He along with senators bob casey and philadelphias Police Commissioner are getting an update straight from the top man at the fbi, james comey, who we can confirm is in the city today. Comey was in pittsburgh yesterday when he told reporters that the fbi is investigating this shooting and ambush of an officer as a terrorist attack. Ive called the local fbi office this morning which says nothing in the investigation has changed in a major way. In fact, theyve always been investigating the possibility of this being a terror attack and they have not reached a conclusion one way or another at this point. I want you to listen to exactly what comey said to reporters yesterday. Listen. We are investigating that as a terrorist attack. And trying to understand, as we do in all these cases, what were the motivations, and often its a tangled web we have to untangle. What are the motivations, who directed or inspired an individual, if anyone, and who else might have been involved. Thats the work w
Trial. The most serious of all six baltimore officers charged. He was driving the van in which investigators say gray received a deadly spinal injury last april. To convict goodson, prosecutors must prove the officer was so callus that he allowed gray to die. Look for alerts on our nbc washington app. You may also get alerts about developments in shar lots ville. Jesse mathithew will be in cour its 5 01. You may notice a letter from the general manager on safety. This comes after a year of deadly smoke at the lenfant plaza. One woman died and 84 others were hurt. In todays letter g. M. Paul wiedefeld said theres better coordination, better radio system and better ventilation in the tunnels. Wiedefeld said hes recruiting a new chief Safety Officer as well open the nbc washington app to read the entire letter. Search metro. In the days ahead mayor Muriel Bowser will release her accountability report. Shell update us on how shes kept the promises made during her transition to office in 20
Motion to approve the agenda for todays meeting . So moved second. Moved and second all in favor . Aye. May i have a motion to approve the Consent Agenda for today . So moved, moved and second, all in favor . Aye. Passed. Motion to approve the minutes for december 2 meeting. So moved second moved and second, all in favor . Aye. So moved. Forgive me, this is the first time in this chair so i have to turn the pages. This is opportunity for Public Comment. Do we have comment from the audience . Seeing none well move on to reports. First on the list is employee of the month. Department of aging and Adult Services recognized sue kirkland from Quality Assurance unit. [applause] i dont need to say anything because everyone knows how great sue is already, right . Because we have a lot of people from different programs here could people that are here to witness this please stand up, please. [applause] wanted everyone to stand up because i think one of the exciting things we are doing in dos now
Second. Moved and second all in favor . Aye. May i have a motion to approve the Consent Agenda for today . So moved, moved and second, all in favor . Aye. Passed. Motion to approve the minutes for december 2 meeting. So moved second moved and second, all in favor . Aye. So moved. Forgive me, this is the first time in this chair so i have to turn the pages. This is opportunity for Public Comment. Do we have comment from the audience . Seeing none well move on to reports. First on the list is employee of the month. Department of aging and Adult Services recognized sue kirkland from Quality Assurance unit. [applause] i dont need to say anything because everyone knows how great sue is already, right . Because we have a lot of people from different programs here could people that are here to witness this please stand up, please. [applause] wanted everyone to stand up because i think one of the exciting things we are doing in dos now is the craeckz of clinical and Quality Assurance and clini
Well, after such a great introduction, i cant wait to hear the speaker myself. [laughter] sometimes all these introductions can backfire. Recently, new York Magazine voted me as one of the 100 smartest people in new york city. [laughter] i thought, wow, what an honor. But in all fairness, in all fairness, i have to admit that madonna also made that same list. [laughter] and i understand that next year lady gaga is going to push me off the list entirely. [laughter] now today im going to the talk about the future, the future of the mind. And let me say that talking about the future is dangerous. Let me quote from that great philosopher of the western world, yogi berra [laughter] yogi berra once said, quote prediction is awfully hard to do, especially if its about the future. [laughter] well, im a physicist. We can predict the future of the universe billions of years into the future. So let me quote from that other great philosopher, woody allen. [laughter] he once said, quote eternity is