Good morning, the subcommittee on communications and technology will come to order. And the chair recognizes himself five its with the statement. I begin thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today to examine the importance of a. M. Radio receivers in vehicles. A. Im radio has been an integral part of our society for well over a century, and at the americans local news serving is the backbone to our nations Emergency Communications infrastructure. Over 45 million americans tune into a am radio each month, they rely on it for local news Weather Sports and Emergency Alerts its unique frequency characteristics allow for signatures grabbed foreign wide overcoming geographical barriers and reach in both urban and remote areas. This makes a am radio and a valuable tool during times of crisis. When hurricanes, tornadoes, and other Natural Disasters strike, and am radio remains steadfast providing Vital Information to those in affected areas when other Communication Channels fail
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Two hours remaining. But even if the clock runs out, the two sides could continue negotiating. Jana katsuyama has where the unions stand right now. Reporter as you mentioned no deal but also no strike announcement which is a good sign they are still in there talking. I just got off the phone. Ive been speaking to sources who are close to the negotiations. Heres what theyre telling me. B. A. R. T. Has shown a new proposal but they have not given that to the union. The union says they dont know what it will be so they cant comment on it right now. They did tell us earlier though that if there is any strikes they do plan to give the public advance notice. Many of back and forths 400 daily riders tonight just want the trains to keep moving and the contract talks to stay on track. Today there were some progress. About 8 00 tonight, hoch showed up which means talks could speed up. If we can make an agreement with her and go through all the work that we have to go through we hope it can stick
Negotiating. Jana katsuyama has where the unions stand right now. Reporter as you mentioned no deal but also no strike announcement which is a good sign they are still in there talking. I just got off the phone. Ive been speaking to sources who are close to the negotiations. Heres what theyre telling me. B. A. R. T. Has shown a new proposal but they have not given that to the union. The union says they dont know what it will be so they cant comment on it right now. They did tell us earlier though that if there is any strikes they do plan to give the public advance notice. Many of back and forths 400 daily riders tonight just want the trains to keep moving and the contract talks to stay on track. Today there were some progress. About 8 00 tonight, hoch showed up which means talks could speed up. If we can make an agreement with her and go through all the work that we have to go through we hope it can stick. Board members spoke out this morning. The board signals a willingness to move by
And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill a major winter storm surged into the midwest and northeast, fouling flight schedules and ruining Road Conditions on this day after christmas. The huge weather system left a trail of destruction in the Gulf Coast Region and at least six people dead. Oh, wow, oh jesus, look at that tornado. Ifill the calm of christmas night was shattered by tornadoes dropping from the sky across much of the deep south. This one hit near downtown mobile, alabama, ripping apart a church, a high school and a number of homes. At least 34 twisters struck in texas, louisiana, mississippi and alabama, tearing walls from homes and tossing cars onto one another. By this morning, heaps of debris dotted the gulf region. This use to be a really big, as you can tell by the size of the slab, use to be a huge feed store, metal. It wasnt a weak building at all.