union off the case. let s head to nic robertson in new york. reporter: good morning. that union has been kicked off. they have been told that they have shared that information, made their own interpretation of the interviews that have been given and that means that they won t be part of this ongoing investigation into the train accident here. what we re learning from the engineer s lawyer is that he says that this was purely an september, that his client had had a good night s sleep the night before. we had a major train wreck, five cars on its side. reporter: we re hearing for the first time from the firefighters as they arrived on the scene of sunday s deadly train derailment thin the bronx. this morning new details about the man at the controls. the train s engineer, william billy rockefeller. his union representative saying he was nodding off and caught
no. i ll give you martha may. michaela. let s take a look at the headlines. our headlines start with a live look at the scene of sunday s deadly train derailment in new york. you can see the train cars have been removed, crews are working to piece the track back together now. we have learned that the train was going 82 miles an hour as it came off the tracks. almost three times the 30 mile-an-hour limit for the curve where the train derailed. officials also say the engineer slammed on the brakes just seconds before the accident. vice president joe biden walking a fine line during his trip to asia. he ll meet with japan s prime minister today before heading to china tomorrow. biden is trying to calm tensions between rival nations after beijing announced an air defense zone over disputed islands in the east china sea. he said if tensions escalate, the u.s. will follow treaty obligations and back japan. newly released surveillance video shows the moment fast & furious star p