howard cooper said that pretax profit in twenty nine thousand would be well below last year's nine point eight billion euros this car maker now wants to bring costs down to fund its investments and you've been driving cars it says it has no plans for layoffs though. saudi arabia is hoping to raise twenty billion dollars to promote a remote site in the northwestern part of the country as a tourist destination. which last month olds that the region's first ever hot air balloon festival is famous for its present heritage sites it's hoped the investor will create over thirty thousand jobs and pump billions of dollars into the country the measure is part of saudi arabia's attempt to diversify its economy away from crude oil. the world needs feeding and more and more people are leaving their farms for the city right now the five biggest cities in the world are all in asia and they keep growing where is all the food supposed to come from now some say urban farming is the key. vegetables from the factory many less water less fertilizer less crop protection and above all less land vertical greenh

"outfront" now is cnn exclusive interview howard cooper, the attorney and friend.that by talking to you, we can draw more attention to this and hopefully change this horrific situation. howard, what do you think the saudis have done to your friend, the doctor? >> well, erin, as you said in your lead-up here, it's clear that the doctor has been both physically tortured and psychologically abused. he's been incommunicado for the most part for about 15 months, since november of 2017. the reports of his torture are obviously horrific. but this is a man who has been imprisoned, kept away from his family, with no charge, with no understanding as to why he's there. and you know, in violation of really just basic human rights. >> have they given any reason for his detention? and alleged treatment? >> none. >> none, none at all. no response. >> none whatsoever. no response. >> so they haven't even said what they allege he did, nothing? >> nothing. >> all right. you know, look, it's awful when you hear this, and it's awful when you hear the response, which of course, has bee

michael sanchez told howard kurtz he cooperated with the tabloid in its story about the affair in ordero protect their relationship. sanchez would not confirm a "wall street journal" report that he was paid $200,000 for intimate texts between the two. up next, we take you on the ground as u.s. backed forces close in on isis terrorists making their last, desperate stand in syria. here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. as authorities say a drop in water pressure caused a large fire to intensify overnight and spread to additional storage tanks. authorities said the fire could continue to burn for at least another day. students return to class is nearby but activities outside are being restricted as the fire continues to admit a huge plume of smoke that can be seen for miles. fox 11 says angels outfielder mike trout reportedly reaches an agreement on the largest contract in north american professional sports history. the 12 year deal is said to be, get this, worth $432 million. this is a live look at chicago from our affiliates at fox 32, one of the

fox news media analyst howard kurtz, spoke with michael sanchez, brother of lauren. he told curt he cooperated but to protect bezos and his sister. we bring in legal analysis, remi spencer, counselor at law joins us. i was reading explosive new detailing by howard kurtz. michael sanchez is basically saying he was not paid 200 grand. why would he need it when he was protecting a billionaire who is the richest man on the planet? >> that's right. howard kurtz broke this within the last hour that michael sanchez is now for the very first time acknowledging that he, as he put it, made a deal with the devil by cooperating with "the national enquirer." now he is not admitting that he accepted $200,000 which is what was reported earlier today for the first time. he is saying that his efforts were done to try to protect his sister and jeff bezos, but his story may or may not check out. right now it seems hard to believe that he would be cooperating with "the national enquirer" to try to protect his sister, yet his sister was unaware of that. susan: right. we're looking through this journal article, and

cooperating with police. >>> a cyclist death, parking on ho street h bee but they've identified two other streets that need immediate improvements. our reporter is live on howard street with more. >> reporter: we've seen several cars here use the bike lane to double park and even to cut cyclists tell us they want changes. in single file, over 100 cyclists came very close to cars tonight. they say this is nothing. compared to what they go through on a daily basis withouts. >>ortuteot o arun, a car running a red light. >> reporter: patrick lived to tell his story. >> we lost someone named kevin manning on the embarcadero eight months ago. nothing has changed and that street is one of the top five most busy unprotected bike lanes. >> reporter: last friday, a 30-year-oldycstit by that's jt> calls ha >> today,death, parking on 6th and howard has been removed and the bike lane extended. now this group of cyclists want permanent protected bike lanes installed. >> it needs to be a protected bike lane. they can start that process right now and remove cars and lanes, and the mta is the only one that can get this done. >> reporter: they say they're looking into expeditin

