the railroad keeps their track of. i have heard this thing about the infrastructure -- railroads, by a large -- you look at the big lines. they spend a lot of money on maintenance, and it comes out of their coffers. host: all right. thanks for the call. we have time for john in redding, california. you get the last role in congress and its role in ensuring safety and the nations passenger rail network. go ahead. john: thank you for taking my call, c-span. fundamentally, congress does not have the vision and the courage to do what needs to be done when it comes to transportation. eisenhower was wrong. he should not have built an interstate system, he should have built an interstate nationwide, not the transit is to him. look at the millions of land up arm -- millions of acres of farmland we put under roads and shopping malls. high-speed rail should have started right after what or two. they did not have the vision or the courage. the technology was not there like it is now, that's true but it was on the drawing boards o

and one quote from 211 say i wish the railroads had been more proactive from the get go. and robert sumwalt joins me from the ntsb. it is good to have you on again. what is the latest on the investigation? where do things go from now? >> the engineer has agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb and we're looking very much forward to the opportunity of getting his side of the story? >> do you know when that will take place. because his attorney is saying he doesn't remember anything at this point. >> well we expect that to take place in the next few days. but like we just heard, memory loss is traumatica from an event but memory loss could go back. but just going into the event, but just talking to him about how he approached his job, his level of professional level, his fatigue levels will all be helpful regardless of how we cut it. >> you announced the train went from 70 miles per hour to over 100 miles per hour in the seconds before the crash, at this point it is clear what could have potentially caused it to accelerate that quickly? >> certainly that is the big question to

it is a building of the railroad that allows the movement of products to chicago. no railroad, no chicago. no railroad, no modern union army. the railroad is essential to lincoln's army. it is essential to the columbian exposition. it is essential to the way americans built power in the 19 century. the point that we made on tuesday is that railroad smart he and of indian resistance to american power and allowed the united states create a truly continental integrated economy. along with the railroad, we have steam engines. they provide more efficiency and more speed and more reliable power. related to the railroad and steam is the navy. we are going to talk about the navy later in today's lecture. the navy provides the united states the ability to project power by sea to trade by see and a way that could not before. before the 1890's, the united states is largely dependent on british shipping to trade its goods. by the 1890's, the united states told its own carrier ability to traded some good and connect best protect their own interests. the united states will be an

in 1895 and 1896, that is when there -- the railroad was built to go to miami. it stopped right here at this location. it did not cross the river. it didn't cross the river until it was decided that since the cross was so bad up north, he needed go south even more to be able to do more agriculture and craft building. there were no houses, there was no city. it was bare. up until the 1900's, there were less than 150 families in the area. when we try to describe to you what the growth was, it was slow. it was very much thought out. keith: philemon bryan was a friend of henry flagler this was really a win win situation for bryan and flagler. at the timebryan came down with 400 and his labor force. they cleared this whole area which was by that time basically virgin land. at the time that bryan came down, the only person living here was frank stranahan and he had another couple working for him. he operated an overnight camp for people who were taking the stage over the county road and he operated the ferry. he built a trading post and that was really the source for e

are in the original downtown fort lauderdale and it was here, many years ago, 1896, that is when the railroad came. and then the people came. this is a historical property. this was designed for archives. this is the king home. and we also have the schoolhouse which was given to us, the material donated during the bicentennial. and the beautiful new river inn. and this building gave us electricity, throughout the building and the beautiful hotel, also some of the homes that were owned by mr. bryan. this area is a campus of buildings that were built by ed king. the buildings that were built in 1904, 1905. most of the new river inn was finished in 1908. this property was purchased by philemon bryan, who came in to put in the beds for the railroads. bryan came from an area about 200 miles north of here. it is now called new smyrna beach. it is a big citrus growing area. he was a major figure in that area, he had been the town's first mayor. he had orange groves, citrus groves, packing houses, he owned stores, sawmills, cattle, he was a big man there. in 1895, there was a massive freeze that tota

a lot of conversation about the role of safety in the railroads. ewed sarah feinberg a minute ago head of the federal railroad association, and whether the federal government should be doing more john boehner was asked that question, he said the question was stupid because of train speed. should we be thinking about government level or is that the wrong way to go? >> it's late to argued about government role. railroads weren't built but for the government. the transcontinental railroad was built by the government and funded to connect california with the rest of the country and fought the civil war and have been a policy of longstanding. this is an important 750,000 americans every day use the northeast corridor of the amtrak. without it, you're talking about congestion and economic dislocation. just traffic would be impossible. i think it's in the national interest. speaker boehner knows what he was speaking about politically. i thought it was the terrible use of the word "stupid." but if you look at the states, begins in washington, d.c., maryland

