200 others injured. investigators are still looking at a wide range of evidence to determine if the cause was due to a mechanical malfunction or human error. now, officials already determined the train was going 106 miles per hour on a curve with a 60-mile-an-hour speed limit when it crashed. the engineer suffered a concussion and says he does not remember anything before or after the accident. joining me now, leading rail expert and principal author of the safety act passed in 1997. thank you for joining me this morning. >> good morning. >> at least the ntsb has ruled out the driver was distracted by his cell phone. that does not mean something else did not distract him. what do you believe we'll assume here with batton off the list? >> it's certainly important to learn what caused the accident but we know what would have prevented this accident. if there were two persons in the

locomotive it would have been prevented. also if there had been the positive train control technology on the train, this accident would have been prevented. prevention is important. whatever caused this accident, we know and it doesn't take a road scholar to know what would have prevented this accident, and that's what's important to me. >> exactly, and that's what's important to all of us quite honestly, to learn that this technology was available, and then soon after the crash itself, we immediately saw changes in that area to prevent another situation like it. is the headline however, as you pointed out, the cause or what happened with this engineer is still significant to the investigation. >> that's correct. that's the primary function of the national transportation safety board to find out the cause and to make

recommendations. but those recommendations, in my view should include two persons in the locomotive and positive train control. >> well you know there were reports early on that it was believed that some type of debris had hit the train itself that there may have been an issue with that in the area where kid had thrown things in the past and that's a part of this investigation. do you see any validity perhaps, in that theory? >> that could have caused the engineer to temporarily be disconcerted in where he was located and maybe -- maybe -- that's why the train exceeded the speed limit. but i don't think that's what caused this accident frankly. this locomotive, it's my understanding, was a relatively new locomotive, and the horsepower was close to 8,000

horsepower. most locomotives have around 3,000 horsepower and in moving the gear it's easy to increase the speed without your knowledge. that has not been discussed much but i think it's something the ntsb will be looking at. >> all right larry. thank you so much for your insight. we greatly appreciate it. i want to turn you now to the other big story that's being updated by the minute it seems. it's the search of course for those two escaped prisoners, richard matt and david sweat. both convicted murderers have now been on the run for five days. this morning they are conducting a home-by-home search in the town of dennamore, this as other officers canvas towns in upstate new york. we're also learning more about the woman concerned a person of interest. she's 51-year-old joyce

mitchell. she's questioned about the escape and now her son is speaking out in her defense. tobey mitchell tells nbc in an interview that his mother would not have willingly helped matt and sweat. >> there's a report out there that your mom went to the emergency room with a panic attack. did that happen? >> yes. she was, in fact in the hospital. i don't know the exact details, i just know that she was having severe chest pains and she was concerned about that. >> a lot of people are looking at that and saying wow, maybe she had a panic attack because she was supposed to help them get a car and she didn't, and a lot of speculation. >> i mean my mom, she worries a lot about everything especially with me. people might say, well no matter what i wouldn't do that. well, when you're put in a situation where a family member's friend or other family members might be at risk you do

things like they're your family. in my family friends come first. >> was there something going on? >> i don't know. >> do we know if ms. mitchell is still being questioned by authorities, and what about her husband who was also an employee at the prison? >> we don't know if that questioning is still going on. officials were quite clear yesterday that joyce mitchell was not in custody, she was not under arrest. she was speaking to them voluntarily. and her husband, lyle who does also work in the prison in the same area in the tailor shop where both the two escaped inmates worked has -- we don't know if he's being interviewed as well. officials have not described him as a person of interest the same way they have described joyce mitchell as a person of interest. we do know that they are not at home. we've been by their home.

