leggett says he's not opposed to raising wages. >> i feel terrible about tht. >> reporter: rock i twyman is disappointed a bill was vetoed that would have increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. >> as one who had seen so many homeless people on the streets out here in rich montgomery county, i just think it's terrible. >> >> reporter: in a 5-4 vote, the county council passed the bill last tuesday. the current minimum wage is 11.50 an hour. it would increase over four years to $15 an hour by 2020. in this youtube video the county executive explains his decision. he supports the minimum wage increase, but adds the bill went too far. >> i think we need an exemption for small businesses or particularly affected, and also for some of our youth. and i'm not satisfied with the date of 2020. i think the earliest should be 2022. so, my reservations are reservations. >> marie o'brien agrees with leggett. >> and i really believe it's insane and an unjust bur montgomery county business owners. >> i hope that he would change his mind about this because this is a very expensive county to li

county executive "ike leggett" has vetoed legislation that would have raised the minimum wage todollars an hour. leggett said boosting to that level would harm the county's economy and its ability to compete for jobs in the washington region. in 2013, montgomery and prince george's counties joined with the district in an unusual regional action to raise the wage to 11.50 by this year. d-c has since adopted the 15-dollar minimum wage.. with a phase-in by 20-20. new developments, in a lawsuit against snapchat.. a judge has dismissed claims that blamed the social media company's "speed filter" for a highway crash in georgia. the judge says the communications decency act provides snapchat with immunity. snapchat's speed filter puts the rate at which a car is traveling over an image. the lawsuit says christal mcgee was trying to reach 100 miles an hour when her car hit karen and wentworth maynard's vehicle. claims against mcghee are still pending. in the next few weeks, dozens of major rock and country stars will be announcing their 20-17 tour dates. but before you buy tickets - an im

leggett says he would reconsider the move-- after more research on it's impact on the county's county'slic, private, and nonprofit sectors last year-- lawmakers in the district passed similar legslation, requiring employers to pay that 15-dollar an hour by 20-20. it's xx and we're just getting started. president trump orders a hiring freeze-- for the federal government. what this means for thousands of workers in our area. good morning washington. cold start tuesday with isolated / brief shower possible feeling chilly during the afternoon drying & afternoon sunshine today: mostly cloudy with a slight chance of an early shower. pm partly sunny. highs: 46-49 tonight: mainly clear and cold. winds nw10-15 wednesday: mostly sunny. nice highs: 56-59

thank you, theo leggett from the business unit.y sausage rolls, you say... greggs. —— word association. greggs has reported a strong end to the financial year, expecting full profits to be slightly ahead of expectations. you will remember last you that they opened 145 shops but they are a bit more cautious about they are a bit more cautious about the outlook for next year. like many other retailers they are talking about an increase in prices in imports and concerns about inflation. you did that so well. the latest on greggs on business life, it is all that, regardless of the story. see you soon. you're watching business live. our top story, the british prime minister, theresa may, will give a long—awaited speech later today setting out her strategy for brexit. in the speech she is expected to say she wants a full break from the european union rather than a deal that leaves britain "half in, half out". a quick look at how markets are faring. for london and for currency traders it is very much threading water at this point. the poun

and maryland.mala >> happening today montgomeryomr county executive ike leggett lee will hold the firstve budget forums for fiscal years a 2000 even 18. 1 officials ar from residents on what theyhat y would like to see in next year's operating budget.like tnd now that's going to happen with miket thomas we're checking in with wt you to talk about these very v coin far.gs definitely one of the coldest mornings if not the coldestthe e i'll have to check on it inn i january so far.y far 17 degrees your current numberen here in washington as well as as annapolis.na only 10 in gaithersburg andg d check out the single digitss south and west there. the. manassas 9 degrees this 9 des t morning. culpeper and fredericksburgrickr both 8 degrees so, yes, bundle n it up and just a little bit ofef wind makes it feel just thatusth much colder and slight breezeigb in d.c. at this hour makes iturs actually feel like 10 degrees0 r as you step outside.tep outsi check out westminster northerntn maryland feels like 0 degrees 0d this morning. mng. so, again, very, very cold. bundle it up as you headas y outs