it was a station on the underground railroad. we tell the richies story and kids can identify with it. they also go five blocks to the south and they go to the monroe school where they talk about the issues that lead to the civil rights movement of the 1950's. so you have freedom issues in the 1850's that we talk about here and at the monro school, we talk about freedom issues of the 1950's at the monroe school. kids can begin to understand that something really important about america happens right here in topeka. >> are at the weekend, american history tv is featuring topeka, kansas. our city staff recently traveled there to learn about its rich history. learn more about topeka and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. you can watch the classes every saturday evening here at 8:00 eastern. next, mercer university professor douglas thompson talks about religion and its impact on the relationship between slaves and their owners during the anteb

i think that the railroaded should be privatized. the government should not be in the business of railroads and i think that privatization would be the answer to everything. because the government really doesn't do anything well. it's all political whenever the government is involved in anything. >> all right judy. bob in texas. good morning to you, bob. go ahead. bob: good morning, greta. i've been watching c-span for -- hello? greta: we're all licening. go ahead. bob: i was watching c-span when it was not in the senate. that goes way back. i watched it every day. so i'm going to tell you something what i learned about the rail roads. i used to watch way back there when a fella on the republican party bob, they got rid of him. he used to come to the floor every year and talk about funding amtrak and how bad it was and the whole reason was they don't make no money. well, i learned that not a railroad system in the world makes money. the one in europe they built the system to benefit the people. it's the people's money. government don'

the underground railroad becomes a less violent manifestation of bleeding kansas. the same people involved, the ritchie's are involved in turn to weaken the fabric of slavery in missouri by helping runaways succeed. we have an active underground railroad operation from 1957 -- 1857-1859 and so on in this house plays a role in that. you have people like the ritchie's who come to kansas because they see kansas as an opportunity to create a new society from the ground up. in that sense, it will be opportunity for themselves and opportunity for them to shape the institutions in a way that will conform to what they believe to be their value system. one of the things which he will do, he will be committed to not only temperance and women's rights and african-american rights, he will also be interested in education and he will be instrumental in the founding of washington university to be an sedition that is part of this community. -- washburn university to be an institution that is part of this community. we have an inclusive citizenry. it's an improvement over what we ha

a deadline that experts say is looking unlikely the railroads are going to meet. for its part, amtrak says they plan to install positive train control throughout the northeast corridor by the end of december. >> yeah, that plan is what the congress told them to do. the congress isn't without blame here, too. there are a lot of accusations flying around about who is causing all of the hurdles. one last question for you. the news broke that this engineer does plan to sit down with the ntsb or he agreed to do so. any idea what they want to get out of him apart from the obvious? any specifics that they want to actually have him guide them through? >> well, we know that the ntsb members have said they plan on sitting down with bastion and they're going to present him with a blank piece of paper and a pen. and ask him to really paint a picture of everything that he remembers that happened that fateful night. memory being, of course, a key issue here. his lawyer has said that he does not remember all of the events from that evening due to the concussion that he sustained

what the railroads did in the 1800s.he way we live. >> the concept of using a high-speed network of vacuum tubes to transport cargo has been around for over a century. but it wasn't until 2013 when inventor elon musk published a paper on the hyperloop that dirk saw how the idea might become a reality for moving people around. >> how could this possibly be safe? >> safety is obviously very important. we have to make sure that we have safety procedures. it's a very straight line. you're inside the tube inside the track. nothing really can happen from the outside. >> okay rachel crane. it's a super cool idea but is this like an in our lifetime kind of idea? when do they think they can have this happen? >> we're not going to be transported via hyperloop from los angeles to san francisco any time soon. but hyperloop transportation technology is planning on breaking ground on a prototype model of the hyperloop in 2016. now, this model, it's only going to be five miles long. so you're not going to be transported at speeds of 76

