a mass-action lawsuit on behalf of four injured passengers. it s the first passenger lawsuit we ve seen. it alleges the following points. it alleges excessive speed of the train as well as lack of available preventive technology on the tracks. it was filed this morning against amtrak and it s seeking compensations for lost wages, medical bills, as well as pain and suffering. now, on friday the first amtrak employee filed a lawsuit, seeking damages of $150,000. it s worth noting that currently federal law caps damages from a single train crash to $200 million. some lawmakers today are looking to change that as well brooke. all right. we have to talk about i know we have the picture, guys if we can put it up of the windshield of this train and the shatter mark here. what is the ntsb what are investigators revealing could have happened? reporter: yeah, we re still
critical condition. some of whom still have had surgeries to endure. what can you tell me about those people who have been injured here? reporter: we re still waiting for an update on their condition. we now understand from authorities that all 243 people that they believed to have been on board that amtrak train have been accounted for. here you could see bind me is the crash site. they ve been working all day to clear it up. they ve moved, pulled one of the final cars away earlier this morning, one of the final cars we could actually see. you can see crane there is at work. they ve been inspecting the tracks. right now authorities are saying they re trying to prepare this corridor for train traffic. they re hoping that at the very minimum, a limited service will be resumed on monday, full service possibly monday or tuesday. brooke? all right. erin mclaughlin in philadelphia.
malfunction with the drone and the operator was not charged in that case. it was a government employee. but this is something the national security council, the department of justice, the faa are all trying to grapple with how to provide security how to protect places like the white house from drones, from people who may be bad actors. in this case, we don t know what the situation is. we re waiting to find out. but it raises a lot of questions and highlights the issue, brooke. you just don t do this. and you don t do this a stone s throw from the white house. pamela brown, thank you so much. now let s go to what we know today. new details in this deadly train derailment and questions still about what this man was doing in those moments and seconds leading up to the crash. he s 32-year-old engineer brandon bostian. he claims he can t remember a thing. authorities, including bostian s lawyer don t seem to agree on whether the train s driver is cooperating with investigators. we know h
well first of all, brooke you re not allowed to fly drones in d.c. let alone around the white house. that is a restricted air space. what we can tell you here and we see a picture of this drone, the small uav that was used in this case. the secret service just releasing this statement basically saying that secret service uniformed division officers saw this man flying the u uav. he was then detained by secret service and instructed to land the small uav. the statement says that he did comply and the small uav was recovered in lafayette park. of course that uav was swept by secret service and subsequently declared safe by the metropolitan police department. we now know that individual was turned over to the custody of the u.s. park police. but brooke, this is the second time in a few month where is a drone has been near the white house. we know one landed on the white house lawn back in january. it turns out there was a
mother s day on sunday. he is a remarkable dad to our daughter ryan and son marc. the statement goes on to describe him as funny, sarcastic, the kind of individual who lights up any room with his presence. now, we understand that his body was found in the wreckage this morning around 8:00 a.m. cadaver dogs have been called to the first car, which had been badly mangled. it was in that wreckage that they found his remains. they actually had to pry open the wreckage with hydraulics. they then brought it to the medical examiner s office. now we re learning his identity from his family. brooke? so eight lives lost. so many people injured. just hearing all these different stories of how people were, you know luggage flung into them or metal seats uprooted or people found hanging upside down. you know i know we ve been hearing a lot from hospital officials, erin. just let me follow up with those injured. i know eight people are still in