. >>> an apology and a pledge from amtrak ceo joseph boardman testified before the house transportation committee, it is investigating last months derailment in port richmond that killed eight people and injured 200 others. investigators say speed played a role in the crash. amtrak plans to install cameras and have safety systems the line by the end of this year. >> i still believe that the single will greatest contributions that my generation of railroaders can make, to this industry is to implement ptc as rapidly as possible. >> national transportation safety board has 15 days to determine if the engineer was on his cell phone before that crash took place. if it can't, there will be another hearing. >>> we now know that a philadelphia bound flight was one of the five targeted with phony bomb threats on tuesday. new one of those threats claimed multiple explosive devices were planted on a u.s. airways flight from san diego to philadelphia international airport. federal authorities have not identified the other flights involved. >>> president obama wasted no time signing legislation tha

amtrak's ceo joseph boardman apologized yesterday.ontrols were not in place at the time of the crash. a temporary system is now up and amtrak promises a more modern speed control system will be in place by the end of the year. federal investigators say they still do not know if the engineer brandon bostian was on his cell phone before the speeding train derailed last month o congressman ryan costello of chester county a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee wants more information. >> when you have a hearing and you hear that they don't know whether the cell phone was turned on area if the gentleman was texting or talking on the phone between 9:10 and 9:21 it's just a little hard to accept. >> bostian was also tested for drugs but the results are not back yet. >>> an update on a story "action news" brought you last month. philadelphia police released new surveillance video of a pair of thieves they believe could be tied to 17 scooter thefts in the area since april. they were spotted walking along the 1900 block of c

amtrak ceo joseph boardman apologized to lawmakers yesterday. speed controls that could have been prevented the crash excuse me, were not in place at the time of the accident. a temporary system is now up. amtrak also promises a more modern speed control system will be in place by the end of the year. federal investigators say they still don't know if the engineer brandon bostian was on his cell phone before the speeding train derailed last month. congressman ryan costello from chester, a member of the transportation and infrastructure -- excuse me -- committee wants more info. >> when you have a hearing and you hear that they don't know whether the cell phone was turned on or if the gentleman was texting or talking on the phone between 9:10 and 9:21, it's just a little hard to accept. >> bostian was also tested for drugs but the results of those tests are still not back. >> let's turn to accuweather and dave murphy. little bit of rain still out there, right. >> little bit, yeah. storm tracker six live double scan shows it to you. keep in mind w

amtrak ceo joseph boardman apologized to lawmakers yesterday. safety controls that could have been prevented the crash were not in place at the time of the accident. a temporary system is now up. amtrak also promises a more modern speed control system will be in place by the end of the year. federal investigators say they still do not know if the engineer brandon bostian was on his cell phone before the train derailed last month. >> things are going to clear out today? i guess not really. >> well, cloudy in the morning, a couple of sprinkles and showers around and whether or not we get sun this afternoon, i think there's a chance of that. storm tracker six double scan shows you the rain is mainly down south in cape may county. if we give you that overhead view you can see most of the area is dry and cape may has one shower trying to pop up through the southern portion of the county and then there's that second one also on the way but it appears as though as these try and push north they kind of fall apart and then rotate out to sea. sea isle cit

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probably a fatal amtrak crash in philadelphia has -- has not ruled out human error according to joseph boardmanho is testifying to congress today. thear, note the text in brakes and signals. the accident killed eight passengers and investigators say the train was traveling more than twice the speed limit when it derailed. secretary of state john kerry is in boston to have surgery on his broken leg. he arrived last night from a military flight from syntel and -- from switzerland. he broke his leg in france and he will probably have to limit his travel after surgery. that could complicate efforts to reach an agreement on the nuclear program by the end of the month in iran. smart watcheshe are expected to sort thanks to demand for the new apple watch. the research for ihs says global smart watch shipments will rise to hundred 50%. there are estimates that apple will sell 20 million of its watches in 2015. those are your top stories. 's offering details of the anticipated public offering. the company is seeking a valuation of as much as $3.3 billion. they hope to raise as much as $478 million. but

that woo slow trains down if they're going too fast, an emotional statement from amtrak chief joseph boardman. >> and i promise you that by the end of this year this system which will dramatically enhance safety will be complete and operational on the nec. >> reporter: and back here now live, while we still don't know why that amtrak train was going so fast amtrak admitted it never expected any train to hit the speeds that that one did on that day. jim, back to you. >> thanks, adam. >>> from trains to automobiles, they carry airbags. they're supposed to save lives. but their effectiveness was the subject of a hearing on capitol hill today. lawmakers there demanded answers from the company takata. that company's airbags are the subject of the largest auto safety recall in history. 34 million vehicles are suffering the impact of that. earlier today one victim told her story of what happened when she was in a car accident. >> i was going less than 25 miles per hour upon impact, but the airbag shot out of my car forcefully and sent metal fragments into my chest. >> an executive with takata said t

