we also need to remember that network rail monitor and run over when he thousand miles of network, andkments. in practical terms, similar kinds of remote areas with embankments. in practicalterms, our research has focused on things like remote monitoring, so our projects have been looking at how we can link up have been looking at how we can link up satellite data with sensors along the track in order to detect ground movements earlier, and also to work with meteorological organisations to work with the met office, for example, to help predict the locations of flash flooding so that the train operations can begin to be warned about that at an earlier stage. so with my layman's hat on, are you suggesting it would be something like we see at the ski resorts with avalanches, and early warning system when mountainsides become unstable? you would know when embankments were saturated and might dip onto the track? absolutely. there are many different causes of landslides in different areas, so this is a very complex problem. but certainly we can identify risk areas and begin to give early war

he denied network rail had failed to act on a report which warned about the impact of extreme weatherhat caused the accident, with a scottish government minister today saying extreme weather did have an impact, and urgent checks are now being carried out on the network. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports from the scene. the painstaking, meticulous investigation into why this train left the track. the emergency services working to make the crushed and broken carriages safe, while experts in rail safety look for evidence of what exactly happened. the head of network rail, visiting the site, said urgent checks are now being carried out at all similar high—risk cuttings. we have the best safety record in europe, but we weren't good enough yesterday. whatever happened yesterday, we will want to find out eventually what that was. it's important that the rail accident investigation branch are given time to do that properly and forensically. tributes have been paid to the three who died. christopher stuchbury was a passenger on the train. his family said, "chris was a much—love

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are in charge of the investigation to find out exactly what happened we all work together with network rail where we'll see who's responsible to make sure that we get to make sure nothing like this happens again. the cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and flash flooding on the nice. these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they working alongside emergency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. football now in paris and german is through to the semifinals of the champions league after defeating italian club atalanta the much seem to be going out alonso's way but in a dramatic finish p.s.g. overturned a one nil deficit with 2 injury time goals erik chewable molting got the winner to secure the french side's 1st semifinal appearance in 25 years cove in 1000 has got athletes racing against time as global sporting events return athletes around the world are playing catch up from uganda d.w. spoke exclusively to double world record holder joshua chapter gay and

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initialfindings or the moment is pointing towards, the initial findings or initial comment on getting from network railrces connected to this are other possible landslide stop heavy rain in the hours before this incident, the 6:38am service that left aberdeen. 0n incident, the 6:38am service that left aberdeen. on its way to glasgow. we think there was a landslide in the area near stonehaven, the train itself was made up of two locomotives at the front and four passenger carriages in the middle and i am told that, at the moment, what has happened is that three of those for passenger carriages, plus the locomotive at the front derailed. they are off the track, down in a valley, and very remote area. it is complicating the rescue and recovery operation and that leaves one passenger carriage on the back locomotive on the tracks. it was a hst train, it is clearly a very, very serious incident. do know how many people we re incident. do know how many people were on board the train? people were not, that i've been speaking to about that particular information at the time. we do not know how many passengers w

network rail released these pictures.tead of continuing on to glasgow when the accident happened with such fatal consequences. one question investigators will be asking is whether the train should have been running at all given the horrendous weather. an investigation into the accident is now getting under way and it is important that we allow that to do its work. but in time, we must also ensure that any and all necessary lessons are learned. however, for the moment, my thoughts are with the injured, all those affected directly by this tragedy, and indeed with everybody who works on a railway. network rail has announced it's to carry out inspections of high risk track—side slopes with similar characteristics to the crash site in aberdeenshire. britain's railways have enjoyed a good safety record in recent years. this is the first fatal derailment since 2007. the transport secretary will visit the site today. grant shapps said that the government will offer every possible assistance following this tragedy. andrew anderson

we saw the videos posted by network rail showing how poor the conditions were.cident i'm told this train encountered flooding on its line, it then a p pa re ntly flooding on its line, it then apparently switched to another line adjacent before continuing on its way to glasgow, then at some point later derailed. it's a fair question to ask whether any train should have been running in that part of scotla nd been running in that part of scotland this morning given the conditions. a recent report from the rail regulator warned about the worsening conditions and the risk that has for railways. incidents of this nature are incredibly rare. you have to go back 13 years for the last major derailment, but they cause huge devastation as the images from the crash site show and they almost always result in someone dying. thankfully there weren't too many people on that service. tom, thank you. the uk has fallen into its largest recession on record because of the coronavirus lockdown, contracting by more than 20% between april and june in the biggest slump of any major glob

