again, the ntsb will be dealing with that. >> the ntsb heard earlier they were cleaning up a diesel spill. they had two leaks on the train. >> that's not the ntsb. our hazmat unit is on scene and they have called for what is the department of environment and health control, and they will be consulting on how to clean the diesel fuel up. >> paul, with eknow that the uninjured are at pine ridge middle school. are there plans to move them to a new train? or how will they transport them to get them on the way? >> pine ridge middle school, a few miles past the school, is a bus depot where all of district two's buses are parked. and we have a recreation commission, recreation and aging, they have buses to pick up senior citizens to take them to the center for meals on wheels. and the counties have large buses for ems, so there are ways to transport people here. our county is very prepared for something like this. and they have been contacting folks like this regarding district two buses, but there are probably 30 buses there now. >> 30 buses. paul, you said you were on the scene 15 minutes afte

so from a safety perspective from the ntsb and a safety perspective, that risk is unacceptable. thank you for your time i will be glad to answer questions. >> thank you. >> you may proceed. >> chairman and ranking member and members of the subcommittee things for inviting me to discuss the federal railroad administration positive train control in light of the recent accident much of the nation's time and attention is ensuring all critical safety measures are in place with our rail system as a top priority under the leadership the fra to develop the safety regulations to conduct research and development but ptc is an advanced safety system to prevent certain types of accidents for example preventing a train from passing a stopped or the improper line switching currently 41 railroads ptc system is implemented on allowing railroads t they route miles subject to the mandate and throughout a timely recruiting the . . . . the class road where no one has made tremendous progress. the vast majority of installations was complete. 70% of locomotives were equipped equipped. 93% of interfac

we work side-by-side with the ntsb, and have been doing so for 20 years. we have a complete party status to the investigation, and our duty has been to find out what happened and fix it, and prevented. to note -- ike will be submitting some qs ours as well -- yielding some qfr's as well and i yield back. >> thank you, mr. larson. i recognize myself for five minutes. mr. sumwalt first specifically on the end of year deadline to -- the deadline that we have before us, i've heard from railroads across the country about the relationship between a host and a railroad, and how they will be treated at the end of the year. a my district, we have trained in the valley and on san joaquin, both running on the upu line and south train track. cases, across the country, you will have the host fully implemented with ptc, but the tenant railroad is not, or vice versa. in those cases, how was fra going to treat those cases -- i'm sorry, how is fra going to treat those cases at the end of the year when it comes to fines or extensions if they apply? >> thank you for your que

committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal railroad administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. this is two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and hazardous materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the united states. today's hearing focus is on positive train control across united states and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the railroad industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implementation obstacles and that is the purpose today to hear the limitations status of ptc across united states i now welcome the ranking member for massachusetts to make the opening statement. >> i asked consent to include the staff. >>

currently being investigated by the ntsb. kris van cleave, cbs news, columbia, south carolina. >> for more, we turn to former ntsb chairman and cbs news transportation safety analyst mark rosenker, mark, the third amtrak related accident in two months. does the company have a safety problem? >> absolutely, elaine. three accidents in 60 days. this is absolutely unaccept bum. and things need to change. this is america's national railroad. passengers are entitled to clean, efficient, safe transportation. >> well, you were chairman of the ntsb in 2008 when positive train control technology was mandated, the safety feature can help stop a train before an accident. why has there been such a delay getting this installed? >> one of great disappointments to me. i thought we had solved this problem with the railroad safety improvement act of 2008. requiring class 1 railroads to install positive train control by the end of 2015. that was seven years of, of, possibilities of getting this technology put into effect. they've only had the c

he's got over 30 years of rail experience, including over 20 years with the ntsb. he'll be with us tomorrow, but, of course, he's occupied today. dick will be leading a multi-disciplinary investigative team of experts. our team will be looking at the operations of both trains. we'll be looking at the crew training and employment records. we'll be looking at company procedures. they'll be looking at the --thal be examining the medical condition -- excuse me, the mechanical condition of each train. in addition, we'll be looking at the survival factors and the crash-worthiness aspects of this collision. we have our chief medical officer here from washington, who will be looking at the medical factors, including making sure that the d.o.t.-required drug and alcohol testing is completelied properly. that's standard for any commercial transportation accident. it's required. we'll be looking at the wo work/rest periods of the crews of each train as well as the cell phone records of the operators of each train. and that's standard for any transportation accident that we lo

