he was active in the fight for marriage equality and today he works for local union fighting for workplace rights in san francisco. >> i love being in our city, with all its changes remains a beautiful and magic city. and i feel very blessed and fortunate. >> in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >>> iconic house product is celebrating women's history month by ditching the iconic man on the logo. brawny put a woman on its packages to honor women in science, tech, engineering and math fields. goes with the #strengthhasnogender. >>> bitcoin is more valuable than gold. gone up 7% this week. gold fell today dropping to dollar below that. gold traditionally seen as stable and secure investment. analysts say not to look too much into it. gold is still $7 trillion versus $20 billion for bitcoin. >>> 5:00 to 10:00 in the morning saturday and sunday you can walk halfway across the bridge. allowing crews to replace lights on the roadway. work rescheduled if it rains. >>> nation's oldest and largest public affairs group held biggest fundraiser of the year tonight. commonwealth club annual gala

he was active in the fight for marriage equality and today he works for local union fighting for workplace rights in san francisco. >> i love being in our city, with all its changes remains a beautiful and magic city. and i feel very blessed and fortunate. >> in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >>> iconic house product is celebrating women's history month by ditching the iconic man on the logo. brawny put a woman on its packages to honor women in science, tech, engineering and math fields. goes with the #strengthhasnogender. >>> bitcoin is more valuable than gold. gone up 7% this week. gold fell today dropping to dollar below that. gold traditionally seen as stable and secure investment. analysts say not to look too much into it. gold is still $7 trillion versus $20 billion for bitcoin. >>> 5:00 to 10:00 in the morning saturday and sunday you can walk halfway across the bridge. allowing crews to replace lights on the roadway. work rescheduled if it rains. >>> nation's oldest and largest public affairs group held biggest fundraiser of the year tonight. commonwealth club annual gala

item 35, adopt and amendment 1 between the city and transport workers union aflcio local 200. item 36, ordinance to adopt and implement amendment 1 to the 2014-2017 mou between the city and transport workers union local 250 a automotive serbs workers, 7410 and implement the base wage agreement. for item 37, ordinance to adopt and implement amendment 1 to the mou, the city and transport workers union local 250 a, multiunit 28. >> colleagues can we take those items same house same call? without objection those ordinances pass uninanimously on the first reading. next item. >> item 38 is reto actively authorize the sheriffs department to contract with global tell link to provide telephone service memorialize rates and reduce the cost of local call by 34 percent and authorize the sheriff to xhurz exercise the agreement two 1 year options to extend the term not to exceed 5 years. >> without objection the resolution is adopted uman msly. >> item 3 9 amend the planning code to allow amusic arquaid in south of market and afirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. >>

some local union members are donating several days of their time to this cause as well.sinoming katherine scott, channel6 "action news. tam. >> katherine thank you for that. >>> aren't hate has no home in cherry hill. that is the message from city leaders following bomb threats at the katz jewish community send last month. last night the mayor and the township council unveiled a new video made by cherry hill high school students. the township also announced the creation of a human relations board. the goal is to help identify and address issues that are upsetting to residents. >> happening today, students and alumni are fighting to he coo the doors opened at westminster choir college. they plan to protest on rider university's new jersey campus this morning. rider plans to sell westminster's princeton campus and move the program to rider's main campus in lawrenceville. the school is facing a the board of trustees could make a decision aut >> it's 4:39. today president um set to undo efforts by the previous wer to curb global w own child becor friends. david. >> lots of c

they teamed up with local union 420 for their third annual monte carlo night.uests played games like blackjack and roulette. they say they wanted to give the same experience to another family. >>> we now know just how much color we'll see from the famous cherry blossoms in washington, d.c. this week's cold snap damaged about a third of the blossoms but the national park service insists the rest will bloom and says it will be as great as ever. national cherry blossom festival starts this weekend. we reached out to the group that organizes the cherry blossom festival here in philadelphia. they told us the blooms here were not damaged. this year's local festival begins april 1st in fairmont park. >>> 5:27 right now on your saturday morning. it's cold and we're watching some snow showers move into parts of our region. plus this -- >> takes your breath away, really. >> up in flames. neighbors watch as fire destroys million dollar homes at the jersey shore. we'll tell you what investigators think sparked that blaze. >>> here's a look at your first alert radar. snow a

