as for amtrak, i don't know where they are. >> amtrak will be in compliance by year end. we provide the tnd cruise. >> the next question for mr. anderson, what is the status of the implementation of ptc that you operate on southern california. we have fallen fermentation if not, what is the schedule for implementation. >> we will be fully implemented by the deadline. >> mr. anderson you have said that you will not alone. then you right away. concern is amtrak will not be in compliance, how are you addressing this concern? >> you said you will not allow a non- ptc trained to operate on your right away. the concern is it will not be in compliance. >> the plan is the same as earlier, we will be in compliance by the deadline. >> a question for mr. tillman. i have a concern with the long train. in the ability of the trains to stop effectively. will this affect long trains in any way? >> to consider that continues to increase. the longer the train the more difficult it is to control, god forbid as the public crossings in their thousands every year there's three deaths every day

amtrak has long been a leader in ptc. we installed -- it is installed in nearly all of the northeast corridor today the busiest railway in america. we are set to complete ptc installation on the tracks and equipment we own or control by december 31, 2018 the federal deadline. we have great cooperation with our partners and partner host railroad's especially for class 1 reference. for those areas of her network where we rely on others we have to mostly cooperate with them because the host railroad amtrak and the manufactures of the equipment all have to cooperate to get the systems installed, tested and working properly. it's an enormous and complicated undertaking for the industry of suppliers that we all share a sense of urgency. having said that it's now clear that amtrak congress and the various railroads are likely to confront scenarios where ptc is not yet operational. first many routes outside the -- where the host railroad will apply for an alternative ptc implementation schedule. amtrak that question raises for us

again, that is the amtrak info line. that is 1-800-523-9101. [ inaudible question ] >> at that point, i don't have that information. at this point, i don't have that information. that will probably come out from csx or the lexington county coroner's office. >> do you know what direction the trains were traveling? >> at this point, no. we know just know they collided on the tracks. >> any idea why they collided? >> not at this time. that will be up to the investigation of cxs and ntsb. >> our hazmat team responded and we were able to clear two leaks of fuel from the trains. right now, we are estimating about 45,000 gallons of fuel despilled and we have asked a team to secure that leak and we are assisting in that as much as we can. >> no threat to the greater public? >> no threat to the public at this time. >> i'm sure every year, you guys must think 2005 any time you hear of a train wreck that comes to mind. can you talk about the amount of training that goes into this? >> absolutely. this is not our train derailment. yo

if amtrak investigators have arrived yet? ." last report they were on the way and they should be here within the hour. >> all right. >> derrec, was there any sign -- we were just talking to mary schiavo about this, but a sign any one of these trains had attempted to slow down? >> we don't have any information on that. right now, our focus is on the actual emergency response. that is what we do in emergency management, making sure that we can support any requests for resources to first responders. that is a more of a question for ntsb. we haven't heard any rumors or any reports like that. as i said our focus on the people on board the train and making sure they have someplace warm and making sure anybody who is injured is getting treated. >> also, we have asked a lot about the amtrak train for obvious reasons and where the bulk of the people are. >> sure. >> but was there any derailment on the csx train? was that train still on the tracks or derailed as well? >> getting more information about that. we do know there was a spill of

the amtrak train, slamming into a freight train in the middle of the night. two dead, and more than 100 taken to the hospital. and we've just learned how one of those trains ended up on the wrong track. >>> memo battle. the president calls it a, quote, "total vindication." but not all republicans agree. >> i actually don't think this has any impact on the russia probe. >> this, as president trump inserts politics back into football. what he just said about the national anthem and the super bowl. >>> faster flu check. with the deadly epidemic still surging, pharmacies now offering the rapid flu test. but should you still see a doctor? >>> failure to act? the new report alleging how the system failed gymnasts. claiming fbi investigators took nearly a year to speak to the young women who claimed they were abused. >>> and, high anxiety. the crazy high-wire walk, between the fierce winds and the raging waves. the daredevil fighting to stay on his feet. >>> and good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm tom llamas. we begin with the deadly train accide

