Counting . Metros g. M. Discusses metros uncertain future and his own. After a scathing report from the feds, metro is facing new questions about its safety and re reliabili reliability, and the g. M. Is admitting his Maintenance Plan is going to greatly disrupt travel in the region. Adam goes on the record with paul wiedefeld. That unbelievable sight of an ploegs and fire at the station last thursday. Metros leader now admits it may not have properly been addressed by his staff. So the pages im getting, its an insulator. But then it was kind of a missed diagnose by your it gets back to how the culture of the agency is. So when you see Something Like that somewhere in the agency that people arent reacting a certain way. It took hours to close the station after that event. Should something have happened earlier . Something earlier . Most likely. So youre saying you should have done something earlier on thursday . Most likely to find out what was going on with that. What needs to happen
Metro Transit Police released a picture of a person of interest. The victim was waiting in a bus bay area early this morning when someone stabbed him. He is expected to be okay. And federal Transit Administration is coming down hard on metro for its handling of thursday mornings fire at the Federal Center southwest station. Theyre calling on metro to make immediate decisions based on safety and not passenger convenience. The fta also wants metro to slow trains down and shorten trains to reduce the third rail fire risk. Metro also must conduct a safety standdown essentially retraining all of its employees on safety procedure. That includes running safety drills to make sure workers are prepared for an emergency. This about ten minutes, well sit town with Paul Wiedefeld to talk about all of these issues. This morning Prince Georges County police are invest a murder in lanham. Last night they were called to a home on Greenfield Drive to investigate an assaults. When they arrived, they fou
That is a tremendous legacy and a tremendous gift to the state that he was so proud to represent for many years and still cares so deeply about. Senator collins, thank you very much. Thank you. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2014] responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is [applause] thank you very much. My colleagues in the senate, distinguished guests. We are delighted to have you back in this beautiful chamber the old Senate Chamber. We have meetings here occasionally, but they are always impressive and memorable when we do come to this chamber to have meetings or hear speeches. I know that is certainly going to be the case tonight. It is my pleasure to welcome you, both our guest and national viewing audience to the fifth presentation in the Senate Leaders lecture series. When we launched this effort two years ago, there were high expectations, because we are were all
George mitchell will be remembered as one of the senates great majority leaders. He was a person who knew that to be effective he had to work closely with the republican leader, and he did so. But in maine, he will most be remembered for his wonderful Scholarship Program that is truly has legacy and reflexes believe, his lifelong belief and education. Education is what allowed George Mitchell to succeed, to go so far in life. It is a tremendous gift that he is given to the people of maine through his scholars program. That Program Awards a scholarship and mentoring help to a student from each one of maines high schools. That is a tremendous legacy and a tremendous gift to the state that he was so proud to represent for many years and still cares so deeply about. Senator collins, thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much, my colleagues in the senate and distinguished guest. Were delighted to have you back in this beautiful chamber, the old Senate Chamber. We have me
George mitchell will be remembered as one of the senates great majority leaders. He was a person who knew that to be effective he had to work closely with the republican leader, and he did so. But in maine, he will most be remembered for his wonderful Scholarship Program that is truly has legacy and reflexes believe, his lifelong belief, and education. Education is what allowed George Mitchell to succeed. To go so far in life. It is a tremendous gift that he is given to the people of maine through his scholars program. That Program Awards a scholarship and mentoring help to a student from each one of maines high schools. That is a tremendous legacy and a tremendous gift to the state that he was so proud to represent for many years and still cares so deeply about. Senator collins, thank you very much. Thank you. [applause] thank you very much. My colleagues in the senate, distinguished guests. We are delighted to have you back in this beautiful chamber the old Senate Chamber. We have me