i want to go back to patrick murphy if he's still with us. patrick, can you hear me lawrence o'donnell? >> i can hear you. >> so we now know that the uninjured are being brought to hospitals where they may be checked, but that's the first stop they're bringing them to as they try to figure out where to take them the rest of the way. and there is apparently, a press conference that's being scheduled soon but we're not exactly sure who is going to be involved with that. patrick, are you going to stay on the scene there? >> i'm going to stay on the scene. we have the deputy mayor that's here on-site, a city councilman from northeast very much for your invaluable eyewitness account and that incredible experience you went through. thank you for joining us and helping us with understanding all of this. patrick murphy thank you very much. we are continued coverage now of what appears to be this crash, possibly seriously -- involving serious injury in pennsylvania. rachel maddow will take over the rest of the way with the live coverage. >> thanks lawr

this is patrick murphy is this patrick murphy the lawmaker this is coming from? that we're looking at now. but these images are coming in. so there you go. inside of the train car. and as mary schiavo said this is a passenger rail line so if you look at that crumbled wreckage and those train cars that are no longer on the tracks that are laying on their side on the ground in philadelphia in the frankfort section of philadelphia then you can assume that there are going to be some injuries. we don't know anything about fatalities or injuries. this is kyw. look at that. my goodness. mary schiavo, they're using flashlights. >> well they are, and that's -- i mean that just further complicates things since it is in the dark. and we can only hope -- and it's too dark for me to help which kind of cars these are, but in the last last few years, amtrak as well as other rail lines have tried to upgrade their cars and there are a couple of things that make them safer. some of them are more crash worthy and the car itself will absorb some of the energy of the crash. so we can

we saw the tweet from patrick murphy he's okay. he's trying to help. this is the picture i've talked about, we've sleep it to you. former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy was on that train. he's okay. he's asked to pray for these people. the train is turned on its side people are in need of help patrick murphy the former congressman was talking about please pray for these people i'm helping, this is a difficult situation. i can't see how many people are on that particular car. >> we don't know which car he's in either. that's the thing. >> we get a little wider view here. >> there's buildings. >> that looks like more of an older building or a something. it doesn't look like anything residential, at least from this vantage point as of now. >> if you see -- this might be -- if you see tarps out there, what they do in these types of situations they set up a triage area. they're going to put people on various tarps, this person needs help immediately right now, critical whatever the situation is on this one. this person is in this condition. they're

. >> one of those people on board was former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy he had his phoneh him and took this picture. tweeted it a few minutes ago and you can see all of the people inside. you see the rescue crews inside you see that train kind of slipped on its side there. people obviously hurt and what he said on twitter was i am on at amtrak train that just crashed. i'm okay. helping others. he says pray for those in injured. iain was telling you possibly 50 people or so that are injured on this. and this train was coming from washington, d.c. it was heading through our area heading on up to new york city, and the front of the train from what we understand started shaking and when it kind of went into a turn. we don't know what happened here but you see all those lights down there obviously these are rescuers. they've got their flashlights out. because it's dark out there. they have -- they can't see. they've got to try and find anybody that may have been thrown if anybody was from the train, and try and help all of these people. you know it's got to be a chaotic scene

. >> right now, we have former congressman patrick murphy on that train speaking right now. let's listen in. >> people pulled together sounds like? >> yes. we just people stayed and a couple putting pressure on wounds. so they won't bleed out. and then, probably 8 or 9 more just treated made sure everyone is okay i treated my -- tweeted my

congressman patrick murphy who was on that train last night who joined me by phone from the scene describing in detail what it was like to be in that train. patrick, it's just 24 hours ago that we started talking about this. and we're learning now that the instruments in the indicate that the speed at the time of the crash was over 100 miles per hour. when we talked last night, i asked you about the speed, your sense was that it hadn't made it up to maximum speed yet, and it that's still increasing and moving at a normal speed? what is your feeling about it now? >> i've been so busy, on my computer getting work done. it doesn't seem out of mays, but it is what it is. that's the evidence and that's the fact. it's just a tragedy and, you know, we can't bring back those seven lives that were killed. you know, for me, you know, it was -- but it's -- it was a sad day and my heart got out not only to those families, but to the ones that have been injured. >> patrick, one of the things that struck me in talking to the other victims of the crash last night, other people who were on that train with y

