if you ask general manager paul whitfield, he will tell you he wants to cut 1000 jobs and raise fares once again. he wants to make more changes to rail service. chairman, jack evans, threw a wrench into the plants, recommending the federal government should take over. about a mile from here, earlier today, we were over at mount lebanon baptist church, where metro's largest union gathered with spiritual leaders to oppose the chairman's idea, and discuss what they call a death spiral budget. paul whitfield's plan includes bus routes, and a five cent to $.25 rate increase. >> the riders that ride in the system are part of the community, and the workers that live in the jurisdictions -- that is too responsible -- who is responsible for the system, not the federal government. >> it is ridiculous. you cannot before statehood and the control board at the same time. john: cha board to the control board that took over the d.c. counsel in the early-19 90's. the board is discussing this right now. they will vote on this in march. reporting live, northwest washington, john gonzalez, abc 7 news. j

whitfield in washington, d.c. days after the presidential election, paul ryan is facing another big vote.t will determine whether he gets to stay on as speaker of the house. the vote, among house republicans happens on tuesday. joining me to discuss ryan's next steps in the future of the gop agenda. cnn political analyst, ron brownstein and david who will hopefully be back here at the table. for now, it's you and me, ron. okay. this is interesting. we were last talking about how donald trump would have to become a healer, not just because of the divides across the country, but also talk about the divisions within the gop, starting with, you know, the relationship between he and paul ryan. how is donald trump going to go about doing this? >> well, i think paul ryan's re-election as speaker would be more fraught if trump lost rather than won. whether mr. trump lost, the cause was a stab in the back from so many leaders who failed to endorse him. now there's going to be an interesting min ewe wet. he was an independent candidate who ran under the republican party. half of his agenda overlaps