Metro Strike News Today

Experienced an exceptionally long commute on friday Public Transportation employees are staging a mass strike paralyzing the city. Some resorted to personal calls taxis and either as creating traffic jams in and around the capital. At any changes at all i usually take a tram in the metro. He didnt consider it neither will working. So i had to take a new to me new to it took forty minutes for it to arrive. I had to share the right and it took me an hour and a half to get here instead of thirty mi...

Are you taking a break from the booze after the excesses of the Festive Season . Well meet one man who hopes to turn abstinence into a business opportunity. But can non alcoholic drinks really take over from The Real Thing . During yesterdays metro strike in london, uber prices surged by up to 500 . Are companies right to reflect increased demand . Or do price hikes leave you feeling ripped off . Let us know what you think. Welcome to the programme. There are just a couple of weeks of Barack Oba...

Morning news. First, meteorologis t kaj omara has your first alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another breezy and warm day. Northwest door later today and into the night. Heavy rain is possible out of any storm given the amount of heat present. A few storms northwest of waterloo will carry the risk of a few strong wind gusts as well. Overall, the weather pattern will be very active for the next 36 hours with heavy rain the main risk going into wednesday. Rainfall totals over 2 still appears possible ...

As world cup players begin arriving. Pakistans Busiest Airport has been attacked by men dressed as police. The Karachi Airport was under siege for five hours and 29 people were killed. The military says all 10 attackers were killed. There are reports that the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility. We have the details. Reporter the deadly attack on one of the pakistans Busiest Airports. A gang carried out the daring occupation after storming the terminal. This terminal is used for documents an...

People would go. The luxury Housing Project in Silicon Valley that could force low wage tech workers out of their homes. Why a 14yearold brother carried his brother on his back for 40 miles. A brazen attack on pakistans Largest International airport. Taliban fighters disguised as Security Forces stormed the building, killing 29. The fighting went on for five hours and there were reports of more gunfire inside the airport. As aljazeera reports, the taliban is calling the attack revenge. A deadly ...

New information now on the Veterans Affairs scandal. An internal audit says 121,000 veterans across the country are experiencing long wait time for va health care. 90 days for their very first appointments. The va says its eliminating its 14 day scheduling goal for appointments april finding it is, quote, not ataxicabbable. Mike viqueria is live in washington for us. Mike, do these not attainable. Do these numbers add a new perspective on just how bad these numbers are . With yet more to come to...

Iraqs Prime Minister has asked parliament to declare state of security. It comes after fighters overran the city of mozul today. Al jazeera has more now from baghdad. Reporter in the early hours of tuesday fighters from the Islamic State of iraq mounted one 69 boldes of the boldest attacks on mosul. Within a few hours took over 59 of it. Iraqs army and Police Officers were found in positions. Within a few hours then a prison break freed 2,004 prisoners. Then the governmental building was taken o...

We have not found that yet. The horror in vegas brings a shift here in washington. Key republicans say they are open to outlawing a device paddock used to convert semi automatic rifles into killing machines. Fully automatic weapons have been banned for a long time. This allows you to turn a semi automatic into a fully automatic. Trump said there is no cabinet chaos so why did the staff need to mediate tensions between the president and his secretary of state . I think secretary tillerson, secret...

More than 3,700 Metro workers went on strike at the end of July after rejecting their first tentative agreement, fighting for better pay.

More than 3,700 Metro workers went on strike at the end of July after rejecting their first tentative agreement, fighting for better pay.