live. in la in just a moment . welcome back let's go straight to california because firefighters that are currently battling and mu fost movining blaze which is threatening amongst other things the ronald reagan presidential library in the los angeles area well nearby homes have been evacuated as fire crews raced to protect the area from fast moving flames. which are being made all the more unpredictable because of powerful gusts of wind. another fire the los angeles there is burning close

to the famous getty center museum. well the california governor has declared a statewide emergency somome eighteen million people are thought to be inn areasas a a rk well let's get the latest from la and speak to journalists santiago rodriguez started et. thank you so much for speaking to us on terror but what is the scale all of those files right now i mean how much error they currently affecting. hi tom more than six thousand fires have been recorded since the fire season started this year. earning approximately a hundred and ninety eight acres or the equivalent to eighty thousand. hectareses i donon't k know firefighters and managed to control certain bush fires. things are looking quite dire in the near future as you mentioned this morning governor gavin newsom declared an extreme red flag warning. after meteorologists said the weather

conditions will get worse due to strong winds blowing from santa ana. okay i mean what are the authority saying about the efforts to contain the fais do you get the impression that managing to contain any of them they on top of the situations on double. firefighters are the real heroes right now they are battling fires. twenty four hours a day but with the changing weather with you when's very strong winds in fact. coming from the pacificic anand coming o over the mountai. it's quite difficult to fully control the fire. of the cinema county teen kate fire and another one close to dog getty center. havee forced thousands of p people to flee their homes. and hope for the best in fact the four or f five highway had o bebe shut dowown for a few hour. celebritieies of course livining anand at the los angeles area

adam had to evacuate amongst them arnold schwarzenegger took. to social media to encourage other people in the area. to leave their properties behind and stays. yeah i saw something from lebron james as well saying that he was having to pack up and leave his house as well- and making matters even worse for people perhaps adding to the uncertainty- santiago is the fact that a lot of people in the area. have had their electricity cuts off what what's that about. througughout california. p pasifika gas and electric company has cut off power to prevent. their grade from over heating and potentially causing more fires. this has affected well over half a million customers across the ststate. they have said that once the weather improves and it is safe to do so their crews will come b back to inspect p pr

lines. repair any damage equiuipment. and restore electricity to customers whatt the outages can last anywhere om a few hours t to a few days. okay well let's hope the authorities managed to get those. files under control and the weather situation helps to make the job of fighting as far as it slightly easier for the firefighters thank you so much journalist santiago to the biggest of the g. thank you for speaking to us that. give us the latest from los angeles. we had not to eleven on whether being two weeks of anti government protests leading too ththe announcement on tuesday by prime minister saad hariri that he's resigning. well today thehe countrtry's president to michele our own hasas formally aust hury to continue in a caretaker capacity. until a newew cabinet is formeme however it't's b beig reported that he may be willing to remain in that post of prime minister. on the condition that he presides over a government of technocrats. although some

main roads in the capital beirut have re opened today banks are remaining shots at for an eleventh working day. protest to say they can to keep up the pressure. well from a city fools emerald maxwell examines the question what next for lebanon. with the resignation of salt hurries governments lebanon is entering a period of uncertaiainty. prevented meant the power vacuum president michel alone must now hold consultations with the h heads of parliamentay blocks off them for that c choie of a a new pririme minister. but the problem is that protest is adamantly reject the parties that make up parliaments they want a clean break from a political cross fading corrupt and a technocratic government that will guide the country through its economic crisis. if they don't form a technocrat goldman sachs withholding. for we will block the roads again believe me. it often takes lebanon's fractious political leaders months to agree on the prime minister. said the easiest compromise to president

michele one would be to reappoint sought hurry to form a new government. that might fail to quell the younger inin the streets tentatively alone could decide to choose another candidates the support of powerful she agreed husband on its allies. who now makeup routine parliaments. but a grgreen on the personn for the b will be challenging. attororney will he or she have to be politically credible but the sectararian lebanese system also requires that the prime minister is suni. this is though a demananding an end to the outside. they want politicall leaders chosen without reference to that religious identities. finally the president himself hasn't been stats that protesters anger i the- mission i won't have so far resisted calls to step down. nor. rock remains in the give a grip of the biggest anti government protests the country scene since the fall of saddam hussein over justice from across the country sectarian and ethnic divides up today gathered once again in

