received helpful i million dollars guarantee to study climate vulner abilities the federal transportation administration fernandez, the director tour prshth on accept 20. you miremember her lead of valley transit authority before she left to work for the biden administration. caltrain is rolling out the plan for day one of electric service and cal trin is beginning service it gilroy on monday september 25 by implementing i fourth trin the rest i submit. thank you supervisor walt only. that concludes roll call. general public comment. why now the time for member when is prosecute void comment today you mispeak on 17-then recommend ideas without adoption and other merits not on today agenda in the board subject merit jurisdiction. other content has had public comment environment satisfied. we will be ticking those in person with us and then remote line. all speakers will have 2 minutes. >> first speak. jury room hello. >> okay. hello. um -- thank the proirzs from d2 and 72 soinod the womeny political coalition antitrans conference and d 5 who med i statement and supervisor amplify today. dis, point in the

federal aid to airports program administered. the department of transportation's federal aviation administration. the program is called adap, an abbreviation for the airport development aid program, serving the entire system of airports large and small in order to be eligible. a community must be identified and faa national airport system plan and the development desired must be recommended by faa. federal funds are available for project on the airfield land acquisition construct of runways, taxiways and aprons. and the installation of lighting and navigation aids. to counter airport. illinois is an excellent example of this federal and local partnership at work. as early as 1931 to page was the home airport, a business aircraft for oil companies, pipelines and companies. in the fifties, with federal assistance, the airport was expanded and in a relatively few years, the number of based aircraft rose to 440. the page is a logical facility to relieve chicago's busy o'hare airport. but in order to keep pace the airport is now planning for additional expansion. by 1990, it is estimated that the page

nearly every federal agency from small business administration to department of transportation to hudak has taken steps to bring aid and relief to people of now i am wire on communication with our congressional delegation. andff officials and federal agents who are all in. to help maui recover, last month president and first lady came a to maui to show support and hear from survivors, speaker mccarthy and several bipartisan members of congress have also come to see the devastation first hand. many of myma colleagues on both sides have -- reached out asking how they can help. it will take years from maui to get back on its feet. no help will be needed from congress. nearly 1900 homes were destroyed. including an affordable housing complex over 5,000 people have bin displaced and living in temporary housing in hotels and airbnbs. they will need help finding permanent homes. 3 healthcare clinics officially qualified health centers. they provided critical health care,ri access to all of west maui. providers doing best they can using hotel ballrooms and parking lots to get care. they need ch

received helpful i million dollars guarantee to study climate vulner abilities the federal transportation administration fernandez, the director tour prshth on accept 20. you miremember her lead of valley transit authority before she left to work for the biden administration. caltrain is rolling out the plan for day one of electric service and cal trin is beginning service it gilroy on monday september 25 by implementing i fourth trin the rest i submit. thank you supervisor walt only. that concludes roll call. general public comment. why now the time for member when is prosecute void comment today you mispeak on 17-then recommend ideas without adoption and other merits not on today agenda in the board subject merit jurisdiction. other content has had public comment environment satisfied. we will be ticking those in person with us and then remote line. all speakers will have 2 minutes. >> first speak. jury room hello. >> okay. hello. um -- thank the proirzs from d2 and 72 soinod the womeny political coalition antitrans conference and d 5 who med i statement and supervisor amplify today. dis, point in the

the authorities working alongside federal agencies like the department of homeland security and the transportation security administration. these are groups gathering at the deer. a dawn station in san jose. the vta says a big part of today's exercise is to build stronger ties with all of the law enforcement agencies taking part. >> we recognize and transportation generally that presence is a huge tool to deter unwanted behaviors and activities. and this message is an important one for us to deliver. lets riders know that that message of see something, say something is really important and now is showing you who does say something too. >> and as our agency looks to host in support super bowl in 2 years, this is the time we start building informing those really important relationship. >> in may of 2021, the deadliest mass in the bay area took place at the vta railyard in san jose when a disgruntled vta employee gunned down 9 of his co-workers killing them before turning the gun on himself. the building where most of the victims were shot has since been demolished. thousands of people continue to die on the streets of san

transportation. but by far the federal aviation administration will have the most people that stay on the job even withoutay. >> look, before we go here, even knows about the potential government shutdown at this point. but there's another aviation specific deadline that could also expire today, essentially looks at reauthorizing a number of faa policy instructions, just how important is that reauthorization and what does it cover here? >> right. the faa reauthorization, you know, really need to think about it is just giving the federal aviation administration legal authority to do its job. remember, government has no authority except that given it by law. and so the reauthorization has to occur. now it occurs about every five years. back when i was in the department, went through it a lot more because you didn't have the longer-term funding, legal capability. but, it has to be reauthorized because otherwise many of the functions that the faa performs would not be authorized by law to do so. now, the faa worries that if that lapses they will not be able to collect. they will not be legally authorized to c

