Here on cspan3, well take you live now to a hearing on amtraks response to the coronavirus pandemic. This hearing is already in process. While possibly only saving amtrak 213 million. Overall, the damage could top 3 billion if amtraks planned nine months of Degraded Service stretches another quarter to a full year. Ill finish. Thank you. The amtrak community was hit especially hard because several airlines say theyll drop service when the c. A. R. E. S. Act expires. Thats 67 cities facing air cutbacks. Nearly half, 31 of them, would all flew the same, sacramento, tampa, these routes touch nearly every corner of our country. On the empire builder on eight states from illinois to washington, those towns face a nearly 400 million blow. The north south city of new orleans between louisiana now produce nearly 134 million in economic benefits. It could wipe out as much as 88 million of that. Simply put, this drastically reduced utility of a nationwide Network Operating three days a week, mak
The bipartisan poster board of governors engaged the professional search firm that identified him as an outstanding candidate with the necessary background and skill set to tackle the enormous challenges facing the postal system. The bipartisan governors unanimously approved his appointment as postmaster general. Mr. Dejoy reports to the board, not the president. Another false narrative that has been a failure to provide another false narrative a failure to provide funding to the Postal Service will undermine the election. The Postal Service currently has 15. 1 billion in cash on hand, following a betterthanexpected Financial Performance during the pandemic. Rather than being down, the Postal Service revenue is actually 1. 5 billion higher this year than during the same period last year. The postal system would have funded its longterm and entire healthcare liabilities as they were incurred. Because they didnt, those unfunded liabilities now total 120 billion. Unfortunately, the 2006 p
To also been subjected political assassination perpetrator to gain political advantage. I hope we can stick to the facts in this hearing today. One part of the false narrative is that the postmaster general is not appointed by president trump. The bipartisan postal board of governors engaged in a professional search for him, identified him as an outstanding candidate with the necessary background and skill set to tackle the enormous challenges facing the postal system. The bipartisan governors been to repeaty i want that, the unanimously approved his appointment as postmaster general. Mr. Dejoy reports to the board and not the president. Another false narrative is that a failure to provide funding to the Postal Service will undermine the election. The Postal Service currently has 15. 1 billion in cash on hand. Following a betterthanexpected Financial Performance during the pandemic. Delivery,urge in rather than being down, the Postal Service revenue is 1. 5 million higher this year tha
In the u. S. A new era begins in oakland with the arrival of a new police chief. Were live this morning breaking down his plan to keep oakland safe. Plus, the guys are outside. Didnt even see what was happening. They just reacted based off of their instinct and what they heard and just immediately jumped into action. Bystanders stopping a would be thief. That video showing the Quick Response at a San Francisco cafe, restoring some peoples faith in humanity. This is today in the bay area. Thats what im talking about. Stop them in their tracks. All right. Well, good morning to you. Thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. Im marcus washington, and im laura garcia. Happy that youre with us on this monday post mothers day. Should be mothers week, right . This is true. Im gonna give it to you. Mothers it should be a week. Well, the weather at least will cooperate. It was gorgeous this weekend. Yes. And its so nice to have both of you all back. You know, having the whole team tog
The last time we saw a show like this was 20 years ago, so why is it happening . Ionize material enters the atmosphere at the poles where it interacts with the oxygen in our atmosphere, creating all of these bright colors. And while he says tonights show may not be as colorful, its worth trying to catch a glimpse using your camera just find a spot away from city lights and point north. But these vibrant colors may also have a dark side. Its kind of disrupting the earths magnetic field, and that can cause all kinds of problems with Radio Communications with gps, it can cause problems like power failures. Starlink, the satellite arm of elon musks spacex, warned of Degraded Service because of the geomagnetic storm. But that isnt stopping people from trying to catch a glimpse of this light show tonight. Getting a chance to see it in the Santa Clara Valley is, you know, almost as as rare as snow mary ann favro nbc, bay area news. Wow, beautiful. We cant get enough. Heres another view taken