quits all together effective immediately. a congressman released a statement saying that recent, quote, indignities and deceit have weighed most heavily upon my family, end quote. he also encouraged michigan officials to continue their investigation into those signature irregular glats. ig regulators. the. california state senate has approved a multi-million-dollar plan to fund the nation s first high speed rail system. the bill would connect los angeles to san francisco. now, you may have known critics are calling this rail line a waste of money. especially in the tough economy. but supporters claim the state badly needs the infrastructure project. the bill now heads to democratic governor jerry brown for approval. we will let you know what happens with this. well, police in great britain report they have arrested seven men on terror related charges in northern england. the announcement comes just a day after in london yesterday they arrested six other terror
construction and simply upgrading many portions of the existing system. we talk about how the high speed rail system is a step to energy independence. but what we have here may be the opposite of hot spotting, but cold spotting. identifying the wrong priorities to solve a problem. the train would begin in mer set where there are few people. why would you do that? not in the population centers of sacramento or here in a place like san jose. that just the beginning of the debate. joining us is mike setty from public transit and california state senator joe samitian who says the rail project needs to be revisited. senator, it s a great idea to connect california in three hours. but it would seem that both the costs and the goals are either not focused or changing.
job. kurt pringle is the former chairman of the callal high speed rail authority the organization charged with developing the state s high speed rail system. he says every job is a green job because once the high speed rail is up and running, co2 emissions will drop by as much as 12 blol poun billion pounds per year. that assumes 117 million people a year will ride california s high speed trains. that s about 40 times more than the number of riders on amtrak high speed which runs from boston to new york to washington, d.c. a more densely populated corridor. you can t find any credible economist that isn t being paid for by one side or the other who will show you how this will work. not one? not one. a trio of gop governors scott walker of wisconsin, john kasich of ohio and rick scott of
job. kurt pringle is the former chairman of the callal high speed rail authority the organization charged with developing the state s high speed rail system. he says every job is a green job because once the high speed rail is up and running, co2 emissions will drop by as much as 12 blol poun billion pounds per year. that assumes 117 million people a year will ride california s high speed trains. that s about 40 times more than the number of riders on amtrak high speed which runs from boston to new york to washington, d.c. a more densely populated corridor. you can t find any credible economist that isn t being paid for by one side or the other who will show you how this will work. not one? not one. a trio of gop governors scott walker of wisconsin, john kasich of ohio and rick scott of
job. kurt pringle is the former chairman of the callal high speed rail authority the organization charged with developing the state s high speed rail system. he says every job is a green job because once the high speed rail is up and running, co2 emissions will drop by as much as 12 blol poun billion pounds per year. that assumes 117 million people a year will ride california s high speed trains. that s about 40 times more than the number of riders on amtrak high speed which runs from boston to new york to washington, d.c. a more densely populated corridor. you can t find any credible economist that isn t being paid for by one side or the other who will show you how this will work. not one? not one. a trio of gop governors scott walker of wisconsin, john kasich of ohio and rick scott of