the military use of -- [inaudible] was pioneered by this gentleman here, fritz harbor, a german chemist who was head of the institute in berlin. mayber was working in such -- abeer was working in such haste that there was an explosion in his lab. gas would shorten the war producing not only casualties, but panic -- [inaudible] psychological warfare. by january 1915haber had a weapon sufficiently advanced for him to be able to demonstrate it to an enthusiastic german high command. while the answer to breaking a military stalemate was seen by this gentleman here winston churchill, at the time first lord of the admiralty -- [inaudible] to attack germany's ally turkey. [inaudible] were responsible for britain's defenses both against -- [inaudible] and against aerial bombardment -- [inaudible] although -- [inaudible] they took very few measures to counteract the new underwater threat. what about air attack? despite churchill's skepticism about airships which he described as gaseous monsters or enormous bladders of combustible and explosive gas he recognized the possibility of bombing raids o

fritz: i will highly three. one was martin luther king, where we uncovered the document which was sent to him by the fbi after bugs -- by the way they were able to put bugs, without even the approval of the attorney general, because the earlier attorney general had such a geographical over, i do not want to know, -- had said to j edgar hoover, i do not want to do. they had put bugs to humiliate him so much so to where he would commit suicide. you have to use fact there are illustrative. the night of his "i have a dream" speech, they met and said they had to destroyed martin luther king and find their own choice of a new black leader. they came up with a new black leader. he did not know he was their choice. that was one. cia. that was particularly really terrible. the cia hiring the mafia as part of their effort to kill fidel castro the leader of cuba. then nsa getting every single telegram -- or almost every -- the content, not just the metadata -- the content of everything will telegram that left the united st

this question is for mieke or fritz.i'm wondering if you can discuss -- i know there is discussion of this in fritz's book, but if attempts wall on a congressional oversight committee to get information declassified because it often seems as if while congress' tools for doing that are quite limited, congress doesn't often try. what are the obstacles to try to get information declassified, at least to request it in congress? >> so on the intelligence committee i would say the desire for declassification is lower because you're dealing with everything inside a classified space anyway, you're able to have the conversations in the protected environment. it is only when you have the conversation externally that it is a challenge. i think for a long time before we got through a period of public debate, starting with the 702 debate, it was very difficult to get the community to break down exactly what was classified and at what level so you could actually have the public debate, the classification guides that would help members

this question is actually for mika or fritz. i'm wondering if you can discuss -- i know there's discussion of this in fritz's book. but the oversight committee to get information declassified. because it often seems as if while congress' tools for doing that are quite limited congress often doesn't try. so what are the obstacles to trying to get information declassified, at least to request it in congress? >> so on the intelligence committee, i would say the desire for declassification is lower because you're dealing with everything inside a classified space, so you're able to have those conversations in a protected environment. if t-- it's only externally that it's a challenge. i think for a long time before we got through a period of public debate starting with the 702 debate it was very difficult to get the community to break down exactly what was classified and at what level so you could actually have the public debate. the so-called classification guides that would help members be able to have a conversation where parts of

and those need to be fixed. >> fritz? >> my name is fritz schwartz and i'm chief counsel at the brennan center for justice. and 40 years ago, i was on the church committee, i was then 39, i didn't know a senator. what would i say just to pick out one thing that may be interesting to people not around at that point? in my new book, "democracy in the dark," i have a chapter on information. but the atmosphere on the church committee was extremely non-partisan. our most important finding probably was that every president from roosevelt through nixon, four democrats and two republicans had abused their powers. that helped us with credibility. and -- he had called for a major information of the intelligence agencies 20 years earlier then circumstances changed, and he was majority leader. he constructed it to be nonpartisan. it was 6-5 in the senate and instead of the leader of the republicans being called the majority, the ranking member, and not having really any power at all, senator tower from texas was the vice chairman, an

so his right is fritz schwartz, chief counsel. and to his right, patrick toomey, on staff at the aclu national security project. i will note that the decision yesterday, that and he was one of the litigators working on the decision yesterday. and to his right, mika oying, who has had a long career on the capital. she was the chief of staff of represent choo. and also spent four years on the house intelligence committee. >> with that i'm going to invite all the panelists and i'll start with mika i suppose, just do a two-to-four minute introduction and i'm hoping at least one thing they think staff should know that they do not know. >> hi, i'm mika eoyang. i'm director of the national security program at third way. i spent most of my career doing oversight of national security programs before i got to third way. i just want to say a few words about how congressional oversight works in the current context. predominantly one of the things to keep in mind is that oversight of intelligence programs by congress is hampered by three diffe

