With mayor during the unveiling of the wax figure. I cant, you know, couple years ago. And, couldnt believe it. He was not afraid to, to like talk to people. They know regular people, and san francisco. Something even the youngest of san franciscans, could understand. He always cared about everything. When i listened, i saw him, some where like cleaning up trash. For san francisco, i loved it. Visitors were turned away. Professional plans could be made. Just after clo8 00, the last. Now a public memorial for mayor lee set for sunday. Speakers will include acting mayor, lieutenantgovernor newsom, diane feinstein, nancy pelosi, willie brown, and ed lees daughters. Memorial celebration of the may youre life will be sunday at 3 00 p. M. At city hall. Open to the public. We said. Live coverage on abc 7 news and news app as well. Community celebrated for one of the men at the center of the bay area immigration debate. He walked into the San Rafael School gym amid applause. An undocumented fa
Only at jack in the box. The memorial continues to grow in honor of the late San Francisco mayor ed lee. These are live pictures outside city hall where his funeral will be held tomorrow. Good evening. Im eric thomas. Im deon limb. Thousands are expected to attend the Services Including some of the bay areas most prom innocent political names. Tiffany wilson is live outside San Francisco city hall with more, tiffany . Reporter eric and deon, city hall was closed for a private event set up for the Services Expected to begin at 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow. As you mentioned, the memorial behind me continues to grow. We have seen so many people stop to look, reflect, and pay their respects. The steps of city hall bear the weight of San Franciscos love for mayor ed lee. Its thoughtprovoking. Sad and beautiful. Reporter this memorial serves as a living rebind remin the mayor the city lost unexpectedly as he collapsed at a supermarket tuesday. The past few days filled with public and prive grief. Tho
The passage of the bill. House republicans are now in a meeting working on a way forward on the continuing resolution with shortterm federal spending set to run out on midnight on friday. They are meeting here in the capital and gaveling back in shortly for votes on a couple of measures debated earlier today. They are discussing their plans on the continuing resolution. Funding the government past friday night. Billy house of bloomberg tweets that the plan now is for the c. R. To run through january 19, but House Republicans are still talking about it with their leaders in a meeting. He says that fisa, the temporary externed for that is to be attached to this continuing resolution. Rank anne file members have been told. Well have live coverage of the house here momentarily. Going to gavel back in. Stay here live at the capitol on cspan. On cspan were live on capitol hill. Republican members of the house are meeting on the continuing resolution. The shortterm funding measure, the curren
Robert costa from the Washington Post and the moderator of Washington Week on pbs. I am pleased to have him on this program. Welcome. Let me begin with tax reform and what the senate is proposing, and how different it is from the house bill, and how significant are they . Robert they are pretty significant at this point. Robert the key challenge for republicans is whether they want this tax cut legislation to be populist in nature or not. They know they want a Corporate Tax rate come bring down the rate to 20 . At the same time, the debate between the Senate Version and the house version for republicans is about the top rate. Should top earners see a tax cut or not . That is going to be something that is going to perhaps hold up the bill in the coming weeks. Charlie what about other issues come in terms of the corporate rate . I heard they may delay the corporate reduction until 2019 . Is that still under consideration . Robert that is exactly right. That comes back to the point about
Hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed. Praise but also concerns about how bbc news reported the terrible Grenfell Tower block fire in london. And was the General Election result wrongly presented as a disaster for the conservatives and a triumph for labour . There have been many shocking and distressing images on the news recently and tuesday nights fire which engulfed a west london block of flats provided yet more. The following morning Victoria Derbyshire spoke to a man who had escaped from the tower. There is a man who threw two of his children. Two of his children. Come on, man. Wow. We saw a lot. We saw a lot, man. We saw a lot with our own eyes. We saw friends, families. Honestly, its all right, you dont have to say any more. Sandra martin e mailed us with this message about Victoria Derbyshire some viewers, though, objected to what they saw as the intrusive nature of that interview. And others, including this one from Home Affairs Editor mark easton. My sister, an