tom carper has introduced legislation to give ec residents full boarding representation in congress. the bill designates the areas around the white house, the capitol, supreme court, and the national mall as the seat of the federal government. the rest of the city would become the 51st state and called "new columbia." leon: green light for the purple line. governor larry hogan says he supports the line. the project has been a polarizing one. steven tschida is live with a response in the changes the governor made. ellis about it. -- tell us about it. reporter: this is where the proposed line would run. take out a lot of these trees you see behind me but that is not what is drawn the most controversy. it is the price tag. $2.5 billion. among the greatest comic governor larry hogan who said it was too expensive. today he said he would support it if it was cheaper for the state. larry hogan ran out of platform of reduced spending. today he announced he supported a big ticket item. >> i never said i was opposed to it, just that it was too expensive. reporter: it/is the chunk the state --

senator tom carper of delaware reintroduced the bill. that bill would shrink the district, making it an enclave including the white house, capitol, supreme court, and national mall. the rest of the city would become known as new columbia. >> i'm pleased to announce that the bill was introduced in the senate with a record number of cosponsors to make the district the 51st state. leon: that bill and its 17 cosponsors, all of them democrats. a historic supreme court ruling means that the justices affirmed subsidies that help americans by their health insurance. jay korff tells us about the impact and the reaction to it. reporter: the u.s. supreme court upheld a landmark law that allows some 6.5 million americans to get subsidies for health care insurance regardless of what state they live in. president obama said this ruling ends discrimination for people who get sick. >> today is a victory for hard-working americans all across this country, whose lives will become more secure. the affordable care act is here to stay. reporter: opponents ar

tom carper of delaware introduced a bill into congress to make the district of columbia.y would do, they would strike washington, d.c. down to the white house the capitol and the mall. they will turn the city into the state of columbia, it would have more residents than wyoming or vermont. it's often been a local movement. it will be interesting to see what happens when it's coming from a lawmaker of a different state. >>> condoning divorce the pope sets the stage for another round of debate on a hot-button issue in the catholic church. >>> a vernon new jersey transit bus driver would not allow his service dog to travel with him. that story when "action news" comes right back. >> break be right now we're gathering new details on a sightseeing plane tour crash that killed several passengers that were on a cruise ship. >>> president obama delivers the eulogy of the pastor slain in a south carolina church shooting. >>> military veteran wants answer after a new jersey transit bus wouldn't let him on because they wouldn't let his service dog on. >> get up it's 5:30, time for w

senator tom carper of delaware introduced the bill yesterday. it would shrink washington d.c. to include the white house, the capitol and the national mall and the rest of the district would become state of new columbia. this bill has more support than any before it. >>> thousands of you in prince william may have to find a new way to get to work. some bus services are being considered cut. they're facing a short fall next year. >>> stay with us. "news4 today" continues now. 5:00 a.m. >> "news4 today" starts now. >> and good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this friday. it's june 26 2015. let's go straight to kristin wright at the live desk. >> hey, we have breaking news and an update to a story we told you about earlier this morning. a second person we just learned is dead in that car crash in north potomac. this is just in. we reported at the top of the show at this horrific looking crash. we learned a second person has been killed. the crash happened on dufief mill road near travilah road. a car hit a tree. you can see t

both will follow delaware senator tom carper who will talk about the service along the northeast corridor. the amtrak crash killed eight passengers and injured more than 200 others. on tuesday, a congressional panel gave the ntsb two weeks to answer questions about the derailment including whether the engineer was using his cell phone just before the train left the tracks. >> youing violence to save their children. >> a local group of mothers is leading that nationwide cause as they head to washington today. the group is known as mothers in charge. they lost their had son to gun violence back in 2002. she founded the group and lawmakers will consider labeling homicide as a public health epidemic. on saturday mothers in charge chapters across the nation for an anti-violence rally at lincoln memorial. >>> now to the south jersey bureau 31 recruits will join the camden county police department. they are among the dozens of recruits who will get their batches as they graduate. a ceremony will be held this afternoon. >> happening today, the u.s. department of transportation will discuss new te

