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u.s. news Diabierna 23 OctOber 2020

Trump posts unedited '60 Minutes' interview before it airs

(AP) — President Don- country," Stahl immediately link.
ald Trump posted full, broke in.
unedited interviews that “You know that's not true,” The CBS broadcast, the most
he and Vice President she said. popular news program in the
Mike Pence did with “60 country, will have the last
Minutes” on Facebook Trump objected and said she word Sunday, when it pres-
on Thursday before the wouldn't address his oppo- ents edited versions of the
show’s scheduled broad- nent, Democrat Joe Biden, in interviews, along with talks
cast this weekend. the same manner. with Biden and his vice pres-
idential candidate, Kamala
The footage shows Trump In video of Stahl's later en- Harris.
growing increasingly agitated counter with Pence, she said
as interviewer Lesley Stahl “you both have insulted ‘60 Throughout the interview,
presses him on his response Minutes’ and me by not an- Trump returned to attacks
to the coronavirus epidem- swering any of our questions on Biden's son, based on an
ic, his demeanor on social and by giving set campaign unconfirmed New York Post
media, the lack of masks at speeches that we've heard report, and accused the me- explain: “This is ‘60 Minutes’ spected for bringing its hall-
his campaign rallies and the both of you give at rallies.” dia of being too soft on his and we can't put on things we mark fairness, deep report-
“Obamacare” replacement Democratic rival. can't verify." ing and informative context
plan he has long promised She said she was upset by As Stahl commented at one But Trump continued to to viewers each week,” the
but failed to deliver. how the interviews had gone. point that Trump was offer- criticize the mainstream network said in a statement.
“Well, Lesley, I appreciate the ing attack after attack, Trump media.“Lesley, you’re dis- "Few journalists have the
“Are you ready for some speech that you just gave,” responded: “It's not attack, it's crediting yourself," he said. presidential interview experi-
tough questions?” Stahl asked Pence replied. “But I've an- defense. It's defense against Trump eventually cut the in- ence Lesley Stahl has deliv-
at the start of the interview. swered all your questions. attacks.” terview short and declined to ered over her decades as one
“Just be fair,” the president And I've spoken about the appear with Pence. of the premier correspon-
said. things the American people “I'm defending myself and CBS News called the White dents in America and we look
care about.” I'm defending the institute of House's decision “unprec- forward to audiences seeing
When Stahl asked him about the presidency," he said. edented,” but said the in- her third interview with Pres-
priorities for a second term Trump complained about the As Trump continued to throw terview would air Sunday as ident Trump and subsequent
and Trump talked about “bias, hatred and rudeness” unsubstantiated allegations at planned. interview with Vice President
having created “the greatest by “60 Minutes” and CBS Biden and former President Pence this weekend.”
economy in the history of the as he tweeted the Facebook Barack Obama, Stahl tried to “60 Minutes" is “widely re-

Self-driving shuttle debuts in high-traffic Virginia spot

(AP) — The future of transportation arrived somewhat unique is the environment in which it of the coronavirus unless they are all members of
in northern Virginia, looking like a big blue will operate. While some projects are limited to the same family. It will run only from 10 a.m. to
toaster on wheels that seats six and drives it- college campuses or operate in dedicated lanes, this 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and its speed
self through the region’s notorious traffic. shuttle will mix with real traffic in a particularly won't exceed 10 mph (16 kph) , even though it will
busy section of Fairfax County. run on roads with 25 mph (40 kph) limits.
State and local officials debuted the Relay system
Thursday, an all-electric, autonomous vehicle that “This is not a one-off, not a demonstration in The shuttles do indeed drive themselves, but safety
will provide free shuttle rides back and forth from a parking lot,” said Kathy McGhee, director of operators are on board and can override the shut-
the Dunn Loring Metrorail stop to the bustling transportation research and innovation in the state tle's autonomous features.
Mosaic District in Fairfax County. transportation department.
Daniel Carney — a safety operator for Transdev,
The shuttle is “the sort of thing we'd see in a Star She said the project will provide valuable data on which runs the shuttles — estimated that during
Wars or a Blade Runner movie, without the vertical basic functions like the vehicle's battery life in a testing he had to override the controls about once
liftoff,” said Mark Webb, chief innovation officer at real working environment, the cost of the electric- for every 2-mile roundtrip loop. The most com-
Dominion Energy, a partner in the project. ity needed to fuel the vehicle, and how the shuttles mon issue is the shuttle's inability to steer itself
operate in an environment studded with cars, pe- around obstacles.
It is the first publicly funded electric, autonomous destrians and traffic lights.
shuttle in Virginia, officials said. Similar pilot proj- For example, Carney said that if people do a poor
ects are up and running in different places across The shuttle is starting off small: While it seats six, job parallel parking on the side streets on which
the country, but what makes the Relay shuttle only three will be allowed at any one time because Relay operates, the shuttle will stop. He then steps
in and uses a joystick to navigate around the parked
car so it continue on its way.

And the shuttle's slow speed does produce agita-
tion from motorists stuck behind it, said Carney,
who will occasionally deal with glares or worse
from fed-up drivers who decide to go around the
shuttle.
“I just shrug like, ‘I don't know what you want me
to do about it,’" Carney said. "It's sort of out of my
hands."

County leaders said they're happy to be at the fore-
front of an emerging technology, but that the shut-
tle also fills a real need of “last mile” transporta-
tion, connecting a busy Metrorail site with a retail
district that is about a mile away, a little farther than
most are willing to walk.
The project is funded with a $200,000 state grant
and a $50,000 match from Fairfax County.