in closing i would like to thank nancy george who has lead this effort and out there anytime something happens and how and why it happened and the best way to solve that problem and thank you all for coming out and i am again very confident we can reach zero fatalities by 2024. thank you. [applause] >> thank you muhammad. the two year plan that muhammad referenced is the vision zero action strategy that the mayor is releasing today. this vehicle training program is one piece of it, but the strategy is kind of an action plan for the next two years in the areas of education, engineering, enforcement, evaluation and policy, and it tasks many of the departments here and others in the city family with specific goals and milestones and things that we are seeking and the mayor is directing us to achieve in the next two years, so that we can get closer to that 2024 goal, so we do have -- it's up on our website and i believe we have copies here for the media or we will make copies available if we don't have them but it's this larger strategy that's really going to guide our work going forward a

but you've seen instances in the past -- george mcgovern went to cuba, nancy pellose aye -- pelosi went to syria jesse helms wrote a letter on the front page of a paper in moscow just as the president landed to negotiate a deal. gwen: i forgot about that. >> he said this is a lame duck and it's dead on arrival, don't negotiate. but this is out of the ordinary, especially for 47 to do it all at once. it upset the white house and people on capitol hill who want to question what the president is doing what -- who actually don't think he is making the best deal but wonder if this is too partisan. gwen: how did tom cotton get this ball rolling? >> it's a good yes, right. apparently, give him credit for being dogged. he just worked the caucus, he was walking around with the letter and getting people to sign up. i think a lot of people didn't fully pay attention to what they were signing and think through the long-term consequences. there is some regret on the part of some republicans who signed it. it's a fairly straightforward letter. it says this is how the system works, the president has t

they recalled that speaker nancy pelosi met with syrian president assad when george bush was saying he was trying to isolate syria and did not want pelosi talking to assad about israel or other hot topics. and one of the republican senators defended it saying this is critical because of the potential deal, listen. >> we are demanding to see the details, absolutely. and you mentioned the talk it is it unprecedented and what is unprecedented is have the president and secretary of state saying they are going to negotiate a nuclear agreement interesting for republicans. the washington editorial page came out today and said it was a mistake to write the letter because it will underwrite the republican arguments. >> thank you. >> and an update now on the stories on "happening now". an amtrak cr north carolina could have been avoided. at least 55 people were injured when the train slammed into a truck after it got stuck on the tracks. we have more from john none in the atlanta bureau. johnathon? >> reporter: hi, gregg. authorities say the left hand turn in ha lifax county in north carolina is

then nancy pelosi met with bashar al-assad against george w. bush who was trying to isolate the syrian leader trying to shift focus from her own e-mail controversy hillary clinton topped off the remarks by declaring the gop went too far. >> either these senators were trying to be helpful to the iranians or harmful to the commander-in-chief in the midst of high steaksakes international diplomacy. he signed the letter because he is suspicious about getting cut out. >> you have to ask yourself why. why. there's only one conclusion you could reach which he intends to make a bad deal. >> at the white house ed henry, fox news. >> they admitted the iran letter might not have been the most effective thing to do but said the environment created the president forced the action. >> like that letter did was tell the iranians whatever deal they make that the congress of the united states is going to play a role. maybe that wasn't exactly the best way to do that, but i think that the iranians should know that, that the congress of the united states has to pl

george w. bush's invasion in 2004 and nancy pelosi went to syria in 2007 to meet with president bashar al-assad, against the wishes of the bush administration trying to isolate him. this has happened before here are instances, what's the big deal this time around? >> that's certainly the argument of the republicans. i think what's interesting here is how both sides really are ignoring each's authority. you look at the branches of government. the executive branch white house ignored on immigration, moved forward on a range of issues. the republicans believe it is unconstitutional. congress is moving forward trying to assert itself in foreign policy which has typically been the purview of the executive branch. we are seeing the power struggle between two branchs of government now, something we haven't seen on issues as profound as this in a long time. >> i think it is deeper than a power struggle. i think what you're witnessing is partisan manipulation by the republican caucus. historically they want to have the final say in foreign policy when historically that's never been the case. also, when

nancy dunning -- over a 10-year period. prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty. heartbreaking words tonight from the family of a prince george's county woman whose remains were discovered in a maryland state park in early 2012. now there's an indictment in the murder of the killing of 29-year-old crystal anderson. richard reeve has those details. >> a hole that's left in my heart. richard: angela anderson, tried to maintain her composure. as she spoke about her daughter, crystal, missing and then found murdered. >> for months, i've searched for my child. and i couldn't find her. richard: family members thought anderson who was dropped off at a forest villegas station in july 2011. but detectives much later would find witness who is had seen her at a party in charles county in early august, with this man, 22-year-old raymond posey. >> we were last able to determine that they were together at a party. and last seen leaving that party together. rismede until january 2012 no trace of anderson until a hiker here at furse state park found skeletal remains. tests would prove they were the young woman's. >> you have a heartfelt condol

