derailment have been prevented? if so, how? the answer to that question will eventually come from the ntsb, which is currently investigating the crash, but we can and should take a look at the conditions of rail freight across this country and the allegations that across the industry safety is being sacrificed for profit. we spoke with one 40-plus year veteran railroader and certified accident investigator who told us what happened in east palestine was the logical outcome of precision schedules railroading. and that without change it will happen again. we re going to explain what that means in a moment with greg reagan, the president of the transportation trades department of aflcio. it s important to understand the operating conditions because the crash itself is becoming a political football. donald trump is touring the derailment site, and the mayor of east palestine who told us on this show the other day that he didn t want president biden to visit because the security d
oklahoma itself enacted two weeks ago. no, this new law awaiting republican governor kevin sits signature would outlaw abortions from fertilization, meaning when the sperm combines with the egg. there are exceptions for certain medical emergencies or if the pregnancy was a result of rape or incest. even then there are tons of questions as to how those exceptions would work in practice. for example, would you just have to report a sexual assault to law enforcement, or would there have to be an actual prosecution of an assault to terminate that pregnancy? and not only would this oklahoma law ban abortions from fertilization, it would also allow private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who aids and abets an abortion. it s really modelled on the texas law, is it not? pledged to sign every single piece of legislation that limits abortion that might reach his desk. that means this law could go into affect in days, hours, or minutes immediately after he signs. reaction o
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Inspections. we were vehemently opposed to these waivers. it is the railroad s tendency these days to try to get individual waivers from safety inspections, whether it be on the track or the cars, and i got to be honest, i think the secretary is right here, the letter reads exactly like the filing that the railroads have centered into the federal railroad administration. so is the solution here more federal regulations? i think we need to enforce the regulations we have in place. we need to stop having playing defense on the waiver requests that the railroads are putting in. i think we should be looking at things like minimum inspection times. i think that the railroad should be participating in the confidential close call reporting system that is in place, but none of the railroads are actually participating in. i think there are a lot of opportunities in addition to crew size and really hiring more people to make the entire system safer, and it s not about, you know, we may not