the family teamed up about steam fitters local union for their third annual monte carlo night.ll proceeds were donated to the make-a-wish foundation. the family said they wanted to give the same experience to another family. >>> we now know just how much washington, d.c. this week's cold snap damaged about a third of the blossoms but the national park service insists the rest will bloom and says it will be as great as ever. the national cherry blossom festival starts this weekend. we reached out to the group that organizes the cherry blossom festival here in philadelphia. they told us the blooms here were not damaged. this year's local festival begins april 1st in fairmont park. >>> nova nation is ready to cheer onto cats. randy gyllenhaal is live in villanova with a look at the next step on the the road a repeat. >> reporter: yes rkyes. villanova takes on the wisconsin badgers. we'll go buffalo, new york where students from villanova are taking the trip all the way up to frigid buffalo. >>> over the next couple of days we'll have eye on first alert radar. right now a little li

they'll prep stones for resetting or repair broken stones and we're hearing that some local union members are also donating several days of their time to help in this effort. we're live in wissinoming, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> katherine thank you. >>> in cherry hill new jersey they're making it known that hate has no home there. the mayor and township council debuted a video to send that message. high school students helped to produce the video in the wake of bomb threats like the one at the katz jcc. the mayor is also launching a human relations board to help address fear and anxiety reported by certain residents. >> time is now 5:36. president trump is poised to undo efforts by the obama administration to curb climate change. the president is expected to sign an executive order today. it includes review of the clean power plan which restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal fired power plants. president trump's order will also lift a moratorium on coal mining on federal lands. a white house official says easing government regulations will increase the country's energy

item 35, adopt and amendment 1 between the city and transport workers union aflcio local 200. item 36, ordinance to adopt and implement amendment 1 to the 2014-2017 mou between the city and transport workers union local 250 a automotive serbs workers, 7410 and implement the base wage agreement. for item 37, ordinance to adopt and implement amendment 1 to the mou, the city and transport workers union local 250 a, multiunit 28. >> colleagues can we take those items same house same call? without objection those ordinances pass uninanimously on the first reading. next item. >> item 38 is reto actively authorize the sheriffs department to contract with global tell link to provide telephone service memorialize rates and reduce the cost of local call by 34 percent and authorize the sheriff to xhurz exercise the agreement two 1 year options to extend the term not to exceed 5 years. >> without objection the resolution is adopted uman msly. >> item 3 9 amend the planning code to allow amusic arquaid in south of market and afirm the ceqa determination and make the appropriate findings. >>

the local union on the back of the boat.er ask you a trivia question, if they die it green for st. patricks day, why don't they die it blue. i think it's a reasonable question. >> that is a good question. >> dates all the way back to 1961. >> okay. >> there you go. >> st. patrick's day is also the shamrock shake. a lot of people looking forward to that. >> next weekend. [laughter] >> a reason for us to have celebration after the show. it's been great having you here. >> thank you so much. >> worthy of a great celebration after this, laura, always good to see you, fox news sunday coming up next. jim jordan on chris wallace, you don't want to miss it. >> i'm chris wallace, president trump rolls out his budget this week and continue offensive on health care. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> action on obamacare is an urgent necessity. >> we will discuss the prospects for repeal and replace. the president's first report card on jobs and his plan for tax reform. with gary, white house chief economic adviser, first sun show interview. then conservative re

of the united auto workers of detroit, comes to pick on a position of leadership first and his local union, eventually of the whole international union of autoworkers. the cio in 1952. it is their industries they cio had organized for the first time that had become the pattern for the mass organization of workers and radical call -- radicalization of the labor movement in the 40's, and again for the reconversion. , postwar, into the 1950's. following them and their unions is the mold that the rest of the labor union -- movement followed. them, theills called two men of power. this is a sociologist writing in 1948. he acknowledged the growth of labor's economic power and tell that translates into political power as well. their decisions about how to fear this the group movement and the having huge effects on labor and the whole of american political economy based relations, the growth of deal of the liberal luster state -- welfare state, every piece of american history from then until now. this is this critical turning point, but also -- all those questions and uncertainties i ,ent through

