100 behind the deal. No indications atu is different. So it seems maybe bart gave up more than it intended in negotiations the board president said they wont have agreed to it if they couldnt afford it. It took two strikes, marathon bargaining and behind the scenes maneuverings well probably never know about but there is a deal that should keep trains running for at least the next four years. Somehow, both sides seem satisfied we feel we bargained a real contract. The fact were being slammed from right, left on this. May mean we hit the right bag with it. Workers who have had had a raise for four years will get 15. 4 over four years. Theyll start contributing to passengerses, reaching 4 and Health Care Contributions will increase from 92 to 130 a month for all bart workers. Vesting period for Retiree Benefits increases from five years to 15. For bart, that longterm savings takes a sting out of failing to get some of the work rule changes it sought some work rule changes weve got dworg
Mr. President , and you are not in saudi arabia, you are in the United States of america, it is a democracy. I have a pretty good idea of the method of his madness and what he might do to undermine the constitution. Hes trying to have the constitution of the United States swallow clorox. That he is. And his apologists. Its really its fascinating really. You have a president doing what no president has ever done before, and you have his apologists say, at, i dont know, the washington journal editorial page this morning going those democrats are freaking out. Of course the president shouldnt do this. But the democrats are freaking out, theyre going crazy. This really hurts american democracy so he shouldnt do it. But those democrats. Willie, oh my god. Its like democrats talked about Herbert Hoover for 50 years after Herbert Hoover was president. Poor, poor Hillary Clinton. Long after we are gone the three remaining republicans who were elected to dog catcher in rural mississippi will be
Desperately needed vaccines into the arms of americans. Dr. Anthony fauci calling the administrations failure to reach its goal of 20 million vaccinations by today disappointing. Also breaking, im learning more than one republican senator is now likely to object to the Electoral College vote when congress meets to certify the results next week. A gop congressional aide telling cnn to expect at least a handful of senators to join the protest and it would be, quote a spectacle. They expect 140 gop lawmakers to object, joining whats sure to be a futile last ditch bid by the president s allies to overturn joe bidens win. Lets go to athena jones. Were heading into a new year with the pandemic raging and concerns about when we will get relief. Reporter hi, jim. Thats exactly right. The u. S. Has added more than 100,000 new Coronavirus Infections for 58 days in a row. 17 of those days, that number has been over 200,000. Wednesday, the u. S. Tallied nearly 230,000 new infections. These are ast
Shannon breaking tonight, problems already mounting for the incoming Biden Administration. A Migrant Caravan trying to force its way north encouraged by what its called inviting signals from president elect biden. Iran sentenced an iranian american businessman for ten years for spying without a trial, complicating mr. Biden support for renewing the iran nuclear deal. When he was Vice President , north Korea Tested Nuclear weapons, isis launched his reign of terror, trying to build bases, russia invaded the crimea, iranian prosecutors attacked american troops in iraq. President trump built a wall to reduce the flow illegal immigration, pushed bys i suspect. There are calls tonight for mr. Biden. Two days from now the inauguration will be held inside a military encampment essentially, reminiscent of baghdads green zone as democrats and some republicans think about removing President Trump from office after he is left potentially ensuring who could not run again. Part of a process of canc
Ceos of the banking industry. The secretary of treasury was kind enough to hold a briefing in march that was an eyeopener for the ceos in terms of the risks. Table the roundtable exposed the ceos in september. We are making a lot of progress in terms of pulling the industry together and making everyone aware and investing a lot of money on behalf of the industry to develop capabilities. Help fromsk for some the council, we need to continue as the risks are becoming more substantial everyday. We need help in terms of ensuring the private sector and key Government Agencies are really cooperating. We need to have more coordinated information coming from the intelligent intelligence toncies through treasury the industries to be able to effectively use and medicaid mitigate these efforts. When you help in declassifying information so that the information can be gotten to the banks. Points a very important that one when carried out will reduce that risk. We need support from the telecommunic