the workers christopher shepherd and sheppard and lawrence daniels were killed at the walnut creek bart station in october of 2013. it happened during a bart strike so a trainee was operating that bart train when it hit the two workers, cal/osha gave bart three willful serious violations today. the first is that the workers were not qualified to do the work they were doing that day because they were not electrical workers and they were working near the third rail. the second violation is the trainee at the controls was operating the train by himself. cal/osha says the trainer was not with him. he was in a passenger car at the time of the accident. cal/osha also says that the trainee did not have adequate training. the last violation is that the procedure the workers were using known as "simple approval" in cal/osha's mind they believe "simple approval" is not adequate relying on a spotter to let others know a train is coming. the trainee didn't know how to sound the horn as the train was about to strike the workers. >> the operator in training saw the people attempted to stop the train,

christopher shepard and lawrence daniels were struck and killed by a bart train while inspecting tracks. cal osha says shepard and daniels were not properly trained to perform work near energized third rails. >> they were not qualified to be working near a live third rail. as a matter of fact they had an aluminum track gauge which was three feet in length. if that had hit that third rail, it would have elect -- electrocuted them. >> meantime barts general manager released a statement in response to the report saying bart has fundamentally upgraded its safety procedures with the implementation of a an enhanced safety. >>> time is 4:47. let's go to sal. keeping an eye on traffic on this friday morning. hopefully it stays friday light out there. >> we are hoping. today is good friday. some people will have the day off. the markets will if closed. i think we might have lighter than usual conditions. let's see. let's take a look at what we have now. we have a crash that is right near broadway. just past oak street and traffic is beginning to slow down here in oakland approaching that crash i

for safety violations state investigators say led to the deaths of christopher sheppard and lawrence daniels. >> i'm happy that the families could have a little vindication of clearing their names and continue with the process of mourning. >> reporter: the two workers died after a train hit them during a track inspection. it happened during a bart strike in october. managers were learning how to operate trains. >> the tragic loss, did not need to be lost. again, the strike did not need to happen. >> reporter: cal/osha cites bart for three violations saying the men killed weren't qualified to do the inspection because they weren't electricians, yet they were working near the electrified third rail. 2, cal/osha says the person operating the train had inadequate training. the trainer wasn't even in the operator cab. lastly, cal/osha says the "simple approval" procedure for track inspections was inadequate. that means using someone as a spotter. two bart workers died before using that same protocol. but bart continued even after cal/osha's previous citations. >> on top of that, they didn't even

. >>> christopher shepard and lawrence daniels were struck and killed by an on coming train.nd a proposed budget investment of over $5 million in additional resources. >>> time is 5:46. sal is back. you are still watching the roads even though we expect a lighter commute today. >> we do because it's good friday and one of the things that we hope to have is just a lighter commute almost everywhere financial markets are closed and some schools are closed. and that may be enough to have a light commute. no major problems and less than a five minute drive time between hegenberger road and downtown oakland. this is a look at the toll plaza. an eight minute drive time between toll plaza and san francisco. if you are driving in contra costa county, we don't see a lot of slow traffic. not even in antioch. we may be seeing the first signs of friday light because of well it's good friday. so southbound 680 traffic does look okay. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. very good morning. mostly clear. a few high clouds. a little bit of patchy fog. although a little cooler today. a prett

christopher shepard and lawrence dall daniels were killed.operly trained to perform work near energized rails are. the manage released a statement saying bart has fundamentally upgraded its safety proceed years with the implementation of an enhanced wayside safety program. >>> coming up, a large scale safety investigation on bart. for passengers, it may look real, but it's a training operation. tom is live with the impact. >>reporter: starting right now, a major effort is about to be underway. you see some of the players involved. starting now until 12:30, a joint law enforcement efforts. these are pictures we shot back in 2010 that was on a similar thing, bart police, the transportation security administration and many bay area state and local law enforcement working with each others are about to begin conducting join security training exercises here at the station. people at or near these mentioned stations should expect to see energy vehicles as well as armed uniform police and police k-9 units. the purpose is to prepare for americaning s

agency says lawrence daniels and christopher shepherd should never have been allowed on the track. they weren't qualified to work near the live third rail that power bart trains. wayne pick up the story from there. >> it happened at walnut creek during the bart strike last october. 2 non-striking bart workers. christopher shepherd and larry daniels struck killed by out of service train driven by unsupervised trainee. today the california division of occupational safety and health cal/osha found bart grossly at fault. >> what we found was the trainee was by himself in the control cab. the trainer was seated in the passenger car behind the open control cab door. had view of the back of the trainee at the controls but did not have adequate supervision of the trainee and also did not have vantage point to observe the track. >> the combined 210,000 dollar fine maximum for 3 distinct willful serious safety violations. an accident that the union representing those workers says would never have happened if bart had not forced those men on the track. >> we were very adamant saying this is u

christopher shepherd and lawrence daniels were doing a track inspection on thursday cal/osha gave b.a.r.t. the maximum penalty, three willful violations totaling $210,000 in citations. >> a willful category is added when we have evidence that shows that the employer knew of hazards and did not correct them. >> first cal/osha says the men weren't qualified. they were elect fied third rail. two cal osha says the person upward in the train had inadequate training. the trainer wasn't even in the cab. cal osha says a simple approval was inadequate. that means using someone as a spotter. >> that's interesting. you've covered this story for a while. the fine itself is going to be basically b.a.r.t., which is a public agency paying it to the state. let's put that aside. >> right. >> what did you see as the import of this report? >> what i saw, really when you hear the $210,000 fine, kind of a slap on the wrist. we're talking about money. it's a black eye for b.a.r.t., but what it means to the victim's families is that it's not accidental, and they could have some legal recourse now because it was

shepherd and lawrence e. daniels while making permanent changes to our safety procedures. passenger and employee safety is our top priority at b.a.r.t. unquote. union leaders say they're relieved cal osha's taking action. >> and i'm glad that they're going to be held responsible for something that they knew was unsafe and they did it anyways. >> hopefully it brings some sense of peace to the families, mr. daniels and mr. sheppard. i know b.a.r.t. had tried to indicate it was the responsibility of those two workers, and that's definitely not the case. >> reporter: now, union reps tell me that today's actions have been tough for the victims' family. but while it has opened up a wound, it's also brought some measure of peace. reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >>> new video tonight of a developing story of that ferry that sunk off the coast of south korea. i want to show you some cell phone video from a survivor. and it shows the stunning calm among those passengers. they're sitting quietly in their life jackets on the tilting ship, obeying comm

romping through the sweet 16 on the play and steadying hand of senior daniel lawrence. in the championship game the second-ranked bear rest shut down elizabethtown high school, dismantling the offense and holding their opponents scoreless in the final five minutes and 27 seconds. great defense wins championships, the saying goes, but it also helps create unbreakable bonds among deem mates. this team truly functions as a unit both on and off the court. maintaining a cumulative 3.7 g.p.a. in the classroom while taking the louisville invitational tournament championship earlier this year and adding the school's fourth state title last month. madam speaker, i'm proud to congratulate coach larry and the butler high school girls basketball team on an amazing championship season. go barretts. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek rick nation? a -- recognition? >> madam speaker, i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman