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Little faster than he thought he could and jackknifed the trailer. Ended up crashing that you the center mead into the Center Median wall and took out another vehicle in the process. Reporter the crash shut down all northbound lanes and snarling travel for miles. Officers say no one was hurt. But the impact took out a chunk of the center divide. And check this out. These were the driving conditions along highway 101 earlier this afternoon. One minute it was a drizzle. The next a downpour. Chp sa...

About the fact that we might get goalpost, get the ball through the goalpost. The United States is a leading global power. Freeomote open markets and trade. We have for the last 30 years spent a tremendous amount of diplomatic effort to promote open markets and free trade and energy. The is a vital interest of United States. I appreciate the thoughtful comments of the committee in terms of full debate on the subject. We do not want to take actions that enhance the monopoly power of opec or russi...

Trying to boost Union Membership . Its the latter. Its about trying to boost Union Membership. Look, right after world war ii, we had 5 Million Union workers on strike. It crippled our countrys economy. Along came an act which lowered the power of the unions. It led to one of the biggest economic booms our country has seen. Since then, youve seen about 40 Union Membership in private enterprise go down in the hh single digits. Thats almost exactly whats happing, opposite, whats happeng public uni...

Rage or is it really about trying to boost Union Membership . Its the latter. Its about trying to boost Union Membership. Look, right after world war ii, we had 5 Million Union workers on strike. It crippled our countrys economy. Along came an act which lowered the power of the unions. It led to one of the biggest economic booms our country has seen. Since then, youve seen about 40 Union Membership in private enterprise go down in the high single digits. Thats almost exactly whats happeng, oppos...

Much like the Michigan Senate last week, along party lines the house approved righttowork legislation which prohibits unions from requiring members to pay dus. Without hesitation earlier this evening, Governor Snyder signed the bill into law. There is a simple reason that laws like the one signed earlier are bad policy and bad economics. Theres nothing wrong with a tough negotiation between a governor and labor unions or between a ceo and his workers. Economic reality has to drive such negotiati...

Eviscerating the pouf of the unions. Michigan today became the 24th state to enact socalled righttowork laws. Much like the Michigan Senate last week, along party lines the house approved righttowork legislation which prohibits unions from requiring members to pay dus. Without hesitation earlier this evening, Governor Snyder signed the bill into law. There is a simple reason that laws like the one signed earlier are bad policy and bad economics. Theres nothing wrong with a tough negotiation betw...

Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Thanks for joining us. The first monday morning commute, but all focus on a federal investigation into the deadly accident. Two employees are killed by a train. We are in oakland with that story. Nick . This morning, we are here because unions continue to hold the line at the lake merritt bart station on day four of the bart strike, two daze after a bart employee was struck and killed by a train on the tracks between walnut creek and concor...

Surface. Good evening. Im heather holmes. The nations 5th largest Transit System into a state of shock tonight. Bart officials led by general manager grace expressed sadness of the loss calling what happened this afternoon near the walnut creek bart station a tragedy. The train struck the two victims near jones and walden roads as the two were inspecting the tracks. Live team coverage. Debra has reaction from union officials. We begin with noel walker. Reporter were now more than 8 hours after t...

Shock tonight. Bart officials led by general manager grace expressed sadness of the loss calling what happened this afternoon near the walnut creek bart station a tragedy. The train struck the two victims near jones and walden roads as the two were inspecting the tracks. Live team coverage. Debra has reaction from union officials. We begin with noel walker. Reporter were now more than 8 hours after that deadly accident and bart police and investigators are still here at the scene. Earlier today,...

Medical care. Its been a pleasure sharing this time with you on the floor, representative. Mr. Castro thank you very much. You know, one thing i hadnt talked about yet thats also very important to know, another benefit of the Affordable Care act, we know that 7. 1 Million People have signed up, you know, three million or more college student, or young adults are able to stay on their parents plans because of the Affordable Care act. Millions more have benefited from medicaid expansion, millions ...