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The heads of the washington met met metropoliton authority were having a meeting and taking questions on plans to accelerate maintenance and projects over the next year. Welcome, everybody. Today we will discuss how the washington metro system is going to address the safety and reliability issues. The issue is important to all members because when we have people coming in we want to make sure when they come to see the nations capitol they should be able to move around the region safely and efficiently. The federal government has invested billions in the metro but it is not safe or reliable. Th...

Entry. The focus has to be there. I dont mean for people who have violated the law and committed infractions. I am talking about intervening and lives before they get to the criminal Justice System. I am talking about interrupting the school to prison pipeline. I am talking about the reality of the communities in which people live and grow. As chair of the criminal justice section, we are looking at a program, putting together a program april 28th. This is a shameless plug. A part of the program is going to be prestage with the Macarthur Foundation coming out and talking to us about explaining...

Cars and create other issues for us. We didnt have that this time. We had that figured out. So anyway, it was, something that i think was the right thing to do from a safety standpoint for our employees and for customers. Worse, you know, worst thing we could have done have people out there, a to get them to think they could travel in a storm like that as we knew at the time. B, then have to rescue them. We were pulling resources away from getting system up and running. That was the decision. I think it was the right decision to make. Staying with safety issue, there are a lot of times you get...

Police officers. You can see people coming up to the Federal Center southwest station and realizing it is closed. As you said, for the rest of the day for that maintenance. No Transit Service between Eastern Market and Lenfant Plaza. Also silver line operating between wheely, reston, and boston only. I can tell you that the Ripple Effect of this i know weve had some people who have tweeted pictures. Weve seen incredibly crowded platforms at the downtown stations. Now, the Main Fire Department activity, the fire engines, the vehicles that they sent earlier, no longer here. That leads me to beli...

Caroline at incwe want to get perspective, tom. We want to get the idea that this extraordinary Volatility Oil prices, stocks following eike a lost puppy will we se what is happening in the markets reflect on the overall economy . The eu cutting growth figures for gdp that is a market d circumstance. Tom im bringing in vonnie quinn before she does the news. It really shows the growth tension. Vonnie and the inflation forecast, cut by half. That is a huge move. Also assuming brent crude at 35. 80 per barrel, down from 42. 50 per barrel. Tom and this set that up perfectly this morning. We will l...