for example, how fast the train was going. you can figure out if i had passed a red signal. i haven t heard any word about the engineer presumably he survived here. and he could probably tell a lot also. i m getting some information in from someone else, a commander in the area saying you can see the red, yellow green, blue tarp, those are triage areas, and red being the highest priority as that chopper shot scans across this wreckage there in philadelphia. i m being told that we have a picture, we have a new picture of someone who is being helped? there it is. someone who is being helped out of the train, who was injured in the train, as you can see, they re bloodied. and they re bandaged and appear to be in pretty bad shape. and that is the scene of what s going on in philadelphia.
crashes is they ll sometimes surprise you. the cause will sometimes surprise you. back in 96, there was a new jersey transit train that ran a red signal and they figured that the engineer who had this odd overnight shift probably fell asleep everyone thought, we should have these guys working fewer hours. the national transportation safety board went through the dead engineer s medicine cabinet. he was killed a couple passengers were killed hundreds were injured. they went through his medicine cabinet and found diabetes medicine in it and they went to see his doctor and said how could he possibly have had a train engineer he was color blind. and his doctor didn t know he was a train engineer and the railroad department know he was diabetic. little by little our safety systems catch up with things like this and get better. but it also tells you that you ve sort of got to the wait to figure out what the cause is and go down every avenue and
i remember that term was used. why does it take this report to determine this? and this is another quote from the report: the absence of specific intelligence about an immeant attack imminent attack should not have prevented the department of state from taking more effective steps. it seems like that would be a given. well, it should be. but, you know, defense says we didn t hear of an attack that was pending within the next 24 hours. that shouldn t be standard. if you look at the deteriorating security environment in libya and in the middle east more generally, that s the flashing red signal that more should have been done. i mean, my own view is the administration was determined to make the argument that things were going great in libya, that the aftermath of the overthrow of gadhafi was successful, that there was no threat of terrorism and, therefore, if you buy that analysis, then you don t need enhanced security. that s what the tragedy of september 11th disproves, the adminis
bill: in oakland, california, reports say a train went through a red signal. one passenger saying he felt an awful jolt and impact. all the injuries appear to be minor. martha: those are just a few of the stories we are following for you in america s newsroom. we have the new job numbers not getting any better. not good news for the folks in washington or across the country. how do americans feel about the direction of this country right now? we have stunning poll numbers on that. bill: she is 4 7 , 70 years old. why is she punching a teenager on a bus? martha: long live the king. the british government look at changing a 300-year-old law. this is interesting, folks.
deal with iran, we are trying to persuade the chinese and russians, as we have for quite some time, to put real teeth into their sanctions and direct them at the irgc, not against the people. jon: james rosen live for us in washington, thank you, james. harris: at least 18 people killed in a rush hour crash. two commuter trains colliding head on earlier today in a suburb of brussels. today cannens of people trapped in that snowy wreckage, and the number of fatalities expected to rise. at least 55 people were injured and some very seriously. a local official saying it appears one train ran a red signal. belgium s national train line is investigating that crash. jon: another mystery under investigation, the search for three people after a shooting at a church this weekend in northern california. thankfully, no one was killed, but two people badly hurt. who could have done this and why? we ll chat live with police on the investigation straight