. >> a potential shutdown could impact millions of federal workers, including the transportation and security administration keeping air travel safe. >> tsa employees do not call out sick or cause the government shut down. they some just not able to afford gas, pay their car insurance, gas and make difficult choices. >> and some of the other federal programs that could be affected include nutrition assistance programs, the national park service and the smithsonian museums in washington, liz landers, abc news. >> will a government shutdown affect fleet week in san francisco? it starts on monday. so far, organizers are planning to continue as usual, but are ready to make adjustments if needed. we have the full schedule of fleet week events on our website, from the bands to the blue angels. check it out at abc7 news.com. com. we're only in the first few days of fall, but an el nino winter is headed our way. >> climate scientists say it could upend our already mild winter weather expectations. all across the country. reporter mike valerio has a breakdown of what may be in store for us this year. >> scientists a

a potential shutdown could impact millions of federal workers, including the transportation and security administrationg air travel safe. >> tsa employees did not call out sick or cause the government shut down. they some just not able to afford gas, pay their car insurance and make difficult choices. >> and some of the other federal programs that could be affected include nutrition assistance programs, the national park service and the smithsonian museums. in washington. liz landers, abc news. >> and republican presidential debate is happening tonight. seven candidates will face off at the ronald reagan presidential library in southern california. former arkansas governor asa hutchinson did not qualify this time and once again, the gop front runner, former president trump, will skip the debate. >> but there's no sign yet that donald trump skipping these debates is hurting him in any way. if anything, it's only making him stronger. we are seeing in polls, including a recent abc news washington post poll, that trump is beating biden by as many as, you know, double digit digits in some of these polls aft

transportation authority held an emergency response training drill today. the vta working alongside federal agencies like the department of homeland security and the transportation security administration. the vta says a big part of today's exercises to build stronger ties with all law enforcement agencies that were taking part and bringing what they've learned today as guidance in the future. >> we recognize and transportation generally that presence is a huge tool to deter unwanted behaviors and activities. and this message is an important one for us to deliver. lets riders know that that message of see something, say something is really important and now is showing you who to say something too. and as our agency looks to host in support super bowl in 2 years, this is the time we start building informing those really important relationship. >> in may of 2021, the deadliest mass shooting in bay area history took place at a vta rail station in san jose when a disgruntled vta employee gunned down 9 of his co-workers before turning the gun on himself. the building where most of the victims were shot has since been demolished. a man is recovering after being shot by fairfield police after

alaska peered federal aviation administration said the crash happen in a remote area shortly after takeoff near st. mary's along the river on tuesday. the faa and national transportationboard are investigating the scene. consumer prices in the u.s. rose by more than expected last month , driven by higher costs for rent and fuel in the inflation rate has been 3.7% which the labor department said is up from 3.2% in july. the data comes days before the federal reserve is set to meet again. it is unclear if they will raise interest rates higher. american technology leaders including the tesla ceo elon musk and mark zuckerberg were on capitol hill today and met with lawmakers for a closed-door for them to discuss regulating artificial intelligence. tech moguls and members of congress are grappling with how to mitigate the dangers of artificial intelligence. the emerging technology has expansive boom in investment in popularity since the rease of openai's chatgpt. the bbc north america correspondent is on capitol hill today and has been speaking with people and that closed-door session. correspondent: this was a real who's who of tech tycoons gathered in the room behind me.

administrator and directors of those departments. you know, i've served on the national league of cities, where i would bring back information from the federal government about transportationhousing, and all the other activities. and then the city would write the proposals to get that funding. and i'm also currently on the california league of cities, and i'll be in sacramento three days next week to clearly find out about funding from the state. who do we contact? and write the proposal and so forth. but all that grant writing, proposal writing historically, for years and years, has been done within the city by the department supervising those departments for the activity. >> council member, if i can jump in here, it's frustrating because it seems like people are passing the buck. we had the mayor on the program last night. here's what she had to say. >> i hear the frustration. again, you know, we are having those very tough conversations internally. the city administrator manages the whole city -- all the departments. there's definitely going to be some changes made to ensure that this doesn't ever happen again. >> okay. so the mayor just saying, you know what? talk to t

