Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with that headline breaking from philadelphia. Federal investigators just moments ago revealing that sudden acceleration just before the amtrak train derailed. These images of the crash site from above. Of course, three cars there on their side, another nearly flipped. One of those cars virtually incinerated. Tonight, the death toll rising to eight. They believe the rest of the missing now accounted for. And tonight here, an abc news exclusive. The lawyer for the engineer on what his client remembers. And this evening, weve learned that engineer now agreeing to talk to federal investigators. But were going to begin with that key new piece of information, authorities saying the train was going more than 100 Miles Per Hour and that it sped up moments before the crash. Abcs david kerley takes us right up to those tracks. Reporter today, we walked onto the tracks. Eight lives lost here. Amtrak asking us
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