[gavel sounds] sen. Wicker this full Committee Nomination will come to order. Order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General of transportation oversees audits of the d. O. T. s programs with the end goal of ensuring our national frppings system is safe, efficient and effective for the american people. Eric soskin has been nominated for this Important Role. Hes a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he has served since 2006. During his tenure at the justice department, he hasing mored complex litigation an was chose fn a detail
This full Committee Nomination will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General of transportation oversees audits of the d. O. T. s programs with the end goal of ensuring our national frppings system is safe, efficient and effective for the american people. Eric soskin has been nominated for this Important Role. Hes a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he has served since 2006. During his tenure at the justice department, he hasing mored complex litigation an was chose fn a detailed assignment as policy counsel in
This full Committee Nomination will come to order. This morning the committee will consider four nominations to key transportation positions. The nominees before us today are eric soskin, nominee for Inspector General for dp of transportation. Robert pmbing rimus, nominated to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Sara feinberg, nominated to be a director of the amtrak board of directors. And chris coose, nominated to be a director on the amtrak board of directors. The Inspector General of transportation oversees audits of the d. O. T. s programs with the end goal of ensuring our national frppings system is safe, efficient and effective for the american people. Eric soskin has been nominated for this Important Role. Hes a senior trial counsel in the federal Programs Branch at the u. S. Department of justice where he has served since 2006. During his tenure at the justice department, he hasing mored complex litigation an was chose fn a detailed assignment as policy counsel in
Make sure that this didnt happen to anybody else. Those stories, plus new concerns over tamiflu, a growing shortage of the drug used to treat that virus, despite reports of serious side effects. Is mel gibson planning a sequel to his most controversial and successful movie ever . Poli. A british official stuns colleagues after showing up just one minute late for work and does this. And therefore i should be offering my resignation. What happened next . Today, thursday, february 1st, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And welcome to today, thanks for joining us on this very 1st day of february. I love that british politician. One minute late for work and he offers his resignation. You know, its 7 01 right now. By his standard, were outta here. Well get to the top story, the deepening rift between President Trump and the fbi over the potential release of a classified memo tied to the russia investiga
We begin with breaking news in the federal corruption trial of Six Federal Police officers. All of them were found not guilty on all s. The officers were members of an elite squad. Prosecutors said they beat suspects and they faced additional charges as well. Again a federal jury acquitted all six of them within the last hour, vernon odom is at the courthouse and will have more in a live report coming up on action news at 12 30. Now to the amtrak tragedy in Port Richmond and a quest to find out why the train was going so fast. Mayor Michael Nutter is set to give an update. In the meantime the ntsb is back at the crash site and they are combing for evidence and removing the wrecked cars trying to open one of the busiest rail corridors in the country. Katherine scott is live with the latest now. Reporter we have an update abc learned there was an eighth fatality in this crash that should start within the next several minutes, meanwhile work continues today and federal investigators are t