under barack obama specifically mentions russia backing italy's populist and euro skeptic five star movement as next year's election ling's party deputy and then pay the the phone a says it's easier for rivals to blame russia than face the facts. i think that it's just the way to change argument in the public discussion that russia is there will win situation you can always say it's russia so they will use this argument but the reality is that that once you get ten eleven million votes it's not possible that they are just. managed by some foreign power so people are understanding is understand in the this is a big big theater where everybody's acting a part so or when they lose they lose cause they are not good there so. there is a lot of discussion around the idea of populism arising in europe and they call us for example we are the only party that living in a two or a program and you can already find it on our website so we are the opposite of what bubble is true. so we have to circular ideas we are doing what we say we don't want to destroy anything we just want to get to read of the bad

promises from people such as prime if own prime minister silvio berlusconi and from the five star movement a universal way or poor people in italy and out of this sort of sweetness of the electorate and their questions about toward extent the country could afford the measures former prime minister my tail raincy responding at various going to lee saying that the country would be bankrupt if his rivals won by the us philip willem reporting for us from wrong thanks very much here's a look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world at this hour the u.s. and turkey have agreed to resume full v says services for each other services washington said i had kept to assurances that no local staff would be detained or arrested the u.s. halted services after a turkish citizen employed at its consulate in istanbul was detained in october. more than one hundred fifty migrants from iran and iraq have demanded the alpha name of the border in the serbian border town of shared they want to enter the new mother stayed away shop and continue their journey to western europe the serb

the most worrying prospect of all probably would be a clear victory by the five star movement and just abolition of anti europe till relatively recent silly at and t. euro so probably the outcome will be what most people will expect and would hope for ok philip many thanks for that well in there in rome. now what you do if you want to play football but don't quite have the fitness to dash about for ninety minutes a relatively new version of the sport called walking football might be the answer for you it's now spreading from britain to france and the main rule is very simple you're not allowed to brown. england gave football to the world in the late eighty's hundreds and now the english approach a variation of the game to france walking football has been invented especially for the older generation a club has been set up in brittany by english ex-pats but with no of the teams around they had to find local youngsters to play against we saw that it was so popular in england and it seemed a pity. that it wasn't known in france because it is such an opportunity for older people and women.

the most worrying prospect of all probably would be a clear victory by the five star movement and just abolition of the anti europe till relatively recent julie and to euro so probably the outcome will be what most people will expect and would hope for ok philip many thanks for that well in the in row. english football lost or manage our same vanga has equal the record set by former manchester united boss alex ferguson rang out taking charge last night of his eight hundred and tenth premier league game the sixty eight year old frenchman achieving that featuring his side's three two win at crystal palace german defender scott brown was duffy grabbing arsenal's open opener with chiles alexa sanchez scoring the other two goals. bitter cold weather is gripping much of the northern united states at the moment it's expected also to stay put for days to come in the town of hamburg in new york state i see temperatures have seen parts of lake erie freezing of with ice also forming around the surrounding trees and benches. a quick reminder for you of story at this hour in liberia former george w

polls suggest the biggest party to enter parliament to may well be the anti establishment five star movement. their views on a host of issues such as the euro zone membership are unclear. the third main group in the contest is the incumbent democratic party led by former prime minister gordon see. their support has been hurt by splits in the party in a number of scandals. but the expectation is that no party will secure a parliamentary majority. and that negotiations for a new government could go on for months leaving a vacuum at the heart of the eurozone thirteen largest economy. ok let's get more on this now from correspondent philip will in rome philip let me pick up on the five star movement the populist party the anti-establishment party which is leading the opinion polls at the moment is there any possibility that it could actually end up leading the next italian government. i think that. the likely as you say there's a good chance that they will appear as the largest single political party after the elections and that could mean that the president will invite them to attempt to form a

three way contest between gentle on his democratic populist five star movement and alliance the former prime minister silvio berlusconi. let's go philip whelan in rome philip palm has been dissolved a new election is going to be held in march was this expected. yes this is part of an orderly transition phase the rough date of the dissolution of parliament had been and not some weeks ago the date of the fall that much was already penciled in in many calendars and in particular the desire was to avoid dragging out the legislature to the bitter end with the risk that the government could lose a confidence vote in parliament and therefore be in a weak a position for a k. take a role that particularly if there's an uneven and uncertain outcome from the election three main competing groups in roughly the same number of votes or what happens that's part of the governor. well i think we'll see a very likely election campaigns. several months or italian politicians to offer their burying formula as to the electorate and there's been really an action campaign dragging on for many months now with

