this fatal amtrak derailment in philly which the ntsb says could have been prevented with these safety improvements we haven't gotten around to hours after that crash today, an appropriations committee in the house, voted to cut funding for amtrak because they don't like voting for things like amtrak. there's no military about this disaster in l.a. there's no mystery about this disaster in new york. there's no mystery about this disaster in philadelphia and what caused all of those lives in all of those places there will be no mystery about the next one that happens, just like this. we know what we need to do it's just our government won't make it happen. one last thought on this when we heard today first from anonymous sources that the speed of that train heading into the curve was over 100 miles an hour there was this collective gasp, a horrified recognition among americans that that speed