. >> reporter: the chairman of the ntsb diagrammed the mistake that led to the crash.explained a switch on the track was locked with the padlock in the wrong direction. diverting the passenger train from the main track on the side track and squak lsquarely into freight train. ntsb investigators have to figure out why the switch was locked in the wrong position when trains like train 91 travel along the path every day. this is a question that the csx corporation will have to help answer. csx is the railroad group that operates and maintains the track. they are responsible for the signaling in the area. csx offered a statement with condolences to the families of the two victims of the crash. conductor and engineer of the train. while they did that, they did not knowledge any wrongdoing of their own other than to say they would be cooperating fully with the ntsb investigation. another key piece of evidence in the investigation, that would be a forward facing camera on the amtrak train which investigators have analyzed in a lab in d.c. christine. ryan. >>> thank you. uma t

that is a more of a question for ntsb. we haven't heard any rumors or any reports like that. our focus on the people on board the train and making sure they have someplace warm and making sure anybody who is injured is getting treated. >> also, we have asked a lot about the amtrak train for obvious reasons and where the bulk of the people are. >> sure. >> but was there any derailment on the csx train? was that train still on the tracks or derailed as well? >> getting more information about that. we do know there was a spill of diesel fuel. hazmat teams from the state health department and environmental control as well as lexington county and csx and amtrak are in the process of containing that right now. there is no danger to anybody around in the surrounding areas. the incident is very near the state farmers market and other residential areas but right now, everyone is safe. >> derrec becker with the south carolina emergency management there. thank you for everything you're doing for the folks there. i know they appreciate it and it can be a tough time for them. we appreciat

the ntsb will take the lead. they'll look at cameras and video from the train to the speed and braking system. they'll gather information about the track and signage. as paula mentioned, the red cross the on site right now to help those affected and impacted by all this. they're helping passengers and those walking around with injuries at the staging area near that middle school. they also dispatched emergency resources from across the state. they'll also say -- they also say they'll be assisting first responders as well. we learned ntsb investigators will interview train engineers and the crew there. this is just the beginning and a long investigation lies ahead. back over to you. >> so many questions to be answered. thanks, stephanie. we'll being covering this all morning on abc. >>> we want to turn now to the story that will likely dominate the minds of many americans. the david and goliath crash in tonight's super bowl. >> it's the heavily favored five-time champions new england patriots against the underdog

it remind you how fragile life can be. >> the ntsb on scene, crews working behind me.n we first got here we got a look at the lay of the land and the ntsb held a press conference last night. spokesman earl weiner i asked him what were the factors, a blind spot in speed, here is what he told me. >> a blindside crossing factor you are looking at. >> we are looking at those factors. >> the ntsb also tells me that they will be here for a few days trying to figure this out and before we get a final report calling it an accident and you can see we are in a country area. there is a blind spot on the hill behind me, the train believed be traveling 50 miles an hour or more is going to be a lot to piece together but the damage, said news of at least one fatality, that young man, christopher foley who was on the train, we will bring you more as we get it this morning. >> there were other people on the train as well. 6 people total were taken to the hospital. one other lawmaker, one other, and aid to ryan but there were other people on the train as well. >> that is right. six were

the ntsb said this was pilot failure. pilot error. the charter company for that flight later announced they developed some new flight crew training to address the issues that were identified during that ntsb investigation. so that's one part of this. the other part of it vaughn hilliard said that night when he came into the studio right after getting off that plane, he said, yeah, i was scared but this happens all the time. it was a running joke, dark humor among the press corps, that none of them would survive covering mike pence because the landings were so terrible. they had so many hard landings and bouncing off the runways. it didn't feel safe to anybody who was on that plane. it was a consistently unsafe feeling environment according to reporters who were embedded with vice presidential candidate mike pence. well, it turns out that all happened at the end of october. the month before, the month before that crash landing at laguardia, that same charter company running the mike pence flights for the trump campaign, they had anothe