. >> he was joined by senator tom carper of delaware. they focused on the need to improve the nation's infrastructure. senator carper had just gotten off the amtrak train that crashed. the train was traveling more than 100 miles an hour when it crashed. they found a section of track where the train derailed did not have at least two safety features installed. mayor nutter says amtrak needs support from congress to make improvements. >> still need support from congress. amtrak should not be going every year, hat in hand begging for support and apparently sometimes when they do better financially than projected some in congress want to take those dollars away and use them for something else. >> amtrak serves more than 840,000 commuters every weekday. >>> decision 2016. another republican is in the race. another is almost in. jeb bush tweeted he'll make the formal decision on whether to run for the white house at miami-dade college on june 15th. he's the former florida governor. former texas governor rick perry is now officially in the race

senator tom carper of delaware presented the bill. the rest of the district would become state of new columbia. this bill has more support than any before it. we have r keeping an eye on the breaking news. ♪ ♪ >>> and from the live desk we are closely following the story about all same sex couples being able to maryry. people cheering about this decision. from the rose garden president obama talked about the high court's ruling saying it reaif i weres that all people should be treated equally. >> this ruling is a victory for america. this decision affirms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts, when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. >> the president adding that we have made our union a little more perfect, ending with america should be very proud. pat? >> thanks, christen. it's a story that's been developing all morning. a terrorist attack and explosion at an american gas factory in southeast france. police arrested several people after a man was found decabp datedecap tated. we have more. >

both will follow tom carper who will talk about economic impact on the corridor. the amtrak train crashed last month killed eight passengers and injured more than 200 others. on tuesday, the commission gave ntsb two weeks to discuss the derailment. >>> the philadelphia art commission approved the design for the june 5th memorial at 22nd and market streets. the memorial will feature three tall granite stones with windows representing each of the victims. six people died when that illustrated ing being demolished collapsed on to the salvation army store next door. 13 others were hurt. the demolition contractor and the equipment operator both charged with third degree murder are scheduled for trial in september. >> announcer: now your nbc10 "first alert" weather with meteorologist brittney shipp. >>> good morning. temperatures today, starting off in the mid-50s. and we're not going to warm up that much more than that. we'll stay in the mid-60s today. 56 degrees in kennett square. mid-50s in washington township. we're at 49 a cold start to the morning in poconos. 57 i

mayor nutter was joined yesterday by senator tom carper of delaware. the need for legislation to repair the nation's infrastructure. senator carper had just gotten off amtrak train 188 before it derailed in port richmond killing 8 people and wounding 200. the train was traveling more than 100 miles an hour when it crashed. investigators found the section of track where the train derailed did not have at least two safety features installed. mayor nutter said amtrak needs support from congress to make improvements. >> they need support from congress. amtrak should not be going every year hat in hand begging for support and apparently sometimes when they do better financially than projected some in congress want to take those dollars away and use them for something else. >> amtrak serves more than 840,000 commuters every weekday. >>> it's 6:45. union employees of the philadelphia inquirer and daily news have voted to prepare to go on strike. contract talks with the local newspaper gild of america are stalled. the sticking point, health care and saving sen

senator tom carper of delaware introduced it yesterday. it would shrink washington, d.c. to include the white house, the capitol and the national mall. the rest of the district would become the state of new columbia. this has more support than anies before it. >>> social media buzzing this morning about the wizards draft pick and it's most live because of what he was wearing. >> take a look. they traded with the atlanta hawks for the first round pick. kelly oubre, check out his shoes. very bling. are they spiky? they're spiky and a lot of people asked where he purchased the shares, and he wouldn't say. the shoes needed a permit in a lot of states. >> probably. >> i think they're fun. >>> a scary reminder now. not to leave your car running. a man jumps into a woman's running car and takes off. how two sisters inside the car managed to escape. >>> and we just spoke with d.c. police. a brand new update here on this crash at the 11th street bridge. might have some good news for you coming up. >>> and where you can get around >>> a 10-year-old girl and her 2-year-old sister es