howard. a woman was riding in the bike lane when she collided with a truck. the driver stopped and is cooperatingdentified the cyclist as 30-year-old tessa rothstein of berkeley. >>> police are also investigating the case of two ucsf employees robbed by men with a shotgun this morning. it happened around on. the robbers asked the victims to unlock their phones and disable the tracking device. police are stepping up patrols around the campus and they are also urging people to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. >>> today caltrans and partners broke ground on express lanes along highway 101. the 32 miles of express lanes will stretch from san bruno to sunnyvale. the rate for non-carpal users will vary based on traffic. about half the lanes will be converted from current hov lanes. the rest will have to be constructed. they hope to complete the work in three years. >>> police in alameda are cracking down this week on minor crimes that people find more annoying than criminal. things like smoking and double parking. >> officers wrote more than 150 citations in just 10 hours. >> reporter: the ci

cooperated with police. >>> dangerous streets have forced san francisco to take action. following a cyclist's death, parking along howardeet has been removed to expand the bike lane, but activists say that's not enough. they have identified two other streets, fulsom and the embarcadero that need immediate improvements. abc 7 news reporter luz pena has that story. >> reporter: in single file, over a hundred cyclists got very close to cars. they say this is nothing compared to what they go through on a daily basis without protected bike lanes. >> i was hit, fortunately not too bad, in a hit and run. a car running a red light crossing market street. >> reporter: patrick lived to tell his story. ones who didn't were remembered with a bouquet of flowers leading the human protected bike lane. >> we lost someone named kevin manning on embarcadero. it's been eight months ago. nothing has changed where he died. that street is one of our top five most busy unprotected bike lanes in the whole city. >> reporter: the most recent, last friday. tess rothstein was hit by a truck on howard. >> i'm just scared and sad. >> how many close

cooperated with police. >>> dangerous streets have forced san francisco to take action. following a cyclist's death, parking along howard street has been removed to expand the bike lane, but activists say that's not enough. they have identified two other streets, fulsom and the embarcadero that need immediate improvements. abc 7 news reporter luz pena has the story. >> reporter: in single file, over a hundred cyclists got very close to cars. they say this is nothing compared to what they go through on a daily basis without protected bike lanes. >> i was hit, fortunately not too bad, in a hit and run. a car running a red light crossing market street. >> reporter: patrick lived to tell his story. ones who didn't were remembered with a bouquet of flowers leading the human protected bike lane. >> we lost someone named kevin manning on embarcadero. it's been eight months ago. nothing has changed where he died. that street is one of our top five most busy unprotected bike lanes in the whole city. >> reporter: the most recent, last friday. 30-year-old cyclist tess rothstein was hit by a truck on howard. >> i'm just scared and

cooperating with the authorities. there is no word on what caused the crash. >>> a group of bike advocates formed a human barrier calling for improved safety measures along howard street in san francisco. that is the area were 30-year- old tess roski was killed a week ago. witnesses say a driver and a parked car open their door, forcing her to swerve into traffic. you can see volunteers in yellow vests creating a lien for cyclists, this is video from today. san francisco companies including yelp, line, medium encouraged employees to turnout for the event. the demonstrators say they want the city to set protective bike lanes for all of howard and fuller streets in the embarcadero. >>> crews in san francisco sought new safety measures at the side of the collision. they posted a new bike lane on howard street between fifth and sixth roads, city says it is also temporarily restricted parking on the north side of howard street as it works on longer-term improvements in the area. >>> south pacific students went on strike today. >>@action on climate change, the protesters were inspired by a swedish student, year ago she started protesting by herself outside if swedish

cooperation. take a look. >> i don't think it's at the federal government -- the department of justice or the sdny gives anything away for free. i know they did give mr. pecker and howardh-prosecution agreements. shortly after that it's my understanding that mr. koe lcohd change his plea to guilty. i think you put two and two together but that's above my pay grade. >> how are we to understand that part of investigation? cohen has given up what he has. mr. pecker and these enquirer guys did something for cooperation bud because of the amazon blackmail they may have lost it. does it mean there's somebody else they arie looking at? >> it's hard to know. what we do know is any time a federal prosecutor is investigating anything, it leads to additional charges. it's like pulling that thread and stuff starts to unravel. that's because the more information you find, the more people you find then the more potential both people who may be co-conspirators so that's a possibility. it could ben suring everything you need to know about people who are your witnesses or are your targets. we don't know until we know. i think what's important to say here is the southern district of new