Donor. Race row. Next. Its 9 00. Im sophia wenzler your top story this hour. Downing street has said comments allegedly made by a tory donor about mp diane abbott were racist and wrong. It comes as the police are understood to have been contacted over Frank Hesters alleged remarks. The hesters alleged remarks. The conservative partys biggest donor reportedly said miss abbott made him want to hate all black women, and she should be shot. Mr hester has now apologised and says he abhors racism. Miss abbott, whos now an independent mp, described the comments as frightening and worrying. Meanwhile, shadow paymaster general Jonathan Ashworth says its staggering that rishi sunak has taken so long to recognise mr hesters comments as racist. Comments as racist. Theyre absolutely reprehensible comments. Reprehensible comments. Rishi sunak should now apologise to diane abbott and the £10 million the tory party have taken from this individual. Have taken from this individual. Rishi sunak should o
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Extending way beyond fruitvale at this point. So you will need to give yourself some extra time. Its requesting to be slow on all routes surrounding the area. In palo alto, northbound 101 at embarcadero, only one lane of traffic getting by at this time in the northbound direction. Three lanes shut down due to an accident that spilled a large amount of oil in the roads. Ski every so were tracking delays on northbound 101 more coming up. Two men are now in custody after police in australia say they intentionally drove an suv into an crowd of pedestrians in an area of central melbourne that was packed with christmas shoppers. Police say they arrested the driver and a passenger inside the vehicle after it crashed into a cable car stop. 14 people were hurt. Some had critical injuries. The motive for the attack is unclear. But police say the driver had a history of mental issues and drug problems. Law enforcement is trying to track down people who aim lasers at aircraft. As Christin Ayers re
A Burmese Military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is emb
A Burmese Military massacre of Rohingya Muslims. The two journalists to uncover the killings have been locked up in the burmese prison for the past two months. We will speak to the Reuters Bureau chief in burma, then to capitol hill. And budget should reflect our moral priorities. It is budget only demonstrates that trump is committed to lining the pockets of his wealthy friends. We need a budget that is based on equity and compassion. A budget that puts working families first. And that is the kind of budget that i intend to fight for. Amy we will speak with seattle congresswoman Pramila Jayapal as president for proposes deep cuts to education, health care, and social safety net programs while massively increasing the pentagons budget. Finally, we mark the 20 the anniversary of vday, the Global Movement to stop violence against women and girls. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is emb