the ntsb continues to look into exactly what went wrong. the ntsb briefing reporters as we speak. >> this is the latest in a rush of amtrak accidents, jonathan thank you. >> coming up, we returned to our top story. new reaction pouring in over the gop memo offered by the house intelligence committee chairman, devin nunes and other republican lawmakers. democrats say this amounted to a dead. now they want the president to authorize release of a memo of their own. it is all just politics? and the administration just unveiled a new nuclear strategy and critics say, shows the us has a greater willingness to use these destructive weapons if -- is that really the case? >> perhaps in the future there will be a magical moment when the countries of the world will get together to eliminate their nuclear weapons. unfortunately, we are not there yet. sadly. strength and energy in just two weeks yaaay! the complete balanced nutrition of (great tasting) ensure with 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. ensure. always be you. oh! there's one.a

. >> reporter: the ntsb says one of the focuses of their investigation will be the grade crossing where the crash took place. a recent study found these crossings where a railroad and a road meet saw an average of nearly six incidents per day in 2017. >> there are a lot of fatalities at grade crossings, and that's become an area of focus. this is another one of the accidents that help us

the ntsb investigators have to figure out why it was locked in the wrong position when trains like theavel along the path every day. this is the question that the csx corporation has to answer. that is the railroad group that operates and maintains the track where the crash occurred. they are responsible for the signaling and switching in the area. csx offered condolences to the families of the victims of the crash. while they did that, they did not acknowledge any wrongdoing other than to say they would be cooperating fully with the ntsb investigation. another key piece of evidence in the investigation is a forward facing camera on the amtrak train that investigators already have analyzed in the lab in d.c. christine. ryan. >> kaylee hartung, thank you. >>> 16 more flu related pediatr pediatric deaths reported by the centers for disease control and prevention. that brings the number killed by the virus to 53 since october. the season has not peaked yet. with influenza activity widespread in 48 states, it could be several weeks before cases start to decline. according to federal offici

and the nbc ntsb.nal transportation safety board who tries to get to incidents like this rachel you know that very well having just been through a horrible incident a few days ago in virginia. the ntsb says they are launching a go team to investigate this collision of an amtrak train going from here in new york city down to miami, florida and colliding with a csx freight train near cayse, south carolina. rachel: this accident happening around 2:30 in the morning. sleeper cars. very frightening situation. trying to find safety and gather with loved ones to the middle school, the pine ridge middle school. those who weren't taken to the hospital and those who needed shelter, that's where they are going. the pine ridge middle school. and we know authorities, lots of authorities, can you see from that video seems to be a lot of help there trying to help those. ed: sheriff deputies and others trial to respond. first responders, easy to forget about this. in incidents around the country, not enough people tha

ntsb investigators are describing this crash as catastrophic. they say if you look at these locomotives you would not recognize them. they look nothing like they did before the splash. connor, back to you. >> jonathan, thank you. the nuclear posture review proposing smaller nukes largely to counter russia. china has potential adversary and we are getting pushback from top democrats. plus, secretary of state rex tillerson grappling up and traveling to south america in strategy to tackle the crisis gripping one country in the region. what will that us response be? >> we simply cannot allow to stand idly by to see the total destruction of democracy in venezuela. venezuela people deserve better. so from the two trucks over here... i want you to pick a new truck for your mom or dad, knowing that they could possibly pass it down to you one day. oh. cool. but before you decide, you should know that chevy silverados are the most dependable, longest lasting full-size pickups on the road. which means that ford f-150s are not. (giggles) which truck would y

the other thing the ntsb is looking for is the event data recorder.basically the black box of the train. in order to figure out exactly what the conditions might have been when this terrible tragedy happened. stephanie. >> all right, thanks so much. >>> we have breaking news on a different kind of tragedy. former usa gymnastics dr. larry nassar has just been sentenced in his third and final sentencing hearing. a judge has imposed 40 to 125 years in prison connection with sexually assault young female gymnasts. nassar is believed to have sexually assaulted more than 260 victims. in total, he's already been sentenced to 40 to 175 years behind bars. all right, we're going to leave it there. up next, we are always looking for good news here. why? because good news rules. i'm going to be speaking to someone who has made it her mission to find and celebrate good news in every state. why create something this extravagant? or make a back seat that feels nothing like a back seat? why give it every feature you could want, along with a few you didn't know you ne

