Per hour. Back in ten minutes with more on the metro issue. Thanks. As melissa just mentioned happening right now, metro having some problems as it tries to roll out the newest 7000 rail car at the greenbelt metro station. We want to get to Meagan Fitzgerald with more on what happened before the rail cars get there. Whats the issue . Reporter well, a lot of folks are frustrated because theres an issue with the train that stalled on the tracks. Its monday morning, they were excited to ride on a brandnew 7000 series train. But if you take a look here, youll see thats not happening any time soon. Metro officials tell us that some sort of an issue with this train here. Not able to function properly so passengers had to get off and theyre certainly not happy about it. Now, it was around 5 35 when we noticed that the train was stalled. Passengers waited inside for a few minutes before metro employees told them they had to get off the train. Were told theres some sort of a mechanical issue th
Ten minutes. Well send it over to you. Im Nikki Burdine in laurel with a group of men who call themselves the 300 men march. They are walking from lawrm, maryland all the way laurel, maryland all the way down to d. C. Guys, can you tell me why youre out here walking this morning . Can you tell me why youre out here walking this morning . Were marching against the violence going on in baltimore city. Were not protesting. Were just a group of men who believe in our community and believe in the people. Thats why were out here. Were walking in d. C. To make a statement to let people know there are people actually out here who care about whats going on. Reporter when you get to d. C. , what are you going to do . Rest. Were just going to be welcomed by whoever is out there and let people know. We dont want to shout. We dont want anything. But we just want to bring awareness to whats going o300 men going on. 300 men march. Reporter these gentlemen have been walking since yesterday at about 6
Statement. Stop the violence. Thanks for joining us. Im nick giovanni. Topping our newscast, the 300 men march. A destination the destination . The national mall. Nikki burdine learned more about it when she went along for the walk this morning. Reporter theyre about to cross over into d. C. Which means todays journey is coming to an end. But the ultimate goal is to stop the violence, particularly the sirnlg of violence in surge of violence in baltimore and d. C. To accomplish that goal, they have a long way to go. The work to reduce violence is not going to be comfortable. Its not going to be convenient. Its not going to be a luxury activity but its something weve got to do. Reporter 35 miles in just over 20 hours and its not going to be easy but theyre not giving up. Their exhaustion is no match for their determination to make a difference. Take responsibility for your own comiewn tip. Step into these community. Step into these young folks lives and guide them away from a path report
850 formally submitted comments. In december of 2015, the working Group Released a comprehensive document. In october of last year we issued a legislative discussion draft. Soon after that we finalized four of our policy proposals in its 2017 medicare physician fee schedule rule, and twon provisions from our discussion draft where included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. In other words, sefrlt working groups policies have already been enacted and were working to get rest signed into law fully implemented. Toward that end, we introduce the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working groups proposals in april. The legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous organizations in the Healthcare Community. Today, is the latest step in our in our efforts. The next step will come later this week, as weve noticed a markup for thursday morning. I want to thank my collea
850 formally submitted comments. In december of 2015, the working Group Released a comprehensive document. In october of last year we issued a legislative discussion draft. Soon after that we finalized four of our policy proposals in its 2017 medicare physician fee schedule rule, and twon provisions from our discussion draft where included in the 21st century cures act which president obama signed into law this past december. In other words, sefrlt working groups policies have already been enacted and were working to get rest signed into law fully implemented. Toward that end, we introduce the latest version of the chronic care act, the bill that encompasses the working groups proposals in april. The legislation currently has 17 bipartisan cosponsors and has been endorsed by numerous organizations in the Healthcare Community. Today, is the latest step in our in our efforts. The next step will come later this week, as weve noticed a markup for thursday morning. I want to thank my collea