fritz, i just want to give one more chance for you to comment. parallel construction conversation, detailed, but what is striking is there such a profound gap between what is understood as legal or illegal. does that bring anything up for you? mr. schwarz: i believe the nsa had in addition to this program of picking up every telegram they had, they had a watch list program, and how people got on that and what happened to the data that was collected, i have the vague memory that two attorney generals looked at that and said they did not think the way the information was getting from the nsa to prosecutors was appropriate, and he tried to put an end to nsa providing the information from the watch list to prosecutors. what theory they had, i do not remember, but if i were looking for history, one was richardson, and there was another attorney general who said we do not like the way in which nsa information is getting to prosecutors. mr. vitka: with that, i will stop the conversation portion of this and move on to questions and answers. if that is re

. >> and, fritz, you were the chief counsel of that staff. but you didn't have any intelligence background when you were asked to do that job. how did you gain the trust of the intelligence agencies? >> well, how did we, and i don't think i'm very important in that. but we got it by, first, being determined. that was absolutely necessary, and senator mondale had a great remark in which he said, you know, we'll just get extensions so they can't outlast us, and then showing the bipartisan nature of the committee, john tower said something like hallelujah, god bless you or something like that. and then also, so in addition to being determined, show that you can reliably handle secrets, because there are legitimate secrets. and i think our committee did that extraordinarily well. we had, essentially, no leaks. and we made reasonable agreements with the executive branch about keeping certain things, keeping secrets. and in contrast, the house committee foundered and faltered and failed because they never were able to reach those -- refused to reac

fritz edler, we aappreciate your insight into this. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >>> take a look at this. >> all right. i think that is close enough. >> a monster tornado touches down in oklahoma. storm chasers come dangerously close. you'll see the damage it caused. >>> plus, the pope calls a president an angel of peace. the president on your screen and why it's outraging some. well, a mortgage shouldn't be a problem, your credit is in pretty good shape. >>pretty good? i know i have a 798 fico score, thanks to the tools and help on experian.com. kaboom... well, i just have a few other questions. >>chuck, the only other question you need to ask is, "what else can you do for me?" i'll just take a water... get your credit swagger on. become a member of experian credit tracker and find out your fico score powered by experian. fico scores are used in 90% of credit decisions. we all enter this and we see no reason to stop. so cvs health is creating industry-leading programs and tools that help people stay on medicines as their

. >> next on american history tv we visit baltimore's bno railroad museum where actor fritz klein per trays at brown lincoln. they talk about public figures from the south and north and lens for reconstruction. he also discusses his upbringing in rural kentucky and reflects on his career. this is about 45 minutes. lincoln: ladies and gentlemen, my friends and fellow citizens i am very pleased to have this opportunity to be with you this afternoon. and i am highly gratified that we can meet together this day not in sorrow, but with gladness of heart. surely, the evacuation of petersburg and richmond, the surrender of the principal insurgent armies, has given all of us hope that we are going to see a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression can hardly any longer be restrained. it was nearly a week after the signal news of the surrender at appomattox was received that i said to mrs. lincoln, finally, after all of these days, i am beginning to feel like all this is over. we attended theater just before easter. but in the midst of all of the celebrations, certainly he from whom

but meanwhile, in germany, we have this lady here, the wife of fritz, herself a chemist quarreling with her husband who just returned to berlin about the morality of his use of poison gas. in undertaking this may come three weeks after the first gas attack, we knew that she was so distressed that she took her husband's service revolver, went into the garden of the balloons over and shot herself. the same day haber nearly promoted the leftist plan for the prompt to continue and to refine the use of chlorine gas to be used as a weapon against the russians. but she soon returned to berlin to oversee work. but it's now that we move on to the bombing campaign. in 1915 they finally permitted the bombing of london. the sports desk the next day when the 40 days after the first gas attack, 20 for since the lusitania sank and on the 303rd day of the first world war 530 feet long by 60 feet in diameter, and filled with over a million cubic feet of gas took off to attack london. one of them had to turn back and they flew on a limited top speed of just over 60 miles per hour. around 11 p.m. his ship