no one -- their neighbors don't know where they are. and according to tobey, tobey told stephanie gosk that officials have contacted him asking him about his parents' whereabouts, and he doesn't know where they are, either. >> and what can you tell us about this home-to-home search that's happening today? >> well it's going on right now, tamron. at the other end of this street on the other side of the prison there are state police department of corrections guards, and officers in camouflage, in tactical gear going home to home. now, these are abandoned homes that they're checking. they've been through these before. this was the immediate search area on saturday when they discovered that the two convicts were missing. they stress that they are merely retracing their steps. they are merely making sure they haven't missed anything. they say this is not based on any new information or any new

tips, not like the tip that sent them yesterday down to willsborough new york. a report that they had been spotted by a driver who saw the two men walking along a highway in a heavy downpour and then who ducked into the woods. that search lasted all day. there were high anticipation that perhaps they might come out of the woods with them, with these two escaped killers, but that came up empty handed. >> all right, don, thank you very much. developing now, we're expecting to learn more about why a texas police officer resigned from the force days after he was caught on video wrestling a teenage girl to the ground and pointing his gun at others at a pool party. the mckinney chief of police announced yesterday that officer eric casebolt voluntarily turned in a two-page statement simply saying i resign. police criticized his handling of the situation and ignoring

the cause of the disturbance in the first place. >> our training and practice do not support his actions. he came into the call out of control. and as the video shows was out of control during the incident. i do not condone the actions of those individuals who violated the rules of the community, showed disrespect to the security personnel on scene and to the officers who responded. >> msnbc national correspondent joy reed joins me now from texas. joy, people asking whether casebolt could face any charges. what are they saying specifically could be those charges? >> reporter: tamron activists and members of the community who came to that press conference given by the mayor and the police chief yesterday said they wanted to see eric casebolt charged with what they call the assault of that 15-year-old girl who you saw being held down in that video that's now been viewed millions of times on youtube. local activists here saying they

don't believe this case should be over. we may now potentially hear more from the attorney for eric casebolt, because as you said there was very little information given other than he gave a two-word resignation. we are expected to hear from his attorneys in dallas today at 2:00. interestingly enough an hour before that, there will be two back-to-back press conferences here in mckinney behind me at the police station. the national bar association expecting to hold a press conference at 1:00 followed by a press conference of a local activist group who have been calling for charges against eric casebolt. so those press conference will happen first. shortly thereafter we will now hear from the attorney of eric casebolt. not clear whether eric casebolt himself will be at that dallas press conference. >> it's interesting given the police union came out and supported the case. that's not unusual, it happens in all of these cases most of

them, anyway where they get behind that individual to fight back, and here in this situation he's handing over his resignation. >> absolutely. the union did stand behind eric casebolt, but what you heard from the police chief was a scathing review of his performance contrasting that performance with that of the other 11 officers that were there. so we don't know what the union's, perhaps, feelings are after he resigned. it was his own resignation, he was not fired by the police department, but as you heard yesterday, when it comes from the police chief, not good words for this now former officer who said his actions were not supportable by his training or by the way this police department likes to see its officers conduct themselves. >> thank you very much. greatly appreciate it. developing now, president obama is reportedly considering a significant change in strategy in iraq. a senior administration official tells nbc news the president may send up to 500 additional military trainers to help the

iraqis defeat isis. there are currently about 3,000 u.s. military trainers and advisers in that country. this new strategy comes after iraqi forces suffered a number of defeats in recent weeks, including the fall of ramadi. joining me now, retired military analyst bare mccaffery who led troops in 1975. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> let's talk about this possible change in strategy. how could this impact the situation on the ground there, if at all? >> it's unlikely to have any material impact to what's going on in iraq. the last problem we have with the iraqi army is that they have inadequate small-unit training. we get your generals getting on helicopters and fleeing the battle scene. the problem is confidence discipline, trust in the national government. i get great sympathy though

for the president. he's stuck in a flil dilemma. he wants to make a gesture of some sort. sunni sunni, isis suppressors, so this is a problem with no easy solution. >> when you hear the word trainers, some 700 individuals, men and women sent over there are already skeptical and believe this is just a ramping up of something more in that country, something you're very familiar with. >> you know it's not going to make any significant difference. if we put 10 15,000 troops in there and embedded air ground control teams in iraq if we put significant command and control people throughout their chain of command, we probably would have made a difference. this is a bitter civil war it