ike leggett vetoed legislation that would have raised the minimum wage. he said that boosting the wage to that level would harm the county's economy and its ability to compete for jobs. george's county joined in the district with an unusual regional action to raise the wage this year. d.c. has since adopted a $15 freezing and by 2020. larry: two women were swept under by a massive wave. >> i got her, i got her. larry: they were pulled into the ocean walking on rocks in san diego. a good samaritan and lifeguard took about 40 minutes to get both women out, but one later died in the hospital. three of the rescuers were later hospitalized and are expected to be ok. autria: coming up next, a ski vacation with your name on it. when a trip for the whole family. plus, star wars fans, the big reveal. + larry: lucas films announcing the latest titer -- title for the new sci-fi franchise. episode eight will be called last jedi. it will hit theaters on december 15. autria: right now lift tickets for bryce resort in mount jackson, virginia. we are looking for color nu

>>sot ted leggett/preparing for big storm yes this is one to be a major storm. one of the big ones. this is a sample of what residents are up against. on wednesday a culvert along unleashed a torrent of rocks and mud that ended up in the parking lot and threatened the pool at the san lorenzo valley siwim club. owner donna smith is trying to stop it from happening again. >> pam:today's sunny weather is providing a much- needed break for people to get out upcoming storm - which is supposed to be a big one. as kron four's terisa estacio reports, crews are already hard at work getting the bay area ready for the big one. >> reporter:00-05 here in the north bay - those crews you see behind me trimming away branches away from power lines - just the other day - power went down in this area. crews went from street to street working on removing limbs stretching too close to critical lines. a pge spokesperson says they have a large group of tree specialist clearing away debris all in preparation of the enormous storm that is predicted for this weekend. >>sot/tc:31 brandy markman/san francisco

leggett said he believes that the boost would hurt the economy. they passed it but not enough to override veto. larry: there is gold in these hills! i always want to say that on tv. it was the start of the california gold rush the following year. it's a half hour outside of sacramento. and where the san francisco 49ers came from is the gold rush of 1849 a year later. alison: a wealth of knowledge. larry: i try. alison: a good southern accent. larry: it was something. alison: all right. we have new information from flint michigan the amount of led in the drinking water has fallen below federal limits. in december the lead concentration was 12 parts per billion. in early 2016 it was 20 parts per billion. lead from old pipes leached in their water supply in 2014 when chemicals were not added to prevent corrosion. larry: doctors recently diagnosed governor dayton with prostate cancer. it was made public when he fainted at the end of the state of the state address. after a few minutes he walked out on his own power. the cancer is treatable. alison: goo

ike leggett must now sign it into law. that is no means an guarantee as he is an open critic of the idea. he fears that it casts montgomery county unplace to do business and may negatively impact the workers that the bill intends to help. >> this is true that we have low rage earners. if we pass a $15 minimum wage the small businesses will suffer and the people will lose jobs as well as lose shifts. >> this is worth pointing out the bill has a provision to allow the companies with 25 or fewer rolling out the 15 minimum wage by two years. other words, 2022. reporting in rockville, i'm kevin lewis. abc7 news. jonathan: "7 on your side" now with a consumer alert. after a cyber security breach affecting northern virginia locations of a hospital chain. sentara healthcare said somebody breached a vendor computer system. 5,400 people were affected. all were patients between 2012-2015. information includes names, birth dates, social security numbers, the medical procedure and prescription history. those affected are now notify ied

leggett has raised concerns it would hurt local businesses. it's currently at $10.75 an hour. >>> some areas still seeing fog. but storm team 4 meteorologist says it should burn off. >>> people notice something different on the drive to work buthadn't. >>> what you'll want to hear before you buy a ticket for certain events. >>> and the search is on to find a killer in prince george's >>> welcome back to 4:40. a little fog this >> let's check in with steam 4 meteorologist sheena. >> we have areas with dense fog. we'll see improvements throughout the morning commute but you'll still be running into fog on the roadway. here's a look at the fog around the area. many areas are under a mile. some areas of dense fog. we're also talking about inauguration week. thursday looks pretty decent. mid-50s. it's friday that may be a concern. we expect rain as we go through the afternoon. >>> let's get a check of the roadways. >> going to be taking a look in the lee burg area to show you some of the fog she's been talking about this morning. two right lanes ge

