they are trying to breathe new life into the old beltline railroad. >> this was the fifth engine they owned. >> he heads up the all volunteer san francisco trains, a nonprofit that is trying to preserve the past. theme engine number four is the current project. it was built in 1911 making it it's the oldest surviving beltline train. >> they actually sold the engine back in 1932 because it was not powerful enough. >> the train came back to help create treasure island and then went through a series of owners. it's next incarnation they hope to put it back in its original condition. >> it's very historic and it's a form of engineering. >> they are hoping they can keep it at the last brick round house in brisbane. the building was severely damaged by a fire in 2001 and it's now an historic landmark. the last remaining beltlinesel diesel locomotives are still working the waterfront. >> these guys can pull two or three times as much as steamers. >> purchased in the 1940s they are leased by the san francisco bay ra railroad to move cargo between pierce. >>

tonight at 10:00, hear more about the security measures being taken on the railroad line. ive at penn station, foxx45 news at 5:30. >>> all right cavity lean. how are the roads lacking throughout at this hour. lauren cook now has our traffic edge reports. hello lauren. >> hello jeff. we are dealing with several accidents tonight and slow speeds on many of our main lines. if travel through the tunnel we are only looking at 19 miles per hour along the northbound lanes of 95 through the tunnel and 25 miles per hour ann along the northbound úanes of 8 95 through the har wore tunnel. expect delay on the belt way. disabled car and blocking one lane approaching 95. accident on the outer loop here at wilkins avenue. make the push up to liberty road only looking at 13 miles per hour along the outer loop lanes and as you can see the inner lupus going to be pretty congested as well. we make our move to pikeville here's a look at green spring avenue where you can see it is a slow go in this vice president as well. fortunately it will dissipate as you make the push to parkville. here's

even abraham lincoln was criticized for the transcontinental railroad. but once california has experienced the joe i come on duty, and productivity of traveling rail, those critics will no longer be heard. so on behalf of the governor, i want to congratulate speaker pelosi, congressman miller, secretary lahood, near new some, chairman ford, and the new executive director come on this wonderful vacation. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, david. the transbay project will serve nine counties including southern california sunday and will serve 11 the contracts that operators, including the east bay. representing the east bay is congress miller. congressman george miller may be best known as the house education committee leader. here at home, he has been a longtime supporter of the transbay project and the affordable housing component of the program. many of his constituents commute to san francisco daily, and we both look forward to the day that the commuters will arrive at a transit center. i want to thank congressman miller for his support over the years.

. >>> it'll cost a lot more than $200 for a ride on the railroad in this set. a -- it was made in 1998 featuring a board covered in 23caret gold plate. the houses and hotels 18 caret gold. more than 1350 diamonds and gemstones dot the sett. was worth a lot of money but now the value has skyrocketed because gold is for times more important now than it was. the set is on display for the next two years. i would be afraid to touch it. >> i played it as a kid. if you tried to save your money you end up bye. to bad it doesn't work that way. >> you just keep buying stuff and is all turns out great. >> doesn't work that way. >> no. not in the real world. >> cool out there. breezy. feels like the 40s some spots like arnold and -- hour by hour we recover quickly 60 or so. weather looks fantastic for all the runners and you know this -- you are a runner. when you are out there running and you get hot it's good to have a cool breeze. low humidity. good stuff. enjoy warmer than that. close to 70 on sunday. we have to wish good luck to cheryl. >> she is running --. >> that's

in this country you get strikes that paralyzed the railroads and it is travelers misery. what are they reporting in france of that action? >> one thing that needs to be said is we have explained for months and opposition. time is so gradual we are getting more public opinion. in this precise case every person in france understands that person will have to look maugre -- will have to work longer. most people have disagreed with that. >> you are a modest man, but would you like to give him any advice? >> i would like to have his advice to see how he [unintelligible] you have a much higher in the u.k., so we would prefer to get in on that. >> you should not be so ready to strike. >> i heard the point rafael made. one of the problems they face -- they face in france is a lack of dialogue with the government to really consider different approaches. certainly we are going into a difficult period, but i hope the government will be open to a dialogue. don't just go ahead and think they can make changes. >> it is more than a week since the rescue of 33 chilean miners trapped under