. >> and tom carper having a tough time here today. we didn't get to see everyone who came through, but i did see congressman john lewis, rahm emanuel was here, senator kasey came from pennsylvania as well. more of the dignitaries here tomorrow for the funeral itself including president and mrs. obama. they'll fly in at about 10:00 tomorrow morning and a funeral. an emotional few days here in delaware. tim furlong, nbc 10 news. >> thank you. and as he just mentioned, president obama's going to deliver the eulogy during funeral services tomorrow. expect ongoing traffic issues if you'll be traveling through wilmington. take a look at major roads surrounding st. anthony of padua church. there are also several streets where parking is banned. you can watch the funeral services live on the web tomorrow from the nbc 10 news app. it's a free download for your smartphone and tablet. >>> check out what's going on behind us. it's actually sunny out and kind of blue. the sky. amazing. >> it's been so long since we've seen that. it's practically t

he was joined by senator tom carper of delaware to highlight the impact of train service in the u.s.the conference focused on the need for legislation to repair the nation's infrastructure. senator carper by the way, had just gotten off amtrak train 188 before it derailed in port richmond killing eight people and wounding more than 200 on may 12th. the train was traveling more than 100 miles per hour when it crashed. investigators also found a section of track where the train derailed did not have at least two safety features installed. today mayor nutter said amtrak needs support from congress to make improvements. >> still needs support from congress. amtrak should not be going every year hat in hand begging for support, and apparently sometimes when they do better financially than projected, some in congress want to take those dollars away and use them for something else. >> amtrak serves more than 840,000 commuters every weekday. >>> a rally today by atlantic city firefighters, the reason they want access to federal funding that pays their salaries their benefits. the city's mar

we spoke with senator tom carper about the importance of today's dedication. >> i have new or old locomotive to built by veterans maintained by veterans, it can't get much better than that. >> veterans locomotive which is part of the new fleet of locomotive will enter service on the northeast and keystone corridors. >>> it took center stage today ahead of the papal visit world meeting of families, artist meg seligmann and hundreds of others began work on this big project. every day philadelphians were invited to write their individual struggles on strips of cloth which will be woven into a grotto for the papal visit in september what a great project, proceeding the pope's visit. we will be right back. why are we watching this again? i pay for all these channels, so i make myself watch them all. joey, i'll watch anything except this. except this. go back, go back, go back, go back, go back, go back. fios custom tv lets you pay for the types of channels you want, not the ones you don't. 100% fiber optics is here. get out of the past. get fios. now for $79.99 a month. go online or call. call th

ranking member tom carper drew upon the words of his father to convey that the agency still has to strivedoing are worth doing well. he said that hundreds of times, maybe thousands of times. and out of that i took this lesson, we should be focused on perfection. we'll never get there, but that should be our goal. and if it isn't perfect we need to make it better. >> reporter: again reality shows otherwise. a series of ig findings in a classified report that was leaked found testers with fake bombs and weapons got through security in 67 out of 70 times, that's a 96% failure rate. another ig report found that 73 airport workers managed to pass tsa screening and acquire secure badges despite being on terror watch lists. the ig said a large part of the problem is poor training. >> we've also examined the performance of tsa's work force which is largely a function of who is hired and how they are trained and managed. our audits have repeatedly found that human error, often a simple failure to follow protocol every time, poses significant vulnerabilities. >> reporter: one witness, a whistleblow