mike leggett said he will reconsider raising the minimum wage if changes are made. >>> the governor of minnesota recovering after a public collapse. >> angie goff has new information on his condition from the live desk. >>> minnesota governor will get back to work today as normal after collapsing during a state of the state address. that is the very latest from his chief of staff. take a look at what happened. >> you can see right there, 69-year-old democrat fainting as he neared the end of his annual speech monday night. he actually stumbled when he at the end, he was able to walk out of the capitol on his own. he plans to unveil his budget proposal. he has had a history of health issues and fainted during a campaign stop because of overheating and dehydration. >> it is 4:37. another update on former president george h.w. bush. he is still in the hospital but no longer in intensive care today. this is a picture of the president and his wife, barbara. she was released yesterday. he is being treated for pneumonia. >> we wish them all the best and a speedy recovery. let's take a live loo

theo leggett is in our business newsroom. so a good christmas then, but was it all good news? market reaction, investors are certainly impressed. i like having a spectacular graph. look at this one. sainsbury‘s shares up nearly 8.5% so far this morning because analysts we re far this morning because analysts were expecting the figures to be worse. on the surface, as you said, they're good. £1 billion worth of sales, 30 million transactions. dig into the figures a little bit more and it is not quite so rosy. if you look at like for like sales, so sales that are comparable to the same period last year, they were up just 0.1% and overall sales, only up 0.8%. nota just 0.1% and overall sales, only up 0.8%. not a spectacular performance, but think about it, this is a sector which is involved in a price war and there are all sorts of uncertainties and pressures like the fall in value of the pound which is likely to push up of the pound which is likely to push up prices. so it will have come as a relief to sainsbury‘s and other retailers that the christmas period seems to have been p

theo leggett is in our business newsroom, and he's been crunching the numbers. us their numbers over christmas. a lot of numbers up today and far too many for me to go through one by one. let's look at some of the big ones to begin with. let's start with tesco. it took the last quarter of the year and the christmas period together, over that period, the year and the christmas period together, overthat period, its like—for—like sales rose 14%. not a bad performance although it tailed off a bit in the christmas week compared to last year. food sales did pretty well but what's interesting to me is that clothing sales were up 4.3%. you mentioned we had a trading statement from next last week. retailers like next have been struggling a bit but its statement showed a big increase in clothing sales. tesco's results look positive on the surface, but the markets don't seem that impressed, their shares are down this morning. moving on, let me show you this, this is what has happened to marks & spencer's share price this morning, up something like 8% at the opening, they h

our business correspondent, theo leggett, joins us from our business unit.t this just tesco, which is a whopper as it is, just getting bigger? certainly, there may be concerns that tesco is gaining an even bigger slice of the uk food market than it already controls, and some analysts are saying that competition regulators may want to look into it carefully. tesco says, we're not buying any more big stores, so there is no reason for competition regulators to get involved, but that is a discussion for the future. tesco says it is looking to broaden its business, so the supermarket business itself, which is its core business, is very competitive, dominated by a small number of large players, very hard to gain market share, hard to grow your business and expand revenues or cut costs in that way. so it is taking ona cut costs in that way. so it is taking on a different part of the food business, making itself bigger in that way, expanding what it has to offer. it says it is particularly interested in what it calls the out of home offering, so people who go to sup

theo leggett has been looking at the numbers. he is our internal motorhead, a petrol head!well. when you're doing well in the uk making cars, a lot of them, 50 cents, they don't stay here in the uk, we ship them out, don't we? we ship out about eight out of ten of all cars made here. if those 1.7 million cars, more than 1.3 million go to 160 countries around the world. most of them go to the european union. more than half of them go to the european union. this isa them go to the european union. this is a very successful industry in britain. part of the reason is that we specialise in hiring cars. and we have a very efficient manufacturing process for those cars —— hi end cars. this is not entirely a positive story. the society of motor manufacturers and radar putting the story out today, they are pointing out that investment in cars, new production lines and so on, went down to £1.7 billion last year. they say that this high level of production, 17 year high level of production, 17 year high level of production and record exports, is due to decisions that were taken a few y