the capital baghdad as well as in other cities across the country. well as with lebanon people there in iraq are furious at that political class. four weeks a process that results in the deaths of more than two hundred and fifty people one hundred of them this week alone observers say that if anything those taking part of the purchase all upping the ante we got some news- justin in fact from baghdad. security officials say that two rockets have beenn fired into the green zone that in a backed up as a reported t to have been killed.s two rockets. hit that area will front street possibly trigger has this report for us now on the situation in iraq. iraq's protests have grown to the largest yet tens of thousand strong. and there were those who are doing their bestt to support the crowds including with makeshift medical stations like this one in the margins of the often deadly demonstrations against corruption poverty and unemployment. but i don't i don't think i. we gather than

this tends to treat protesters affected by tear gas. there are lots of people coming together to donate different types of medicine. they come to us every day asking about our needs from mexico. only a muscle and let god is it when is the. since public anger boiled over at the beginning of the month well over two hundred people have died in violence nationwide with thoususands more wounded. a year into his mandate prime minister adel abdel mahdi has struggled to rein in the public's fury. offering concessions like a cabinet reshuffle promising to address grievances. however for a generation that's known nothing but foreign occupation and extremist violence now coming of age- marty's words rang beyond hello. iraqis refused to conference of political blocs in the green zone because they both failed for seventeen years to build a national project that serves the iraqi people. and failed to build any national identity. all they did

was succeed in stealing money from the poor and the iraqi people. protesters may well get what they want the political alliances the water bill ninety to power have shown signs of fracturing with the international community calling for dialogue in recent days. rival factions from the conflict in syria gather today in geneva to discuss a new constitution for the country it subdivide gathering will help sir richard trinity nine e years of violence and war fatat. listerine governments the opposition and civil society groups are included in those talks which are being broken by the united nations. of thousands of kilometers away insert it self government forces today clashed with turkish troops near the border town of russell i in. this as an correct continues its operation to drive kurdish militants away from the border from city falls into landis whose husband. russian military police patrol the syrian town

bordering turkey. base as part of an agreement struck between moscow in ankara one russian ounce you in kurdish fighters had retreated thirty kilometers from the border. he said it would join forces with russia from friday. other not cut it if we see that the members of the terrorist organization have not been moved out of the thirty kilometers or if attacks continue no matter from where we reserve our right to carry out our own operation. sometimes we are also what will happen to the terrorists outside the thirty kilometer strip whatever happened to the others will happen to them. turkey's recent actions in northeastern syria meanwhile have gotten countries like france a warring about the islamic state organization. regrouping look go okay by the chaos created by the turkish offensive allows for the resurgence of isis. you did this on cnn it is therefore imperative did you my heart if.

it happens i in conditions and. yoyou that are deememed safe and secure if ya. that is the case today reporter listen listen kurdish fighters turn to syria for protection following the u. s. is patrol. which resulted in heavy fighting breaking out between turkish backed fighters and syrian government forces on wednesday. with more analysis on that situation i'm joined here in this year by the former head of the french military mission to the united nations general dominic at concord thank you very much for coming to seeee us once agagain. but we have a a very complicated situation that in northeastern syria or you've got the syrian troops loyal to the government we've got troops loyal to ankara we've got kurdish militants all of that being driven away from the border area and then we've got. russian troops that are supposed to be- supervising the turkish troops but that allied to damascus not old but to russia in a very complicated

position indeed do they have a strategy. yes the strategy of the russian was to be to support the regime from damascus- they started in two thousand fifteen now they're on. the lost the last. lost operation and the and they have an agreement with the turks but just remember that it was not that choice initially. there was a confrontation between russian and checks. long time ago the day i had to agree with the turkish mainly due to its lead with his own where there are lots of- jet is. on the supervision of the turks and the deal was that the checks will- traransform these jedi eat in allied to damascus. on the supervision of the russian but now because i'm cara decided to invade the south of his border.

in the region- held by- the kids. the russian had to have an agreement but it was mister ed again who is going to- suchy to. have an agreement with the russian meaning that in a way the turkish all in the end of the russian. well we've got a very interesting situation is that yesterday for the first time the syrian army was facing the tech. until now each time where there was a problem they were also king full as support from the russian yesterday there was no support from the russian. so it was difficult. but it's on the turkish side the turkish army is not truly involved in fact. these all militias which all. supported by and by the techs which shoe is provividing all to read drons and things like that but- not really on the during the fight

