Senate for pass. And over on the house side republicans to approve a bill to ban most abortions. Lawmakers will vote in the house on legislation allowing congress to review any nuclear deal. The senate has passed the bill and the president said he would sign it if there are no major changes added. In philadelphia investigators are still determining what caused amtrak train 188 to derail. The train had been traveling 106 Miles Per Hour and that part of the track had not been equipped with safety programs to limit train speed. Well begin this morning with a debate in washington on amtrak and whether or not the government should be increasing funding for the rail way. We want to get your thoughts on that this morning. If you live in the eastern part of the country dial in. Mountain pacific area and amtrak riders riders remember you can also join the conversation on twitter cspan wj and also spend an email journal. The phone lines are open so you can start dialling in. Well get your though
More children. People ask why the Utah Attorney general went to colombia. My reply number one, because such a High Percentage of those traveling abroad for sex parties are american. Some statistics suggest 80 or more of sex tourists may be american. Im embarrassed by that fact. That americans provide such demand. And i feel a responsible for remedy the scourge that my fellow countrymen have helped to create. Secondly, helping stop Human Trafficking no matter where it exists is vitally important. And to be clear, no state funds were used. I was not going down in my official capacity as the attorney general of utah in fact, nobody knew except for our closest Law Enforcement partners. Three, and i think this is critical to this discussion creating a firewall in countries like colombia and the many other countries that o. U. R. And other organizations like them have established to prevent future victor raxes from entering the shores of the United States and my state of utah. Through the co
Intimidated the community there. As we know on september the 12th, is which he shot one state trooper and killed another state trooper and he has been on the run ever since. They have been looking for him. They were not going to give up. This is a great afternoon for Law Enforcement officers, greta. And for the community. Indeed. And the capture that at least we are learning more details because this it has just recently broken. No shots were fired and taking him into custody which is always a good sign meaning that no Law Enforcement officer was hurt in the course of arresting him. It note worthy that while he is only accused of, this he has certainly not been convicted. The fact that he has been on the run since september 12th and he certainly there has certainly been a a lot of information people are looking for him certainly not a good sign for him and it certainly makes it look like the police have got their guy. They is have a cop killner cuss can today. I love when Police Office
attack at ft. riley kansas, eerily similar to the ft. hood massacre in texas. at about the same time he took to the internet to declare his jihadist acespirations and cheer the murder of americans in iraq. he spent time last year in a mental health facility, but he apparently did not give up on his dream to attack american soldiers on behalf of isis. this morning federal agents arrested him without incident in topeka. just about an hour and a half ago, the shocking details were given of the case. the criminal complaint today alleges that he has spent months developing and attempting to execute a plan that would result in his own death. it s alleged that he planned to pull the trigger of the explosives himself so he would die in the explosion. agents say booker s targets were soldiers at ft. riley, an army base near the college town of manhattan, kansas. the attack was imminent according to federal agents. they say booker had over a period of months acquired materials to m
it occurs to you. my mother used to call me the kalts names or dogs name. there were a lot of snouzers when i was growing up that were actually named gretchen. i always wanted to be a lawyer and i never quite got to law school, so that is a good thing for me to be called that. gretchen, it s likewise, i m flattered. we re going to start a new segment here where we may call it gretchen-greta. thanks for stopping by on the real story. beautiful or a burden? heavy snowfall in some unlikely places how people down south, they are coping with the cold and they re not used to it at all. plus no cable, no internet, no atm, vandaled now wanted after clipping a major fiber optic line, where the heck ask that happening? because any other day i would