Are being proposed for sacramento are very well intended. But there are a lot of it very focused on homeless folks and folks who are below the poverty level. Reporter the rich can afford the houses. Mmhm. Reporter we know the poor are going to be helped by these. What does all this do this for the middle . Make it faster to build housing. Until dynamics at the local government level is changed, and they become more accommodating to housing, we will fall short of what we need for working class people to afford a home. Reporter and as we said, its not just money. Its also suburban areas having to do their part and that means possibly Venture Developments and more houses. But there is tough resistance up in sacramento. So this is a nip and tuck as they try to wind this up before the legislative session ends. Meanwhile, in the bay area, the crisis continues. Outside cordelia junction, phil matier, kpix 5. Back to you guys. Now to a bay area professor who cant afford a place to live and is
Elevatos to the right there will be three busses this evening. One at 6 45 one at 7 00 and one at 7 15. They each will carry about 50 of you. As you might be able to tell there are more than 150 people in this room. We are not encouraging you to sit on each others laps. What we are asking you to do is please dont wait until that last bus. Theyll be downstairs again and if you prefer to go elsewhere this evening please make sure you get back to the hotel so we can be ready to start in the morning. Thank you for coming today. Thank you for arranging your travel schedules to be here this afternoon and to begin the celebration and we invite you to the reception next door. Thank you. [ applause ] and taking it live now to capitol hill. The hearing from the amtrak Train Derailment from last month in philadelphia that killed ten people and injured 200 others and the National Transportation safety board, it was not equipped with an automatic speed control system that could have prevented that
I look forward to working with my friends in the senate to get that reform bill enacted into law. In closing i look forward for hearing from our witnesses regarding these important issues and i would like to recognize Ranking Member defazio for an opening statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman and thanks for holding this hearing today. I certainly agree with you about the extraordinary importance on the performance of the population of the east coast on the United States on the use of this corridor on a daily basis. In terms of the number of people that use it and the contribution to the economy and what happens when that corridor goes down and i also agree that this committee does have a longterm commitment to amtrak and other infrastructure needs of the United States. Unfortunately, that is not shared by your republican colleagues on the transportation, housing, urban development subcommittee. In fact, on the day of the accident, they cut a 251 million, is it . Or 290 million from the Ca
Me and lets take you through some of the headlines here now just 0. Now. The 1st ship carrying ukrainian grain has left the port of odessa under an agreement signed blah month between russia and ukraine. The rezone is a sierra leone flying vessel carrying more than 26000. 00 tons of corn. The agreement for safe passage was broken by the un and turkey in a bit to avoid the global food crisis. Im absolutely happy because that is historical for odessa, that is historical for ukraine. And that is historical for the whole world. Because millions of people are saved from starvation. And food cries is, which was artificially made on the planet by lead me to put in by this awful blockade of the black sand viz invasion. I come say its over, but it definitely is decreasing now. Shallow makoto southern calling on all the rockies to join protests as captain signed parliament. His support has stormed, the building on saturday, demanding an overhaul of the political system, but pro reiney and oppone
Same with this official t v. Campaign segment for this referendum the b o. 6 emotional effects and information over this information will likely be the deciding factors and chiles, immediate and long term future. To see a Newman Al Jazeera santiago, ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. Israels carried out a waiver strikes in the gaza strip and armed fighters have responded provoking fears of a full scale conflict. Palestinian Islamic Jihad says its 500. 00 rockets. That is really cities. Israel says its our and or miss allison system intercepted them. The 1st is really airstrikes hit a high rise tower and garza city. One of those killed was stacy had also body a commander of the all couldnt brigades the military arm of palestinian Islamic Jihad, at least 10 others have also died, including a 5 year old girl. Dozens more have been injured, wasnt jordan has more on the reaction in washington dc. The by the administration is also reaching out to what it calls the relevant pa