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Aside from the obvious politics that seattles a pretty liberal town and that the u. S. Senate cant get a single piece of legislation through without a super majority thanks to republicans routine abuse of the filibuster . But another part of the difference is that in seattle there is sufficient pressure from the left. In november of last year kshama suwant, a socialist, an avowed socialist, was elected to seattle city council. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, and she leaves a Grassroots Group called 15 now. A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they ag...

A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they agreed to the headline figure of 15 an hour, they wanted some key qualifiers like a temporary training wage, a phasein period, for health care, commissions, tips, and bonuses to be counted in total wages. The deal announced by seattle mayor ed murray today was a compromise, and he had this to say about the achievement. Cities have often been the incubators of democracy, and seattle i think will prove itself when this process is finished in council to once again be an incubator of democracy, to be a city that once again does great things...

Williams. Good evening everyone, im ann curry in for brian. On a day in fastmoving developments in the Bowe Bergdahl story. With three days ago the white house recovery of an Army Sergeant shifted dramatically today with the army announcing that they are having a high level inquiry how the soldier was captured in the first place. Today senators from both sides of the aisle publicly questioned whether president obama violated a law in a prisoner swap with bergdahl that released five top taliban commanders from guantanamo and before bergdahl has even made it back to the u. S. After almost five y...

Aside from the obvious politics that seattles a pretty liberal town and that the u. S. Senate cant get a single piece of legislation through without a super majority thanks to republicans routine abuse of the filibuster . But another part of the difference is that in seattle there is sufficient pressure from the left. In november of last year kshama sawant, a socialist, an avowed socialist, was elected to seattle city council. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, and she leaves a Grassroots Group called 15 now. A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they ag...

And over the past two days theyve made agreements on fighting Climate Change and ebola. As well as boosting the Global Economy. Member countries also had strong words for russias president Vladimir Putin over its actions in ukraine. Senior White House Correspondent jim acosta is live for us in brisbane. Jim, this summit was supposed to be about Global Economic growth. It looks as though Vladimir Putins frosty receptions seems to have overshadowed everything. You know, it absolutely did, zain. At a News Conference that wrapped up this g20 summit, president obama took note of the fact that he ha...