Deeply popular reform the pension system. Protection. For child sex abuse images we hear reaction to the. Apple is not clear about that apple says illegal pot possible what does that mean thats terrifying language has been used effectively with violence with. Many many images of me. Doing it. With stories from the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments as well welcome to the weekly an R T International you know oneill we begin this hour with breaking news authorities in iraq say theyll. Herb a centering for all of the Country Service personnel the facility also has his u. S. Troops and was previously targeted following washingtons assassination of the iranian general kassam solem ali well for more im joined by donal quarter what more are we learning just recap what news is coming in well you know this is this is a really breaking news story so weve got some conflicting reports one says that 7 mortar bombs hit the base another says 8 rockets hit the base but we dont know for
Of the s p 500. Just about a half a point higher. We are going to be hearing from travellers United Technologies verizon and many more out later this afternoon. Its all about tech. Beyond earnings here the other big stories were watching this morning in greece today the government submitted a bill needed to officially start talks in the rescue package. The Prime Minister has until tomorrow night to get the measures adopted in parliament. Increasing year over year last month but only slightly. This shows how a slowing economy is hurting Investor Confidence and in Corporate News out today, the ceo was stepping down. This comes after an independent investigation says he was aware the company was inflating his profits over a number of years. Ibms earnings top which normally happens but revenues fell for a 13th straight quarter. It had to be because of the stronger dollar. You dont get revenue drops of 13. 5 . I dont know what organically it was. The strong dollar continuing to weigh on the
Burned. The fire started around 3 30 this afternoon. Quickly devoured 150 acres. Its now 1,000 acres and is zero percent contained. It spread so fast. New video just in. Here you can see a structure in flames. Cal fire says the fire is spreading rapidly in heavy brush and timber and of course its bone dry. Getting to it is difficult. Cal fire has called in more resources to help. An Evacuation Center has been opened in lower lake. The rag fire in napa and solano counties continues to threaten more than 100 homes. Nearly 150 acres reignited, forcing evacuations. The fire has now burned almost 7,100 acres. Its 80 contained. There are more than 6,000 firefighters battling ten active wildfires in california. Well, of course this hot weather is not helping the firefighting effort at all. No. Abc 7 was in the south bay where temperatures were so hot alomar park was shut down because of concerns about the fire danger. In Alameda County people hit the beach. Having a lot of fun in the sun whil
Is where the storm is coming in atlanta. First a check to david of the weather. We have been watching irma to continue to fall apart over the last couple of hours its still packing winds about 60 to 65 miles per hour, but it is continuing to pass out of the region and starting to weaken through the next couple of days. I want to talk about what weve been seeing with irma here were going to start off by talking about what the damage currently looks like you can see what the pictures looked like earlier, where we had strong winds as this came ashore into portions of florida with some very strong winds. Right now it is down to Tropical Storm force. It is expected to stay a Tropical Storm force level for at least the next couple of hours and then as we head through the next couple days, well continue to weaken into a tropical depression. One of the concerns weve had is whats happening in jacksonville easterly and southwesterly wind, so its packing the water up the st. Johns river and leadi
Of what realworld folks are going through. Ill just give you one quick example. Senator mccain and i disagreed recently when the Supreme Court made it more difficult for a woman named Lilly Ledbetter to press her claim for pay discrimination. For years, she had been getting paid less than a man had been paid for doing the exact same job. And when she brought a suit, saying equal pay for equal work, the judges said, well, you know, its taken you too long to bring this lawsuit, even though she didnt know about it until fairly recently. We tried to overturn it in the senate. I supported that effort to provide better guidance to the courts. John mccain opposed it. I think that its important for judges to understand that if a woman is out there trying to raise a family, trying to support her family, and is being treated unfairly, then the court has to stand up, if nobody else will. And thats the kind of judge that i want. Schieffer times up. Mccain obviously, that law waved the statute of l