would sunni, shia and kurds. >> which is so interesting the timing of this. i'm sure you saw the headlines from donald rumsfeld's interview where he said it's so hard to believe you could put a democracy in iraq and here we are with the entanglement of the civil war combined now with more hardened terrorists than we've ever seen that being isis. >> yes, and certainly donald rumsfeld has had a lot to do with taking down a traditional structure and trying to create and build an operative democracy, which is a ridiculous strategy in the first place. having said that the president has a problem. he has some domestic critics. the u.s. air power is going to

make a difference. it's keeping it from completely coming apart. but again, the small unit training isn't the problem. that's not going to be the thing. >> barry mccaffery thank you for your time. >> good to be with you. why three jurors were dismissed from the aurora colorado movie theater shooting trial. marco rubio is now fundraising off two critical news reports, including one that focuses on his spending habits. it's part of today's first read. and will you have to downsize your luggage? the controversial new plan to cut the size of carry-on bags. it is our news nation gut check. and you can join our conversation on line. you can find the team at news nation on twitter. we'll be right back.

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new developments this morning in the colorado theater shooting trial of james holmes. the judge dismissed three jurors yesterday and had them escorted out of the courtroom, this after a juror came forward claiming another juror was watching news coverage and telling two other jurors about it. holmes is charged with killing 12 people in the 2012 shooting spree and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to multiple counts of first degree murder. jay jacob joins us live from los angeles. what more do we know about these jurors? >> the instructions to the jurors had been clear. the judge reminds them every day to stay away from coverage about the trial. yesterday morning one of the jurors passed the judge a note saying she had overheard another juror talking about coverage about the trial during a court

break. so the court scrambled, took about an hour and a half break, and then came back and one by one, asked five different jurors about what they might have heard about the trial coverage and then decided in the end to dismiss three jurors and had them escorted out of the building. they were discharged from duty and told not to talk to other jurors and not to talk to the media. the judge's decision was that those three jurors had not been completely forthcoming about what they might have heard during this break. there was some discussion about whether one of the jurors had heard from her husband about something on facebook and there was back and forth and the judge determined that there were three jurors who might have been lying about what they might have heard from this husband. so there was some back and forth, and we're not exactly sure what in the end was heard, but the judge's decision was that three jurors' opinions and judgments might have been compromised. so what does this mean for the trial? you'll remember that it took

months in a historically large jury pool of 9,000 people to come up with these jurors but in the end they decided on 12 jurors and 12 alternates for this reason. so now there are simply nine alternates instead of 12 and the trial will move forward again this morning. >> all right, jacob, thank you very much. coming up a new embarrassment for the secret service. why some agents stationed at the white house don't have proper security clearances? it's one of the stories we thought you should know this morning. and developing now, russia's president vladimir putin is said to meet with pope francis this hour. will they discuss the crisis in ukraine? we'll have a live report from the vatican. zero heartburn! prilosec otc. the number 1 doctor-recommended frequent heartburn medicine for 9 straight years. one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn.

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hastert is out on bail. gabe gutierrez was in court yesterday and reports from his home town in chicago. >> reporter: good morning. hastert is a huge part of this community, teaching at this high school decades ago for 16 years. now he faces the legal fight of his life. it was a wild scene as he made his first public appearance in nearly two weeks. this morning dennis hastert is out on $4500 bail after facing a media frenzy. he pleaded not guilty to charges he broke banking laws and then lied to the fbi. inside the federal courtroom, he whispered yes when asked whether he understood the terms of his bond. they include surrendering his passport removing all firearms from his home and submitting dna samples. >> i assume what the defense is

going to be, it's my money, i'm allowed to withdraw my money for what i'd like i can use it for my own purpose, and this whole incident may be distasteful but it's not unlawful. >> he made at least 10 of 0106 cash withdrawals of $10,000 each to pay someone hush money for past sexual abuse with a student. >> i'm not happy with him being charged, and i'm not happy he did what he did. >> honestly i hope none of it's true. >> reporter: no comment from the former house speaker or his new high-profile attorney as they left court. but as a sign of how prevalent hastert was in politics the judge assigned to the case

disclosed that he donated twice to hastert's campaign. the judge made those donations ten years ago and he said he had no doubt he could be impartial in this case. he also said he would remove himself from the case unless both parties, the defense and the prosecution, agreed to let him stay on. a decision on that will be tomorrow. a little girl dies after a horrific accident involving one of those bathhouses. it's one of the stories we're updating this morning around the news nation. also ahead, jeb bush travels to poland after calling russian president vladimir putin a bully. how it plays into jeb bush's campaign strategy. senior editor mark murray is next.

