what else are you learning about when this call could happen? reporter: well, it s going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it s still very much in the it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it s been more than 40 occasions that they have had face-to-face meetings. the latest occasion is scheduled to take place anytime now within the next few minutes they are expected to meet inside the kremlin for formal negotiations how to bring these two increasingly autocratic countries even closer together. remember, russia is an important resource for china s economy. it s got massive reserves of oil and gas and a forestry of minerals that is supply
On the ground. Is everybody okay . Im still figuring that out. We have cars everywhere. Down on to the highway. Lindsey this is a new train route for this train. Todays voyage was the inaugural run. Part of a 181 million project. The ntsb will no doubt take a close look at the project as well as interviewing and operating the amtrak train. You can see a live picture of what is going on there right now. A team is headed from here in d. C. To that crash site right now. At the live desk, lindsey mastis. Jonathan thank you very much. Look at the map. When you see the green line, that is the old route. The orange line is the new one that opened this morning. This was the inaugural run and meant to reduce sharp curves and enable the train to speed up. The train was going 81 m the Washington State project had the max speeds of 79 miles per hour. We dont know at this point if the speed was a factor in the derailment. This rail project cost more than 180 million. You know there were cars on bot
Are closed. Also in maryland, the schools following here are on a twohour delay. Anne arrundel county schools, Calvert County schools, Charles County schools and Prince Georges County schools all delayed two hours. In virginia, Prince William county and Spotsylvania County schools are closed. Also in virginia Fairfax County fauquier county, and paige county schools on a twohour delay. D. C. Public schools also on a twohour delay. There are many more delays and more closures. We are running the full list of closures and delays at the bottom of your screen. We have also heard from the federal government which is opened today but operating on a twohour delay. Federal workers do have the option for unscheduled leave or unscheduled telework. Lets get to caitlin roth and also to erin como to talk about our roads and the weather today. Caitlin lets start with you. Maureen and wisdom i think the delays are a good call. So much of this snow will wrap up before the lunch hour even hits and local
Announcer my talk will have two parts. Professor mcneur i am always happy to talk trash with new yorkers. Even happier that there is a large series on trash in new york. First, i will talk about my book project and the research i have done an environmental history. Then i will go into specifics about my research focusing on the intersection of food, politics, and the urban environment and 1850s new york. The book i have written is an environmental history of new york city. Many people believe that new york is the opinion me of a concrete jungle. After coming across a reference to the hog riots, i thought the idea of hogs roaming the streets of new york was amusing. The fact that they were people passionate enough to ride over them was even more so. Hidden beneath my reaction is the notion that cities are surely artificial spaces where nature does not exist. The early part of the 19th century is a moment where the meaning and relationship between city and country is being transformed an
Continuing to climb into the afternoon. Coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s. Your drive time forecast. Aaron. Tom thank you. Right now you can expect big delays if youre driving to work on interstate 66. Vdot crews are making repairs. Kristin wright is there. Kristin . Reporter it could be a slowgo for some of you coming from western virginia to d. C. This morning. We want to show you where, it does look like in the past minute or so they have started to open up part of the stretch that was closed. You can see traffics actually moving pretty good where we are. But its behind us between nutley street and the beltway and eastbound lanes of 66 where it is still slow because the x lane is closed. Parts of the x lane between nutley and beltway are closed for some road repairs. Traffic already bad, you know, this time of the morning in this area. So this morning, expect it to be even worse. Until they do completely open up that x lane. It was supposed to be throughout the morning ru