that is when its debt grew, and otherfactors like competition from online travel agents, or ota plant. competition had increased massively in the last decade, like jet2 holidays, and otas took millions of customers away from tour operators. with brexit uncertainty and a weak pound, ultimately their problems came back to this huge debt they were saddled with from a previous business merger which meant the business was not able to be truly profitable because it had to put so much of its profits back into servicing the debt. in the wake of thomas cook's downfall, the immediate priority was to get the tens of thousands of tourists back to britain. the company's staff, who had lost theirjobs, helped out. our rep was really good, he came to that hotel two or three times today to make sure we could get home and make sure we make sure we could get home and make sure we knew what was going on. with confusion inevitable, the first day at airports like parma, was the ha rd est. at airports like parma, was the hardest. watching the matterhorn repatriations at first was chaotic. it didn't go well

presidential candidates faced off in los angeles, and one of thhammered over a recent fuemndraiser g in ota wine cave napa. ndides focused on issues like impeachment, climate change, and diversity, and then going after each other. in the 6th and smallest debate yet. >> we need to restore the integrity of the presidency, of the office of the presidency. >> reporter: democrats vying to imseat president trump diaty heweelig od in >>n if the president claims he so innocent, then why doesn't he have all the president's men testify. >> reporter: the 2020 presidential candidates spent much of their time trying to set themselves apart. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the xtstnees. >> i'm literally the only person stagthis who's in the a millionaire or billionaire. >> reporter: other issues like climate change also dominated the night. >> if we're going to treat climate as the threat that it is, we are going to have to partner with the chinese. >> i entered legislation to do that. declare a national emergency. >> reporter: the democratic debate took place here in california, a state th

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and didn't want him to do that they call that an impeachment inquiry and they have not changed one i ota from what they said when they began the inquiry that and i will paraphrase it the president used to his position his authority under article 2 of the constitution for personal and or political benefits. and the last time i checked every president since george washington as done this this is not impeachable but i do believe that the democratic report was factual and obviously the republican response was perhaps a fairy tale that people do want to read perhaps to put some went to bed specifically you have very different responses be on the lookout for this what we have to look at is different articles that are going to come out that will be pretty straightforward there's going to be an abuse of power because as you say in the quote he took his interests above the national interest there's also going to be obstruction some is obstruction of congress not letting people cooperate. hey let's move to europe now where the u.k. government is facing must shutter release of a heavily redacted re

and didn't want him to do that they call that an impeachment inquiry and they have not changed one i ota from what they said when they began the inquiry that and i will paraphrase it the president used to his position his authority under article 2 of the constitution for personal and or political benefits and the last time i checked every president since george washington as done this this is not impeachable when he's after a short break to start. join me every thursday on the alex simon short and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. up until recently politics were about policy preferences and ways to implement them that is not the case today your political views are now what define you as a person and there is a moral dimension bias against those who are not politically correct is the last acceptable form of discrimination this is the end of politics. and. the european union's tendency to believe that it is and represents europe has long been a major gripe for russia but as the e.u. experiences significant internal diffic

has spoken with a man who says he was part of a death squad that carried out that ota beauty got off ski is living in a central european country and is seeking asylum there. in a diet chevelle an exclusive he tells us about his time in a regime death squad in belarus and reveals new details about a series of crimes. a number of opposition politicians in belarus disappeared 2 decades ago and it's still not known what happened to them on the evening of may the 7th 1909 yuri's a her ankle parked his car here near the old fire house in minsk and was never seen again. at that time the former interior minister was a leading figure in the opposition. her ranko and his supporters wanted to prevent the country descending into dictatorship and to remove president alexander look a single look at schenkel had organized and won 2 controversial referendums to expand his powers and neutralize parliament. since then has ruled the country alone belarus is considered the last dictatorship in europe. this reenactment of the murder of your is a harangue who is based on statements made exclusively to us

and didn't want him to do that they called it an impeachment inquiry and they have not changed one i ota from what they said when they began the inquiry that and i will paraphrase it the president used to his position his authority under article 2 of the constitution for personal and or political benefits and the last time i checked every president since george washington as done this this is not impeachable. members of a ukrainian volunteer battalion with neo nazi links have been spotted at protests in hong kong we'll look into that story much more just have to short break start. the european union's tendency to believe that is and only it represents europe has long been a major gripe for russia but as the e.u. experiences significant internal difficulties it is studied to reassess what it is and what it stands for what does that process mean for the countries sharing the continent with. my feeling with this world it's what now is we're so confused and fearful and the certain generation that's controlling all the politics around the world when that generation dies off and children are b

and didn't want him to do that they called it an impeachment inquiry and they have not changed one i ota from what they said when they began the inquiry that and i will paraphrase it the president used to his position his authority under article 2 of the constitution for personal and or political benefits. and the last time i checked every president since george washington has done this this is not impeachable. russia's envoy to the world chemical weapons watchdog says a new investigation is needed into last year's alleged chemical attack in the syrian city of duma and comes after a number of o p c w employees raised concerns about the official findings the organizations report was compiled following the april 28th attack which was blamed on the syrian government the alleged atrocity prompted retaliatory airstrikes by britain france and the united states on a number of targets in damascus and homes here later whistleblowers began to cast doubt over the findings claiming the report was heavily redacted and scientifically flawed to suit its conclusions most of the duty in ferguson reports

bottom line between labor, increase in real estate taxes, energy costs and what we have to pay the otas, the online travel agencies to get business which help us fill the beds, that pressure is mounting >> we'll leave it there and come back and talk more about the economy, your business and what you see for 2020 >>> shares of sage therapeutics losing more than half their value after the company's drug that treat depression failed to meet the goal of the trial we spoke with the ceo two weeks ago. meg joins us with more >> we mentioned that wall street was looking at this in a binary way. here is how he addressed that. >> it's a large portfolio of studies. it's not binary in our mind. all will make it >> investors have wiped more than 4 million off of the market value, the company is doubling down on its optimism about the drug saying the results are supportive of its activity there's a couple of reasons the study didn't meet the goal without the trial would have been successful. it says 9% of patients appear not to have taken the medicine the patients enrolled had milder depression than

so one last note on the raiders, because jon gruden said today, we know they're going to vegas, but otas, training camp, training camp is in napa again and all the other activities, they're not going to vegas until the games start. so not quite done yet. >> so their fans will get to see them. will we see derek carr is the question. >>> join us tonight for the abc 7 news at 11:00. >> a busy night for thieves in one east bay city. six burglaries in one night. luckily surveillance video captured the crooks in action. i'm cornell bernard. that story at 11:00. >>> and a new year means new laws. we'll take a closer look at the ones that will impact your kids and their school. >>> and tonight's prime time lineup. at 8:00 catch "spider-man: homecoming." >> jimmy kimmel live comes on at 11:35. >>> that is it for the abc 7 news. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for spencer christian, larry beil, we hope you have a great evening. >> see you again at 11:00. ♪♪ next time i'll go to jack,n at least then i'll get fed. ♪ head to jack in the box and experience the joy of missing