both people killed were amtrak employees. emergency crews transporting more than 100 people to the hospital. welcome to "america's news headquarters," i'm eric shawn. molly: i'm molly line. bryan llenas is with us with the latest details. reporter: two amtrak crew members died in this crash. 116 people were sent to area hospitals. amtrak train 91 was traveling from new york to miami when it collided with a stationary csx freight train just before 2:34:00 a.m. this morning. the collision caused the amtrak lead engine and two passenger cars to derail. no one was on the freight train. according to the governor it appeared to him the amtrak train was traveling on the wrong track because the freight train was on a loading track. he reiterated all the information is preliminary. a national transportation safety board, ntsb, is on the way to investigate this crash. >> we need to determine what happened. what equipment or electronics or different or at fault or on the blink, or if there was human error. if so, where was the train sup

killing two amtrak employees. over 100 other were taken to the hospital. authorities say the miami-bound train appeared to be on the wrong track when it collided with a freight train. it also caused 5,000 gallons of fuel to spill. this is the second deadly amtrak crash in less than a week and the third since a crash in washington state last december. nbc's jennifer johnson gives us more details. >> reporter: a horrific scene near cayce, south carolina. the mangled wreckage of amtrak train 91 and a csx freight train. the trains collided just after 2:30 a.m. when most passengers were asleep, killing engineer michael kempf and the conductor. >> threw us across the room like you would not believe. >> reporter: sources tell nbc news that just before the crash all csx signals were off line. csx gave verbal approval for the amtrak to proceed down a set of tracks, but the track switch was in the wrong position, sending the amtrak directly into the parked freight train. >> key to this investigation is learning why that swi

so it would not be uncommon for them to come through at night, but we rarely see amtrak trains. we do see in the daytime a great deal of freight trains, there's a big dog food plant up the road that manufacturers dog food and they have rail access. this place where they unload the cars have access. but i have been here my whole life and rarely see an amtrak train. >> and paul, if you would, you said you have been there your whole life and covering this area for 17 years. have there been issues before, like train delays? you said there's never been anything like this before, but other small train collisions in the area? >> very small ones, very small ones. a few weeks ago we had two trains up near our gilbert community in lexington county that basically just side-swiped each other. just barely touched, didn't really damage them, i don't believe. our firefighters responded immediately, but no one injured. we had derailments years ago with the spilling of coal, but never anything with fatalities or loss of life. occasionally, someone will cross a crossing with a car and a car or tr

it could have been another disaster for amtrak. the connection between two cars on its high-speed acela came apart shortly after the train left washington at 5:00 a.m. today bound for new york and boston. here's transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> reporter: federal regulators are investigating why two of the eight cars on this high-speed amtrak acela train separated early this morning north of baltimore. sources say the d.c.-to-boston train of travelath more than 124 miles per hour, moments before the separation. amtrak says 52 passengers were on board. they were put on another train. there were no injuries. this picture shows it happened in an area where passengers can move between cars. >> if someone would have been actually crossing from one car to another potentially, they could have fallen through that separation. >> reporter: mark rosenker is the former chairman of the national transportation safety board. >> i certainly would thriek see a top-to-bottom examination. that may well have to include a safety standdow

amtrak train number 91. operating between new york and miami as we noted. came in contact with a csx freight train 2:35 a.m. iron time case, south carolina. the lead engine derailed according to amtrak as well as some passenger cars there were 8 crew members as we noted. approximately 139 passengers. they say there were injuries reported and local authorities are on the scene responding. more information will be provided as available. that is an official statement just coming in to our news room. i was on the amtrak train between washington and new york on friday. i mention that only to say this is something we frequently do in the north-northeast corridor. it is very safe. this happens very rarely. and that's why it is a big, big deal. obviously when there are dertsdeaths, there are injuries. there are trains crossing america every day on amtrak and most of them are very safe. we routinely get on them for work, for pleasure and something like this is just shocking. rachel: devastating. todd: what was that?