union. but it did not mean that they lessened their commitment to local government. on the contrary. they kept popular sovereignty and pitted agrarian and industrial resistance against each other. the fusion oftood state politics and nationalist state governors compromised union. levelsl and state navigated the shoals of nationally sure in and conscription. when lincoln expanded his aims to assist governors in maintaining support for the war, it tested popular sovereignty's limits. the secretary of the navy addicted as much early in the war. the government will doubtless be stronger after the conflict is over then it has ever been, he confided to his wife, and there will be less liberty, but perhaps with greater security. state executives clung to a wide range of powers that prior to the war had existed independent of one another. spiriting the volunteer despite jealousies and competing ambitions as well as cooperate with the national government. the governors were as worried about the expansion of national powers as the conduct during the war. unity was important for northerners to a

there are some local union members who are going to be donating several days of their time to help inwissinoming katherine scott, channel6 "action news. >> katherine thank you. >>> clerical new jersey is making it known that hate has no home there. the mayor and township council debuted a video to sends that message. high school students helped produce the studio in the wake of bomb threats like the one at katz jcc. the mayor is launching a human relations board to help address fear and anxiety reported by certain residents. >> 6:36 on the clock president trump is poised to undo efforts by the obama administration to curb climate change. the president is expected to sign the executive order today. it includes a review of the clean power plan which restricts greenhouse gas emissions at coal fired power plants. president trump's order will also lift a moratorium on coal mining on federal lands. a white house official says easing government regulations will increase the country's energy independence and create jobs. >> students and alumni are fighting to keep account doors opened at west

walter reuther rises to power and part of the way he gets there is by attacking communist led local unions within their ranks. the government's house committee on un-american activities begins holding its first hearings. that culminates in mccarthyism and joe mccarthy taking those witchhunts to a new level and then being censured for it. when these unions were accused of having communist ties other unions would come along and try to raid their memberships. the one thing i didn't say about taft-hartley, if you don't sign the affidavit or union loses the protection of the bill. you lose all of the rights you had under the wagner act if you don't sign the affidavit. this is what allowed them some tors later for other unions come along and try to take the membership away. to give you an example of this at work, we read about the out ofcannery workers winston-salem. this was an interracial union of people making cigarettes at the r.j. reynolds tobacco company. this had expanded in the postwar period as engaged with operation dixie. communists were some including the president of the union, dona

local police unions say it could impact public safety. the judge's ruling blocks the cuts until a hearing on april 10th. >>> pay raises now not later that's just one of the demand from the union representing correctional officers in delaware. the head of the correctional officers association of delaware spoke to state lawmakers yesterday. he says raising salaries is critical for prison safety. this all comes after the deadly hostage standoff at the vaughn correctional center in smyrna last month. lieutenant steven floyd died in that standoff. the union is asking for a complete overhaul of the work conditions at the prison. >>> this morning the delaware department of correction has 19 new employees including 17 new officers. this is a picture from yesterday's training academy graduation in dover. the graduates completed nine weeks of training. they will now join the more than 2,500 department employees. >>> right now a convoy of villanova students is on the road to buffalo. they will be joining other members of nova nation already there to

philadelphia 's sugary drink tax, it is to blame n a statement to "eyewitness news" teamsters local 830, union representing the soda industry workers, wrote quote our worst fears have been realized. pepsi is reporting a 40 percent drop in philadelphia business since january 1st. the day that the tax went into effect. pepsi employers 423 people in philadelphia. and we spoke to soda union treasurer danny grace by phone >> eventually this will catch up with us that the loss in sales, you know, dictates loss in jobs. the company evidently feels that you no longer sustain the losses that they are getting. >> reporter: numbers out just last week show that the tax raised 5.7 million-dollar in jana loan, and that is more than twice the original projection. mayor jim kenney was not available for on camera interview but spokeswoman said in a statement that the soda industry sunk to a new low, they are literally holding hostage the jobs of hard working people in their battle to overturn the tax. kenney's team points to 250 new jobs, created as a result of the tax, a spokeswoman says that the tax funding

on monday the talks between the police union, pba local 24 and the state broke down. the state wants to cut the force to just 250 cuts. >> salary cuts and cutting the force deeper down 24 additional cops. now they want to cut that deeperer, i don't know how that doesn't affect public safety. >> they say every day under the old contract costs the city thousands of dollars and without new savings, the balance budget will be impossible. >>> and temple university may walk back the claim that philadelphia's beverage tax is partly responsible for the increase in its meal plan for next year. john rawlins has that story. >> in a statement late tote temple president said that mayor kenney raise the valid concerns to the numbers related to the impact on the soda tax to temple student. room and board to go up for the 2017-2018 school year the cost of a double standard room to go up almost 4$400 a year, $136 of that hike tied to the cost of the controversial beverage task. and current students surprised and not pleased. >> to raise the price because of the fact of the sweetened b

paying members, organizational affiliation represent tatian on the steering committee from local progressive unions and community groups which doesn't just pop up in election time. the key to the rpa's success is a year-round program of community organizing around important issues and those issues 15 years ago were identified as living wage ordinance, rent control, protection against evictions without just cause, police reform, a competent city manager on the verge of bankruptcy, industrial safety ordinance, contracting out, repealing an anti-homelessness ordinance, heavier taxation of chevron, reversing public service that were resuscitated by mishandling the city's finances and very important for winning future elections, electoral election reform, progressive candidates who raise small donations get matching money from the system in the city. that was the initial program adopted a people's convention in 2004, the first year the arcade ran a candidate and current city councilwoman dale maclachlan won, small margin. in the last 12 years since then progressives in richmond won 10 of 16 mayoral race

might need to borrow more money, but if we will not be having so many immigrants from the european union, localoung people, need more skills and better training to continue to make britain competitive in the wider world. studio: if you look at the nhs, there are lots of workers from the rest of europe? absolutely, you have to remember there are 3.2 million eu nationals living here and an awful lot of employers in the uk, whether the state sector, things like the hospitals, or the private sector, they are deeply fearful of a brexit that did not continue to allow high numbers of people to come from the european union, both skilled and, it has to be said, not so skilled. some chancellors like to be more dramatic than others and have giveaways and dramatic announcements, did you feel this was more cautious? absolutely and it is not like mr hammond is trying to pretend he wants to be seen trying to pretend he wants to be seen another way, he takes pride in the nickname spreadsheet phil. he is trying to lose sure a domestic and an international audience that brexit is not the end of the world, britai

several weeks ago, our mayor supervisor sheehy worked with a local union to call representatives to fight acl. health care is complicated and changes at the federal level will take time. in the timeline that we'll share, the changes will likely happen in 2020. we also know that as our control talked about the skinny budget, we'll have -- that will have impact and we're monitoring that on a daily basis. i want you to know our staff is working with the perspective -- with the national professional associations to continue to advocate and fight. we're apart of the -- the health plan associations who are advocating to protect our health care system. our -- we'll advocate for the federal support given to our local nonprofit clinics. that's going to be important as well. that's outside of medi-cal. the federal government has not made a decision. if they repeal, the next impact will be at the state level. so i encourage us to work together and to be mindful of writing local legislation too quickly before we know what the federal and the state government will do. we want to work with you closely

several weeks ago, our mayor supervisor sheehy worked with a local union to call representatives to fight acl. health care is complicated and changes at the federal level will take time. in the timeline that we'll share, the changes will likely happen in 2020. we also know that as our control talked about the skinny budget, we'll have -- that will have impact and we're monitoring that on a daily basis. i want you to know our staff is working with the perspective -- with the national professional associations to continue to advocate and fight. we're apart of the -- the health plan associations who are advocating to protect our health care system. our -- we'll advocate for the federal support given to our local nonprofit clinics. that's going to be important as well. that's outside of medi-cal. the federal government has not made a decision. if they repeal, the next impact will be at the state level. so i encourage us to work together and to be mindful of writing local legislation too quickly before we know what the federal and the state government will do. we want to work with you closely

the action cam was in trenton as the governor signed the bill into law in front of a local labor unionnew jersey will now spend $400 million for transportation projects. christie had asked for the funding during his budget speech last month. more than half of that money will be used on roads reason bridges, the rest is allocated for new jersey transit. >> ♪ >> after last week's healthcare setback and even more unpopular president donald trump is moving on to other campaign priorities. one of them he says is empowering women in business. he made the comment during a discussion with female small business owners. the president also says he's trying to make childcare more affordable and accessible. today's conversation was meant for women to share their firsthand experiences including the challenges that they have faced. >>> the white house is confirming now that president trump's son-in-law is volunteering to answer lawmakers questions about contacts he had with the russian officials. jared kushner will potentially go before the senate intelligence committee. senators will ask him about a

