and we can get a lot of information, and it's my understanding that we have already recovered those and they will be read out. we have a forward-facing video camera that is in the front end of the train, so we will be looking at that. the event recorders themselveses can give you information about the speed of the train, any break applications any throttle information. that will be key to this investigation a good download of those data which is being conducted, will be done this afternoon, i think. so we hope to be able to provide you with information as we get it. >> two last questions? yes? >> reporter: [ inaudible ]? >> i have no information about that. all we have again, unfortunately is six confirmed deceased. we are still trying to get information about those

individuals. again, this is a horrific scene. i just need your patience and understanding that we're trying to get through that. last question. >> reporter: can you just -- sir, can you paint a picture of the scene? you are doing an investigation, but there's also a rescue looking for potential victims, fatalities, can you just paint the scene what is going on out there? >> yes, the question is can we paint a picture of what is going on out there. and of course it's a devastating scene, there are many first responders out there that are working. they are carefully examining, the -- the equipment to see if there are any -- is there anyone else in -- in the -- in the rail cars. so the search and recovery effort will actually take precedence over our accident investigation and we expect to be able to get in there very soon, but we have already started doing things like retrieving the recorders, and

getting -- getting training records for the crews and things like that so just because we haven't gotten a real up close and personal view of the actual -- we have gone out and examined. we have done a good look over of the scene, but we have not started to very carefully document the wreckage at this point, but we will. >> last question. >> reporter: there are others [ inaudible ] have you recovered any factual information about what [ inaudible ]? >> the question is do we have any other factual information from any other recorders at this point about what the train was doing. and the short answer is no we do not. we basically -- we just gotten here. we have -- you have a lot of questions. we have a lot of questions. we intend to answer many of those questions in the next 24 to 48 hours. thank you. >> all right. thank you all, we'll let you know about any other updates or briefings, certainly the

possibility that we could provide an update later on this afternoon. no guarantee of that but we will keep you as informed as we can, based on factual information, not speculation or supposition. thanks a lot. >> that was the mayor of philadelphia as well as an ntsb investigator. the ntsb has arrived at the scene. let's go to john terrett who is near the scene. one of the things that came out was the data recorder has been recovered and is currently being analyzed. what else came out of the press conference? >> reporter: i thought that was one of the most interesting things to come out of this press conference. the information that which are already beginning to look as what we would describe as a black box recorder if this were an air crash, there are those things on trains as well including a forward-looking

camera. and the ntsb representative said the analysis of that data is already being prepared for. and he said he thinks that will turn to that sometime this afternoon. and i think the implication is that we may have some kind of preliminary information from the ntsb maybe early this evening. that is certainly in keeping with what we have seen at other train crashes in recent history. we had an inkling from the ntsb on the way their thinking is going. let's hear from the board remember of the national transportation safety board. here is more of what he just said at this news conference here in philadelphia. >> we brought a multi-disciplinary team in here that will be covering a number of issues. we're looking at -- at the track, the train signals, the operation of the train, the mechanical condition of the train, human performance. we'll setting up a

multi-disciplinary investigation. >> reporter: we also heard from the philadelphia mayor who made it very clear that this is an accident investigation, which is at this point about 12 hours old, and he said that it's an ongoing investigation. he said there are some things we know, but there are many things that we don't know. and he said we will be giving all of the information that we know, but it's subject to change. >> yeah. >> reporter: he did confirm there are six deaths as a result of this accident. and we know 130 were transported to hospital. 54 went to the temple university hospital, and we heard from one of the chief medics that roughly have been discharged. there are still many who are in the hospital who are in a critical condition. stephanie? >> fill in a couple of more

details for the viewers here. the mayor has given an account of what happened to the philadelphia police department. there are multiple investigations going on. one by the philadelphia police ntsb, and amtrak. an amtrak spokesperson was there. how has the company responded to the accident? >> reporter: amtrak is in a very difficult position. they own the coaches in this case, and they own the track, and they have been campaigning for a very long time to have an increase in funding to boost the infrastructure in this and many other areas around the country that they operate. so far they have only issued a statement, and the spokesperson who you saw, pretty much reiterated what is in that statement, which is that they are very sorry for the loss of life and they will work as hard as they can with everybody,

friends and individuals who knew people on that train to try and work out exactly what happened as quickly as possible and they have issued a telephone number and this is very interesting, stephanie, because this train, i believe started in richmond virginia, and would have picked up the bulk of its passengers to washington, d.c. pulled in to philadelphia and was on its way to new york. it is thought that the bulk of the people some of whom may have gone home now, are okay, and they have asked them to call in. so stephanie that's where we're at in philadelphia at the moment. the latest news conference given by the member of the board of the ntsb and the mayor of philadelphia. now we must wait for the investigators to do that work. >> john terrett thank you. one passenger recalled his shock

as he looked up to see the cars ahead of him flip off of the tracks. >> to be honest i was just watching playing with my phone, and suddenly the train went dark, and it seemed like someone slammed the brake and everything started shaking. it went dark and the minute that the train stopped, people were just kind of panicking, and i could smell the smell of smoke, and people just tried to gather all of their stuff. i heard a voice towards the back of the train say get out. get out. and i saw the opening, and that's when i kind of jumped off of the train. once i jump off the train and i see basically -- maybe a handful of people and just inside the track try to help some of the people who is getting off, and where i was towards the back of the train it was a little bit tilted up but in the middle part of the train i saw a couple of the cars flipped sideways.

