curve. sunday s accident has renewed calls for positive train control or ptc, safety technology that can reduce train speeds based on real-time track conditions. fully operational train control system could have avoided this accident. that s what it s designed to do. originally supposed to be fully installed by the end of 2015, congress extended the deadline for implementation to the end of this year with the possibility of further delays. it is so important in this country that ptc be implemented by the end of the year and that we don t give any more extensions. the ntsb says track signals of the crash site were not operating at the time because they were undergoing upgrades for a ptc system. investigators plan to remain unseen through the weekend and then the ntsb will issue a preliminary crash report a few weeks after. bret: jonathan serrie live
destruction and more than when we started the conversation, more cars down below, what are your questions? well, with that many cars derailed, it s not unusual i wouldn t think because the train was going probably at least 79 miles an hour. maybe more. if there was overspeed, this many cars would likely derail, particularly at an overpass. that s not unusual as far as i m concerned. more important to me would be the movement of the train, speed-wise and track conditions. preliminary testing of the train movements and also the two employees being on the locomotive. i think it s very clear.
from weather and when we take a look at the forecast, look. the next five days, there is a zero percent chance of rain. the only chance we even have comes at the very end of the seven-day forecast. we talk about good news and there is some. we are heading into summer pretty soon here and that, victor, and christi is the rainy season. we are the short term and no rain in sight but at least in the long term we should start to break this pattern, at least once we get into june and july. allison chinchar, thank you for the update. appreciate it. muddy run for the derby yesterday. my grandfather always said when it s a sloppy track, bet on the long shot but didn t come through this time. it did not. the track conditions were a nightmare for most it did turn into a dream for one 3-year-old thoroughbred and we will have the highlights from the muddy kentucky derby coming up next. h.
sweetwater oak loses the rider. a jockey dangles from his horse s neck as half a dozen others charge toward the finish. february 3rd, 1989, i had the ride of my life. it s a cold, wet day for a horse race. the kind most jockeys dread. but nate hubbard is new to the sport, an apprentice. just 19 years old. and excited to be at golden gate field with a horse he s never ridden. a filly named sweetwater oak. i wasn t too concerned about the track conditions. for some reason i did pretty good in the rain and mud. tom chapman is also riding in the race. the mud was actually like pea soup. it s always dangerous because at times when it is like that, it s a little bit slippery.
everywhere. september 8th, 2002, austin circuit, the netherlands. the super bike world championship attracts fans from across europe and beyond. bikes weigh up to 300 pounds and can race at nearly 200 miles per hour. it s a dangerous sport, serious injuries and even fatalities are not uncommon. track conditions are good and energy is high as the race begins. they re also very, very fast. but as the pack accelerates out of the turn, a german racer gets into serious trouble when his oil filter ruptures. just behind him, french rider christoph gugan.