Incredibly dire. But still there will have to be cuts and that will hurt. It was a huge drop in daily ridership due to covid19 that caused b. A. R. T. s money problems. Our ridership went from 405,000 to 24,000. And since the low point of 24,000, weve now inched up to 45. Reporter fewer riders men less revenue and thats what shaped the budget the board passed today which includes an extra 44 million for cleaning. Its not just cleaning the stations. But its disinfecting the train cars every single night. Reporter also 146 million in cuts made by eliminating unfilled job and reducing operating expenses like putting off a return to ending service but tlayoffs planned. Youre going to notice things like the 9 00 p. M. Closure in the middle of the day. You should expect 30minute frequencies. This b. A. R. T. Rider isnt surprised. The economy is struggling and everything is losing money. Reporter the budget plan assumes at best, 50 of riders return this year. The number could be as low as 15
Chanted slogans in support of the quds of the gaza strip. More than 150 other jewish cinematographers protested against the policies of the zionist regime after the speech of the director of the film the favorite region at the oscar ceremony, which criticized the genocide in gaza. Now , according to the jerusalem post, 151 jewish cinematographers supported those words and announced that we should we can mention apartheid and occupation of tel aviv. We are proud that as jews we do not use jewish identity and the memory of the holocaust as a weapon to justify our crimes. The film directors speech is beloved by some of the hollywood mainstream as hated the spread was interpreted against the jews, but in front of a group of filmmakers in support of the people of gaza and criticizing the policies of the zionist regime. They accompanied him. Columbia university suspended 6 students for supporting the palestinians. Columbia University Officials gave these students 24 hours to hand over their
Barrel. Shares of hershey getting crushed after food giant rocks away from the 25 billion takeover bid for hershey. Nicole apple and the hook for billions of dollars in taxes. If the european decides to tax the deal is illegal. Any decision could come within the hour and is expected to go against apple. Nicole and sports the u. S. Open is underway. Off to a very good start. The new york mets. Other highlights coming up. Lauren 5 01 a. M. In new york. Welcome to fbn am, your first look at morning markets and breaking news. Nicole apple is going to be hit the european tax bill of more than 1 million this morning. Sources told reuters the European Commission will rule that apples tax deal in ireland is illegal. The commission accused ireland in 24 enough avoiding International Tax will by letting apple shelter profits for tens of billions of dollars in tax theirs in return for jobs. Apple employs around 5500 people in ireland. Apple would be able to appeal the decision and likely will. La
Chemical spill. Freedom industrys filed for bankruptcy and owners created a new company to bail freedom out. In the wildfire that began two days ago in the foothills in california, it is still burning tonight and covers 1900 area, acre area northeast of loz los angeles. Theres little they or anyone can do. Those are the headlines. America tonight is up next on al Jazeera America. Good evening, im joie chen. Youre watching america tonight, the weekend edition. Think for a moment about the things you can count on. One of them we hope is help, emergency help when you need it. We teach the kids if theres an emergency call 911 and the help will come. There are situations in which those three simply numbers, 911 will not bring help. It is a serious and extensive enough problem that the scc launched an inquiry sparked by the death of a texas mother and the daughter who tried to get help for her. America tonights sara hoy has the story. Last month kerry hunt agreed to meet her stranged husband
Emergency help when you need it. Those three simply numbers, 911 will not bring help. It is a serious and extensive enough problem that the scc launched an inquiry sparked by the death of a texas mother and the daughter who tried to get help for her. America tonights sara hoy has the story. Last month kerry hunt agreed to meet her stranged husband at this east texas hotel so he could visit with his young children. Instead of a family meeting things went wrong. My oldest granddaughter and her two siblings were in the room. She tried dialling 911 from the hotel room and could not get out because she didnt know to dial a 9 first. Once at the hotel brad alan dunn allegedly stabbed the mother of three to death in the bathroom while the children listened in. After four unsuccessful attempts the 9yearold shuffled her siblings to safety. The neighbour next door to them opened the door. Breanna told her what was going on. I looked in my grant daughters eyes, id never want another 9yearold to go