ears garden shed but there is also an infringement procedure already that has now been taken a further step fall forward that could end up in foreign of the european court of justice and carries hefty financial fines which is also a mid term tool i would say in the very long run we could see that the cultural funds that poland receives and let's bear in mind poland is the biggest net beneficiary of e.u. funds and that these funds could be attached to conditions but that is something for the long term. are a game of months on the story for us tonight in brussels georg thank you very much . thousands of taxi drivers have taken to the streets in bucharest to protest against the ride sharing app more than five thousand cars blocked traffic take a look at this in front of the city's main government buildings the drivers say the firm creates unfair competition and they are calling for revert to be banned now this is not the only backlash that is facing a european regulators have ruled that the company is indeed a transformer company not a digital service and that it needs to follow transport law

the far right nationalist wing as it were taking a step back for a moment mckayla how much influence does the f.t. have on national politics at the moment here in germany. well on paper it only has thirteen percent in parliament that's ninety two delegates that really isn't a huge influence but they've already successfully changed the tone it's become more aggressive debates they would say a lot more lively but really they changed the whole math within the system at the political system here in germany and the one factor although really a significant one why it proved so complicated to actually see a more conclusive election result of the last one and actually form a new governing coalition so clearly one of the tensions a key intention of the a.f.p. to just drop the political system is working out although it's not completely by their own making and the big question now is is disruption enough or will they really start shaping policy like a make of the many thanks for that mackellar coup for the halting problem. turning now to honduras where the government has imposed attend the cur

the elimination of isis is a positive step to be sure but it is a small step there there's still so many factions that are fighting there. somebody else who is a monk outside actors turks saudi is the culture of the americans the british the russians the iranians but it's far from the zone this is the step so it makes sense that all the parties to the fighting will still retain some presence they're going to have something about the future of the country. it seems to me a good step that there is at least in this olive branch of this overture of some sort for russia the united states to start working together russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state tillerson will meet in vienna on thursday i believe to discuss the syria situation what i've come to expect from that meeting will it be more of the same that we have been seeing a kind of head to head loggerheads if you will or will there be some sort of a compromise. i expect they'll still be loggerhead at loggerheads because the russians are alone and withdraw and the americans are against iran since the extent to

senate approves a sweeping overhaul of the country's tax system it's a big step towards what could become president tom's first major legislative victory but critics say the overhaul is too expensive and only benefits the rich will go to washington for more. money was christopher spring a good to have you with us thousands have been protesting in the north german city of hanover where the far right after he is holding a party conference several people were injured when police used. a cannon to disperse the program protest the injured included policemen and at least one protester the clashes occurred as the a.f.p. began electing new leaders at the two day conference thousands taking to the street to oppose the. immigration and. platform. and standing by for us have tea party conference in hanover make a look mckayla this party conference tasked with electing new leaders for the two years i mentioned or to the results tell us about the direction of the party. well it shows us that this party is always good for a surprise there had been some resistance from the more centrist stream of the pa

the far right nationalist wing as it were taking a step back for a moment mckayla how much influence does the f.t. have on national politics at the moment here in germany. well on paper it only has thirteen percent in parliament ninety two delegates that really isn't a huge influence but they've already successfully changed the tone it's become more aggressive debates they would say a lot more lively but really they changed the whole math within the system of the political system here in germany on the one factor although really a significant one why it proved so complicated to actually see a more conclusive election result of the last one and actually form a new governing coalition so clearly one of the tensions a key intention of the a.f.p. to just drop the political system is working out although it's not completely by their own making and the big question now is is this robson enough or will they really start shaping policy like a make of the many thanks for that mckellen the halting problem. the government in honduras has imposed a ten day curfew off the violence broke out over

