down below us is the old union pacific grade which would have been abandoned less than a year after the completion of the transcontinental railroad when they sold the rights to the central pacific railroad company. the central pacific had worked through utah a lot longer they had a much higher quality grade . when they bought the rights from union pacific, they switched to their grade and that is where we are standing on the original transpacific grade. we are coming up to the last track that was made by the union pacific in their approach to summit valley right here. in just a minute we will be able to look down and you can see in order to get through different elevation changes, they would cut through the rock. and blast with black powder making these channels that they could build the railroad through. these hills that you see on the far side of this cut is from the 1860s. this is rock that was stacked up. you can see they even put some bigger rocks to act as a wall, a retaining wall to keep it from collapsing into the cut. pretty neat that you can see work that has lasted almost 160

down below us is the old union pacific grade, which would have been abandoned less than a year after the completion of the transcontinental railroad when they sold the rights to the central pacific railroad company. because the central pacific had worked through utah longer, they had a higher quality grade, so when they bought the rights they switched to their grade and that is where we are standing, we are standing on the original central pacific grade. we're coming up to the last cut made by the union pacific in their approach to promontory, the summit valley that is right here. in just a minute we will be able to look down and you can actually see, in order to get through the different elevation changes, they would cut through the rock and blast with black powder, making the channels they could actually build the railroad through. the work you are actually seeing, these burns or hills up on the far set this cut, is from the 1860's. this is actually rock that was stacked up and you can see they even kind of put some bigger rocks to act as a wall, retaining wall, to keep that from co

and the government will give that to the union pacific as i recall. they're also going to subsidize the track that central pacific is going to build but that is when congress decides to do it. >> hi i am a retired fourth- grade teacher. >> [ laughter ] >> and i do, in fact, teach more like stephen ambrose description and of course your description. history repeats itself. and your description of the bonds and stocks being worthless is so reminiscent of our nation in 2008, 2007. it is frightening. my question for you sir is simple, i understand palace huntington, collis potter huntington it was not very honest when it came to sitting freight rates and farmers to move things, could you address that. >> you want to look at this visualization. because special history lab. you can see the way they done this it is very, very clever. the first thing you have to do is move up and down the rivers. and that is the first thing that they do. they set rates well enough to drive them out of business because you can always move much safer. once you control that, you

union pacific and richmond police say this campaign is about saving lives. the sights and sound of an approaching train didn't stop a silver sedan from speeding across the track during the evening commute. union pacific says this intersection is among the busy in knock knock with three sets of train tracks. >> people are stopping on the track, not stopping at the limit lines or for the railroad signals. >> reporter: all common violations. >> reporter: richmond police par neverred with union pacific. the driver was cited and blames congestion. >> there is too much traffic. >> the train is going to win every time, unfortunately. >> reporter: the trains travel up to 60 miles per hour for union pacific and 70 for amtrak. there is a sign stating do not stop on tracks and there are crossing arms at this intersection but police say in the past five years there have been five train collisions here killing three pedestrians and injuring two motorists. you have motorist that is are in such a hurry, such a rush that they're disregarding their own safety and the safety

. >>> union pacific said the safety campaign is to tell of the damageers of crossing. the sight and sound of approaching train didn't stop a sedan of speeding across the tracks. union pacific said this intersection is morning the busiest in northern california. >> people stopping on to tracks. not stopping for the railroad signals. >> all common violations. >> you stopped on the tracks. >> richland police partnered with union pacific for the campaign. >> there's 25067 traffic crossing over here. >> the battle is between you and the train the train will win. >> amtrak travels 79 miles an hour, too fast to stop quickly. >> it could take a while to stop. >> there's a sign stating could not stop on tracks, in the past five years there have been five train collisions killing three pedestrians and injure two motorist. >> there's motorist in such a hurry that they are disregarding their own safety and safety of others to bypass the train crossings. >> trains can come quickly from different directions in texas on tuesday a train hit a deputy when he went around lowers arms. >>

