joining us now is the ntsb chairman christopher hart. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> we know the answer to that question? >> no we don't. it'll take us several months to determine. when we do cell phone records, it's a very meticulous thorough examination. >> when you say cell phone records, what are you looking for? >> well oftentimes the cell phone is on the site and we take the cell phone with us because it was on scene and we have the phone itself. >> the phone that was with the engineer? >> yes. this time the engineer had the phone. in fact made a 911 phone call six minutes after the crash. we know he still had it. that makes our search more difficult because now we need to go beyond just the phone and we need to look at an enormous volume of records. >> was the windshield hit by some sort of object that could have distracted him, inadvertently pushed that throttle forward to go from 50 miles an hour to 100 miles an hour? that's one of the theories that's been out there. >> that's one of the questions we're looking at. we h

. >> chairman christopher hart also added, since the train's engineer has no memory of the events leading up to the crash, inward facing videocameras could fill in those gaps. eight passengers died and more than 200 were injured last month when that train entered a curve at more than double the speed limit. >>> u.s. lawmakers are hoping to get answers today from a top takata executive on those defective recalled airbags. kevin kennedy will testify before congress. he is expected to say he deeply regrets the injuries and deaths linked to the airbags. takata has recalled some 34 million cars after the airbags were linked to six deaths and at least 100 injuries. >>> a couple of hours from now in oakland the wars will open oracle arena to the media to show off some special decor for the nba finals. only two days until golden state hosts the cleveland cavaliers in game one. fun begins thursday evening at 6:00. and the big question is, will the warriors' klay thompson be fit to play he was? on the court for practice yesterday -- be fit to play? he was on the court for practice yesterday without

. - christopher hart and federal railroad administration head sarah feinberg. this is just over three hours. >> the committee will come to order. today's hearing will focus on the tragic amtrak accident that occurred philadelphia on may 17th. we have all heard some of the preliminary information surrounding this terrible event. an amtrak northeast regional train en route from washington to new york derailed on a curve in philadelphia. the national transportation safety board has reported that the train was traveling at 106 miles per hour despite a 50-mile-per-hour speed limit on that portion of the track. eight passengers tragically lost their lives and approximately 200 were injured. we were not aware of any defects or issues identified to date with respect to the track, the locomotive or other infrastructure. today we will get an update from the ntsb on where their investigation stands and any additional information they can provide on the cause of this accident. since the accident, the federal railroad administration and amtrak have taken several steps to im

ntsb chairman christopher hart began the hearing by apologizing to the family of carol glover. she's the woman who died in the incident. surveillance video showing the smoke-filled station was played at the hearing. montgomery county fire chief scott goldstein is expected to testify. the hearing continues through tomorrow. >>> maryland governor larry hogan says he still feels good and has energy but knows he has a long fight ahead of him beat non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he shared the diagnosis yesterday at an emotional press conference. non-hodgkin's lymphoma is a cans their starts in the lymph system. his doctors laid out an aggressive plan that in his worlds said will beat the hell out of him. >>> montgomery county is ready to equip its officers with body cameras. the move is to protect citizens against excessive force and police against false claims. the cameras will help in community trust and evidence gathering. >> no matter what we do, we have to manage expectatras are for the a panacea. they're not going to cover everything all the time. >> plans call for montgomery county p

christopher hart today, the ntsb chair said this about the derailment. >> humans make mistakes, that's fundamental. the engineers are a good population of people, hard working, trying to do the right thing but make mistakes because they're humans. that's not criticism, that's a statement of fact. train control is the single most important backup to respond to human error. liz: and to the air, exactly human error that led to a third agency, the tsa to put american lives in dangerous, by failing 67 out of 70 screening tests that were conducted secretly in the wake of the abysmal performance, so folks, across the board, serious dangers. who is to blame? what can be done to protect you as we travel? we dive deeply into the issue in the last hour of the trading day so let's start the "countdown." >> and here is the breaking news. it is staggering, the tsa has failed 96% of the undercover screening tests for weapons and hazardous materials which raises so many red flags about the safety of travelers that go through the busiest airports every day, business travelers who watch fox business, to

we'll hear from the chair of the ntsb, christopher hart and he'll be testifying with the president and ceo of amtrak. right there the chairman of the committee, bill schuster from pennsylvania getting the hearing under way, and joseph boardman and the acting administrator of the federal railroad administration and that's sarah feinberg. with all of the rail accident, the crumbling bridges and the air bag recalls, let us know how safe you feel about transportation and go to facebook.com/c-span during the hearing or send us a tweet @c-span. >>> the committee will come to order. today's hearing will focus on the tragic amtrak accident that occurred philadelphia on may 17th. we have all heard some of the preliminary information surrounding this terrible event. an amtrak northeast regional train en route from washington to new york derailed on a curve in philadelphia. the national transportation safety board has reported that the train was traveling at 106 miles per hour despite a 50 50-mile-per-hour speed limit on that portion of the track. eight passengers tragically lost their lives and

