And rail employees. Metro says they have denied all of those requests, so they expect to offer normal schedule today so thats the good news for the riders. But it was a bit of a mess here yesterday on metro center. Old equipment was sort of the issue to blame for the delays and the issues here but things are back to normal. I want to show you some video from yesterday as things got tense right after this incident at metro center there was a board meeting. Metro and its Largest Workers Union theyre currently locked in a very contentious contract dispute then protested yesterday according to this board meeting. Workers wants their voices heard. They are upset about the hard line approach by management. Theyre criticizing this new absenteeism policy which requires workers to file absence requests three days in advance and metro says, look, this is necessary. We need to crack down on excessive absenteeism going on and increase the productivity but during the protest workers dropped protest
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Commute. Look at these current temperatures. Were talking about the mid to upper 40s right now. Frederickburg is at a warm 55 degrees. Speaking of that commute, whats going on out there . Good morning. So right now overall you can see looking pretty good here. 66 and 95 all of this green, that big green slimy looking blob, that is all radar showing where rain is falling across the roadways. Eastbound 66 at 123, had that right lane blocked by the work zone. That has cleared out of the way. 95 in maryland, no problems there from 32 southbound down to the beltway. Going a little faster than you should but it will take you about ten minutes. Same thing headed out of town. A big look at the beltway coming up. 5 01. Angie is standing by at the live desk right now, shes tracking some severe storms in the midwest. Were seeing a bunch of things including intense lightning as well as a lot of damage. Heres an upclose look at what the severe storms did. Several tornados also reported across the t
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Probably good in politics, too. If you can score when you`re on the bottom and keep winning, that`s what it`s all about. Cspan where does the name granby come from . Guest Granby High School in norfolk, virginia. They were the instigator coach by the name of bill martin was instigated it and taught it. And it kind of passed through the east coast. I picked it up in the midwest, and it was one of our trademarks. Cspan when was the last time you were in a high school classroom, teaching . Guest probably was about a year or two ago. I try to go back to my district and talk in a classroom from time to time. Actually, teaching as a teacher the last time i did it was 1981 cspan and what were you teaching . Guest i was teaching economics, history, government. I taught a business course over the years. I taught a speech course. And in a Small High School you did everything. I even drove the school bus from time to time. Cspan where`s this picture from, the one on top . Guest Yorkville High Sch