and there were for different ones so that ryan revelle's idea to connect them was unusual because they never were connected. they were owned by very different railroads and there were industry built up around them, people began to live around them. and then the street cars came in the late 1800s and there was this magnificent network of street cars in atlanta, and in their infinite wisdom, year every was born in 1948. they destroyed all of the street cars in there why? because they were old-fashioned. why? because starting around 1915, atlanta really began to switch to automobiles and trucks. there's a picture in the book of downtown atlanta in 1914, and it had a few street cars, it had a lot of pedestrians just walking across the street in five points of atlanta and some horses and buggies. and there were a couple of cars, and then there's a picture on the next page from 1924, 10 years later, and it was all cars, with some street cars packed in. so people began to complain that the street cars were in the way of the cars and there was traffic jams and so they ended up building the str

ryan zinke defiant with the revelation he spend $300,000 on flights. >> it to express a little bs on travel. >> no commercial options existed to meet the prom you will -- promulgated schedule. just one month he issued a memo telling employees to review their own travel procedures, i expect this will result in decreased employee travel and generate savings. scott pruit is under investigation for installation a $5,000 phone booth in his office. mary bruce, abc news, the white house. >> 9:23 a.m., if you're just waking up with us, we are turning to the growing crisis in puerto rico. pictures in the air showing how widespread the damage is there, every part of the island has been impacted. many neighborhoods are destroyed and people have no power or water, food is scarce. a three star general on the ground and he says more help is needed. the mayor of san juan lashing out at homeland security secretary elaine duke praising the federal response to the crisis. >> it's a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in the hur

today, interior secretary ryan zinke, defiant amid revelations he spent more than $15,000 on three private flights. >> before we get started, i'd just like to address, in the words of general schwarzkof, a little bs on travel. >> reporter: zinke says he didn't have a choice. >> no commercial options existed to meet the promulgated schedule. >> reporter: also now under the microscope, veterans' affairs secretary david shulkin. the "washington post" reporting taxpayers paid for his wife to fly to europe on an official trip, where they took in the sights and attended wimbledon. just one month earlier, shulkin issued a memo telling employees to review their own travel procedures, writing, "i expect this will result in decreased employee travel and generate savings." investigations are already underway into two other cabinet secretaries for their travel habits -- e.p.a. administrator scott pruitt who was under scrutiny for installing a 20,000 phone booth in his office and treasury secretary steve mnuchin, under scrutiny for taking costly government jets, including that trip to kentucky where he

he along with four relievers combined on a six hitter i thought that was revelers. ryanit his 31st homer and michael taylor added his 14th. washington's lead in nl east is now 18 games over second place miami. wow. the magic number to clinch the division is n meanwhile, while the marlins are away for the neck seven games and in preparation for irma, the roof will marlins park will remain open to allow the pressure to come inside the park during the hurricane. >> first us open match tweens roger federer and raphael nadal. federer failed to leave up to us end on the bargain missing shots he normally makes in loss. this is the only major tournament the long-time rivals have never faced each other. you know i know this is upset because federer is ranked their in the world. he wasn't playing well in the us open in his first two matches he went to five games and so i wasn't really surprised he lost. i would have enjoyed see a federer nadal matchup. >> on the women's side burying the lead the four finalists all u.s. women. for the first time in like ever. that's a huge deal >>

reveled in working with republicans. it wasn't that much longer he was attacking mitch mcconnell and attacking paul ryan. mean, if you're the democrats here you don't get, sort of suddenly think, well, now we have a lasting, trusting partner in the white house. >> i don't think they think that but i think they have think they have a hand grenade that divides republicans now. >> the most surprising thing it took trump this long to snub republican leaders and cut a deal with democrats. this is what he campaigned on, on getting deals done and basically snubbing democrats since he got to the white house. the most shocking thing to me is that it took this long and i do think he could try do it again and most sitting at home say maybe it's not a bad thing if both parties are involved in passing major legislation that impacts the future of our count. not a great example of that, but for the future. >> the question, a lot of republicans thinks it makes it harder for tax reform. have to vote on a spending plan by early december making it harder and go to a mid-term election year and house republicans since, mr. p