liz: lizzie, i want you to see the burlington northern railroad setup. ren buffett's largest company that he owns in berkshire hathaway. coming up, matt rose on dealing with all kinds of issues from, of course, regulation to the bottleneck that they had over the past year when it came to service. and that became a slight problem when warren buffett said in his annual shareholder he didn't like it. matt is coming up next. hopefully no bottleneck for necez. massive business going to and from las vegas for the big fight. jordan, the ceo. he has to deal with that one. here's what he said. jordan: the mayweather pacquiao fight what kind of business are you doing for vegas this weekend? jordan: that's something that doesn't happen all the time, as you know. about 150 flights in and out of vegas which is quite a number. ♪ liz: welcome back. we are at burlington northern. little area here. it's actually rather big. we're on the floor of the centurylink arena in omaha, nebraska. fiftieth anniversary of berkshire hathaway. when warren buffett bought the railroad. i

actually to your point the railroads are getting a lot of use and questions raised today is the we will get into later in the program about money invested in infrastructure and whether or not we are maintaining these very busy railway is, as well as we should be. one thing to point out is this is taxpayer money, federal/state dollars. questions raised, not to that point yet we need to figure out, the scene is devastating. john hyatt is joining, former railroad engineer as well, joining us on the phone the scene of the accident from last night. from what you have seen, what do you think happened here? >> it would be speculation at this point and they will sort through that. stuff like this it seems it boils down to maintenance and whether something was properly maintained or the track was in proper order. in that corridor, it is a heavily traveled corridor as i said earlier legislators are saying they will pass laws to take money from the corridor they are making and put it back in that corridor. that is a no-brainer. it should be that way all over the system because the infrastructure i

one says "i wish the railroads would have been more proactive from the get go. the reality is they've had over 100 years of opportunity to implement some sort of system to mitigate human error." what is the latest on the investigation? where do things stand now? >> well the good news is anderson is that the engineer has agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb and we're looking forward to hearing his side of the story. >> do you know when that will take place? because his attorney is saying he doesn't remember anything at this point. >> hopefully in the next few days. and memory loss is not unusual but it does usually come back. so, we think even if he doesn't remember going into the event, just having the opportunity to talk to him about how he approached his job, his level of professionalism, his fatigue levels things like that are all going to be helpful regardless of how we cut it. >> you mentioned that the train went from 70 mile-per-hour to over 100 mile-per-hour seconds before the crash. >> certainly that's going to be the big question to be answered. why did

emergency personnel in and out of the railroad area. again we have not seen serious injuries or anyone with a serious injury being brought out of the area. we're seeing people that appear to be okay. don't seem to have serious injuries or anything like that. emergency medical personnel on board that bus talking to the passengers, trying to see if they're okay or need attention. lots of folks on their phones calling texting doing things like that letting loved ones know they're okay. no idea if they'll be taken to the hospital. possibly to be interviewed. there are police officers on board these buses we're waiting for a conference to investigate what happened here and what caused this derailment here. it's been ongoing for an hour and a half to two hours. lots of activity here. they move all kinds of equipment and individuals with rescue personnel and fire personnel to help out on that train. as you mentioned, several times, in the dark and bruce mentioned in the dark on the crossing trying to get to everybody, that is a daunting task bu

this year it becomes the mandatory law for railroads. hear what septa and new jersey transit are doing to their rail lines. >>> this is nbc 10 news. >> here's the latest on the deadly amtrak train derailment in philadelphia. the number of victims went up to eight this morning after dogs found another body in the wreckage. today investigators are still waiting to interview the train's engineer but the lawyer for brandon bostian says he has a concussion and doesn't remember the crash. we're expecting the ntsb to give us an update any moment. we'll bring that to you live. >>> in the meantime one focus of that investigation is how this crash could have been prevented. federal investigators say the answer lies in a sophisticated system of sensors on the rails and inside the engine car. it's called positive train control. or ptc. it could take control of a train if it's moving too fast or runs through a signal. sections of amtrak's northeast corridor have this system but the stretch of track where amtrak train 188 took a curve too fast does not

the railroad line did not come through the village. it was a few miles away, where lee was trying to get to. when the courthouse burned, they build a new courthouse and move the county seat to where it exists today, near the railroad station in the town of appomattox. this gallery focuses on the confederate veterans. many of them were wounded during the war and lost limbs. some of them had prosthetic limbs, like this, made. when this was given to us, the gentleman said he did not wear it very often. his grandkids probably played with it more often than he or it -- wore it. another example is this hat worn by sergeant duckett. there is a photograph of him wearing that with where a bullet grazed him during a battle. it came that close to ending his life and took out a big chunk of his hat. when the men came back from the war, they were significantly changed. a lot of times, those boys had not been outside of their own county. now they travel to different states and seen the horrific effects of the war. a lot of them came back with physic