ntsb investigators are describing this crash as catastrophic. they say if you look at these locomotives you would not recognize them. they look nothing like they did before the splash. connor, back to you. >> jonathan, thank you. the nuclear posture review proposing smaller nukes largely to counter russia. china has potential adversary and we are getting pushback from top democrats. plus, secretary of state rex tillerson grappling up and traveling to south america in strategy to tackle the crisis gripping one country in the region. what will that us response be? >> we simply cannot allow to stand idly by to see the total stand idly by to see the total destruction of democracy in you know, i used to be good at this. stand idly by to see the total destruction of democracy in then you turn 40 and everything goes. tell me about it. you know, it's made me think, i'm closer to my retirement days than i am my college days. hm. i'm thinking... will i have enough? should i change something? well, you're asking the right questions. i just want to know, am

ptc has been something the ntsb has been calling for many, many years.n numerous accidents that could have been prevented about i ptc. it was mandated after a collision in 2008 in chatsworth, california. the congress said it had to be installed by the end of 2015. then they offered an extension to the end of 2018. so the deadline is the end of this year, and we believe that the sooner it gets installed the better so we won't be seeing tragic accidents like we are looking at today. >> not to put too fine a point on it, but the fact that this deadline was extended, has it cost lives? >> we have seen accidents since then that could have been prevented by ptc. but the reality is frankly is the railroads were not able to get it all done by the 2015 deadline. so it really did need to be extended. but i will say that for every day, for every day that goes without ptc, we run the risk of another accident like we had yesterday morning. >> the people on the train, the conductor, the engineers, they will be interviewed as a matter of course. explain to us that proc

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according to ntsb train 93 was the main line behind us here on to the siding that's where a csx freight train was resting. there was no time for the engineering to stop ates per hour a collision that killed the engineer and conductor in the front part of amtrak train.ain on the scene today they have recovered the date recorder and front facing camera. information that is b lookedat already in washington d.c. another case apparently in the last couple of months, an amtrak incident involved human error. that's why the ntsb continues to say positive train control ptc needs to be implemented on tracks across the county. install it ends at the end of the year. >>> larry nassar the sports doctor already facing life inreceived his and final sentence in the assault trial this morning.as sentenced to 125 years inlite gymnasts in michigan. 260 women and girls say nassar abused them while he worked for the gym. michigan state university ands.a. gymnastics team. >>> president trump traded insults with the top democrat on the intelligence committee today. he called adam shift quote one of the bigges

but certainly, that is something that the ntsb will be telling us.sb reports blame two things. maintenance errors and pilot errors. and those are both very, very preventable. >> all right. mary schiavo, we'll lee it there. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> all right, so much more straight ahead in the newsroom and it all starts right after a quick break. at holiday inn express, we can't guarantee that you'll be able to contain yourself at our breakfast bar. morning, egg white omelet. sup lady bacon! fruit, there it is! but we can guarantee that you'll get the best price when you book with us. holiday inn express. be the readiest. so we know how to cover almost we've anything.st everything even a "red-hot mascot." [mascot] hey-oooo! whoop, whoop! [crowd 1] hey, you're on fire! [mascot] you bet i am! [crowd 2] dude, you're on fire! [mascot] oh, yeah! [crowd 3] no, you're on fire! look behind you. [mascot] i'm cool. i'm cool. [burke] that's one way to fire up the crowd. but we covered it. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a t

ntsb officials say they hope to have more details from the cameras recording later today.lee hartung joins me now from south carolina with the very latest. >> reporter: erica, we have learned that a switch was lined and locked as they say in the railroad industry on the track that diverted that amtrak train from the main line on to a siding line, squarely into that freight train that was parked. now that switch locked with a padlock. questions now from investigators are why? why was this fatal mistake made and that's a question that csx is going to have to help the ntsb answer. the csx, the railroad corporation that owns the track, they're responsible for maintaining and operating that track. its signals and switches and advertise dispatching. csx put out a statement, erica, offering their condolences to the families of the two victims. the amtrak's train conductor's and engineer. they said they would be cooperating fully with the investigation but they have not acknowledged any wrongdoing. >> we will continue to keep an i'll on it. there's also talk about some of the tech