. >> and fritz, you were the chief counsel of that staff. but you didn't have any intelligence background when you were asked to do that job. how did you gain the trust of the intelligence agencies? >> well, how did we, and i don't think i'm very important in that. but we got it by, first being determined. that was absolutely necessary, and senator mondale had a great remark in which he said, you know, we'll just get extensions so they can't outlast us, and then showing the bipartisan nature of the committee, john tower said something like hallelujah god bless you or something like that. and then also so in addition to being determined show that you can reliably handle secrets, because there are legitimate secrets. and i think our committee did that extraordinarily well. we had essentially no leaks. and we made reasonable agreements with the executive branch about keeping certain things keeping secrets. and in contrast the house committee foundered and faltered and failed because they never were able to reach those -- refused to reach those

once again, this morning the traffic light at 34th and grays ferry on are the fritz. you can get through. worcester montgomery county there's a wreck along north park avenue near the bp. >>> a house fire in philadelphia neighborhood sent a person to the hospital. the action cam was on the scene at west nedro avenue. crews quickly knocked down the flames, but someone was overcome by smoke. it is unclear why the house caught fire. >>> police have released surveillance video of the man they are looking for in the rape of a woman inside her south philadelphia home. the man break into the residence the 1800 block of south rose wood street monday. he stood over the woman's bed and demanded money and raped her. authorities believe the same man may have attempted a sex assault on a woman back in march. in that case, the woman fought back and the man fled. >>> there's more fallout from anthrax shipments. the samples went out to government and commercial labs in nine states and air base in south korea. if it is inhaled live anthrax is 85% fatal. >> this is a big deal and not be

joining us now is fritz edler. mr. amtrak engineer and a union officer from the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainmen, and he is someone who has operated this same model train. mr. edler thank you very much for being with us tonight. >> i'm glad to be here under these unfortunate circumstances. >> yes. i understand, forgive me if i get anything wrong, and please correct me if i get anything wrong, but i understand this is a relatively new engine. it probably went into service last year. i understand you've also driven this model. can you briefly give us a description of what it takes to control the train's speed in an engine like this? >> well it is true that the city sprinter locomotives are pretty new to our service and they're a new model locomotive period in production in the world. we have quite a number of them in service on amtrak at this point. they'rejb1y not particularly different in terms of their basics than any of the other electric locomotives that we operate. there's -- the differences would j

engineer fritz elder worked the line for 25 years. >> the equipment we have is designed to accelerate quickly. it can quickly get away from you. >> reporter: to ensure engineers pay attention, alarms go off every few seconds requiring them to hit a button indicating they're alert. >> the system is telling me this is a 40-mile-per-hour curve. >> reporter: the new positive train control technology could monitor and stop a speeding train, but it's not yet up and running on this stretch of track. >> we're committed to safety. we're going to have positive train control by the end of this year. >> reporter: meanwhile, an off-duty employee injured in the crash has filed the first lawsuit against amtrak. bruce phillips claims he was violently hurled inside the railcar and suffered possible brain trauma. >> it's negligence. but it's just beyond negligence. you have a case here where there's active technology that could actually have avoided this accident. >> reporter: tonight, the ntsb says it's looking at video cameras from both trains for any signs of projectiles or suspects. lester? >> tom,

but today, you defend against cindy and fritz, and i'm happy to welcome you two to our program. let's go to work in the jeopardy! round, shall we? now, because the history channel, starting next monday will be airing a mini-series about texas independents the whole category is... notice the quotation marks there. alex: i don't know what it's about. andrew, start us. i'll have to go with composers for $200, please. cindy. who is vivaldi? you are right. how symbolic for $200. at this event, the monarch receives a scepter to symbolize her power.

mcdonald's removed soda fritz happy meals last summer. and, the next time you check into hotel this giant robot might be your bell hop. it is called the yobot. yo tell hotel in new york silt use it is to hell visitors store their luggage before and after they check out. so the yotell can lift 500 pounds, the best part, ukee erika you don't need to give it a tip. >> hey. >> sound good to me. >> that's pretty cool. >> thanks, jill, appreciate it. >> right now 5:37. we've been following breaking news for this morning. nepal's army has found the wreckage of missing. s marine helicopter on a mountain. >> the helicopter disappeared on tuesday with six of marines on board. "eyewitness news" reporter nicole brewer joins us from our news center to bring you up to date on that. nick snow. >> ukee, erika there is morning, that helicopter has been found in the mountains east of kathmandu, and according to nepal's defense secretary, three bodies have also been recovered. six marines, two soldiers, delivering aid to earthquake victims, when the uh1 hel