the school district says they're working with the local teacher's union to create a fiscally responsibletract. the teacher crowd funded more than $5,000 to pay for this. >>> the oakland unified school district is holding an immigrant resource fair. it will be followed by a legal workshop with with immigration lawyers. it will be held at the melrose leadership academy cafeteria. it starts at 3:00. >>> this is an incredible story. a group of roman catholic monks are trying to raise money to repair this because they're trapped. they live at a retreat that is cut off from civilization because that bridge is in disrepair to the north and then to the south, mudslides block a road. the monks say they are conserving food and fuel and believe that they will be able to weather being locked in. they are evacuating one of their elders, another elder monk leader had to be air lifted out because he suffered a heart attack and fractured a hip. so far, they have raised more than $130,000 of their $300,000 goal on go fund me. if you want to help them out, we have a link on our website at abc7news.com. >>

thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name's tony rodriquez and i'm with local 43 union and i'm here to ask you to reappoint mark theriault, i melt mike about 8 years ago and as the head of the building trades, i've had various dealings with him and while i was sitting there, i was trying to think of words to describe mike and i guess things that come to mind is a very honest person, a very committed person, he's a hard worker, he's got integrity and he's very dead date kate today what he does and i've been impressed about how he runs the building trades and the dealings i've had with him, i would ask you to reappoint him and while i haven't known sabrina as long as, i can echo she's got the same qualities and i would ask you to also reappoint her. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members the public that wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. any additional comments, colleagues? supervisor yee? >> so, i will vouch for all four of these members, they are my colleagues on that board. i'm embarrassed that i always ask about atte

union. every single local government area in the country voted to remain in the european union. this happened two years after scottish voters were told they had to vote no to scottish independence to remain in the european union, yet ironically this is exactly what will happen now. because the majority elsewhere in the united kingdom, it's will being imposed on the people of scotland. last year, mister speaker, i raised repeatedly in this chamber, the prime minister made a commitment to a uk wide approach and agreement with the government of scotland, wales and northern ireland and since then the scottish government has published a compromise suggestion, a differentiated plan that could satisfy people in scotland and the rest of the uk. the prime minister could have said, the prime minister could have said she would try to seek an agreement with european partners on the plan which could have protected scotland's place in the european market but she didn't, the prime minister could have taken the views of the scottish, welsh and northern ireland seriously and could have reached a

that is going to support local jobs and our union trades will be busy putting up a fantastic structure on the parkway. >> folks can't wait. many business owners say that they lost money when the pope was in town because of the roads closed and the security. how is this going to be different? what can you say to those businessowners that may be concerned? >> i would say two main things. first, this is a different crowd attendee that's coming. the papal visit was more of a pilgrimage. there was a different focus as to why folks were in philadelphia. this particular event, football fans from all across the country as well as our residents are going to come downtown, enjoy the benjamin franklin parkway. they will eat in restaurants. they will go to our cultural attractions, ride in cabs, they will park. there's a lot of opportunity for businesses locally to benefit from the draft. in addition to that, the biggest thing would certainly be the security protocol around the world meeting of families and the papal visit is different than the nfl draft. this event as well as all events we do out

union. every single local government area in the country voted to remain in the european union. this happened two years after scottish voters were told they had to vote no to scottish independence to remain in the european union, yet ironically this is exactly what will happen now. because the majority elsewhere in the united kingdom, it's will being imposed on the people of scotland. last year, mister speaker, i raised repeatedly in this chamber, the prime minister made a commitment to a uk wide approach and agreement with the government of scotland, wales and northern ireland and since then the scottish government has published a compromise suggestion, a differentiated plan that could satisfy people in scotland and the rest of the uk. the prime minister could have said, the prime minister could have said she would try to seek an agreement with european partners on the plan which could have protected scotland's place in the european market but she didn't, the prime minister could have taken the views of the scottish, welsh and northern ireland seriously and could have reached a

