let s get more from jomana karadsheh in jordan. what is the secretary doing in iraq jomana. reporter: an unannounced visit from secretary carter. he is expected to meet with iraqi leaders, including haider al abadi and the defense minister and members of the sunni leadership in the country, including the speaker of parliament. now while this middle east tour has focused on the iran deal the iraq stop we would expect to be dominated by the fight against isis. hearing from iraqi officials about how this fight is going on on the ground what they require and also the u.s. pushing them to do more. as we heard from iraqi officials, christine, over recent months they feel one year into the start of the coalition s fight against isis that not enough is being done.
of a deal and find a path toward a resolution. joining us now with the latest on this growing crisis is cnn s isa soares live in athens. so much isa, over the past 24 hours. speculation and rumors and talks of a conference call and will there be a new bailout? the fact is this has been going on for five years and over the past six months these two sides, greece and the european union, have not been able to resolve this. reporter: absolutely christine. people are tying the twists and turns and keep on coming. i ve got some news to bring you that we have gotten the last few minutes. euro group has confirmed to cnn they have received the new letter from the greek, as promised. there are reports also this hour that we are chasing at the moment that the greeks may have perhaps have done a u-turn and may have conceded in some of the creditors demands that were put on the table last weekend. apparently just reports they have accepted the terms of the
you are speeding up going into the curve. the crews pulled the body of a man previously identified as missing from the wreckage of the lead car. mayor michael nutter says the discovery of 243 people known aboard the train have been accounted for. president obama offering prayers for victims and thanks to the rescuers. i want to again express my condolences to the families of those who died in the tuesday s terrible train derailment outside of philadelphia. i want to express my gratitude for the first responders who raced to save leaves and the passengers despite their injuries made heroic efforts to get fellow passengers to safety. most of the more than 200 crash victims taken to area hospitals have been released. national correspondent sunlen serfaty has more on those treated. reporter: christine, those
of the track, but not on the northbound side which is where the accident occurred. that positive train control is in place on the southbound side the spokesperson says is because the trains from new york south travel at a greater rate of speed, especially in that section of the track. it is a controversy that the system has not been in place in the northbound section. in the ntsb officials say the accident would not have occurred. christine. friends and former colleagues of brandon bostian are speaking out in his defense. xavier bishop worked with him as a flagman until fired from amtrak over attendance issues. bishop says bostian is conscious. he says he has never seen bostian take a drink. great engineer. he was on point.
at a greater rate of speed in that section of the track. it is a big controversy that the system is not in place in the northbound section. ntsb officials say if it had been this accident would not have occurred. christine. brian todd for us. thank you. friends and former colleagues of the engineer brandon bostian are speaking out in his defense. xavier bishop worked as his flagman until bishop was fired for attendance issues. he says he has never seen bostian take a drink or drive a train we he wasn t ready. if there was something he did not know he knew who to call to get information. he did not come off as i know it all or he knew everything. he knew what he needed to know. if he wasn t 100% sure he would call and make sure he got the