and union pacific reps will also beos marianne favro. >>> the fix is in. and that's good news. a three-week blitz is under way in oakland to fix the city's potholes. mayor libby schaaf says the crews will work all around town. this is not part of the three-year repavement plan approved by the city that will start later this year. that allocates nearly $200 million to fixing roads, and the mayor says it's needed. >> we are out here working 12 hours a day to patch those holes. but this truly is just a patch, just a band-aid. >> the city has a $500 million backlog when it comes to road repairs. >>> president t getting criticized for being very unpresidential. it's not for what he said but where he said it. bipartisan criticism on his attack on joe biden while on a state visit to japan over the holiday weekend. president trump was blasted as soon as he returned home today. >> kim jong un made a statement that joe biden is a low-iq individual. i think i agree with him on that. >> you don't attack your political opponents from foreign soil. you're supposed to be out there as america'

in recent months change the union pacific schedule admit more trains in the overnight hours and more blaring horns. >> it's really hard. i don't sleep good because we don't have any time of the nighttime. >> i slept about three and i hear this. >> residents have complained. people in japan the town have as well. san jose's mayor is saying is enough is enough. >> is a reasonable response of that if they are creating a nuisance it is a like a legal o th to make the only other option according to union pacific's for the city to establish a quiet zone the city officials fear that would be both expensive and potentially dangerous for the homeless nearing the track. >> they benefit their own pocket book to run these nighttime trains and then tell local cities hey your own taxpayers have to come at the millions of dollars of infrastructure to create these so-called quiet zones and hope that the quiet zones don't cause some risk or loss of life. >> but without that change union pacific officials say they are required to blow the home as they approached these downtown crossings. residents wis

in recent months, a change to the union pacific schedule has meant more trains in the overnight hours and more blaring horns. >> it is really hard. i don't sleep good. it is really really hard. >> i slept about three -- i hear it. tropic complaint that people in japan town have also. san jose's mayor is saying enough is enough. there is a reasonable response to that, which is that there grading noise that we have legal option that we should preserve. we are looking at the legal options now. >> reporter: the only other option is for the city to establish a quite his own. the city officials fear that would be both expensive and potentially dangerous for the homeless living near the tracks. >> certainly can be for union pacific to benefit their own pocketbook to run these nighttime trains and until local cities hey, your own taxpayers have to come up with millions of dollars of infrastructure to create these quite stones and hope that the quite stones do not cause some risk of loss of life. >> reporter: without the change, union pacific officials say crews are required to blow the horn a

that is when we connected in 1869, the union pacific and the central pacific. , thath the last 150 yearsca. it changed things immediately. a trip from san francisco to new york that took six months, or you risk your life started taking more like 10 days and relative luxury. it changed how people eight. foods were available that weren't available previously. it changed how we thought about connection and communication. it changed how we connected the glow. one of the things people do not -- connected the globe. the intent of the railroad was to connect atlantic to pacific, connect your to asia, and we became a critical trade route. it fundamentally gave the nation something to focus on to ties together after the civil war. it did that in tremendous fashion. pacifics later, union is right in the heart of building america. behind us you see #done. int means the job was done 1869 but the job of building america was never done. david: that is lance fritz, union pacific chairman and ceo. alix: coming up, overpricing is ipo later today. what i'm watching his next -- uber is pricing is ipo later

and some council members called on the city attorney to explore possible legal action against union pacificd. >> in the past year the railroad started hauling at night which means train horns at night. residents are complaining. >> they're blaring horns, not just a little bit but for 60 seconds at a time. the obvious challenge for an awful lot of downtown residents is they cannot get a good night of sleep. >> in a statement union pacific railroad says there is such a thing as quiet zones for trains but it's up to the city to pursue that. >>> san francisco police have identified 25-year-old cherry neil in the suspect in yesterday's hit-and-run rampage in the city's tenderloin district. she's facing 24 felony charges including driving under the influence causing injury, felony hit-and-run and assault with a deadly weapon. >>> isaiah peoples was charged with two hate crimes today on top of the eight at tempted murder charges already filed by the santa clara district attorney's office. prosecutors say peoples targeted two of the victims because he thought they were muslim. >> i feel confident t