republican party will take a step forward and move him out of the picture, or take a step backward, ifthis do when he is seated in a cynic, many republicans want to expel him. the people of alabama, also have a lot of global attention on them, they know that. -- when he is seated in the senate. there has been german reporters, french reporters, even a reporterfrom moldova! what happens nationally, if doug jones wins? if doug jones wins, this will be a victory for the democrats, chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, that is why the president has weighed in with a tweet. does it put his agenda in jeopardy? we have a two seat majority, now you are talking a super thin line, republicans really do not have a vote to lose, and this is why it has serious national ramifications. christian, in the studio. is this the closest race you have ever seen? most interesting? most interesting i have ever seen, yes, i have been involved in politics for 25 years and never heard what we heard earlier today, is alabama going to ta ke earlier today, is alabama going to take a step back in history all move forward ? t

and, yes, this is a step, a small step in the right direction. but it is a legitimate step for us to reflect those that we represent across america and saying to the issue that has impacted all of us, my family included. when it comes to sexual harassment and sexual assault, we stand together as americans and in this body declare that no more shall sexual harassment and sexual assault be allowed to exist in our society. i applaud my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for doing this and the leadership they have demonstrated on this issue. once and for all. with that, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi reserves. the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. mr. brady: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman from florida, ms. frankel. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida is recognized for one minute. ms. frankel: thank you, mr. speaker. first i want to machado -- first, i want to thank my colleagues and all those me too survivers who

later than that because all of this we can say it often enough it's going to take a long time we've just seen the very first step in a very in long and drawn out process and this is not a victory for anybody this just says talks will be going on and barbara we just want to remind our viewers who might just be joining us it is the top of the hour here at g.w. news you are watching a live breaking news coverage we have just had news coming in from brussels we know that talks have been going on overnight on the status of the irish border especially when it comes to burns that negotiations and we had an announcement from the e.u. commission president saying that they are ready to work on the second phase of bragg's that negotiations and that they have come to an agreement regarding that border in northern ireland and barbara i just want to turn to you now and talk a little bit more about the tone of the press announcement that we heard earlier this morning because i found it quite interesting that to reset may was asked if it was a champagne breakfast this morning if there was calls for celebre. i mean you would thi

a first step. to really make it happen on the ground and really people are. the. controls and prevent misunderstandings and confusion confused accidents so there was a real feeling in the last few days with the civilian casualties and the deaths and . things could be going wrong today from minsk from the that they're going to bring in a new this weekend. so this is really you know. this is the. yeah but a serious situation looks rather bleak as well our new connally on the story for us tonight nic as always thank you very much excellent reporting. but it has been nearly three months since the elections here in germany and we are still waiting for a new government coalition partners seem to come and go the talks are dragging on and on and let's remind ourselves what german chancellor angela merkel said on election night. confident are you glad when we'll have a stable government by christmas but i'm always optimistic that's my nature. and many is now i think being come you know one day away to have an. i remember that well it's almost time for santa claus ms merkel

ears garden shed but there is also an infringement procedure already that is now being taken a further step forward forward that could end up in foreign of the european court of justice and carries hefty financial fines which is also a mid term tool i would say in the very long run we could see that the cultural funds that poland receives and let's bear in mind poland is the biggest net beneficiary of e.u. funds and that these funds could be attached to conditions but that is something for the long term. are a game of months on the story for us tonight in brussels georg thank you very much . tensions are flaring up once again in eastern ukraine along the five hundred kilometer long separation line between government troops and russian backed separatists three ukrainian soldiers were killed and at least eight civilians seriously injured just last week or just days before this latest escalation our eastern european correspondent nick connelly visited the region and met people living on the front line in the small village of. where nic is normally based in kiev tonight he joins me from bulgari

this has angered beijing china's foreign ministry said the new strategy was a step backwards. one pins to me we urge the u.s. side to stop intentionally distorting china strategic intentions and to abandon outdated ideas of cold war mentality and the zero sum game. the kremlin also cool trumped strategy imperialist and said it cannot accept that it's treated as a threat. despite naming russia and china as the primary threats to u.s. economic dominance trump said he hopes to build a great partnership with them. i mean while the u.s. ally saudi arabia says it intercepted a ballistic rocket fired by yemen's rebel group towards riyadh this video posted to social media by witnesses shows a cloud of smoke but there were no reports of damage the rebels said they were targeting the royal palace in the salty capital. a court in turkey has released a turkish german journalist pending trial for terrorism michelle otoh lose case was tested or has tested the already strained relations between berlin and her total who was arrested earlier this year in what human rights organizations have ca

