By the unions last flight. Deborah villalon is live where the two have met face to face tonight. Reporter and theyre inside. The union and the district are meeting. 20 minutes ago we saw the general manager of b. A. R. T. To get here. They have something for her to contribute on. We know for the last hour theyve been hashing out an offer from yesterday. Something the union calls insane, something b. A. R. T. Calls great. They say its a 20 increase over four years but paying more for benefits many workers say that if they take this they would not be better off. We feel like we have reached the limit. Reporter stretching is limit is where they are now. It means its the financial envelope. It means that theres a set of costs and set of work rules we really dont want to go beyond. Reporter but the unions have their limits too. We feel we have to give them notice tonight, unless something breaks and theres a hail marry, there will be a strike. Reporter a strike possibly longer than the four
At least four flights were delayed. Law enforcement sources tell nbc news they do not believe theres a terrorism leak and that it may be just a prank. Late sunday another dry ice bomb exploded in a restricted area employee bathroom. Fbi investigations are under way in both of those. A wanted al qaeda suspect is expected in a u. S. Court in new york today. Abu al libi who worked closely with Osama Bin Laden arrived on u. S. Soil saturday where he was formally arrested. He had been held a u. S. Warship and interrogated since his capture in libya earlier this month. Al libi is one of nearly three dozen men under indictment for the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies in kenya and tanzania. Of those, nine are in custody right now. Eight have been killed. Three remain at large, and one died awaiting trial. Today the 49yearold will go before a federal judge ahead of his trial. The nsa is reportedly poring through millions of contact lists from around the world. The Washington Post reporting
The two have met face to face tonight. Reporter and theyre inside. The union and the district are meeting. 20 minutes ago we saw the general manager of b. A. R. T. To get here. They have something for her to contribute on. We know for the last hour theyve been hashing out an offer from yesterday. Something the union calls insane, something b. A. R. T. Calls great. They say its a 20 increase over four years but paying more for benefits many workers say that if they take this they would not be better off. We feel like we have reached the limit. Reporter stretching is limit is where they are now. It means its the financial envelope. It means that theres a set of costs and set of work rules we really dont want to go beyond. Reporter but the unions have their limits too. We feel we have to give them notice tonight, unless something breaks and theres a hail marry, there will be a strike. Reporter a strike possibly longer than the four day walk out. A strike bringing more pain for the public
We begin with three dry ice balms at Los Angeles International airport, one of which exploded. One of them was underneath an airplane at a gate. Two others were found nearby. There are no immediate reports of any injuries or damage. At least four flights were delayed. Law enforcement sources tell nbc news they do not believe through is a terrorism leak. Late sunday another dry ice bomb exploded in an employee bathroom. In new york a wanted al qaeda suspect is expected in an American Court today. Al libi arrived on u. S. Soil saturday where he was arrested. He had been held and interrogated. He is one of nearly three dozen men under indictment for the 1998 bombings of the u. S. Embassies of africa. Three remain at large and one died awaiting trial. Today the 49 year old will go before a federal judge ahead of his trial. The nsa is reportedly pouring through millions of contact lists from around the world. The washington reports it intercepts hundreds of thousands of email address books
For the madness to all be ended . Its starting to feel like ground hog day out here. We are getting on past 10 00 right now and you can look over my shoulder and see the Union Officials standing in the lobby now and just making their way out. They may actually be making their way out here in a short time to let us know whether there will be a bart strike. They told us that they would be letting us know by 10 00 this evening. That is specifically because their offices have been flooded with calls from commuters who have been upset over the last few days that they had to wait until the Early Morning hours before being notified about whether there will be a strike. Again, we have been told that we will hear, we are still waiting. Union officials inside right now and seem to be making their way out. Again, there doesnt seem to be a real sense of urgency. Its tough to read what that could mean for a possible strike. For the past few days, there continues to be progress and that is what aver