stanford hammered in a symbolic gold spike linking the central pacific railroad from the west and the union pacific railroad from the east at promontory summit, utah territory. to mark the 150th territory -- 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad, the stanford historical size -- stanford historical decide he hosted a daylong symposium. resident laura jones gives an illustrated talk on how railroad profits were used to build the stanford university, and how the railroad changed the community. >> the stanford historical society provides access to the stanford story, preserving its legacy and celebrating the treasures of stanford history, trying to be objective about showing the whole story. from exclusives campus access to lectures and special events, membership is open to anyone, whether you are affiliated with stanford as an alumnus, faculty member, staff member, or just live in the area or outside the area, and are interested in history and the impact stanford has had in the development of the nation. please visit us in the reception area regarding membership, or tell

the legal actions some in san jose are considering against union pacific. >>> and we continue to keep an eye on the delays on bart out of oakland. we will have more details on that. in the meantime here is a look at your drive at the toll plaza. can't see it in this picture but there is a report of a crash near the toll plaza. more information on that straight ahead >>> and the fog bank has really picked up because of an system dropping in from oregon giving us drizzle as well and maybe to the north afternoon thunderstorms. we will take a look at that coming up. >>> welcome back. the time is 6:16. people in san jose complaining about an increase in to noise coming from trains that run overnight. t. that will wake you up. in recent months a change at the union pacific train schedule has meant more trains running overnight. people living off of oakland road near brokaw and japan town say the horn noise is keeping them up at night. now the san jose mayor sam liccardo says enough is enough >> it is really hard to sleep good because the trains are really loud. any time in the night time. >

there will be a community meeting with union pacific next wednesday at the north side community center. >>> a sightseeing boat in budapest, hungary, crashed into a cruise ship and it sunk. at least seven people were killed, now the crews are busy as we speak, searching for several missing people. >>> robert mueller had his first public comment, what he had to say about what he called a witch hunt. >>> and we are following a problem as you approach the san mateo bridge. in the meantime, here's a look at 280 and san jose, a bit slow as you had through downtown san jose. >>> a low is dropping in from oregon, not only will that callisto today, but areas to the north could be seeing a line of showers forming. we will take a look at that coming up. >>> 7:15, earlier this morning president trump reacted to robert mueller's first public comments about the russian investigation. >> there is no obstruction, there is no collusion, there is no nothing, nothing but a witch hunt by the media and the democrats and their partners. and, i thought it was finished when the report was released, but it goe

leland stanford hammered in a gold spike to link the central pacific railroad from the west and the union pacific railroad from the east. the transcontinental railroad was complete. we go to utah to learn more. david: so we are walking you over to where the transcontinental railroad was completed. this spot right here, marked by the tie, is within inches of where the original ceremony was held on may 10, 1869. included on this tie is a plaque that lists many of the dignitaries from that company, including leland stanford's name. and the big fourre

now, the irish workers on the union pacific, they weren't paid, and they actually -- the ceremony was supposed to be may 8th, and durant from the union pacific was stopped by a barricade on the tracks, and they held him hostage until they got their money, and they did get their money. it was for good reason that they were afraid they wouldn't get paid. now, many of the workers were released, but many of the chinese went back to rebuilding the shoddy, you know, construction. but when they began, they needed workers, and there was a shortage, a scarcity in california. so they put out this flier in january 1865 for 5,000 workers. and crocker, i think, testified that there were no more than 800 that ever showed up. they simply did not want to work. it's difficult work, and the pay was very low. they could get jobs in the mines, other places, and get better pay and a better life. so those white workers, mainly irish, were not interested. then they said, well, let's hire chinese, okay? crocker got the idea and said, well, they built a great wall, didn't they? they could do this. strowbridge

