It is sunday, january 10, and we are going to begin with your calls and comments and stories important to you. Open phones for the first half hour of todays washington journal. Then, we turn our attention to the Iowa Caucuses three weeks away and the New Hampshire primary just a month away. Four democrats, 2027488001 for republicans. Or independents, 2027488002 cspanwjd us a tweet or redoes on facebook. Jonathan martin is writing this morning, front page of the New York Times. I story about splits among classes in the Republican Party. It begins with these words. The Republican Party is facing a historic split over its fundamental principles and identity as its once powerful establishment grapples with an option of class tension, ethnic resentment and mistrust among working class conservatives who are demanding a president ial nominee who represent their interests. Are expressing a groan. Of the coming election could be shattering for the party or reshape it in ways that are unrecogniz
Polling that we are not there yet. Host j. Ann selzer earned her doctor on the next washington talk on president obamas executive action on gun. Ad Douglas Brinkley offers view on the final year of president s and what we can look for in president obamas finally year. Aboutryan bender talks the Logistics Agency that makes purchases for the defense department. As always, you cannot call in or make comments via facebook and twitter. Washington journal is live monday at 7 00 a. M. On cspan. Monday on the communicators, a discussion on how u. S. Media organizations are operating in todays it media environment and how it these agencies should retool to avoid propaganda by russia and others. Started 70ity is, we years ago as a radio enterprise. We still do some radio. Ability to shift radio and mobile and put Energy Behind it is still there. Than any different other company that has had to do the same things and has done a fantastic job. Mission, to shift resources, energy, focus, strategy t
On to vehicles with people trapped inside. At about 9 30 last night the freeway was shut in both directions near broadway in burlingame after a crane hit a electrical tower. An rubin reports. Reporter ann rubin reports. Reporter the transmission tower is being taken down. But work to replace the lines out here is far from over. At 2 30 a p. M. 30 p. M. Lanes reopened, 4 30 the other lanes reopened. Terrible. Reporter this was the scene after a construction crew accidentally toppled a transmission tower sending high voltage power lines on to the overpass pedestrian bridge and cars on highway 101 trapping the people inside for hours. This is a very complicated situation with very high voltage so we need to do everything right. Reporter pg e crews rushed in grounding the wires, isolating them and beginning repairs. [ sirens ] reporter chp was forced to do this shut down 101 completely. It was heavy traffic and once we shut down the freeway everything stopped and all the cars piled up. Rep
Patrolling the area for much of the day on friday that the following are of these images from Home Security system official man in the driveway of a home on bronson avenue not far from a hitandrun driver ditched his car in the months following the deadly accident we have blurred the mans face at the request of police were with daminozide and in the public before an arrest could jeopardize the investigation the victim in thursdays accident has been identified as 460 who lives nearby in was struck and killed on the sidewalk and bring many neighbors who say they have complained long and loud about the driver is going too fast here are run will part the vehicle despite the driver was reported stolen his maroon mitsubishi eclipse is not often in the official description their hunting based on a secure the images one of which showed the men walk away from the camera with a said he is wearing a dark shirt and red short they reiterated the call on friday for a hitandrun driver to turn himself
By a track geology vehicle like this one which checks for such defects on a routine basis. Somehow that routine information was deleted from an inspection report leaving the defect unrepaired. The internal review of the incident leaves some passengers worried about the safety of the system. It seems like its always human error. Its always somebody either asleep at the wheel or just plain not doing their job of. Reporter no one was injured during the derailment, but thousands of passengers were forced to get on buses during the morning rush with long delays. Its really concerning we still dont have a new chief after the lenfant thing how many months ago now and they cant even make up their mind what kind of leader they want to have. To me that speaks to a lot of problems. Reporter the man that deleted the information resigned and so did the supervisor. There could be further disciplinary action once the investigation is complete. Hank silverberg, wusa9. A former navy seal lost his life