fritz pack is just one example of what we strive to make possible at ex im. but even though the u.s. has added jobs at an historic rate, there are still too many americans with meaningful work and good paying jobs still out of reach. u.s. small businesses still struggle to secure competitive financing. and china and other challengers still do what they can to beat american companies in the global markets. i know you've just finished breakfast, but let's not ignore the fact that our competitors are trying to eat your lunch. that's what's happening today. with all that happening today i want to close by talking about tomorrow. when i say today and tomorrow i'm not justing about this conference -- although i do hope that you will engage with our speakers and panels, meet each other, strike up a deal or two. we have buyers here from more than three dozen countries. what i'm talking about is how we as a country succeed in tomorrow's economy. what's required to succeed in tomorrow's economy -- good paying jobs, global leadership resilient small businesses, all made

we visited bno railroad museum where fritz klein portrays president lincoln. he talked about his struggle to protect the you can -- union. the major players in the south and north that played a role in the civil war and his plans for reconstruction. he also discusses his role of bringing in kentucky and his career. this is about 45 minutes. lincoln: ladies and gentlemen, my friends and fellow citizens i am very pleased to have this opportunity to be with you this afternoon. and i am highly gratified that we can meet together this day not in sorrow, but with gladness of heart. surely, the evacuation of petersburg and richmond, the surrender of the principal insurgent armies, has given all of us hope that we are going to see a righteous and speedy peace, whose joyous expression can hardly any longer be restrained. it was nearly a week after the signal news of the surrender at appomattox was received that i said to mrs. lincoln, finally, after all of these days, i am beginning to feel like all this is over. we attended theater just before easter. but in the midst

fritz: certainly, but we have a panel of discussion was what i was thinking first in a sense. so actually, yes. peter, do you want to answer a few questions. mr. baker: i have a couple questions. i guess i'm curious -- tom and phyllis and maybe you guys can maybe bring this into sharper relief for us. tom, you were in iraq and you make the argument that someone made of a logical decisions that had been criticized afterwards with regard to the army and so forth. and your argument was if i remember correctly or stated correctly is that we went underresourced and we didn't properly commit to what was going to be necessary. i'm curious if you have other thoughts about what our understanding before the war of sunni versus shia, whether we understood the pot broiler that was there to be awakened whether you think more resources would have made a difference or how is this inevitable. and phyllis, i would ask you -- talk about they didn't ask the security council immediately after 9/11 to authorize a strike against afghanistan. i guess i'm curious. are you saying -- let's just say the

let me break character for a moment before we get the rangers , to just tell you -- my name is fritz klein. you do not have to go that far away. come back. but what you heard before i started doing the q and a was taken from lincoln's words. just about all of the second inaugural was in that, and some of the projections were made in early 1865, some in late 1864, in his annual message to congress. i picked a couple of things from the first inaugural. you probably, if you are familiar with lincoln quotes, no just a bit. it was 99% lincoln's own words taken from the later part of his life. i hope you enjoyed it. [applause] >> sunday on american history tv, we will be live from oak ridge cemetery in springfield, illinois, for a reenactment of president lincoln's funeral, 150 years later. we will begin at 2:30 eastern as a procession every and actors at the ceremony. and we will have live coverage from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. eastern for the funeral, including the eulogy, speeches, musical performances, and 36 cannon salute from the 1865 service. president lincoln's funeral, 150 years later, s

let me break character for a moment before we get the rangers, to just tell you -- my name is fritz klein. you do not have to go that far away. come back. i'm not going to take that long. but what you heard before i started doing the q and a was taken from lincoln's words. just about all of the second inaugural was in that, and some of the projections were made in early 1865, some in late 1864, in his annual message to congress. i picked a couple of things from the first inaugural. you probably, if you are familiar with lincoln quotes, no noticed it. it was 99% lincoln's own words, taken from the later part of his life. i hope you enjoyed it. [applause] all weekend long, american history tv is joining our cox communications cable partners to showcase the history of topeka, kansas. to learn more about the cities on our tour, as it c-span.org/cities tour. we continue with our look at the history of topeka. this is american history tv on c-span3. ♪ justin: we are standing in the kindergarten room of the mongrel elementary school at the brown the board of education historical site and took tk

