i think there is a number of misconception about what amtrak is. the third is to bleed into a little conversation about infrastructure, which i believe is the critical issue that bases not only our company, but our country in the future. that is the plan, let me try to do that in a minimal amount of time. i will give you a slightly different version of the introduction. and a lot of kids loved trains, if you never grew out of it. i like to say my mother dropped me fairly early and i hit my head and this was the affect. nonetheless, that is the way that i was built. i have had a remarkably blessed life in every respect, and a wonderful career. including my time at amtrak where i was fortunate enough to get a job with the southern railway. it was the southern predecessor back in the 1970s for those of you who are young. and then we had a great career that culminated in being ceo for about 10 years. i stepped down as ceo in middle 2016, we moved to charlottesville, virginia, a great place. we have our children and grandchildren all within 20 minutes.

amtrak is reasonably good at safety. i am talking primarily about safety of employees but also safety of the public, safety -- tlafli traveling public and safety of our communities, but we can do better. i have been around great safety cultures and seen them, and that's where we need to take the company. under the capable leadership of our chief operating officer we are starting to make great steps to create that culture, but culture change takes a while and you never stop in order to do it. third, on top of that create a strong focus on what i like to call operational excellence, delivering what we do efficiently and effectively. and a strong safety culture enables you to build a strong operational excellence culture. so that's number three and we're driving that way i think now. again, a lot of work to do, but this is something obviously that i've seen and richard anderson has seen, and he will be great at doing this. and then, fourth -- and you referred to that, a couple of these issues -- get back to focusing on cust

amtrak is important to our country. and it needs to be well-led and well-managed, and i thought i could make a difference. and that, by the way, is exactly why richard anderson is doing the job. in fact i can tell you that in spite of my begging and pleading, he did no better in his contract negotiations for salary than i did. so the unhealthy reason of course is pure ego. it's okay when people start saying he's the ideal candidate for the job. but when you start believing it, it's a bad thing. nonetheless, here i am. so let's start with a history lesson about amtrak. it was really -- it was originated in 1970. it began operations in 1971. to put it in perspective, and i was trying to remember the year, don, penn central bankruptcy, '68, i couldn't remember '68 or '69, and the railroad industry was in a state of disrepair. most companies, not southern railway and a few others, were really in very bad condition. infrastructure-wise, finance-wise, everything else. and in fact, the common question back then was should the

if you look at the history of amtrak, this is nothing new. i mean, if you look at the trump proposal, right, 20 years ago the proposals coming out of the administrations were, shut down amtrak. so the trump proposal is, gee, we've got this one thing that we don't think makes sense, let's not spend money on it. the other things they actually support. and i am actually an optimist about the administration in terms of our conversations with secretary chow and dot because the president comes from new york and i think he understands the situation up there. it's a long, long process. we'll work our way through it. we'll make our case. and i'm an optimist. i think we'll continue to be funded to do what we do. let me say this though. the better we run amtrak, the better we deliver on projects, the more people understand how good our company is, the easier every funding conversation gets. >> you got into this a bit, but what steps is amtrak taking to ensure that there are no more summers of hell, and that is beyond trying to push for a different name

amtrak is looking into the cause of the derailment. amtrak owns and operators the station. the traffic, a headache comes day before a massive repair project is slated to begin at penn station which has been plagued with derailment and power failure and signal problems. governor andrew quaw -- cuomo not reassuring people calling it the summer of hell. amtrak expect delays we don't know how bad it could be, we don't know, it could be anywhere from 15 minutes to much, much longer. we'll be here throughout the morning and we get additional information on what to checking account during the morning commute. jeanette reyes channel 6 "action news." >> at least it's friday, like tam said. >>> happening today, trump and members of the national security team will meet with russian president vladimir putin at the g20 summit in germany. abc's emily wowl is following the latest. >> reporter: this morning, protesters assemblying after a full day of demonstrations to begin the g20 summit. a distinctly welcome for trump in hamburg compared to the cheering crowds in warsaw. in his speech to

