That are well on their way to becoming the deadliest in california history. Palestinian group hamas says it has reached a deal with its more moderate rival, flattop fatah. That would put an end to the decadelong split over gaza. Soon to go forfree. More on that in our business update. Actressesore unleashing accusations of Sexual Misconduct against Harvey Weinstein. First, our top stories, live from paris. Genie today is Spains National holiday, but it comes at a time when National Unity is a big question in spain. The Prime Minister has given the Regional Government in catalonia eight days to drop its bid for independence. If it does not, the National Government says it would take away catalonias autonomy, and rule thehe region itself. That comes after catalan president carlos preached among puigdemont p preached independence. The crisis has push more people into the streets of madrid for this national day. Normamally, there i ia military p procession attendedy families that would lik
Chris pabst spoke to the man filing that suit. Chris is live at the metro headquarters in northwest washington. Chris, as you reported yesterday, these claims could cost metro millions of dollars. Well absolutely. These lawsuits are soon to start piling up. Today, we learned that the first lawsuit will officially be filed tomorrow. And then just a minutes ago, abc 7 learned that six more of those passengers have already signed on with that same law firm with the man who is filing tomorrow. Now, speaking of that man he said today that he thought that he was going to die on that train when it started filling with smoke. So much in fact that he wrote a text to his mother and to his two kids saying goodbye. I just didnt see any way that we were going to get out of there because the smoke was encapsulating and all you could see out the window is darkness. At about 3 30 monday afternoon, while stuck inside a smokefilled metro train near the Lenfant Plaza station, malbert rich thought his lif
Snack . No. Did the sponsor consider as the potential state snack, raisins. Did the sponsor consider perhaps pres els as the official state snack . Never. Never i never did and i never shall what if the pretzel was dipped in yogurt, would that been could we consider that would be two in one. Oh, my god. This guy is batman. What say you, senator hasselhoff . Yogurt would be the state
snack. The pretzel would not. The pretzel if so dipped would be the yogurt delivery method for which designation i refer you to the subcommittee on snack transportation. Good morning. It is friday. Can you finally believe it . Its the day before mothers day weekend, you guys. Just remember. Friday, may 9th. On set donnie deutsch, mark heilemann, Mike Barnicle, and npr Senior Analyst coky roberts. And the former director of the cia, retired general michael hayden. So joe, a great group this morning. And you have a great weekend mothers day for you. Your mothers coming up to spend time with you. I know youre
Work agent the airport. And workers stood in line for groceries. Im with the department of commerce. Four weeks, no check. I think i cry every day. This morning i prayed for compassion, that there would be some compassion from the federal government, the politicians, have some compassion for us. Send us back to work. My colleague jeff bennett is at the white house. Leanne caldwell is with us. And jeff, let me start with you. This offer the president made over the weekend, its going nowhere on the left and its going nowhere on the right either. Hes getting fire from both sides. Youre right about that. And good morning from a blustery north lawn. What the president s offer to end this stalemate is aimed at peeling off moderate democrats and shifting the blame to democrats since polls show the majority of americans blame him for what is now a 31day stalemate. The deal the president is putting on the table calls for this. He says he wants the 5. 7 million for the long promised border wall.