patrick murphy thank you very much. we are continued coverage now of what appears to be this crash, possibly seriously -- involving serious injury in pennsylvania. rachel maddow will take over the rest of the way with the live coverage. >> thanks lawrence. i appreciate that. this does appear to be a large multicausality amtrak passenger plane crash tonight in northeast philadelphia. the local nbc station in philadelphia are doing great coverage tonight, both in terms of their chopper and on the ground reporting. nbc philadelphia station is reporting tonight as best as they can tell they expect there will be more than 50 people injured on this train tonight. once we know exactly what happened, more than 200 people were apparently onboard this train. amtrak was saying 240 people onboard this train. patrick murphy former congressman, msnbc host said he heard from first responders the number may have been 211 people onboard the train, but we can safely say more than 200 people onboard when eight to ten of the cars on this t

congressman, patrick murphy. he described what happened right after the crash. >> i flew to the side and landed on my head and i was checking my body parts. there were people that were getting off the train. >> philadelphia mayor says the destruction is unimaginable. >> it is an absolute disastrous mess. never seen anything like this in my life. most personnel will say that as well. is. >> the mayor says it is unlikely amtrak service will operate through the end of the week. in philadelphia, fox news. >> and a passenger took this cell phone video from inside the train and posted it ton instagram. and just a few moments ago, you heard from former congressman, patrick murphy, who was one of the passengers. he posted these photos. the person next to him passed out during the chaos. >> happening this morning, the california highway patrol is investigating a deadly crash near gilroy that killed four people. it happened just after 10:30 last night near the gilroy outlet stores. the chp said they were in one car in mont

right now let's go to former pennsylvania congressman and iraq war veteran patrick murphy. he was on board the amtrak train when it derailed. he's back at the scene today and joins me now. patrick, first of all, how are you doing? >> reporter: i'm okay andrea, thanks for asking. i'm lucky to be here. >> i know that it was an emotional night. you got home and with your wife and family afterwards but this was your neighborhood. this was your childhood neighborhood so let's take it back to last night and when you first knew on the train that something was terribly wrong. >> it was a regular train ride and iia. i was rushing home on that 7:00 train to get home to kiss my kids good night before they fell asleep, and -- and maggie's 8 and jack is 5. it's a regular train. senator tom carper was next to me at the next table over in the cafe cart where there's tables and bench seating. he got off in wilmington and we're going and -- and all of a sudden you just felt -- in trenton, felt horrible vibrations and the brakes and then the car, the rail car shifted to the left first and the

congressman patrick murphy was on that train when it crashed last night.here is some of his unbelievable firsthand account. >> i made sure i helped people get out. you know, at first i checked to make sure i still had my arms and legislation. it was pretty violent. the guy next to me was unconscious. so i got him up, sat him up, patted his face, get up, brother, get up. he came to so i yanked him up. i had to pull myself to the other side. the ceiling was the side window. i pulled myself up on to the bench area so i could reach the emergency exit and punch it out. and people that were able to get out were getting out. so i helped push them up. and then i was just trying to help the folks that couldn't move and that were really in bad shape. >> well, patrick murphy himself will be here in just a moment to tell us more. we'll be right back. >> he got up, and he came too, so i yanked him up, and then i had to pull myself, because the ceiling was the side window, i pulled myself up on to the bench window. the people that were able to get out. >>> we're back, a

also on the train, former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy. he posted these pictures to twitter. it looks like people are trying to figure out what's going on. its's a sideways view of this image and there's some other photos that have been coming through from patrick murphy. this is the tweet says pray for these passengers. our coverage involving this deadly derailment out of washington continues in two minutes. what we're learning about another crash in the same area back in the 1940s. >> all of a sudden we're on our >>> we have breaking news right now. we're hearing the horrifying accounts from passengers from the train derailment in philadelphia. one person said that the train was moving fine, then it started to shake and then flipped over. passengers described people being thrown to the ground and suitcases falling on top of people. they say it was dark and that wires were everywhere. >> so we saw it go like that. you can feel it off the tracks. then we just rolled and rolled and next thing i knew, we were pushing out the emergency exit.

also on the train, former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy tweeted these pictures. it is kind of sideways there, but passengers tried to help other passengers. there's a bloody leg there. and this tweet says pray for these passengers. more images here. you can see firefighters inside this train. this looks like someone with an official capacity. there's a walkie talkie thing on his waist band and he's on top of the seats trying to help people perhaps trying to help them get out of the train. over here the lights, more people who are gathering, trying to figure out what's going on. again, these are images from patrick murphy, a former congressman who was on that train. >>> let's check weather and traffic on the 1s right now. meteorologist amelia segal is on the weather deck to tell us what to wear. bring back the jacket, right? >> yeah, noticeably cooler outside right now. it's breezy spring has returned. as you get the kids ready for school add the light jacket as they get ready to get on the school bus, but you need the sunglasses as well. plenty of sunshine throug