when they were hit and killed by an amtrak train. according to the report, the amtrak train, and another one passing by... sounded their horns -- but it was too late. we're still aai a scary situation in fauquier county.. take a look at this. a bridge collapses and takes u-p-s truck with it! this is in catlett, virginia.. just off old dumfries road. the truck was apparently making a delivery in the area when it tried to cross. an investigation is underway, but fire department officials say the bridge's listed weigh limit is 4 tons. the average ups truck weights 4 times more than that. thankfully the driver was not hurt. ad lib wetaher fro

amtrak runs passenger rail in the u.s.ate company dependent on more than $1 billion in federal grants. we asked the heritage foundation, a conservative think tank if amtrak's economic structure works. >> i think what we have seen is by and large no. reporter: in fiscal year 2016, amtrak says more than 31 people rode the trains, setting a record in ticket sales. but amtrak's its earnings by more than $200 million. >> they are really bogged down by having to funnel resources to the long haul routes that very few people take that are costly to taxpayers. >> president trump's proposed budget cuts amtrak's routes in half for longer routes. amtrak says the cut would force them to end train service in 23 states. heritage says the private sector may better manage train travel in higher populated areas. like the northeast. >> i wouldn't say it's broken or needs to be fixed. reporter: andy says congress should reject cuts and increase train spending. >> if we invested in it, we'd have a great rail system. reporter: his group has 15-

this is not an amtrak discussion. we will have those. senator schumer: last night was an amazing moment. the credit goes to a lot of people but at the top of the list are the three who showed amazing courage to resist the pressure and do what's good for the country. john mccain at the top of the list. he and i have been friends for a very long time. ever since the gang of eight, which we put together. and i have not seen a senator o speaks truth to power as strongly, as well, and

a plea to amtrak, keep the legroom. there's a backlash against a recent proposal. >>> building a window into your brain. the big grant headed to uc >> right now, california governor jerry brown's controversial cap and trade legislation is facing a crucial vote in the state legislature. >> brown is warning of dire climate change consequences if the measure goes down. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler is in the newsroom with the details. >> the senate began debate late this afternoon on the legislation designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. it will then head to the assembly, two-thirds of the state's lawmakers, a super majority, must approve the package for it to pass. california governor jerry brown is pressuring lawmakers to extend the state's cap and trade program, to the year 2030. right now, it's set to expire in 2020. the program requires polluters like refineries to pay to offset their emissions. a companion bill calls for tougher air quality regulations. today a handful of environmental activists rallied at

now remember amtrak, owns the tracks so amtrak trains will go first, when they are going to let a trainnsit will be second fiddle there so just give yourself plenty of extra time/ they're about that right now before you head up to new york this morning. we will have more on that, again, minor train derailment with injuries that happened last night, at penn station. north bound on the new jersey turnpike, inner drive closed at exit number seven, because of an accident and as i mentioned vine street expressway still closed until 5:00, and live look for folks down the shore, an example of the fog as we look live at toll plaza outside of ocean city on the parkway, your forecast for the weekend, scottie's got tonight 15 >>> waking up to a damp, dreary friday, we have areas of fog and yes, left over showers still to get through for that morning rush. it looks like heaviest is north and west and reduced visability out there, beware of that fog, as we talk about the roads, slick roads and also muggy conditions. live look right now, in center city you can see we have that fog, temperature wise,

when they were hit and killed by an amtrak train. n-t-s-b officials say the amtrak train, and another one passing by... did but it was too late. we're still awaiting the final report. breaking this morning-- prince george's county police now investigating a shooting near temple hills. it happened around three a-m, on on the 2600 block of easton street. police tell us on e man was hospitalized with multiple gunshot wounds. there is no word on his current condition, or what lead to the shooting. that shooting - comes as police officers in prince george's county make changes to combat a spike in violent crime. officers will now be working 12-hour shifts as the county records it's 49th homicide this year. chief stawinski says violent crime is one percent higher compared to this time last year and many of those crimes aren't random. police officials say officers will focus on high risk areas. officers will be compensated for the additional 2 to 4 hours of overtime added to their workday. department can't put a price on public safety. an u

