kristen holmes saw this whole thing happen. she's joining me. pamela brown is also joining me one of our justice correspondents. lady let's walk through this together and begin first and foremost with what we know. kristen, to you first. i believe these are photos you took. i'm not quite sure if we're looking at the man here in the center of the screen who tried to fly this remote controlled aerial device. can you tell me what you saw? >> yeah we walked out and heard almost immediately walking out of the white house secret service was on top of it pushing people through the park trying to get them out of the street. we saw this man.

kristen holmes, our cnn producer.so much for hopping on the phone and updating us there. let's move on to the story here out of philadelphia this deadly train derailment. the attorney for the man who was at the controls when amtrak 188 flew off the rails tuesday says this about his client. brandon bostian had not been drinking at the time of the crash. he was not on drugs. he was not on his cell phone, which he says was off and in his bag. here's more from his attorney who was on "good morning america." >> i believe as a result of the concussion he has absolutely no recollection whatsoever of the events. i'm told that his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. he remembers coming into the curve. he remembers attempting to reduce speed thereafter. he was knocked out, thrown around just like all the other passengers in that train. >> let's talk about this and much more that we're learning. i have a professor from depaul university. professor, welcome. >> thank you. >> so let me just begin with th

kristen holmes is one of our white house producers. side the white house, you're just outside that area i take it the area has still been blocked off, no one can get close to the white house from pennsylvania avenue or from connecticut avenue 17th street any of the areas around the white house? is that right? >> yeah it's still completely blouk blocked off. we have asked when is this going to cleared out, they don't know. they're hearing sirens. we've been hearing sirens for 20 minutes. i haven't seen anything coming up but it's completely jammed up. they have cars blocking off traffic. they have caution tape up and they have several officers on every corner making sure that no one crosses by the white house. >> yeah there's been a series of incidents in recent months involving security at the white house. all right. we're going to stay on top of this story, we'll continue to follow the breaking news. update our viewers here in the united states and around the world. we'll also check some other news including jeb bush's slip of the tong

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