george to be bush. finney freddie ag the tarpon -- tarpans the autos. so bush's president in 2008 he chose with nancy pelosi to see the economy is going into the tank we need a stimulus in they said okay. on the one hand it would be better:would be worse for government so they worked with him on that. when obama call will last he did not ask for a stimulus because we had done focus groups. where europe gather people to try things out on them but people don't have firm opinions because they are airheads. [laughter] if you would get the focus groups in october of the undecided people will do is a decided between obama or mccain or nick cave or bush? maybe a few people but those guys don't know anything. [laughter] of focus groups reported stimulus was a bad word with negative connotation so that is why it was called the economic recovery act that recovery was more attractive than stimulus. in vice period's most people would rather be stimulative then recover. it was overruled. [laughter] but in 2008 bush says the top economic people to the democratic congress seven weeks before the election. we have a

there you have the three presidents barack obama, george bush and bill clinton. nancyeagan does receive a pension as a former first lady. former first lady of jimmy carter also benefits from the present act. steve harrison has answered the question. truman's house is on the intersection of truman road and delaware road. i went there last week. he lived there until he passed away. we of course visited the truman library and focused on all of the presidents on our american president series. you can check out on our website. "seek q -- cq weekly" host: -- presidential bids roil the senate. robert is joining us on the democrat line. the question we are asking should taxpayers continue to support former president. good morning. caller: on this deal of the presidents getting a pension, i don't think they should. when i worked on a job for eight years, no one gives me a pension. the same thing goes for the senators. if they set up, they should not get a pension also. most of them stand there too long. host: lloyd is next from ohio. caller: first-time caller. my question is to

george mitchell, democrat from maine. barry goldwater, republican from arizona. it danny elway from hawaii. bob dole from kansas. nancy kassebaum. barbara mikulski, democrat from maryland. this is a place where friendships were made. i will never forget hubert humphrey was literally on his last leg, dying of cancer. going through intense chemotherapy. we were about to recess. he died shortly thereafter. i remember barry goldwater walking up to him in the well and them and bracing for long -- embracing. for long period, both crying. the senate rising to his feet for sustained emotional applause. barry goldwater and hubert humphrey. as a consequence, the senate functions as it was designed. the nation in the midst of that turmoil in those early years that i served arrived at consensus. and all of america was better for it. all those i mentioned including former senators and current senators are sitting with us today. they understood and understand that no one has a corner on the truth. no one's perspective is the only perspective. each of them understood that the actions in this chamber should ultimately reflect the dec

george w. bush will be there, as will scores of civil rights leaders, house democratic leader nancy pelosi dozens of other members of congress. both democrats and republicans. but top republicans in congress well they're skipping this chance to mark this historic occasion. cnn's ryan young joins me live from selma. >> reporter: really a powerful group of people will be arriving here over the next few days to really commemorate this. people should remember that video really played an important role in the whole idea that the country got to see what happened here on bloody sunday. several top republicans won't be here from mcconnell to boehner to scalise will all be skipping this. as this place starts to swell with thousands of people if you look over at the bridge we have seen people walking across the bridge to mark this occasion all afternoon long. president obama will be here with his family his daughters, his wife. former president bush will be here. i was talking to the community this afternoon asking them were they surprised by the republicans not coming here. i can tell you one lady told me

nancy dunning, ron kirby and ruthanne lodato over a 10-year period. prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty. the man caught on video intentionally ramming a dump truck into two prince george's county police cruisers is not competent to stand trial. that revealing came today from the judge presiding over the case of the dean brandon jr. he's charged with attempted murder and assault. police say brandon accused two police officers of killing his brother moments before turning his dump truck around and ramming their cruisers. brandon is being committed to a mental health facility for treatment. now, to that developing story at the university of virginia. tonight, we're learning more about that video and the young man the abc agent pinned to the ground. the video has created a firestorm at the university of charlottesville campus and demands for answers. right now, we're waiting for a live news conference from the attorneys of that young man. martese johnson. we'll bring that to you live when it happens. suzanne kennedy is in charlottesville with where things stand right now. suzanne: has students at the university of virginia protesting about racism. >> i wasn't talking to you