scotland, and from network rail scotland, who own, operate and run the tracks.tures look like the train is down on cutting. can you give us a sense of the safety record of the uk rail industry? the best in europe is the simple bottom—line. there hasn't been a train accident in which a passenger has died for many, many years. i think it is over ten years. you have to go back to 2007 i think to find the last fatal accident involving a passenger, so i really hope that is not what we are going to hear today, but againi not what we are going to hear today, but again i am in no position to confirm or otherwise. we will leave it there. thank you. i appreciate details are still sketchy but you have given us some important information. i would also like to bring you news that nicola sturgeon the first minister has just tweeted this is an extremely serious incident. i have had an initial report from network rail and the emergency services and am being kept updated. all my thoughts are with those involved. philip hague suggesting this may have been an early morning passeng

i have been briefed by network rail and the emergency services on that.ng news for the bereaved, but also for those who were on the train, and my best wishes go to those who sustained injuries. the weather overnight was described as "atrocious". around the time of the crash, network rail published this footage showing how poor conditions were, with lines blocked. heavy rain caused flash flooding in the nearby town of stonehaven. early indications are that the derailment in this rural part of aberdeenshire may have been caused by a landslide. emergency services working through the day to get the injured to hospital and to recover the dead. very sadly, despite the best efforts of paramedics, we can confirm that three people have been pronounced dead at the scene. while formal identification has yet to take place, the driver of the train is very sadly believed to have died. his family have been informed and are being supported by specially—trained officers. the prime minister said his thoughts were with all those affected. one of the reasons this accident is

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that's right although it's too early to be sure of the cause there have been reports by a network rail company that operates the railway railway infrastructure that there was a landslide in the area although it has not been confirmed whether this contributed to the derailment however we do know in part is understood i have to say that the locomotive as well as the of the 4 carriages on this train a local train from aberdeen to stonehaven has has slid down an embankment so that sir the latest that we hear. network rail say that's this landslide occurred in the area this morning well there's been a lot of criticism with the recent governments about lack of investments due to austerity and what is the state of the country's well system at the moment. that's right coutts in the early years of privatisation in the 1990 s. and early 2000 there were a number of serious crashes on the railways in britain one for example a lot more growth where 31 people died in 1990 however since then safety has been improved considerably and in 2013 the european railway agency reported that britain had the sa

network rail released these pictures. train should have been running at all given the horrendous weather. an investigation into the accident is now getting under way and it is important that we allow that to do its work. but in time, we must also ensure that any and all necessary lessons are learned. however, for the moment, my thoughts are with the injured, all those affected directly by this tragedy, and indeed with everybody who works on a railway. network rail has announced it‘s to carry out inspections of high risk track—side slopes with similar characteristics to the crash site in aberdeenshire. britain‘s railways have enjoyed a good safety record in recent years. this is the first fatal derailment since 2007. the transport secretary will visit the site today. grant shapps said that the government will offer every possible assistance following this tragedy. andrew anderson, bbc news, aberdeenshire. the time is 1.24. our top story this lunchtime. thousands of pupils in england, wales and northern ireland have had the

i have just i havejust come i have just come off a car with network rail and emergency services. although details are still emerging, i'm afraid to say there are early reports of serious injuries. we'll be live at the scene. the other stories this lunchtime: students in england may be able to use their mock exam scores if they're unhappy with their a—level grades, in a change announced just ahead of results being released tomorrow. the uk is officially suffering its biggest recession on record. the fall in output caused by the covid—i9 pandemic is on course to be one of the worst among major economies. today's figures show that hard times are here. hundreds of thousands of people have already lost theirjobs, and sadly many more will. and senator kamala harris makes history after she's named as joe biden‘s presidential running—mate, the first black woman to be a candidate for vice president. and coming up on bbc news, the superleague season in chaos, with at least one match called off this weekend after six hull fc players test positive for covid—i9. good afternoon and welcome to

the head of network rail has accepted that his organisation failed to prevent yesterday's train crash good enough," and promised to implement any safety recommendations arising from the derailment. but he denied that network rail had failed to act on a report which warned about the impact of extreme weather. meanwhile, the names of two of the three people who died in the derailment have been released. driver brett mccullough and conductor donald dinnie died, along with a passenger. i'm joined now by mark phillips, the chief executive of rail industry safety organisation the rssb. and i suppose i should pick up first on those comments from the head of network rail, we were not good enough. what is your reaction?|j think enough. what is your reaction?” think first we are all very saddened and pass on our condolences to the friends and family of those that sadly lost their lives and those who we re sadly lost their lives and those who were injured in the incident. and some of the moment it is very much a question of gathering the evidence around the site, the rail investigation board are