. >> how do you think your local union voted? you think they moted mo voted m half for trump?he democrats. >> i need help. send this man to congress. >> jim barsha was elected to congress the year that clinton was elected as president. >> clinton probably would have won a third term. >> i'm committed to building more jobs. >> hillary clinton was well qualified but people were looking for someone speaking from the heart. >> we're going to bring back the jobs from the united states. >> he pulled us out of tpp. talking about reworking nafta. does he have a shot at solidifying himself as a popular politician in the state of michigan. >> i don't underestimate donald trump. >> i may not be a democrat again after i see what's going on. it is embarrassing, all the protests and -- >> do you support the temporary ban? >> absolutely. it is only 15% of the muslim world, population. it is not a muslim ban anyway. it is a temporary ban. it's for the safety of america. it's for the safety of me and you and our families. >> why wouldn't you want that? >> john mccain said that it is used as pr

several weeks ago, our mayor supervisor sheehy worked with a local union to call representatives to fight acl. health care is complicated and changes at the federal level will take time. in the timeline that we'll share, the changes will likely happen in 2020. we also know that as our control talked about the skinny budget, we'll have -- that will have impact and we're monitoring that on a daily basis. i want you to know our staff is working with the perspective -- with the national professional associations to continue to advocate and fight. we're apart of the -- the health plan associations who are advocating to protect our health care system. our -- we'll advocate for the federal support given to our local nonprofit clinics. that's going to be important as well. that's outside of medi-cal. the federal government has not made a decision. if they repeal, the next impact will be at the state level. so i encourage us to work together and to be mindful of writing local legislation too quickly before we know what the federal and the state government will do. we want to work with you closely

. >> how do you think your local union voted? do you think they voted more than half for trump?f democrats, but at least one saw it coming. >> i was a democratic nominee for congress. >> i need help, send this man to congress. >> he was elected to congress the year that bill clinton ran for president. >> president clinton probably could have won a third term. >> i'm committed to putting this country back to work with good job. >> obviously, hillary clinton was very well-qualified. but i think that people are looking for someone who was speaking from the heart. >> we're going to bring back our jobs to the united states. >> he pulls us out of tpp, talking about reworking nafta. does he have a shot at solidifying himself as a popular politician is in the state of michigan? >> i don't under estimate donald trump. >> i'm not sure i'll ever be a democrat again after what i see going on now. >> why. >> it's embarrassing what's going on with all the protests. >> do you support the temporary ban? >> absolutely. it's only 15% of the population, it's not a muslim ban. it's for the safety o

union. every single local government area in the country voted to remain with the european union. mr. speaker this happened two years after scottish -- were told to vote no to scottish independence to remain in the european union. yet, ironically this is exactly what will happen because the majority elsewhere in the united kingdom it will be imposed on the people of scotland. last year mr. speaker, i have raced repeatedly in in this chamber the prime minister madee a commitment to the u.k. wide approach. an agreement with the government of scotland, wales, and of northernnt ireland. since then, the scottish government has published the compromise suggestion. i the heart, the status find people in scotland and the rest of the u.k. so the prime minister could hav said that she would try, try to seek an agreement with european on the plan that could protectct it scholars place in the european market, but she did it. the prime minister could've taken the views of the scottish of the northern irish government seriously as she could've reached an agreement before triggering serio article 15

manufacturers, which will involve the manufacturers, the ministers here in westminster, the trade unions and localn move that forward. and i hope the secretary of state will support that. there are productivity issues in bridgend as well, which we must deal with. and i know that the gmb union and unite are working with the workforce there. next wednesday sees international women's day, and the commons has held its annual debate to mark the event. one year ago, the labour mp jess phillips read out in the chamber the names of all the women who'd been killed by men in the uk the year before. she said she planned to do the same every year that she remained an mp and recited the names of the 123 women who had died since the previous debate. let these women be our inspiration. let these women be the ones who drive us. i would ask each and every one of us to remember these women, one of whom was one of us. we must remember them when we make our decisions, use our votes and our voices. we have a responsibility to be the voices of these women now they are gone. on this international women's day, let us rem

thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name's tony rodriquez and i'm with local 43 union and i'm here to ask you to reappoint mark theriault, i melt mike about 8 years ago and as the head of the building trades, i've had various dealings with him and while i was sitting there, i was trying to think of words to describe mike and i guess things that come to mind is a very honest person, a very committed person, he's a hard worker, he's got integrity and he's very dead date kate today what he does and i've been impressed about how he runs the building trades and the dealings i've had with him, i would ask you to reappoint him and while i haven't known sabrina as long as, i can echo she's got the same qualities and i would ask you to also reappoint her. thank you. >> thank you. are there any other members the public that wish to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is now closed. any additional comments, colleagues? supervisor yee? >> so, i will vouch for all four of these members, they are my colleagues on that board. i'm embarrassed that i always ask about atte