remember nancy pelosi famously sat down in syria with bashar al assad when the government of george w. bush was not speaking to him. wolf? >> michelle kosinski thank you. as michelle noted, 47 republican senators signed that open letter to iran's leaders, 7 did not sign, including my next guest, senator jeff flake of arizona. he serves on the foreign release relations committee. senate, why did you decide not to sign that letter? >> well i just didn't think it was productive during this time when there are very tough negotiations going on. they're tough enough without introducing this element. >> you heard the former secretary of state hillary clinton say that those republican senators who signed it were either trying to help the iranians or hurt the president. what do you think of what she said? >> i don't buy that. help the iranians not a chance. i agree with susan collins saying that i don't think the iranians are that concerned about what 47 senators think. but i was more concerned about our allies. iran is at the table because these sanctions have bitten pretty hard, these multil

george's county. her remains were found a year later in charles county. >>> murder suspect charles severance is due in court today for a competency hearing accused of killing nancyng, ron kirby and ruth ann lodato. >>> the white house rolls out the red carpet for the royal hold an oval office meeting with britain's prince charles and his wife, came million lash the duchess of cornwall. last night a black tie dinner was held in their honor at the british embassy. >>> best time of the year for college basketball fans. the tournament gets under way and pane of you will be watching at work, from the office to see if your bracket predicks hold through -- predictions hold through. 13% of workers have filled out a bracket at an office pool. managers and it professionals are most likely to jump in. in all american businesses, they're expected to lose nearly $2 billion worth of productivity during the tournament. >> who gets work done in march madness? no one gets work. >> there are more than nine million ways to fill out a bracket. if you're just guessing you basically have no chance. >> so you're saying there's no chance. president obama is taking his chances anyway. h

george miller doesn't discuss it publicly. he put in a bill under our stress just for pro forma. never had a press conference. nancy pelosi doesn't discuss it. richard trumka of the afl doesn't discuss it. and the minimum wage today adjusted for inflation, as i mentioned, would put tens of billions of dollars at ten bucks an hour--tens of billions of dollars in people's hands to jump-start for the recessionary economy. biden could have skewered ryan, and he was muzzled because obama doesn't want to discuss this because he might be accused of being against small business, who he's given 18 tax breaks by his own admission on the first debate. 18 tax breaks, and 2/3 of all low-income workers are employed by 50 large corporations, like wal-mart and mcdonald's, whose ceos get an average of $10 million a year. and you think this was a slam dunk, but it isn't. so i think our presidential politics are rancid, repetitious, cowardly, and commercialized. so whoever wins, don't expect that much. >> ok. so... [applause] ralph, you've run for the presidency a number of times. so let's just hypothetically, if you were, in fact, e

george ogilvie has also been reassigned to desk jobs. >>> secretary of state john kerry yesterday sat through a fiery hearing on capitol hill. potential presidential contender weighs in. nancyally did flare. they came face to face with one of the chief negotiators, secretary of state john kerry. >> my reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. >> secretary kerry slammed the letter sent by senate republicans that warned with the iranian regime that any nuclear deal not approved by congress and the next president could revoke it with the stroke of a pen. >> it purports to tell the world if you want to have confidence in your dealings with america, they have to negotiate with 535 members of congress. >> the republican chairman bob corker signal he wasn't interested in a lecture, even though he didn't sign the letter. >> mr. secretary, i know this is a well-written speech. >> this is not a speech. this is a statement about the impact of this irresponsible letter. >> five minutes and 26 seconds later you finish. >> reporter: of the 41 signers, 4 are likely presidential candidates and two used wednesday's high-profile foreign relations hearing to take the administration to task.

mostly sunny on sundays to headed to nancy carlin looking at a slight chance will keep finding that for the forecast as to get more information in your day-by-day. >>george: retracting a couple of hot spots in the midst of what is an otherwise slightly lighter than usual commute let's start with the problem here on a 80, and northbound in the east bay and david st. and accident does backing of the ride on to 38. -- 880 >>george: northbound just a little this out of 238 adding 8 to 10 minutes to the northbound drive to earn two to two to two minutes into downtown oakland out of san leandro and all of the accident is still clear the heavy traffic remains on one 01, in the northbound directions to san jose to the san tomas expressway we're still backing up now to the coyote valley 280 lighter 85, live as well and the tracking your mid peninsula commute here we're looking of the ride on 101, starting to slow northbound hitting up from 90 to heavy traffic across the san mateo bridge. the bay ridge is more his axe experiencing a much lighter than usual ride the back of which is used to use the pushing toward the maze is not here at the 880, over crossing. >>ge