election will be a three-way contest between gentility -- the democratic party, the populist five-star movementd an alliance headed by former prime minister silvio berlusconi. let's go to philip in rome. parliament has been dissolved, a new election will be held in march. was this expected? reporter: yes, this is part of an orderly transition phase. the rough date of the dissolution of parliament had been announced some weeks ago. the date of march was already penciled in, and many calendars in particular, this was to avoid dragging out the legislature to the bitter end with the risk that the government could lose confidence in parliament and therefore be in a weaker position for the caretaker role, particularly if -- and uneven or uncertain outcome of the election that the competing groups achieving roughly the same number of votes. sarah: what happens next? where do we go from here? philip: i think we will see a very likely election campaign in several months for italian politicians to offer their varying formulas to the electorate. there has been really an election campaign dragging on for m

we have the populist anti-establishment five star movement against the establishment parties but theyfive star's policies including a minimum income as universal citizens income and we'll see that and also see five star tapping into the anger of the italian voters, the anger against the political class whom they believe has failed them and on the economic side, the low growth, the recovery is there but it's still lagging the european union peers most of them and the unemployment is still high. carol: is it all about the economy at this point? it is the euro zone's third biggest economy and we've seen a recovery over the last 12, 13 quarters consec pitch growth but nonetheless trailing its peers. is it just about the economy in the upcoming elections? john: to be honest i expect it to be mostly about the economy with promises for growth and creating jobs, tax cuts, both parties on the left and right are proposing tax cuts. but it's also going to be about who has been in power and who hasn't. that's the pain card for the five star movement which is currently leading in the polls. nejra:

polls show the five-star movement doing well, perhaps leading.his be real thing or just another thing where we talk about it until a bunch of stories and then markets don't care? >> in europe, there's two countries that matter politically. france and italy. ofnce can cause a little bit gyrations. italy has that potential. we deftly need to watch italy carefully. countries, and the population in italy has mixed feelings about the euro. gets muchntiment worse, it could be a real problem. so we have to watch the situation there carefully. before thataking the eurozone has grown more than people were anticipating. what do you think happens next year? and he's going in, the political risks see more mild and they did going into last year, right? jens: think it is clear we've growth drive.ig i think those factors are likely to be sustained. when i look at the risk from italy, it is also important to monitor what kind of new government could we have? people are worried about, could we have a five-star government? given how the new electoral law is set up

the controversial five-star movement is ahead in the polls.loomberg. ♪ david: this is bloomberg markets balance of power. i'm david westin. the canadian producer of medical marijuana rising more than 8% and up nearly 40% of the last week. to explain was driving the rally is emma chandra. >> the outlook for 2018 is good for legal pot. california is legalizing recreational marijuana use january 1. there are a few states that allow sales, but there's no move towards legalization on the federal level. canada will be a smaller market and recreational pot is going to be legalized across canada later this year and medical marijuana use is already allowed. which isred for canopy the world's largest public the traded marijuana company. a market cap of $5 billion. our colleagues in canada have spoke with the ceo and being very bullish about the year, saying this move toward globalization of medical marijuana is going to be a big theme for the company. and they will really push that and the stock is up 220% this year. that is the largest. are there other

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minister but he still vowing to make a comeback of sorts then there's the anti establishment five star movement which remains a sleaze most populous single policy they could shape much of the campaign debate with that often euro skeptic outlook. the third main group in the contest is the incumbent democratic party led by former prime minister matej renzi their support has been hurt by splits in the party and a number of scandals. the election is now set for march if negotiations on forming a new government prove lengthy it could leave a vacuum at the heart of the euro zone's third biggest economy. some sports news for you now face the president gianni infantino has said the governing body's controversial decision to expand the world cup was made to boost the game's global development speaking on thursday at the dubai international sports conference in fun tina said he believed that expanding the tournament from thirty two to forty eight teams from the year twenty twenty six would give smallest organizations the chance to participate at the highest level. staying in dubai european champions real

minister but he's still vowing to make a comeback of sorts then there's the anti establishment five star movement which remains a sleaze most populous single policy they could shape much of the campaign debate with that often euro skeptic outlook. the third main group in the contest is the incumbent democratic party led by former prime minister matej renzi their support has been hurt by splits in the party and a number of scandals. the election is now set for march if negotiations on forming a new government prove lengthy it could leave a vacuum at the heart of the euro zone's third biggest economy tennis superstar serena williams is gearing up for her first match in nearly a year after winning the australian open early in the year the thirty six year old american took time off for the birth of her child she to play french open champion yelena appearing. in an exhibition match it allowed to a moment in. the organizers of the australian open believe williams will take to the court to defend her title in melbourne in january. in english football also manager has equal to longevity record set for ma

