being wheeled out from our van damage point on a vantagm the stretcher as well. i don t know if they are coming from the train or outside of the i do see some of my friends members of mine actually walking outside the train now. sap san congressman, can you give us an idea of how many people you think are on the train? we had pete sessions earlier said this is his quote. i know probably 200 members of congress and senators are on the train. are you is that in line what you are thinking? that s accurate. this is my eighth retreat, an annual retreat. and it s senators, u.s. representatives, their spouses, children. this is an annual gathering that we all look forward to. as a matter of fact, the president trump and vice president pence are scheduled to be at this gathering. we have just been told that apparently we will be picked
life, it could have been as far as we know the details that we have so much worse. katie: when you talk about finding out on air the families. rachel campos duffy is part of our family. harris: we didn t know she was on that train. she actually talked about how she was going back to wisconsin to get her eight kids. they were going to this retreat this weekend. it was going to be a fun, family event with her husband who, of course, is a congressman. so, i didn t realize she was going to be on this train either. this was probably a very exciting day for her and her children. harris: sandra, have you got something. sandra: we want to go to congressman jason lewis republican. thank you for calling. in we are told that you have been injured in this collision. well, not severely i don t think. a little bit of a whiplash and maybe a tiny bit of a concussion. but i m fine compared to what s happened tragically to the one truck driver and another, actually two. one i have been told
virginia from there. of course, they are in route to this congressional retreat at the greenbrier, which is a stop on this amtrak train track. it actually stops at the resort at which they are expected to attend. harris: sandra, we are going to go right away to congressman chuck fleischmann from tennessee. is he on that moving train right now. it s been a little while but you are moving and what are they telling you? well, we are just going past the actual wreckage. we are going backwards right now. it s a horrific sight. i was actually standing, unfortunately, in the aisle and walking at the point of the impact and was thrown and fortunately congressman pete sessions saw that and attended to me right away. i really appreciated that so much. we are now backing up, heading back to charlottesville. but the actual site is horrible. there is garbage everywhere.
need to does passengers on that train? what are you they telling you to do with your family? there were medical firearm medical people coming down the hall. double-checking no passengers. no other passengers injured in our car. there was no one injured. what i m hearing is we re, you know, they are trying to are they going to cancel the retreat? is there some other form of transportation will. i will tell you one thing that is concerning. my understanding with capitol police there shouldn t have been anybody crossing a road across. my understanding is they shut everything down so that we could go. for these kind of reasons. imagine garbage truck. could have been harris: that s what one of the congressman had said had you choppers flying ahead. i think it was congressman pete sessions, i might be wrong about that. one of the congressman we have spoken with today said that the reason had you so many choppers overhead was
25 emergency vehicles here. we have had several members who did need medical attention. and we are moving forward. we just checked each other. we immediately checked each other. we knew what happened immediately. we knew there was a problem the train probably went 100 yards and came to a stop. sandra: just to update anybody who may be listening now. we are talking to congressman pete sessions. he is on the train that collided with what you are describing as 18-wheeler. it s been described as dump truck or garbage truck. you are suggesting you were traveling about 70 miles per hour at the time on your way to the retreat. a combination of members of congress on that train as well as regular passengers on an amtrak train. crozet, about 12 miles west of charlottesville this happening. are any of your any of the passengers around you, any of your colleagues what is everybody talking about?