General motors is hoping to get the all clear for the sale of its loss making brand opel. But is the traditional car industry coming to an end . Well get a hands on look at the latest in driverless technology. Welcome to World Business report. Im rachel horne. Today the Eu Commission will decide whether or not to give the green light to General Motors for the 2. 5bn sale of its european operations. Gm is hoping to offload vauxhall and opel to the psa group thats the French Company which owns peugeot and citroen. Its easy to see why General Motors wants to sell their european operation, which is dominated by opel, has lost about 9. 1 billion since 2009. If successful, the deal would make psa the continents second biggest car maker after volkswagen and ahead of french rival renault. Opel employs 38,000 people across europe but its feared the sale could put thousands of those jobs under threat with workers in the uk and germany considered to be most at risk. With me is anna marie baisden,
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Crashes working right now. Next traffic update coming up around 6 10. New this morning, President Trump is threatening to take away federal money from uc berkeley because of last nights violent protests. Heres what he tweeted this morning. If uc berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view, no federal funds . Abc News Reporter Amy Hollyfield is in berkeley with how all this started. Reporter good morning, reggie. Let me show you the damage that extends further from campus. It didnt just happen on campus. This is on shattuck at center street. The wells fargo here, the atms were busted last night, so were the windows. You can see they have patched those up. Heres a look at what it looked like on campus, some angry demonstrators set fire to a generator. This happened outside the Student Union building. There were about 1500 people who turned out last night to protest Milo Yiannopoulos. He was coming to campus to speak, but pr
The state department is no longer cancelling the visas of those from countries mentioned in president Donald Trumps executive order. Good news for those who have been protesting the ban at airports all over the country. Kron fours Spencer Blake is live at sfo tonight with more on what this reversal means. Spencer. I spoke to an immigration attorney todayand she says everything is back to the status quo right nowso people on flights to the us right now ashould have a much easier time when they arrive at the airport. Because of a washingon state federal judges ruling fridaythe controversial travel ban youve heard so much about is not currently in effect. Usually a stay is an Equitable Relief to stop things until there can be a full hearing. To fall in line with the ruling, the state department is now allowing anyone with a valid visa to enter the us. The department of Homeland Security is no longer telling airlines to stop visa holders from boarding planes to the us in those seven mostly
Was this a peaceful protest . Today. we both come from families are parents are both immigrants. Reporter they are trying to teach their daughter of the importance of speaking out. is important that she always knows how important is to exercise our right of freedom of speech. Reporter she says the president s recent order is no laughing matter. everyopen and my phone and think maybe it will have ended. Reporter beakers are concerned with the president s threat again said sherry cities. Against sanctuary cities. Reporter the Common Thread here was the importance of speaking out. Reporter organizers are encouraging people to email and call their im countriesis no longer being carried out. A federal judge put the travel ban on hold. Kron fours Spencer Blake explains what it all meansfrom San Francisco international airport. News. Reporter the state department had revoked 60,000 visas. the inspections of people travelling into the united states. Reporter she was offering free legal help to