administration. it's all part of the federal grant program by the department of transportation. the money is set to be used to extend passenger rail to hills bird and the purchase of low emission freight trains. smart says the grant will help access communities in rural sonoma county while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. at the same time. well, this morning, transit officials and advocates are holding a meeting to talk about public transportation in marginalized communities. it's called freedom to ride and organizers say the event will address car centric systems, justice and transit equity. they say transit plays a vital role in breaking the cycle of car dependency and its associated challenges. it's 6.25 and this morning pg and e and the santa rosa fire department host a fire safety drill. >> it's going to be a joint safety exercise to learn how to respond to emergency events involving natural gas could result from sample in pipelines being damaged because of digging by homeowners. our non pg contractors starts at 9.30 this morning. the drill, 72 of the incidents that have h

administration. >> it's all part of the federal grant program by the department of transportation. the money is going to be used to extend passenger rail all the way up to healdsburg. they also purchase low emission freight trains. smart says this grant will help access communities in rural sonoma county while cutting greenhouse gas emissions. at the same time. and this morning, transit officials and advocates are holding a meeting to talk about public transportation in marginalized communities. it's called freedom to ride and organizers say the event will address car centric systems, justice and transit equity. they say transit plays a vital role in breaking the cycle of car dependency and its associated challenges. it's this morning pg e and the santa rosa fire department host a safety drill. >> it's going to be a joint exercise so that they can a check how to respond to emergency events involving natural gas. for example, when there's damage to a pipeline because somebody digging like a homeowner or non pg contractor. the drill is at 9.30 this morning and it turns out the 72 of

administration. it's all part of the federal grant program by the department of transportation. the money is set to be used now to extend passenger rail service out to healdsburg and also purchase low emission freight trains as well. smart says the grant will help access communities in rural sonoma county while also cutting greenhouse gas emissions. >> this morning pg e and santa rosa fire department host a fire safety drill. and it starts in just a few minutes at 9.30, this morning. so and a couple of minutes, they're going have a joint safety exercise so that they can practice responding to emergency events that involve natural gas where, for example, a pipeline is damaged because somebody was digging a homeowner, not pg contractor and that's dangerous. in fact, pg e says there were about 1300 incidents last year where pg any utility lines were damaged because of digging and that the code can pose a threat to life health safety property. 72 of those incidents were in sonoma county alone. so that's going on the way right now. 9.27, in coming up on the kron. 4 morning news next.

personnel have been on the ground assisting survivors and nearly federal agency from the small business administration to the 2ke79 transportation to hud has taken steps to deliver aid. my staff and i are in daily communication with our hawaii congressional delegation, stait state and local officials, senior administration officials and dozens of federal agencies who are all in to help maui recover. last month the president and first lady came to maui to show support and hear directly from survivors. speaker mccarthy and several bipartisan members of congress have also come to see the devastation firsthand. many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle have reached out asking how they can help. it has meant a lot, and i want to thank everybody for that. but given all that was lost, it will take years for maui to fully get back on its feet and more help will be needed from congress in the months ahead. nearly 1,900 homes were destroyed including an affordable housing complex. over 5,000 people have been displaced and are living in temporary housing, hotels and air bnb's. they will need hem finding permanent homes. three health

road transportation of large and heavy cargo by an entrepreneur; as a rule, this was caused by inconsistency in administrative procedures. to solve the problems, we initiated the adoption of the federalas already been accepted thanks to which now the whole complex of actions. this means that carriers will receive the necessary documents in a single window mode through a special change designed for this information system that will come into force on march 1. next year, low capacity at the grand crossings. they are insufficiently equipped and the logistics are not always well thought out. the business projects of participants in economic activities also developed negatively after my appeal to president of russia vladimir vladimirovich putin the security council at the legislative level has determined the legal basis for the introduction of an electronic queue when crossing the state border. supervisory means also ensured the implementation of measures for the construction of reconstruction and technical re-equipment of 26-26 relevant facilities. but if difficulties of this kind are more typical for border areas, then the problem of non-transparent e due to inflated tariffs in the ener

