Bussed to other stations. Kpix5 reporter jackie ward is live at the North Concord bart station and, jackie, how are passengers dealing with the delays today . Reporter monday mornings are tough enough, michelle, as bart delays on top of that, yeah, they are a little frustrated out here this morning and rightfully so because bart officials still dont have an answer as to why last weeks power surge happened so yet again east bay commuters are dealing with commute delays. Lets talk about where this is happening. We are focusing right now on two stations, the North Concord stop where we are this morning and pittsburg bay point. This is where services were stopped and budge bridge to shuttle commuters between the two stops. Bart says they have been testing the tracks for days now and yesterday after continuing to examine where the power surges happened bart still didnt have a reason for this disruption. So some morning commuters arent thrilled with the prolonged delays and lack of answers.
The road. It only funds dhs for one week. Things have been moving fast all night. We have Live Team Coverage on the impasse. Jackie will join us to break down what it all means for federal workers. Steve handelsman with the late night maneuvering on capitol hill. Reporter the senate okayed one week of dhs funding by voice vote. Ayes appear to have it. Reporter it avoids furloughs for 30,000 dhs workers like most at the National Cyber security center. And avoids tsa workers and coast guard, 200,000 essential dhs employees, having to work without a paycheck. But House Speaker john boehner had a bad day pushing for three weeks of funding without defunding president obamas executive order on immigration that conservatives hate. That took the power of congress away from us. Reporter and 51 House Republicans said no to the boehner plan to send a message. You cant keep bypassing the constitution and bypassing congress. Reporter president obama gathered his dhs team tonight and urged congress
Now. 30 Miles Per Hour as youre approaching the bridge. Elsewhere, 395 after seminary road volume building in this area but no lane closures and looking good as your traveling towards the Fourth Street bridge. Southbound on i270 at falls road no delays there. A Traffic Alert to tell but. Right now, the right lanes in each direction on the arlington Memorial Bridge are closed. There are also new weight and pedestrian restrictions. Megan is live on the d. C. Side of the bridge with why these lane closures are happening timeline from september to july. Once the work begins it will take six to nine months to complete but the bottom line here is weve lost two lanes on the Memorial Bridge one in each direction. You can bet thats going to cause major problems. Back to you in the studio. Megan mcgrath live for us on the Memorial Bridge thank you. D. C. s delegates are call for more money to make sure the roads you drive are safe. They say the latest closures are the latest evidence of federal
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