first, the honorable christopher hart is the chairman of the national transportation safety board. next, joseph boardman, the president and chief executive offer of amtrak, next miss sarah feinberg, for federal railroad administration and just been nominated and congratulations as you go through that process. good luck. >> the brotherhood of local employ nears and train derailment. i ask that our witnesses' full statements be included in the record and without objection, so ordered since your complete written testimony will be in the record i'll ask you to keep it to five minutes, your statement and with that we'll start with mr. hart, please proceed. >> thank you and good morning. chairman schuster and ranking member defazio and members of the committee, thank you for inviting the ntsb to appear before you today. earlier today we released a preliminary report and it's a summation of facts reviewed up to this point and i would like to review these facts with you this morning. at approximately amtrak regional train 188 derailed north of philadelphia's 30th street station. >> can you

first, the honorable crystal heart -- christopher hart is a chairman of the national transportation safety board. next is joseph boardman the president and chief executive officer of entry. next ms. sarah feinberg for federal railroad administration to just been nominated and congratulations as you go through that process. the blood. and dennis pierce, president of local -- brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainmen. your complete written test will be in the record we would ask you to keep it about five minutes, your statement. with that we will start with mr. hart, please proceed. >> thank you and good morning. chairman shuster ranking member defazio and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me the ntsb to appear before you today. this morning released a limited report, a summation of fax that were released at this point and i would like to review these briefly with you. at approximately 9:21 p.m. on tuesday may 12 amtrak regional train 188 derailed north of philadelphia's 30th street station. >> can you pull your mic close to speak with yes, sorry. as the chairman mentio

last month that the amtrak train crash of philadelphia the president and ceo and ntsb chairman christopher hartt will be asking what amtrak could of taken to prevent the disaster a people are dead into hard are hurt the train was traveling at more than doubled to 50 m.p.h. speed limit when it came off the rail. >>darya: ahead of the gsa is out after an internal investigation reopened talking details about airport security will say what they found coming up and we hear from parents and the east back after preschool teacher is arrested for child sexual abuse after the break how to bay area company is making it possible for your child to study for the as 84 free ticket live look at the san mateo bridge traffic is nice and my visibility is great and san jose right now 59 degrees by today 72. so is the fodation r hethy plants ju like gumsre the undaon for heahy tth.necolgate tol mohwash r guhealth. kil ger and formsa protecti shield fo45% strong gums. fostronger, althr gums lgattotamouthwash. the rld fild wi air but r pele wh co sometis brthinair n bediicul if you he co, asyourdoct abo oncdail anore

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first, the honorable christopher hart is the chairman of the national transportation safety board board. next, joseph boardman, the president and chief executive offer of amtrak, next miss sarah feinberg, for federal railroad administration and just been nominated and congratulations as you go through that process. good luck. >> the brotherhood of local employ nears and train derailment. i ask that our witnesses' full statements be included in the record and without objection, so ordered since your complete written testimony will be in the record i'll ask you to keep it to five minutes, your statement and with that we'll start with mr. hart, please proceed. >> thank you and good morning. chairman schuster and ranking member defazio and members of the committee, thank you for inviting the ntsb to appear before you today. >> can you pull your my closer the ntsb determined that seconds before the derailment, the train was traveling at 106 miles an hour. emergency braking was applied but the train slowed to only 102 miles and hour before the data recording ended. sadly, eight people were ki

also tomorrow house hearing we will hear from christopher hart the chair of the national transportation safety board and amtrak president and ceo live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. after that another house hearing on the status of the takata automobile airbag recall. that hearing held by a house commerce subcommittee live tuesday at 2:00 p.m. eastern the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress. color photos, bio contact information and twitter handles. district maps, a foldout twitter handles. district maps a foldout map of capitol hill and delicate congressional committees. order your copy today, 1395+ shipping 95 plus shipping and handling through the c-span online store at c-span.org. >> next a discussion on recent moves by congress to limit the pensions and allowances continues. host: late last month, the congressional committee moved to cut the pensions and allowances >> late last month the congressional committee moved to cut the allowances. here to talk about those efforts director of american university center for congressional and presidential studi