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and workers. the issue was sick time. the president said the deal ensures rail workers will get quote better pay, improved working conditions and peace of mind around their health care costs. amtrak had preemptively postponed long distance routes to avoid stranding passengers if a deal wasn t reached. a strike would have had a devastating impact on the economy since 40% of goods shipped long distance in the united states use the rail system. there s been no word yet from the labor unions or railway companies involved, but we ll be watching, willie. let s go back to jonathan lemire, host of way too early and author of the best seller the big lie, this was just announced a minute ago, this would have had massive implications for supply chains, could have impacted inflation if it carried on for some time. how did they fix this deal? yeah, first of all, let s start what the possible consequences would have been. american supply chains just now, creeping back to life ....
Eliminate the Affordable Care act individual mandate. 9 00, an assistant secretary of east Asian Affairs gives analysis of the trip to asia by President Trump. Caller good morning. Host lots of headlines coming out of capital this week from tax reform to health care and gun policy to allegations of Sexual Harassment and how both parties are responding. It we want to get all of your thoughts on this. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7848001. , 202 7488002. You can also send us its we or a spoke. Com. Congress this week is our topic. We want to get your thoughts on all the different stories are in lets take a look at the front page of two national papers. Times. The Washington Times, the new york face ....
For obeys the law and following hospital policy. We have the shocking video. But we begin with a look at todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. This is an intense big fire. This Chemical Plant has a host of potentially dangerous chemicals. More trouble for texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. We are still rescuing people. The crisis in Southeast Texas is not over. The air effort is really ongoing. Day and night. Were all working together to get people back on their feet. In houston theyre beginning to see the extent of the damage. 90 of this block is in survival mode right now. No challenge is too great for us to overcome. No challenge. President trump is just hours away from a trip to meet with the victims of Hurricane Harvey. A big announcement is ....
Teacher is question mark how do we define teacher is . How do we define test scores, etc. . How do we give every child access to a quality education, states most constitutions, these are questions we have to address. Host joyce is calling from cleveland. You are a teacher. Good morning. Caller good morning. I wanted to just say i think this is a very helpful program and discussion you are having because you are considering so many of the subtleties involved in teacher evaluation, and education in general. It should not be just a Blank Program with onesizefitsall, especially in teacher evaluation. I think it is important to remember that accountability is important, sometimes it becomes a political football, and some groups just feel they need to have their needs addressed and ignore other aspects of curriculum. I think it is important to have some curriculum standardization but not necessarily the same for. Very state and every are ....
Home tonight playing the blue jays, again, hopefully with better results than last night. There is a little bit of haze with your sunshine as you start the day today. We have 62 degrees, and southwesterly wind at 5 miles an hour, 78 relative humidity with 44 degrees in mount pocono, little cooler to the north of us, mid 50s in reading, lancaster, trenton has 55 degrees, 57 in wilmington and wildwood, at Atlantic City international, 06 degrees. Thats what it feels like walking out the door. Whats it look like . That filtered sunshine, few clouds here and there, and the phillies play the blue jays, as we said tonight it should be 78 degrees when the game begins. We come down from the high of 82 today, increasing clouds. Thats your weather planner, welcome back mr. Bob. Sue, thank you forehand link the jam cams while i was away there, good morning everybody, live look at 4 00 6 01, the eastbound schuylkill expressway. Phillies finest ....