ukraine is risen to forty two called interstate traffic apartment the casualties were on a bus at the railroad crossing when the train smashed into the main drag vehicle for these thirty meters police said the bus driver ignored a warning siren and passengers requests to stop and try to cross the tracks the bus was carrying fifty one people including the driver many of the injured in critical condition. and another fatal accident this time in central poland where a van carrying farm workers is crushed head on with a truck killing all eighteen passengers police said a volkswagen transporter was intended for carrying goods not people the bandages six seats other passengers sat on boxes in the back of a car. in europe a travel connections have been severely disrupted after union workers in france launched a twenty four hour nationwide strike to oppose the government's pension reforms last month similar protests brought over one million people on the streets president sarkozy says the two raising the minimum retirement age from sixty to sixty two is vital to fill a hole in the nation's finances st

there's a boundary up to our north and this has been kind of the railroad track for those rain showers and thunderstorms to track along tonight. we'll see this on the move tomorrow, this area of low pressure continue moving east and as it does that, it's going to drag a weak cool front through our area and that could produce a couple showers and maybe a thunderstorm around, especially tomorrow afternoon. eventually it's going to bring in cooler air, but tomorrow will be on the warm side. that's for sure and then we'll be real close to normal when we get into wednesday. also wanted you to see we may have a hurricane as early as tomorrow. this is tropical storm paula, very close to honduras tonight and it really strengthened very quickly from a wave almost to nearly a hurricane tonight. it is just below category 1 strength with winds of 70 miles an hour. it's got an unusual track. it could make a bit of a landfall tomorrow or come real close as a category 1 hurricane. then it looks like it might want to sit and spin, but we'll have to watch it on this track. it will be very close to west

he worked at the railroad. he got money to go to school. a scholarship from california berkeley. from there, he went to harvard medical school. >> did you ever think, i don't belong here? >> many times. i think that's what has kept me on the top of my game. in medical school, i remember thinking wow, look at my classmates. you have some that train at the best prep schools in the country, from the most distinguished families in the united states from tradition of education and there was me who barely had an education, but i was eager to learn. i had, i always knew that i had something that others didn't have. that was that fire in my belly that keeps me going. there is my girl right there. >> the fire still burns today. he takes out brain tumors and does research he hopes will lead to better treatments. >> do you sit around, you and your wife and pinch yourselves? your wife saw you from being a migrant farm worker to here. >> we think about it. i feel blessed. when i walk out of the operating room and i give the patients the news that everyt

i would be all open to understand and support, but this particular project is thundering down the railroad track amidst every else we're doing. i mean if you look at today of what crossed our table today here, i don't think i have to repeat it and i do personally feel they don't do any justice to a project which has lots of promises, fantastic opportunities, but why isn't it done in a measured way including in a sequence of steps which are appropriate to such a project. i am only asking that. i sat in the camp for treasure island for 10 years. it was a step by step process which layered in all of the reasons and created a project which at least had a consensus and the basic understanding and support in the community. this one doesn't. and because i don't know all of its intricacies, i personally do not believe i can jump in and say i support initiation. that is asking too much from me personally. president miguel: commissioner olague. commissioner lee: i just want to -- vice president olague: i just want to say that historically, the issue that i had as commissioner sugaya pointed out, we

clearly, 100 years ago when they invented the railroad and all the rest of it, it was a great idea totree in california because you could make a lot of money, as long as you bought off the politicians. clearly running a systemic mortgage fraud, a multitrillion-dollar mortgage fraud and sticking the loans in the treasury and pay politicians to make sure it doesn't get audited or put back is great way to make a lot of money. how do we stop it? how did they stop it then? >> well in fact there is a difference, because in those days, the nations needed a transcontinental railroad. the nation needed to industrialize. and was willing to throw money away. these days, the nation does not need a billion-dollar contract, does not need to have more contract employees in iraq and afghanistan. than u.s. soldiers and u.s. employees. does not need to deregulate major industries. does not need to let the banks run wild after repealing glass-steagall. these things are really counter to the national interests. >> what can we learn in brief, because we're going to fix it that's why i'm here, that's why y

northbound lake clifton at the railroad, a box truck ripped the top of the truck off. he is wedged in there well. police are on the scene. >> in the consumer alert, the governor is getting tough on cars per the transportation department outlined its new safety rating system making it more difficult for new cars and trucks to earn top grades. we have the latest tonight from washington. >> how are safe is your car? the government says a new system will make it easier to tell, combining front, side, and rollover tests with a new simulation that mimics striking a tree. >> it will recognize and reward vehicles with advanced safety technology like electronic stability control, alnlane departure warnings and forward collision warning system. >> out of the first 33 vehicles tested, only two are earning a five-star rating -- the hyundai sonata and the bmw. the toyota camry got 3. in a statement, tour europe pointed out that it had done well under the previous system. engineers are investigating measures to enhance safety performance so camry can again obtain outstanding results

the leading sector of american industrialization was the railroads. e the first to use the corporate form extensively. like real estate today, real roads massively were overbuilt in the late 19th centuries. -- the real roads were massively overbuilt in the late 19th century. it fell into insolvency of from the 1870's-89 days. while the federal government did not bailout this road corporations, the federal court actively protected railroad corporations from the kinds of their creditors. it was -- there is no national bankruptcy law at the time so when they fail to pay their debt, the reds landed in federal court where managers were booted out and were put in receivership until they could be reorganized. until the 18 eighties, the courts conceived of corporations in receivership as no more than the legal some of the many individual private contracts with there's shareholders. corporations were just a bunch of contracts come individual contracts. legal historian calls this the private artificial entity theory of the corporation. it was not seen as natural

the. railroad museum, every charge and in the downtown -- every museum will have discounts. >> downtown asa great place to do that. there are so many cultural institutions and trade activities. a great way to get kids out of the house and get them engaged in the really fun activities. >> for a full schedule of events, visit our web site, wbaltv.com. kim bassey, wbal-tv 11 news. >> that is all for us at 5:00 p.m. >> i am jayne miller. a city council member loses her leadership position after pleading no contest to violating election law. question jurors ask questions as they deliberate in the ken harris murder case. i am very sense with details coming up. >> live, local, late breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at 6:00 p.m. in hd. >> are big story tonight at 6:00 p.m., new developments in the fight for slot machines in and arundel county. >> david collins is live tonight with the very latest. >> one of the carefully worded tv ads refers to slot machines at the mall and not in the mall. some wonder what the differences. this mixes shopping with slot machines giving viewers the indication that

the. you tell me you're a thirty year old railroad worker stay where you are on you're too old for us and no one fifteen and i'm here. as dusk was falling these fireworks marked the beginning of the real mission the russian flag is hoisted and that means there are a sea ice breaker and its crew will be heading for the mainland leaving the fifteen men face to face with the severe arctic night the russian multipole mission is now officially underway launched into the arctic with traditional maritime music and less traditional fireworks the pull the sets off a year of freezing conditions lie ahead with painstaking studies of the arctic to reveal the trash just underneath it in the great chill the r.t. from the arctic and still to come here on r.t. it's the big apple that for many is rotten to the core. most people a lot of people are one paycheck away from being homeless as new york gets its highest homelessness rate ever we find out what it takes to get a roof over one's head if only for a night. moscow will have its new mayor within a week united russia the majority party in the city parlia

the u. s. department of transportation and federal railroad administration. we will be looking to do to make high-speed rail a reality for the nation, and particularly here in california. i look forward to the day when i can board a train downtown in my city and arrive less than three hours in your downtown. on behalf of the california high speed rail authority, board members who are here today, our new ceo, we join in celebrating this great day and accomplishment. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, mayor. now, representing the state of california on behalf of governor schwarzenegger is david crane. he is the governor's economic adviser. i want to give a special thank- you to the state of california for transferring the land that made all of this possible. [applause] >> thank you, maria. as a supporter of high-speed rail, i can guarantee you governor schwarzenegger would love to be here today, but he is in sacramento focused on the budget reforms that are needed to protect the funding for precisely the kind of infrastructure that we are celebrating today. he