the ntsb held a briefing just last hour and a spokesman says investigators are now looking at how this amtrak train got diverted to a track where that freight train was sitting. cnn's kaylee hartung is joining us live from the scene. kaylee, what more have you learned? >> reporter: well, ana, we've learned answers to that question of how this fatal crash happened with the help of ntsb chairman, robert sumwalt, as he explained a switch on the track was locked with a padlock, sending that amtrak train colliding into the freight train. thankfully, with no one onboard it. take a listen to his description. >> for whatever reason, the switch -- and when i talk about a switch, i'm talking about a rail switch that can actually switch how the track goes from here to here -- for whatever reason, that switch was, as they say in the railroad industry, lined and locked, which basically means it was a-lined, aligned, for the train coming down this way to be diverted into the siding. >> reporter: so we're better understanding the how, but the why remains the big question here. why was that switch lin

ntsb officials portion over camera recordings from sunday's crash that killed two people and injured. that train was diverted on to the wrong track and smashed into a parked freight train. cnn correspondent kaylee hartung joins us from south carolina with the latest. >> reporter: ntsb chairman robert sunlaw tells us he hopes important information can be gleaned from the forward facing cameras on the train likize e e on the front of the train. we hope to hear more in a 4:00 press briefing he'll hold today. investigators were still searching for data recorders on both trains. akin to little black boxes you hear as critical to the investigations when airplanes crash. here's what we do know about how this deadly crash happened. a switch on the track was lined and locked as they say in the railroad industry in the wrong direction. this switch locked with a padlock to send the amtrak passenger train off the main track, diverting it to a siding track, squarely into that parked freight train. and investigators now trying to understand the why. that will be a question they will need the help

ntsb officials on the scene.y are dealing with a downpour, but they have faced conditions are more rugged than this. the investigation continues into the official cause of exactly what went wrong in amtrak crash. meanwhile, the coroner confirming two people have died, both of them amtrak employees. local authorities say 116 people for evaluations. two of them expected to be admitted, the others treated and released with injuries ranging from scratches to broken bones. police escorted those who escaped injuries to red cross shelter big agency set up at a nearby medical school -- middle-school. they will return them to passengers in the company has arranged for buses to carry passengers who are well enough to travel to their intended destinations. amtrak train anyone heading from new york to miami until a collided with a freight train around 2:45 this morning. local authorities say the crash happened near a rail yard were several tracks were splitting off to allow freight trains. authorities believe a csx freight t

committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal railroad administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. this is two hours.

ntsb investigators describe the crash scene as catastrophic.y say if you look at these two locomotives involved in the track, you would not recognize him. they say the amtrak train carrying a crew in 136 passengers from new york to miami was diverted from maine rail to a sidetrack in a railyard where it struck an empty freight train. >> for whatever reason that switch was blind and marked for the train coming down this way to be diverted into the signing. >> 's investigators say they have heard systems on the track were down for maintenance. the two employees killed in the crash were working in the locomotive at the front of the train. the engineer was 54 from savannah georgia. the conductor was 36 and came from orange park florida. authorities say more than 100 people on board were taken to local hospitals for evaluation. two are in serious condition, one critical and three fair but most others were treated and released with injuries from scratches to broken bones. many of those were taken to a red cross reception site with the victims receive

ntsb and faa now looking into that crash. >>> how much progress have we made? tomorrow the sierra will be put to the test. the department of water resources will conduct its second snow survey of the season. this is video from the first survey january 3rd. not much snow. but things should be better by tomorrow morning. >>> it's sinking and tilting. can they stabilize it? we investigate the work under way at the troubled millennium tower. work that could be a game changer. >>> kids and migraines. tonight the cosmetic treatment providing new hope for little ones. >>> jeff ranieri, an unusual start to february, we'll show you exactly how warm this area of high pressure not only brings inland valleys but to beaches in eight minutes. helicopter foag >>> new video tonight of a bus crash into a fire station in los angeles. you're looking at helicopter footage. it happened just after 6:00 a few blocks away from l.a.x. police say three aboard the bus suffered minor injuries. it's a shuttle bus that transports people around l.a.x. and the hotel district area. cause still