for amtrak. thank you. >>> and house democrats are expected to release a memo today challenging the memo that says fbi and justice department officials abused surveillance powers. some republicans are saying they disagree with the president's claim that the gop document completely clears him. abc's david wright has more. >> reporter: the president insists the newly released gop memo totally vindicates trump in the russia probe. many republicans on the house intelligence committee don't agree. >> i don't. i don't agree with some of my colleagues. >> i don't think it has any impact on the russia probe. and i was pretty integrally involved in the drafting of it. >> it would be a mistake for anyone to suggest that the special counsel shouldn't complete his work. >> reporter: republicans now defend the release of the memo saying it exposed a problem with the fisa warrant process. the safeguards designed to protect american citizens from government eavesdropping. but just three weeks ago, these same la

more trouble as another deadly amtrak accident this is the third amtrak accident inside of two months and wait until you see what is going on on nj transit plus dan zarrow will have al the weather. bill, tuesday looks lake quiet weather dare. witness day will bring in the next storm system and taste was winter during the daytime hours. winter storm watches have been issuedment we talk about what this means or the wednesday are you teen in the local weather forecast, coming up. bill: welcome back to "chasing news." i am bill spadea. meteorologist dan zarrowial this have the full forecast. could there be more snow on the wayne our zr stay with me on that but first wait until you hear this 14 to 16 bookers, not motorcycles, die guys on bicycles terrorized drivers smashing windows in can sy around 5:00 on saturday over the weekend, don has the story. what happened? >> well, here is what we know right now. witnesses say that group of 14 to 16 cyclists were going the wrong which on west 23rd street 7th avenue, that area, there was some sort of altercation with a driver of a honda accord. th

but amtrak is willing to disrupt operations in a push for ptc. again, this is way of encouraging the industry, other transit agencies to get onboard as well. reporting live in cherry hill i'm pamela osborn, nbc 10 news. >>> 5:39 right now. community leaders will meet this morning in philadelphia with the governor of puerto rico. >> the non-profit group esper ansa is hosting a community breakfast. it happened as the island continues to struggle with a lack of power after hurricane maria devastated puerto rico last year. >>> i'm meet laulteorologist bi henley. 5:39 and a rainy start this morning, and mild one, too. a live view of philadelphia. you can see some rain falling on the camera. the view is not going to change much during the day, and nor will the temperatures. 53 degrees right now in philadelphia. northeast philadelphia close to 60 degrees in trenton and low 60s right now in milville and dover. rain still going to be coming at us through the day today. rain showers lining up to the west and midwest. that rain is due in today. but it will

again, that's the amtrak info line. that's 1-800-523-9101. >> were the fatalities have csx or amtrak? >> at this point i don't have that information. that will probably come out from csx or the lexington county coroner's office. >> do you know what direction the trains were travel sning. >> no, we just know they collided on the tracks. >> any idea why they collide sunday. >> not at this time. that will be up to csx and the national -- ntsb. >> how about hazardous material on the train? >> our hazmat team responded. we were able to secure two leaks of fuel from the trains. right now we're estimating about 5,000 gallons of fuel have -- has spilled. we have called in dhek and csx's dhek team to secure that leak and we're assisting in that as much as we can. >> no threat to the public? >> no threat to the public at this time. >> i'm sure every year you guys must think of 2005 any time you hear of a train wreck, that immediately comes to mind. can you talk about the amount that goes happening. >> well, you mentioned this is

no, we're not. >> reporter: amtrak train 91 was heading from new york to miami. in south carolina, investigators say a rail switch was in the wrong position, forcing the train into side track where it barreled into a parked csx freight train. amtrak blames csx saying the company the signal was down and they were manually routing trains. >> i've never seen anything in my entire life like this. >> reporter: amtrak it installed ptc to stop crashes like these. by the end of the year, most of the nation's railroads are expected to have ptc but congress allowed them to apply for a two-year extension. >> if we had a positive operating system, this would have been avoided. >> reporter: late today the ntsb confirmed that the signal system here was down, because the rail company was upgrading it to install ptc. the very system that could have prevented this. lester? >> gabe gutierrez at the crash scene for us. thank you. >>> there are new concerns this evening, and something important to be aware of as the flu emergency continues to sweep through schools, homes and offices

