Change, not even by a 16th of an inch. Metro said its leapt into action doing new inspections of similar tracks. They said they could do better conveying that to congress. We have to turn but thats what we have done and thats what we are doing. Reporter remember, this is a big deal to congress. About a third of federal workers commute by metro and its also a big deal to metro. Nearly half of federal government, 417 million worth. Its a big deal. Congress is demanding more fedel oversight. Some even suggest shifting the burden to the federal railroad administration. Right now the federal Transit Association overseeing metro and some in congress think its too small for that task. The federal Rail Administration is recommending sleep apnea screening and investigation into the deadly train crash in hoboken, new jersey after it was revealed the operator had sleep apnea. They want inward cameras in the cabs. One woman was killed when that train slammed into the station in september. Presiden
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Victories after court strike down voting restrictions in North Carolina, wisconsin, kansas, and taxes. E will speak to ari berman we are heading into the first president ial cycle in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights act. What that means in practice, Eckstein States have new voting restrictions in place for the first president ial cycle. It is urgent to restore the Voting Rights act and make it easier to vote in a whole lot of ways, things like early voting and sameday Voter Registration, automatic Voter Registration. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court has struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina saying they disproportionately affected African Americans. In the ruling, the threejudge panel from the Fourth Circuit wrote the new provisions target African Americans with almost surgical precision. The law had been challenged the by the Justice Dep
Iraq. Days after his father criticized trump at the Democratic National convention. We will get the latest. Then Voting Rights advocates have won a number of major victories after court strike down voting restrictions in North Carolina, wisconsin, kansas, and taxes. E will speak to ari berman we are heading into the first president ial cycle in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights act. What that means in practice, Eckstein States have new voting restrictions in place for the first president ial cycle. It is urgent to o restore the Voting Rights act and make it easier to vote in a whole lot of ways, things like early voting and sameday Voter Registration, automatic voteter registstratio. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court has struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina saying they disproportionately affected African Americans. In the ruling, the thre
Iraq. Days after his father criticized trump at the Democratic National convention. We will get the latest. Then Voting Rights advocates have won a number of major victories after court strike down voting restrictions in North Carolina, wisconsin, kansas, and taxes. E will speak to ari berman we are heading into the first president ial cycle in 50 years without the full protections of the Voting Rights act. What that means in practice, Eckstein States have new voting restrictions in place for the first president ial cycle. It is urgent to o restore the Voting Rights act and make it easier to vote in a whole lot of ways, things like early voting and sameday Voter Registration, automatic voteter registstratio. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal Appeals Court has struck down voting restrictions in North Carolina saying they disproportionately affected African Americans. In the ruling, the thre