now the ntsb also says it's now questioned the engineer brian bostian.y describe him as extremely cooperative. jason carroll is outfront. he's start with this. everyone has all sorts of theories. this is the first we've heard that perhaps something you thrown at or hit the train. how would information about a possible project tile hitting train 188 change the investigation? >> reporter: first of all, the first thing to explain is that ntsb still doesn't have a confirmed explanation as to what caused that train to accelerate. but this investigation is now going to change in that the fbi is now being brought in to take a look at that lower left hand portion of the amtrak windshield. they're going to take a specific look at it. the ntsb speaking just a short while ago talking about what area what they'll be looking for. >> if you're standing in the middle of the loek motive cab, the center line over here is where the engineer's windshield is. in the lower portion of the left-hand windshield there is a circular pattern that emanates out just a little bit. th

. >> one of the conductors on train 188 told investigators a send another engineer contactors brian bostian. >> she also believed she heard her engineer say something about his train being struck by something. >> reporter: soon after the northbound train suddenly sped up. barreling into a curve at 106-miles-an-hour, all seven cars jumped the tracks. an amtrak conductor who works for the like says it's not unheard of for something to hit a train. >> baltimore we have had rocks thrown. that area, north philadelphia i is a bad area. >> friday afternoon bostian spoke with the ntsb for their first time since the crash but he still doesn't remember much. next up investigators want to talk to the engineer of the other train hit by a projectile on the tracks. meanwhile, amtrak hopes to open up some parts of its service on this track line by sometime next week. abc news philadelphia. >> in san francisco, south of market neighborhood, firefighters were able to put out these flames quickly. the fire burned an rv at mission and seventh street and a building nearby was damaged. no one was injured and in

the ntsb began today's news conference saying that they had spoken with brian bostian the engineer, he was fully cooperate activity seemed familiar with the train he operated. said he was not fatigued on the night of the derailment for was he feeling ill at the time. he told them he remembered sounding the bell on the train as he passed north philadelphia station. now, that's at broad street. this is the north philadelphia station. it's a routine it is required but he can remember nothing after that. then the ntsb talked to one of the conductors and she said she had overheard radio chatter, two-way radio chatter between a septa engineer and bostian. the septa engineer had reported that his train had been struck by rocks or a bullet. then robert sumwalt of the ntsb picks up what she said. >> she also believed that she heard her engineer say something about his train being struck by something. our investigation does not independently confirm this information but we have seen damage to the left hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at f

we also know that officials are now examining the cell phone record of the train's engineer brian bostian and that they have interviewed the engineer of the septa train hit by a object just before the train derailed. today philadelphia police commissioner charles ramsey talk about the investigation. >> right now i'm not aware of anything that is going to result in criminal charges but it is possible. the the d.a. can review this. there could be something i'm not aware of that would lead to that. >> the derailment last week killed eight people, and it injured more than 200 others. >>> a school bus and suv collide on the roosevelt boulevard in east falls. this happened around 1:00 in the southbound lanes near fox street. there were no children on board that bus when the crash happened but an adult male passenger did have to be taken to the hospital. police say he was knock unconscious. >>> there is no word on what cause that had crash. >>> with the mayoral primary over, it is now time for the general election, campaigns go to begin. jim kenney and melissa murray bailey took to the campaign

. >>> the cell phone of amtrak engineer brian bostian is the latest source of scrutiny, in the train derailment probe. ntsb investigators are in possession of the phone, they are pouring over phone record, from the day of the crash trying to match time stamps up with other sources from the train such as data recorders and video. investigators say bostian's phone made calls texted and used data a on the day of the crash but they don't know if it was used while at the controls. bostian's lawyer previously told abc news that the phone was kept in the bag during that faithful trip and was only used to call 911 after the derailment. >>> well, we now have have a fascinating look at the mine set of osama bin laden as lived in the compound in pakistan where he was finally killed during that raid by seal team six. a collection of personal letters and books from osama bin laden's compound has been released a after being declassified. they tell a tail of the disappointed lead shore regretted his years in hiding. monica malpass has been looking at all of this and is here with more. >> reporter:

amtrak engineer brian bostian told investigators he doesn't remember what happened when northeast regional train 188 accelerated to 106 miles per hour before derailing at a curve. it will cost $20,000 per loco motive $2.4 million total. >>> meteorologist bill karins here with the forecast. good morning. >> good morning. houston, all eyes on them again, not just what happened yesterday a new round of thunderstorms knocking on the door about to move through. there was a severe warning. a complex of storms that started all the way back in dallas last night, moved aacross the state. kind of almost the southern portion of this not stalling but moving very slowly now. about to fall down right on the top of the city of houston. flash flood to the north side. yesterday the worst of it heaviest rain on the south side of town and west side of town. the heaviest to the north. it is shifting slowly to the south. it's going to be a rough morning commute. we will see one to three inches quickly with thunderstorms that are now over the top of the city. that will produce additional flash flooding. only a

last week the conductor of the doomed amtrak train, told investigators she overheard brian bostian sayrain had been struck by something. >> at this point we really want to chase this lead down. >> reporter: transportation officials are also investigating reports that minutes before the crash, other trains in the area were also hit by projectiles. the windshield of a septa commuter train was shattered as was the passenger window of an amtrak excella train. >> we were definitely alarmed. we never heard that sound on a train. we take the train often between d.c. and new york. it was frightening. >> reporter: philadelphia native howard brown says these reports do not surprise him. he says the police rarely patrol this area. and kids get into trouble on the tracks all the time. >> the junkies will go up here hoping they find debris or ref use they can sell in the scrap yard. the kids go up here. >> the kids out on the track that night throwing things at trains. not unusual at all. >> no. no. no. not unheard of. not unusual. not that they is accepted, but it's, it's actually believable that

new york can give your business the opportunity to grow at ny.gov/business cell phone records of brian bostian phone calls were made the day the train derailed but it's not clear whether any of those calls were made while the train was in motion. officials attempting to match time stamps to see if any phone activity is related to the accident. bastion's lawyer said he was not using his cell phone while drying the train. eight people were killed in the crash. amtrak has reviewed debate over nation's infrastructure. while deteriorating tracks have not been pointed to as a cause. some say it highlights the need to boost overall spending. in washington the battle rages over the best way to improve not just rails but roadways. a bill in the house but a need for long-term solution looms. while congress struggles to reach a deal states forging ahead on their own. one of them ocean preparing to launch a plan that would have drivers pay for the miles they drive instead of like hiking the gas tax to raise money to fix infrastructure. joining me now to explain from portland jim witty, manager of oregon d

the ntsb began today's news conference saying that they had spoken with brian bostian the engineer, herate activity seemed familiar with the train he operated. said he was not fatigued on the night of the derailment for was he feeling ill at the time. he told them he remembered sounding the bell on the train as he passed north philadelphia station. now, that's at broad street. this is the north philadelphia station. it's a routine it is required but he can remember nothing after that. then the ntsb talked to one of the conducto

. >> that engineer is brian bostian of queens, new york. he has provided a statement for police and we're told he will be interviewed by ntsb personnel in the next few days. >> so far five of the seven people killed, in the derailment have have been identified. more than 200 people were injured with injuring ranging from burns to broken bones. >>> a man wanted for attacking people with a ham inner new york city is shot, after swing ago this hammer at a police officer. the terrifying encounter here caught on camera, two officers approached that suspect and then the man then attacked the female officer. her partner fired four shots hit ago this suspect, two times. >> these officers a had no chance to call for assistance but rather reacted quickly and instinctively. >> police say that suspect david barrel, is also a paranoid schizophrenic who checked himself out of the mental health facility months ago. he remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. >>> a california woman says she was fired for deleting a tracking app from her compa

because investigators say that engineer brian bostian is being incredibly cooperative but he can't recallg about the crash. they asked him specifically about that projectile. he didn't remember anything about it. i want to point that even dr. sanjay gupta says traumatic injury could cause post-traumatic amnesia. what bearing does this have now on the investigation? >> good morning. in any investigation that is undertaken, obviously, the person who is at issue in that investigation and what they say, what they remember, is critical. but remember that you don't base an investigation on what someone tells you. you base it on the surrounding circumstances. and so as you mentioned, certainly, his memory, it's typical when you get involved in a crash of this magnitude, you're going to have some type of memory loss and potentially that memory will come back. so i think what he remembers, if anything, could be important to the investigation. but they are not going to overly rely upon that investigation. just as to a couple of other matters. in terms of a projectile hitting that amtrak train, if i