we're joined now by msnbc contributor and former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy.ding in the cafe car when the derailment occurred. congressman, what a pleasure to see you. >> thanks jose. i'm a lucky guy to be here. >> it really is such a -- how do you describe what happened? >> jose it was a normal washington-to-new york train ride. i'm in the cafe car which, as you know has seating and tables you can work at and i was working there, senator tom carper was at the next table over. he got off at the wilmington accident, we went to philadelphia, my stop was the next stop in trenton, new jersey. i wanted to go see my kids before they fell asleep and everything was fine until, you know you heard this violent vibration happen then the car went to the left banked to the left and then immediately to the right. tripped over and our car i believe jackknifed out and so everyone on my side of the car, the left side of the car, who was tipped over to the right, flew over kind of head first into the other side of the train car. >> you took some pretty dramatic pictures of peop

patrick murphy spoke to rahima ellis earlier today. >> it was a normal train ride.gton up to new york. i was trying to rush home to be home in time to see my two little kids. everything was fine until just heard some very violent shaking. like vibrations. next thing you know we went left and then finally just went over to the right. i was on the left side of the train cab, and everyone on the left side just flew the other side. and i went head-first to the other end. and a lot of debris a lot of blood, a lot of people crying for help. i made sure i helped people get out. at first i checked that i still had my arms and legs. it was pretty violent. >> it was like that? you were checking to make sure you were in one piece? >> yeah. because there was blood. i was overseas twice with the army. so i was okay. the guy next to me was unconscious. i got him up sat him up. patted his face saying get up brother, get up. then he got up. he came to. so i yanked him up. i had to pull myself. the ceiling was the side window. so i pulled myself up on to the bench area so i could pu

earlier we showed you dramatic images shared by former congressman patrick murphy of pennsylvania. as on that train and he's with us now this morning. patrick, it's good to see you. where were you on the train? what car were you in? >> i believe the third or fourth train. i was in a cafe car. there are two. i was in the southern one. so about the third or fourth car. >> the way it's been described that we heard all morning, rapid deceleration and then violent shaking of those cars and then they tipped. is that what you experienced? >> yeah. some shaking, some vibration, which i knew wasn't a good sign. i'm on a bench seat with a table. a senator was to my left. but when that vibration happened all of a sudden it tipped to the left and then violently to the right when it came to its side. unfortunately i was on the left-hand side of the train so everyone on that side just flew over. i frankly, landed on my head. >> what were some of the injuries of the passengers in the car that you saw? >> there was a lot of blood all over. the guy next to me was unconscious. so i grabbed him and sa

congressman patrick murphy.e described what happened immediately after the crash. >> a lot of blood and a lot of folks got banged up got hurt back. there were people who didn't care they were getting off that train they were stepping over people and stuff. >> the mayor says it is unlikely there will be any amtrak service heading through philadelphia through the remainder of the week. the ntsb ks national transportation safety board whoho will investigate the crash are set to arrive on scene later this morning. there will be a press briefing by the police commissioner at 11:00 a.m. this morning. >> we will have that. joel waldman live at the scene for us. >> 26 minutes after the top of the hour. the top story the deadly amtrak train derailment. what went wrong? a recent expert will weigh in. >> what's more important fighting isis or climate change. a shocking statement about where the white sows is invest-- white house is investing. {off-line} {off-line} >> it is wednesday, may 13th ks a fox news lart. off the ra

i did what i could. >> patrick murphy, we are glad you are okay.is very latest, live from port richmond back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> right new there are as you you might imagine delays up and down northeast corridor lets get latest from vittoria because this is affecting thousands of people this morning, variety the tore use. >> absolutely, affecting thousands of people, heading in and out of the area, using mass transit but also, even centrally around that accident scene. we're right at prank forward junction. we will start there traveling throughout port richmond expect police to be directing traffic on frankford between torresdale and castor and closure point of wheatsheaf lanes and sedgley avenue. in regard to mass transit service has been suspended for amtrak between philadelphia and new york. however they are running modified schedules for d.c. and philadelphia, and new jersey transit the river line and patco speed line are cross honoring so do note that. katie. >>> vittoria, thankfully we can report weather is cooperative her