. >> reporter: amtrak president joseph boardman here on capitol hill talking about technology that will slow trains down if the train is going too fast. that kind of system was not in place on the day of the derailment. the train left the tracks at 102 miles an hour. >> we do know that speed was a significant factor and speed, simply put, is what we refer to as a human factor. >> reporter: as lawmakers try to pry answers away from the people at the front of the investigation, much of the focus shifted toward engineer brandon boston's cell phone. we now know that the cell phone was being used on the day of the crash and the phone was in the cabin, but the ntsb still hasn't been able to figure out if boston was using the phone right before the crash. they say some time codes from the phone aren't matching up the way they would like. >> we have asked him for his cooperation, and he's helping us by koorpsing. for example, he gave us the password so we didn't have do go to the manufacturer to get into the phone. >> did you say, did you make a phone call? >> i don't know the details. he has b

amtrak president joseph boardman took responsible responsibility. >> it was amtrak's train we're responsible for the incident and its consequences. >> reporter: the main question why the safety systems meant to slow a speeding train weren't operative on the northbound side of the frankfurt curve. amtrak had said it did not think a train could gain enough speed between 30th street station and the derailment site. amtrak 188 was going 106 miles per hour when it derailed. >> at that time the notion that an engineer might actually accelerate into the northbound curve was not a circumstance we anticipated. >> reporter: were you satisfied with the answers you got from amtrak today? >> i thought that -- i was. i think that they're going to need to answer more moving forward. >> reporter: pennsylvania congressman ryan cass tee yo wastillo was part of the hearing questioned whether more money could have prevented the accident. >> a properly installed and functional positive train control or ptc would have prevented this accident. >> reporter: congress mandated positive train control on all passenger

. >> reporter: committee told by amtrak president and ceo joseph boardman that while ptc will be installed all along its northeast corridor by the end of the year, it wasn't on the northbound curve tracks because it was never expected, any train would accelerate, going into such a sharp turn and curve. >> at that time the notion that an engineer might actually accelerate in the northbound curve was not a circumstance we anticipated. >> reporter: now coming up at 6:00 the congress members here suggestions on how to make amtrak safer as they debate who is going to come up with the money needed to implement improvement. we will see you at 6:00 live from the at center, i'm walt hunter for cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >>> philadelphia police released new surveillance video of the scooter thieves in action. take a look for yourself, you can see two male suspects taking a scooter from the front of the home on carpenter street this happened may sixth, and police say they believe these suspects are responsible for multiple scooter thefts in philadelphia. if you happen to know anything about this call t

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 factings 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 pull your mike closer? >> yes. i'm sorry. >> as the chairman mentioned the ntsb is determined that se

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 mentioned the ntsb is determined that second before the development the train was traveling at 106

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 pull your mike closer? >> yes. i'm sorry. >> as the chairman mentioned, the ntsb is determined that sec

at a house hearing today, an emotional joseph boardman said he's focused on the northeast corridor. >on that my generation of railroaders can make to this industry is to implement p.t.c. as rapidly as possible. and i promise you that by the end of this year this system which will dramatically enhance safety will be complete and operational on the northeast corridor. >> woodruff: the national transportation safety board is still investigating the may 12 accident. >> ifill: the acting head of the transportation security administration has been reassigned over security failures. melvin carraway was ousted in the wake of tests overseen by the agency's inspector general. agents smuggled fake explosives, weapons and other banned items past t.s.a. screeners, in 67 out of 70 attempts. >> woodruff: the california state senate voted today to allow immigrants here illegally to buy insurance on a state health exchange. california would be the first to take that step, under the affordable care act, if the state assembly and the governor go along. the immigrants would not be eligible for insurance

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 killed and more than 200 people were injured. on behalf of the ntsb, i would like to offer my sincerest con