From the team here in london in of a africa is next and then more news from doha after that say without is there. Its impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis its not just about the billion trillion dollars of debt its not just about the banks its not just about the government to my real people. This is the innovate africa a series highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent that is on the rise today in advance africa solar powered mobile phone charging sixty percent of the sell for less than fifteen percent of accessible. Banks now canyons can run a business from the phone its a sort of what you. And the young woman behind it growing take industry in rwanda we wanted to build a platform that could really tell africa story in a light. African economies are growing the i. C. T. Revolution is help to unleash the potential of many african startups in this episode we meet entrepreneurs who are finding uniquely african ways to do business. Kenya is
Area northwest of sacramento and this was the scene near downtown sacramento. There was so much hail it looked like snow. And lets take you live above sacramento. This is pretty amazing. We watched this group of people having a hail ball fight a little earlier, just amazing. Were keeping an eye on the conditions this evening. Well have another check on your hidef doppler coming up in about 10 minutes. New at 5 00 an incredible encounter with a gray whale. Take a look at this. A group of spectators reach out and touch the Marine Mammal, but as kpix5 reporter emily turner explains, what they did could actually be illegal. Emily . Reporter liz, the video is incredible. Its such a rare encounter, so close to these gray whales, but the question that federal investigators are now asking is this legal and if its not, what are they going to do about it . While the whale watchers in this video are thrilled at the prospect of petting a whale in the wild, a spokesman for the center of biological
This evening, 2 to 4 inches of additional snowfall, todays storm is the weaker of two this week. Details on the next one are coming up in a few minutes. The other big story, oakland mayor libby schaaf stands by her tweet. She warned the people of oakland about pending immigration sweeps. The question is was she within our rights or was it obstruction of justice . As kpix5s phil matier tells us, her critics found this reckless, right, phil . Thats right. This is a combination of politics and public safety. Those are two volatile issues that when they mix up, create controversy. Thats just what oakland mayor libby schaaf did when she warned about the i. C. E. Raids. The question is did she cross the legal line . Lets hear what she has to say. Everything ive done has been legal. So she has, but former federal prosecutor tony brass said putting out a public warning about a planned immigration sweep may have crossed the line. Shes on the threshold of obstruction of justice tore doing what s
The a. N. C. But those were the headlines and news continues here on aljazeera after in effect africa thats watching africa. Swear every year. This is innovate africa highlighting innovation and creativity across a continent that is on the rise today in its africa solar powered mobile phone charging sixty percent about crucially how self less than fifty percent. Now kenyans can run a business from. Its owner. And the young woman behind a growing take industry. And we wanted to build a platform that could really tell african story in a light. African economies are growing the i. C. T. Revolution is help to unleash the potential of many african startups in this episode we meet entrepreneurs who are fighting uniquely african ways to do business. Kenya is africas leader when it comes to mobile money. But also. With the Digital Payment platform and pass out around eleven and a hundred Million People use simple cell phones to pay their bills and thats more than double the number who have ban
Effects when we are running a big deficit . We always should be worried about interest rates. I dont see them spiking right away. People are fearful because we have growth coming back. We want to solve our debt. You cant solve it just by cutting. We have to grow the economy. People should be fearful of where the money is being sent spent today. It was that discretionary spending. Mandatory Social Security and interest only made 25 . That makes up 69 now. It is automatic. Congress doesnt have control over that year or two year. Issue. A demographic 10,000 people a day for the next two years are qualifying. We should protect them for future generations. It is better to do it when you have a growth economy. Anyone who studies this question says we have to deal with entitlements. We are spending all of our money. We just had a president ial election and neither candidate said we needed to take this on. Will . Re a political are the voters willing to say it is ok if i give something up . Sa