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Why he was allowed to freely travel on the train system. >> he was armed with an ak-47, nine magazines, a pistol and a box cutter. he was in the end overpowered by four men, three of them were americans, they were friends traveling through europe. the suspect is now being questioned by french terror officials, and the man who prevented the massacre are heroes in france and also here in the united states. >> prevented it from being any worse, but we're told that one person was shot, hit by one of the bullets during the first round he was firing and another person slashed in the throat and then ...

Controls. its bold advertisements declare a superior intelligence has arrived. >> similar to what you have on your home computer when you're trying to fly a flight simulator with the joystick. it's all computer controlled. you're never physically moving the flight controller. >> airinter was a regional sort of airline. so this was a bit of an upstart carrier. but they were a highly motivated group that wanted the airline to succeed. >> part of that success depends on competing with france's high-speed train system. putting pressure on the crew for an on-time arrival. >> we have to get it on th...

To survey -- survivors continue to survey the damage. gabe gutierrez spoke with one survivor who still can't believe what happened. >> we've been through several floods, and we actually had one back in halloween that made what we considered a big mess. but it -- it paled in comparison to this. knocked down a few of the little road trees, but nothing like this. it's never been like this. >> nbc news correspondent jay gray joins us now from wimberley, texas. what's the latest on the search? >> reporter: well they're being hampered now by what is a rain system developing here. we hear the rolling...

You're describing and to i guess have the u.s. train system the rail system meet what we're seeing in europe and in asia is going to cost according to a 2012 estimate more than $100 billion. where is that money going to come from? >> well you know in our part of the country rail traffic has gone up by about 48%. you see double stacks of all our major carriers going through here with freight. my first answer is from the users. as well as from the public of the united states. because this helps contribute to our national strength economically on the passenger side we've had a real struggle here ...

Nearly $252 million. democratic congresswoman marcie camper joins us now, she serves on the house appropriations committee. good to have you this morning. >> thank you, it's a pleasure to be with you today. >> you've heard the arguments from opponents of increasing funding for amtrak. that the country shouldn't be in the business of a nationalized train system. it's throwing good money after bad. maybe it should be privatized. your response is what? >> well to use the expression they're dead wrong. and our hearts go out to the families who lost loved ones. to all the injured. some of whom are ...