Smiledsmil the metro station. One woman died investigators say an electrical problem could have behind what happened. Theyre meeting with metro er you can hear people on board the train coughing profusely. We spoke to the man who took this cell phone video. He says he helped one woman who could not breathe. News 4s Megan Mcgrath is live outside the plaza metro station right now with more on that. Megan, good morning. Reporter good morning, barb Jonathan Rogers was the man who took that cell phone video that you just heard, and we spoke to him this morning. His description of the conditions on board that train are just frightening. He says it was dark. Smoke was pouring in and people were having trouble breathing. Through cell phone snapshots and videos we are getting a better picture of the chaos that happened on board that metro train. In this video taken by Jonathan Rogers you can hear people coughing and choking. Rogers says smoke was pouring into the train, and it was getting hard
Development on federal land is what i think we need to get to. Because as senator hoeven says, youre just going to go around your federal lands and then we get no revenue to the treasury it just doesnt make sense. So we need to work in that regard. With that, i appreciate you have given the committee a lot of time and senator cant well if you want to have the final word i would just say thank you madam chair for this hearing and i think a lot of members showed up and a lot of questions across the board and i get your point about federal lands and, yes, im sure that theres a higher percentage in alaska than in Washington State. In Washington State we get revenue from those public lands and so thats been a big benefit to us. I want to work with you as we move forward on trying to think about an Energy Package and what we can do together to bolster our economies and to Work Together on policies that can move us forward. But i feel like we had a broad range of things brought forward here t
The coast guard knows that and you know that. And in the meantime, 21 medivacs to pluck people out to get them to some level of safety when a tenmile onelane gravel, noncommercial use road could help save these lives. Weve got to keep working on this, madame secretary. Senator, i recognize this issue and i also recognize that this is not a unique situation. That there are many villages that struggle in the case of medical evacuations. And i appreciate that it is part of our job to work on that. And i will continue to work on that. That is true. That there are many villages. But there are none none that have ready access to an allweather airport right there. I think we should talk to the senator who has an Appropriations Committee and talk to her about what we can do. Im just pointing out that in 19 t e 98 we appropriated 187 million to promote a hoefer california. So i think that was something that the Clinton Administration worked on. So maybe we need to look at something in that area
This is outrageous senator crapo is exactly right and im proud to cosponsor. A few seconds left. Senator ayotte. I would like to ask my colleagues comment. Thank you. Rebuttal . As senator crapo mentioned, i suspect many of my colleagues will support this amendment. That i did want to add to it that if we are serious about helping the unsubscribe as i suppose all of us are we would not be voting for a budget that slashes funding to the program. Democrats and republicans across the country have said the acrosstheboard cuts are terrible policy and an absurd way to reduce the deficit that must be replaced. There replaced. There are republicans on this committee who have been vocal about the need to roll back these cuts and have expressed the need to raise some revenue. Last year democrats and republicans were able to reach an agreement that the rollback the worst of these automatic cuts which prevented another government shutdown, moved us away from the crisis and restored critical invest
The canadian side . I come from a province 20 seconds. We would the it would be raised in minnesota and processed in iowa. So i think people want to know where their food comes from. Theres got to be a way to deal with that reality and not we won three case. Were going to win a fourth. Wed rather negotiate than retaliate would be our view. What do you think . It will be healthy and will dont be healthy between the United States and canada. Well see how the court case plays out not with standing those here. I want to thank all of our panelists for being here. Its been an enlightning conversation here at the table. Its been good to have you in the audience with us tonight. Continue to at least continue the dialogue and i suppose as long as everybodys talking maybe not the two guards at the top but as long as the rest of us keep talking about the issue theres always a way to work our way through it. So thank yall for being here. Thank you again here in the audience. And well see you next