so the amtrak ceo explaining to us that it was csx who was responsible for putting that amtrak train on the track that it ultimately derailed from. though the amtrak ceo, richard anderson, wasn't willing to share explanation for what caused this derailment, specifically what led to it, he was deferring all of those questions to the ntsb chairman. but he was comfortable explaining to us the procedures in place when csx is the company owning and operating and maintaining that stretch of track where this crash occurred, called the columbia subdivision. the csx, one of the many host railroads that amtrak has contracts, across this country. but in this case, it was csx manually dispatches trains while signals were down on this stretch of track. >> all right kaylee hartung, thank you so much. let's go straight to the press conference now with the ntsb. >> -- columbia this morning around 10:30 this morning to begin our investigation involving an amtrak passenger train and a csx freight train. we've brought in a full investigative go team. now, the ntsb we're an independent federal agency, c

well, the amtrak ceo now suggesting that it was csx who would have been responsible for putting the amtrak train on whichever track it ended up on that led to it colliding with that freight train that didn't have anyone on board. we've also confirmed that signals were off line on this stretch of track, and so csx was manually directing this amtrak train via telephone communications from a csx dispatcher to an amtrak engineer. so to answer your question, fred, that is human error you would have to imagine there. we've also learned the identities of the two men whose lives were lost here, two amtrak employees. the engineer, michael camfa, and the conductor, michael sella from florida. the passengers who survived this crash, 116 people were taken to local hospitals. we're told at this point one is in critical condition, two in serious. many others have been released with not much more than bumps or bruises. people mehta crot across the st a middle school to figure out where to go next and sort out the chaos. >>> democrats and republicans scrambling to work out a deal on more than 70,000 dream

federal investigators said today a signaling system was down for maintenance yesterday when an amtrak train crashed into a freight train in south carolina. also a switch was apparently in the wrong position. two people were killed. more than 100 were hurt. kris van cleave has more on this. >> reporter: from the air, the violence of the crash is clear. the head-on collision between amtrak train 91 and an empty csx freight train demolished the two locomotives. robert sumwalt. >> that switch should have been realigned for the amtrak to go through the main track. >> reporter: why wasn't it? >> that's what we want the find out. >> reporter: the amtrak train had 147 people on board and was traveling approximately 56mph when a device known as a track switch diverted it to a side track where the freight train was parked. >> there were bodies everywhere. seats came up off the floor. glass came out all over the train. >> reporter: this stretch of track is controlled by csx, not amtrak. investigators say csx had manually flipped the switch to move freight cars to the side track. it's unclear how

this is the third fatal amtrak accident the n.t.s.b. has begun investigating since december, elaine? >> quijano: kris van cleave, thanks. for more on this we turn to former n.t.s.b. chairman and cbs news transportation safety analyst mark rosenker. mark, this is the third amtrak related accident in two months. does the company have a safety problem? >> absolutely, elaine. three accidents in 60 days, this is absolutely unacceptable. and things need to change. this is america's national railroad. passengers are entitled to clean, efficient, safe transportation. >> quijano: well, you were chairman of the n.t.s.b. in 2008 when positive train control technology was mandated. the safety feature can help stop a train before an accident. why has there been such a delay in getting this installed? >> this has been one of the great disappointments to me because i thought we had solved this problem with the railroad safety improvement act of 2008, requiring class one railroads to install positive train control by the end of 2015. that was seven yea

