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Marijuana. Good morning. Thank you for joining us for abc action news at 9 00. Happening now, people are demanding answers. An emergency meeting is underway as the Public Transportation commission faces questions about unfairly targeting Ride Sharing Companies like uber and lyft. Ryan smith joins us live from downtown tampa with the latest. Good morning, ryan. Reporter good morning. That emergency meeting beginning just moments ago. Inside this county building, we anticipate hearing from only commissioners but also the groups executive director now accused of working hard in hand with Taxi Companies on pushing out uber and lyft from hillsborough county. Ptc staff emails revealing the group paid taxi drivers to pose as travelers luring uber and lyft drivers to specific spots where ptc officers were waiting to fine them. Now accusations of the ptc colluding with the industry it the ticket trap sparked cause by lawmakers for an fdle investigation. A good alternate means of transportation.
Okay but heading into tonight, we start to see some accumulation but again, heavier accumulations close to pennsylvania line than what we see in cleveland and pointing to the west, you know what time it is time for traffic with patty. Absolutely thank you scott, good morning to everybody theha roadways doing okay, later volumes and we normally do as it is president s day, reports of another accident off the freeways east 55th and broadway. The other accidents today off the freeways so some of the side streets more slick and definitely the highways. The other accidents actually accident actually on the north marginal at 56. That is where we have a shot of it, the flashing lights up in the distance. That isi where the accident ms. Be off the roadways and not affecting along 90. This is a peek from west 25th, very little volume on this if you have to travel but watch some slick spots. Yvonne 60tcs minutes come, 471, northbound wayne and christie back to you guys. Topping the headlines Che
New stuff. Thats who we are. So hopefully in addition to being able to highlight the extraordinary work of extraordinary individuals that we are going to go out there and remind ourselves once again about why science and discovery and invention is so important. I hope all of you have a wonderful reception. I hear the food here is pretty good. [applause] [applause] millions of vehicles in the u. S. Were recalled because of defective airbags made by the takata corp. That were linked to at least five deaths. The Senate Commerce Committee Questioned takata officials and representatives of honda and chrysler about the recalls. Youll also hear from acting head of the national highway Traffic Safety of and the first witness of this hearing is a victim of the airbag defect. This is just under three hours. Good morning. May i ask everyone if they would take their seats. [inaudible conversations] good morning everyone. Senator thune and i have been looking forward to this. We want to thank the w
Russian president Vladimir Putin says he wants to impose tougher measures to counter religious extremism and prevent political upheaval. U. S. Republicans are promising to fight president obama with everything theyve got after he obama used his executive authority to push through major changes that would, among other things, protect more than 4. 5 Million People from being deported. Nhk worlds craig dale joins us with details. Reporter well, it was no secret this was coming. Obama has said again and again that the immigration system is broken and he has said that washington thats allowed the problem to fester for too long. Hes pointed out the republicans in the house have refused for more than 500 days to bring a Bipartisan Senate bill to a vote. So theres a part of what the president is doing. If youve been in america for more than five years, if you have children who are american citizens or are legal residents. If you register, pass a criminal background check, and youre willing to