Breaking news out of metro, news4s transportation reporter adam tuss broke the story 30 minutes ago. The Transportation Agency is eliminating 100 jobs. The positions being impacted include management and employees represented by a union. Metro general manager Paul Wiedefeld has hinted in previous days of tough decisions that are coming because of the budget gap. The employees impacted today and are represend be able to apply for other jobs within the transit agency. News4s Melissa Millay is at the live desk with more. From the live desk, two people hurt in a csx train accident. Take a look at the video just in. Heres what we know. This collision took place at a track interlocking in chester, pennsylvania, theyre still obviously on that train and are going to be there for some time. The train was traveling from headed from canada to atlanta. A total of four employees were on these two different trains here. Two of them again had to be taken to the hospital. No word at this point on thei
[applause] good morning and welcome to the center for American Progress. My name is carla martin. Im the the Vice President for policy. It is my honor to welcome to this exciting event. Our lineup today is a real testament to the importance of this issue to this administration and to president obama. Nearly one in three americans has some type of criminal record that creates barriers to employment, housing and many other pathways to opportunity. Some americans with criminal records are even barred from casting a ballot which denies the right to participate in our democracy after they have paid their debt to our society. The impact of these barriers goes beyond those previous convicted of a crime. Criminal records are a family sentence. In fact, they have found that nearly half americans children now have a parent with a criminal record. Study after study has shown that the barriers associated with the parents criminal record can severely limit the childs opportunities and lead to worse
President obama thats great. Thank you. [applause] thank you, its an honor to be here. When i was growing up in rwanda, i used to be in the forest collecting firewood for my parents. Other children in africa are facing the same challenges, they are involved in a number of activities to help their parents just to prepare their meal instead of going to school. So as i was growing up, i kept thinking about something that i can do to help these families have access to alternative fuels they can use to replace charcoal wood that they have been using for many years. So i came up with an idea whereby we collect wood and turned turn them into an affordable, environmentally Friendly Product that people can use, its a great cooking fuel which can improve health and sanitation in homes. Its been two years and we have employed more than 25 people, giving them jobs and we are trying to expand to other areas of the country so that we can continue to improve sanitation as well as providing alteshtive
Falls yesterday and reversing gains made in the last few months. Presumptive republican president ial nominee donald trump who was in scotland out of business trip cheered the news of the brexit, calling it a great thing and claiming u. K. Voters have taken their country back. That brings us to todays discussion. We will get your reaction to the british vote to leave the eu and its potential effect here in United States. Democrats can call in, 202 7488000. Republicans can call 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. And a special line today for those calling outside of the United States, our International Viewers can call 202 7488003. You can reach us on social media as well as on facebook. The headlines are dominated today by the news of the brexit. The vote by voters in the u. K. To leave the European Union. The wall street journal calls it a shot heard round the world. For the leadictory campaign was perhaps the single largest load to the british populace as delivered to its establi
House caucus participated. Host how many guest there were eight fewer. There were 188 at that time. A couple attending to family emergencies. A couple out of town for scheduled trips for other reasons. Only a handful of members who are democrats who are also aligned with the n. R. A. Ncluding the only two members, linda from texas on our ndependent line. Host your piece was titled inside the house, houses first social nonfilibuster. Why isnt there a filibuster procedure available in the house . Guest it goes right to the very heart of the civics lessons we all took in high school. The fundamental difference between the house and the enate. All the rules you and i think about every day when we Pay Attention to the house are designed so the majority can get what they want unless they misunderstand what they want and the vote goes against them. They have designed it to be a regular routine march through the legislative process. They organized how many amendments are going to be offered. I