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no, we're not. >> reporter: amtrak train 19 heading from new york to miami. in south carolina, investigators say a rail switch was in the wrong swiposition, forcing the train into a parked freight train. they blame csx saying the company's signal was down and they were manually routing trains. >> i've never seen anything in my entire life like this. >> reporter: amtrak it install ptc, positive train, and congress allowed rail companies to apply for a two-year extension. >> if we had an operating system, it would have -- >> reporter: late today the ntsb confirmed that the signal system here was down, because the rail company was upgrading it to install ptc. the very system that could have prevented this. lester? >> gabe gutierrez at the crash scene, thank you. >>> anden new kearnss and something important to be aware of as the flu emergency continues to sweep through schools, homes and offices, perhaps are i don'ts. doctors are warning just because you've gotten the flu once this season doesn't mean you can't get it again. and as nbc news medical correspondent

another awful scene involving an amtrak train. david kerley with us tonight. and we just learned about another problem that night, that the track's signaling system, its system of traffic lights, was turned off? >> reporter: yes. in a tragic irony, csx actually took the system down to install the mandated positive train control, the safety system that if it had been working, david, would have prevented this crash. >> all right, david kerley on the scene for us. thank you. >>> we're also following a storm system moving across the country. look at these pictures. a fedex truck sliced in half in nebraska. that was on i-35. some 50 vehicles involved. half a dozen people critically injured. next, that new storm taking shape, sweeping all the way to the northeast, as it comes across the country. let's get right to ginger zee, tracking it out for us. >> reporter: hey there, david. the one in iowa here, four to six inches fell. that's a lot for this area. des moines hasn't seen that in more that type years. now it's tracking along interst

crash involving an amtrak train. the latest wreck happened early sunday morning, in casey, south carolina, across the river from the state capital, columbia. a passenger train, believed off to be on the wrong track, plowed into a freight train killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. cbs news transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at the crash site. >> early indications are amtrak train 91 was traveling at 59 mild an hour when it hit a freight train early this morning. on board the train were nearly 150 passengers and crew. the 54-year-old engineer, of savannah, georgia, and 36-year-old conductor were both killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars derailed. >> i was awoke by the rumbling, i guess, when the train wheels were in the gravel. and then it just stopped. and fortunately my partner was able to brace yourself, properly. i was not able to brace properly. ended up going into the wall. kind of giving myself a bump on the head. >> lexington county coroner. >> we should

part of what we need to piece together. >> sunday was amtrak's third fatal derailment. in less than two months. last week a train carrying lawmakers hit a garbage truck. in virginia. and in december this amtrak train was going more than twice the speed limit, when it derailed around a curve in washington state. >> are we willing to say there is a systemic issue with amtrak. no, we are not. >> the ntsb says the engineer of the amtrak train should have been watching ahead of team for the switch. once the train got to the switch point he would have had eight second to try to stop it. csx has not commented on the position of the switch. but says it is participating, in this investigation. >> the pentagon has begun the draw down of u.s. troops from iraq. the iraqi government claims that the islamic state has been deep feeted and fewer american soldiers are needed there. but there is a war raging in yemen. one side backed by saudi arabia the other by iran. holly williams got rare access to the front line. >> reporter: the saudi arabian government invited us to yemen to show u

this was amtrak train 91. it was traveling between new york and miami when it collided with a freight train. this image you see there, lexington county sheriff, 139 passengers and eight crew members were on board the amtrak train. it's not clear what caused the derailment. we'll bring you more details as soon as our newsroom learns more about what happened there. >>> on now to syria, and what turned out to be a deadly day saturday for both russian and turkish troops. russia says that one of its pilots was killed after a warplane was shot down near idlib. the pilot ejected before the crash but died fighting mill tamts on the ground there. also in syria, turkey says that seven of its troops were killed from violence in the afrin region. five died when a missile was launched at a tank. cnn can't independently verify the video but it purports to show the kurdish ypg destroying a turkish tank. turkey considers the ypg terrorist but they've been a key ally for the united states in the fight against isis. fred pleitg

