Bourg, strategic development, Wabtec Corporation. Chris matthews, assistant Vice President , Network Control systems, bnsf of railway, and jim derwinski, chief executive officer and executive director of metro. Todays hearing will evaluate progress in implementation positive train control, ptc, and examine potential challenges in meeting the final implementation deadline of december 31, 2020. As recent Committee Hearings have highlighted, ptc is an Important Technology that has the ability to prevent accidents, including overspeed derailments, such as the tragic derailment in dupont, washington in 2017, as well as preventing traintotrain collisions. Ptc enforcement and implementation act, passed by congress and signed into law by president obama in october 2015, required railroads to implement ptc by december 31, 2018, however it allowed a railroad to apply for an extension of up to 24 months if, and only if, a railroad met important milestones. I am pleased to say that under secretary
Expected to hear from rail representatives to prevent train accidents. Good afternoon. Today the committee gathers for a hearing to examine the next steps in positive train control implementation. Im glad to convene this hearing on this important issue with my friend and colleague Ranking Member senator cantwell. I want to thank our panel of witnesses for appearing. Mr. Ron batori, administrator of the railroad administration, susan, director of infrastructure, u. S. Government accountability office. Bob, Vice President of Strategic Development web tech corporation. Chris matthews assistant Vice President of Network Control systems. And jim, chief executive officer and executive director of metro. Todays hearing will evaluate progress, implementation of positive train control, ptc and examine the potential challenges in meeting the final implementation deadline of december 31st, 2020. As recent Committee Hearings have highlighted ptc is an Important Technology which has the ability to
effect at midnight. the president s tight new restrictions limiting the number of asylum seekers, allowing him to temporarily close the border when the daily average goes above more than 2,500 in between legal ports of entry. also developing tonight, those cell phone outages reported across the u.s. millions of at&t customers saying they cannot make calls to phones on other networks. erielle reshef with what we know so far. the life-threatening heat wave tonight. this early in the season. multiple states from california to texas. triple-digit temperatures and a new round of severe storms possible, including tornadoes from mississippi to minnesota. ginger zee has the forecast. in new york city, two young girls shot and wounded on a playground, just 9 and 11 years old. on capitol hill, the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminding lawmakers they had no role in donald trump s convict
effect at midnight. the president s tight new restrictions limiting the number of asylum seekers, allowing him to temporarily close the border when the daily average goes above more than 2,500 in between legal ports of entry. also developing tonight, those cell phone outages reported across the u.s. millions of at&t customers saying they cannot make calls to phones on other networks. erielle reshef with what we know so far. the life-threatening heat wave tonight. multiple states from california to texas. triple different temperature us, and a new round of severe storms possible, including tornadoes from mississippi to minnesota. ginger zee has the forecast. in new york city, two young girls shot and wounded on a playground, just 9 and 11 years old. on capitol hill, the combative hearing. attorney general merrick garland defending the justice department from allegations of political bias, reminder lawmakers they had no role in donald trump s conviction in new york. t
Im still checking whether or not its quake related. Kit do kpix live. I didnt feel it, roberta felt it. You felt it right . I did not feel the earthquake. The last time we had anything sizeable for an earthquake was in 1868, it was called the great San Francisco earthquake until we got the big one in 1906. Everyone has been waiting for this one to go. Everyone knew what had happened this morning and exactly what it was. Were sitting right on that fault in pleasanton. Im glad it was small, though. A 4. 2. Okay you refer to that as small. No damage done, but it was a sizeable one. Maybe this will wake you up, if you didnt wake up because of that quake. We have a return of the marine layer especially for people in the east bay. Temperatures sorted to soared to the mid90s. Temperatures are in the upper 50s. We had record minimum temperatures, we dropped only into the 70 the. 64 to pacifica to 87 degrees in fairfield. Lets say good morning to lose lose. Good morning, everybody. Bart would b