. >> william didn't really want to drive that night, but he said robert's car was on the fritz so he probably going to have to drive. >> by the time we actually got there, it was probably at least 11:00, 11:30. we were underage, but we were still allowed to hang out in the bar because it was a restaurant also. we were just having a good night, you know. we had no idea what was to come. closing time comes, and we got in the car. i sort of squashed myself in the back of this mustang. i must have been halfway behind the passenger's seat, halfway in the middle. we were coming up to the merge. i saw headlights. and i remember veering to the right, and i heard both william and robert scream. before i knew it, i was going through the windshield. >> early in the morning of july 19, 2012, i was out patrolling with the florida highway patrol. i was traveling on interstate 4 approaching the junction here in tampa with i-275. reports on the radio that a severe crash had occurred. i was roughly about three miles away so i was able to respond rapidly. >> when i opened my eyes, i was laying through

fritz elder worked the line for over 20 years. >> the equipment we have is designed to accelerate quickly. it can quickly get away from you. >> reporter: alarms go off every few seconds requiring them to hit a button indicating they're alert. >> system is telling me this -- zplr the new positive train technology could monitor and stop a speeding train, but dst not up and running yet on this stretch of track. >> we're committed to safety. we're going to have it by the end of this year. >> reporter: meanwhile an offduty employee who was injured in the track filed the first lawsuit. he claims he was violently hurled inside the car and suffered brain trauma. >> you have a case here where there's active technology that could actually have avoided this accident. >> and that was nbc's tom costello reporting. the ntsb is looking at video camera footage for both trains looking for a sign of a projectile. >>> the search is over for the eight people on board a u.s. marine helicopter that crashed in nepal. six marines and two nepalese were on board. their bodies found yesterday. they were part of a r

as any observer nose has been on the fritz for the past couple of years. >> he's not only your clientbut your brother-in-law. what does the family have in store for mohammed when you see him again and what are your plans. >> it's yet to be determined. he has some ideas. when you are looked up in a prison where you don't know if you are getting out. mohammed has a lot of soul searching. the family is ecstatic to a voicemail of mohammed leaving israel we were not allowed contact prior to that. they are making signs, getting the balloons and the kids are getting ready. he has a nephew. certainly that will be a joyous occasion at the airport. we are expecting a good crowd at the airport. he's going to need time to recover. tonight will be festive. >> a joyous sayings. thank you for -- occasion thank you for being with us this evening >>> coming up on al jazeera america, the common core curriculum causing controversy in some school systems. how one state is getting rid of it altogether. >>> and the scare in the sky, a passenger plane and a drone almost collide. >>> there was a massive quak

. >> baseball is on the fritz. my daughters loved baseball and it's going bonkers where i live.ge to improve their swing. there's louise. we have her playing t-ball now but i took her to the batting cages so she could hit against a real pitcher. they love baseball. i can only hope that -- >> the left foot, she's bailing it out. >> i don't know. i'm not a coach. >> have her lean that front shoulder into the pitch. >> have you ever met her daughter? tom's daughters are so cute and so funny. they have great comedic timing just like their dad. >> if they are not great at sports -- >> this is patriotic pup and it's very much looking forward to your special tomorrow night. >> i was like what he is looking forward to? >> he's a good boy. >> oh my goodness. >> he said woof woof. >> that's it for us. don't forget if you see someone, say something like thank you, and can i buy you a drink or dinner and i thank you for watching. we'll be back here tomorrow. "special report" up next. >>> memorial day 2015 the nation honors the war dead while fighting against tyranny and freedom. this is "sp

. >> next on american history tv we visit baltimore's bno railroad museum where actor fritz klein per trays at brown lincoln. they talk about public figures from the south and north and lens for reconstruction. he also discusses his upbringing in rural kentucky and reflects on his career. this is about 45 minutes. lincoln: ladies and gentlemen, my friends and fellow citizens i am very pleased to have this opportunity to be with you this afternoon.

