Ambulance response times in the district. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford has been following this story. He joins us live in southeast d. C. With this big announcement from mayor Muriel Bowser today. Sam . Sam yes, alison. Well, the mayor said that she is going to be putting more ambulances on d. C. Streets and its not that people dont get care. These Engine Companies go quickly to the scene. Problem is the holdup is getting transport there quickly enough. And to transport the patients. In a breakfast meeting with Council Members today, mayor bowser said shes increasing the number of ambulances on d. C. Streets by 25 . Thats from 39 units to 49. Her deputy said theyre paying overtime to current staffers to maintain the highest level between 11 00 a. M. To 11 00 p. M. There has been a higher demand for ambulances and the city will use more of its reserve units. We have more than 100 ambulances and we have half of them available for use so our Long Term Plan and commitment to getting those v
Survivors, tracing what caused an airliner to go down in france, next. A racist and sexist email traced to a umd fraternity member, the latest in a series of fraternityrelated scandals across the country. Alison the university of maryland is investigating the email that was sent 14 months ago, but recently surfaced. Campus members are calling for action. Leon roz plater has the story. Roz it was standing room only, and the students want to send the university a message. They say in a similar incident, the university of oklahoma cut ties with the fraternity almost immediately. Some say the same thing needs to happen here. Just days after a video went viral of a racist chant at the university of oklahoma, a frat member at the university of maryland using slurs to describe women during rush week last year. Stone the students at the university of maryland held a town hall meeting to discuss the incident. We are thinking this is a broader systemic issue of race relations, gender relations o
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