new jersey senator bob menendez wants tougher penalties for railroads that violate safe tow rules to prevent similar accidents from happening. federal investigators blame the railroad for the derailment that leaked hazardous gas into the community. menendez did he see wants emergency officials to have more information on hazardous materials and calling for new safety procedures for certain railroad operations. >> state investigators say they have stopped a big scam targeting of all people grandparents. three people accused of dumping elderly victims -- duping elderly victim are behind bars. pennsylvania's attorney general's office announced these arrests today. spence sr. compass, lava let and johan west charged with criminal conspiracy, theft by deception and identity theft. the scammers are accused of stealing more than $152,000 from their victims. the arrests came after a nine month long investigation. >> based in pennsylvania, they're illegal activities targeted senior citizens in eight least eight states. this window creates false fears among our senior citizens that their loved

. >>> almost two years after paulsboro derailment, new jersey senator bob menendez is making sure similar disaster does in the happen again. he will travel to the gloucester county community to announce federal legislation to to improve rail safety. november 2012 derailment leak toxic vinyl chloride into the air. >>> there is much more to cover here on cbs-3 "eyewitness news", hawaii hungers down for a unwelcomed visitor maybe two. >> ryan howard goes on the double, for the phillies, we are back in a couple minutes. russia is retaliate ago begins the west for sanctions. russian state news agencies says there will be a ban against all u.s. agricultural products. president obama says sanctions are putting a strain on the russian economy. >>> a wild fire fed by gusty winds has prompted oregon fire fighters to evacuate nearly 300 homes. columbia river gorge community have of this area is about 6 miles from the flames fire officials say no homes have burned as of last night. fire fighters worked throughout the night to protect structures. >>> and hawaii residents are stocking up on supplies fo

senator bob menendez frequenting underage prostitutes a story that was planted by cuban intelligence. but back to usaid which actually has a history of acting kind of shady. such as trying to buy palestinian elections in two thousand and six funding a coup in haiti in one thousand nine hundred one and running a torturing in europe why in the one nine hundred seventy s. the senate foreign relations committee is now investigating usaid so-called democracy promotion programs in the meantime perhaps agency should stick to what it knows best humanitarian health and education programs stuff that i can work with the cuban government on if we consider. working with the cuban government and child survival programs so i mean it can be done openly. my understanding of the. amendment is that we would not be precluded from engaging in those kinds of nope can't do that not allowed to work with the cuban government subvert the cuban government ok go for it do it all you want but work with the cuban government to help sick kids. then you're going to jail. welcome us foreign policy in the twenty first

i was impressed by the fact, except for senator bob menendez -- >> in the castro brothers on the democrat side. quick statewide? >> the mayor of san antonio. >> maybe it's just because i have not understood. >> in 2012, covering both conventions, what other things that struck me on the republican side of it is the enormous number of hispanic elected officials who were on the podium . on the democratic side, even though they had very few hispanics in the audience. they were attending the convention, which is a very marked contrast. thats, the perception hispanics and african-americans are predominately more thatratic, whether or not has resulted in deliverables to those communities, i think there are a lot of hispanics who are upset the current administration has not done more with the current immigration issue. likewise you could make a are aent about if you strong christian, you're more likely to be republican. have they delivered on the issues important to that community? >> we have had jewish members and legislature, but i have an jewish someone of the faith they could never win a stat

new jersey senator bob menendez wants tougher penalties for railroad that violate safety rules to prevent similar accidents. federal investigators blame the railroad for derailment that leaked a hazardous gas in the community. menendez wants emergency officials to have more information on hazardous material, and it is calling for new safety procedure for new safety procedure for operations. >>> property taxes are about to go up in atlantic city. we are talking about a 29 percent tax hike. as part of the new budget passed yesterday, the the mayor says the city had to approve the spending plan in order to get, 20 million-dollar, from the state, without that money, he says taxes would have gone up, by 47 percent. council members say tax appeals by casinos and no hotel or luxury taxes, put the city in a compromised position financially. >>> 6:20. eagles getting ready to spread their wings. >> thinks it, and it really starts tonight. our birds are playing the the bears tonight, in chicago, and the the first preseason game. so what should we be watching out for tonight? oh, boy, what do they ne

foreign relations committee was close to a vote on nearly a dozen ambassador nominees, senator bob menendezhe is the head of the committee, he found himself without enough senators to make a quorum and without a quorum, you can't hold a vote. so that means a bunch of senators decided they were not going to show up. >> next order of business is 11 nominees that i asked to be considered in block without objection. ambassador of the republic of guatemala, ambassador of guatemala, ambassador of monaco, kazakhstan, mr. alan musser for turkmenistan, rwanda, republic of turkey. senator corker, is there any -- >> i got all the proxies here. these folks are famously supported, so i look forward to us having enough members to vote them out. >> any other members wishing to speak to any of these nominees? okay. we have now come to the end where we need bodies to vote. so -- >> so. that was tuesday. and actually there ended up being progress that day. after that awkwardness, menendez got his quorum and a dozen would-be ambassadors moved from one step closer to actually getting confirmed and being able t

i was impressed by the fact, except for senator bob menendez -- >> in the castro brothers on the democrat side. quick statewide? >> the mayor of san antonio. >> maybe it's just because i have not understood. >> in 2012, covering both conventions, what other things that struck me on the republican side of it is the enormous number of hispanic elected officials who were on the podium . on the democratic side, even though they had very few hispanics in the audience. they were attending the convention, which is a very marked contrast. thats, the perception hispanics and african-americans are predominately more thatratic, whether or not has resulted in deliverables to those communities, i think there are a lot of hispanics who are upset the current administration has not done more with the current immigration issue. likewise you could make a statement about if you

simply wanted to thank the staff of the senate foreign relations committee and our chair, senator bob menendezhosting a very successful reception in the senate ruvment ssell office building for nearly 50 african heads of state were received. it was an important kickoff to a successful u.s.-african summit currently being held. i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn and convene for a pro forma session only with no business conducted on friday, august 8, at 9:15 amendment of that when it adjourns on friday it adjourn until monday, september 8, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. that. on monday, september 8, following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time forked two leaders be reserved far their use later in the day. following any leader remarks, there will be a period of morning business until 5:30 p.m. with senators permitted to speak throne for up ten minutes each, with the time divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees. further, that at 5:30 p.m., the senate p

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