fritz elder worked the line for 25 years. >> the equipment we have is designed to accelerate quickly. it can quickly get away from you. >> to ensure engineers pay attention, they go off every few second indicating them to hit a bot button to say they're alert. the new technology could monitor and control a train. but it's not up and running on this stretch of track. >> we're going to have positive train control by the end of this year. >> reporter: meanwhile, an offduty employee injured in the crash has f the first lawsuit against amtrak. bruce phillips claims he was violently hurled inside the rail car and suffered possible brain trauma. >> it's negligence but it's beyond negligence. you have a case here where there is active technology that could actually have avoided this accident. >> and that was nbc's tom costello reporting. meanwhile, the fbi is looking at video camera footage for both trains looking for any signs of a projectile that may have damaged the windshield before the train derailed. >>> a traffic alert to let you know about this weekend on metro. this is going to affec

as any observer knows has been on the fritz for the past couple of years. >> he's not only your clientur brother-in-law. what does the family have in store for mohammed when you see him again and what are your plans. >> it's yet to be determined. he has some ideas. when you are locked up in a prison where you don't know if you are getting out. it forces you to not make plans. mohammed has a lot of soul searching. the family is ecstatic, to a voicemail of mohammed leaving egypt, we were not allowed contact prior to that. the family is ecstatic. they are making signs, getting the balloons, and the kids are getting ready. he has a nephew. my youngest son that he has never met. certainly that will be a joyous occasion at the airport. we are expecting a good crowd at the airport. he's going to need time to recover. tonight will be festive. >> a joyous occasion, thank you for being with us this evening >>> when we come back baltimore setting a disturbing record. a sharp rise in a bloody month coming to a close. >>> paying off student loan debt becoming a long-term affair for many young ameri

. >> reporter: fritz has driven the trains hundreds of times on the curve that was the site of the crash. he wrote a letter to the amtrak saying that amtrak has been enforcing shorter breaks in between the runs and increasing the fatigue-related risk with the potential for the loss of focus focus. >> you need a break, and you need a chance to get off of the equipment. and now the problem is that a lot of times, that break time never materializes. >> reporter: amtrak did not respond to the iteam questions about the the engineer schedules, and ntsb did not release question ss about the scheduled work of brandon bostian before he crashed the passenger train going twice the speed, and they were question eded about the positive train control which could have slowed it down. 3/4 of the section have the technology but not north philadelphia. >> bis based on what we know right now, we feel that if such a system had been installed in such a stretch of track, this accident would not have occurred. >>> "news4 at 5:00" begins with break g breaking news. >> breaking news first at 5:00, the scene of t

fritz edler is an officer of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers and train men.w you've operated this same type of engineer that was involved in the tuesday derail the. what does it take to control the speed and how quickly you can make an adjustment? >> let me start by saying first of all that i do not -- i cannot speak representing the brotherhood of locomotive and train men. i speak from my own experience working in this territory operating this kind of equipment, these kinds of situations. so i can speak to that. i do not represent the blet. >> so the control and speed of the engine, i mean how do you do that and how easily can you adjust it? >> it's pretty easy to adjust. in order to run high speed rail service, it is necessary to have equipment unlike freight for example where the emphasis is on moving very very, very heavy weights, but not necessarily fast, passenger high speed rail you need to move much more quickly, accelerate much more quickly, top much more quickly. and that's how the equipment is designed. soed in so in order to keep a schedule that w

. >> kanye west wondering if their tv was on the fritz. >> taylor swift. >> oh this is such a goo d night. >> dozens of tornadoes pounded the u.s. >> in texas people had to be rescued after heavy rainse caud flash flooding. >> the service says good-bye after a dramatic season. >> ed carpenter appears to lose control. he was not hurt. >> and all that matters. >> i'm so proud to be a hoya today. >> think about what you want to be remembered for. 's it not r,hono prestige. i is character, integrity, it is truth, it is doing the right thing. >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> china has banned its soldiers from wearing the new apple watch over fears of cyber security. says one chinese soldier, but my daughter made it for me. >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" presented by toyota. let's go places. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." the nation's busiest rail passenger route is up and running again after last week's deadly derailment. amtrak trains are rolling through philadelphia this morning, going around the curve where the accident happened. >> service between phi

fritz machine dale may have given us an a. but altogether what we did came out to be about a b. but this big problem hanging over us. what are you going to do about iran contra? different chair men came in to me saying they wanted to set up individual hearings on those portions of the laws that have been vilveted. wow, i could see it coming television bait. that's whearve -- what everybody wanted. the house could have degenerated into a 10 ring circus with the entire public attention driven by the media on the one issue of iran gate. we had business to perform and i didn't see any point in trying to embarrass the president of the united states. it wasn't necessary. he swore that he had not known of these things and i desperately wanted to believe him and chose to believe him so i sat down with bob bird, leader of the senate, and he felt exactly as i did that it one counter productive to get into an argument with the president about it or try to plame -- blame him. maybe that's not the mood in congress today but he had only two years to go. what will you profit the nation to have