. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i am llewellyn king, the host of "white house chronicle." i am a trained fanatic.trains. i have traveled on trains all over the world. i have traveled on them in russia, africa, or europe, and the united states. i've got a little something to tell you. amtrak between washington and boston, which is its premier route, the so-called northeast corridor, really is not that bad. i'm nots up pretty well. pleased with it. they have the most bizarre system of pricing so that you, the customer, never know what it is going to cost, and the computer, which decides what you're going to pay, is a little wanting in veracity sometimes, that is a fancy way of saying analyze.-- it lies. case in point, i have a price, computer, which decides what you're going to pay, is a littl- i got a priceand the computer said you cannot have it because parts of the journey are ld out, so i-- driveto the rover a station, get -- to the railway stationon the same trains, pay $30 more, and then take the train and find out it is never more than half-full. that is why i do not trust the computer or th

recs i am llewellyn king, the host of "walk -- white house hronicle." today, said thoughts, thoughts about elephants. i feel some affiliation with elephants. i come from africa. the news that has saddened me beyond measure is the news that very close to where i was born in zimbabwe, in the game reserve, 41 beautiful giant, gentle, gentle giants have been poisoned with cyanide by poachers seeking their tasks for ivory. it is horrendous that such lovely creatures are being expunged from the earth. years, there may be no african elephants in the wild. we are all, in some way, guilty. it is a long chain of guilt, including myself. i once bought an ivory gift for someone. in they mother, who 1920's hunted elephants with an uncle of mine when it was considered an honorable undertaking. we are all guilty to some extent. and sequestration. there is a long, thin line that extends to the u.s. congress. this holocaust of the elephants might somewhat be influenced by the congress. wildlife service does something to stop the poaching and trade of rhino horn, elephan