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these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they are working alongside him agency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. there's a quick look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world security forces in mali have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who have camped out overnight in the capital bamako they've been demanding the resignation of the president because of the faltering economy and an ongoing insurgency in the country's north germany has pledged $20000000.00 euros for relief efforts in lebanon on a visit to beirut foreign minister said that the aid is contingent on lebanese authorities tackling corruption he met emergency responders at the site of last week's massive explosion which killed more than 170 people. the prime minister of marie says is says engineering teams have removed almost all of the oil from on board a grounded japanese ship more than a 1000 tons have already spilled into the waters around the island after the vessel ran agroun

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and these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they working alongside emergency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. we'll take a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world security forces in mali have used tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who camped out overnight in the capital bamako demanding the resignation of president abraham. because of the faltering economy and the ongoing insurgency in the country's north . the prime minister of marisha says engineering teams have removed almost all of the oil from on board a grounded japanese ship more than a 1000 tons of already spilled into the waters around the island after the vessel on the ground on a call leave. flooding in south sudan has forced an estimated 135000 people from their homes one of the worst affected places is the town of bor where heavy rains causing the about like 9 never to burst its banks efforts to reinforce the levee prevented even more of the town being swarmed. germany has pledge

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he denied network rail had failed to act on a report, which warned about the impact of extreme weatherare now being carried out on the network. we weren't good enough yesterday. whatever happened yesterday, we would want to find out eventually what that was. it's important that the investigation branch are given time to do that properly and forensically. more than 290 people linked to a food factory in northampton, have tested positive for coronavirus. the company, greencore, employs more than 2,000 people, making sandwiches for marks and spencer. local authorities say the company had introduced highly effective measures, to prevent the spread of the virus. coming up at six o'clock on breakfast, charlie stayt and naga munchetty will have all the day's news, business and sport. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: belarus has begun to release thousands of people detained in protests against alexander lu kashenko's disputed election. israel says it will temporarily suspend plans to annex the west bank, as part of a new peace deal with the united arab emirates. let's go to india

we saw pictured posted by network rail showing poor conditions as they canceled before the accident,m told the train encounteredg, flood then apparently switched to another line adjacent before , -- glascow, then derailed.scow it is a fairuestion to ask whether any train should have been runningn that part of scotlandivhis morning conditions. recent reports from the rail? the -- the real regulator warned worsening weather conditions in the u.k. and the risk to railways. incidents like thisreare in the u.k.. you haveo back 13 years for the last major derailment. ♪ philippa: this is "outside source," live from the bbc new room. the democratic nominee for president joe biden and new running mate kamala harris are about to launch their bid for delaware together for the first time in the next half-hour. several countries in western europe are seeing a fast rise in tavirus cases. we will have updates on spain and germany in a moment, but firsts france. it recorded -- has recorded more than a post lockdown record in the past 24 hours. two weeks ago, the figure was 1000. the paris marathon,

correspondent has this update repoer: the head of network rail visiting the site said iegent checks areng ca out. >> we have the best safeop record in e but we were not good enough yesterday. whatever happened yesterday, we whatht was.o find out eventually it's important the rail accident innstigation project are gi time to do that properly and forensically. reporter: three people died in the derailment. awi passenger, alon the trains conductor. a family man, he was said to light up theoom with his cheery banter and stories. the trains driver, brett mcculloch, was described by his family is the most decent and loving human being wo've ever his passing leaves a huge id in all our lives. ♪ philippa: this is "outside source live from the bbc news room. donald trump announces an historic peace deal between israel and the united arab emirates. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland have received a level grades for exams they did not sit because of lockdown. mas were awarded using teacher estimates but those men were tandardized by exam s bods, and head teach