gentlemen, his partners in commerce in sacramento, the big four, the associates, they form the union pacific railroad. and there initial vision is that they are going to build a wagon turnpike road to the sierra and the minds. and then they discover the government has these bonds, and you could get paid to do that. so they start building the wagon wagonand they need the road to build the railroad anyway. and then they discover there is all this cash that you can get the government. a struggle for a couple of years on how to actually get there hand on the cash -- get their hands on the cash, but eventually just floods of money are coming in, and leland stanford's job in the transcontinental railroad was to keep the political engine running that was bringing in that money, and the west coast -- on the west coast and in utah, in particular, and to at pier -- and to appear, at least in the press, to be a friend of the working band and an advocate for the potential of this railroad to invigorate the economy of california. he was selling the railroad. that was leland stanford's job, and he did tha

taylor: kansas city union pacific getting hit hard. about $2.5 billion of revenue from mexico.is 10% of the top line of about $22 billion. the concern is the exposure to mexico. i think they also serve key gateways along the border that connect to the country's. there are points of contacts along the way and you're also looking at 4% annual growth rate of revenues from mexico since 2010. it is a growing sector that would be punished. ofording to the volume growth we are seeing, a lot of it comes from the auto sector. as you can see, also kansas city traffic.of their the volume does come from mexico. their, buter something that is all getting hit. analysts are saying it is not necessarily the 5% threat, but it went up to 25% that is when you start to see some concerns. vonnie: affecting the transport scores today as well. taylor: it is. they've been holding up relatively well relative to the less than 5% relative to the s&p decline. if we go on a subsector level and look at the railroads, it is the railroads and the trucking and the airlines that has been getting hit hardest. i'

they formed the union pacific railroad. their initial vision is they will build a wagon road turnpike poole rd. into the sierras for the mine. they discover that the government is selling bonds so you can get paid to do that. so they start building a wagon road. they need the wagon road to build the railroad anyway. and then they discover that there is all this cash that you can get from the government. they struggle for a couple years on how to get their hands on that cash. and richard white's book will tell you all about that. eventually floods of money are coming in and leland stanford's job in the transcontinental railroad was to keep the political engine running that was bringing in that money on the west coast and utah in particular. and to appear at least in the press to be the friend of the working man and the advocate for the potential of the railroad to invigorate the economies of california. he was selling the railroad. that was leland stanford's job. he did that job very very well. this is one of the things i di

this one by william henry jackson of the union pacific. tunnel number three, taken in 1869, extensively the year -- ostensibly the year the line opened in utah. anding at these photos thousands more like them puts a different spin on one of the classic works of american marx's machine in the garden. is enjoying he quiet reflection at walden pond, only to have it pierced by the sound of a train was good he argues that the disruptive disjunction, the tension between those two aspirations, be one of the generating forces of american literature in the 19th century. for these purposes, i think he is actually wrong. what is remarkable to me about these photographs is not that they somehow show us a painful tension between nature and progress, but that they are beautiful to us. we do not see a daemonic machine belching fire and brimstone. we continue as americans to on scenic ride railroads, and send pictures and postcards of our trips experiencing nature from a rail car. these lines have become a kind of synecdoche for america as a whole, a whol

in the case of the union pacific, william henry jackson.it is worth taking some time just looking at your computer and finding some of these pictures. you can also find some of them here in their originals at stanford. trussell of the west. this is now part of the right-of-way of interstate 80, about 50 miles north-north-northeast of sacramento. probably most of you have traversed it. a. hart. beautifuldinarily trussell, over 1000 feet long, nearly 100 feet high. a picture taken a few years later, which gives you some agony that these beautiful images hide of that same spot looking at different direction. it is the divide between the bear and the drainage in the sierra foothills, and part of what people had begun to realize , as richard said, these guys did not know much about running trains. these were fire hazards, as sparks came out of the engines of the train, so having built this magnificent trussell, chinese workers were redeployed to fill it up. you can see them doing that here. again, kind of aesthetically beautiful, and yet, you ca

