into a sharp turn. officials tell abc news rockefeller zoned out. sometimes you have a momentary nod. how long that was, i don t know. but he caught himself too late. reporter: andrew cuomo said this to a public radio station. there was no track problem or equipment failure. and this is a serious situation. the operator has rights, but there s questions of liability. major train wreck. five cars on their side. reporter: federal investigators say the train was traveling 82 miles an hour in a curved stretch of track zoned for 30. the brakes weren t applied until seconds before the train came to a stop. simply put, based on this data, there s no indication that the brake systems were not functioning properly. alcohol tests for the
sometimes you have a momentary nod. how long that was, i don t know. but he caught himself too late. reporter: andrew cuomo said this to a public radio station. there was no track problem or equipment failure. and this is a serious situation. the operator has rights, but there s questions of liability. major train wreck. five cars on their side. reporter: federal investigators say the train was traveling 82 miles an hour in a curved stretch of track zoned for 30. the brakes weren t applied until seconds before the train came to a stop. simply put, based on this data, there s no indication that the brake systems were not functioning properly. alcohol tests for the engineer have come back negative.
least on station to control the area around back bay when they had to. we ve also got kurt from wbar, the boston public radio station. he joins us from phone. you ve been out and about today and doing some fantastic reporting i ve been following myself. and what are you hearing? what is the latest you are hearing? well, i think what s really interesting is how a lot of boss to bostonians have rallied to help the runners, many who couldn t finish the race because it was cut short and cut off. and a lot of the crime scene is in and around hotels where people are staying. and thousands of people have offered places for people to stay. and there s been reaction from folks because this is this is a really special day in boston. i tweeted this morning before anything happened that it s the greatest day of the year in boston. it s a great public event. this is about professional runners but also thousands of amateurs who are doing this amazing feat. and it s unlike, you know, the
when they had to. we ve got kurt with us from the boston public radio station. he joins us from phone. kurt, you ve been out and about today doing fan it s aing reporting i ve been follow. what are you hearing? what is the latest you are hearing? i think what s interesting is how a lot of people have rallied to help a lot of the runners. many of whom weren t able to finish the race because it was cut short and cut off. a lot of the crime scene is in and around hotels where people are staying. and thousands of people have offered places for people to stay. and there s been a reaction from folks because this is this is a really special day in boston. i tweeted before anything happened that it s the greatest day of the year in boston. it s a great public event. this is about professional runners, but also thousands of amateurs doing this amazing feet. and it s unlike the super bowl or other events where it s
girl, following a case of hiccups that lasted more than three months. more fall out from npr s firing of juan williams. the firing that came after williams made comments about must lips on fox news o reilly and appears in this newscast in his own segment wednesday s with juan, and now live from washington, dc, on monday. reporter: yesterday evening, npr president and c.e.o. schiller sent her managers an e-mail apologizing how she handled the firing and today the managers are speaking out and openly voicing criticism of schiller, including the most outspoken was general manager of kansas public radio station and told fox news i thought it was a knee-jerk reaction and i was extremely disappointed at her