it is titime for our business update with stephen carroll. udges and france have droppedea case a against air francnce ovee tragic right -- flight from rio to paris that crcrashed in 2009. stephen: prosecutors called for air france to stand trial for manslaughter, bubut judges today dropped their inquiry against both air france and the aircraft makeker, airbus. in a statement, they said the crash was a result of a combination of elements that could not have been detected before the accident happened. thee is a an inquiry into decision. hearinghe goverernment abouout pland chchans toto the pepension system. stephen: a report commissioned by the g governmenent recommendd majojor changes, aimeded at plug a defificit inhehe pensionon sy, whwhich would d see mostst peopk longer to get the full reretirement e entitlemement. the changes hahave been hard ming in the past. century,er half a proposals to reform pension systems are brought workers into the streets. 2003 two today, millions of protested against changes to france's retirement system. emman

withfor business s news stephen carroll. speeche been following a by the prime minister. thehe destruction and the frenench capital is pectctedo be the worst the city has seen i 12 years. metro lines will be shshut down entirelyly with only partial service on four others. disrupted ase well. the prime minister says they will consult on the overhaul, but he wants the reforms to be passed by next summer. >> the french government is taking its time. the french prime minister said public consultations will be held on the matter until the end of the year with lawmakers expected to vote in the sum of 2020. prime minister hinted at what is to come. a we are going to build universal system. it will give everyone the same rights. system requires scrapping scrappinggimes and parks that are no you longer -- that are no longer useful. >> t the plan inclcludes scrappg the current pension systems and replacing them with one universal scheme, maintaining the retirement age at 62. woulde at which workers receive their full pensions. those who retire earlier would receive less. unions hav

stephen c carroll will tell us about how the system is being used in china in o our business update. on liveur top stotory from paris. carrie lam has announced the end of the extradition bill that kicked off protests. since the protests started in june, they have turned to a push for greater democracy. here is more of what carrie lam had to say. >> the government will withdraw the bill in order to allay public concerns. the secretary for security will move a motion adding to the rules of procedure when ththe legislativive council resumes. pellegrin is in beijing. announced she would withdraw the bill. what does that mean? t this bill l cannot be revevid in the future. she will let it lapse and let it die. this bilill was originally proposed by the chief executitie as a way to close a legal loophole withihin hong k kong'ss that would a allow hong kong toe crimiminals andndor fufugitives. it w would have allowed hong kog extradite suspects to jurisdictionons where it doeoest haveve extraditition agreementn. one of those is mainland chinana critics werere worried t this wd i independenc

carlson mark stephen carney joyce ann carpeneto jeremy caz carrington michael t. carroll peter j. carroll james joseph carson, jr. christoffer mikael carstanjen angelene c. carter james marcel cartier sharon ann carver vivian casalduc john francis casazza paul regan cascio neilie anne heffernan casey william joseph cashman thomas anthony casoria william otto caspar alejandro castaño arcelia castillo leonard m. castrianno jose ramon castro william e. caswell >> and my grandfather. she was a brave and hard working man. he never gave up on the work he started. always used to make people laugh and made sure the job was done right the first time. he had two children and a wonderful wife. if he was still alive, i would not only think of him as my grandfather, but my role model. i love you, papa jerry. god bless all of the families on this difficult day and god bless america. >> and my uncle, joseph patrick henry. i'm honored to be named after you and i know you're watching over us right now. [ applause ] chalasani william a. chalcoff, eli chalouh, charles lawrence chan, mandy chang, ros