but he's still vowing to make a comeback of sorts and then there's the anti establishment five star movement which remains italy's most populous single party they could shape much of the campaign debate with their often euro skeptic outlook. the third main group in the contest is the incumbent democratic party led by former prime minister renzi their support has been hurt by splits in the posse and a number of scandals. the election is now set for march if negotiations on forming a new government proved lengthy it could leave a vacuum at the heart of the euro zone's third biggest economy. new york's legendary new year's eve festivities are just two days away all forty's are busy putting security measures into place and ensuring that everything remains safe for some residents the celebrations have already started with the times square tradition that encourages people to leave unwanted memories behind as the new year back and. these people in new york are ready for a fresh start it is good riddance day and passers by on times square are invited to shred their bad memories of twenty seventeen s

i'll show the antiestablishment five-star movement ahead of the ruling democratic party, as well as asible center-right coalition. joining us on the phone is our bloomberg government reporter. how imminent is this? are we talking today? this evening, the start of the campaign. there are a couple of steps to be taken. the head of state has received speakersis meeting the of both houses of parliament. yes did -- they will lightly set the date of march 4 for the election. nejra: walk us through what sort changes will be seen in the coming week, and how italy will be governed in that time period? >> the prime minister will stay in power until he hands over to the successor. basically, they are expecting a campaign to be focused on populism and the economy, those in power against those were challenging power, and in the economy, both populists and establishment parties promising more investment, jobs, less taxes, more growth with the italian recovery underway, but still lagging behind the eurozone peers. nejra: will we get a >>liamentary majority here? the opposite, a hung parliament. the

the five-star movement is first out of five, but really the way to characterize european political riskontinues to be fragmentation. so a weak five-star movement led government may be the best of the worst outcomes, again to use a phrase we talked about but five star is no longer offering a referendum. does that mean that italy becomes more governorable? growth is returning, but no parties are dealing with italy's high unemployment lost generation and everything else >> let's touch on the uk, my main question is not directly brexit related but theresa may related. what is the risk of another uk general election in 2018 >> we flagged the 2017 election when nobody was talking about it immediately after this one, we said a further 2018 uk ge cannot be ruled out theresa may has seen a boost following the progress on brexit talks. again, does that trickle down to popular support? i think she's still one crisis away from having her position in jeopardy again and it's impossible in my view to see a tory party successor to theresa may leading the country through brexit negotiations which are al

the five-star movement has to the polls. the president will be in parliament later on.ion have to ask is is this going to hit the euro? his momentum so behind the euro that it is -- that is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ guy: welcome back. six minutes into trade into europe. megadeth starred in europe. to be honest, i don't think that tells the story. the london market, basically nothing doing at a headline level. let's talk about where we are seeing some of the sector action. let's highlight this a little bit. basic resources are bid this morning. you saw that overnight out of our straily -- australia as well. brent heading a little higher, with a better bid. technology is an area we are seeing weakness. media trading stronger now. technology and telecom has gone ex-dividend today. "t's" trading. the technology sector is not. macro point of view, we continue to watch the curve flattening. m inasis points between the the united states. the u.s. economy running hotter next year. investors pondered the political effects of trump's tax plan. >> i consider it an important

immigration is likely to be the key issue, with the anti—establishment five star movement currently leading turkey and the us are to resume issuing visas to each other‘s citizens. they'd been suspended after a bitter row, when turkey arrested a local embassy employee in october. but in statements earlier, the turkish embassy in washington, and the us embassy in ankara said the issue had been resolved. earlier seref isler from the bbc‘s turkish service explained the background to the problem between the us and turkey. backin back in october, the government of turkey detained an american embassy employee. this led to an argument with the us embassy. the us embassy asa with the us embassy. the us embassy as a diplomatic compound. the government of turkey had detained the employee because in the aftermath of the coup attempt, a series of raids and operations against people that turkey considers to be terrorists. apparently led by a man in the us. the united states is not extraditing him. it has been asking for more evidence. it had been back and forth, discomfort between the two. the american e