are still many existing difficulties but this is a clear signal towards the easing of tensions that a step in the right direction or of course very happy for ms tolu point. tolu is one of several german journalists or human rights activists arrested in turkey this year the german government considers them political hostages to lose release comes on the heels of another turkish court ruling in a german detainees favor the sociologist is now free to return to germany after nearly two years detention that leaves eight german nationals still behind bars in turkey. i want to tell you now about some of the other stories making news around the world. saudi arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic rocket fired by humans who think the group to work riad this video posted on social media shows that by witnesses it shows a cloud of smoke but there were no reports of damage the rebels said they were targeting the royal palace and the saudi capital. thailand's ruling junta us says it will use a special order to allow political parties to prepare for elections prime minister . made the announcement on

it is a step in the right direction, i am glad this is a green paper coming out tomorrow.en the health department and the education department and the education department and the education department and is trying to address this problem. it is an epidemic of mental health disorders among our young people in schools, children as young people in schools, children as young as five. what is the reason for that? is it social media, an increase in reporting on mental health problems, why do we have this epidemic? there isn't one single reason. if you talk to headteachers, they are very worried. they come up with a range of factors they think may have caused it. that comes from living your life and social media to testing exams, gcses and a—levels being made harder, sats in primary schools. there is an acceptance of young people but there aren't enough jobs for many of them when they come out of university. i do agree, there is more being talked about in terms of mental health and the sunday times has the same story today. they have targeted all sorts of things, prince harry ta

investors taking a step back following those recent gains. d we'll be getting the inside track on the latest trend in eating out. would you go to a stranger's house for a home—cooked meal? well, our guest has turned that idea into a business. just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. apple deliberately saying they slow down old phones when it comes to updating software. what do you reckon? letters no. —— let us know. hello and welcome to business live. we start in the spanish region of catalonia where voters are going to the polls today to pick a new parliament. the elections were called after october's referendum which saw a vote in favour of independence, plunging the country into a constitutional crisis. catalonia is barely more than 6% of spain's territory. but it accounts for around a fifht of the spanish economy and almost a quarter of exports— as well as 16% of the population. last week the bank of spain cut its national economic growth forecast for next year from 2.5% to 2.4% — citing the uncertainty around catalonia as one of the main reasons.

postponed the problem and so we'll have to see how that conflict can be resolved at least that is a step forward seeing that the kind of deadlock we have seen the difficult situation to recently comes from so i'd say it's a it's a step forward it's a step forward earlier we spoke to the european parliament's chief breck's representative guy for hof stuff and we asked him after the struggle to get to this point what's the prognosis for the next phase it will not be easy this. does negotiations but we have been parliament have a clear view on this let's make a mess of sation agreement let's cover not only trade. but also other cup aeration it's like operational internal security foreign policy external security but it's clear that it will be not be easy because some people in great britain still respect that they can have. a status outside the european union there's more favorable than to be member of the european union and that is not possible. so far off so it's basically saying britain can't have its cake and eat it too what can we expect from this next phase of talks. expect more of th

and we are nowhere near that with this agreement, but this is a big step forward and i'm really proud of all of us for keeping at it. we have a lot more work to do as other commissioners have referenced. we have to work on this parcel tax together. sign me up as well. i'll be there with you. and we have to work for the state. the light at the end of this very, very long tunnel is reforming prop 13 so that educators across the state can get the compensation they deb serve -- deserve for the very hard work being performed in the classrooms every day. we are not near there, but we have to work together to get there. i want to thank you again uesf. i'm very proud of you. >> president walton: commissioner norton. >> commissioner norton: i just want to add my congratulations and thanks to my colleagues and to all of you. as president blanc said, it was a long labor, but we got there. and i also agree that it's not enough. but it's something and i'm glad that we have an agreement, that there are -- that there will be a significant increase for our educators through this contract. and i'm all

