Thank you, chairwoman brown. I now recognize mr. Gardner, you may proceed. Mr. Gardner thank you, chairman lipinsk lipinski, the Ranking Member, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today Service Transportation boards key role in enabling amtrak to effectively serve the nation. Strongly support the s. T. B. Needs ieve the board updated authority for Passenger Rail so we can achieve the ontime evels and erformance your constituents deserve. Ongress took amtrak on for the job. Common carrier obligations for assengers and the associated operating losses for passenger service, the freights agreed to whereverrak to operate and whenever it wanted over their lives. Trains with trak dispatching preference over freight and to empower what is the s. T. B. To ensure amtraks access to the rail network. 50 years since the Freight Railroads agreed eagerly to this bargain and yet many of our host railroads fall short in ulfilling some of these key obligation obligations. Mr. Gardner, if youll
Floor. We are live in crewe as election countdown continues, the eighth most marginal constituencies in the country in one of the places where the outcome of the election could be decided. The serial rapistJoseph Mccann is given 33 life sentences the judge describes him as a classic psychopath who will never cease to be dangerous. And russia is banned forfour years from major sporting events including the next 0lympics from major sporting events including the next olympics and world cup. Its five o clock our top story. Police in new zealand say there are no signs of life on the island where a volcano erupted, killing tourists who were on a visit to the crater. At least five people are confirmed to have been killed but more than twenty others are missing and police say they dont expect any more survivors. Day trippers were seen walking inside the rim of the crater of the white island volcano just moments before the eruption. Richard lister reports. Seconds after the eruption began, thes
Like this that on the skills you can help in some way or another. Our sunday morning edition of the papers is at 9. 35am. This mornings reviewers are Rosamund Urwin and john rentoul. With less than a week to go until polls open, the Main Political Party leaders are continuing to push their election pledges to voters. Conservative leader borisjohnson says thursdays poll is historic and a choice to move forwards after brexit. Labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says he has the most ambitious plan to transform our country in decades. Our Political Correspondent Susana Mendonca joins me. The last push begins today, i guess, after a relatively quiet day yesterday. All the main Political Parties are out and about. The Prime Minister has already spoken today . He has. He has spoken about his vision for the future and the idea that if you vote for the conservatives it is about voting for the future and not looking to the past. Focusing today in particular on the issue of immigration, so their points ba
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A conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction inquiry will begin in the us Congress Today following weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Of a very hard brexit. The basilica is flooded for the david is a good friend but i think on this issue hes sixth time in history. The first televised hearings got it precisely wrong. Of President Trumps impeachment inquire will happen in us congress venice has been hit by the highest today following weeks of testimony good afternoon. Tide in more than 50 years, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Behind closed doors. Flooding the streets. Im joanna gosling. The president is accused of improperly seeking help from ukraine to boost his chances of re election next year. The two main parties in the general Election Campaign are today focussing on what they regard as their key issues. Englands leading football clubs have been placed in a new league table, while labour looks to health designed to assess their the conser