and the railroad employees are still drawing railroad retirement. it could be merged into something else. eventually it will phase out. host: how did the commission use the public's suggestions and any of them actually make their way to the end of the process? guest: well, remember the process isn't over. in fact, it's barely begun in terms of serious negotiation. many of the public suggestions -- there were sort of two sorts. some were like the caller's. ideas for saving money. and some of those, i think, will work their way in. some of them were, don't touch this, don't touch that, don't raise taxes, don't cut benefits. we had -- we heard a lot of that. and a lot of people raising serious problems. they depend on various government programs and they don't want them cut. so the real problem for the commission is to sort out those various things and try to make a balanced judgment. we are going to have to cut the rate of growth of future spending. there's no question about that. and i think we're going to need more revenue, more taxes, but we could h

they're not running on the railroad or defending their accomplishments. this is all they have left. at i think in terms of the season, it's too late. the momentum that republicans have by now, most voters cemented their thinking by the first of october. not a lot of ads will change their mind. there are some voters and independents skeptical of republicans. they voted them out in 2006 and 2008. not happy with democrats. maybe a few of them stay home when they see ads about people refusing to pay taxes or skirting the law. i think it will just help the margins. i don't think it will change the trajectory, though. >> chris: steve, you think negative ads are fine as long as they're accurate? >> look, if you do a negative ad like the one we showed last night with kendrick meek quoting charlie crist extensively, charlie crist's own words like he was conservative and liked sarah palin speech. things that wouldn't appeal to democrats in florida. it's a great ad. accurate ad. it's fantastic. >> chris: i think everybody would agree that is a fair ad, except for charlie crist. how about when i

i worked for the railroad. >> please don't smoke marijuana ever if you're driving a choo-choo. >> it'shat does america look like if the whole country legalized, regulated, taxed marijuana. >> again, i think it would be better. >> i don't think we need to legalize any intoxicant. our bodies are so mar lousily made by the creator that we don't need to create anything else into our bodies anyway. >> god says he gives every green bearing seed to mankind which means every seed. >> what else does god say. can you give me anything else that he has to say that doesn't have to do with it? >> yeah. >> what's the spanish word for marijuana. >> marijuana. >> "forbes" calls her the pose powerful woman, arianna huffington and todd zwillich. a washington correspondent for the public radio international. guy, thanks for joining us. arianna, you're familiar with california. it is cash strapped. let's look at the economic reasons for regulating and taxing marijuana. >> well, the economic reasons, absolutely, it's not just the over $8 billion that it would be saving in law enforcement, it's also the over

says the company hopes to cash in on federal plans to upgrade the nation's railroad infrastructure. >> well, the united states has to continue to invest in this infrastructure to be competitive. the northeast corridor is one of the most important commercial corridors for the united states, with businesses all up and down that sector of the country. for here in united states, siemens is very important player in helping america build its infrastructure. this particular order will also add 250 jobs. right here in sacramento. >> susie: speaking of trains, caterpillar announced that it will soon start building diesel- electric locomotives in indiana. the plant allows caterpillar to compete for light-rail contracts. typically they require locomotives and other train components to be made on u.s. soil. >> tom: the auto industry is counting on the coming wave of electric and electric hybrid cars to drive a u-turn in its business. that has the state of michigan working to attract makers of the batteries needed to power those cars. diane eastabrook takes us to holland, michigan-- a city hoping

the railroads used to own american state houses. e've watched whole other groups of people capture our government in the past. i think the undeniable force that just keeps driving america and i think it's stronger now than ever. if you think about all of our engineers in our highly educated, very competent pool of people. theng about creating businesses where we didn't used to have that. even in high schools. i think back on my own high school career, nobody new anybody who started a high growth business. it was general electric, general motors. that's where you were supposed to go to work. these days, data suggests that 70% of college seniors want to start their own business and it's not mom and pop businesses. they want to be bill gates. they want to start a facebook. they want to start a business that hires lots of people. >> and doing that despite a captured government is nothing new. >> entrepreneurs themselves are a disruptive political force. >> speaking of disruptive political forces, the politics of outsourcing versus home s

