The gunshot occurred. The victim has now been identified as Alexander Bowie of grenoble drive. He was 34. Some red line commuters probably wished they stayed in bed. There was a fluid leak near a piece of track equipment near union station. Trains single tracked during the morning rush hour. The platforms and trains were packed. One person dead tonight after flames tear through a townhome in alexandria in the middle of the night. It took firefighters about an hour to bring that fire under control. Now police are not releasing the victims name, but we do know it was an adult man who died. Of course, firefighters are still investigating. A bill the late senator ted kennedy introduced almost two decades ago finally got a vote today. As Danielle Nottingham explains, the measure extends antidiscrimination workplace laws to gay, bisexual and transgender employees. Bill as amended is passed. Reporter 10 republicans joined Senate Democrats to deliver a victory to gay rights advocates 20 years
Businesses get it and now how important it is for the vitality of america and endorsed by the aflcio, so labor understands it also. We thank both labor and Business Community for supporting the immigration bill. [applause] so, nick, youve been involved in ufcw, packing house workers and stuff, and its been my experience as i toured them, and i didnt work in them like durbin did. He was a meat cutter in packing houses, but as ive traveled around, i see more and more of the Latino Community working in our packing houses and meat cutting places you represent. Tell us about that. Im with local cw222 from northwest iowa. We have a packing house in cherokee, iowa, and dakota city, nebraska. Too together, thats roughly close to 5,000 employee, and 75 of them are latino. 75 . Yes, yes, so 75 of the membership who we represent are latino and imMigrant Workers, so, again, good morning, ladies and gentlemen, of the panel and audience, senators, im honored to be here to talk about an issue that af
Nbc news characterizing that race for governor as too early to call with the polls closed. Democrats are bracing themselves for a comforting victory, where, of course, another devastating defeat. Recent polling has shown northam with a slight edge but within the margin of error. Gillespie, an aid to george b. Push, is trying to help his establishment bonifides. If he wins, he can provide fellow republicans how to campaign in theably of trump. Lets get the very latest from the race from our own steve kornacki. Steve what do we know . Well, it was 7 00. The polls closed in new jersey. We were an hour away. As you just showed. We have no actual votes in just yet. What can we show you from the exit polls . Lets look at a few of the key questions, we can tackle there. First of all, see if we can call up the areas. Okay. That should call it up. Here we go, the trump factors,
starting in virginia, the president , his Approval Rating, clocks in at 43 , by comparison, last time they had a gover
Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson. Begin negotiations tomorrow to normalize relations. When what youre doing doesnt work for 50 years, its time to do something else. What were doing with respect to cuba is not a reward for anything. Hoping it will pave the way for secretary of state kerry to come. I look forward to traveling to cuba. Its unlikely the embargo will be lifted any time soon. There is a lot of history to overcome. We are ending policy that was long past its expiration date. What we keep hearing is hope. Weve been waiting for this. Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson arrived in cuba to begin talks tomorrow on normalizing relations with cuba. She will discuss opening a cuba embassy in washington, d. C. And American Embassy in havana as well as banking issues mail service and expanding trail between the two countries. With cuba we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. [ applause ] the president , of course does not have the Legal Aut
Hoping it will pave the way for secretary of state kerry to come. I look forward to traveling to cuba. Its unlikely the embargo will be lifted any time soon. There is a lot of history to overcome. We are ending policy that was long past its expiration date. What we keep hearing is hope. Weve been waiting for this. Assistant secretary of state Roberta Jacobson arrived in cuba to begin talks tomorrow on normalizing relations with cuba. She will discuss opening a cuba embassy in washington, d. C. And American Embassy in havana, as well as banking issues, mail service and expanding trail between the two countries. With cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. [ applause ] the president , of course, does not have the Legal Authority to fully dismantle the United States embargo on cuba, which was finally actually signed into a law by president bill clinton in one of the most misguided and weakest moments of the clinton presidency. Because completely removing the e