let's get more with theo leggett. he is not necessarily in our flashy newsroom today, are you?at the other end of the flashy studio! i remember post brexit when the pound dipped, we were looking at a certain luxury items in london doing well because foreigners were coming in and getting ten, 15% cheaper items? it seems to be the same story now, the british people going abroad things are more expensive now, i had a shock last time i was in paris, for example, but it means for people coming the other way pound sterling has fallen quite dramatically against the dollar and against a basket of other major currencies which means pretorius into the country it is great, they can go on a shopping spree and it can cost up to 20% less than it did before. the high street, which has suffered in other ways, we brits are not shopping on the high street as much as we used to, we are shopping online instead, but tourists are making up some of the difference. as you would expect, a lot of them are coming to london and shopping a new bond street and other parts of the west end, and it does seem t

the bbc‘s theo leggett has a timeline of key events in the next 12 months.ct donald trump enters the white house. 0nlookers will be keen to see if he follows through with plans to restrict trade and inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the us economy. fast—forward a couple of months and we will see the first big development in the brexit story. the uk prime minister says she will trigger article 50 by the end of march. this is when britain can start formal negotiations with the european union, and we may begin to see what the new relationship could look like in years to come. this is, of course, crucial to the future of the eu project. france is one other country which will be paying close attention. the far—right candidate marine le pen is riding high on anti—establishment sentiment which is sweeping the globe. she is a staunch eurosceptic, so there could be bad news for brussels if she is voted into power. in germany, it is a similar picture. recent events have seen chancellor angela merkel come under fire for her open—door migrant policy. the publi

theo leggett is in our business newsroom. bodes well for the uk economy and for london? a lot of social media companies like facebook and google have run into trouble over setting up have run into trouble over setting up tax bases in lower tax jurisdictions in europe and then diverting profits from other large markets into those jurisdictions diverting profits from other large markets into thosejurisdictions in order to minimise their tax bills. so schnapping is not doing that. they are setting up in the uk and they're channelling they are setting up in the uk and they‘ re channelling the they are setting up in the uk and they're channelling the profits from they're channelling the profits from the uk first of all, but also from other countries where they don't have a major base and that includes australia and saudi arabia and paying tax on them in the uk. now, that tax bill at the moment won't actually be very high because snapchat‘s revenues are not that high at the moment, but it is expanding rapidly. it is taking on more

theo leggett is in our business newsroom. it's good to see you, my friend.ose the job? only if he decides to, the vote that we are having today is a result of keith halliwell losing the vote on his reappointment to the annual general meeting in september but under new rules designed to give a bit more say to independent shareholders and companies dominated by one major shareholder, in this case, mike ashley, you can have a vote and if it is lost, then there has to be another a few months down the line but the difference this time, mike ashley is involved in it and since he has a 55% stake in the company, unless he decides keith halliwell has to go, then he is probably staying onwards. the only difference that might be made is if mr halliwell himself decides there is too much opposition and he cannot do hisjob, he may decide to is too much opposition and he cannot do his job, he may decide to step down. he has already offered to resign but was persuaded by mike ashley to stay on but in the general meeting this year, if he loses the vote then, he would step do

our business correspondent theo leggett is at a petrol station in west london.his one recently will probably have noticed that prices have been going up, but they went up particularly sharply in december. 3p a litre for both petrol and diesel. the reason for that is pretty clear. at the beginning of december, there was news from 0pec, the oil producers' cartel, that oil producers' cartel, that oil producers were going to reduce their output. petrol and diesel, producers were going to reduce their output. petroland diesel, made producers were going to reduce their output. petrol and diesel, made from crude oil, that pushes the price up. we have further falls in the value of the pound during the december and that doesn't help because crude oil is priced in dollars. that was december alone. if you look at the year as a whole, the oil price rose throughout the year, it almost doubled. the pound lost a lot of its value after the referendum in june. you lot of its value after the referendum injune. you have these two factors, which means it costs about £8 more to fill

