to build the united states' largest rail to marine terminal in vancouver washington along the columbia river governor inslee noted three major reasons for the rejection first that quote in the event of an earthquake seismic conditions at the site present an unacceptable and potentially catastrophic risk to the public second that the impacts of a columbia river oil spill on water quality wetlands and fish and wildlife would not be significant and cannot be sufficiently mitigated and finally that the council found that emergency responders are on likely. to be able to successfully respond to a major incident at the facility he made the decision based on a recommendation for the washington state energy facility site as alue ation council who recommended denying the proposal vancouver energy however thinks that their recommendation is faulty and stated in an official statement that quote rejecting essential infrastructure on the basis of risks the evaluation council found to be extremely unlikely is no way to govern the extremely unlikely risks earthquakes which are not extremely unlikely in the

to build the united states' largest rail to marine terminal in vancouver washington along the columbia river governor inslee noted three major reasons for the rejection first that quote in the event of an earthquake seismic conditions at the site present an unacceptable and potentially catastrophic risk to the public second that the impacts of a columbia river oil spill on water quality wetlands and fish and wildlife would not be significant and cannot be sufficiently mitigated and finally that the council found that emergency responders are on likely. to be able to successfully respond to a major incident at the facility he made the decision based on a recommendation for the washington state energy facility site as alue ation council who recommended denying the proposal vancouver energy however thinks that their recommendation is faulty and stated in an official statement that quote rejecting essential infrastructure on the basis of risk the evaluation council found to be extremely unlikely is no way to govern the extremely unlikely risks earthquakes which are not extremely unlikely in the

to build the united states largest rail to marine terminal in vancouver washington along the columbia river governor inslee noted three major reasons for the rejection first that quote in the event of an earthquake seismic conditions at the site present an unacceptable and potentially catastrophic risk to the public second that the impacts of a columbia river oil spill on water quality wetlands and fish and wildlife would not be significant and cannot be sufficiently mitigated and finally that the council found that emergency responders are under likely. to be able to successfully respond to a major incident at the facility he made the decision based on a recommendation for the washington state energy facility site of valuation council who recommended denying the proposal vancouver energy however things that their recommendation is faulty and stated in an official statement that quote rejecting essential infrastructure on the basis of risks the evaluation council found to be extremely unlikely is no way to govern the extremely unlikely risks earthquakes which are not extremely unlikely in t

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mock drill in oregon, and the whole shtick was that one of the major main stem dams across the columbia river had been breached. now, if that happens, portland's under a whole bunch of water. so they're going through all the drills and emergency casualty stuff, this is all a drill, and he gets the call saying, ok, now it's your turn to activate the emergency alert system and notify people of this disaster. and he said, ok, thanks. no, you have to do that. he said, no, no, no, i don't think i'm going to push the button and actually go on the air and say bonneville dam's been breached. i think that's sort of orson wells stuff. he refused to do it, but it can get to that level. wherever we are, we've got to be cognizant that safeguards are in place and especially in these treacherous times, dangerous times in places like hawaii or guam or somewhere that there's better command and control. so on the 50th anniversary of 9/11, on these events happening, i look forward to working with our first responder community and broadcasters and states and the fcc to see whatten went wrong and how do we make s

thousands of gallons rolling on train tracks next to a river in your big and we want to dredge the columbia river and we want to do all these other things there's city on a number of industries and businesses that we don't want we don't want to we don't want to we don't want to take this break but we have to our quadruped don't forget to let us know what you think of a proper group cover of facebook and twitter your polls show that r.t. dot com coming up in the rights of thirty eight offered them called elected office of us to discuss is that was. your fascinating i'm sure cover for farcical topic states and. i want to show people of russia that there is another point of view if this is the goal of my campaign i know you can't win on the elections where only point it always wins for there is no talking what would be if i would win i will never win on the elections like in the casino where always because even though we. seen years ago i traveled across the united states exploring america's deadly love affair with a gun if a bad guy tried to get to one of my family members he would have better luck

and the tribes weighed in through the columbia river intertribal fish commission. their resolution conveys, quote, any proposal to open pacific offshore waters from california to and including alaska to offshore drilling. scott mcmullen, the chairman of the oregon fishermen's cable committee, a group of patrol fishermen who have been very involved in negotiations involving the fiber optic cable lines that are laid in the ocean said, the oregon fishing industry has had a long history of good stewardship of the fishing grounds which are open for multiple uses, oil platforms in our fishing grounds would deny access to the resources that fishermen, fish processors and thriving coastal communities depend on. to take away the right to use our historical shared fishing growfnltsdzs by -- grounds by awarding drilling right tbos this single industrial use is -- rights for this single industrial use is wrong. dale beasley had this opinion. as president of the columbia river crab fishermen's association and the coalition of coastal fisheries, our position on any fixed structu

when ray was speaking, he spoke on my behalf and we cop double up on columbia river treaty, whether it was rural telecom issues or grid issues. it was a twofer for the price of one but maybe one and a half. but ray had the ability to reach across the aisle and close the gap and make us better people. . in closing i would just say that ray is one of those people, as i said in the beginning, that left before we were ready but not before he filled us with love and kindness and grace and shared his which the and humor -- wit and humor. some humor better than others. and ray, it was just good to have you out. god bless you on your journey. god bless christine. your brother, your sister. their families. and all your kids and grandkids. you touched our lives. you left us better than -- this better than you found it. this country, this state. we are all indebted to you and so appreciative that we got to know you and work side by side with you. with that, mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman fr

the latest wreck happened early this morning in cayse, south carolina, across the river from the state capitol, columbiaenger train believed to be on the wrong track plowed into a freight train killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. kris van cleave has the latest. >> reporter: early indications are amtrak train 91 was traveling at about 59 miles per hour when it hit a c.s.x. freight train around 2:30 sunday morning near columbia, south carolina. on board the new york to miami train, were nearly 150 passengers and crew. the 54 year-old engineer michael kempf of savannah, gerogia and 36 year-old conductor, mike cella of orange park, florida were both killed when the lead locomotive and several of the passenger cars derailed. >> think of the worst car wreck you've ever been in. that's what it sounded like. >> reporter: derrick pettaway was sleeping on board when the accident happened. >> i wasn't able to embrace myself properly. i ended up going into the wall and kind of gave myself a bump on the head, nothing too major. >> margaret fisher is a lexington county coroner. >> we should've had

latest wreck happened early sunday morning, in casey, south carolina, across the river from the state capital, columbia. a passenger train, believed off to be on the wrong track, plowed into a freight train killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. cbs news transportation correspondent kris van cleave is at the crash site. >> early indications are amtrak train 91 was traveling at 59 mild an hour when it hit a freight train early this morning. on board the train were nearly 150 passengers and crew. the 54-year-old engineer, of savannah, georgia, and 36-year-old conductor were both killed when the lead locomotive and some of the passenger cars derailed. >> i was awoke by the rumbling, i guess, when the train wheels were in the gravel. and then it just stopped. and fortunately my partner was able to brace yourself, properly. i was not able to brace properly. ended up going into the wall. kind of giving myself a bump on the head. >> lexington county coroner. >> we should have had a lot more casualties but we didn't. >> 116 people were taken to area hospitals with range of injuries. ntsb now i

the river that could be productive for us is basically all about british columbia.chill on saturday and a little bit of a change and on sunday a chance for a sprinkle in the north bay and perhaps a snow flurry in the mountains. three inches of snow up there and different kind of weather that drops into lake tahoe on monday and tuesday. we will track that for you. this is the forecast high. nothing different and cooler on sunday into the mid-60s. we will dry out. we are week on rain with a slight chance on monday but a trace at best.>>> a couple of warriors wives were at a school today reading to the kids. leslie west and christina visited parker elementary pick they were reading as part of the districts african-american literature read in week.>> it is very important for them to be exposed to all different types of literature especially during this month that shines a light on less known figures in african-american history.>> members of the warriors are doing their own reading and talking to classrooms in oakland and san francisco.>>> the workers are having a tough

columbia tennessee for fear that they will be killed. thurgood marshall: the mob followed me out across duck river and pulled us over - state troopers andce. juan williams: and they particularly pick thurgood marshall out of the back seat where he was seated. thurgood marshall: and they put me in the police car and told looby to go on to nashville and don't follow them. juan williams: but the police car they notice, does not go back towards town, but instead takes a turn in to the woods going in the direction toward the river. marshall, sitting in the backseat, he doesn't know what's going on. and these guys have him handcuffed. and as he is approaching the river he sees that they've got a white mob, right down by the river. and they are all ginned up, liquored up, and ready for action. thurgood marshall: and they drove to the duck river. that's where the mob was waiting. that's where they tried to lynch me. juan williams: it turns out that looby had turned back and he had followed the police car. thurgood marshall: looby wouldn't leave. so eventually they got a little meeting together and they said "aw the hell with it." juan williams: