if the bnsf rail company gets its way some of that could change. it wants to reactivate the rail line. and there are actually two separate votes happening today before that could potentially happen. the first one will be happening at the county level, secondly happening here in richmond at the city level. richmond mayor says he is very much against reactivating the line. >> the regional park district says they bought the right-of- way several years ago, and the only reservation the railroad took was to serve any new industries that happen to be at the end of it. there is nothing at the end of it. it's all parkland now except land owned by the city of richmond. so some of this may play out in court. >> so why they want to reactivate it? we actually have no idea. we reached out to bnsf railway to see what their intentions are with the rail line come of it they haven't gotten back to us. the first boat is happening at 9:30 this morning in martinez for contra costa supervisors to vote. >>> new this money, central city leaders passed a ban on flavored t

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. >> bnsf railway >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made ssible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs statio thank you.rs like you. >> woodruff: president trumpay s g down the current trade standoff with china, and playing up prospects of a deal. the two nations have fired offw lvos of tariffs on billions of dollars in goods. but, mr. trump insisted today that his relationship with chinese president xi is "extraordinary," and he insisted that the trade negotiations have not collapsed. >> we're having a little squabble with china, because we've been treated very unfairly for many, many decades, for acally a long time. we are again in a very, very strong positio if they want to make a deal, it could absolutely happen. >> woodruff: u.s. trade officials today published a list of another $300 billion worth of chinese goods that could be targeted. beijing, in turn,ow to fightto he finish. leaders in the u.s. and iran appeared today to try to ease rising tensions in that part the world. state tv quoted grand ayatoll

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. >> bnsf railway. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a string of tornadoes cut a path of destruction across parts of ohio and indiana overnight. the twisters-- including one packing winds up to 140 miles per hour-- flattened entire neighborhoods, killing at least one person and injuring 130 others. in western ohio, the light of day revealed the devas left by tornadoes hours earlier. midnight, a line of twisters tore through indiana oud ohio. >> our is gone. the tornado just hit our house. >> woodruff: who witnessed it, described a deafening noise as the storms hit. >> within five, ten seconds, it goes from dead quiet to a jet engine taking off. the loudest noise i've ever heard. >> woodruff: more than 50 tornadoes are reported to have touched down across eight states in the midwest mond night. the area around daon, ohio, was among the worst hit. local officials there are still assessing the damage. >> we do

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