but the ntsb engineer brian bostian never radioed in that the train had been hit.amtrak says its trains are hit by projectiles all the time. >> generally you have kids tossing a rock at the train. it happens. sometimes it becomes a certain area and the chief and her folks have to go out there and get that straightened out. but it's not a danger to the passengers on the train. >> the amtrak engineer told authorities he does not remember anything that happened in the few minutes before the crash but he is cooperating with investigators. >>> tonight we are getting the first photos of the victim from italy. giuseppe was heading to italy. tonight, the family says they can't get his body back. 17 patients remain in area hospitals. stay tuned for complete coverage of the train deraitd rail men on nbc 20.com and the nbc 10 news app. >>> new at 11:00, a fight between rival biker gangs left nine dead and others injured. it happened at a restaurant in waco texas. police say the trouble started when an argument became heated and spilled into the parking lot. they say bikers at

bostian. they will look to speak to him in the days ahead. john. >> brian todd thanks. the lawyer for brandon bostian says his client has no memory of the crash itself and quote no explanation for what happened. robert goggin said bostian turned over his cell phone and blood sample. he has yet to make a formal statement. mayor michael nutter is placing the blame on bostian's shoulders. a conclusion the ntsb team leader on the site says is premature. >> clearly he was reckless and irresponsible in his actions. i don't know what was going on with him. i don't know what was going on in the cab. there's really no excuse that could be offered. literally unless he had a heart attack. >> i'll refrain from those remarks. this is a fact-based investigation and to make comments like that is inflammatory at this point. we want to find out what happened to prevent it from happening again. >> you think the mayor was wrong in saying that? >> well you will not hear the ntsb making comments like that. we want to get the facts before we start making judgments. >> the 32-year-old engineer

the man driving the train was 32-year-old brian bostian. i reportedly has a lawyer.

brian todd great context. friends and colleagues of brandon bostian are defending him. xavier bishop worked with him as a flagman for some time. he doesn't work for amtrak anymore. bishop describes bostian as consciousous. he says he never saw bostian drink or drive a train when he wasn't ready. >> he was on point. if there was something he didn't know he knew who to call to get information. he didn't come off as i know it all or i know everything. if he wasn't 100% sure he would call and make sure that he got the proper information because he wasn't going to do anything and i'm going to assume. he was thorough. >> you mentioned we all know the speeds. we know the trip. we know the route. you know the curve is coming up. you are leaving philly and you have to go slow for a while. what i can't understand then is how can this guy who you traveled with on these tracks many times have gone into this situation so hot. >> again, that's the million dollar question. to be honest with you, i'm going based on the person that i know. i'm not going to sit there and say we can't mak

bostian manually actually did that. a quick update on the injured. five in critical condition, all are expected to survive. shannon? >> brianelphia thanks so much. >>> was it a mistake to go to war in iraq? >> i don't -- >> after finding out there were no weapons of mass destruction would you have been in favor of the iraqi invasion? >> not only would i not have been in favor of it president bush would not have been in favor of it. and he said so. >> senator, isn'tflip? six weeks ago, it made sense to invade iraq in 2003 now you say it was a mistake. >> two different questions. it was not a mistake. >> marco rubio is the latest republican candidate to have a tough time with what would appear to be a very simple question knowing what we know now, would you have invaded iraq? it started with megyn kelly's interview of jeb bush and the ensuing answer and multiple clarifications made for a rough week for jeb. here for a fair and balanced debate civic foreign tax chair ford o'connell and joe lastingy. why is this so difficult for republicans to answer? >> it is more difficult for jeb bush, but he should have had his answer candi

bostian was extremely cooperative in his interview friday, but suffered a concussion and could not recall anything that happened during the derailment. investigators stress this is not yet considered a criminal investigation. in philadelphia, brian yennis, fox news. >>> coming up, a major u.s. operation against isis. we'll have details on the mission that left a key isis leader dead. >> also, from home made r2-d2 to an electronic giraffe, we'll show you the unique event that celebrates bay area innovators. >> in weather, we have been locked in a cool weather pattern. right now, a few high clouds moving into the picture. we'll let you know if the clouds stick around and also break down the chance of showers in the five-day forecast. Ñw? female announcer: when you see this truck, it means another neighbor is going to sleep better tonight. because they went to sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic event. save up to $300 on the cooling comfort of tempur-breeze. plus, get up to 36 months interest-free financing. sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. and of course, free same-day delivery! are you next? announcer: make sleep train your ticket to tempur-pedic. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ . >>> a b