far no comments from jeb bush or hillary clinton. new information on the suspect in the paris train attack brought dow...