and union pacific reps will also be at that meeting. reporting live in san jose, marianne favro. >>> our skyranger also thi acci. that car crashed down this embankment at grizzly peak. rescue crews pulled that driver to safety with minor injuries. >>> it has been a rough ride all day long along an east bay freeway. cars are rolling over thousands of aluminum cans that likely fell out of a truck driving north on 880 between union city and hayrd what. scott budman looking over the evening commute and there are all those cans still on the road, right, scott? >> reporter: yeah, jessica, i want to show you the road. there are still some cans on 880 north tonight, shiny reminders thr way to be resickled were strewn all over 880 north between union city and hayward. >> there are so many cans it's an extensive effort to try to pick those up. >> reporter: they didn't slow traffic down that much. but because they were flat, it was tough for even this cal trans sweeper to pick many of them up. >> i was coming home and saw cans all on the freeway,

the obvious challenge for a lot of downtown residents they cannot get a good night's sleep. >> union pacific railroad said there is such a thing as a quiet zone for trains but it's up to the city to pursue that. the company also says they've reached out to the city to coordinate a meeting to talk about all of this. the man accused of intensionally running over a crowd of pedestrians in sunnyvale has been charged with two hate crimes. isaiah peoples is facing those charges on top of the eight attempted murder charges already filed. prosecutors say peoples targeted two of the victims, an indian hindu man and his 13-year-old daughter because he thought they were moslem. >> i feel confident that a substantial motivating factor was the perceived religion. >> isaiah peoples' relatives were in court. they say they believe he suffers from ptsd as a result of his military service and continues to pray daily while he's in custody. >>> south korean media reporting that north korea has executed its special envoy to the united states on spying charges. the south korean newspaper claims four other high le

hammered in a golden spike to mark the linking of the central pacific railroad from the west and the union pacific railroad from the east. stanford university professor tells the story about four key investors in the project that became known as the big four, hosted by the stanford historical society, this is 45 minutes. >>> good morning everyone. 150

union pacific is. this is the 4014. they call it the big boy. world. the only one of its kind actually running. there are a few others that are in dry-dock. this dates back to the '40s and what i wanted to say, now focused on china trade, we talked to lance fritz, the ceo of union pacific s they have already taken a hit because they transport a lot of agricultural freight and, you know, tariffs, they have taken a hit. listen how he put it. >> tariffs that have been put on your chinese imports have impacted our business. the chinese historically have been in the market heavily for u.s. soybeans and over the course of the last six to nine months that is virtually dried up. so that means soybeans are not moving off the west coast to china. if they're moving for export, they're going to very different markets. we've seen a direct impact in our trade flow with that. reporter: and so they're hopeful. he says he is hopeful. he says he understands the president's position trying to be tough. i can hear you now a little more coherent. my head is out -- l

in recent months, a change to the union pacific schedule has meant more trains in the overnight hourss. >> it's really hard. you not sleep good because it's really, really hard. any time in the nighttime. >> i slept about 3, and i hear this. >> reporter: residents have complained. people in japan town have too, and now san jose's mayor is saying enough is enough. >> there's a reasonable response to that. if they're creating a nuisance in a city like san jose, we have legal options that we should pursue. and we're looking at all those legal options now. >> reporter: the only other option is for the city to establish a, quote, quiet zone. city officials fear that would be expensive and dangerous for the homeless living near the tracks. >> they run these nighttime trains and tell local cities hey, your own taxpayers have to come up with the millions of dollars of infrastructure to create these so-called quiet zones and hope that the quiet zones don't cause some risk of loss of life. >> reporter: without that change, officials say crews are, quote, required to blow the horn as they approa

