Located the heart of washington dc, Willard Hotel has been a witness to history for 200 years. Its guests haluded Abraham Lincoln, mark twain. World war two soldiers and t first japanese delegation the United States in 1861. Welcome to the willard. Im carr and i owns this wonderful asset and today youll hear a lot its rich history. Hello, marie carr. Welcome to the Willard Hotel, located in the heart of the city. Just two blocks away from the ite house. The willard is conveniently located to many of the citys notable attractions, including iconic monuments, memorials and museums on the national mall. Were very fortunate to have location and we can know wre thanks to captain john taylor. Captain john taylor was reputed to be one of virginias wealthiest plantation owners. He was a friend and supporter of to build the city of washington, d. C. Captain taylor acquired the land on 14th and pennsylvania avenue in 181he built six two story atc dwellings. Now, you might won this was a goestmt
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere
Bill i am bill spadea, this is chasing news. Bill are you in danger walking down new york city sidewalks . A sucksyearold girl struck in the head bay falling piece of wood, sent to the hospital. Nate rogers has the full story. Nate. Nate the family is certainly traumatized tonight. They are relief the little girl is still alive but they are also angry that certain measures were not in place to prevent this from happening am now take a look at this photo. I was picture too devastating for ann parent to digest. Her mom says it was terrifying experience. We were going to have a family day at the park. We ebbed up in the hospital. The accident happened in the familys panter building near 83rd street and 7 9 00 avenue. According to the department of buildings around 6 30 this morning. Work presser low erring this piece of plywood from a fourth floor fires scape. It hit eightyearold in the head as she was exiting the building. There is a bang that fell and the did kidd was screaming loud scr
I think the horrible attack in manchester reminded all of us why we have to do this. The president said that in remarks today. It just reminds us why we have to win this fight and we have to do it. We cant leave it for someone else to do. Maria very latest developments this morning. Airport lines may be getting longer. Transportation Security Administration testing procedures including separating all electronics and food. Obamacare on the brink. The Congressional Budget Office now with a score in the Gop Health Care bill say that will lower premiums than the deficit. This after another insurer said it will pull out of the exchanges next year. Weve got the latest. Earnings season wraps. If i had to be uanabout giving us the latest book. Overall earnings have been strong. Futures indicated they will open like this trademark is right now pretty strong opening this but we expect that 77point. Nasdaq, s p 500 also in the plus power. European indices. Take a look, higher across the board. Ca
Kidnapped and killing the stepd and pay jar storms hitting the east coast at this hour. Good evening. Great to have you with us on a shell out of washington. Tonight the shakeup at the white house. The chief of staff, Reince Priebus seenrce with the presid but by the end of the day, he would no longer have his job. In the pouring rain, the president answering questions. About the retired general about to arrivewing. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter tonight, standing in the pouring rain, President Trump announced Reince Priebus, his chief of staff is out. Replaced by Homeland Security secretary, general john kelly. Reince is a good man. John kelly will do a fantastic job. General kelly has been a star. Done an incredible job thus far. Respected by everybody. A great, great american. Reince priebus is a good man. Reporter priebus was on air force one with the president today, and so was his nemesis, the new Communications Director anthony scaram