under barack obama specifically mentions russia backing italy's populist and euro skeptic five star movement is next year is election looms but party deputy an m.p. manly the phone no says it's easier for rivals to blame russia than face facts. i think that it's just the way to change argument in the public discussion i mean they're losing every time that it is a possibility to lose any election they're losing in against us every time in the finding excuses to say your last four years or for that the russia will win situation you can always say to dinner is russia so they will lose this argument but the reality is that that once you get ten eleven million votes it's not possible that they are just. many by some foreign power so people aren't standing on the stand in the this is a big big theater where everybody's acting a part so when they lose they lose cause they are not a bit. now high tech event in moscow has seen man and machine working in perfect harmony from new devices to help people with disabilities to some next level face recognition software are the new hawkins went to try out so

immigration is likely to be the key issue, with the anti—establishment five star movement currently leadingpolls. officials in alabama have formally certified democrat doug jones as the winner of the state's senate race. that's despite attempts by his defeated republican rival, roy moore, to stop his certification going ahead. mr moore filed a last minute lawsuit to challenge the result, alleging voterfraud, but a judge denied the request. roy moore, whose campaign had been plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct, lost narrowly. his lawyers said there'd been a higher than expected turnout, but state officials were emphatic that they found no evidence of fraud. i don't think there's any doubt from the minds of anybody in this room or anyone within the sound of my voice, that there was ever a question about whether or not the state of alabama conducts honest and fairand safe the state of alabama conducts honest and fair and safe and secure and fair and safe and secure a elections, that question has been eliminated from anyone's thought and eliminated from anyone's thoughtand mind, period.

immigration is likely to be the key issue, with the anti—establishment five star movement currently leadingials in alabama have formally certified democrat doug jones as the winner of the state's senate race. this was despite attempts by his defeated republican rival, roy moore, to stop his certification going ahead. mr moore filed a last minute lawsuit to challenge the result, alleging voterfraud, but a judge denied the request. roy moore, whose campaign had been plagued by allegations of sexual misconduct, lost narrowly. his lawyers said there'd been a higher—than—expected turnout. but state officials were emphatic that they found no evidence of fraud. i don't think there is any doubt on the minds of anybody in this room or anyone hearing the sound of my voice that if there was never a question about whether or not the state of alabama conducts honest and fair and safe and secure a elections, that question has been eliminated from anyone's thought and mind, period. a suicide bombing in the afghan capital, kabul, has claimed the lives of at least a0 people and injured more than 80 others,

immigration is likely to be a key issue, with the anti—establishment five star movement currently leadingple has issued a rare apology to iphone users after admitting it deliberately slowed down their older model phones to help deal with weaker batteries. the company has also announced it will drop the price of replacement batteries for older iphones that are out of warranty. apple expert philip elmer—dewitt says it's a major embarrassment for the firm. this was a pr disaster because it was one of the great conspiracy theories that apple, just before it was about to come out with a new phone, it would do something to make the old phones just unbearable and some people would then swap their old phone for a new one, and the jokeis old phone for a new one, and the joke is that it turned out to be true but not for the reason that, according to apple, not for the reason people thought. some geeks2u the benchmark test and they are actually able to show on a graph the performance of the iphone slowing down and what apple says is that they did it because the batteries in these iphones just natura

previously the five-star movement, a populist movement had favored a referendum that pulled away fromhat and they said, if we cannot get what we want, we would consider it but a party not truly behind the euro and italy is the place to be most concerned about. opinion polls show the italians less happy in the euro that other people of major economies in europe. nejra: italy will be in focus this weekend in 2018. thank you, david powell, a bloomberg economics would be 2018 euro zone economic outlook. shery: let's look at the first word news with courtney donohoe. >> british labor lawmakers have philip hammondr to publish the treasury analysis of brexit potential impact on the u.k. economy. and a letter, 25 lawmakers said it is vital that the light is shed on the modeling and analysis that the treasury has carried out. philip hammond told the committee previously that the ministry was prepared for a wide range of alternative structures that have not revealed the specifics. the number of islamic state fighters in iraq and syria has dwindled to fewer than 1000 as the u.s. led coalition to

political worried in the region, italy, they select before may and the anti-establishment five-star movementurrently leads in the polls. chaseoup, j.p. morgan recommending various positions in italian bonds into the new year. that is the italy-german spread. this is japan gdp, the economy expanding at a faster than expected 2.5% in the third quarter, the year-long recovery in exports helping fuel business estimates. the economy growing for seven straight quarters. it registers at the longest expansion since the mid-1990's, following government revisions to previous data released on friday. key october indicators, while growth is slowing a bit right now. gdp expansion will continue in the fourth quarter. seven in a row for the japanese economy. how is it looking in the u.s.? julie: stocks are rising with on aow and s&p at records closing basis, not an intraday basis with the nasdaq not quite getting there. we are seeing across the board strength today. the drugmaker,er the stock went to be highs at the session, up 5.5%. they are considering cutting as many as 10,000 jobs. cut down ony to cost

