and, richard beary is the president of the international association of police chiefs.the former police chief of the city of lake mary, florida, and now chief of police for the university of central florida. and, gentlemen, we thank you both. chief ramsey, let me start with you. what the president did today was one of really picking up on one of the recommendations of the task force you led, have been leading the recommendations you made. why is this necessary? >> well, i think it's clearly necessary that we be able to ask police to justify any equipment that we receive not just from the military but also using federal grants to get some of the equipment. obviously, we need a broad range of equipment. police need -- police handle everything from missing childrenoto active shooters. the equipment you need to respond varies a great deal. but some military equipment is more appropriate for the field of battle, not the urban streets of our cities. >> woodruff: chief beary, do you agree this is the thing to do to ban some kinds of military equipment? >> i think everybody is

common ones are wheels, beari bearings, axels. >> the site of tuesday's crash in philadelphia is in the same area where the nation saw one of its deadliest train accidents in history. in 1943, a train traveling from washington to new york went off the tracks killing 79 feel. amtrak's deadliest accident in history occurred in 1993. in mobile, alabama. a tugboat smashed into a river bridge causing it to collapse taking the train passing over with it. 47 died. >> that was cnn correspondent, suzanne malvo reporting from washington. well, breaking news now in the philippines. where the government and the city of valenzuela says at least 72 people are dead in a fire at a footwear factory. george cahiles from cnn philippines joins us on the phone from valenzuela. thank you for joining us. tell what caused the fire, how is it possible that so many people, 72, hatch lost their lives? [ indiscernible ] >> the government says if the numbers are right they're no longer expecting that number to rise. one possible cause, that investigators are looking into is the possible spark from the alleged repai