C. P. R. On carol glover who died that day. He says he was on the train an hour before being evacuated. It was way too long for the people on our car to get the help that they needed. So you know an hour cant survive in an hour if youre really in trouble. Today, the mayor said an initial report on the incident will be released in the next 48 hours. From our point of view we have to make sure that the Response Time for our department responded in every every fast and safe way possible. Fire Service Consultant dave statter questions the timing of many aspects of the response. Certainly if youre on that train, its an eternity. But the firefighters do have to make sure theyre safe. In the end carol glover was taken to the hospital at 4 25 p. M. More than an hour after eyewitnesses reported first seeing smoke. As for that report that it was released within 48 hours, it will also include hours of radio traffic information as well as interviews from first responders. As for metro, we called t
Coverage from metro headquarters. Chris . Well, alison its only been three days since that train filled with smoke and had to be evacuated and already tomorrow the very first lawsuit will officially be filed. Now, the man filing that lawsuit, his name is malbert rich, a 53yearold new yorker who according to his lawyer was just released from the Georgetown University hospital. He says he is suing to make metro safer. Now, he said hed also like some compensation though he wouldnt say how much and wouldnt discuss his injuries. But what he would discuss is that he believed that he was going to die when that train filled with smoke. He even sent a goodbye text to his mother and two of his children. I told my mother that that i loved being her son. And i told my kids i loved being their dad and i told them told them, you know proud to have been there and was going to move on to somewhere better. Now on monday when that train filled with smoke, 84 people were injured and had to receive medica
The controversial move will end the grid lock over the president s executive and judicial picks. Libby casey joins us now from capitol hill with more on is significance of this move. Great to see you, the president certainly didnt waste much time reacting to the vote, did he . Thats right. He was supportive of it. Now pack in 2005, when mr. Obama was senator obama ma, he was actually opposed to changing the rules regarding the filibuster. Using the so call nuclear option, but the white house says times have changed because the republicans in their words have become more obstructionist. Its harming our economy, and our democracy, and it has brought us to the point where a similar majority vote no longer seems to be sufficient for anything. Even routine business. A lot of pub back from republicans including senator john mccain who of course ran against mr. Obama for the white house. John mccains say not only causes problems, here is john mccain. What we really did today and what is so da
Where there is renewed talk o triggers the socalled Nuclear Option. Harry reid now moving to change filibuster rules. Democrats want their revised to get several of president obamas judicial contaminations moving forward. Dell, republicans block these nominations, and democrats are furious. They say they are noncontroversial amroi noncontroversial appointments. Take a listen to senator reid. During this congress, the 113th congress, the United States has wasted an unprecedented amount of time on procedural hurdles and partisan obstruction. As a result, the work of this country goes undone. Congress should be passing legislation that strengthens our economy, protects american families. Instead were burning wasted hours and wasted days between filibusters. So the Nuclear Option means it would take the simple majority to overcome this filibuster threat. You think about senator rand paul doing a marathon talk session on the senate floor. Often it is just the threat of a filibuster that hol
We have plenty of time for questions. I will leave it to you. [applause] bryan . I believe we have people with microphones on both sides yeah, we do. Over here and over here. If you have a question or a comment, just raise your hand. If you could identify yourself, that would be very helpful. Who wants to go first . Thank you. In the beginning when senator demint and senator rand paul talked about rule of law issues and capitalism and the breakdown of the rule of law in our country, coming from apparently not just the administration, but elsewhere, this seems to be a cancer on our system. And for the Economic Situation to really improve in our country, it seems to me that rule of law needs to be enhanced and is constantly being eroded by incessant executive orders and regulations coming from the bureaucrats. Could you address that, please . I will start us off on that. It is an incredibly important issue. In economy, we need to have confidence that we are part of a system that is fair