. >> no, local five, elevator union. we have a big job at caesars atlantic city. so, i'm off to work. >> reporter: what do you think about your commute. >> it should be pretty clear. i think they are calling for more rain at the shore but i think they will call for tidal flooding. >> reporter: i saw you brush off the snow, cleaning off the car. >> getting ready. >> reporter: how long is your commute. >> a little over an hour.& >> reporter: what do you think today. >> probably hour and a half, i have ton in by 6:00 to get a early start. >> reporter: hour and a half to atlantic city and not getting a day off. it is starting to come down harder hitting me in the face. we will stay out here and brave the storm and let you know, we will toss to break and we will be right back. >>> very good morning. 5:17. do you see bird flying around there? snow cover in trenton. good morning to you. a couple inches on the ground. sue says it will pick up around 8:00 when we will see the heavier snow falls. it depend where you are, a couple inches in some places, up to 2 feet in the l

. >> restaurant workers local 2 our union 7 years ago 60 percent of members who workers e worked in sanrancisco lived in city two years ago that was 55 percent and last month under 55 percent in a 7 year 10 percent drop in the number of members that live and work in the city you know hospitality is a $9 billion industry here our city invests and in all this discussion i want to see the nuance about the affordability for housing we're creating hotel workers. >> many of the policies that we sit down for office workers do work for the hospitality industry and likewise i want to underscore there with respect to the affordability of the housing before in central soma or citywide we got to reject the idea this simply building new united brings down the cost of housing in vancouver where the production of housing units far out paced the employment and hotels are driven out of the city 10 thousand vacant unit one of the most expensive and despite the will arranged construction the point of city close to 15 percent last year to try to cool down the market and let the worker people back into the

several weeks ago, our mayor supervisor sheehy worked with a local union to call representatives to fight acl. health care is complicated and changes at the federal level will take time. in the timeline that we'll share, the changes will likely happen in 2020. we also know that as our control talked about the skinny budget, we'll have -- that will have impact and we're monitoring that on a daily basis. i want you to know our staff is working with the perspective -- with the national professional associations to continue to advocate and fight. we're apart of the -- the health plan associations who are advocating to protect our health care system. our -- we'll advocate for the federal support given to our local nonprofit clinics. that's going to be important as well. that's outside of medi-cal. the federal government has not made a decision. if they repeal, the next impact will be at the state level. so i encourage us to work together and to be mindful of writing local legislation too quickly before we know what the federal and the state government will do. we want to work with you closely

several weeks ago, our mayor supervisor sheehy worked with a local union to call representatives to fight acl. health care is complicated and changes at the federal level will take time. in the timeline that we'll share, the changes will likely happen in 2020. we also know that as our control talked about the skinny budget, we'll have -- that will have impact and we're monitoring that on a daily basis. i want you to know our staff is working with the perspective -- with the national professional associations to continue to advocate and fight. we're apart of the -- the health plan associations who are advocating to protect our health care system. our -- we'll advocate for the federal support given to our local nonprofit clinics. that's going to be important as well. that's outside of medi-cal. the federal government has not made a decision. if they repeal, the next impact will be at the state level. so i encourage us to work together and to be mindful of writing local legislation too quickly before we know what the federal and the state government will do. we want to work with you closely

leicester took a big stride towards the play—offs in rugby union's premiership, beating local rivals36 points to 31. 0wen williams' huge penalty in the last minute of the game sealed the win for leicester and took them into that all—importa nt fourth place. elsewhere there were wins for harlequins and exeter. and leinster strengthened their position at the top of the pro—12 after beating cardiff blues 22—21 — ross moloneyjust managing to touch down in the corner for what proved to be the winning score. there were all around gold medals for ellie downie and joe fraser at the british gymnastics championships in liverpool. downie was part of the hugely successful gb team at last year's olympics in rio and took the title for the first time with a string of confident performances. and 18—year—old fraser was a surprise winner in the men's competition — this is his first senior year. to be honest, it is unbelievable. it is my first year as a senior, and i was using this competition to try my new elements and see how they were in competition, and for to come away with two golds, a silver and