crying and creaming and of course blood. >> msnbc anchor and former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy was on the train in philadelphia when it careened off the tracks last night. he talked with matt lauer on the "today" show this morning. murphy said he tried to help everybody he saw who was hurt. he also thanked the first responders who he said showed up within minutes of that crash happening here in philadelphia. live just a few hundred yards away from the rear of the train derailment where there are still cars on the tracks and equipment has been brought in to move the cars. it's quieted down a bit but if you look off to the side you can see police officers controlling traffic. you also see large dump trucks that have been going in and out of this location. presumably there are some bulldozers on the tracks that may be putting debris into the dump trucks. en this they're trying to haul those things away to get the tracks clear as quickly as possible because as you might assume this derailment issing are a ripple effect up and down the mid-atlantic coast from washington, d.c. up to

form fer congressman patrick murphy is safe. as jessica mentioned another leader we expect to hear from very soon is philadelphia mayor michael nutter. he is on the scene of the story in port richmond and he should be ready to brief us any moment. we'll be standing by for that and you'll see it live here on cbs3. >> we've got more photos to show you. a lot of people reporting smoke in those train cars. david spunt telling us he smelled the smoke when he got to the scene which has now been active for over an hour. let's take a look now from the ground. you can see some of the first responders there. this is a live picture of what's happening on the ground there in port richmond. as david is telling us they have set up a very large scene where they are tending to people who need treatment and varying degrees of severity. some people had to go to the hospital by ambulance, others were able to walk get on septa buses and be taken to the hospital. matt rivers has been talking to some of those people and hearing their harrowing storie

this picture was tweeted by former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy. murphy says he is okay but helping others saying quote, pray for those injured. >> and we want to take a live picture near the scene where we're awaiting a live news conference from philadelphia mayor michael nutter. we'll bring that to you as soon as it happened. first here's a closer look at exactly what's going on. this is what the accident scene looked like just after this derailment about 9:30 tonight. you can see the train, one of the cars flipped on its side plus a number of firefighters and others first responders with their flashlights working to try to help the passengers. >> nbc 10's denise nakano is live at the scene in frankford. denise, what can you tell us? >> reporter: i'm here three blocks away from the derailment here at frankford and weetsheaf. you see a huge emergency response. we have a number of police firefighters, emergency crews out here waiting to respond to go in to help in the mass casualties that are reported from the derailment. a number of ambulances out

thank you very much. >>> joining us now, congressman patrick murphy. last night when it derailed. patrick, you had a pretty harrowing story. if you could take us through what happened. are you at the scene again at this point? >> yeah i came mika right from there. that's where i disembarked the train. i was there last night right beside the tracks until we got most of the folks off and then i was there until way in the morning and basically went home and shaved and showered. but it was -- it was pretty horrific mika. >> we're looking at the pictures that you tweeted out. you were able to capture the hell, quite frankly, that took place inside that train. tell us from your perspective from the moment it happened what went down. >> it was a regular regional amtrak train from washington toward new york. i get off at the trenton stop because i'm across the river in bucks county. senator tom karmcarper was to my left he got off at wilmington. i'm sitting at the cafe cart and we felt major vibrations i know now that was probably the brakes. we shifted quickly

we know that former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy was on board this derailed train and he tweeted a photo shortly after the derailment, itself, showing what it looked like inside. well, here's what he said about the derailment just a little while ago on msnbc. >> i was sitting on the bench then when it crashed, obviously it wobbled at first, then it went off the tracks and then we went off to the side and it -- it buckled meaning our car went all the way to the side. and there was some pretty banged up people, you know, lots of blood and lots of -- one guy next to me was passed out. we had to get him back to attention. we kicked out the top window and got people off that cafe car. >> again, that was former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy. describing on msnbc that scene in the moments leading up to and after the derailment. talking about that wobbling of the train at first. and then the derailment and landing on its side. >> and other people have said that, too, when -- we heard from our reporters speaking to individuals who were on that train saying they felt that jolt. th

the former congressman patrick murphy was actually on the train and was speaking with rachel maddow a little earlier right here on msnbc. and he explained how he got off the train. >> how did you get out? i know you helped other passengers. you had quite a number injured passengers that you saw. how did you guys get out of there? how were you able to -- what decisions did you make there? >> well i slid through and handed on my head. the guy next to me i just got myself up. then checked my body parts and everything was there. and then i had to pull myself up. it was sideways. so the guy that was okay next to me then there was another guy right next to us who was totally knocked unconscious and bleeding. i grabbed him and shook him a little bit and said hey, buddy, buddy. he eventually came to. there was a lot of screaming and things of that nature. the first thing i did was pull myself up to what would be the ceiling, although it was the side of the train. on the western side and pushed out the emergency window as far as i could. human nature people just so flipping out that they had t

