Federal Officials Say the Safety System could have prevented recent a real mans including amtrak trains the House Transportation Committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal Railroad Administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train control across United States and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the Railroad Industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implem
[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train control across United States and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the Railroad Industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implementation obstacles and that is the purpose today to hear the limitations status of ptc across United States i now welcome the Ranking Member for massachusetts to make the opening statement. I asked consent to include the staff. Without objection two a generally keep my opening remar
And 4 am for friday. And down to mammoths and how to northeast california. Be advised, that the snow will come down. And mostly clear. And, noticeably colder than 24 hours ago. 36 palo alto, berkeley down to 41. And, temperatures to the north are in the middle 30s. And, 38 mill valley. In these are down about 10 almost from yesterday. Southern california, and arizona and new mexico. Parts of colorado all dealing with rain. So, the 101 content to the san joaquin valley, and you will hit some rain. And, 39 socal, 33 boulder creek, 42 santa clara keep latino. Cupertino. It will be a rain date friday with snow in the mountains. So get ready. Todays the day to go, if you can. You want to talk about san rafael . That has actually cleared up. We do have slow traffic. It is not completely light although it is getting there as we go to the bay bridge toll plaza i want to show you that traffic is going to be lighter. You can see the 880 ramp is doing okay. Not going to see any major problems com
Chevy malibu. Taken from the redwood estates. The men has crashed and ditched a white sedan and a minivan and a sharks jersey and green beanie and black and white sneakers and took a knife. The residents toll ktvu they are still too flustered to talk but from the encounter that investigators got their first good description of the suspect. A thin latino man in his 20s or 30s about 59 with groom facial hair. Authorities want people to be on the lookout for that malibu but they dont know how long he traveled. We have involved all agencies and the suspect is determined. You know he is willing to brave the elements and the terrain and so you know it is a challenge but it is a change we hope to meet and bring him into custody. Now authorities are not saying which department the Law Enforcement vehicle belonged to. Only that there was no Police Scanner and no weapons inside. Authorities on the lookout for this vehicle and for the Bank Robber Still at large. We will send it back to you. Ted a
Know how far he may have traveled. He has been willing to brave the elements and the terrain. And so it is a challenge but a challenge we hope to meet and bring him into custody. Residents are shaken and taking extra precautions until he is caught. I have no idea if he could still be. He could have been in the shed. I took my dog around the yard and through my house before i let my daughter go in the house. It is better to be home with my family than be at work and thinking about what could potentially happen. Again a Massive Police presence here in san jose. Right now as officers move in on the suspect. My colleague is headed to the scene and we will continue to update this story throughout the night. Reel send it back to you. This is developing and do we know anything about the scene, whether the suspect is in a house or a business or anything of that nature . We dont at this point. All we had heard is that they were able to track the Law Enforcement vehicle to what i think is a neig