and brandon boyle represents parts of the philly area as well right nearby. congressman, you're the leader of the city politically, you are. what are you going to do about this? talk about this ptc thing? >> well, it's positive train control is a device that if it's in the engine and it's on the poles, it would have stopped the train. >> so it's a deadman switch? >> exactly. amtrak had it in the locomotive, but not on the pole. in 2008 we passed a law that all 100 railroads have to have this ptc in place by 2015. now the first i want to go back, i want to talk to the department of transportation. i want to ask for a public system-wide audit of where they're at, why don't these trains visit. it's supposed to be in hazmat trains and passenger trains. the delay you see today costs lives. and we can't get any more delay. they've got the money. >> you're going to make it law? >> it is law. they're dragging their feet. >> what's frustrating is we took a tour at ntsb and amtrak were nice enough and gracious enough to take us on. it is a horrific scene, actually far

. >> brandon boyle, the irish. strange situation here. i shouldn't be kidding. what a sad night. but i'm so impressed by this city and the way you saved 200 lives, probably. the triage, the hospitals, the willingness of people to help in the neighborhood. >> a lot of constituents from your old neighborhood in the northeast, law enforcement. >> police, fire, first responders. hospitals. hospitals. and the universities. drexel put a staging area for us too. great. >> frankford, great old neighborhood here. i'm joined right now by dr. herb cushing. >> hi. >> tell us how you handle these situations where you have 200 people coming in all in need of emergency care. >> temple hospital is a level 1 trauma center. and it was the nearest level 1 trauma center to the train derailment. and we practiced and drilled to be prepared for exactly this sort of situation. temple got 54 patients very quickly after the derailment. and everyone jumped in to action. the trauma team was all over it. the nurses all the other hospital employees were helping out, making sure that the patients were evaluate