. >> former congressman patrick murphy was on the train and narrowly escaped death and says it is notlitics. >> i'm blessed i was able to go home that my wife and kids were able to kiss me this morning i'm blessed man. >> accidents such as this are fairly rare in the u.s. this route between new york city and washington d.c. sees thousands of trains back and forth every year and most of them reach their destination with no major incidents. but that doesn't console the people who were on the doomed 188, will spark more outcries if this was just one more occurrence or will sound a warning on the rails of america. gabriel elizondo, al jazeera. >> the mine in caldas province is flooded. more than half its miners are unregulated. one of the key strategies of the u.s. backed war on drugs may be on the way out the national drugs agency is said to ban a controversial herbicide used to ban coca fields. >> since the 1990s it's been spraying the coca fields. to curb the production of cocaine. but colombia seems ready for an about-face. >> translator: new studies show clearly there's a health risk

you look at patrick murphy's pictures from the cafe car those are the tables you see at mcdonald's the ones bolted down to the floor. up notice the first think i saw when i saw his tweets is that blood and then i said no, probably coffee grounds and everything else that would be in a dining car spilled on the roof, on the sealing all over the place, and i was happen that i it didn't look like blood. and it didn't look as damaged as those other cars did and that looked pretty bad. live aerial pictures from skyfox now with the construction spotlights light lighting up the scene you are getting a sense of the maze of railroad tracks out here too many to counseled a curve, speed limit for conductors, 55 miles an hour. look northeast corridor trains for those every you ride it know, asela goes as fast as 135. this was not an asela but other amtrak trains go 120 at stretches along 95, when you are driving up bucks county, and the tracks run close to 95 those trains out run your kareem when going 65 miles an hour they blow by you. so speed for sure, even if it was not a factor in the cause, i

and patrick murphy was on the train and took these pictures apa dramatic scene inside and outside on the ground. >> it's an absolute disastrous mess. >> reporter: also on board, a producer from nbc nightly news. first responders don't know if everyone is accounted for at this hour. and the go team is going to investigate the crash. they are expected to arrive tomorrow morning. >>> thank you. a lot of kmurtcommuters on that train. and our coverage continues on web web.nbc bay area.com. >>> and round 8:00 this evening at the intersection of 6th and fulsm. two cars one of them a taxi cab, and hitting a cyclist. >>> we're also tracking developing news out of nepal after another powerful earthquake rocked that country. just a few hours ago the search for a missing marine helicopter rejumsume resumed. it's based out of camp pendalten and then crashed with six marines on board. there's been no destress call so far and also no signs of a crash. >>> and today's earthquake powerful and terrifying. the jolt killed dozens of people and left thousands of people hurt. the death toll is expected to

a former pennsylvania congressman, patrick murphy was on the train and was speaking with rachel maddow on msnbc and explained how he got off the train. >> how did you get out? i know that you helped other passengers. you also have quite a number of injured passengers in your car that you saw. how did you guys get out of there? and how were you able to -- what decisions did you make there? >> yeah well i went through and you know the guy next to me i just got myself up and checked my body parts. everything was there. and i had to pull myself up because it was sideways and this guy that was okay next to me then there was another guy right next to us who was totally knocked unconscious and bleeding, so i grabbed him, and shook him a little bit hey buddy, hey buddy, and he, then after he came to and there was a lot of screaming and a lot of folks who were flipping out, you know human nature. so the first thing i knew was pull myself up to the, what would be ceiling, although it was the side of the train, on the western side and pushed out the emergency window as hard as i could. and then y

. >> reporter: among survivors congressman and iraq vet patrick murphy. >> it happened so fast, i was -- a lot of debris and lights went out and a lot screaming. >> reporter: >> there was a lot of people hurting on the train and so, i am very fortunate to be able to walk out of that. >> reporter: he is caleb bonham headed home tonight. 23 people still in the hospital, 8 of them here at temple university in critical condition. and many of the survivors who were still in town because so many were out of town are going to a downtown hotel set up here in philadelphia so they might get reunited and get tickets out of town and whatever amtrak can do and they are trying to do there. the family members are flooding into town to visit the people who are hospitalized. a lot of survivors stories here derek. >> reporter: indeed they are scott and a terrible carnage in philadelphia right down here in this part of townch mayor calling the numbers preliminary but at this point there are at least 7 fatalities confirmed in this major crash and two of those people one identified as a naval academy mids