you have the five-star movement, which is an unusual political movement. to characterize. whichave some positions would be broadly left of center social policy, but other areas where they are very skeptical about the eu and the euro. they are ahead in the opinion polls before the elections, which are most likely going to come in early march. they do not have enough for a majority government, but you see the other forces reacting to this, and there is a lot of euro skepticism on the campaign. , ande seeing campaigning the eu is getting bashed a lot. how are the coalition talks shipping up? how is the possibility of a german government coming along? >> well, my champagne is still on ice. there are talks resuming today. we are not allowed to call them coalition talks. there talks about trying to form some kind of government. moment the at the social democratic leadership are trying to coax their members into this idea of forming a government. it is this delicate choreography . i am not expecting any news today, but at least they are talking. we did see this w

manus: i was saying you have the five-star movement showing ahead of the polls.there anyone else in your family that has an outright ?eordie what do we expect the outcome to look like, if we are to trust the polls? still two months to go, but it has been consistent for the past couple of months. the only certainty is that it will be a hung parliament. italian politics, the day after the election, people can form alliances and meet and become their allies. but it is very fiscal. ourselves with backroom in the negotiated to try to set up a coalition. that will besly front and center in the middle of this. that herehave thought we are, knocking on the door of 2018, there is no government in germany. macron was the only one really to defeat the secession of the right. looks politically difficult place, from where i sit. >> perhaps, or perhaps it is bre use to others, and plan would be if the talks are tracked on and there is no chance coalition to put them through the backtrack. he has demonstrated that he can hold together and provide stable government. this would b

on march 4th with its first general election in five years, and the focus will be on the five-star movementfar-right populist party, which has been gaining traction mike, back to you. >> seema, thank you very much. >>> when we come back, apple issuing a rare apology to customers in response to battery gate will tech have trust issues in the new year we'll discuss that when "squawk alley" returns you can't predict the market. but through good times and bad... ...at t. rowe price... ...we've helped our investors stay confident for over 75 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. >>> apple says it does not intentionally degrade the user experience and it's cut the price for replacing batteries in out of warranty iphones to $29 from what had been $79 the news brings about a larger discussion about, well, trusting big technology joining us to discuss, john broad, cofounder of confide. and the chief operating officer of new york city thanks for coming here you're a man that's come prepared this is a cold weather thing with batteries >> even if you have 100% charge on

opinion polls put the antiestablishment five-star movement ahead of the democratic party and a potentialter-right coalition. in the u.k., a batch of government documents have revealed a remarkable tale of politics and is you all do. the papers from 1981 should the british prime minister refused to share concorde with a giant with on the first visit ronald reagan. the iron lady says the memo brought bad luck to politicians. global news 24 hours a day, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. you are going to find more stories on the bloomberg at top . at the marketsok in asia where we are getting so at ato 2017 and staring fresh closing record for asian stocks, even as traders are enjoying their holiday. again of 29% for asia. it's a big superlatives, despite gains in tokyo fizzling out. they are clocking this best year since 2015. but no dice for the hung saying, -- hang seng. the chinese markets are up 25% for the year and investors piled into bigger names. are headingai, they for the best year in three. the latest surge sparked by geo agreed to

newalize electoral order that was approved in november is designed to make sure that the five-star movementsbody will get a majority. the most likely group to get a berlusconi.actually she is back, and if i were to -- he is back, and if i were to bet, the most likely one to win the election. carol: what about economic reforms? what we get the momentum to do the things that need to be done? we 13 consecutive quarters of growth here, but more needs to be done. luigi: i do not think this is likely. if berlusconi wins the election outright, i do not expect that to form anytime soon. there is a hung parliament i do not expect reform. the best case is either we go to a new election, or there is some political change that creates a new coalition. at the moment, the ruling coalition has been very sort of timid with reform. the campaign just started, but i do not see any big vision. i do not see any group or party bringing a big change view to say, if this party is elected then a lot of things would change. i think that five years ago i had a lot of hopes for renzi,. he appeared to be that leader but

