stores across america. the commerce secretary says that is one thing the government is helping with. listen again. we are working very hard and seeing success in creating more folks to have a commercial drivers license. cdl. the administration and i m working closely with secretary buttigieg to do that and the department of labor. train folks to get the cdl quickly so we have more truck drivers. now it s worth noting, bill, that the average time to train to become a commercial truck driver is seven weeks. seven weeks from today is christmas eve and as the secretary says, if you have a problem getting anything you need, just call fedex, don t bother her. bill: i sense a grinch in the tone of your voice. port of l.a. before the sun comes up. thank you. dana: if you want to drive to the store to see if anything is on the shelves you will pay more at the gas pump.
things that he has done while under a ridiculous witch hunt to help our country. he has done so much. people are seeing that and people i know in florida are seeing that. we know florida is the battleground state. i think he couldn t have chosen a better spot to kick it off. 2 in the morning in pouring rain folks are lined up around that arena. that s a huge arena where he was. sandra: it was something to see. there was the moment the followed the president s 90-minute speech and bernie sanders immediately responded with some harsh criticism of the president. here is bernie sanders. we got a lot to do but our job most importantly is to defeat the most dangerous president in the modern history of this country. our job is to keep our eyes on the prize, which is creating a decent life for all people.
we know this trash truck was coming up the steep hill creating a big blind spot. although right now there are all sorts of authorities trying to determine this. the virginia department of emergency services. we ve seen now the ntsb coming down from washington and elsewhere going into this scene. they re trying to figure out what s going on. the police assisting with the csx train folks that are trying to help the investigators determine exactly what happened here. and also to get this track back in service. this is a very heavily trafficked area. we talked with some of the officers, one of which was one of the first five responding here. local officer. he described the scene when he first got her as controlled chaos, but said there wasn t a lot of people running around. but yet obviously a very bad situation with this trash truck.