richard reid is live in the newsroom with what else they are saying tonight. >> this report shed some light on what happened, but the public -- they were taken aback. the overriding reason the repairs were not done sooner appears to be a lack of money. >> for metro riders, a safe into the trip is important. >> the brakes are obviously one of the most important parksts so you want that to work. >> many are angry and concerned. >> i believe that is negligence on their part. they should have been proactive about it, if anything. >> the issue surfaced this past december and january. engineers:breakup failure, and which parts literally fall front of the train. back in 2006, and happened twice. at the time, the recommended replacing the hubs, but then came the horrific redline crash in 2009. >> financial constraints affected this entire organization. >> metro board members learned thursday that only after the december and january incident did armada began replacing hubs on the 5000 series cars. >> how you then say you have to cancel that overhaul for financial reasons, but we still have to

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john walker lindh, attempted shoe bomber richard reid and 9/11 conspirators, zacarias moussaoui were among the hundreds of defendants convicted of terror-related defenses without political controversy, without political controversy, during the last administration. over the past three years, we have built a remarkable record of success in terror prostitutipros prusion prosecutions. he was sentenced last month to life in prison without possibility of parole. while in custody he provided significant intelligence in the briefing sessions with the fbi. he described in detail how he became inspired to carry out an act of jihad and how he traveled to yemen and made contact with anwar al awlaki, a u.s. citizen and a leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. abdulmutallab detailed the training he received as well as al awlaki's specific instructions to wait until the airplane was over the united states before detonating his bomb. in addition to abdulmutallab, faisal shahzad, the attempted times square bomber, ahmad gilani, a conspirator in the embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania and thr

richard reid is live with the details. >> he says his investigators were promised access to witnesses. now he says afghan witnesses cannot be found. the government is not cooperating. >>robert bayle's civilian attorney is crying foul. he says the defense team is being stonewalled from the government. >> my gut is the reason is they do not have much of a case. >> the march 11 attack in which bayes is accused of killing 17 afghan civilians. the staff sergeant returned to base between what was described as two our long killing sprees in different villages. when they tried to interview civilians, they were denied access. after the prosecutors questioned them, they were released without any contact information. >> we have people there already. they would cooperate and make witnesses available for us. >> he said they are holding the medical records and files on the entire case. >> i am really curious as to why the government would not allow us access to these witnesses. then i could answer your question. >> under federal guidelines, the government can withhold certain information until 30 d

john walker lindh, attempted shoe bomber richard reid, and 9/11 conspirator zacarias moussaoui were among the hundreds of defendants convicted of terrorism-related offenses, without political controversy, during the last administration. over the past three years, we've built a remarkable record of success in terror prosecutions. for example, in october, we secured a conviction against umar farouk abdulmutallab for his role in the attempted bombing of an airplane traveling from amsterdam to detroit on christmas day 2009. he was sentenced just last month to life in prison without the possibility of parole. while in custody, he provided significant intelligence during debriefing sessions with the fbi. he described in detail how he became inspired to carry out an act of jihad, and how he traveled to yemen and made contact with anwar al-aulaqi, a u.s. citizen and a leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. abdulmutallab also detailed the training that he received, as well as aulaqi's specific instructions to wait until the airplane was over the united states before detonating his bomb. in a

reid, republican leader mitch mcconnell. and the boeing corporation, which is one of the largest export/import loan recipients, a big supporter of the bilko sponsored including republicans like lindsey graham, richard shelby, a number of business groups including the u.s. chamber of commerce, the business round table and the national association of manufacturers, also backing the amendment. a number of conservative groups do oppose it, arguing the export/importment as to corporate welfare. the boeing company tonight vowing to continue to press for the bank's reauthorization. as you heard a few moment. s ago. it will fall to the bottom of the list with other items including the senate agenda. which goes back to the question, what would you do? 202-626-7962. >> i'm calling from fairfax, virginia, and i would change congress by making a one issue, one vote and not allowing in different issues to be voted on in one bill and allowing accountability for each bill and each vote. >> hello. i'm calling from clearwater, florida. my name is dennis and what i would propose is that we limit the number of lawyers in both the house and the senate. because if you think about it, what do lawyers do, they simply arg

. -- the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid: the senate will be in a period of morning business until 4:30 today. following that morning business, the senate will reconsume consideration of s. 2204, the repeal big oil tax subsidies act. at 5:30, there will be up to two roll call votes. the first cloture on the motion to proceed to s. 2204. if cloture is not invoked, there will be a second cloture vote on the motion to proceed to the postal reform bill. mr. president, there are three bills at the desk due for a second reading. i'd like the clerk to report if you so order. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the titles of the bill for the second time. the clerk: h.r. 5, an act to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system. s. 2230, a bill to reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers. s. 3321, a bill to amend the federal credit act, and so forth and

hereby appoint the honorable richard blumenthal, a senator from the state of connecticut, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: daniel k. inouye, president pro tempore. mr. reidresiding officer: the majority leader. mr. reid:, following leader remarks, the senate will be in a period of morning business, filing deadline for first-degree amendments to the surface is 4:00. there will be no votes taismed the first vote of the week will be at noon tomorrow on the noings voke cloture on the surface transportation bill. mr. president, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to s. 2153. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: s. 2153, a imil to apply the counterveiling duty provisions of the tariff act of 1930 to nonmarket economy countries and for other purposes. the presiding officer: without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask that the bill be read three times, passed, the senate receive h.r. 4105 and if it is identical to the it text in 2153, the senate proceed to h.r. 4105, the bill be read a third time, passed, there be no amendments prior to passage, the motion to reconsider b