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senator iverson of georgia revealed that he has parkinson's disease. isakson said he will face this challenge, quote, head on and continue his duties as senator. now to this morning's first read on politics. health and human services secretary sylvia burwell is on capitol hill right now defending the health care law before senate republicans. testimony of the house ways and means committee comes after a crucial court ruling. in 2016 news senator marco rubio and his finances resulted in a fundraising bonanza for his campaign.

and jeb bush in europe had tough words for vladimir putin but no word from his brother. mark murray senior editor. mark good to have you on. >> good to be here. >> let's talk about senator isakson regarding his health. >> very sad news tamron. you have senator isakson as the senior member of the senate delegation in georgia, the senior senator there, and just very sad news. >> he says he will continue and face this head on. but also let's transition to what's happening on capitol hill with secretary sylvia burwell, the headlines still the health care law and what could happen if the supreme court does not rule the way of the obama administration. >> this has become a big parlor game on what the united states supreme court does tamron. president obama on tuesday ended up remarking that republicans

could essentially just sign a one-sentence bill and that becomes law and that takes care of it. if the supreme court rules that these subsidies are illegal. republicans have said we don't actually want that we want some kind of changes in the affordable care act in return for that. and also some other republicans said we shouldn't even have these subsidies at all. you see a divided republican party here. and, of course tamron, it's a 50-50 chance maybe more likely than not, that the supreme court actually upholds these subsidies and this becomes a moot piece of conversation, but it's obviously a big part of it all right now. peter alexander said senator rubio's aides told him the campaign has now raised $100,000 off of these stories in just the last five days. >> tamron the rubio campaign is actually playing this very well. one, they picked a fight with the "new york times" and republicans always do well when

they're picking fights with that newspaper. there's never a price to pay for something like that. they decided to raise money. they rallied folks on twitter. i've seen hash tags they've been able to use. so they've done a very good job dealing with this story. i think the question for them is is there anything else that comes out, anything else financial related, especially when it goes back to the time he was florida house speaker, use of a credit card all of this becomes fair game when you're running for the presidency there is so much scrutiny. what i'm looking for is are there any other future stories out there. the rubio campaign is handling it pretty well. >> they raised money, and chuck todd pointed out, for example, the boat the "new york times" referred to as a luxury speed boat. this is a picture of a similar model. rubio bought it for $80,000. chuck said this is the type of boat that middle class boaters aspire to and will spend money

on, this as opposed to something that seems like luxury to folks who don't live near the water. chuck todd saying the boat that's in question about his luxurious living is actually something you would see all the time there. >> well right. and, again, once you end up up coming to the primary season and the general election if marco rubio is a prime nominee, we'll be talking more than about how expensive his boat is and is it a fishing boat versus a luxury boat. >> i guess the question is is the "new york times" targeting him and is this bakesically an early political hit job with maybe some bush supporters behind it. and bush's strategy in going after president vladimir putin. >> and tamron we ended up hearing from jeb bush. very, very tough words when it comes to vladimir putin. the news to me he left the

possibility and the willingness to perhaps put u.s. troops in the baltic states which is something the obama administration hasn't done yet or even offered. that was noteworthy. best news for jeb bush so far, he hasn't made a mistake. autos we've seen on this european trip, mitt romney in 2012, you had chris christie earlier this year that when you go abroad you can really end up screwing up. so far he hasn't made a fatal error, of course there are a few days to go. >> yes, there is mark. thank you. we'll see you tomorrow. >> thanks, tamron. vladimir putin is about to hold a meeting with pope francis at the vatican. this willing the second time they meet. their last meeting was a year and a half ago before russia and crimea. today's meeting with the vatican is urging the pontiff to force

