[Phillips:] Let's get straight to the NEWSROOM. Betty Nguyen working more details on that train derailment.
[Nguyen:] Yes, these are really some remarkable pictures that are coming in from Chicago. It's the "El," as they call it there. It's a commuter train system. And the Orange Line, the last car on that line we're going to try to put up some of these pictures for you so you can see what I'm talking about. Well, the last car right there that you see the emergency crews working in, has derailed. We don't know exactly what caused it to jump the tracks. But the good news here, Kyra, is the Chicago police have confirmed to CNN that there are no injuries. Again, a scary moment. This rail system is a very busy rail system. In fact, it's the third busiest mass transit rail system in the United States. Here's another look at how it has jumped the track. It is almost perpendicular there. Again, don't know how the last car was able to just slip off. But, again, the good news is that no one's injured. Let me just tell you where there is. This car derailed at the 14th Street and south of the Roosevelt Station, that portion of the Orange Line. And emergency crews, obviously, on the scene. They're going to be working there for sometime, just to make sure everyone gets out as safely as possible. Again, the good news, though, despite what it looks like, really some remarkable pictures. Not something you ever want to see, especially on a busy day on the streets of Chicago. But on the "El" train it has derailed. But no injuries are reported. We're going to stay watching this and tell you if there are more developments, Kyra.
[Phillips:] All right. Thanks to our affiliate there, WFLD, out of Chicago. Thanks, Betty.
[Holmes:] They're small, they're cute, and easy on the gas. But are subcompact cars sub par at crunch time? The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety put the little guys to the test. And CNN's Brianna Keilar joins us now from Washington with the results. Hello, Brianna.
[Brianna Keilar, Cnn Correspondent:] Hi there, T.J. And when we talk about safe cars, we talk about side air bags. We talk about good head restraints or headrests, as we call them. But when it comes down to it, in a car crash, your best friend could be the weight of your car. Unfortunately, for mini cars, they don't weigh much. Mini Coopers, part of this mini car category. These are 2,500 pounds or less. And when you compare them to some of the larger cars on the road, the Chevy Suburban, for instance, this car weighs 3 12 tons. That is roughly three times the weight of this car here. So when you put these two cars together, it's not too difficult to see who will probably win in a crash.
[Keilar:] Small cars can save you big money at the pump. But they could cost you dearly in a crash. Driver death rates in so-called mini cars are more than double that of midsize and large cars.
[Adrian Lund, Insurance Institute For Highway Safety:] If you're in a small light-weight vehicle like those mini cars and you get hit from behind, almost everything that hits you is larger and heavier, which means, on average, your crashes are more severe than what the other people are seeing. So it's more important that you have good safety equipment to protect you.
[Keilar:] The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety measures vehicle safety on a four part scale, from good to poor. Overall, the Hyundai Accent and the Kia Rio fared the worst, with an acceptable rating for front crash tests but the worst possible rating for side and rear impacts. [on camera] The popular Mini Cooper gets average scores overall. A top-rating for front crashes and acceptable for side impacts and the lower, marginal score for rear crashes. [voice-over] The Scion SB earned a good score for front impacts but a poor for side crashes. The barrier used in the test penetrated far enough into the Scion to hit the dummy driver's head. The Scion also earned a marginal for the rear crash test. The Nissan Versa earned the best score of all. It was the only car to get top ratings in all three crash tests. But there's a catch. Technically, it's not a mini car. It's a small car that's marketed with the minis. Some automakers have responded to these results. GM, which makes the Chevy Aveo. This is actually one car that we didn't show the results of, but it was sort of middle of the road. It did have a poor that's the lowest rating for the rear crash test. GM saying, quote, "The Aveo meets or exceeds safety standards in the more than 120 countries in which it is sold," not announcing any changes to make this car more safe. Also, T.J., we should also mention the Mini Cooper. The test results in this particular slew of tests were for the '06 Mini Cooper through the '06 year. They are going to be making improvements in the '07. And when that model is available, the IIHS is going to go ahead and test it.
[Holmes:] All right. Brianna, if somebody is just and a lot of people still love these cars, no matter what. If they're just determined that they're going to get one of these little bitty cute little cars, what should be something they definitely consider and maybe the ultimate deciding factor?
[Keilar:] Well, in all car sizes, these IIHS tests show that very good head restraints that cushion your head in perhaps a rear impact are a must. Also, side impact air bags. These are a must. They can mean the difference between life or death. However, one caveat when we're talking about these mini cars: the lowest performing car on this list, well, two of them actually, the Kia Rio, the Hyundai Accent, they have standard side air bags, and yet they still received that lowest rating, that poor on the side crash test. They protected the head of the dummy, but the dummy did sustain some injuries that, in a human being, could be likened to broken ribs, a fractured pelvis and even injury to internal organs.
[Holmes:] That does not sound good. Brianna Keilar for us in Washington. Thank you so much, Brianna.
[Phillips:] After the runway, reality, and it's a tough trip in a tiara. So doesn't Miss Universe [sic] deserve a second chance?
[Donald Trump, Real Estate Mogul:] I believe after speaking with Tara, I believe that she can do a tremendous service to young people.
[Phillips:] Can a pageant queen turned party girl make things right? Miss Behavin', next.
[Holmes:] Oh, that's rude. No.