we talked to the ntsb spokesman for a.at he had to say. >> the speed of the train collided by the crossing -- [inaudible] >> will be looking at those factors. that is affirmative. >> all in all, it certainly all, certainly could've been much worse, lauren and connell. one member of congress, jason lewis had a concussion, was treated and released. there were six members treated and released, one a critical, for remained to be evaluated and treated and one has been discharged. back to you guys. lauren: griff jenkins, thank you. connell: more throughout the day on the republican retreat. we shift to the markets when it comes to earnings from the big tech companies. facebook and microsoft reported last night after the valid we will hear from apple, amazon and google's parent company alphabet later today. we are joined by kitty mcgrew president, fox news contributor gary b. smith. good morning. >> good morning, connell. we cannot play word association. you can talk about the stocks. facebook was interesting. stock additionally

t tonight the ntsb is joining the investigation into the crash. our kasie hunt reports from the scene in crozet, virginia. >> mass casualty incident. level one. train versus truck. >> reporter: just outside charlottesville, virginia, at 11:20 this morning, a garbage truck split in two by a chartered amtrak train carrying hundreds of republican members of congress, their spouses and children, on the way to a policy retreat at the greenbrier resort. >> i personally was sitting and just felt the very strong jolt which shocked everybody. >> reporter: most on board the train including the house speaker paul ryan were not hurt. outside, lawmakers, several of them medical doctors, rushed to try and save the men riding the garbage truck. >> i can't find a pulse. dr. roe can't find a pulse. we started cpr. >> reporter: one man died at the scene. another in critical condition. >> so we were working on the man that was injured for quite a while, and for about 20 minutes, but he was breathing. obviously very serious condition. >> reporter: after the crash, am

the ntsb will arrive tomorrow to begin an investigation. >>> three people were killed. four are in the hospital tonight after crashing in a helicopter in the grand canyon. high winds, rugged terrain complicated rescue efforts and here's the video of the aftermath. >> reporter: moments after the crash witnesses rushed to help. ted fugimoto, a wedding photographer, captured video of the helicopter on fire. the accident happened 73 miles east of las vegas in a remote area known as grand canyon west. >> it was pretty bad. it's amazing how they survived. these two ladies, you know, are lucky to be alive. >> reporter: the helicopter belongs to papillon airways. they've been around more than 50 years and boast on their website more than 600,000 customers per year. >> this is the first major crash with papillon we know of since the 2001 incident we were involved with. >> reporter: attorney gary rob specializes in these kind of accidents. he sued papillon in 2001 after another helicopter crash claimed six lives. >> the helicopter industry is evolving and we're thinking that safe

we found ntsb records linking sups to at least 32 general aviation crashes that have killed at least 11 people since 2011. now a whistle-blower has contacted us from china, telling us that sups are on even more airplanes than you first imagine. planes we fly all the time. >> reporter: faa and ntsb records showed nearly 3,000 different instances of unapproved parts discovered on airplanes since 2011, including on airplanes flown by almost every commercial airline in the u.s. the list of planes caught with unapproved parts on them includes both official faa notification and enforcement action. >> the fatal accident could happen any time. >> reporter: this man says the problem of unapproved parts on airplanes is worse than the faa acknowledges. >> i was the investigator myself. >> reporter: his name is charles shi. >> i had a 20-people team working for me. >> reporter: based in china where he spoke to us, shi worked as a quality control inspector, overseeing parts made and shipped from china for a company that made materials for boeing aircraft. during his inspection he found parts outs

ntsb says preliminary report will come in two to four weeks investigators are looking at conduit and conduit support system in the tunnel ceiling. >>> happening today anchor drops the atlantic city boat show. >> more than 500 boats will be on display inside atlantic city convention center. this is file video from last year, luxury yachts, jet skis, there is something for every lifestyle and budget. the she runs through sunday. >> nice. >> break out the yacht rock radio, baby. >> weather last couple of days has been nice enough to break out boats. >> absolutely if you have a boat in the marina you may want to think about securing it, because we have a substantial coastal storm that is brewing, it is still not expected to even start bringing in any rain until at least tomorrow afternoon, so we will get through this, the next and tomorrow morning's commute without any hitches at least not weather related won anyway but you can see a big batch of rain through tennessee, just very beginning , one piece of the overall puzzle here and eventually we will start to see this turning into, more