. >>> could have been another disaster for amtrak. the connection between two cars on its high speed accela came apart shortly after the train left washington at 5:00 a.m. today bound for new york and boston. here is transportation correspondent, kris van cleave. >> reporter: federal regulators are investigating why two of the eight cars on this high speed amtrak train separated early this morning north of baltimore. sources say the dc to boston train was traveling at more than 124 miles an hour moments before the separation. amtrak says 52 passengers were on board. they were put on another train. no injuries. this picture shows the it happened an area where passengers can move between cars. >> if someone would have been crossing from one car to another potentially they could have fallen through the separation. >> the former chairman of the ntsb. >> i certainly would like to see a top to bottom examination. that may well have to include a safety stand down. everything comes to a stop. staff is, focused and refocused on, on safety proc

this is the third deadly crash involving amtrak since december. the train was traveling from new york city to miami when the crash happened this morning near the town of cayce in south carolina. abc news reporter tim has the details. >> reporter: investigators are focussing on why and how a switch on the railroad diverted the train off course. >> we had a train >> reporter: a scene of mangled metal against a heap of confusion. around 2:30 this morning a miami-bound amtrak slammed into a freight train outside colombia, south carolina. nearly 150 people on board. >> i was thrown out of the chair and this was hurting and i couldn't get up. first thought i wasn't going to make it. >> among those killed, an amtrak engineer and conductor. >> it appears amtrak was on the wrong track. >> reporter: the csx train was appeared to be parked on a side track and traveling at nearly 60 miles per hour upon impact. >> it's quite a crash. and it's, as you know, we take great pains to see that these kinds of things do not happen but unfortunately they do from time t

only 12 were amtrak xaejpassengers. the company admits it can do more. >> we need to do a better job investing in crossing technology so it's impossible to quite to beat the train. >> reporter: in response a question of safety about its culture, amtrak writes in part it is committing to maintaining an environment where employees are encouraged to report unsafe condition. following an investigation into a 2015 crash, ntsb chairman robert solmo blasted ak eded eded amtrak for its lack safety. >> are we ready to say there's a systemic issue with amtrak? no. we're not. >> reporter: the trump administration proposed slashing amtrak subsidies by $600 million. congress is debating that as it rushes to finalize that deal. >>> big talker of the morning. space enthuseiasts the world over are talking about the spacex launch using the biggest rocket in the world. it went off with almost a hitch. two of the three rockets came back to earth. tom costello is at the kennedy space center with us. now that we saw it, we get what all the

that crashed left and co-amtrak conductor and and co-engineer dead. brian yunus has more on the investigation.>> reporter: amtrak train 91 was traveling from new york to miami when it collided with a stationary csx freight train sunday morning in south carolina. the train carrying 147 people, eight crew members and 139 passengers. two amtrak crew members died in the crash. 150 people were sent to area hospitals. it appeared to the governor that the amtrak train was traveling on the wrong track because the freight train was parked on a loading track or a sidetrack when the amtrak train slammed into it. the governor believes the amtrak train was traveling at approximately 59 miles per hour the national transportation safety board is on the scene. >> we will determine the time it happened and try to determine why it happened. we will determine if it is human error and if so, why.>> reporter: the red cross opened a shelter at pine ridge middle school near the crash. volunteers helped dozens of passengers get food, stay warm and make contact with their lov

amtrak says 52 passengers were on board. they were put on another train. no injuries. this picture shows the it happened an area where passengers can move between cars. >> if someone would have been crossing from one car to another potentially they could have fallen through the separation. >> the former chairman of the ntsb. >> i certainly would like to see a top to bottom examination. that may well have to include a safety stand down. everything comes to a stop. staff is, focused and refocused on, on safety processes, safety management systems. >> reporter: this incident days after two amtrak employees were killed and 116 injured when the silver star train derailed outside columbia, south carolina. last week, a chartered amtrak train, carrying republican lawmakers hit a truck on the tracks killing one injuring six. in december this amtrak-operated train going twice the speed limit when it derailed around a curve in washington state killing three. ntsb chairman yesterday. >> has that become a pattern not a series of accidents where you end up wondering what is going on