>> i spoke a short time ago with the former chair of the ntsb she talked about the priorities and urgency of the investigation. >> you know, the important thing is they have daylight now, and they will be working throughout the day to document the scene, gather perishable evidence and download those all-important recorders, and identify a point of derailment. they want to identify what precipitated the train jumping the tracks. >> i imagine they will also interview some of the passengers on the train. will they also interview the engineer on the train? >> that will be one of the first things they seek to do. if the medical condition is acceptable, they'll want to interview that crew and as the pass gers are in position to be interviewed, when they receive medical treatment, they willing want to interview them as well.

and understand where those passengers were seated and what happened during the crash sequence. >> isn't there also the potential for video evidence when it comes to what happened? >> the good news is in today's situation, we often have tons of video. it would be surveillance video, security cameras from nearby facilities, it could be cameras that are mounted on the train, and then we know that a lot of passengers and witnesses often come forward with video. in that all can be very helpful to investigators. >> and what about the integrity of the track? how important is that? >> in any train derailment one of the things they will be looking very closely at is the infrastructure. you have electrified track, you have the rail bed, you have heavily used tracks. this is a high -- high-volume area, where you see a lot of

passenger trains not just intercity, but commuter trains. they will want to look at that track. whether or not any repairs were recently made or if the engineers reported a rough ride or any indication that something is wrong. >> given how busy this route is really the busiest in the nation. will that increase the urgency on the ntsb to find answer sooner? >> it will absolutely increase the urgency to do the documentation quickly, and to clear off those tracks so that the train can be removed, the cars can be removed. the rail and the lek trif indication can be resumed, and all of those pass gerns that ride the trains are not on i-95 or other areas that are very

busy. >> should train passengers be worried about their safety when getting on an amtrak this morning. >> train travel is by and large very safe. we see millions of safe trips for commuters in all of our cities around the nation where we have transit service. these are very safe options. their record is very good. but we do have an obligation any time there's an incident like this to learn from it to make it doesn't happen not just on amtrak but on any other line across the country. the cite of the derailment is not new to the tragedy. a train crashed in 1972. that was caused by an overheated electrical box. in madison, wisconsin protesters are promising they won't give up even after the district attorney cleared a

police officer for shooting a teenager. we have live pictures from madison where protesters have gathered on the streets. john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: protesters in the street as well that's family of tony robinson still have questions about the 19 year old's death. newly released dash cam video raises more questions. protesters hit the streets in madison, wisconsin, they were upset over the district attorney's decision that white officer matt kenny's use of deadly force against by racial unarmed teen tony robinson during a violent struggle on march 6th was legal. >> this decision was based on the facts as they have been investigated and reported to me. >> reporter: officer kenny was responding to reports of an apparently disturbed man running through traffic and attacking two people. >> he has ingested controlled

substances, to include mushrooms, marijuana, and xanax. >> reporter: officer kenny entered the home and confronted robinson. kenny said robinson then punched him. >> he indicated he was afraid he would be struck again and lose consciousness or hit his head falling backwards on the stairs. and his firearm would be take and used to shoot him and possibly the other person in the apartment. >> it shows a police officer outside of the building firing for a seventh time, the seventh shot into the building. a bullet that hit tony robinson at a downward trajectory and killed him. and that makes no sense. >> reporter: tuesday's announce drew swift criticism from robinson's family.

>> i just want to say this is politics and not justice. >> reporter: madison police say officer kenny still faces an internal probe to see if he violated any procedures. >> the family attorney asserted that officer kenny created an unnecessarily violent situation by entering the building without back backup. he said he entered because he thought there was a fight going on. no other person was ever found. saudi arabia prince and crown prince are meeting in washington. the saudi king chose not to come himself. the white house and saudi leaders insist it is not a snub. the european union has unveiled a new plan to deal with its migration crisis calling

for mandatory quotas. >> by the end of this month, the commission will propose a temporary relocation mechanism to help relieve the immediate and exceptional pressure on front line countries. people in need who have already reached our shores will be distributed to other member states who will then take care of the reception and asylum processing. >> thousands of migrants have been arriving from war-torn countries in the last several weeks. jonah why do some e.u. officials think a quota system is the way to address this problem? >> reporter: well there are lots of other things they are putting in place as well of course including rescuing these people at sea, and going right back to the home country as well trying to deal with problem at source there, like conflict and poverty and so on. the quota system comes out of a