no, we are not. >> the ntsb says the engineer of the amtrak train should have been watching ahead ofm for the switch. once the train got to the switch point he would have had eight second to try to stop it. csx has not commented on the position of the switch. this investigation. >> the pentagon has begun the draw down of u.s. troops from iraq. the iraqi government claims that the islamic state has been deep feeted and fewer american soldiers are needed there. but there is a war raging in yemen. one side backed by saudi arabia the other by iran. holly williams got rare access to the front line. >> reporter: the saudi arabian government invited us to yemen to show us their version of the war there. these fighters are take us to the front line. which is at the top of the mountain range. for nearly three years, saudi arabia has been backing these yemeni government soldiers fighting a brutal war against rebels who have seized swaths of land. they killed this houthi gunman two month as go they told us. yemeni general, told us saudi abe strikes are helping him win back the barren hills. and

>> investigators with the ntsb are here on site.ey're looking at one, was this human error, and what were the mechanical conditions on the ground? the ntsb says it's possible that positive train control might have been able to prevent this crash. it's called ptc for short. it was supposed to be installed across the country by the end of 2015, but that deadline was extended until the end of this year with the possibility of it being extended to 2020. here's what the ntsb had to say about ptc and what a passenger had to say about the crash. take a listen. >> ptc has been mandated to be installed over a lot of the nation's railroad. the deadline for that is the end of this year, december 31st, of this year. so determining the exact status of the installation of ptc will be something that will be very important for us to find out. to be clear, ptc is designed to prevent this type of accident. >> i feel at my worst. i've never seen anything in my entire life like this, bodies wherever, people on top of one another. the train just -- it j

. >> ntsb officials say a switch diverted amtrak train 91 from the mainline to a side track where itstruck a parked csx freight train around 245 sunday morning. >> bodies everywhere. seats up off the floor. >> last week a train carrying republican members of congress crashed into a garbage truck at a railroad crossing, killing one person in the truck. and amtrak derailment killed three in december in washington state after the train failed to slow down while rounding a curve. sunday's accident has renewed calls for positive train control or ptc, safety technology that can reduce train speeds based on real-time track conditions. >> fully operational train control system could have avoided this accident. that's what it's designed to do. >> originally supposed to be fully installed by the end of 2015, congress extended the deadline for implementation to the end of this year with the possibility of further delays. >> it is so important in this country that ptc be implemented by the end of the year and that we don't give any more extensions. >> the ntsb says track signals of the crash sit

now, ntsb investigators have to figure out why, why that switch was left locked in the wrong positionns like amtrak train 91 travel along that path every day. this is a question that the csx corporation will have to try to help them answer. csx, the railroad group that owns, operates and maintains the stretch of track where this crash occurred, said they're responsible for the signalling, the switching and the dispatching in that area. csx offered up a statement with their condolences to the families of the two victims of this crash. the conductor and the engineer of that train. while they did that, they did not acknowledge any wrongdoing of their own other than to say they would be cooperating fully with the ntsb investigation. another key piece of evidence in this investigation, that would be a forward-facing camera on the amtrak train that investigators already have being analyzed in a lab in d.c. >> thank you so much. mao kos moscow is picking up after a historic snowstorm hit over the weekend. i've seen some of the pictures, p/e dro a lot of snow on the ground. >> when you think

we know the ntsb is sending its go-team to the scene to investigate what happened. the president will make his first remarks at the retreat today. >>> check on cnn money. deadline to raise the debt ceiling moved closer. if congress doesn't raise it by march, the treasury department will run out of cash. the budget offices estimated it will run out of money in april. workers will pay about $15 billion less in payroll taxes each month. that is great news for you, but with less money coming in, the special accounting measures the department uses will tap out sooner. steve mnuchin said they can fund the government through february. if they don't, it will prevent the u.s. from paying its bills on time and defaulting will be chaotic and likely delay social security checks or other government payments. >>> president trump is breaking with tradition and will not do a super bowl interview. sources at nbc say the white house has rejected their interview request. they say the president still has an open invitation if he changes his mind. a pre-super bowl sit down with the comm

