30mileanhour curve. Officials investigate a failure of man or machine. Whether or not its the result of human error remains unclear. The brakes didnt fully engage until five seconds before the crash. The trains engineer has been tested for drugs and alcohol and his cell phone is also being examined. When i heard about the speed, i gulped. The Washington Post reports that roughly onethird of people who signed up on healthcare. Gov may have errors on applications due to computer glitches. It will be inexplicable if somebody involved in the creation of the website doesnt get fired. A monster storm heading east after ravaging the northwest. The rockies getting hit hard today. East coast, enjoy the warmth while it lasts. Investigators have reportedly ruled out drag racing in the crash that killed paul walker. Fast and furious costars wrapped up a private memorial for the actor and his family. . Thank you for coming down here and showing that angel up in heaven how much you appreciated him. A tourist in hawaii has been killed in a shark attack. He was dangling over the side of his kayak when he was bitten. A california woman is free after falling between two buildings and becoming trapped. All that for the win he got it uconn has left the building brees, Michael Bennett touchdown seattle 111. These fans are great. Broke the world record didnt they . Loudest outdoor stadium ever. And all that mattered. The announcement that amazon testing drones. A scenario a few homes have some collateral generosity. On cbs this morning. A 90yearold grandmother celebrated her birthday by going skydiving. Yeah. Not intentionally. She just kind of wandered off the plane. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota. Lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. Good morning, charlie. A lot of new questions this morning about the crash. We begin there. Investigators say the commuter train that crashed in new york city was going much too fast. The metro north train was going 82 Miles Per Hour as it entered a sharp curve. It did not slow down at all until it was too late. Sundays derailment killed four people and injured more than 60 others. Investigators are focusing on the veteran engineer who was driving the train when it ran off the tracks. Jeff pegues is at the accident scene in the bronx. Good morning. Reporter good morning to our viewers out west. Investigators have begun interviewing the trains engineer and piecing together a time line of events on sunday. Still they say its too early to determine if human error or mechanical failure is to blame for this derailment. Newly released video offers a closeup look at sundays metronorth train accident. The crash chewed up 800 feet of track and left railcars toppled over and buried in gravel. A train turned over on its side. We have multiple people trapped. Reporter monday federal investigators revealed that just before the train veered off the track it was traveling nearly three times the speed limit. The preliminary information, and let me emphasize this is preliminary information, from the event recorders, shows that the train was traveling at approximately 82 Miles Per Hour as it went into a 30mileanhour curve. When i heard about the speed, i gulped. This sort of takes your breath away. Reporter black box recorders also showed the brakes were fully applied just five seconds before the cars stopped and the throttle cut six seconds before the train came to a halt. It was only six seconds before everything came to a stop that the throttle went to idle. This was late in the game. Very late in the game. Reporter monday huge cranes uprighted the railcars. The last one removed was the front car where engineer William Rockefeller jr. Had been at the controls. The cbs news Law Enforcement source says the 20year mta veteran told First Responders at the scene he hit the brakes as he was approaching the curve but the brakes didnt work. This train made nine stops prior to derailing. At this point, we are not aware of any problems with the brakes. Reporter investigators have tested the trains engineer for drugs and alcohol. They have not yet released those results. His cell phone is also in their hands. They are examining it to see if he was on the phone while the train was beginning to go off the tracks. Charlie, norah . Jeff, thank you. And the new healthcare. Gov is getting mixed reviews this morning after its first major test. Many who tried the revamped insurance website say it is working better. But others report theyre still having some trouble. Today president obama opens a new effort to highlight the Positive Side of the Affordable Care act. Major garrett is at the white house this morning. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning, norah and charlie. With a speech scheduled for 11 30 a. M. Pacific, president obama will try to dig out from about the risks of repealing it. Democrats running for reelection for 2014 are already panicking. This is the president s first concerted effort to calm them down. The white house is changing its tone highlighting the achievements of obama care and the progress that has been made since the botched launch of the healthcare. Gov website just two the. The queueing system is a featured design to improve the user experience. Enrolled. How many were shuttled into that comeback later queue. In a miami health clin irk, june miles may tried for a hird time to purchase insurance through the website. She hasnt had insurance due to diabetes and other preexisting conditions. The website kept telling her to wait. Im hoping everything goes well, you know, for me because i really do need health