there was a time when the railroad was a railroad to nowhere when the hoover dam was a dam for no onet alaska, we are an infrastructure poor state. there are only 675,000 people organized in this giant state with a wing span as wide as the lower 48 states contiguously. i'll continue to fight for stevens' style earmark, for appropriations of any sort that gets our state developed. affordable energy, reliable transportation, basic in structure and educated populous is the backbone of any economy. >> greta: has the democratic party been of help to you? >> they have helped. i'm proud of our ability to raise money. we've out-fun raised miller and murkowski combined in the last 45 days. >> greta: how is president obama doing? >> i think that he is doing fair. i will -- i think there is much of his promises left to be developed. >> greta: coming up, it is a fact, there is a feud in the republican party here in alaska. governor sarah palin enforced -- endorsed miller can murkowski leave miller in the dust as a write-in? >> and part two of our interview christine o'donnell. who is the republic

grassroots that howard johnson imagined in 1911 when we created the initiative process because the railroads had a lock on both the legislature and governor's office. what would happen if we said that anyone who agreed not to spend funds for anything other than printing and legal fees could have a much longer period of time to qualify. so the payoff would allow a citizen sponsored initiative. that is something we haven't seen in quite a long time. >>> thank you both. we are going to the second journalist, george sampson. from debra.se to the question >> we've gone from a time from election month. election month. 67% of the voters here in santa clara county, half a million people vote by mail. we see similar trends throughout other cou other counties. this means that election day is really a 30-day process. how is this changing the work oa the secretary of state's office along with local registrars of voters. what are elections going to look like in another five or ten years. will we be voting by mail? will we be going to the>> a? >> a wonderful question for discussion and iions that i enjoy

he worked for the railroad, he got a job as a welder. that money paid for night school. arship to the university of california berkeley, and from there he went to harvard medical school. did you ever think to yourself, you know what, i don't belong here? >> yes, many times. but i think that that's also what has kept me on the top of my game. i always knew that i had something that others didn't have, and that was that fire in my belly that keeps me going. there is my girl right there. >> reporter: the fire still burns today, as dr. q takes out brain tumors and does research he hopes will lead to better treatments. dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, baltimore. >>> straight ahead here on cnn, a trip to the dmv could save your life. fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? it tastes too good to be fiber. you made it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. do it again. turn it into something tasty. this guy's doing magic. there's chocolate chips in here now. how'd you do that? right! tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. what's she thinki

. >> now that derailed train car blocking the main rail lines, the railroad is expected to reopen one lane late tonight. >>> calmer here and we're going to begin to dry out. and we'll have more in a little bit. >>> the montgomery county school board said the graduation rate jumped to 90% last year. there were strong gains among african-american students. and as far as rates go, the biggest gains are at kennedy, blair and wheaton high. the school board said the class of 2010 had the best s.a.t. scores in the district's history. >>> remember how you used to walk to school? well the times have changed. but today many people join children to celebrate international walk to school day. and the goal is to promote safer streets, healthier habits and cleaner air. ike leggett walked the walk to east silver spring elementary. the percentage of students who walk or bike to school in the u.s. dropped from 41% in 1969, to just 13% in 2001. >>> more mobile speed cameras going up in maryland. in prince george's county the cameras will be located in the icc work zone on i-95 between routes 198 and 21

banks down her also brought about mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north cation railroad the rain has stopped for now but forecasters warn there could still be able. to some other world news this hour a series of bomb blasts has rocked the southern afghan city of kandahar at least two civilians and went several others on to the scene of a massive ongoing nato offensive against the taliban try to tend already the bloodiest year of the war for both the afghan people and international forces the coalition is now taking a new approach to try to end the violence going to taliban commander safe passage to kabul in an attempt to encourage cease fire negotiations or. ship has been released by somali pirates. after five months in captivity the twenty two members of crew who are many filipinos are all alive according to some reports a ransom was paid but the amount is unknown parts in the region of thought to be holding around twenty other ships and four hundred crew members hostage. hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have marched across the country in anger at president nicola