the russians into the ukraine more forcefully. apparently late again for this meeting. this also happened in 2013. >> reporter: it seems like president putin wants to stick to tradition here tamron and you should have been here about half an hour ago when the meeting was scheduled to start. he was 15 minutes late in 2013. he was an hour late for his meeting this morning with pope francis, so if we want to stick to habit, it's his modus modus operandi. he's a holy man, so hopefully he will not hold a grudge. we will welcome him warmly as is done in the past especially because they're agreeing on one specific subject. they both single out to fight persecution of christians in the middle east because russia is

historical to protect orthodox christians around the middle east for obvious reasons. then i'd like to move on to a more sensitive subject. the pope is being criticized in the past for not taking a stance on ukraine. he says it's an incident of great conflict. he's calling for peace and a solution, but he's never really blamed russia or vladimir for the crimea. he was expecting them to use a tougher stance during his meeting with putin, and we'll see if he does. if he arrives, of course. >> of course. coming up new reaction to a study that claims dozens of hospitals price gouge underinsured patients. some were charged more than 10 times the actual cost according to this report. plus a harvard grad left her job on wall street to help women in africa. she turned her family's secrets

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the group that operates half the centers on the list tells msnbc, quote, these charges rarely reflect what consumers actually pay for their health care. all hospitals affiliated with community health systems offer significant discounts for uninsured patients and charity care for those who qualify. joining me now is the president for the national nurses united union, a professional association that conducted a similar study. thanks so much for joining us jean. >> you're welcome. glad to be here. >> you're not part of this study that was released this week but as i mentioned, your organization did something similar here combined with the research done with your group and what you've read does any of this come as a surprise to you? >> no. not for any of us that are nurses and have been nurses for some time. it's once again, the people that are the most vulnerable are having to pay more. >> it's interesting to your point that this study or allegations like this have been around for many years.

i remember even seeing evening news reports where a tylenol, for example, would cost ten times more than it would if you simply had gone into the drugstore to get it as opposed to getting it when you went into the hospital. >> that's true. and i think what we see happening is we hear all the stories about that doesn't really reflect what people are paying. but honestly why charge exorbitant prices and then say you'll give some sort of discount in the end? you have to believe when they charge those high prices somebody somewhere is paying them. >> to your point, the statement we received from the community health system which is a part of most of the hospitals in question in this report they explain it as there are discounts offered to the uninsured and charity care to those who qualify, but there does not seem to be an actual explanation of why the cost is

upticked in the first place. >> well i would say because they can. there are only two states that regulate it. that would be maryland and west virginia and in those states they have a state agency that sets the highest mark-up that is allowed by those hospitals. and without that you have no control. you have a monopoly. so if nobody says you can't, they can, and they do. >> to your point that there is not -- and i think people would be surprised that there are not laws or regulations in place to protect you from the price gouging that's alleged, if true. >> it is. and, unfortunately, it hits people -- oh for example, things you wouldn't think of like your auto insurance and your policies your homeowner's policies, things like that. what ends up happening is in states where these hospitals charge those exorbitant rates, those policies are higher also. so what is most important to nurses is we see that our

patients and families are affected by bankruptcies and the worst is they will avoid medical care entirely. >> and this study comes, of course, as you know and your organization has talked about it as well transparency that you believe is needed and that seems to be the first component or the first major thing that could perhaps prevent this from happening. >> the transparency is essential. and it needs to be regulated because when you are ill, that is no time to be shopping around even if the information were available. >> jean thank you so much for your time. be greatly appreciate it again. your organization did a separate study but with similar results as the one released. thank you for your time. up next our news relation gut check. are you about to need new luggage? details on a new proposal to shrink the size of the carry-on bag you're allowed to bring on board.

