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He will be discussing the presidents response to the violence in charlottesville last month. >> what we want to see from our president is clarity and moral authority. that moral authority is compromised when tuesday happens. >> last night the president met with a bipartisan group of senators. we are told he approached it as a trust building exercise. the president is willing to work with democrats now that he has shed the advice of hard line republicans who are no longer in the white house. se...

The seattle times was first to report the latest allegations made by one of ed murrays cousins. this marks the fifth time since april that murray has been accused of sexually abusing teenage boys. murray has denied all accusations. this morning, the cleanup continues in the united states in the wake of hurricane irma. 54 deaths have been blamed on the storm. 12 of them in florida alone. in the battered florida keys its estimated 90% of homes were damaged or destroyed outright. in jacksonville ...

The offense of words and actions of north korea. many u.s. officials do, no doubt a reason why the marines are out there. >> bret: s greg palkot in south korea. up next, we will go live to jacksonville, florida, dealing with severe flooding from hurricane irma. here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 45 in baltimore, the justice department will not bring charges against six police officers involved in the arrest and death of freddie gray. the officers were charged by st...

Opposite, the new study found the working poor are making more per hour but taking homeless pay. the new wage is boosting worker pay but also resulted in a 9% reduction in hours and $175 cut to monthly paychecks. >> this is a two edged sword. if you raise the minimum wage, taking money away from the people you are trying to help. >> the study shows not everyone is struggling, job growth in seattle is strong up 13% in the past year but only for those making more than $19 per hour, ed murray tweet...

Did go up 3%, but employers really tighten their belts and cut hours by 9%. the net result was actually lowering payroll and for the workers, admitted average of one to $5 less on a paycheck per month. business leaders say its economics. when you make some the more expensive, people get by with less of it. >> they have not laid off people. the result is the same. if you going to decrease peoples hours, and theyre going to have livable wages. >> the study finds overall employment in the restauran...

This news? >> well, we would like to know. they are basically dodging all the reporters asking them questions. we tried for several days trying to get a comment and none of them would return our phone calls. mayor ed murray issued a generic study over the weekend that stayed in part we were warned the economy would tank, jobs would dry up and employees would flee. today seattles economy is the strongest it has ever been. the unemployment rate has gone down here, all the job growth has been in th...

Mayors throughout the country that are standing up. inac just a couple of weeks aerk 60 plus mayors from 31 states throughout the country on the same day of immigrant day of action, we stood with our community with a message that mayors stand for all and you know, the mayors voice is so important here especially since now these issues are being taken to the court. the truth is many of these terms for example, sanctuary city, its been used as a political term, but it means so many different thing...

Cities is heading to court. the trump administration is threatening to with hold funds from cities that do not detain immigrants for federal agents and seattle is suing, arguing states rights. >> this administration has created an atmosphere of anxiety in cities across america and has created chaos in our politics. it is time for cities to stand up and ask the courts to put an end to the anxiety in our communities and the chaos in our system. >> and that was seattle mayor ed murray, explaining w...

Welcome back. seattle suing to stop the federal government from stripping billions in federal grant money from so-called saun sanctuary cities. joining us, seattles mayor ed murray. thank you for joining us. so your lawsuit names president trump, attorney general jeff sessions and john kelly. why do you think that you can take on the federal government? >> you know, "the washington post" said it best. seattle should be called a constitutional city, not a sanctuary city. the constitution clearly ...

President attack people online that dont necessarily agree with his policies. you worried about that? >> you know, i am not. he can do what he does. this is not about him as a person. its about his policies. my career, ive worked with right wing conservative republicans in the legislature. its not about who they are. its about how we move forward for this country, for our state and for our city. >> ed murray, thank you for joining us. coming up -- march madness. trump administration style. to ...