coverage. Reporter eventually miles mays filled out a paper application. The administration expects that even bigger traffic surge in two weeks. Thats when consumers will probably rush to acquire Insurance Coverage by january 1st. To qualify, those applicants must enroll by december 23rd. I would certainly agree that that is an important period that, you know, all these days in december are important and every day from now till march 31st is important. Reporter the administration also says it has fixed the website defect that prevented Social Security numbers from being sent accurately to insurers. That glitch accounted for 08 of the bad data insurers were receiving from prospective enrollees. Troubleshooters are still working on the 20 of troubled day that that remains. Much of the country gets hit with a prewinter blast this week. Storm warnings are posted for the west and the upper midwest. Snow is already falling in fargo, north dakota. The area could get up to a foot of snow in the days ahead. And heavy snowfall is also expected in duluth minnesota. Temperatures are expected to plunge well below normal. Our chicago station wbbm meteorologist is tracking the storm. Thanks a lot, charlie and norah. Talking about a major storm system plowing through the western half of the country today from montana to bismarck rapid city down to denver into salt lake city. We have winter storm watches, warnings, and advisories. Talking about very heavy snow in eastern parts of montana, all the way through to parts of the Upper Peninsula of michigan especially heavy in colorado and in utah where totals could be as much as in places in the central rockies 2 feet perhaps. So were talking about a wide swath of very heavy snowfall from this. And as the system exits, very cold air will move in from Northern Canada bringing temperatures anywhere from 20 to 30 degrees below the norm. This will be the coldest air of the season so far while it starts in the Northern Areas of the country, its slow going to trickle east throughout course of the day. This morning, new video may shed light on the car crash that killed Actor Paul Walker and a friend on saturday. Sheriffs investigators do not believe they were racing another car. Autopsy results could be released today. Kevin frazier, cohost of omg insider is at the scene in valencia north of los angeles. Good morning. Reporter good morning, norah, charlie, and viewers on the west coast. The video in question was taken from a surveillance camera just a few yards away from here. Meanwhile, the memorial for both walker and his good friend roger rodus, continues to grow and last night his fast and furious costar vin diesel came by and gave special shoutout to all the fans who have come to pay tribute to the fallen actor. Thank you for coming down here and showing that angel up in heaven how much you appreciated him. Yeah reporter actor vin disl was not only paul walkers costar in the movie, he was his friend. Diesel was joined by others who were close to the late star when the studio behind the film franchise cleared and tented the memorial area allowing family and crew members to mourn in private. Makeshift memorial has grown steadily since saturdays crash. His family is absolutely brokenhearted right now, and we just remember what a good heart he had. Reporter walker is survived by a 15yearold daughter, meadow meadow. When she found out, of course shes going to act like any other child. She was gone. So was his girlfriend. They both were devastated. I think they were in shock. They were screaming. Reporter Surveillance Video obtained by omg insider captured the crash. First a cloud of smoke, then five seconds later a fireball from an apparent explosion. The Porsche Carrera carrying paul walker and his friend hit a pole and burst into flames. The aftermath was captured by cell phone video. The two had been at Charity Events saturday afternoon and left together in the porsche. We know that roger was driving the car when they pulled out. But being gone for 20 minutes, paul could have said hey, can i drive the car . Let me drive the car. Reporter official word on who was driving and even formal identification of the victims are still pending as the Coroners Office waits for dental records of the badly burned victims. The Sheriffs Office will only say that the car involved was traveling alone at a high rate of speed. Walker had bragged about driving very fast on public roads. Of speed. Walk her bragged about driving very fast on public reporter now authorities are still trying to determine what could have caused this crash. Looking at all kinds of theorys from some kind of a leak to a tire blowout. Meanwhile, a great story has emerged about paul walkers generosity. About a decade ago he was in a Jewelry Store in santa barbara. He saw a young man who was about to be deployed to the middle east with his girlfriend. He was hoping to buy a ring for her so they could get engaged. But he couldnt afford anything in the Jewelry Store. Walker went over to the manager and said put the ring on my tab. The couple never knew who it was who bought the ring for them. Now they know its paul walker. Nice story, kevin. Ukraines president reportedly flew to china this morning for a planned visit. He leaves behind a nation in turmoil. A noconfidence vote failed in parliament today. Outside, thousands of protesters are gathered demanding his ouster. They are angry about his decision to scuttle an agreement strengthening ties with europe. But before he left, the ukraine president appeared to backtrack. He called the European Commission president and asked to renew negotiations. Vice President Joe Biden is in japan this morning. New u. S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy greeted biden when he arrived in tokyo. Biden says the u. S. Is trying to lower tensions in the region after china suddenly declared an air defense zone in the East China Sea. He plans to bring it up when he meets with chinas president tomorrow. Seth done in beijing. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you, norah. The Vice President traveled here to asia to talk about trade and Economic Issues but that conflict over the air defense zone will likely dominate his trip. Just a couple hours ago, he reiterated u. S. Support for its ally japan. The Vice President continued his weeklong tour in asia today alongside japans prime minister. It signals the early stages of a delicate balancing act for the u. S. Amid international protest over chinas newly declared air defense zone. Biden addressed the conflict this morning. We the United States are deeply concerned by the attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the East China Sea. This action has raised regional tensions and increased the risk of accidents and miscalculations. Reporter last week chinas air force deployed fighter jets over that disputed air space after the u. S. Japan, and south korea sent flights through the region unannounced, defying chinas demands. On friday the state Department Urged u. S. Commercial airlines to comply with chinas flight rules over the East China Sea as a safety measure, a move the Chinese Government applauded. Notifying china flying over the air defense zone shows those airlines wish to coordinate and cooperate with china, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign ministry said. But the white house main takes chinas requirements are illegitimate, a position the japanese expect the Vice President to make clear this week. I think Vice President biden will tell china that chinas actions will unilaterally change the regions status, japans chief cabinet secretary said and that this action is dangerous and that it will not be accepted. Now, the Vice President travels on to china tomorrow where weve already seen several editorials in a couple of governmentaffiliated newspapers that have said if hes seen as too cozy with the japanese he might have less success here in china. Charlie, norah . Thanks seth. This morning American Contractor alan gross is asking president obama to help win his release from cuba. He was distributing Communications Equipment under a u. S. Government contract when he was arrested four years ago today. Rhodes is serving a 15year sentence for crimes against cuba. In a letter to the president , he write, i still want to believe my government values my life and my service. I refuse to accept that my country would believe me behind. A new report out this morning finds American High School students are falling further behind their peers in other countries. The u. S. Is now ranked 31st in math 24th in science, and 21st in reading. The assessment is based on a worldwide test taken last year by 6,000 american 15yearolds. The test results show no improvement by u. S. Students over the past decade. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines. The wall street journal says the number of banks in the United States are at their lowest level since the great depression. Federally insured banks shrank to about 6900 in the third quarter, from a high of about 18,000. Many Smaller Banks merged or simply collapsed. But overall Bank Deposits and assets are growing. The Detroit Free Press says a judge rules this morning on whether to allow the citys bankruptcy to proceed. About 18 billion in debt and liabilities must be dealt with. The New York Times looks at soaring hospital charges. A day spent as an inpatient at an American Hospital costs an average of more than 4,000. That is five times the cost in many other modern countries. A single stitch can cost 500. The new New Hampshire union leader looks at a medical technician sentenced to 39 years in prison. David kwiatkowski infected dozens of patients in four states with hepatitis c through tainted syringes. Connecticuts newtown bee says 911 calls related to the sandy hook shooting will be released tomorrow. State officials wanted to keep the recordings private out of sensitivity to victims families. A judge ruled last week that under Public Information laws the tapes must be released. December 14th is the anniversary of the attack. The Seattle Times says bail has been set at 200,000 for a man accused of stealing a seattle to canada ferry. The company says its a wakeup call and is reviewing security. Police say Samuel Mcdonough a sex offender, took the 8 million ferry for a sevenhour joy ride on sunday. A s. W. A. T. Team finally boarded it and arrested him. He later told police he didnt know how to operate the boat. The ferry carries 300,000 passengers a year between seattle and victoria british columbia. And another deadly shark attack in hawaii. People are being told to stay out of the water off southwest maui this morning. The victim was fishing on a kayak yesterday when he was bit. He is identified as 57yearold patrick briny of washington state. Authorities say the shark bit his foot which had been dang nlg the water. German tourist died in august after another shark attack in that same area off cold front diving into the bay area. We have seen some showers overnight. It looks like maybe a chance of a few more scattered showers. Out the door we go. We have some cloudy skies early on over russian hill. Some much colder air going to be setting in over the next couple of days and some freezing tem