. >>> taking legal action against union pacific railroad, the railroad is a blight, many say they are disturbed by loud horns. a statement from the mayor's office says the city has made repeated attempts othethcity attorntake legal action. >>> we see lots of package thieves, but this time they took the entire truck, a amazon delivery van is missing after getting stolen in broad daylight. near the intersection of ashby avenue in berkeley, the employee was delivering a package when the van was taken, it was last seen on shattuck avenue, it is unclear if it had more packages. >>> a woman arrested in a wild hit and run rampage, 25-year-old cherry neil was behind the wheel of a stolen suv, that fled please, hit pedestrians and smashed into cars, facing multiple felonies, and accused of driving under the influence. >>> new charges against a man accused of running over eight people. 34-year-old isaiah peeples was back in court, prosecutors announced hate crime charges against the army vet, he is facing a charges of attempted murder. he targeted 2 indian american victims he believed were musl

really cut into shipments by union pacific. d be booming as well, but down because of agriculture shipments with china tariffs. we talked to the ceo of pacific about that very issue. >> in every negotiation there has to become a point where the parties are willing to walk away. i hope the current administration continues the productive dialogue with china. i hope it continues to make progress. >> those are diesel engines back there behind me, but nothing, melissa, beat as steam engine. i'm still covered in steam and oil, or whatever the heck it was they were burning. i think it was oil. but it is worth it, totally. >> jeff flock, thank you. connell: kid in a candy store. melissa: seriously, love it. connell: getting your message across, trying to, minnesota senator democratic candidate for president amy klobuchar will participate in a fox news town hall. she will stand out what has become a crowded field of democrats. hillary vaughn live from milwaukee with more. reporter: hey, connell. senator amy klobuchar and the "real clear

so is union pacific.rg warner gets a large percentage of its sales through mexico energy we just hit oil and gas and american tower, that's right, cell phone towers in mexico, they have got a big exposure kansas city southern the highest percentage of its revenue in mexican sales, and as you might imagine, that stock is being impacted today ksu shares are down 3% let's talk about the entire macro outlook. joining us is alishia levine, chief strategist at bmy investment thanks for joining us on this big market morning what is your reaction to the news what is your reaction to dow futures that are down 270 points >> hi brian, nice to see you. i'm not surprised to see debt futures down like this my thought on the trade war is that we were going to see 2640 before we ever saw the old high of 2950 again. this is just an example of the fact that we have to take earnings down for the s&p this year. >> is there any way we can argue the market, bond market, stock market is overreacting to the trade fight? >> i don

hammered in a golden spike to mark the linking of the central pacific railroad from the west and the union pacific railroad from the east. stanford university professor tells the story about four key investors in the project that became known as the big four, hosted by the stanford historical society, this is 45 minutes. >>> good

we put jeff flock on a union pacific train, retracing the old route.u're on. reporter: stuart, i don't know if you can hear me. i have the most incredible, i can't hear you, i have the most incredible job in the network today. look at this train. take a look back there. this is the union pacific train commemorating the 150th anniversary of the transcontinental railroad. you thought the internet was a big deal? hal, look around the other way. we're cutting through a pass here. the transcontinental railroad puts the internet to shame. if we come inside of the cab, kyle, come on back in, if you can. i want to show you the scene inside the cab here. we've got, you've got fireman over here. that is austin. he is fireman. that is ed over here. he is the engineer. he led the team that has put this thing back in service. there only eight of these big boys that remain. this is the only one that is functioning. they put it back together, got it back on the rails. by the way, look at fire coming out of there. this is oil fire burner. i tell you, people have been

