The montgomery bus boycott. Well reflect on the boycott and see what role lawyers played in that protest and the civil rights movement, as we hear from fred gray, attorney for rosa parks, and demonstrators. Then at 6 00, William Davis on the littleknown aspects of the lives and leadership of Union Generals grant and lee. Sunday afternoon at 4 00 on real america, a Progress Report on nasas projects including the manned Space Program and the mariner 4 flyby of mars. Writer and awardwinning documentary maker rick burns about how the public learns about history through film and television. American history tv, all weekend and holidays too, only on cspan 3. Three days of featured programming this Holiday Weekend on cspan. Friday evening at 7 00 eastern, honoring former Vice President dick cheney at the capitol with the unveiling of a bust. When the critics were going off the deep end, he asked lynn, his wife, does it bug you when people refer to me as darth vader . She said, no, it humanize
Candles and prayers, handshakes and hugs. Everybody at bart is affected by this. Its sad. At the accident scene, federal investigators arrived one day after two men were killed they walked the tracks, sifted through evidence and moved the train. We took measurements and wanted to get a look at the lay of the land, the accident area before we moved equipment, which is done by us. Some individuals at 16 decibel two on the c 1 track. A bart employee and contractor were inspecting a reported dip in the track when they were hit by the train controlled by a computer. Investigators will look at signals and cameras and regardings, records and the rails plus the people on the train and the tracks. They insist the strike is secondary. Im aware theres a strike and i dont know if that will have impact on what im doing. Egg here is of interest to me. Were going bow our heads. In walnut creek a second memorial. A strong feeling this accident didnt need to happen. We watch each other as backs. I feel
Here. There are some delays and the train is not here yet for the 6 00 a. M. San franciscobound train. This is what caused the problems. The fire was out and the train was evacuated but they had to spend the night taking equipment apart to move the equipment out of the way from the fire. It was a very complex project and took all night. Now we can move the train to the yard. We have to clean the rail. This is no damage to the rail. That is the good news. The commute is delayed at three to five minutes on the trains headed into San Francisco. There is supposed to be one at 6 00 a. M. And it is now here. As the morning progresses the delays could build. You can see there are a few passengers waiting for the 6 00 train that is still not here. Land to have some delays. It will be at least another hour and a half, maybe two hours million they get both tracks up and running. Amy, obviously, a bit of a scriptcy in way they are wording the delays. Lets check with mike, first. You have visibili
The victims were identified at Larry Daniels and a member of the union. My coworkers were tears and we didnt know the person involved but you work in that environment and know the ramifications each day. Chris was a senior track engineer and worked for bart three years. Bart Officials Say he and daniels were inspecting the tracks near walnut creek and a bart train on a maintenance run hit and killed them. Ntsb is leading the investigation and will be in walnut creek inspecting the train and records for the next few days. The operator of the train could be interviewed today. Ntsb hope to have that stage, the first phase of the investigation, wrapped up in the next ten days. Now the latest on the bart talks. The board will hold a special meeting this afternoon to discuss the strike and negotiations. The labor strike now enters the fourth day. The two biggest unions delivered a counter proposal to managers including changes to work place rules. No negotiations are now scheduled. Time to l
Back to the table any time soon. The federal investigation heats up into the deaths of two bart workers hit by a train on saturday. The unions are demanding answers. Abc7 News Reporter is in oakland. New information this morning. We have learned a bart Board Meeting has been canceled in light of efforts by Union Members to have the board sound off directly to their concerns. All of this is on the fourth day of the dispute that shows no signs of resolving. Union members continue to hold the line. Early today, local 3993 sent a letter surging the members and public to attend a bart Board Meeting and push them to provide answers for the recent deaths of two bart train employees. A short time ago, word from a bart spokesman saying that the meeting was canceled without giving a reason. The National Transportation safety board is leading the investigation into the deaths much two bart workers struck and killed by a train on saturday. In week, the inspector will interview everyone on the trai