around the time of the crash, network rail published as footage showing poor conditions.es block, heavy rain caused flash flooding in stone haven, the town nearby. early indications are that they derailment in this rural part of aberdeenshire may have been caused by a landslide. the emergency services working to get the injured to hospital and recover those who died. the driver, the conductor and one passenger on the train. over the coming days, investigators will try to piece together what caused this tragedy to occur. we really need to take the time to understand exactly what caused this event. the railway is an exceptionally safe mode of travel, but we just need to take the time to understand why this has happened. the queen, who is also currently in aberdeenshire, at balmoral, sent a message of condolence, stating that the entire royal family joined her in sending their thoughts and prayers to those who had died and those who had been injured. that sentiment echoed by the prime minister. one of the reasons that this accident is so shocking is, of course, that it is th

hit by thunderstorms and flash flooding overnight these images were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways they are working alongside emergency services as investigations continue. we'll take a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world germany has pledged 20000000 euros for relief efforts in lebanon on a visit to beirut foreign minister said the aid was contingent on the lebanese authorities tackling corruption he met emergency responders at the site of last week's massive explosion which killed more than 170 people. the german government has agreed a 1200000000 euro rescue package to hold a company it's the 2nd time the state is saved in that has stepped in to save the world's largest tourism group he says the phones will help it get through winter after global travel restrictions destroyed some of business. this is day to life from still to come covered 19 cases in just 3 months high in germany to hear why officials are warning people to stick to social distancing rules. first they want to government protests i

have contributed to the and saddam's investigators are on their we to the scene to find out more network rail did say there was a landslide in the area. this morning 'd and this may well have contributed to the derailment of the train and generally what sort of states it is the countries rail system in well in the early years of privatization in the 1990 s. and in the early to thousands there were a number of serious rail crashes like the wanted ladbroke grove and 1999 where 31 people died but since then safety has improved considerably and indeed in 2013 the european railway agency even paul said that britain had the safest railways in europe by the number of incidents so i think we really have to probably look to the weather as a possible cause to this incident could talk and to thank you for joining us on this to under so wolf that in scotland. to bella ruse for the government to protest no show no sign of a very thing following sunday's disputed presidential election the interior ministry says police detained more than a 1000 people overnight police also used to live i mean if in the case

i think as a result, network rail will be looking very closely at how it deals with this extreme bittreats its earthworks instructions, all of those sorts of things. should say rail accidents like these are very rare. they absolutely are. to hear the tragic news yesterday, that's the first news yesterday, that's the first news of its kind we've heard for 13 yea rs. news of its kind we've heard for 13 years. that's been the result of a lot of hard work by railway staff up and down the country to make britain's railways safer. so recent figures comparing britain's railways with those across europe are placed britain across the top of the list as the safest railway in europe. that does not mean that accidents cannot and do not happen as events yesterday have so sadly shown. thank you for your time this morning. you are watching bbc breakfast, still to come: breakfast‘s tim muffett has been to meet the cast and crew of a new musical based on the film sleepless in seattle — as they hope it will be the first live stage show to open since lockdown. we'll be discussing that shortly and bring

the head of network rail visiting the site said urgent checks are now being carried out for similar high—riskurope but we were good enough yesterday. whatever happened yesterday we will want to find out eventually what that was. important that the real accident investigation give time to do that properly and forensically. three people died in the derailment passenger along with the trains conductor, a family man he was sent to light up the room with his cheery banter and stories. the trains driver was described by his family as the most decent and loving human being we have ever known. his passing leaves a huge void in all of our lives. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom donald trump announces an historic peace deal, between israel, and the united arab emirates. hundreds of thousands of students in england, wales and northern ireland have received a—level grades for exams they didn't sit because of lockdown. marks were awarded using teacher estimates, but those marks were then "standardised" by exam boards — and headteachers say the results show ‘a great deal of volatility‘. in

more complete understanding of the legislative and regulatory policies that govern our national rail network. the surface transportation board plays a critical role in ensuring our nation's rail network is sound and functioning properly. this committee specifically and the congress as a whole recognize the board's importance through the passage of the surface transportation board re-authorization october of 2015. through the legislation, this committee strengthened the authority of the board to oversee, investigate and adjudicate matters that have long been a concern to industry stake holders an congress alike. paramount among these concerns is the need to address deficiencies associated with the rate case process. chairman begamin along with board members have since made considerable strides to address the issue. i look forward to working with them to implement changes that, consistent with sound economic principle, will streamline the rate case process to substantially reduce costs and timelines and ultimately enhance the boar's effectiveness in handling such cases. another area of interes

