Mediator around 10 30. Negotiations are continuing. The parties are totally engage engageed. Some progress has been made. He also announced there would not be a strike today so the trains will keep rolling. He did not set a new strike dead line. He did not say how long the bargaining session would last but it now is at the 19 the hour so it is the longest session we have seen. Thanks, amy. Right now we will check with leyla gulen and talking about bart trains. Are they on time . They are all on time and we have 38 trains rolling. Folks are grabbing the trains and headed to work. As we look behind me, lots of green but that does mean we are at top speeds most everywhere with no crashes. We have construction northbound 280 from 380 so watch out for that as you make the commute out of san bruno and toward daly city and San Francisco all moving along fine at top speeds. Trace to dublin is under half an hour to head over the Altamont Pass and into dublin and along highway 4, still clear, fr
We have figures of the fire and that how we begin thursday at 6 00. Thanks for joining us. You probably figured out the multicasualty events means many injuries but we do not know how many. Right now bart and the unions remain in Oakland Office building trying to hammer out a deal and they have been there 20 hours. It is offering home an agreement could be within reap. Amy hollyfield joins us from oakland. Amy . If you are just waking up and feeling sleepy, wait until they hear this, they cannot be so tires at the northbound airport inside the building behind me they have been at it since 10 00 yesterday afternoon they pulled an all nighter like being in school again. Negotiators step outside each morning for a break but for the most part they are holed up in the budget aning room. There is a gag order. We got this from the federal mediator at 10 30 last night. Negotiations have been continuing. The parties are totally engaged. Some progress has been made. He did not say were but it do
Biblical blockbusters are a huge box office. Why is the new film about noah and his ark causing the faithful to abandon ship . Troubled waters for one of hollywoods biggest bets, right now. And good morning, america. Robin on assignment today. Welcome back to Elizabeth Vargas. And welcome back to the government. The shutdown finally over. Federal employees back on the job today after 16 days. Thats right. Youre looking at Johnson Space center in houston. And in just a moment, theres also the world war ii memorial in washington, d. C. The sight of so many protests during the 16day standoff. And theres capitol hill, also back in business after that dramatic, latenight deal. Right up to midnight. And Prince William on the job today. First fulltime gig as a royal. Standing in for the queen. He gave out some knighthoods today. Andy murray got to order the british empire. And were going to get into that in a little bit. Lets get to the latest on the lastminute budget deal. Were going to talk
Silicon valley. Now, those who live there say theyre trying to change the image of that encampment on their own. Damian joins us live from the jungle and you got a close, firsthand look at the clean up plan, but a lot of people say just a bad idea to begin with. Yeah, beginning with the the jungle, there are about 200 Homeless People living here. Its next door to Happy Hollow Park and zoo. There is that effort to clean up the jungle, not from the city, but from the homeless themselves. Hi, guys. How are you doing today . Theyve been walking into the jungle for months. Angie and david of the Care Outreach Program have made friends along the way. Friends like giggle. How long have you been here total . 15 years. Oh, yeah, this jungle. Giggles has been homeless on and off since she was 18. The main thing giggles wants is to stop being homeless, but until that happens, what she wants is a much cleaner jungle. You dont want it to look like this. No, because it gives us a bad name and we are
October 17th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today, im savannah guthrie. Im matt lauer. I love to paddle board. My whole body freezes up when ipad l over a jellyfish. Can you imagine what you would feel. Meantime, we show you a live shot from washington. Here is something we havent seen. Federal workers coming out of the metro center, returning to work. 400,000 of them will now that the shutdown is over. At least one guy. Last night, after midnight, now, obviously, this cost so much money. We have 400,000 people going back. National parks going to open up again. Some will take longer than others. This has been a huge political fight, what its cost the u. S. Economy. Experts say it is in the billions. The reopening of the government is the top story. Lets get to Peter Alexander, good morning to you. Reporter savannah, good morning to you. The countdown clock is finally off the screen. This is the message sent o