desire amongst the e.u. officials the commission here to try to pred the burden across the states because up until now it has been the southern european states on the front line of this migrant crisis on the mediterranean, italy, greece and malta who have burdened the entire situation. the problem now, of course is that not all countries within this e.u. club are treated equally. three in particular britain, ireland and denmark. under their agreements with the e.u. are exempt essentially from having to take part in this plan. and that raises the problem of how do you compel the ore members to play their part under a mandatory system in particular when there are countries with strong anti-immigration movements some even in government who will almost certainly oppose this plan. >> and those countries include

slovakias and tonia and hungary. britain's interior minister said not sending the migrants back encourages themselves to keep coming. did e.u. officials address those concerns? this >> reporter: them vice president of the commission did. he said he had the utmost respect for british intelligences, but in this case he felt they didn't read the document clearly enough. he agrees migrants can and will be sent back but in the last hour or so in london the home office has reiterated its refusal to take part in any mandatory quota system. they feel they do enough already. the question is how many other countries will feel the same way. >> jonah thank you. 76 people are now confirmed dead in a 7.3 magnitude aftershock that hit nepal. the aftershock leveled apartment

buildings and there are fears some people in isolated towns and villages are still buried. >> reporter: hundreds of nepaly ground troops are searching for an american helicopter crew. six marines and two nepalese soldiers were on board. kim ki-jong reported biorders the death of his defense chief for being disrespectful, why it may signal trouble in the country.

welcome back to l -- to al jazeera america. thousands of protesters in burundi are celebrating in the streets of the capitol a senior army official says the president has been removed from power. a presidential advisor dismissed

the announcement as a joke. 31 people are dead and dozens more injured after a factory fire in the philadelphia philadelphia -- philippines. and toyota and nissan are recalling more 6 million cars globally over fears of exploding air bags. the inflaters can deploy abnormally or even rupture. the cars were made between 2003 and 2007. and the air bags were made by the same company who has products linked to seven deaths. patricia sob ga joins us now. south korea's intelligence

agency reportedly told parliament members that north korea publicly executed its defense minister late last night. his alleged infraction treason, including failure to follow orders and falling asleep at a meeting in front of the supreme leader. he became one of north korea's top ministers last year. his brutal execution, if verified appears to be the latest in a series of deadly purges in the upper ranks this year. it casts serious doubts over the stability of the regime and when that regime has nuclear war heads any stakes of instability run very high indeed. the vatican today took steps towards officially recognizing palestine has a state. the first legal document negotiated with the palestinian authority has not yet been

signed. the palestinian president is set to visit pope francis on saturday. why one community is still waiting to learn what happened three months after a fatal police shooting in washington state.

the secretary of the navy will announce a posal to double fade maternity believe. that means members can take up to double time off and still remain paid. the fda has proposed new rules to roll back the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men. the proposal would still prohibit blood donations if a man has had sex with another man within the past year. critics say even the revised rules ignore scientific evidence that screenings present risks. antonio zambrono died more

than three months ago and yet the shooting still remains under investigation. >> reporter: cell phone video shows antonio being shot and killed. fired on by three officers. how do you describe that killing? >> a flat out murder. >> reporter: this attorney represents his estranged wife and children. in a $25 million claim against the city. he has called the process and local government corrupt. three months after the shooting no charges have been filed. aren't can't you just let the process play out? >> that's what they would love for us to do. sit idly by and do nothing. >> reporter: in a lengthy interview, prosecutor rejects accusation of corruption and regets any notion of justice being swept aside. why is this taking so long?

>> well just looking at all of the different components. >> reporter: he describes an unusually complicated case with more than 80 witnesses, three different autopsy. >> this is a homicide case. you know this is ruled already from the corners report indicating that that the cause of death was caused by another person. >> reporter: marchers filled the streets in a series of rallies in february and march. now the passion seems to be cooling, and frustration growing. >> i had hoped to have these reports earlier in april. for whatever reasons -- >> reporter: it is just freighting to you as well that it has taken so long? >> absolutely. >> reporter: >> look what happened back east. they rioted and burns and this and that and then they get attention. is that what we have to do? >> reporter: in front of city hall, where the daily protests

of recent months happen only occasionally now. >> brown lives don't matter here. it's a politics. >> reporter: and so passco waits in a case who's primary evidence has now been viewed by more than 2 million people online. >> what is to see in it's in black and white, look at the video. >> reporter: where that video leads and when are still open questions. a record shattering sale for a rare jewels. a 25.5 kerret sold last night to an anonymous bidder over the phone. thanks for watching. the news continues next live from doha.

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