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a former congressman, patrick murphy was a passenger on the train. >> we were going about 60, 70 miles per hour. and then, you know, something happened. it's at a bend here. it was a little surprising. >> as the former dockman kated, we don't know yet what caused this accident. you're looking at live aerials from the scene there in philadelphia. we can also tell you the ntsb will be sending a team. governor wolf has release add statement thanking the first responders for their quick and brave action. we're going to have much more on this story throughout our show tonight and an abcnews.com throughout the evening and a rap up first thing in the morning. >>> we do move on now to a very different story and it involves your money. you're about to meet a young man who retired at age 30. not because he made millions but because he cut back in some radical ways. he has now become a personal finance guru. >> flip on your tv day or night and chances are you'll find a financial guru telling you what to do with your money. from suzie orman to jim cramer. but the experts haven't done what this man

. >> there were other stories, former congressman patrick murphy was on his way home from a business trip in washington, he took these photos he described it as nothing short of terrifying. >> the car severed to the left at first and then violently to the right. i'm 6'1" about 200 pounds and i was thrown like a rag doll like everyone else. >> he says he is just fine. and a passenger jeff cutler who lives in brooklyn but group in west oak lane, he took a shot to the head and leg but all things considered cutler is a grateful man. i'm mobile i can walk slight limp but no break i'm lucky i'm standing here. >> once again the family resource center is set up in the convention center marriott behind me and investigators are slow on purpose releasing information on this case and as new information is released stay with "action news" and 6abc.com for the very latest. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> we want to remind you that amtrak set up a hot line, if you are looking for information about a loved one or you were on the amtrak train and have not reported your wherea

this is former congressman patrick murphy. he put this on twitter about an hour ago, and actual shot inside the derailed cars. that is the story for now, obviously developing story. as more pictures come in, we will let you know. jay korff, abc 7 news. alison: thank you jay. d.c. mayor muriel bowser tweeted tonight saying that she is praying for the amtrak passengers crew, first responders as well. we are closely watching this breaking news. we have a crew on the scene in philadelphia. stay with abc seven and we will have continuing coverage. we also want to tell you about this breaking news closer to home, police at the scene of a deadly shooting in laurel along the 3400 block of summer's ville south. news chopper 7 flew over the scene. the police are actively searching for a suspect. the victim has not been identified in a word on the circumstances leading to the gunfire. leon: a northeast washington home destroyed by fire and witnesses believe it was arson. as tom roussey reports the witnesses are speaking about something t

i'm patrick murphy. at military cemetery was arlington to the beach of normandy, at parades in small towns and big cities, in quiet moments of reflection this weekend we honor america's troops who gave the ultimate sacrifice. coming up, i'm speak with v.a. secretary bob mcdonnell about the work he's doing for ours veterans and their families. and the progress that was made one year after the health care scandal in phoenix, arizona. >>> first, this week i sat down with democratic house leader nancy pelosi as congress was in a fiery debate about the 2016 defense bill. ma'am, when you were speaker of the house, you made historic investments with veterans affairs. almost doubling their budget over those years. and you continue to do. that we're here memorial day weekend. why was that so important to you? >> it was so important because when we -- even before we had the majority we plant aid flag for our -- planted a flag for our veterans. we all have veterans in our family. my brothers my uncle died at the ba

patrick murphy on that train that derailed tonight. thank you for sharing your story, what you experienced. we're glad you're okay and hopefully you can get home and try to get some kind of rest tonight. we do appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> all right. again, we understand five people have been killed in this amtrak train derailment near philadelphia. six people in critical condition. there are emergency crews still on the scene at this hour. we of course will continue to follow it right here on msnbc. stay tuned for more breaking news. they say after seeing a magician make his assistant disappear mr.clean came up with a product that makes dirt virtually disappear. he called it the magic eraser. it cleans like magic. even baked on dirt disappears right before your eyes. mr.clean's magic eraser. you still see emergency crews with their flashlights on the scene there trying to determine whether there is anyone elts that needs to be rescued. we have seen ladders going up extending toward the wnld owes where passengers had to crawl

. >> right now, we have former congressman patrick murphy on that train speaking right now. let's listen in. >> people pulled together sounds like? >> yes. we just people stayed and a couple putting pressure on wounds. so they won't bleed out. and then, probably 8 or 9 more just treated made sure everyone is okay i treated my -- tweeted my wife i'm okay. and i said two over there couldn't move. they were in bad shape. >> any crash? >> i didn't notice. i felt like a bang but then we just you know i was facing south. we're going northbound i was facing southbound. so i'm in a cafe car. the table area. and i saw everyone that way and other way. and then once we went to the east side we just flipped over. and then it was just dark. and just dusty and just a lot of blood. >> i got lucky. >> thank you. thank you. >> boss thanks for waiting. >> that is former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy speaking about his experience he was on the train that detrailed around 9:40 this evening. he's been active in the process in terms of twitter as well he put out a couple tweets there on