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c reporter: this stretch of track is controlled by csx, not amtrak. tovestigators say csx had manually flipped the switch to move freight cars to the side track. f th unclear how long the switch had been if the wrong position. track signals were off line for maintenance. bee engineer hit the emergency brake three seconds before the n llision. wa the signals had been working, could that have been an earlier warning for the engineer? >> it's possible. ag reporter: last week a train carrying republican lawmakers hit a garbage truck in virginia and in december this amtrak goain was going more than twice the speed limit when it derailed toing around a curb in washington state. >> are we willing to say there is a systematic issue with amtrak? no. we're not. >> reporter: the n.t.s.b. says ime engineer of that amtrak train should have been watching ahead of time for that switch, but once the train got to the tritch point, he would have had only about eight seconds to try to stop it. csx has not commented on the position of that switch but says it is participa

state of south carolina the amtrak train collided with a freight train overnight in what is the third fatal crash in two months talk among reporters. the train bound from new york and headed to miami carried one hundred forty eight passengers and crew it collided in the middle of the night with a freight train derailing its locomotive and the first car the two dead were crew members it's a horrible thing to see to understand the forces involved the engine of the the first engine of the freight train and coast was torn up and the the single engine of the passenger train the amtrak train continued south was barely recognizable first reports indicated the freight train was parked on a side rail off the main trunk line this was the third fatal crash in two months involving amtrak america's only national passenger rail service last week an amtrak train carrying republican members of congress hit a trash truck killing a passenger in the vehicle and in december a train in washington state hit a curve at more than one hundred kilometers per hour twice the permitted speed that train was not eq

now, amtrak makes the point that it transports 30 million passengers each year and its safety record is goodin each year and its safety record is good in that regard. but there are those who say that they're averaging about two derailments a month. albeit with minor or no injuries. but there are watchdog groups who say this is not good enough and we have had a call from the south carolina governor for a have had a call from the south carolina governorfor a review of safety. with the prime minister under pressure from conservative critics on brexit, the home secretary says the government will get a good deal. the cabinet is more united than the brexiteers think, says amber rudd, ahead of a crucial few days for the negotiations. we want frictionless trade at the border, we want to make sure there's no border on the island of ireland and we want to make sure we can do trade deals outside of the european union, that's the deal we're looking for. mps warn against cuts to the royal marines, saying that will undermine security. sinn fein's policing spokesman is accused of causing criminal d

and new details in the amtrak investigation. those are some of the headlines on the "morning newsstand." south carolina's "post and courier" reports that an amtrak crew had less than ten seconds to react in sunday's deadly train crash. a track switch was apparently in the wrong position, sending the amtrak passenger train on to a side track. it slammed into an idle csx freight train. the amtrak train's conductor and engineer were killed. more than 100 people were hurt. >> that switch should have been realigned for the amtrak to go to the main track. >> reporter: why wasn't it? >> that's exactly what we want to find out. >> investigators also say railway signals that could have warned the crew to stop were out of service for maintenance. >>> "the pittsburgh post-gazette" reports in a blow to the gop, the supreme court is allowing pennsylvania congressional districts to be redrawn. justice samuel alito denied the republican request to overturn a supreme court ruling creating a new congressional map. the court had ruled earlier tha

the line is suspended because of amtrak wire problems so chestnut hill east line is fine. chestnut hill west no service right now because of these amtrak wire problems so watch for this one. it's suspended and that's going to take you a little longer. noticed a problem with the trenton, 20 minute outbound delays already with the trenton line and that's because of the amtrak wire problems as well so a couple of issues with these amtrak wire problems now affecting the trenton line but also affecting chestnut hill west. let's go outside. this is 422. we're seeing traffic move just fine here at trooper. no extra overnight restrictions none delays just yet. we had so many accidents yesterday with black ice kind of everywhere. we're not seeing as many accidents today. this is cypress street at ways lane. we have an accident here in kennett township chester county that's really our only one so far. but i was just checking the waze app and one of my favorite guys happy harry is talking about icy roads on perkiomen avenue and exeter in berks county. some people still talking about