so we will see in the next day. whether the russian can agree with it the text to stop fighting with their syrian all will they provide as support. for the syrian we'll see where we'll go yeah hard to imagine a scenario where russia would accept the idea that ticket prices proxy forces loyal to turkey would be in direct confrontation with- buster al-assad's forces does its- foot my point of view it's impossible for the same. the only reason that the russian the choice or pressure sun moon took each is not is it just a deal. which is a bit different so the real. strong along the audition aside and the right. and the degree it's- gvn in such she is a well the turks okay you all something the border but instead of having

four hundred kilometers you will have one hundred kilometers. so it's- a small part in my in my in my view there will be a time where. the turkish forces will go back to the to the border because the russian will not accept that syria has not to use it generational border- controlled by these is in all mee. . when e started talking about vtech rationing northeast in syria. one of the things people most concerned about is these prisons holding- islamic state fighters. we haven't heard so much about that concern in in recent days and obviously with the news that- i will back out about daddy is. no longer alive. has that threat diminished where where are we with regards to the threat posed by jihadist fighters loyal to the islamic state group out part of syria. there is an agreement that the curse will continue to called gods the camps and the- guys that are guarding the camps. there is no danger for the people to go out anyway initially there

was some judges to escape from the- from the come. so you still have this problem. with the last american troops there the problem of controlling the border between detects. the syrian under russian. which makes the situation a bit confused in this area so in fact. each confusing situation open the door for the jet is to take advantage of that- i think that the american- i at that time the operation was launched by the techs because the american was re during. so that was a problem. the jedi snow that there would be less troops against them so that's a problem- they will not find the same way of course. but it's ambush attacks the it's something which will happen in the future in the area certainly. i will thank you very much indeed of your analysis thank you many comical thank you so much. we want to

smother world news the findings of an o official inquiry into te ground full tower five back in two thousand seventeen were published today. and youou want people lost their lives in that plays in london which started as a result of an electrical fault inn refrigerator. in a flat on the fourth floor of that building and then spread to the outside of the block of flats. the court inquired the materials used to refurbish dot tower blocks were a key factor as to why not fight was so deadly. foster the full simon harding has more. a reports published by the grenfell tower public inquiry. in it the london fire brigade in particular heavily criticized. accused of serious shortcomings when tackling the inferno. including being unprepapad a a a dodown to quit when facining e emergency. therereas seriousus deficiciencies in command and control. and manany of the communicication systemems did nt work properly. ththe l lst had t provided is senior control room

ststuff with appropriate t traig onon how to mamanage an n incidt which generated a large numumber of five survival guide and schools. seventy two full lost their lives on june fourteenth two thousand seventeen one of five calls for an electric furnace funcnction school throuh the badldly insululated and higy combmbustible materials in the external wall of the building. the reports offers some explanation to the victims but many say the enquiring doesn't go far enough. i'm sorry you come back with a lot of the people. that is not good enough. has to be cultural change. andnd he has to start from the top that has to be an overload of the system. and it has to start from the top. what one made to think i'm anything as anything that there is rights but they're actually paid professionals they choose to do the job. and they have a lack of common sense. this was just the first phase of the

reports. subsequent parts of the enquirer be will look at the widest circumstances of the fire. that section of the investigation will determine with who the blame for the fire ultimately lies. it's time now for checking the top business news stories brian quick joins me here in the studio hi brian. let's begin with the news of a possible mega merger in the auto industry and one thahat could have. major implications for france and straight into the quickly developing story as well tom multiple news agencies are now reporting that the board of from range group psa which owns peugeot and citron. has given the green light to a merger deal with fiat chrysler well the talks between those two groups come just months after planned merger betweenn fiat c chrysler and france during. fell apart amid complication with her nose and part the nissan. well the deal with peugeot p. s saw and fear s nott yet sealed it best work

clearly keen on. wednesday at christ there's a shares today nine halff percent in milan. stays around four. and a half in paris caress has of the tales. to know john. one mega merger french carmaker psa and the fiat chrysler group have confirmed they're considering joining forces. such an alliance would create the fourth largest auto maker bringing brands like peugeot alfa romeo sicher when jeep opel and vauxhall underer one roof. it would largely be a marriage of equals with fiat chrysler is market value around twenty two billion dollars in psa around twenty six billion. gather they sold eight point seven million cars last year. says it's following the discussions with great interest the french state owns a 12% stake in psa. if you don't want to fly we are obviously taking into consideration both industrial ambition and long term job stability because we believe that strengthening ourselves by becoming the fourth largest auto maker is

