Bourg, strategic development, Wabtec Corporation. Chris matthews, assistant Vice President , Network Control systems, bnsf of railway, and jim derwinski, chief executive officer and executive director of metro. Todays hearing will evaluate progress in implementation positive train control, ptc, and examine potential challenges in meeting the final implementation deadline of december 31, 2020. As recent Committee Hearings have highlighted, ptc is an Important Technology that has the ability to prevent accidents, including overspeed derailments, such as the tragic derailment in dupont, washington in 2017, as well as preventing traintotrain collisions. Ptc enforcement and implementation act, passed by congress and signed into law by president obama in october 2015, required railroads to implement ptc by december 31, 2018, however it allowed a railroad to apply for an extension of up to 24 months if, and only if, a railroad met important milestones. I am pleased to say that under secretary
Expected to hear from rail representatives to prevent train accidents. Good afternoon. Today the committee gathers for a hearing to examine the next steps in positive train control implementation. Im glad to convene this hearing on this important issue with my friend and colleague Ranking Member senator cantwell. I want to thank our panel of witnesses for appearing. Mr. Ron batori, administrator of the railroad administration, susan, director of infrastructure, u. S. Government accountability office. Bob, Vice President of Strategic Development web tech corporation. Chris matthews assistant Vice President of Network Control systems. And jim, chief executive officer and executive director of metro. Todays hearing will evaluate progress, implementation of positive train control, ptc and examine the potential challenges in meeting the final implementation deadline of december 31st, 2020. As recent Committee Hearings have highlighted ptc is an Important Technology which has the ability to
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Is it only a matter of time before the chinese roll out the tanks . Are we witnessing tiananmen 2 . The national leyland, its been two weeks since anyones seen 18yearold Hannah Graham. Now police say the man they think kidnapped the uva sophomore may be linked to the death of another Virginia College student. Did police just catch a serial killer . Welcome to the lead. We are monitoring two major stories breaking across the globe right now. First, a potentially explosive situation as riot police take on thousands of protesters in the street in hong kong. A semiautonomous state where democracy advocates ditched classes to protest the chineses government to renege on a decadesold promise to allow free and Fair Elections in hong kong. Now protesters are scrubbing the burning sensations from their eyes after riot police showered them in teargas. Its getting ugly in hong kong and is guaranteed to get worse. The chinese have a history of violenting confronting those seeking basic human right
The arrest of a man suspected in the di appearance of a Virginia College student yields what police call a significant break in the killing of another young woman. Are police dealing with a serial killer . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Were following multiple breaking news stories right now. Isis forces are right now on the verge of capturing a key kurdish city in the northern part of syria just across the border from turkey. Were also looking into a brandnew report that the man who jumped the white house fence and made it inside the white house actually went much further into the president s home than previously known. Were covering all the breaking news with our reporters, our guests this hour, including state Department Deputy spokesperson marie harf. Lets go to brian todd first who has more on the white house intruder. Shocking on what were discovering. Reporter the white house intruder, Omar Gonzalez, made it much further into the white house than previously known.