they sometimes run an track owned by the railroad. this is amtrak rail. they suspect it every day regularly. they'll look at the track, what the speed of the train was, the - was there a problem with the loko motif, was there something on the track did the train run into anything. we don't have the details. i talked to a source, and they don't have the details. it's early on the key issue is getting to the people that may be trapped in the train. obviously you see from the pictures it's very dark, they are working in tough conditions in that regard, that is really the key now, not figuring out what went wrong, but figuring out if there's people in there that they need to get out of the trains. >> as of half hour ago some could be trapped but a lot of this is speculation, as you imagine, this is an active scope there. it does, however looking at the pictures seem less active than it did a while ago, when it seemed people were frantically searching the area. what sense do you get looking at the pictures and hearing that 8-10 cars could have derailed. i am su

the train control signal as long side the railroad track. we have tested most of those the only ones we have not tested were those that are not in the vicinity of the railroad site. we will test those tomorrow with the track signals that we have already inspected or downloaded the recorders from, there are no anomalies noted with those recorders, with those signal recorders with the signals themselves no anomalies noted. the ntsb released the site back to amtrak. one of the things we'll be doing in the coming week, we have to wait for the track to be repaired. one of the things we'll do say site distance test that is where we take a train under similar lighting and environmental conditions, take a train and see how far out that curve would come into vision. people have asked if this train was operating on time, and train 188 departed philadelphia the 30th street station, it departed philadelphia on time, from 30th street station and it was running on time at that point. somebody asked earlier today one of my one-on-oneinterviews, what type of

but at the end of the day, the railroads are inherently safe. i am very comfortable with our safety record. we get the commitment that we make with communities. we operate through your community. we have to operate safely. and that's where we're going -- that's our commitment we'll continue to live by. >> all right. matt, thank you for your time today. >> you bet. thank you. >>> up next, we're on the money. winning on wall street and on the gridiron. the ceo who followed his dream to coach college football. >>> and later, the new space race and the power of possibility. what will get tourists to the moon? as we head to a break, take a look at how the stock market ended the week. i'm one. i'm one. i'm one. i am one of the ones who discovered always discreet underwear for sensitive bladders. it makes me feel secure, confident and i feel protected. i mean i feel comfortable to move in them they move with me. i love always discreet underwear because of the fit. the fabric is very soft. i can wear whatever i want to wear. always discreet made me a ver

so i think they have the ceo of one railroad told me we've got a $2 billion sunk cost so we don't want to pull back from it now. but we at the ntsb we want to see it implemented sooner. it would prevent this type of an action. >> just to be clear, it's designed to do something in which it can monitor the speed at which the train is traveling it monitors what the track is traveling at and it can reach in, control the train, decelerate it, right? >> that's exactly right. >> let me ask you this. i am surprised in some ways there are as few fatalities as there are, given the condition of that first passenger car that i saw today. do we have a sense of how passengers were distributed through the length of the train at this point? >> that's certainly one of the things we'll want to do. the best that we can. it's not like airlines where you have assigned seating. to the best of our ability, we want to go back and firth out where everyone was seated and correlate to the injuries sus and i think that will tell us about the crashworthiness of these cars sxp survivability issues. >> this is a har

that's from the federal railroad administration and tonight the ntsb is sail preplim narily the train was -- saying preliminarily the train was going more than 106 miles per hour when it round the curve. >> i heard a thud that's all i remember. >> reporter: ants ntsb says that there's actually a front facing camera that is on that train. they are hoping that's going to give them clues also the ntsb says if they are going to be here for a week. let's go over to scott broom who is live over at temple university hospital where many of the people are on that trainthat were injured were taken. scott. >> reporter: a lot of survivor stories here and, of course, now the doctors know why there's so many fatalities and so many injuries because of the speed of that train. at over 100 miles per hour. you will hear from one of the doctors in a moment that's treating among the 23 patients that are still here at temple university hospital. but first the survivor story from one of the lucky ones who was able to walk out of the hospital today. washington, d.c. resident his name is caleb bonham. >> i a