could we see a five-star movement victory? lapo: today, they say that march will be the elections. what i read on the news. .hen they didn't close but that is what was said this morning. being an italian first of all, i want to explain something. italy is a very young nation. it is a nation who has united 100 years ago. it is many regions who should be working hand-in-hand, but don't always do. politics, i would say that it is a very complicated moment, a very complex moment, where the characters and the people who ,re, how you say, challengers there's not much new and there's not much with interest. i would say that the real me, i would love to have mario draghi as the president of the republic of italy because he is, how do you say, an icon of quality, capability, skills in terms of an italian human being. he could enter politics? lapo: as an italian, i would love to have him as a president. as prime minister, i'm very fearful of -- let's say one thing which is very clear. i'm not saying they are incapable. the reality is, what do you prefer, incapacity or dishonesty? i don't kno

polls for the five-star movement ahead. performance of the latest iphone, saying it is aware of public dissatisfaction over battery life and will release an update to improve powerpack health. apple apologized am a but said there is a misunderstanding in the use of older batteries in new iphones and would never potentially shorten the life of any apple products. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. i am paul allen. rishaad: softbank planning to invest in uber. our asia technology reporter is tracking this from tokyo. tell us about the key governance reforms that will now kick in. >> good morning. the most immediate impact would be the expansion of uber's lord to --seats dashboard 17 seats. the company will get rid of the dual structure for its shareholders that has favored ,eavily early backers specifically the former ceo and , whonder travis kalanick has been fighting the new incoming ceo as well. biggestof the deal, the venture capital

their job was to consult the stars and their movements.nd see what correlations or revelations they would give you about coming or present events. >> the bible doesn't tell us very much about the magi at all. it doesn't even tell us that there are three of them, much less where they came from. what we are told is they came following a star which suggests that they're astrologists. >> matthew's gospel tells us the men were searching for a child born king of the jews. >> the story of the magi has the hallmarks of a legend. it's more about the identity of jesus, of saying that this is someone who is very special. that's really what the story is telling us, rather than explaining history about these particular figures. >> according to matthew, the men had come to king herod to ask for guidance. >> kings would not turn down audiences with people like the wise men, especially if they seem to have insider trader information that was plausible about the future. so the scene between herod and the wise men in the gospel of matthew is absolutely plau

a story of survival and how the local community is joining the tina tough movement. >>> star wars mania. watch out for yodas and chewbaccas today. it's a big movie debut. >> jedi. >> fans are dressed for the occasion. >> we have a weather alert today. take a look at this. as we go through the afternoon, part of the area will be seeing snowfall. we'll show you how much to expect and a closer look at the timing coming up. >>> it's just about 5:45. the republican dream of tax reform currently hangs by a thread. >> republicans cannot afford too many noes here. they're racing against the clock to pass something before the new year. tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on this scramble for votes. >> good morning. there are five in question. three who may have issues with the bill who may not even be able to show up. marco rubio of florida and mike lee of utah. they want to see better benefits for middle and low income families on the child tax credit. it's in there, but we want to see more of it deductible. he won't vote for it. lee seems to be undecided at this point. bob corker of

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another day rolls by and another scalp for the beat to movement but was rising progressive star al franken promised to step down in a twelve minute speech before spello senators one is left wondering what what to make of this particular battle with. a war against workplace harassment for anyone who missed his speech it can basically be summed up in in this you know how about under ten seconds take take a look i'm going to help people because i'm good enough i'm smart enough and doggone it people like me. you see darko al franken may be resigning but his accusers are liars the at the ex-pro but he himself called for is just too much of a burden and it's really unfair he has to go back home while fellow alleged miscreants president trump and soon to be senator bore enjoy the perks of government welfare not watchers because today we're joined by our colleague ali cook to try to make sense and get a little bit more insight into the bigger picture of these developments thank you so much fallen for coming out of the let's get an office pool going how long it takes him to show up on saturday nigh

stars. they're mobile and use animal movements to play at the zoo, learn soccer skills.obile program, one of the flagship programs at the zoo. this past year, we taught almost 500 lessons and we served 94 title i schools, again, title i schools are schools that provide free lunch or partial fee-paid lunches, so that was a great way to serve some of the schools we hadn't done traditionally and it's part of the pilot program. 20 scholarships for various organizations, senior centers, homeless centers, et cetera. also had reservations of over 200 reaching 15,000 students. i mentioned earlier that driving in from the east bay, i heard climate change discussed on npr six times during my two-hour commute and that's something we want to continue to focus on at the zoo. so we're having the climate change discussion in 23 classrooms. also with our zigzag zoom animal lesson, we're trying to target the lessons for the little ones that involves more movement. we partner with san francisco shared schoolyard project in the middle school and some of the other schools that have revamped