paul: amtrak does. >> does not have complete control. i think the issue here right now we are getting at is safety, improvements in safety cost money. politicians want to build things, they want to expand service, they don't want to put money into safety and trade-off, direct trade-off. paul: there's not enough money to go around for everything? >> yeah, i think this gets to especially into positive train track control, train conductors can be stopped if they are speeding but they also want upgrade and grade crossings that cost a lot of money. we need to do a cost-benefit analysis here. paul: dan, we had after allysia wrote a pretty tough editorial of amtrak, we had whole entourage and ceo then resigned who came in to see us, but it's a real difficult problem they talked about because so much of the infrastructure is really old. >> yeah, it is, but you know that ceo was previously the ceo of one of the private train systems, very successful operator as well. exactly, one of the things going on here is that we are dealing whether it's air

amtrak train carrying 147 people and a csks freight train. those injured have been taken to at least two local hospitals in the columbia, south carolina area. specifically happened, a lead engine derailed as well as some passenger cars when that lead engine of the amtrak collided with a csx freight train. we are expecting a briefing from the authorities there in about 15 minutes. ed: we're getting brand new video. we are racking that as we speak. producers are working extra hard and have been doing a fabulous job of getting something that literally happened shortly before we went to air. and we have just gotten fresh video out of cayse, south carolina. you are obviously seeing still photos now. we are turning that video, you will see in a moment. first look at what is happening on the scene. here's what we can tell you about what we know about

that led that amtrak train down the raining track. two people killed, american 100 injured when that amtrak train 91 from insuring down to florida struck a parked csx freight train head on. >>> a third sentence for disgraced former olympics sports doctor larry nassar, this time he got 40 to 125 years for me less continuing young athletes. he had already gotten a lifetime in jail for two prior sentencing for abusing girls at u.s.a. gymnastics and michigan state, in this hearing the judge sentenced him for me less continuing gymnast at a private club run by an olympic coach. >>> president trump's former chief strategies steve ban on is scheduled to be interviewed by house intelligence committee this morning but there are reports he will not show up despite at subpoena. the house intelligence panel voted unominously to release democratic response to the de classified fisa memo which alleged abuse during 2016 campaign. president trum celebrated the release of the g.o.p. memo and then during a rally in ohio he raised a few eyebrows for cri

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. >>> two dead and many injured in the amtrak crash. focusing on the switch that sent the train hurdling into another. i'm christine romans. >> i'm ryan nobles. it is monday, february 5th. nick foles and the eagles going from underdog to top dog knocking off tom brady and the new england patriots 41-33 in super bowl lii. what a story. foles. nearly quit football three years ago and started the season as the back-up quarterback. he wound up taking home mvp honors. he went toe-to-toe with tom brady and look at this. he caught this fourth. >> in a game with record shattering offense, the touchdown that sealed the deal. we have andy scholes live in the stadium in minneapolis. what a game. >> reporter: certainly was, christine. the defensive play by ty the eagles. the eagles and patriots in the super bowl that many of us will remember for a long time. it had the most epic offensive display from both teams you will ever see in a super bowl. foles not only throwing three touchdowns, but caught that at the end of the first half to give the eagl

that also means amtrak isn't likely to let regional trains like amtrak or septa run on its tracks if they aren't ptc compliant. the mtsb determined a sleep deprived operator caused the train to race into the station way too fast leading to a derailment. it also could have stopped this deadly derailment back in december. there are concerns the operators in this crash may have been distracted. positive train control is also a priority for governor phil murphy. and in an announcement yesterday he said ptc is a key component to changes he wants to make to nj transit. he wants to add more train cars on the tracks but only after the system init stalled. they're taking steps to add more equipment and hire more people. >>> well, community leaders will meet this morning in philadelphia the governor of puerto rico. >> the non-profit group esperanza is hosting a community group. the visit comes nearly a week after an explosion fire at an electric substation sunday night that plunged much of the northern part of puerto rico into darkness. this happened as the island continues to struggle with a