local equities. banking andt building unions. they want to hire investors double to her strength.porate finance reporter tracking this story. there have been a lot of attention based in australia. why are they looking to beef up? reporter: melbourne-based industry fund is looking to diversify away from equities. as a result, they are looking to boost their infrastructure team, property team. it is a great way to save money in this environment. so there is a record low yield everywhere, cutting costs, bringing management in-house. that is one way to do it. haidi: what should we be reading into the sign that they are diversifying from equities? 45% of their $30 billion portfolio is tied up on equities. that is a lot in one asset class, even though it is global. so they receive about $1.57 billion every year in money from members, and the need to put it to work. it is a big push to co-investments with other managers. so they are also looking to solve australia's home affordability problem. how are they going to do that? industry wherean the members are mostly into construction and bu

daisy knocked on doors in 199 to kick off the first home healthcare union local 250-[applause] and today she is a proud leader of successor 2015 she was releptless and the union is aroupd today because of tireless ongoing efforts. she livs to serve as in-home healthcare professional and love said by patients colleagues and client and all neighbors alike. it made her emthet took the plight of poor, homeless and down trodden and mrs. daisy buried deceased homeless resident services paid for out of pocket. she was the league gartian for the nephew from 2 to 15 and at besy car michael school to serve for 8 years. she was a activist and parent leaders who led the fight to ret row fit besy car michael. there are few problems she has not scared down. when a dieer mother asked to take care of son she gave him all the meals. she adopt adhomeless man and brought food and a local proponent for social justice issues throughout districtthry. one of the most incredible acts of bravery was over all most two decades ago when a unscrupulous landlord was trying to evict her and all tenants. that building

as opposed to positions being created within the european union filled with local personnel.oment indication is that the hiring will be local. 40 --you mentioned past passporting. it seems that banks have given up on that idea. equipment, the next best thing, they will have to get used to it next month, possibly years? elisa: right, but so much detail needs to be ironed out it is not clear what that looks like and what it means for the industry at the moment. that theygnition leave the u.k. -- believe the u.k.'s rule to be a stringent. which cities are best positioned to top london as the financial services hub? elisa: we are picking up dublin in frankfurt at the moment as the main places. in his early days. of course, banks will be looking at labor laws, looking at costs. mark: cocktails. elisa: price of real estate, most importantly. mark: that was a survey that we mentioned last week. we will be chatting to you a lot more in the next few months and years. she covers european investing and finance for us. vonnie: let's get more on how the u.k. moves from here. nejra is back

in rugby union's premiership, gloucester comfortably saw off local rivals bristol 32—14.pes of avoiding relegation straight back to the championship look slim — they're seven points adrift at the bottom of the table, with four games to play. in rugby union's premiership, gloucester comfortably saw off local rivals bristol 32—14. but scarlets are also chasing that play—off place — and they're just three points behind ulster now, after getting a bonus point in their 26—10 win over edinburgh. britain's johanna konta is through to the third round of the miami 0pen tennis, after beating aliaksandra sasnovich. we're going to return to football now, and a very special little boy who will be at wembley tomorrow, for england's world cup qualifier against lithuania. you may have seen him before, five—year—old sunderland fan bradley lowery, who's suffering from a rare type of cancer. he's going to be a mascot tomorrow, and this is how his mum gemma told him he'd also be reunited with his herojermain defoe. guess who is going to the england match next week? who? jermain defoe. hooray

that charge was made in a letter sent by the transit union local president. and it has to do with metro's demands for overtime. adam, explain for us what's going on and why things got so nasty between the general manager and the union. >> the first thing everybody needs to understand, metro and the largest union are now. right there, you have some friction right off the bat. the second thing people should understand is that since that derailment last summer at east falls church, remember, we saw nearly half of metro's track inspection team fired or face some sort of disciplinary action. the union has really been pushing back against metro saying you're basically on a witch hunt. you're just looking for people to cut and go from there. so metro and it's largest union have been at odds. this is kind of an inside baseball thing where metro is trying to limit certain rules, including fatigue where workers can only work so many hours in a given week, but the union has gotten to the point where people have said the union has semiinstructed members to turn down any v