. >> the former chairman of the ntsb. >> i certainly would like to see a top to bottom examination. that may well have to include a safety stand down. everything comes to a stop. staff is, focused and refocused on, on safety processes, safety management systems. >> reporter: this incident days after two amtrak employees were killed and 116 injured when the silver star train derailed outside columbia, south carolina. last week, a chartered amtrak train, carrying republican lawmakers hit a truck on the tracks killing one injuring six. in december this amtrak-operated train going twice the speed limit when it derailed around a curve in washington state killing three. ntsb chairman yesterday. >> has that become a pattern not a series of accidents where you end up wondering what is going on at amtrak? >> i think it is very important that we have to look at each of the accidents in isolation to be able to determine if there are systemic issues. >> reporter: amtrak says it is investigating. and will inspect all 20 of its accela train sets. it has a good safety record but slated to be retir

questions for the ntsb, why wasn't that switch flipped back to the main line?why didn't they tell amtrak to stop? >>> a pilot is fine tonight after making an emergency landing when his landing gear failed to work in texas. check it out. you are looking at video that captured the small plane skidding along a run way at san antonio international airport. the plane scraped along the pavement for about 100 yards. the faa is trying to find out why the landing gear failed. >>> slick roads in the nation's midsection of causing numerous crashes including a huge pileup that closed part of a missouri interstate overnight. this drone footage was taken by fire department along interstate 44 east of springfield. numerous cars and big rigs lost traction in the icy westbound lanes near the town of marsh field. the highway patrol says the road will be closed all night and two other big rig crashes on the same freeway killed one person and sent a dozen to the hospital. >>> tomorrow for the third and final time, a disgraced former usa gymnastics doctor will be sentenced to decad

the ntsb was able to get its hands on the forward facing camera inside the locomotive. take a look at the train cars. you can see the force of this collision knock them completely off the track. this is the third fatal amtrak crash that the ntsb has been investigating since december. chris van cleave cbs news west columbia, south carolina. >>> the release of the gop memo of the russia investigation was the main topic. what lawmakers from both parties had to say. >> reporter: democrats criticized friday's release compiled by republican staffers on the house intelligence committee. they're calling it an attack on the intelligence and security agencies. >> the interest was a political hit job on the f.b.i. in the service of the president. >> reporter: the memo claims that just before the 2016 election, f.b.i. agents sought to surveil trump campaign foreign policy advisory carter page for possible russian collusion. to obtain a warrant to monitor page, the agents compiled a dossier. according to the memo, he was paid $160,000 by the democratic national committee and hillary

. >> the ntsb working through the night.poke yesterday at a press conference, and asked about some of the factors at play as they investigate this accident. listen to this. >> blindsided crossing factor here. >> looking at those factors. >> the ntsb saying it could take days or months before the full report, but taking into consideration all the factors, this is somewhat of a dangerous rail crossing and rail crossings like this which could have blind spots with speed and other factors, commonplace for accidents like this. eric: amazing it wasn't worth. jillian: thankful that it wasn't worse. the white house making a commonsense deal on immigration reform despite ongoing resistance from democrats. the administration breaking down the call to end chain migration, 70% of legal immigration through family ties, half of all immigrant households get a handout from the government as the flow of immigrants without skilled means smaller paychecks which hurts american workers, democrats hoping for a daca deal by february 8th funding, e

ntsb is the lead investigator of the crash. they say on scene investigation will go on for several days as they look into multiple factors, including the operators, the truck involved, the train track conditions, as well as a number of factors. earlier, vice president mike pence did go on to the retreat where he did give his speech in which he reflected on what happened. >> our prayers go out to the families of the lost and the injured. for comfort and for healing. let me be clear with all of you. we thank god today because we know it could have been much worse. >> they chartered amtrak train full of g.o.p. lawmakers colliding with a dump truck, severing it in half. one of the passage of the truck is dead and representative jason lewis of minnesota was treated for a concussion. there were a number of medical professionals on the train who jumped into. one lawmaker using his shirt as a tourniquet. the wife of another lawmaker into bating an injured man to open an airway. they also perform cpr in one of the trip as a nurse but sa