he was joined by senator tom carper of delaware to highlight the impact of train service in the u.s. the conference focused on the need for legislation to repair the nation's infrastructure. senator carper had just gotten off amtrak train 188 before it derailed in port richmond killing 8 people and wounding more than 200 on may 12th. the train was traveling more than 100 miles per hour when it crashed. investigators also found the section of track where the train derailed did not have at least two safety features installed. today mayor nutter said amtrak needs support from congress to make improvements. >> you know you don't have to be warren buffett to figure this out. jimmy buffett could figure this out. when you make these investments, you're going to do much better in the long term. >> amtrak serves more than 840,000 commuters every weekday. >>> amtrak plans to install inward facing cameras on many of its trains along the northeast corridor by the end of the year. representative charlie dent of pennsylvania is working to get that move federally funded. his amendment provides a $9

the 13 democrats are -- michael bennet of colorado, maria cantwell of washington, tom carper and chrisf delaware, dianne feinstein of california, heidi heitkamp of north dakota, bill nelson of florida, tim kaine of virginia claire mccaskill of missouri patty murray of washington jeanne shaheen of new hampshire, mark warner of virginia and ron wyden of oregon. five republicans voted against the fast track measure including two presidential candidates -- ted cruz of texas and rand paul of kentucky. the fast track legislation also covers negotiations over a second trade deal known as the transatlantic trade and investment partnership. on tuesday, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell praised the vote to move ahead on fast track. >> i also want to say to our colleagues, this is a very important day for our country. we have demonstrated we can work together on a bipartisan basis to achieve something that is extremely important for america. juan: speaking before the vote democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio warned the american worker would lose out if the tpp deal is signed. >> people a

when i was in the senate tom carper from delaware and his a bill to do that the carper/chafee bill. and as i mentioned, president bush promised to designate carbon dioxide as the fourth pollutant. he promised in a campaign speech. and i'll tell a quick story. he made the former governor of new jersey, governor whitman, his epa administrator and governor whitman administrator whitman, started to go around the country on sunday talk shows and the like talking about how we were going to regulates carbon dioxide. and i was at a republican -- back when i was a republican a republican breakfast with the senators, and vice president cheney attended. this was very early days, but a month into the administration. governor whitman had been going around, and the senators were all over, the republican senators were all over the vice president. vice president cheney. what is kristi talking about carbon dioxide? he said, look, i'm going come out with my new energy policy and we're not going to regulate carbon dioxide. i just about fell off my chair. all the other senators stood up and started che

tom carper and chris coombs they are there as well.crats from maryland. steve israel from new york. more than half a dozen cabinet officials from the obama-biden administration are there as well. caroline kennedy. she obviously has her own experiences at moments of tragedy like these. vickie kennedy, the widow of the late senator ted kennedy. and joe biden was very close to ted kennedy. when ted kennedy passed away joe biden would tell the story about how when his own wife and daughter were killed in that accident in 1972, joe biden had considered renouncing his election to the senate basically saying i just won the election, i've lost my family here, i don't want to serve in the senate. he said it was ted kennedy who talked him out of that. it was ted kennedy who came to visit him in the hospital. and again, i think we have christina with us down in washington. and again, just reading off those names, christina. just speaks to -- to get mitch mcconnell and harry reid. we never get them together anywhere in the political context, but h

including the clintons, house and senate leaders, along with delaware senators chris coons and tom carpert there was also an unexpected guest. >> ♪ >> of course, that is chris martin, front man of cold play, what a great song, and he reportedly volunteered when he heard about beau's death to perform after learning that beau was such a big fan of chris and cold play. >>> it gives you chills. just one nice moment have after another, just a celebration of his whole life and being a great person. >> i will miss beau, he used to come on this show all the time. >>> fill street performer, you have walked by, listened to him year after year. he even appeared on that music show called the voice. he died over the weekend. >> we had such great hopes for him. he had hard times in his life. anthony riley, did take his own life. but we do have some video of him you may have seen him. here's what his audition video was like on the voice. >> ♪ >> i feel good ♪ >> yes. >> such promise. >> he was on his way. >> he was 28 years old. then he left the competition because he was really troubled. he was very op