. >> i didn't know that that was a crime to cross over the railroad tracks because the whole neighborhood goes through that way, back and forth, back and forth. children go to school back and forth from school that way. i see grown folks going through that way all the time. >> a police officer saw jones cut through the hole and cited him. when he discovered jones was on parole, he arrested him. >> out of all these years that i was on drugs, i was finally clean, doing good, and all of a sudden, bam, back in jail. it's like i hurt my mama again, you know. >> the trespassing charges were quickly dropped, but because jones was on parole at the time of his arrest he would have to be detained in jail until the parole commission completed its own investigation. we joined him on the morning of his hearing. >> on the day that he was going to his hearing he was very nervous and rightfully so because he was going to find out whether he was going to go back to prison for a few years or go back on the street. >> mr. jones, you can come on in. >> at the hearing jones would again be confronted by his ar

. >> yeah now we know they are hard at work trying to repair the railroad. amtrak authorities had said that service has been suspended along the new york/philadelphia route through monday. there is a possibility that some sort of service may return on tuesday. >> all right. erin mclaughlin. thanks so much keep us posted from philadelphia. let's talk more about the amtrak investigation, joining me now, mary ski a of ao a cnn transportation specialist and a former inspector general of the national transportation department and richard viehl is a former train accident investigator for an insurance company and cnn analyst phillip holloway with me in atlanta. good to see all of you. this investigation is looking into the possibility that the train had been struck by some sort of projectile. so richard, you've worked on crash reconstructions, what is the possible link between something hitting a windshield and the train accelerating as rapidly as it did? >> well the correlation is the fact that he was accelerating he would have had his throttle wide open trying to

the train belongs to the allegheny valley railroad and the company is not commenting on what happened>>> another cool start to this day but temperatures are on the rise in your fox 29 weather authority. chief meteorologist scott williams with a look at some warm times ahead. scott? >> you know iain we've been getting that return of spring over the past couple of days. comfortably cool this morning and look at the temperatures right now. 71 degrees here in old city. look at how the humidity is. 22%. but temperatures will start to increase especially as we head into the upcoming weekend. but high pressure, it is in full control. we'll talk about some rainfall chances and how warm it gets over the next several days all coming up. back to you. >> all right, thank you very much, scott. talk to you soon. >>> not guilty none of them. the charges against philadelphia police officers led to scores of overturned convictions. how these officers eventually won in the courtroom. >>> her third grade student sent get well letters to man convict convicted for killing a philly cop. tonight the jersey

the u.s. in 2008 less than 10,000 carloads of crude oil were carried on american railroads. ll across the country. last year that number was close to half a million in barrington they don't need statistics to tell you that. a few years ago, this rail line barely saw two trains a day. the rail line was sold to community national and the trains abegan to roll. >> there is a danger if there is a derailment in the heart of my town and there is a breach of those train cars there can be a plume of flame high into the sky, and if cars rupture and oil burns, there will be a lot of destruction in the center of town. >> the government so far demands better tank cars sturdier newer, supposedly less prone to explode. the cars that exploded in west virginia were new. they still burst open and erupted in flames. the head of the safety administration said it's not the oil tanker that's the problem, it's the railroads that carry them. >> the focus really needs to swing back around to the railroads and say, look you guys have to keep these cars on the tracks. it's that simple. >> reporter: go

and yet another blog he write, i wish the railroad has been more pro active from the get go. the reality is that they've had nearly 100 years of opportunity to implement some sort of system to mitigate human error but with a few notable exceptions have failed to do so. that was the engineer who was involved in this train wreck posting on blogs years ago. >> it's really amazing when you think about it. you also had a chance drew to speak to a friend of brandon of bostians. what did the friend have to say? >> not just a friend but a colleague on this very route. he was a flag man on brandon bostian's crew for several years. he ran hundreds of routes from new york to washington, d.c. and back. and he says this engineer always checked out fine. there was nothing that would alarm him about anything when the engineer was behind the train. >> let me ask you some tough questions. ever see him drinking? >> never. >> ever see him too sleepy? >> never. >> texting? >> no. >> phone calls? >> never had his phone out. it didn't matter what the situation was. never had his phone out. >> let

>> according to the texas railroad commission, xto energy a subsid riz subsidiary of exxon mobile, ownsll. asked mayor stokes about the increased confident. >> no beating around the bush. they are causing this activity. the more horizontal fracking and drilling we have the more problems the more waste water the more injected into the ground we're doing and it's opening fault lines that aren't open at the moment. >> in a prepared statement xto the company that owns this disposal well told "techknow" based on an analysis of the data to date, xl does not believe its well caused any of the seismic events. it's a sensitive issue. when the mayor took us to the area, a driver began taking pictures of us on a cell phone. residents of reno and azel are taking action. >> the quake started recently and it woke me up. i thought a 747 landed on my roof. >> at a round of hearings at the texas state capital, citizens voiced their complaints, the railroad is a state agency that regulates the gas and oil industry including drilling and disposal wells located throughout the state. >> how would you like i

amtrak had to negotiate with those parties after congress refused to give the railroad spectrum space the morning before it derailed senator chris coons of delaware asked the fcc about positive train control. >> about positive train control. this is a complex and difficult public safety investment improvement. could you give us an update? >> tom wheeler said there were plenty of frequencies available. >> the railroads have not been able to fill -- we're at about 27% capacity right now. which is good news. i'd rather have excess capacity than struggle. i'm not casting dispersions here. >> but progress didn't come fast enough at the frankford junction. approved the license for frequencies a little more than one month before the crash on may 12th amtrak was still testing the technology. >> the chances of an accident like this happening would have been vastly reduced. >> railroad expert told us money was an issue. he said amtrak needs more of it. >> trying to survive on a shoe string budget and you have to go begging to congress every year for money. >> amtrak told the nbc 10 investigator

you mentioned the intercontinental railroad, the interstate system. it isn't like we have not dreamed big and produced big in the past. what do you think at this moment now -- going back to the question of leadership but what are your thoughts? you touch on many of these in the book. >> in the history, you have to look at the transcontinental railroad. the glorious path. it wasn't so glorious visited decades of discussion and no one did it until abraham lincoln forced to through. >> even during time of war is. >> and that was, there was, there were a lot of compromises that had to be made that did not work perfectly. the track started to be laid from the east coast and west coast and did not meet in the middle. that took extra money. there were tales of corruption. j.p. morgan and john d rockefeller made their fortunes. we can envision that project because we were envisioning growth of the us from coast-to-coast. how you use that territory you not going to connected by stagecoach. the railroad connected it and made it possible for farmers to ship thei

taylor comes down the railroad line with one aid on a railroad hand car being pushed by two slaves. they will meet at the mcgee house and quickly come to terms. this is the mcgee house. it is still there. this is the only original surrender location anywhere, to survive. the original house in the original location with the original furniture inside. the chairs and table. it is a private home. it was open as a museum but did not have enough visitation to stay open. i got to meet the owner and he took me inside. the problem that we have though is that just with sherman and johnston, once news of lincoln's assassination gets out everything has to stop. and so the cease-fire is going to expire. and so taylor and camby will have to meet again. the second meeting will take place just a little to the north in the town of citronelle which is also on the railroad line. this time they get there the opposite way. taylor comes down on a train. camby leaves mobile on a train but the tracks are broken up and they cannot get any farther so the confederate train will have to go down and pick them up

i believe that we will probably be the only railroad in the united states. and that i think that it has not been reported frankly. and that we have delivered a leadership role in positiveness in the united states. >> you won't catch me on a train anymore. even if we have family in new york. >> reporter: it was a neighbor here who witnessed some of this, giving us an indication of how far that the amtrak would have to regain the confidence of some people. and so it will be a safer railroad curve, promised here at this location, the september 31st, that is obviously the people that have lost so much in their tragedy. and that they are looking for their full service here on tuesday. reporting live, wusa9. >> and that how it really works coming up around 5:30. >>> another reminder that the white house is a no drone zone. the secret service officers tackled a guy, flying a drone over pennsylvania avenue in front of the mansion. >> and now he is in custody facing federal charges. i'm bruce leshan live at the white house right now. you talked to a guy who is right

the railroad is safe though. i think the railroad is very safe. certain things happen. >> reporter: now some bus company are adding buses to help speed things along. coming up at 5:00 we'll to go national airport where we talked with one mother who was trying to get to new york after her train was canceled. live at union station. news4. >> thank you. we'll be following this story all evening long. tonight remember to downled to nbc washington app right now. we'll push you any important alerts about the investigation. >>> thousands of people in downtown washington right now paying tribute to law enforcement officers ki >>> there are some pretty banged up people. lots of blood. one guy next to me was passed out. we had to get him back to attention. we kicked out the top window. >> that was the form he pennsylvania congressman patrick murphy talking on msnbc last night. these are some of the pictures murphy took on amtrak train 188. he tweeted the pictures after escaping from the cafe car. as you heard him say, he kicked out a wend over to help pull