the report does not include the construction of a railroad spur from the north and south route to into the landfill. the cost has not been concluded in the proposal -- included in the proposal. i understand that this will go to the budget and finance committee. i encourage you to go and visit both of this size before you give your final approval and bring it back to the board. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> i am here to speak on the crisis facing our family courts. there's a protest set for october 12th in marin county to the construction -- destruction of evidence. we have a mediator on record u.s. confessed to destroying records. he is the same media that has been mediating my child custody for the past three years and has cost me a minimal amount of pain and suffering -- and innumerable amount of pain and suffering. ring county is where the most egregious crimes have been committed, they are now under fbi investigation. there is a formal complaint with the attorney general's office. i am teaming up with the center for -- excellence. we have a press conference said. this s

a downpour also brought about mudslides in the mountains blocking several sections of the north caucasian railroad the rain stopped for now but forecasters warn there could be more ahead. turning out of some other stories making headlines across the globe hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have marched in cities across france and anger president nicolas sarkozy's pension reform that raises the retirement age from sixty to sixty two and powers protesters clashed with police after a peaceful mass rally. strike by transporting the oil refinery workers is on its fifth day as fears grow that airports could run out of fuel in the city of marsay rubbish hasn't been collected for four days. in a series of bombings has rocked the southern afghan city of kandahar killing at least two civilians wounding several others the regions of the scene of a massive ongoing nato offensive against the taliban twenty times already been the bloodiest year of the war for both the afghan people and international forces the coalition's now taking a new approach to training the violence it granted taliban commanders safe

csx corporate one of the largest railroad companies also beat estimates. the dow stands at 11020 after climbing ten points and the nasdaq up 85 and the s&p -- 15 points an the s&p up five points. gm is conducting independent reviews of its procedures in all 50 states. they hope the review will restore confidence in the foreclosure process. gmac and other lenders halted some foreclosures after coming under fire. it led state and federal officials to ramp up pressure on the industry. >>> general motors is offering reemployees and retirees an opportunity to buy shares in the initial public offering. they have until november 22nd to sign up. they are planning to sell shares to people in november. >>> wall street is about to break another record. it will pay $144 billion in salary a bonuses this year, up 4% from 2009. many firms say they risk losing top talent unless they pay top dollar. this is the second year in a row that wall street compensation set another record. at a time when wall street is struggling to get back to where it used to be. >> sthis the wall

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the railroads to reopen one line tonight. >>> an accident involving a tractor-trailer. jackknifed into a car. then hit a barrier. then started leaking fuel. heavy-duty tow trucks were backed up. no word on injuries. >>> a 44-year-old brazillian woman miraculously survived after being hit by a car and tossed in the air. take a look. security camera footage shows the one being hit and thrown some 60 feet. from the point of impact. a high-speed car loses control and slams into it. the driver helped to stop the woman, who survived with only minor injuries. witnesses say the driver appeared to be drunk. >>> a few pieces of history are still making music on the auction block in new york. ♪ [ music ] if you didn't know, they are called orkest -- orkest rions. many are expected to fetch about half a million dollars each. >>> getting enough shut-eye may play a key role in helping you shed those unwanted mounds. dr. kim mulvihill weighs in on the evidence. >> reporter: americans go to great lengths, trying to lose weight. some ideas whacky. >> i have heard about the cleansing die

the leading sector of american industrialization was the railroads. they were the first to use the corporate form extensively. like real estate today, real roads massively were overbuilt in the late 19th centuries. -- the real roads were massively overbuilt in the late 19th century. it fell into insolvency of from the 1870's-89 days. while the federal government did not bailout this road corporations, the federal court actively protected railroad corporations from the kinds of their creditors. it was -- there is no national bankruptcy law at the time so when they fail to pay their debt, the reds landed in federal court where managers were booted out and were put in receivership until they could be reorganized. until the 18 eighties, the courts conceived of corporations in receivership as no more than the legal some of the many individual private contracts with there's shareholders. corporations were just a bunch of contracts come individual contracts. legal historian calls this the private artificial entity theory of the corporation. it was not seen as