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a toddler has been killed after falling out of a bounce house blowing into the air. to hold it down the child fell out and later died. the calf had been installed illegally in front of a supermarket. emergency crews are on the scene of a major accident in the lincoln tunnel which connects new york city to new jersey. a transit bus rear-ended a private bus injuring at least 18 people. the injuries could not appear to be serious. crews are also helping a pregnant woman in labor trapped behind one of those buses. my goodness. time now to keep you updated on that story too, by the way. time for gut check. an airline trade group wants to ease the stress of choosing the

right size carry-on bag. the international air transport association announced a new initiative to make all carry-ons the same size saying it would make things easier for everyone especially passengers, but the proposed size is about 20% smaller than what most airlines already accept. the association's president says, quote, the passenger will know if he or she buys this bag they will be able to take it on board. a growing number of airlines that you don't need to be concerned about the size of the bag. the group says at least 40 airlines around the world on board and will be announcing the guideline into their operations. several luggage manufacturers are making bags meet the standard size. they are expected to reach retail shops later this year. so what does your gut tell you? do you agree with the airline's proposal for one standard size for carry-on luggage and the fact that it is so much smaller than we are allowed now? newsnation.msnbc.com to cast that vote and let us know what you think now. time now for born in the usa,

our series highlighting business success stories and our next company is one "the new york times" described as quote, girl power operation all the way down. it's helping build economic opportunities for women in the developing world. the company's founder was raised by parents who fled ghana in the late '70s and instilled hard work well after graduating from harvard business school. she decided to launch her own business but it could not be just any company. she wanted to help foster female enterprise in the u.s. and ghana. she came up with the perfect product, shea butter teaming up with her mother. what makes it similar from similar products is her company use 95% shea content and all of it is acquired through a partnership benefitting more

than 700 women in local cooperatives in ghana. nice to see you. >> thank you so much. >> you graduated from harvard business. that in itself blows everyone's mind, a huge accomplishment. you're on wall street dominated by men but making your way there and you say that's not what i want to do. what is that moment like in your life? what was the straw? >> it wasn't really a straw, it was kind of just being approached boyy a couple different decisions. one was my mom's question for help. in about 2000 she started with the wholesale shea butter company. one of the things she realized that her customers didn't care a ton about necessarily high quality shea or the women that we were working with both of which are really important to us. she was realizing that about the same time i was graduating from business school. and i thought who might care u.s. consumers might care.

they can afford to care possibly. >> meaning care where our product is coming from and if our product is helping others. >> exactly. >> so you created this model of success, as i pointed out, that "the new york times" called girl power operation all the way down and that means you are bringing in these women, some 700, into your business model. how does that work? >> right. so we work with as you mentioned, over 700 women in northern ghana who have formed cooperatives and obviously getting sustainably paid but also training in terms of the quality of the shea butter as well as financial literacy and health care training. and then we channel a portion of the profits back to the cooperatives as well. so one of our spotlight workers, we're putting her children through -- paying for their education. >> so take us through the process here because as i pointed out, your company says that you bring in 95% shea

content to your product as opposed to a lot of competitors out there. i had to look up shea i'm going to admit it. i kept saying to my team yesterday, what is shea? what is it made from? take us through this process and why it is you believe a superior product. >> yeah. so shea butter is a product that's similar to cocoa butter. it doesn't clog your pores, it's rich in vitamins a and e so it helps with stretch marks, it helps with scarring. the thing that you realize if you're walking down the supermarket, pretty much everything in your cart has some shea butter in it. >> there's a ton of products with shea in it. i've even been to markets in brooklyn or harlem and they have shea and i don't know what i'm buying but it's supposed to help. >> everything says it has a little shea in it. most of the time it doesn't say exactly how much or if it does say, it's 25% ourndr under.

all of our products have at least 95% shea content and that's just to make sure that you have the most pure product that you can. >> and in addition to giving them the knowledge and power that their money is going to help women around the world. congratulations. i know the name comes from your mother so congratulations to her for having such a brilliant daughter. >> thank you for having me. >> that does it for this edition of "news nation." up next "andrea mitchell reports."

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