including patrick murphy. >> i was trying to attend to them as best as i could. >> reporter: meanwhile, hospitals brace for the worst. >> most of the injuries were arms, legs, ribs. >> reporter: there's still more than a half-dozen people in prison and right now the ntsb and other investigations are on scene searching for clues as to what caused this train coming from washington d.c. to new york city to fly off the tracks. >> the black box has been recovered. it's now in the amtrak operations center in delaware for analysis. we have no information from that particular device. >> reporter: amtrak has suspended service between new york and philadelphia creating computer nightmares, but nothing like what these people went through last night. in philadelphia, joel waldman, fox news. >> president obama is expressing condolences. he said, our thoughts and prayers are go out to the families and friends of those who we host last night and to the many passengers who today begin their long road to recovery. >>> toyota is exspending the recall -- expanding the recall over problem air bags. toyota

one of the first was from politician patrick murphy. he said i'm on amtrak's train that crashed and i'm okay. praying for those that are injured and she can see lots of pictures showing the train completely flipped over. instagram also blew up hip-hop producer posted the video. someone trying to escape one of the cars. >> it's a horrible tragedy but i was reading a story last night about individuals from the community, a tightknit area bringing water bottles out and people that live in the neighborhood allowing first responders to come into their homes and clean cleanup and use their bathroom. >> i'm so glad you said that. philly gets a bad rap and i will tell you they live up to their reputation last night. a lot more to come on this obviously. at this point it's about helping the victims and the families notifying everyone to make sure everyone is safe. there'll be another discussion on how you prevent this from happening again. tanks guys. >> the ngsa is investigating what caused the deadly derailment of an amtrak train in philadelph

i talked to former congressman patrick murphy who said pretty much the same thing, he had taken that train because he wanted to get home to see his two young children so he could wish them a good night and luckily he was able to do that. >> he will join us a little bit later, as well as one of the images that he took from the cafe car, the area where many people stop to eat and kind of hang out on the train, his picture was on the front page of the new york times. let me go now to stephanie gosk at frankford hospital about a mile and a half from the crash site. she's been there since 4:00 a.m. what's the latest on those taken to temple university hospital as well, and at least one other place? >> reporter: well, tamron good news here at this hospital they've had 26 injured passengers over the course of the evening and they have now treated and releeted all of them. that is not the case in other hospitals, as many as five other hospitals in the city that received passengers overnight, and one of those hospitals said they released about half of their patients but eight are still in cri

patrick murphy on that train that derailed tonight. thank you for sharing your story, what you experienced. we're glad you're okay and hopefully you can get home and try to get some kind of rest tonight. we do appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> all right. again, we understand five people have been killed in this amtrak train derailment near philadelphia. six people in critical condition. there are emergency crews still on the scene at this hour. we of course will continue to follow it right here on msnbc. stay tuned for more breaking news. anyone have occasional constipation diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these occasional digestive issues... with 3 types of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips' >>> as we've been watching, we couldn't help but have our breath taken away by the sight of one of these cars. it was a mass of metal. it was unrecognizable as an amtrak train. there it is coming into view on your scene. you still see emergency crews with their f

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some of the most powerful images came from former congressman patrick murphy who was on the train when it crashed. he first tweeted out he was okay and helping those on board. here's what he had to say afterwards. >> it just happened so fast. obviously a lot of debris, lights went out. a lot of screaming. 99.9% of the time you're going to fine. when it's your day to go, it's your day to go. i've been blessed obviously today is thought my day and hopefully tomorrow will be neither. >> murphy thanked the first responders who were there within minutes. some powerful images giving us a look into the terror on board. another popular trend is "pray for philly." >>> while investigators deal with the grim aftermath of the amtrak derailment, on capitol hill this is happening right now. the house appropriations committee is meeting to debate a transportation bill which could clash slash funding from the rail -- which could slash funding for the rail service. budget hawks want to cut spending. will today's impact -- accident have an impact on the talk? we'll have to wait and see. >>> again for th

, many of them returning home, including iraq war veteran and former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy, who was in the cafe car when it lurched off the tracks. >> at that moment i thought -- i thought i was a goner. it was so violent. i'm a 6'1" 200 pound guy. i was thrown like a rag doll, headfirst. >> reporter: murphy pushed out the train's window and helped others escape. one of the passengers unconscious, unable to move his arms or legs. >> there was people crying and screaming for help. >> reporter: also on the train nbc nightly news producer janelle richards. >> somebody help me! >> reporter: philadelphia police say far the engineer has declined to talk to investigators. >> they want to know when he went off duty he went to sleep, what he did while he was off duty. >> reporter: also tonight we're learning this section of track lacked a critical railway safety feature called positive train control, or ptc which can monitor and control trains in a safe stop. >> based on what we know right now, we feel that had such a system been installed in the section of track, this accident woul