labor day weekend the federal aviation administration predicts this will be the third busiest holiday weekend so far. the crush is continued to expected through tuesday. transportationdy. >> we are on track to be at or below the typically rate of cancellations over the last decade. so not only are we seeing the system rebound from the worst effects of covid, but we are seeing things come more in line with what we would have regarded as normal. >> bret: tonight's report on america's crime crisis looks at proposed law in california that business owners say will make the situation even worse. national correspondent william la jeunesse tells us what that is tonight. >> don't do that don't do that, ma'am. >> retailers in california are angry over lawmaker's response to a surge in shoplifting. >> that means criminals can do whatever they want and democrats going to protect them, not us. >> hundreds of small business owners rally thursday to protest a bill that limits their ability to confront thieves and requires them to hire private security to stop crime. >> sb 553 allow all the shoplifter to come to our store and grab whatever they need. >> bill mandates a workplace vi

administration. thanks for bearing with me. there. it's all part of a federal grant program by the department of transportation.ney will be used to extend passenger rail all the way to healdsburg and also purchased low emission freight trains. smart says the grant will help access communities of world. sonoma county will also cutting greenhouse gas emissions. the biden administration plans to provide 202 million dollars in federal funding to support the california high-speed rail. that money will be used to eliminate street level crossings at intersections by reducing the crossings. the high speed rail authority hopes to reduce crashes and trying to make the railways safer. the funding is part of a 1.4 billion dollar bipartisan infrastructure law that was passed in 2021, the california high-speed rail is set to open in 2030. the price tag for the 171 mile segment is currently at more than 22 billion dollars. the full cost 128 billion dollars. all right. up next, a clarification from a federal judge is now allowing san francisco to sweep homeless encampments. >> and are some certain terms and conditions. plus wh

transportation infrastructure investments in this bill are especially important in light of the derailments, disasters and disturbing close calls we saw this year which i was pleased we could increase funding for the federal aviation administration so it could address the shortage of air traffic controllers, reduce flight delays, increase efficiency and modernize technology and quickly improve safety which is so important given the concerning number of near misses we have seen recently. this bill also increases the federal railroad administration's funding for its safety work to make sure we have enough inspectors to keep our males safe and research import and questions to improve rail safety and efficiency so i want to thank senator hyde smith and senator schatz for putting the bill together. each and every one of the appropriations bills in the package before us today is the result of an open bipartisan process that invited input from every single senator. that's true for all 12 of the bills our committee passed, all in overwhelming bipartisan votes. as my colleagues know, the senate appropriations committee has plenty of members on opposite ends of the political spectrum, deeply conservative republicans and democrats, in othe

federally funded hospitals are considered essential. along with air traffic controllers and transportation security administration officers.tial employees, even though they continue to work, are not paid while the government is shut down. they receive back pay once funding is restored to their agency. employees in non-essential positions are furloughed until the government is funded again and do not come into work or get a paycheck. under a 2019 law they are guaranteed to receive back pay once the shutdown is over. you wanted to say something? caller: they will be sent home and not have to work. this might be kind of cold but they are going to be sent home, they are going to go on vacation, they do not have to go to work, and then when they come back they're going to get all that money back. just like anybody else. i do not know anybody who has not been paid at all. host: but they have bills that are due during that shut down. they have bills due but no money coming in. caller: if government employees -- they are paid very well. government employees ought to have savings. i am sorry. i do not know too many government emplo

federal aviation administration, addressing the near collisions involving commercial flights that have been unusually high. they're known officially as runway incursions. and the national transportationns since the start of this year. there's been an emergency safety summit, bulletins to pilots, bulletins to air traffic controllers. but now, the faa is asking an industry-led committee to come up with new technologist to help avoid more incidents. here's what the faa is telling its investigative technologies aviation rule-making committee. recommend incockpit alerting systems that could show three things, one, the airplane is lined up with something that not a taxiway, when it's aligned with the wrong runway and a runway too short. in its letter, the faa says one serious close call is too many. and every solution should be considered. amara, victor. >> pete muntean, thank you. >>> in the united states, nearly 1.5 million have an incarcerated parent. this week's cnn hero knows first hand what they're going through. and she's dedicated to to making college more accessible to students like here and support. please yasmin arrington. >> what we're ultimately doing is ensuring that children

federal rail administration grants we should here from the end of the calendar year. megathe third hear from next year an indication of progress on this front. the metro transportation commission has had success with their major project advancement policy coordinate the region will revisit prioritization as part of that process in november time frame. and as mentioned, we are the only application in the region for megafunds and hope to get their support as part of this process. there will be indicators over the coming months simultaneous come after the november time line. we doll our best to out line those so you know what is manage when. should we proceed in november and we would proceed toward the execution of the federal transit administration will not sign a full funding grant agreement without the required match. the november time frame to be clear, is to look in the federal participation, which is a dollar amount. a percentage of the cost. projects delays subject to ~esque ligz and go up over time that percentage would shrink because the dollar value capped and the over all value would grow. we're not commit to delivering the protect. and fully fund nothing no

