A number of which. Members of the set up yesterday and all as i said i guess they called the Coordination Council which represents around 8 Political Parties and theyve been making for pretty fiery speeches this morning so far theyre demanding hold it theyre demanding that the president is impeached there demanding that. All parliamentary members come together for a meeting a session we had a parliamentary session yesterday but it was we understand only around 20 employees took part in that emergency session. White house adviser Stephen Miller has become the latest Trump Administration official to test positive that 19 run a dozen white house officials have now tested positive including the president a number of senior u. S. Defense command has also in isolation. Fighting is continuing between armenia and azerbaijan over the disputed nagornokarabakh region people in the territories main cities remain and shelters off the shelling overnight by sides accuse each other of launching attack
Instant information. With that, we say good afternoon, everybody. Now, to our other top story, new fallout today in the wake of the sex scandal involving Police Officer s across the bay area. In oakland alone, four officers have been fired and seven have been place on unpaid leave. Today, an officer from another department is stepping down. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony joins us live at Oakland City Hall with new details and the effort under way to help the woman at the center of this scandal. Laura. Reporter we are learning today that mayor schaafs announcement took many at city hall by surprise and some concern her announcement may impact the yet unfinished criminal investigation. We clearly have damaged Community Trust during the course of this scandal. Reporter with the citys investigation behind her, oakland mayor schaaf has been intent on moving on that left four oakland officers fired and seven others suspended without pay. We will hold our officers to nothing but the highest
Very hard. They said this was their objective and have not done it. One followup with you. You were there when bill clinton was in office. When thing he did was make some deals with republicans that his own party was not happy with. Obamandering if you think would be willing to do things the majority of his own party does not want him to do. It really rests with the attitude of the president. If the president decides he really does want to get things done on a bipartisan basis and is willing to take some risks, i think democrats will follow his lead. If he hides in the white house, if he doesnt take a strong role. Im afraid it will be much harder. Im hopeful the president will look to his legacy and try to provide a real leadership. The big issues that has bedeviled congress is the debt ceiling. It is coming up again. I know senator mcconnell has make their he is not interested in a government shut down. The question of whether it moves , im curious to what you think will happen. To ha
Part two is still coming and it brings with it moderate risk of urban flooding, thunderstorms, mudslides and rockslides. I will be back with a detailed look at how much more rain you can expect and how long you are going to need the umbrellas, coming up. Its pretty wet out there. Thank you. Appreciate that. A tree fell on to wires blocking highway 116 in Sonoma County this morning. The westbound lane was closed for nearly half an hour about 6 30. Cal trans was able to reroute traffic while crews cut down the tree and cleared the road. The highway was back to normal a couple hours later. The overnight rain helped bring down an oak tree in san rafael. The homeowners said it felt like an earthquake. They were lucky. The tree missed their house. Crews at local Tree Service Companies warn we will see more of this ahead as winter wears on. Reporter did you expect this to happen today . Yeah, we were geared up ready for some mayhem. Reporter is it over . No. Big ones coming tomorrow. Overall,
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