a culmination of anything particularly it's you know a step down the path but people are still dying on both sides and until there's a grand political settlement this isn't over yet thanks very much rory roy chalons in moscow. watching our kids there are still to come liberians await the outcome of the presidential election runoff but polling suggests a record low turnout. in order to be in london with a solution routinely use reportings around in this delicate operation but could robots be taught to use when the old remove. hello there is turning a little bit milder for some of us in the southeastern parts of china that's all thanks to the wind direction you can see it here pulling up from the south dragging in a fair amount of moisture with it as well so for some of us in the southeast they'll be more cloud than we've got used to in a few outbreaks of rain but as that air all pushes up northwards we'll see the temperatures rise so eleven degrees is the maximum in shanghai fair amount of clout if you outbreaks of rain possible on thursday but on friday the skies should be a lot clear

. —— take a step back and say. who are struggling with me, were killed. i cannotjust say that iam were killed. i cannotjust say that i am lucky to live, and keep silent. when we keep silent, actually, we put in danger those who talk. so if all of us talk, if all the media in the world published the cartoons in 2006 in solidarity with charlie had, what would they have done? could they kill all of us? without stating they kill all of us? without stating the obvious, this isn'tjust about you. you have had a child since. you area you. you have had a child since. you are a mother now. you are also a daughter. you have parents. let me tell you something. 0n the 14th of july, when this terrorist attack happened in nice, and there were a lot of abies who were watching fireworks, who were killed, actually, those babies, those families, they were not threatened. —— a lot of babies. they were not targeted. iam. —— a lot of babies. they were not targeted. i am. i —— a lot of babies. they were not targeted. iam. i have security

back from the red line which will my stop so russia's been saying hey we've got a plan step one north korea should completely halt its missile and nuclear tests for the u.s. that means and ends to almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step two might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved what do you think about the russian road map i think that the proposal is really realistic flexible i hope you. and your cage in the olympics or two parties concerned between you could you could be too nelson so. come up with the most at risk behavior do you think it's enough in this case of course not enough in the day should be some new initiative to move. the tsunami and donald trump keeps saying that all options are on the table north korean knew that the military option the job. always under the table. by putting the military option and on the table. it's not like we change you know screen

them but in order to start a dialogue just everyone has to start with those take a deep breath and a step back from the red line which will my staff why can we hope that the only option according to moscow will prevail so russia's been saying hey we've got a plan step one north korea should completely hold its missile and nuclear tests for the u.s. that means and ends to almost nonstop war games with seoul moscow calls it a double freeze step too might be very tough direct talks between washington and pyongyang on rules of peaceful coexistence and finally they should lead to step three establishing a security framework for the entire region with every player involved what do you think about the russian road map i think that the proposal is really realistic flexible. and your cage in the olympics or the parties concerned between what you could be to nelson so. you know come up with the most risk restaurant behavior north korean. knew that the military option is always under the table. by putting the military option and. under the table. it's not likely change you know screen behavior as th

cereal from a post that defeated president jacob zuma exwife in a closely fought brace that puts him a big step closer to south africa's top job all of the last three leaders have gone on to serve as president. u.s. investigators say a passenger train that derailed onto a busy highway was traveling at nearly three times the speed limit at least three people were killed and dozens injured when the amtrak train left the tracks it was the inaugural run of a new route linking the cities of seattle and portland. the turkish german journalist michel are told it was released from istanbul president prison pending trial on charges of terrorism her case has tested already strained relations between berlin and uncorrupt total was arrested earlier this year what human rights organizations have called a targeted crackdown on free speech in turkey mischler tolu can finally embrace her family members again she'd been in a women's prison since april when she was arrested in istanbul her three year old son also spent time with her behind bars. i'm very happy but also very exhausted and this is been a huge sacr