federation of government employees. t.s.o.'s would continue to work in the transportation administration, but so many will be working without compensation. if we are concerned about the border, i don't know why the southwest border initiative is out, why money for that is eliminated and opportunities for shelter services are eliminated when we realize throngs of people are coming here that are having the ability to apply for asylum. the chair: the gentlelady's time has expired. mr. cuellar: an additional 30 seconds. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: the answer is to give ourselves more time to address the question of serving the american people. i rise as the leader did, to support the bipartisan senate continuing resolution, which maintains current funding, takes care of communities impacted by natural disasters and provides funding to ukraine and contains no poison pills. if we are serious about doing the job of keeping this government open, supporting hardworking american workers, we will support the senate continuing resolution tomorrow and save this nation. do not shut down. the chair: the gentleman from tex

transportation and federal railroad praying a half years to complete the environmental impact for the project. mr. secretary we commit to making the union station expansion project a priority for the administration >> thank you for the question we understand the importance in the priority that this deserves. one thing i would mention i know this is not about the full scope of the project but the president's budget for 2024 requested $50 million satisfied under the fed state for the immediate state of good repair needs we continue to be committed with all concerns towards her progress on the larger capital need of union station. >> when will the administration to the final environmental impact statement and record of decision. >> i don't have news to make on that today but were continuing to make sure that we work expeditiously on this and can leave more information in your office when we get back to dot. >> i wish you would get back as soon as you can. >> is the lead democrat on the highway and transfer subcommittee i was proud to help create the neighborhood access and equity program as part of the inflation reduction act. the program provides over $3 billion to improve safety, workability and

federal rail administration grants we should here from the end of the calendar year. megathe third hear from next year an indication of progress on this front. the metro transportationssion has had success with their major project advancement policy coordinate the region will revisit prioritization as part of that process in november time frame. and as mentioned, we are the only application in the region for megafunds and hope to get their support as part of this process. there will be indicators over the coming months simultaneous come after the november time line. we doll our best to out line those so you know what is manage when. should we proceed in november and we would proceed toward the execution of the federal transit administration will not sign a full funding grant agreement without the required match. the november time frame to be clear, is to look in the federal participation, which is a dollar amount. a percentage of the cost. projects delays subject to ~esque ligz and go up over time that percentage would shrink because the dollar value capped and the over all value would grow. we're not commit to delivering the protect. and fully fund nothing november

transport costs. a reduction in prices in retail should happen in the very near future, but the federal antimonopoly service has already become interested in unscrupulous entrepreneurs. fas began to initiate administrativeis stabilizing, the world oil market is on the verge of panic, bloomberg writes about this, the publication notes that russian oil, eurols grades in ports on the baltic and black sea, is sold for about 86 dollars per barrel, and this at the same time that the west wanted to limit its price to 60 dollars, in general, the western price ceiling for our oil is not just leaking, it has collapsed, the reasons for this are that russia, together with saudi arabia, is reducing oil production, has contributed to the rise in prices of our energy resources, you won’t believe it, biden, the us president was selling off american strategic oil reserves with all his might to keep oil prices low, but in fact their reduction is over time, on the contrary, it caused a sharp rise, but this often happens, and the current figures are not the limit, russian oil is moving towards a price tag of $100. 100 dollars, it’s hard to believe, it’s just hard to accept that the price of oil is above 100 dollars per bar

federal highway administration announced a notice of proposed rulemaking to require states and mpos to establish a new performance measure with declining target for carbon dioxide information and report greenhouse gas emissions josÉ with transportation this was done despite the department having no authority to impose such a requirement. fact greenhouse gas perform special court was specifically omitted from iija. hacking the claim measures consistent with the law or the intent of congress given that it was considered and specific excluded from iija a? >> because under the law as written we have the authority of the performance measures. just because congress did not require it of us does that mean that we're not able to do it. we believe this is consistent with other instances in which federal highway administration or other operating administrations have developed performance measures with on safety or other domains. i want to emphasize this is not a mandate. it doesn't set a target for states. we are simply requiring that there be some kind of measurement of the performance of something that relates to the impact of how the federal taxpayer dollars we are sending -- >> i would argue based see that as amended based on a limitation