an amtrak spokesperson says the train hit him friday afternoon. isaac's family said he went for a run that dayand never came home. his body was found yesterday near the train tracks. none of the passengers or crewmembers onboard the train were injured. it's unclear what happened in the final moments before isaac's death. (jr stone) another big story we are tracking tonight... in the east bay, a wrong-way driver sent ánine people to the hospital after a horrific crash. the youngest victim... just a year old. kron four's spencer blake is in brentwood...where he spoke to authorities about the incident. (pkg) (helicopter)even the whir of helicopters(baby's cry) couldn't drown out the cries of babies who had just survived a horrific, head-on collision."one vehicle overturned off to the side of the road. one vehicle was a van full of people and children."both a one-year-old girl and a two-year-old girl were in the now mangled minivan - two of seven unsuspecting victims.they had been heading west, away from the streets of brentwood mallwhen this gold car

newark police and amtrak police are investigating a repor person struck by a train and amtrak notified newark police of a body tracks possibly a person was struck by the train. all amtrak trains were stopped from moving through the area at 10:10 thi started to run across two tracks at 10:45, no word on age or gender of the person appearing to be o and farm lane. >>> the standoff that brought an s.w.a.t. team to ukland township the person was bar indicated inside of this home. and residents were neighboring houses were told to stay inside for their own safety. almost three hours later the police said the situation was undercontrol. they are not releasing details at this time. >> minutes ago a federal indictment targeting allentown mayor, ed pawlowski, was unveiled. that they committed wire fraud, mail fraud and other offenses to raise money for his campaign for mayor in 2013. pawlowski a democrat is running for a fourth term and sent "action news" a text saying i will not be stepping down or dropping out of the campaign. >>> police in pemberton township, knowledge are investigating the

amtrak has many more big jobs it.d of how will future disruptions compare?r big projects require longer shutdown? >> no. in fact, it's exactly the opposite. are doing the most difficult work that i'm aware of in the station. this summer. and, yes, we're gonna continue work, extensive weekend work. we're gonna have a few periods we have one track that we have to rebuild. but we don't see anything this anytime in the future, right now. having said that, there's always work to be done. have to manage it as efficiently as we can. >> now, the $24 billion gateway project, building a new tunnel under the hudson river. the present budget would -- the president's budget would eliminate capital funding for that. that?e you dealing with >> we're doing a lot of work with the administration. secretary cho has been very receptive to listening to at the and looking project. had very good conversations with them. and the president is very aware of infrastructure, particularly infrastructure in the new york area. these are vital projects. if they're not done eventually, shut

amtrak and new jersey transit trains will be affected. you can expect delays longer than 30 minutes over the next two months. the $40 million fix is expected to be completed by september. >>> septa change the way it accepts tickets. affect evening riders. >> right now the governor of pennsylvania is up against the clock. governor top wolf has until midnight to decide whether to sign the veto or allow a state spending bill to lapse into law. the house and senate are also trying to find a way to pay for the nearly $32 billion spending plan they passed last week. they hope to raise more than $2 billion in new revenue. boring more than a billion. and possible tax increase. >> new this morning. investigators looking for the cause of a fire at a railroad yard in south philadelphia. nbc 10 was at the csx yard on columbus boulevard. fire broke out inside a tractor trailer around midnight. flames spread to other trailers before crews arrived to put out the fire. no one was hurt. accused of murdering a new york stat trooper. authorities say 36-year

joining us right now with more on the whole situation and amtrak's deal, good morning to you. summer of hell you've got to hate that phrase >> well, we don't really think it's particularly appropriate. but we like to think of it as the summer of renewal. but, your governor has branded that and it seems to have stuck. >> okay but whose fault is it? the governor's fault >> the governor's fault >> that we are in this summer -- >> no. >> that's a whole separate issue, by the way. >> it's just the fact that we have some essential renewal work that needs to be done in penn station and needs to be done on an expedited basis and the summer is generally a better time to do this kind of work, traffic patterns are down a little bit because of vacation and the like and we just need to keep -- >> although this is work that has been put off for years and years and decades if we hear it correctly. whose fault is that? >> if you look back at the history of amtrak and as you know i wasn't much part of that history, there was a period where there wasn't much investment in the station at all. am

it involved folks who take new jersey transit and amtrak. we have the details ahead. >>> starting with our live camera view over ocean city, new jersey. you see a beautiful shore view. blue skies. no clouds. no rain in this forecast. this is the sunday beauty. here are the temperatures we're currently reading along the shore. now at 80 degrees, cape may and upper township also at 80, summer's point, may's landing at 81 degrees. we should see these temperatures about where the highs today will be, low to mid 80s, but most of us are going to stay near the low 80s today for highs. and we're going to see just that very nice sunny forecast the rest of today as well. along the jersey shore and across our entire area. here's our radar and satellite view. all of us are sunny right now. they gray overlay on satellite if we had rain or clouds, but we don't have any clouds. it's all sunshine out there throughout. forecast highs today, 86, somerton, summer city, and mostly low 80s to mid 80s in the lehigh valley and berks county. allentown, at 83. same

amtrak is already scheduled to start a big track repair project there on monday.t, ellen, thank you. >>> a group of people headed to china are getting a little bit of a late start on their trip thanks to an emergency right after takeoff >> imagine hearing what we're about to tell you. good news police say this does not appear to be terrorism related, but passengers on a delta plane say it was a first- class passenger causing all the problems right after takeoff from seattle. witnesses say this man went to and from the bathroom, headed for the exit door at one point and then a flight attendant tried to stop him. he punched the flight attendant. then the passengers and attendants grabbed him. they had to even break wine bottles over his head. >> he started yelling for help. he turned the wheelchair over in the middle of the airport, was screaming for people to help him, just being belligerent. >> somebody working had blood on their shirt. >> yeah. so the passengers heard the commotion. there was even an announcement that a doctor was needed. the plane turned around,

we're watching amtrak and new jersey transit they are starting construction that will cause issues. we have not had reports of delay of yet, but we'll keep an eye on that as we start the new workweek. disabled tractor-trailer, look at the speeds 14 miles per hour creating problems on i-95 northbound, overall southbound is clear, 16 minutes, all the majors are in the clear. i-95 northbound that's a problem with the disabled tractor-trailer it's near girard. the commute traffic report there's an object on the road ben franklin bridge eastbound coming into new jersey, we have not spotted any issues with our cameras. watch for an object on the road right there. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're mostly dry through the area, this is ground clutter. in one or two spots you may want to see a sprinkle south of wilmington popping up. dry right now, 88 turning humid today, tam. >> firefighters out west are battling growing wildfires in record-breaking heat. two major fires forced 8,000 people out of their home. one fire burned 8 square miles. and another one sent hundreds of campe

. >> officials in washington state, what caused an amtrak train, 6 miles south every seattle yesterday afternoon, more than 250 passengers had to evacuate the northbound trains. amtrak said it hired busses to accommodate passengers, and several people though did suffer minor injuries. >> initial reports indicated there was only one minor injury as a result of the derailment, four subsequent medical issues after the evacuation, which appeared to be heat related. the cause of the derailment is under investigation. and recovery effort are being undertaken by amtrak at this point in time. >> and four of the trains 15 cars jumped the tracks, firefighters say they were prepared for an oil spill, but none so far. >> staying out west, investigators are trying figure out how this passenger plane caught fire after landing, the plane left engine went up in flames after it touched down at denver international airport yesterday afternoon. the flight just left from aspen, passengers were safely evacuated when no reported injuries. firefighters did quickly put out the blaze. >> clean up continues thi

many of the problems are a result of overdue maintenance at the station which is owned by amtrak. >>> and a major warning from the intelligence community about a hack into the nation's power systems. homeland security and the fbi say hackers have targeted nuclear and other facilities since may. some officials suspect the hack may have had origins in russia but authorities are still working to determine the motive and the source. operations at the facilities were not compromised. >>> and bill cosby has a new trial date. the retrial on sexual assault charges is scheduled for november 6th. jurors were unable to reach a verdict in the first trial. the same judge is presiding over the second trial. >>> well, if you paid $5 to the faa to register your drone you may be eligible for a refund. the u.s. court of appeals says requiring registration violates federal law. >> the faa is not allowed to make rules regarding model aircraft. the agency must also delete any data you provided. >>> all right, when we come back a youth soccer league is taking a big step asking parents to be quiet. >> that

amtrak will start eight weeks of repairs. the three railroads that use the nation's busiest terminal have told writers to expect fewer trains -- riders expect fewer trains. those thousands of people who travel there every weekday will use a patchwork system of buses, ferries and subways for the next two months. global news, 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. mark, thank you. coming up, what is the pipeline signaling for the second half of the year? --, next.ad of this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm vonnie quinn. steelmaking has been a mixed bag, so is the second half of the year going to be more of the same? we have an industry veteran. interviewing john reiss today, the global head of white & case. >> thank you for having me. >> i have spoken with a lot of bankers and lawyers about the outlook for the second year and may by nature they will be optimistic and they say it will be robust and make -- much

there will also be fewer amtrak trains between new york and d-c's union station. new details about the bowie man accused of strangling his stepfather, and posting photos of the body on twitter.. in 2005, navar beverly pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in another case. he served about four years of a 20-year sentence. this past saturday, police found the body of ronald his home. police arrested beverly after a brief chase, during which he crashed his minivan. pickney's widow tells police, after the murder, her son told her, quote: "i told you i would do it." two men are dead after a gunfight involving an off-duty state trooper in salisbury, maryland. the trooper was working security at a restaurant when he heard gun shots outside. two men were apparently shooting at each other. when the trooper approached - one of them turned the gun on him. the officer, fired back. both men involved died of their injuries. it's unclear if the men were shot by police the trooper is on adminstrative leave, which is routine after an officer-involved shooting. important news for

this is not an amtrak discussion. we will have those. last night was an amazing moment. the credit goes to a lot of people but at the top of the list are the three who showed amazing courage to resist the pressure and do what's good for the country. john mccain at the top of the list. he and i have been friends for a very long time. ever since the gang of eight, which we put together. and i have not seen a senator who speaks truth to power as strongly, as well, and as frequently as john mccain. the very same courage he showed as a naval aviator in vietnam. tissue in vietnam, he showed last night and has shown time and time again. he's just a wonderful man. i treasure his friendship and just the fact of knowing him. aye known a few great men in the senate, i'd put ted kennedy in that category and danny inouye, and i.d. put john mccain in that category too. certainly not to be forgotten of equal praise are susan collins and lisa murkowski. they are amazing. women are in so many instances stronger than men. they brag less about it, but they are. and last night sort of prove

there was media hoopla about summer of hell starting for commuters monday azam track works on -- amtrak works on tracks to improve the infrastructure at penn state. there were tons of news trucks lined up and not that many problem. >> i left early, i am making good timing. >> others saying it was not as bad as they thought. >> very easy. >> are you surprise ?d. >> yes. >> some did have issued. >> i take the train, this one had to go to north penn station. i am about an hour late for work. >> the mta chairman joked, if people don't the to deal with penn station infrastructure, they should wake up earlier. we asked commuters how they felt. >> we should interrupt the commute to work, see how he likes it glee no. >> he is not a commuter. >> who wants to get up early just to get to work on time? >> always leave earliy. >> mta transit, said the same thing, take the earlier train. hoboken? chaos? >> this morning, i went to catch hell on day one. amtrak begins track repairs that will disrupt commute for thousands of people in the tri-state area through labor day, day one? not so hellish. >> not

when they were hit and killed by an amtrak train. according to the report, the amtrak train, and another one passing by... sounded their horns -- but it was too late. we're still aai a scary situation in fauquier county.. take a look at this. a bridge collapses and takes u-p-s truck with it! this is in catlett, virginia.. just off old dumfries road. the truck was apparently making a delivery in the area when it tried to cross. an investigation is underway, but fire department officials say the bridge's listed weigh limit is 4 tons. the average ups truck weights 4 times more than that. thankfully the driver was not hurt. ad lib wetaher fro highs: 92-97 heat index: near 100 degrees winds: southwest to west 5-10 mph overnight: quite warm and humid lows: 72-79 winds: southwest 5-10 mph thursday: hot and humid, pm thunderstorms possible 30% highs: 93-98 heat index: 100-104 degrees winds: wsw 5-10 mph it's go time at dunkin' with two egg and cheese wake-up wraps for $2. enjoy two freshly made oven-toasted wra