visiting relatives in the south i am acutely aware of the importance of passenger rail service to a rail network and in particular many rural communities that rely on it and outlaw the committee's efforts to address issues related to passenger rail service and if confirmed i look forward to working with the other board members on issues that are of concern to the passenger rail community and within the jurisdiction of the board. in closing t, i have sought over my nearly 25 years of public service to build a reputation centered on objectivity and fair mindedness. which in turn allowed me to become a strong consensus builder problem solver and i hope to bring my background solving complex and multidimensional problems into a regulatory environment where i believe an unbiased, thoughtful and unconventional approach will lead to fresh ideas esand ultimately solutions to some of the challenges the board's task to address and resolve. again, thank you for the opportunity to come before you and i look forward to answering any questions . >> thank you very much mister primus. we had technical glitches

around a mile to the next signal box and advise them that an incident had occurred, which allowed network rail. deals have been assigned by the uk government effort to more experimental coronavirus vaccines. a total of 90 million doses have been purchased from a belgian pharmaceutical company in a us firm. britain now has on order 340 million doses of six different potential vaccines, more detailfrom a medical editor fergus wallace. —— from our medical expert fergus wallace. a coronavirus vaccine, it would be the solution to the pandemic. a way to protect the vulnerable, to end social distancing. such is the pressing need to, countries are placing orders long before clinical trials are finished, and they know whether any of the vaccines protect against the virus. the uk is set to have one of the world's biggest stockpiles of coronavirus vaccine. 340 million doses have been ordered of six different vaccines. the latest deals with belgian company, and a us biotech as well. even though most of the vaccines require two doses, it will still mean there will be enough to inject everyone in the uk fiv

transmission might carry on in the future moving forward , carry on in the future moving forward, using rail networksity networks will be can also look at that as we get more numbers sampled. and presumably, maybe we can do this already, there are 20,000 people, i think every week or every two weeks been tested at the moment and the goal is to expand to 150,000 by 0ctober every fortnight. we will have real localised data, postcode, street, road data. yes, we will, but the good thing is that not that many people are infected at any given time, so it sounds like an enormous number of test, but we must remember that the number that will be positive will be quite small. so it is still using this data to put them into mathematical models so that the modellers can then predict what they mean only bigger scale. there will still be quite a small number of infected individuals in those groups, but it will give us fantastic information, particularly on the children, if they are shedding viruses, so it is talking about viral load, how many varices they have in their nasal passage and that will help us to unders

when it comes to obligatory mask wearing so we could see more personnel for example on germany's rail networks making sure that people are indeed wearing those face masks while another restriction we've seen on thursday germany's health minister announced that travellers coming back from high risk regions will face mandatory testing let's take a look at what the survey tells us about reactions to that now of the testing applies to people returning from most countries outside of the european union and 93 percent of respondents say they support that measure which kicks in on saturday so kate how is this actually going to work in practice and how will it be enforced . well the main focus 1st and foremost is on airports as of tomorrow as you say as of sas as a anyone returning from an area the german government deems as a high risk area will have to be tested when they arrive in germany unless they have a negative test a typical that is no older than 48 hours and this is something that the government is not taking lightly anyone who refuses to take a test could face a fine of up to 25000 euro's an

currently expanding the locomotives and real cars are becoming more advanced or just switching to the rail network and the entire real logistics are currently being revamped so the. traffic in particular is increasing. so the future of our railways looks really promising so. for the. most traumatic. aerials are exposed to neighboring countries china however uses a different gauge of track to mongolia where the network is based on the russian broad gauge that means all the wagons must be reloaded on the chinese border which is a huge additional cost factor. a lot of the locomotive are also of russian origin. one of the or evil. almost over so there are currently $31.00 of these russian locomotives in mongolia over the. chickens which we've been using this one since 2010 when i was going. up there on polish. air which. you can call up to $5000.00 tons and it's 2 engines have a total of $7212.00 horsepower engine. she went through a long trial period and has proven she can survive the long distances and the hard mongolian winters very well or stay with us for. the heavy diesel engines and seemingly e

