estoring full service this morning six dis after that derailment in philadelphia that killed eight people and injured more than 200. the bad news the railways are still not up to snuff. we are staying who is responsible. we have information next and we will be tracking these first rail journeys since the accident. the exact cause of last week s deadly crash is unknown. the fbi is damaging the windshield after the engineer told the ntsb something struck it before the crash. we have this story covered from every angle. alexander field is waiting for the first amtrak train to arrive and leave from philadelphia s 30th street station. what are you seeing alexandra? hey, good morning, alisyn commuters are here they re ready to go. they were visited first by philadelphia s mayor, mayor nutter. he came out to the station. he said he wanted to greet these passengers on the first trip to philadelphia to new york. it s been a week now. he wants to let people know this is perfectly safe.
halves of the world in one week is quite unusual. at least temporarily it s taking somewhat of an emotional toll. thanks so much jim. right now a live look at the waiting area at philadelphia s 30th street station. up next amtrak trains running from philly to new york. the question remains about what happened in that deadly crash last week. we ll have more on that. later, the republican contenders for president struggle with questions about iraq and how they re handling them or not coming up. this is msnbc. o know. we don t collect killer whales from the wild. and haven t for 35 years. with the hightest standard of animal care in the world, our whales are healthy. they re thriving. i wouldn t work here if they weren t. and government research shows they live just as long as whales in the wild. caring for these whales, we have a great responsibility to get that right. and we take it very seriously. because we love them. and we know you love them too.
it. developing for the first time in a week amtrak rail service is running between philadelphia and new york and a little over an hour ago amtrak s northeast regional train safely arrived at new york s penn station about 30 minutes behind schedule. the train departed philadelphia s 30th street station after 6:00. about three dozen passengers made the trip. no problem as far as safety is concerned. i m sure they ve done all the right work and have installed all the right equipment. i m okay with getting on. i have less to worry about than the people who have had the experience they had. about 15 minutes after departure the train slowed down as it approached the bend where train 188 jumped the tracks last tuesday evening killing eight and injuring more than 200 others. nbc s tom costello joins us from philadelphia s 30th street station. tom, good morning. reporter: this morning, the northeast corridor is again open for business, the site of last tuesday s horrific crash cleaned
cvs health, because health is everything. amtrak is back on track after reopening the busy travel route between new york and philadelphia his than a week after the derailment. michael nutter was at the 30th street station this morning
the fbis investigating. that s a misnomer. we are investigating. we asked the fbi to come in and provide technical expertise to help us resolve and figure out what was a particular damage pattern on a windshield. we are investigating it at this point. we asked them to come in and help us out on identifying the fracture pattern. bring in tom costello, just outside the 30th street station in philadelphia. tom, it seems the ntsb is trying to tap the brakes on this growing story that maybe some outside entity or force caused this accident. reporter: well, here is why they re concerned about this. they had the train hit by something. the train conductor thought he was shot. another train was hit by a brick or something and this amtrak train 188 hit by something on the windshield. nobody knows the answer to this