And caught fire. The handrails line the steps at stations. Underunderneath the handrails lights are built in to light the steps in the dark. A couple of those handrail lights overheated and caught fire. No one was hurt. The root cause of the fires has still not been identified. So now all of the lights in these handrails are off and riders are left shaking their heads. I mean it does surprise me its starting on fire but this being a new station you kind of surprised when stuff is breaking already. But a handrail starting on fire was not really in the things you thought would occur. Reporter now, this is an important point to remember here. Metro didnt build the silver line. The metropolitan Washington Airports Authority did. Metro says its going to hold them and their contractors responsible for this work. Coming up at 6 00 why metro is now calling this problem with the handrails a systemic problem. Back to you, jim. Firefighters are still searching for the cause of an Early Morning fi
Valley . First, check of the top headlines turkeys twitter crackdown is over for a while. The court ruled the ban violated freedom of expression. The news comes after the prime ministers party won elections after a corruption investigation. 90 of media is selling its initial investment in barnes itsble and will abandon seat at barnes noble. Apple says its annual Worldwide Development conference will take place in june. Ticketing will not be firstcome first serve. Developers will have to read will have to enter a random drawing. First to the lead story of the day the debate over income inequality in San Francisco and beyond is showing no sign of letting up from protest over of affordablelack housing, inequality has become huge issue. So what is the tech industrys role in finding a solution . Cory johnson is here with me also one of our tech editors joins us from the newsroom. Know, what is going on with the twitter protests coming up on april 15 . Why are they doing this . Thatitter has
Independents 202 5853882 en. Send us a tweet. You can go to facebook. Com. The headline on the Washington Post abc news polls is that the economic political discontent makes for midterm double punch. The discontent is the latest from this poll, saying that its palpable, despite its gains seven in ten americans rate the nations economy negatively. And just 28 say its getting better. In a new result 68 say the country is seriously off on the wrong track. Well turn to our view this morning, is the economy impacting your vote . The september job numbers were good for the administration. The Unemployment Rates fell to 5. 9 . Job growth has been on the rise consistently over the months. Yet seven in ten of you, according to this poll, give the economy negative ratings. We shared with you yesterday this latest gallup poll showing that ebola has debuted on americans list of top u. S. Problems but still falls behind the economy, which ranks number one, 17 in the gallup poll said the economy is
Brian with bank of america . Do you still see good positions or have stocks just moved too far sfp. Theyve moved a long way. They were very cheap five years ago. And redeck yulsly cheap. Thats been corrected. Theyre probably more or less fairly priced now. I mean, we dont find bargains around, but we dont think things are way overvalued, either. Were having a hard time finding things to buy. Well have more of ourcation with buffett and bank of americas Ceo Brian Moynihan in just a few minutes. Meantime, carl icahn singing a similar tune. He argued that the market is fairly valued, but still sees apple as a buying opportunity. I think that right mow the market is giving you a full picture. The market tells you youre doing well, but i dont think a lot of companies are doing that well. They are taking advantage of very low Interest Rates. So, obviously, you dont have to be a financial genius to understand if i can borrow at 3 or 4 and buy assets, maybe my own stock, thats yielding 9 or 10
Captioning sponsored by Macneil Lehrer productions woodruff on the anniversary of a mass shooting in arizona, and in the aftermath of the Newtown School massacre, anti gun advocates today ramped up their campaign. Good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen ifill. On the newshour tonight, we look at the drumbeat for action, and get an update on the second day of hearings for the suspect in the colorado theater shootings. Woodruff then we examine the investigation into the 9 11 attacks on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi, libya, when four americans were killed, as the sole suspect in custody is released. Ifill Spencer Michels reports on the boom in online teaching and its impact on traditional liberal Arts Education. Woodruff ray suarez looks into chinas current crackdown on the internet and on its own news media, which is drawing protests. Ifill and we remember Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Richard Ben Cramer, whose work spanned president ial politics and the lives of superstar