the ranking member tom carper of delaware. >> good morning. this hearing will come to order.t to first welcome our witnesses. thank you for your very thoughtful testimony you've provided in written form. looking forward to your answers. i want to point out that this hearing is necessary. i think it is unfortunate that, you know, some information was leaked prior to our ability to really completely analyze it. we want to make sure that as we're asking questions as you're answering questions, that we don't reveal classified or sensitive information to give our enemies information to harm us. but the fact of the matter is, if we're ever going to solve any problem -- i've said this repeatedly from this chair -- we have to recognize and acknowledge reality. we have to describe it. the purpose of any hearing under my chairmanship is that in the end, following the hearing, that every member of the audience takes the first step in solving any problem, which is admit we have one. certainly as i've been reading the briefing, as i've been thinking about the struggles of the tsa since it

democratic senator tom carper thinks this will all get done but calls it a hard vote for democrats.he white house said yesterday both the fast track authority and worker assistance bills must come to the president's desk. mcconnell is hopeful, maria, this will all get wrapped up in a few weeks now by the july 4th break. maria: we'll keep following that. let's talk trade for a second. this is now headed to the senate. this has been a long time in terms of any certainty over trade, certainly important for american business. >> you know two people have said to me in recent days they missed lyndon johnson. they weren't referring to his political philosophy. this was his political ability. obama thought thinks political logic would win the day. that is not always true. sometimes you need to friendships, relationships. if he had been effective in that sense handling congress he might sneak this through but now relying on republicans. maria: how big of a deal is this. >> i think it's a huge deal. if you look at equity markets in the world, some. best performing market are in asia. pretty c

tom carper from delaware has been a pro-trade democrat all along. do you have the list?t: did included ron wyden the two virginia senators. they have made their brand on doing this with members of the groups wanting to be pro-business and advocate this. it is not that much of a step rise. the big surprise luck continues to make those of us who have been concerned with the partisans of i you have to stop and ink about the case in which most republicans, this was saved because mitch mcconnell that all the live republicans to help out barack obama. where not going to see this again this year. all they have to do is get the he won. as far as i know they will get the same. maybe one of them will vote as well. final passage is guaranteed. the only thing there is suspense about is that will eventually congress take a run at the bill that was supposed to be with this. host: the trade adjustment assistance is for workers that were displaced because of trade. what happens with that? what is the strategy right now? guest: the strategy right now is to try and persuade more democrat

michael bennet maria cantwell, tom carper, chris coons, diane feinstein, heidi heitkamp -- >> here's more on the gop presidential candidate ted cruz who changed from its previous vote on a similar measure back in may when the trade legislation was bundle. political report subjected to a series of deals between senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and house speaker john boehner and senate democrats over an unrelated issue do with the export-import bank. he says a separate trade deal being worked out by president obama could change immigration laws and congress would not have the power to amend the. you can read more at politico.com. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114th congress with color photos of every senator and house member plus bio and contact information, and what rentals. also district maps a foldout map of capitol hill and you look at congressional committees, the president's cabinet, federal agencies and state governors. order your copy today. it's $13.95 plus shipping and handling through the c-span online store at c-span.org. >> yesterday the

. >> the problem is commend senator carper led the way that senator tom coburn trying to come to some resolution to this. you spoke about the constraints because congress is trying to in some way, shape or form manage and direct what should be -- the goal was to make the post office and more autonomous type of organization but they don't have that autonomy operationally or financially. the american taxpayer is still not for this. if you read if you read the constitution realize the post office is an enumerated power. it's pretty basic. establish post offices and post roads. do you think it's really a constitutional imperative that no matter what post office has to maintain upon the constitution service of delivering mail different things post office is to have a post office. even if its way outside the mission of delivering mail. the definition of delivering the mail. it says you have to deliver the mail. is that does that mean every day? does it mean every other dates back as a mean to times a day? the function is important. the question of how we define the function is also importan