Last night's tragic Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia is yet futher evidence of the damage Reaganism is doing to our society.

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Sean Noble, American Encore & Neil Sroka, Democracy for America & Charles Sauer, The Market Institute all joins Thom. Why is it that our trains in America can't even safely travel at half the speed of trains in Europe and a third the speed of trains in China and Japan?

Tonight’s Big Picture Rumble discusses America’s poorly funded infrastructure following Philadelphia’s deadly Amtrak crash, Ohio Republicans co-sponsoring a bill that would impose a tax on polls affecting poor communities, Jeb Bush backtracking on the Iraq question and top Democratic Senator blasting Obama’s TPP secrecy. Also tonight, Thom discusses the growing number of African-Americans being killed by police nationwide. Then Thom explains why the South Pole’s largest ice shelves are thinning from above and below. Plus, in tonight’s Daily Take Thom talks about the urgent need to once again invest in America’s infrastructure.