quality of life return. one of the things and you probably don t want to hear the word lobbyist, you accept this and you are here in washington to lobby members of congress to get this done. you go in and say guys, can you get us past this trans30er9ation bill whether it s a republican member, what do you hear? is explain ing why they can t get this done? i hear the same clutter you hear. when you come back, it s frustrating for mayors. they are used to talking about problems. when you talk at the city level. no doubt they come up in the discussion. it is frustrating for us when you come back, what you get.
scott smith. the current president of the u.s. conference of mayors. thanks for coming on. thanks if are having me. what s interesting is the change in tone from before, but specifically mayors. 2011 and 2012. you guys would come in and say washington, you have to fix this. now i get the sense from a lot of mayors, democrats and republicans. i can t rely on washington anymore. we can t. what they decided side that they will do things. mayors are doers. if you don t, you get that offense. we re run into constituents and we have to pick up the trash on thursday. we can t sit there and wait. you have funding issues you need. we do. transportation issues and you have nothing from them right now. we have virtually nothing.
the elevator when the explosion knocked him off the edge. investigators still trying to determine the cause. how about this? a massachusetts family shaken up but okay after a bus crashes into the kitchen of their home. the impact knocked that house seven feet off of its foundation. wow. the bus driver was seriously injured in the accident. he was trapped for more than an hour. police in auburn speculate he may have had a medical problem which caused him to lose control of the bus. and it wasn t the greatest start to what was supposed to be a flight from reagan national airport outside washington to minneapolis. the delta jet veered off the runway and got stuck in a foot of mud. 160 passengers were safely taken off the plane. buses then took them back to the tell nal and another flight where they were able to board hours later. a major thunderstorm in central new hampshire sparked a lightning strike on a boy scout camp, sending two dozen scouts to the hospital. no one was hit
snowden was on the move. then he will be given free passage, okay? uninterrupted passage via the airport to any other place of his choice. reporter: snowden was able to fly out of hong kong for moscow though his passport had been revoked by the u.s. the day before. officials in hong kong say washington failed to revoke snowden s passport in time coming eight days after criminal charges were filed. at the white house, press secretary jay carney said the u.s. is not buying that excuse. brian ross, abc news, new york. more witnesses expected to testify this morning after explosive opening statements in the george zimmerman trial. the former neighborhood watch volunteer is accused of shooting unarmed teenager trayvon martin in sanford, florida. the first words jurors heard from the prosecutor were quoting zimmerman s call to 911. [ bleep ] punks, these [ bleep ] they always get away. those were the words in that grown man s mouth. as he followed in the dark a
elevator when the explosion knocked him off the edge. investigators still trying to determine the cause. how about this? a massachusetts family shaken up but okay after a bus crashes into the kitchen of their home. the impact knowledged that house seven feet off its foundation. the bus driver was seriously injured in the accident. he was trapped for more than an hour. police in auburn speculate he may have had a medical problem which caused him to lose control of the bus. and it wasn t the greatest start from a flight that was supposed to be from reagan national airport outside washington to minneapolis. the delta jet veered off the runway and got stuck in a foot of mud. 160 passengers were safely taken off the plane. buses took them to a terminal. and another flight where they were able to board hours later. a major thunderstorm in central new hampshire sparked a lightning strike on a boy scout camp, sending two dozen scouts to the hospital.