. >> leggett said he wants an economic impact study done by july about this measure. and he also wants an exemption for small businesses and youth workers as he mentioned. the current is $10.75. >>> the governor says he is hoping to go back to work and he will be in the office this morning this is all after a pretty alarming situation. >> this is the moment governor mark dayton collapsed while delivering his he simply fainted after standing for 40 minutes. his chief of staff said he walked out of the capitol building on his own last night. this is not the first health scare. he also fainted during a crowded even and was taken to the hospital. >>> good news for former president jgeorge h.w. bush and barbara bush. >> the former president could be discharged later this week. he's being treated for pneumonia and let out of intensive care. this is a photo from a family spokesperson from yesterday saying that mrs. bush was treated for bronchitis. >> good to see them doing better. >>> a woman's car stolen with precious cargo inside. how the car jacker escapes while leaving t

leggett said, i'm retired and i spent my time by giving my time to this country.nd i'd like to know how much time did this president give to this country, other than making money? you think the voting patterns will change in 2018 in the midterm election? i think we lost him. sharon is in pennsylvania. go ahead. caller: good morning. can you hear me? thank you for taking my call. i just want to quickly preference what i'm about to say with in 2012, with the former chief justice fetter where he discussed something that thomas jefferson had brought up ages ago and what he said was that democracy can't survive if we have civil ignorance. so i'm speaking to all members of the united states. and him saying that if we don't monitor and act when something is wrong, like the acting ag took a stando based on constitutional law, she did her job. i think it is ironic that sessions was quizzing her about whether or not she could rule as independently when she took that position that she was fired from. i think that we have to start thinking critically about whether you believe

. >> a groups will gather to ask k ike leggett to sign into law a 15-dollar minimum wage.um w the countyl to raise the minute mi william wage to $15 an hour by y the year 2020 but it's unclearul if leg get will veto it. montgomery county's minimumminm wage stands at $10.75.1 >> food lion holding a job fair in waldorf. the grocer is hiring forring fo various positions includ produce managers producepr associates meat managers and mea other positions. if you're interested head downrt to the hilton garden inn ininnin waldorf. make sure you take your resume e and interviews will be held right on site.right on site. that's 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., so all day if you're yo looking for a job.lookr >> happening tonight in d.c. d. peta hosting its inauguralina bash called animals party that will be at the willard hotel h meant to celebrate members of mb congress involved in animal protection.ection co-host pamela anderson and mary matlin. matl planned parenthood hosting a free preinauguration concertcon at the 930 club. cl. common and the national will be among the performers. tickets are required

our business correspondent, theo leggett, is at a petrol station on the mao for us now. of this? it depends on whether you pay for your pet will not. anyone coming to a garage and paying for their own petrol will have noticed that prices are going up. company car drivers, the company picks up the bill, so they will not be as badly affected. fuel prices have gone up significantly, just not in december, —— notjust in december, but it costs about £10 more to fill up a family runabout than it did in january last year. apart from the obvious, if you run your own business, for example, you have to use a car because of your job, that is where it really hits, isn't it? absolutely. this is one of the most noticeable price increases out there and it is easy to see why prices are going up. at the end of november, beginning of december, we had news from the oil producing companies around the world that they wanted to cut production. 0pec, russia and others decided they were not going to put so much crude oil in the market. that pushes up the price of petrol. also, the value of the p

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jordan leggett and maverick morris, and we spoke to them in tampa just moments ago.r teammates are still out celebrating so we're thankful you came on to talk with us this morning. is it true you're roommates? >> we are roommates and we definitely could not have missed a chance to talk to michael strahan. i mean, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity. >> i got to say congratulations to both of you and the rest of your team on an epic win. one second left in the game. you did it in such dramatic fashion, so how does it feel for both of you to be national champions when you came so close last year? >> it's pretty ridiculous. i'm not going to say. i mean just this whole season we went through the adversity. this offense believed in itself and i just want to say, i mean, we ended it with a fairytale ending, i want to say almost. it's been pretty special. >> as a kid you dream of playing college football and then to reach the top of the mountain, so to speak, at that dream, it's just unbelievable. >> your teammate ben boulware, he gave an incredibly emotional speech after