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Most heartfelt prayers for victims of the train derail ment in Washington State we are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with local authorities. Reporter the Pierce County Sheriffs Office reports most of the injuries and fatalities happened on board the train, not the highway below. The state department of transportation, says that the south side of the interstate, will remain closed, indefinite ly. And here is a live picture from the scene, of the derailment, as you can see train cars and vehicles from the highway crush with debris every where. Highway is closed once again indefinitely as investigators work on find out exactly what happen. Derailment is erasing the issue of positive train control something at issue in another deadly am trach derailment in fail in 2015. Ntsb concluded that the derailment would have been prevented if this positive Train Control Technology had been in place on those tracks. So the question is where do we stand right now . Eyewitness News
Down. Just seemed like theres always something happening around this area. Reporter lauer roo reid never expected to see something horrible like this. Passenger train cars toppled from the tracks. Down on top of traffic that was flowing below. When we got to the scene, it was obvious that there were some fatalities and there were a lot of injuries and some people were able to get off the train. Reporter those people taken away in ambulances or standing wrapped in blankets along the road. About 40 miles from the seattle amtrak station where they boarded the very first run of a faster new route. Multiple cars and trucks were struck by train cars that left the train tracks and went down on to the road. Its terrible thing. Very upsetting even though when you seat pictures its pretty horrific at this point nobody in any of the vehicles is a fatal. Fatals are contained to the train. Reporter emergency crews saying there was no one angle to make out here. Just what commuters on the train and
Was going at but we do know that it can go in excess of 120miles an hour. Whether it happen at the top speed or nothing, everything in the region grant to a halt. We will keep you posted. Keeping you posted on a dow that continues raising ahead. Clearly looking at 17th record of the year. Last time we saw that was back in 1995 and the last time we saw Something Like this where we had 5,000 points gain in the dow, well, we have never seen anything like that. A lot of this propels by talks that the house of representatives is going to move very, very quickly at the end of the senate and president s desk, is that doable in rapid time frame, lets ask, chad. Chad, what are they looking to do . Later today theres going to be a meeting of house of representatives where they hear one last time kind of what they need to know about the bill, they dont think this is going to be a problem at the house of representatives and then they go to what is called the rules committee, parameters of debate,
The house will resume proceedings on postponed questions at a later time. For what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition . Mr. Speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h. R. 3759 as amended. The speaker pro tempore the clerk will report the title of the bill. The clerk h. R. 3759, a bill to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a family caregiving strategy, and for ther purposes. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from kansas, mr. Estes, and the gentleman from connecticut, mr. Courtney, each will control 20 minutes. The chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas. Mr. Estes mr. Speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h. R. 3759. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Mr. Estes mr. Speaker, i rise day in support of h. R. 3759, the recognize, assist, include, support, and engage Family Caregivers act o