curator matt anderson talks about the progression of the rail. he shows us an 1831 steam locomotive and 125 foot allegheny engine that weighs nearly 400 tons. >> my name is matt anderson, i'm curator of transportation. we're here at the

curator matt anderson talks about the progression of the rail. he shows us an 1831 steam locomotive and 125 foot allegheny engine that weighs nearly 400 tons. >> my name is matt anderson, i'm curator of transportation. we're here at the museum in dearborn, michigan. we're standing in the midst of railroad exhibit. just as automobiles and airplanes were key technologies of 20th century, railroad was the key trmgs for 19th century. the steam engineer was thought of as equivalent to astronaut today. it's important we have a modest but important collection of railroad vehicles. what we have here are railroad locomotives that tell the story of railroaded in the 1830s up to the early days of electric locomotives in the 1920s. behind me is our earliest example. this is a replica of 1831 locomotive cars used oppose hudson railroad. the replica built in 1982. it in and of itself is historic now. this gives us an idea of steam locomotives and trains looked like when railroads first come out of the scene in the 1830s. mohawk located in new york state and be

matt lauer. what are your thoughts there? >> wouldn't you be happy to see andersonjob there? you guys would be happy about that. the answer is that you have to do as much damage control as you can and you just behead as many people that you think will bring attention elsewhere and give you time to scramble internally. so if they cut off a couple people here and move them on, that gives them some latitude. to suggest this is a liberal network problem, i think probably misses the beat. there's a whole lot going on for the lauer-o'reilly interview a couple months ago. it's reminiscent of -- i don't know -- something like in -- >> laura: i go back to the ted kennedy, chris dodd in the 80s when i first came to washington. a lot of stuff going on in this town that people laughed at for a long time in washington. >> since rome. >> laura: it's been going on a long time. >> let me add, to, none of this -- as we know, none of this would survive without leadership supporting and protecting people. >> laura: protecting their brand. >> protecting the brand. >> absolutely. >> esp

anderson. we're watching a lot of things across the country when people are accused of something, whether it's matt lauer or anybody else, and there's generally come getting to the bottom of it. when you fire a national security adviser four weeks into your presidency, that's not a very good optic. but i think he did. and van put his finger on the problem. it's a zombie prosecutor who is, if he is going beyond what is normal, which i believe he is, and i said from the beginning, this should not be about what is the lies by flynn, what's happened is this guy, mueller, is trying to overturn an election now because he thinks -- >> so somebody should be able to lie to a federal prosecutor and get away with it? >> no, of course not. but at this point what is the purpose of an ever expanding prosecutor -- i thought van was going to say this, if you get a federal prosecutor who decides he doesn't like you, you got a lot of trouble, and it doesn't matter what the truth is. he'll find out you filed -- >> van, is that what's happening here? >> listen, it's amazing to me to hear conservatives concerned about

matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >>> the search for two escaped florida inmates is now a multi state manhunt. authorities say ronly pardo, a suspected murderer, and david andersonar panama city late sunday. they allegedly chipped a hole under their sink and eventually crawled under a locked gate. police now say the car believed to have been stolen by the inmates has been recovered in hayward county, north carolina. >>> and this is police body cam video of a frightening scene. an officer was dragged half a mile by a car in ft. lauderdale. he was respond to go a call that a man and woman inside may have overdosed. the car driver woke up. hit the engine and sped off. somehow, the officer managed to hold on. he suffered injuries to his arms and feet but is expected to recover. the driver was caught after a high-speed chase. he is now charged with attempted murder. >> so that's the view from his body cam? >> body cam. >> as he was driving along right there? >> footage. >> that is absolutely amazing point of view right there. >> showed up to try to help someone in that car, and this is the result. >> this is what happened. that is an officer's body right there being