. >> reporter: former congressman patrick murphy was on the train and narrowly escaped death and now is not the time to talk politics. >> people talk politics. i'm blessed that i was able to go home and kiss my wife and kids. so... ..i'm blessed, man. >> reporter: while the train derailment was no doubt a tragedy, accidents like this are rare in the u.s. this route between new york city and washington d.c. sees thousands of trains back and forth every year, most reach their destination with no major incidents. that does not console those on the doomed train, but likely will spark outcries if the crash was one rare occurrence or a sign of larger problems on the train tracks >>> news from iraq. reports a member of a shia militia set fire to a sunni endowment office. zeina khodr is on the phone from baghdad. tell us more. what is going on? >> there was overnight violence. according to police sources, shia militias who were accompanying pilgrims set fire to the sunni endowment office located on the outskirts of the district. it is a mainly sunni neighbourhood ... >>> apologies, we have l

congressman and iraqvet patrick murphy. >> i stayed back and told the people who were bleeding to put pressure on the wounds where they are bleeding from because you don't want to see the folks bleed out. >> i think it was a cast and we passed it. >> reporter: and ending there was the doctor here at temple university hospital again, in totality now we have 7 fatalities, we had 149 injured and 53 of them were brought here to temple university hospital. a lot of them have been released thankfully but they still have 23 in the hospital and 8 of them in critical condition. and this is just one of the hospitals treating people here in philadelphia. reporting live at the temple university hospital, derek back to you. >> reporter: all right thanks so much for that and as you said incredible today. a lot of people recovering and a number of people grieving. i should note both u.s. senator from the state of pennsylvania were on the block today senators toome and casey and i asked him about the politics around this because of the issue of amtrak funding and he said look this is not the time to

former congressman patrick murphy was on board. >> putting pressure on where the blood was coming out so they would not bleed out. michelle: the train was traveling along the northeast four-door, which can next washington to new york city and boston. the tracks behind me silence. a short distance from here, the band for the crash occurred. as night fell, not everyone on board has yet been accounted for. michelle fleury, bbc news, philadelphia. katty: michelle joined me a short time ago. this investigation is ongoing but our people assuming that this 100 mile per hour double the speed limit, is why the train came off of the tracks? michelle: i think people are jumping on that particular fact at the moment. investigators were able to ascertain the speed of the train because they recovered the black box. to give you a bit of background, the train left the junction a bit further behind me. going into that speed is 50 miles per hour. as we heard from american transport regulators, the train was going at at least 100 miles per hour into the turn. that has led to questions about what safety

former pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy was on the train.e describing a terrifying scene. >> it was mayhem at first. i was in one car. there were eight or nine cars. i was in the third or fourth car. there was fuse lodge. a lot of people got banged up bad. >> it derailed soon after pulling out of philadelphia's 30th street station. brian webb is in philadelphia. >> notify amtrak to shut down the entire northeast corridor. >> reporter: rescue teams searched through pieces of twisted metal and debris overnight looking for anyone possibly trapped in the wreckage of amtrak train 188. it was traveling from philadelphia to new york city when all seven of its cars derailed shortly after leaving philadelphia's 30th street station. at least five people were killed. >> it is an absolute disastrous mess. >> keep crawling, okay? >> reporter: 238 passengers and five crew members were on board at the time. many were able to crawl to safety including new jersey resident jane helfman and her son. >> my son went back and got everybody off our one car. he hel

former congressman patrick murphy was on board. he posted this. you can see police officer and firefighters helping riders out of the wreckage. an "nbc nightly news" producer was on board. she posted videos after the crash. they tried to open the doors and get off the train. listen to this. >> get that out. here. hold on. hold on. here. go. go. go. >> can i just get out? >> yes. >> courtney. >> reporter: now richards said after hearing the loud crash there was a lot of jerking back and forth and smoke inside the train car and then everything just stopped. now this video was posted on instagram. the video shows he has some cuts to his legs and neck. it also shows dozens of people milling around the scene after the crash. now there are a lot of people trying to reunite with their loved ones who were on board the train and here's the number for amtrak if you need to connect with somebody who was on the train. it's 1-800-523-9101. that phone number on your screen. we also have it on the "nbc 10 news" app. that is a hotline for friends and family membe