the best way to protect employment and ensure we can compete effectively smoking clinical trials but french unions aren't so confident. a rule employees can to keep the jobs will i into those working n the research and development departments are on the production line well if the two compmpanies do combine psa chief executive car to various. is reportedly in the list because it ceo. asas he is chairman john alcon could move his current role over to the new company. car manufacturers are under pressure to consolidate in a sector facing weakening demand and a transitioion to elecectric and autononomous vehicles. this is beyond chrysler's second attempted murder this year after talks with renault collapsed in june. next the us federal reserve has lowered its benchmark target interest rate once again by a quarter percent speaking in washington chairman jerome how announced the new rate of one and a half to one and three quarters percent

while signaling that america's central bank is unlikely to continue with further rate cuts until inflation picks up. new data from the commerce department shows u. s. gdp growth at a stronger than expected one point 9% the third quarter that figure prop by ken thompson but business invest. lagging now hinted at a pause in cuts as he described to you part of me that strong but still facing happens particularly in global trade conflicts serious. we see the current stance of monetary policy as likely to remain appropriate. a as long as incomingng information about the economy remains broadly consistent with our outlook. of moderate economic growth. a strong labor market. and inflation there are symmetric 2% objective. on wall street rising out of negative territory on that pronouncement from powell the dowel doubt rather closed up around four tenths of a percentnt s. and p. up around a third of a percentnt to close at a new record the nasdaq was similar gains at the

close. european indexes ended the day mixed as investors waited on that fed announcement one and forty one hundred up around a third of a percent at wednesday's close paris. half percent while the frankford dad though ended down a quarter percent shares in deutsche bank tanked over 7% on an. eight hundred thirty two million your- net loss for the third. quarter c. e. o. face us lawmakers for the second day. dennis miller berg coming off a rough two day session with senators got another lashing from u. s. representatives the execututive on apology tour as his company finally admit some measure of culpability in two plane crashes that killed three hundred forty six people. those crashes have been blamed on faulty flight control software installed without proper pilot training as boeing r rushed it's seven three seven max jet to market in order to compete with their bus. november x. hefty executive compensation a

particular target for certain lawmakers take a listen to this exchange. are you giving up any money. so in my- board will conduct a comprehensive review that so you're saying y you're not g giving up any compensation at all your continuing to work and make thirty million dollars a year after this horrifically two accidents t that because all these people relatives to go to disappear dot. you're not taking a cut in pay at all spin get our board will make those terminate your not accountable been. christine lagarde is getting set to take over as head of the european central bank on friday the former french finance minister and i am f. chief will soon be one of the eurozone's most powerful economic officials and she's been laying out some of her stances in advance. the guard took aim wednesday and many and other ones to countries with significant budget surpluses who nonetheless faces sharp please slowing growth and even recession. she called number

win and the hague to boost their spending to encourage growth is like art. secure in the management of the project you want an exit on i'm saying that those that have the room for maneuver. those that have a budget surplus. no to be germany and also the netherlands. why not use a budget surplus and invest in infrastructure which currently needs investments contrary to what people say i see this video shoot. why not invest in education why not invest in innovation to allow f for better rebalancing given t the current imbalance. because all the- next facebook has agreed to pay a five hundred thousand pound fine imposed by the uk's data protection office over the cambridge analytica data scandal you can watch dog had concluded the facebook unfairly expose user data to app developers without user consentt some of the data madee its way to the political consulting firm cambridge analytica which used it to help target ads for

donald trump's presidential campaign. i agreement contains it know it shin of liability by facebook. and finally for business the us china trade dispute is now even affecting harry potter. blooms bury the company which publishes jk rowling's blockbuster series of young adult novels. it's been hit by terrorists on books that it prints in china. 15% levy came into force on september first affecting around fifty tititles the blueberry prints in china and cells in the u. s. companies as oaks the pricece increases won't affect. full year resulults perhaps time to ask. donald trump at long last sir have you no sense of wizardry. thomas had credit i haven't read any hardware side i'm going to be there on the- last time i saw a movie once my wife made me. yeah i haven't even seen that so you go one up on me but- indeed harry potteter fans wilill b be happy ababout o that thank y you very much thouh brian quinn. with. today's

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10/30/19 10/30/19 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! > the resignation is the rest that should happen, facing the people's demands. this does not mean he is a hero. it means we are heroes. we achieved a victory and we are continuing. amy: lebanese prime minister saad al-hariri has resigned after two weeks of massive anti-government protests calling for him to step down brought more than a million people into the street. demonstrators promise to stay in the streets until all of their

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