. >> more than 2,000 trees fell across the long island rail network, just crippling mass transit.ontinues to be suspended on certain lines. in pennsylvania, take a look at this. strong winds ripping off the roof of a day care with 130 kids inside, some of them babies. four kids suffered minor injuries. one person died in that state when the vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. harris, right now the urgency is about getting the power back up. it's hot out here, it's in the high 80s, and people are miserable. harris? >> harris: aishah hasnie, thank you very much. appreciate the update on the report. democratic senator mazie hirono walked out of the hearing on antifa after senator cruz accused democrats of facilitating violence in the united states. watch this. >> you are welcome to say something negative about antifa right now. okay, she declined to speak, so that is the position of the democratic party. >> harris: we got the complete report off the top this hour. now the politics of the moment. jason chaffetz will have plenty to say about this. he is live with me next. ♪ ♪ water?

transit slowly getting back up to normal after more than 2000 trees fell across the long island rail networkice continues to be suspended on certain lines out there. take a look at this. in pennsylvania strong winds ripped apart the roof right off of a day-care. 130 kids were inside. some of them babies. four children suffered minor injuries. one person died in that state when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. again, connell, the cleanup, is far from over. we heard over and over people talking about how they called the city to get these trees off of their cars, so they can go on with the insurance process. still 24 hours later. looks like -- connell: a lot of people surprised by the severity of all of this. thank you, aishah hasnie. jackie. jackie: wow. a warning if you're looking for that coveted cleaning product that everyone wants. clorox revealing it may not be able to fully restock disinfecting wipes in stores until next year because of an overwhelming spike in demand amid the pandemic. but the company saying supplies like liquid bleach will improve dramatically over the next

around a mile to the next signal box and advise them that an incident had occurred, which allowed network railon the scene and the support of the local community. these officers attended a chaotic and dangerous scene, it was absolutely to do your credit they weigh performed assisting people, going to that dangerous position just to help people. i am very proud of that. the response was exceptional. i would very much like to thank all the local community, they really pull together. we had a very short time, people were arriving with food and drinkjust to make sure that all the agencies and staff yet were well looked after. it's a big thank you to that local community. that's what we expect, it isa community. that's what we expect, it is a local community the really step forward to come forward and offer whatever assistance they could. public health officials that nearly 300 people have tested positive at a signage making factory. workers were productively tested because of a rising number of cases in the town. lucy wightman, the director of hell health at northampton county council, say that wo

more than 2,000 trees fell across long island rail network, crippling mass transit, well into the late of the night. service continues to be suspended on certain lines. in pennsylvania strong winds ripped the roof right off of a day-care with 130 kids inside. some babies even inside. four kids suffered minor injuries. but, neil, the urgency to get the power restored as quickly as possible. neil: thank you very, very much. meantime i want to take you to the other side of the country in seattle in case you were of the view this defunding the police movement was slowing down or ebbing, dan springer can tell you that the seattle city coins renewed that process. what is the latest, dan? reporter: neil, seattle is one of about 16 cities across the country in some stage of defunding its police department, but here in seattle, the mayor and police chief are pushing back with a key vote on the issue looming less than a week away. next month e monday the city council would vote on a measure that would cut $3 million from the spd budget. it would cost the them 100 officers. they want to eliminate

rail network was warned about land slips on the tracks in bad weather. exact cause of the derailment is still under investigation. >> julie: a terrifying moment caught on camera in california. a man is saved from the path of an on coming train without a second to spare. watch this? >> can you get up? get up, get up, get up. wow, the breathtaking rescue happened after the man's wheelchair got stuck on the tracks. the police officer saw him struggling and ran over to him pulling him to safety in the nick of time. he injured his leg but thank god is expected to survive. >> trace: break out your best hat and grab a mint julep. the kentucky derby is on. when it is set to happen at churchill downs. the mainstream media is quick to call senator kamala harris a moderate. an organization looking at voting records called her the most liberal senator of all last year. howard kurtz joins us next to tell us how it might play out with voters. i'll give you a hand. and i'm gonna put lisa on crutches! wait, what? said she's gonna need crutches. she fell pretty hard. you

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