, a car for the director of that railroad. the funeral train left washington dc and had a number of people on the train. some of them had actually taken the train with lincoln from springfield to washington, d.c. in 1861. the train made a very long long journey from washington, d.c. to springfield and went through some of the major cities in the east. there were large tributes to lincoln in new york city. the story is teddy roosevelt watched the procession from one of the windows. the train supposedly would not exceed 30 miles an hour. all of the tracks were cleared for this train and there was a lead train that went before it to make sure the tracks were clear. it eventually ended up in chicago and there was an enormous funeral in chicago lasting a couple of days with the viewing of the body at the courthouse. then the train made an overnight journey from chicago to springfield, arriving on the morning of may 4. at every crossing in the middle of the night, there would be people gathered, often with bonfires and in many instan

the railroad tracks themselves. as a matter of fact news4's transportation reporter adam tuss is on the ground here with us in philadelphia. he's been sort of surveying some of the area and looking into the ntsb part of this investigation. adam? >> reporter: that's right, aaron. i want to give everybody just an idea of kind of how the situation continues to change here. we're basically on the other side of the tracks from where aaron just was. and the scene continues to move back. we were actually just told by police to move back beyond these barricades. we have seen a lot of heavy equipment come into the frankford juncture yard here where this accident happened. if we can take you up to the chopper shot to show you what is actually going on down on the ground. this train absolutely mangled. the mayor of philadelphia calling it a disastrous event. and what the ntsb will do now, they have already launched from washington, d.c. they'll come up here. they'll have dozens of investigators look through everything that they

train grew up in memphis with a passion for trains the "new york times" reports he criticized the railroads for not doing more to prevent accidents. his attorney spoke with good morning america. >> have they given information about why the train was going so fast? >> he was not. i believe it's a result of the concussion he has no recollection whatever of the events. he spent six hours with the police what. did he tell them? >> everything he knew. >> what does he know? what is the last thing he remembers? >> he remembers coming into the curve, attempting to reduce speed. he was knocked out. he recalls coming to looking for his bag getting his cell phone and calling 911. >> wayne freedman will explain how technology will soon improve train safety in the bay area. >> still ahead here the impact of air b and b on the san francisco rental market. hard numbers on how it's driving up your cost of living. >> california lawmakers approve a mandatory vaccination law. opponents are defiant about their children not getting shots. >> a happy resolution in the case of a diamond ring found by a good samar

determination under the federal regulations as to what caused an accident. so a railroad can place whatever it feels may be the cause and fatigue is rarely used as the cause of an accident by the railroads but we know because of many studies and accidents that were investigated by the ntsb that fatigue is a major source of rail collisions and even derailments. >> well, we will certainly know more down the road. the ntsb as i mentioned, is on the way. larry, please stick with us. you are a wealth of information on a night that we don't have a lot of answers. for now, let's listen in to reporter keith jones from the nbc station in philadelphia. he's giving a report. >> we have a couple of pictures that we want to share. >> my apologies. i don't have that yet. larry, are you still there? >> i am. >> okay. if you can answer this or at least give us an idea, one of my major questions is of course we don't know what went wrong yet but on a route like this having just left the philadelphia train station, the major station there, the next major station would be new york city. it

that scenario is the people involved now began to operate the underground railroad. beginning in 1857, what happens is this house becomes one of the sitters were escaping slaves can find refuge and gain assistance to be transported to nebraska and into iowa, where they will be able to go to canada, where they will ultimately find themselves free. so the underground railroad becomes a less violent manifestation, though the same people were involved trying to weaken the fabric of slavery in missouri. by helping runaways succeed. we have an active underground railroad operation from 57, 58, 50 nine and so on, that this house plays a role and so on. the people like those who come to kansas because they see kansas as an opportunity to create a new society from the ground up. in that sense, it will be an opportunity for themselves but also an opportunity to shape the institutions in a wreck -- in a way that they would perform to their vines -- their value system. he will be very committed to not only prohibition and women's rights and after americans rights but he will be i