Morning then spoke with him later as he addressed the media before going in front of those in mourning. His main message was learning to live together. After people rioted after the deadly shooting it was evident that Community Members are living in pain, poverty and despair. Jackson says he hopes people can learn from this tragedy. Jackson sat down with smiths family and says his goal is to help turn crisis into opportunity and assess where we go from here. We want to meet with them continuously they need more than temporary consolation they need job education and security for their families, they need what everyone else needs. Equal opportunity. Jackson went on to mention to those inside that the real way of paying tribute to smith is to get people back to work, in schools and address segregation. A lot of family and friends were inside here along with folks in the community who were just affected by fall out. Steph thanks derica. And today, two state representatives are requesting t
Concerns. New federal inspectors will mentor metros inspectors. Soon, their instruction manual will be scrapped for a new one that is easier to follow. Im not hoping anything. Reporter general manager paul wedefeld says all employees must be on board with changes. If theyre not doing their job, then were not going to see eye to eye. And its not going to be good for either of us. Metro riders hope this emergency meeting is not just talk. I think really, employees follow what example theyre going to get from management. I hope that they gather facts with it. It depends how long it will take to get them fixed. I also just found out that metro is now worried about sharp curbs in the track. More than 100 new inspections just started monday. Pete monteen, wusa 9. Okay, pete. Thanks for that. And you know the metro has been focused on inspecting track crossovers that caused a slew of new weekend shutdowns. Metro, in the middle month track maintenance blitz. Were in for a stretch of hot weathe