ask can you take a step back from me? offer the lifeline number. >> we are probably the experts. >> golden gate bridge police are pioneers in their own unique suicide prevention training. it is more intense. >> we will go out in the field, even on the sidewalk and have role players go through scenarios with have come across. >> they say what they are doing is working even though there have been 32 confirmed suicides this year. bridge police have interrupted 242 others. back at bart she said she is proud of the drop in suicides but believes the signs are just the first step. >> a final step would be something like a barrier. >> back to you. >>> tonight a multimillion dollar verdict against an oakland city councilwoman. last year brown filed a lawsuit. according to the lawsuit brown and brooks got into a disagreement at a restaurant in 2015. brown claims brooks said to her quote i haven't moved on you before because you are old but now i am tired of your bs. >> brooks ended up taking both of her arms and striking miss brown

been called the king of the oakland restaurant scene but now the chef and restaurant owner is taking a step back from his businesses. kpix 5's katie nielsen has more on the accusations. >> reporter: restaurant manager told me they are having a staff meeting here in oakland today to talk about the harassment claims made by 17 former employees. >> its one of our favorite restaurants in the area. >> reporter: customers who have been coming to charlie holloway's oakland restaurants for years say they are disappointed to hear about the accusations against the successful chef and restaurant owner. >> it's a systemic problem we have in our culture of people abusing power. >> reporter: he is the founder and owner of three popular restaurants in oakland one on telegraph afternoon, one on grand, and penrose across the street on grand. 17 women tell the "chronicle," holloway sexually harassed and serbly abused them at all three of his restaurants. >> i'm glad that people are speaking up because i'm hoping for the future that that behavior with change. >> reporter: in a statement released to the "chron

a step closer to the president's desk. late-night vote, senate republicans passed the trillion dollar tax bill as it goes back to the house for another vote. >>> also breaking overnight, cardinal bernard law has died. he was the powerful one-time leader of the boston archdiocese who became the symbol of the church sex abuse scandal. >>> and new this half hour, a curveball by mother nature. >> a massive rock is forming under new england. how soon will there be magma with your maple syrup?

. >> it's more of a surprise to get out of a car and not step n on, you know, crumpled glass. it's a shame. >> reporter: no one was surprised when we told them about a report in the "san francisco examiner" says car break-ins are up 26% this year, as police dou patrols to try to prevent the break-ins. >> sounds like an epidemic. don't know what's causing. it seems like it's a cheap way to get something and get away with it. >> reporter: some question if increasing the police presence is really the answer. >> the break-ins are a symptom. the cause, in my opinion, is drug addiction. and people committing petty crimes for money for things and so the solution lies elsewhere, i think, so, get people help. >> reporter: we have made several attempts to reach out to the police department this morning, but we're still waiting to hear back. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. >>> new this morning, more than a dozen women are accusing an east bay chef of sexual harassment. restaurant owner charlie hallowell facing allegations by 17 of his former

as i am sure you just also, a onse voted for final passage the tax cuts and jobs act. that brings us one step closer to the president making good on his promise to deliver tax cuts for christmas. to this,oking forward and the president will monitor developers. this is a perfect opportunity to look back what is been by any measure of historic year. nearly 1.7 million new jobs have been created, and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.1%, the lowest in 17 years. the stock market reached a record high more than 60 times, closing above 24,000 for the first time in history. we rolled back 22 regulations for everyone, saving taxpayers over eight billion dollars and liberating the economy from a corrupt and bloated government. renegotiated trade deals that once threatened to destroy american industry, shipping our jobs around the world. onfinally set up our nation a path to not only energy independence, but energy dominance. we directed epa to end the war on coal. the president has protected communities. we have seen the lowest level of illegal border crossings on record. dangerous policy, restori

towards peace but many people believe it's a step backwards. will soon after u.s. president don't trump concluded his speech president mahmoud abbas in a televised speech an angry speech to be quite honest with you. the decision by the u.s. president and criticize this decision saying that jerusalem will look for ever be an arab. capital of the palestinian future state and no one can change its identity let's have a listen to what the president had to say. in your head these deplorable and unacceptable measures deliberately undermine all peace efforts and proclaim that the us are abandoning the rule of sponsor of the peace process that they have played over the past decade. also the. general secretary of. and the chief negotiator for the palestinians said that the u.s. by making this decision takes itself out of being an honest mediator that it's no longer someone that the palestinians can trust in terms of having them work out a deal between them and israel there has been minor clashes throughout the west bank and in fact we've heard that ther