. >> a union pacific spokesperson says as a safety precaution its operators are required to sound horns if they see anyone near the tracks. the mayor is now exploring legal options to fix the problem that could cost taxpa meeting is sch next weekmism. >>> we're back in 60 seconds with the major controversy in the minor leagues, a memorial day tribute that has a fresno team apologizing to alexandria ocasio-cortez. >>> the news you need to hear before you book that plane ticket. >>> high pressure is going to bring the heat. i'll show you how hot and how fast it builds in, plus an update on the severe weather if you're doing any traveling tomorrow. that's coming up in about seven minutes. there )s a politcal mesn freno. a memorial-day "tribute" -- ackfired for the "fresno >>> there's a political mess in fresno. a memorial day tribute backfires for the fresno grisly's minor league baseball team. new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez has something to say about it. the team played a video called we are americans in accompanied by these iconic american images. now where the team has

been off bassett street near a railroad track for almost 2 years but this week officials with union pacific swept the clear after issuing a 72 hour warning notice last friday and the residents did not get the assistance that usually goes along with a sweep since it is not on city-owned property. and city crews did not carry out the sweep. >>> 4:40 am, amazon ceo is making an out of this world announcement and up next is plans to get to the moon by 2024. >> the future is now, we will show you what researchers taught and advanced humanoid robot to do that many people cannot do. >> good morning, we have traffic off to a start on inter 880, so far so good and we will tell you more coming up. >> i would not say the forecast is out of this world but it does look a little warmer and i will talk about where coming up. ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? good luck finding one of those. so, maybe an electric car isn't for you after all. or, is it? ♪ >>>

to do. 150 years later we are celebrating the coming of the central pacific's jupiter with the union pacific's engine 119 meeting together in utah's backyard. the railroads still provide goods and passenger service. i still remember as a kid my parents taking me to the train for a trip somewhere into idaho. i was in my sunday best since we went up to the observation car i could look out and see the beauty of this america passing us by. it is an american national historical park is a place where the american story is without equal. in kentucky there is abraham lincoln birthplace national historical park. in seneca new york there is the women's rights national historical part. in dayton you can can attend the aviation national historical park or walk into the bicycle shop where orville and wilbur write conquered the skies. . they'll recognize in utah the place where the world changed, where not only history was made that day but the herculean effort of those who organized this as well as the immigrant manpower of irish coming from the east, chinese from the west who provided the muscle to accomp

on may 10, 1869 laborers of the pacific railroad from the west and the union pacific railroad of theeast converged at pro measurepromitory submit and hamn the last spike. the contribution of chinese railroad workers has been overlooked or minimized, even as recent as 1969. and then transportation secretary declared that the only americans could have built this railroad, known full well that cheese werchinese were excludedm becoming citizens. so today i hope as a board, we will rightfully recognise that on may 10, as transcontinental chinese worker's day in san francisco. by honouring the transcontinental workers, we inspire providing dignity, equal opportunity and civil rights and equality to working people everywhere. this week there will be a commemorative trip to utah to honor the 150 years of history. i want to thank the community members like steven lee and chinese railroad workers project who have made it their life's work to ensure that this history is never forgotten. we won't be able to join them in utah, but we hope you will know we are over there in spirit. i want to thank

. >>> richmond police and union pacific police are trying new tactics at railroad tracks crossings. police say drivers and pedestrians of ignore signs and crossing arms. just yesterday in matter of three-and-a-half hours police issued 20 citations for drivers stopping at one track crossing. >> you have drivers in such a hurry, such a rush, that they are disregarding their own safety and the safety of others to bypass these train crossings. >> trains are an optical illusion. they look like they are not moving as fast as you think they are. they are moving faster actually. >> police say in the past five years there have been five train collisions, three pedestrians were killed and two drivers were injured just at this intersection. a citation can cost you up to $400. >>> the voices on your smartphone or smartphone subpoenainger are likely female stereotypes. the study looked at how female voices cannens influence people's attitudes toward women. more now. >> it is currently clear and 73 degrees in los angeles >> reporter: that ai assistant you probably use multiple times a day could b