Now so were part of the reverse commute that i think would help even things out. Reporter we asked mayor london breed what she thought of barts idea. The right thing to do is to invest in our Transportation System, to make our infrastructure and Transportation System safer and more efficient. Reporter riders had questions about cutting travel time. Help those that are going from a direct line, from one end to the other without having to get caught up in the excessive stops. No, i dont think so. You might consider it if there was a second transbay crossing. Reporter one of the major questions thauds on twitter was weight times. This one coming from jeff saying, bart, what is the time line to get 12minute headway . Were having 20minute weight times late at night and weekends. That does deter ridership. With the new trains were going to have a much more robust fleet. Reporter as you can see from one of barts tweets, they are still celebrating their new money from the federal transportatio
Iranian house has increased to half a billion tomans. And the second meeting of the Supreme Energy council was held with the presence of the president. Improving fuel consumption in the country is one of the axes of this sector. Energy and optimization of fuel consumption are the main agenda of the Supreme Energy council , an issue that, according to the president , is talked about a lot. Practical action in this regard. Less context it has been done. This is the second meeting of the Supreme Energy council , which is held with the presence of the president. On this day , we can explain about one billion cubic meters of gas, we can distribute more than one billion kilowatthours of electricity , we can distribute more than, for example, 200 million liters of diesel and gasoline. Let us explain that this is really honorable, but unfortunately, in terms of absolute Energy Consumption, the performance is not good and rather very bad, unless the institutions and the use of incentive policie
president biden looking for a gas tax holiday but will it pass? the senate passing the first gun legislation in years as frustration grows in uvalde. that s what we re watching this hour. we begin with the house insurrection committee revealing new evidence of donald trump s personal involvement in a coordinated effort to target and intimidate state election officials. the committee highlighting the courage of the people who refuse to be intimidated, who continue to do their jobs and to stand up to those efforts. the committee used the fourth public hearing to highlight just how severe the threats to our democracy is. that threat that was faced in the days and weeks after the 2020 election, as the former president and his aides promoted the big lie to put forward slates of fake electors in key battleground states. we also learned in the hearings that trump s personal attorney rudy giuliani admitted they have no evidence of fraud to back up these dangerous claims, and the pl
Workers are determined these new green jobs wont be worse jobs, as the bbc s north America Business correspondent Michelle Fleury found out when she visited lordstown, ohio. Stretching across 64 acres. Altium sells a Battery Factory in lordstown, ohio, is far from the picket line. But this site, a partnership between car maker General Motors and korean battery supplier lg, is at the forefront of the United Auto Workers fight to protect workers through the move to electric cars. Connie ziegler is a Maintenance Technician here at the only american Battery Plant to be represented by a union. Seeing those machines move and make a cell. I was like a kid in a candy store. I was so excited. She loves herjob, but says shes had to fight for pay and benefits. Battery plant workers earn a fraction of what traditional auto workers make. We want that job security. We want that, the fair, fair wages. 16 an hour is not fair. 18 an hour was not fair. You know, and we want the safety. Safety was not th
all right. andy scholes, thank you very much. great to see you. thanks for joining us. i m kasie e hunt. don t go a anywhere. cnn this s morning s starts r now. good morning, everyone. we re glad you re starting your day with us. here are five things to know. president biden and xi jinping easing tensions a bit after their high-stakes face to face summit. the leaders both greeting to reopening some military communications. and president biden signaling new hope for what could be an eminent hostage deal at a news conference last night. he s been deeply involved in the negotiations and is mildly hopeful. also a pro palestinian protest turns violent in washington, d.c. we re told six capitol police officers were injured and several arrests were made. congress has averted a government shutdown. the senate passing a short-term fund ing bill last night. president biden expected to sign it before friday s headline. and thousands of workers set to walk off the job today