are a step closer to overhauling the nation's tax laws. >>> crews in oakland are clearing out a homeless encampment. >>> and one of the owners of several high profile restaurants, including one in san francisco, taking a leave of absence after sexual misconduct allegations. >>> ktvu fox 2 news at noon starts now. >> we'll begin with breaking news out of oakland. the bomb squad is investigating what appears to be a suspicious backpack. we're bringing you a live look from overhead just outside the alameda county courthouse at 12th and oak streets. the bomb squad has set up a small command post and agents have been examining a large backpack that was left near the stairs. it's right there in the crook of the walkway on the right- hand side center of your screen. police have blocked off streets in the area at oak and 12th. if they can't find the owner of the backpack or if it's determined to be a threat it may have to be detonated as a precaution. >>> we have now learned that the mayor's body will lie in state in the rotunda at san francisco city hall on friday. and then a public celebration

interface is a step toward a completely network and antonymous utility vehicle this system was developed in collaboration with specialists from the company that operates frankfurt airport no special sensors are involved they would work in bad weather anyway communication between the vehicles in the operators is by encoded radio signals. this is when the dryer explains that the automation of these snow removal trucks has two aspects and first they drive themselves accelerations raking in steering are carried out with a central control unit second another central unit controls the snow removal equipment. it's operated by a person in the lead vehicle what's new here is that the operator in the lead vehicle is not a driver there's no need to steer or break allowing closer supervision of the convoys operations same kind father son and newer then been taped as convoys as a link need someone to buy a box and walk. snow removal at frankfurt airport cost twenty three million euros last winter the weather service is snow predictions often turn out to be false alarms the advantages of the remote tr

the recent meeting and getting everybody to sit down was a step forward. there are talks about whether there are republican or democrat authors. there was fear, the budget year that were looking to fund and that's being funded on a stopgap basis. both republicans and democrats are too low. but there's a disagreement as to whether defense or non-defense deserve equal increases are fun takes priority over the other. pushes to increase defense without equal. >> will see something next week, conference committee meeting meeting on the republican tax reform plan next week. what are key issues they need to overcome to get it to president trump before christmas? >> this was a big priority, they haven't been able to get many wins. getting this tax package is a must for them. there's something sorrier now. the senate bill includes repeal of the individual mandate which would reduce people on the healthcare exchanges. issue of the state local texted action, this is a big issue for republicans in high tax district such as parts of california, new york and tennessee, t

this has angered beijing china's foreign ministry said the new strategy was a step backwards. to me we urge the u.s. side to stop intentionally distorting china's strategic intentions and to abandon outdated ideas of cold war mentality and a zero sum game. the kremlin also called trump strategy imperialist and said it cannot accept that it's treated as a threat. despite naming russia and china as the primary threat to u.s. economic dominance trump said he hopes to build a great partnership with them. the carson phenomenon is on standby in washington we can join him right now carson that something launched a blistering attack on previous leaders a us policy in that speech what did you make of it. or that was quite clear that this was officially maybe a speech on national security but the effect oh it was an election campaign speech catering to trump's base he basically defended his record at the end of his first year in office saying that previous governments had failed the american people had we can do military had agreed to disastrous trade deals had let in too many immigrants

a special place. and we want it to be such for anyone who works here. and the first step to insuring a safe congressional workplace is requiring mandatory training and education for all members, officers, employees, including interns, fellows, and detailees of the house of representatives. as well as a posting of rights and protections, h-res 630, these regulations we're approving today with accomplish that goal. i would now like to recognize the ranking member, mr. brady, for the purpose of providing an opening statement. mr. brady: i believe i support the regulation before the committee. as i said before, training is an important step, but just a first step. there's more to do. i know our staff is working hard on bipartisan legislation to change the congressional accountability act. this would not be possibility if it wasn't for the leadership of my colleague from california, jackie speier, who has been talking about these changes for years. this truly has been a bipartisan effort. we're working with representative burn, and i want to thank him as well. i hope you can c