Afternoon, im looking forward to the discussion. I promise to be nicer than the associate justices were in interrupting when they made their arguments. We are here because of this gentleman to my left, gerald bought stock who lost his job because of his Sexual Orientation. He was an awardwinning Child Welfare advocate in the casa program in Clayton County, georgia. He took the program to unprecedented levels of success and hes making a difference in the lives of neglected children in his community, all of that changed when the county learned that he was gay. Hes been encouraging his friends to join a gay softball league. The fascinating part of this case and we will learn about how the Supreme Court arguments went this morning, goes back to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The law protects americans from Workplace Discrimination, the Appeals Court has apparently splintered on this, the second and seventh circuit ruled it protects americans of lgtbq, but the 11th circuit did not. This is h
Countries are trying to resolve who will accept the refugees rescued from the mediterranean leaders from germany italy and france are meeting in manila in malta to find a solution to the ongoing dialogue. Plus the game of thrones rules once again at the emmys they describe a willful best drama take a look at the winds and upsets on t. V. Big night. Cheema. The worlds oldest travel Company Thomas Cook has collapse after feeling to secure a last minute bailout more than half a 1000000 people worldwide a car into travelling with the group the u. K. Civil aviation authorities beginning an operation to bring home some 250000 british customers stranded abroad british tourists stuck on the Spanish Island of majorca have been airing their frustration. Nightmare they mistrust. Not wanted really the full. What can you do we want to show in the news to change a whats happening. Though no one has spoken does no one has email to support the pain that you just won but i. Thought you were flying once
The slow areas to start. Well track the trivalley. The Speed Sensors around the rest of the bay are showing a lighter flow of traffic including highway 4 which is at speed. There is a build starting subtly at the bay bridge. Developing on capitolill this morning, House Speaker nancy pelosi announcing a formal impeachment inquiry in to President Trump. The House Speaker accuses mr. Trump of betraying National Security and the integrity of american elections with his conduct. Today in the bays tracie potts live on capitol hill to break down what it all means. Tracie . Hey, laura, good morning. So what it is and what its not. Its not a finding of wrongdoing or even a charge for President Trump, but what it is, is a step forward for democrats in this impeachment journey. It is a formal inquiry now, so everything they do, the hearings, the testimony, the evidence, is now part of a formal process to determine if the president broke the law. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made it official, lawmak
At dash cam video showing an outofcontrol suv pulling a uhaul, right there slams into two firefighters. It happened in stringtown, oklahoma. Police say the suv lost control on a wet road. It crashed into another vehicle, then the trailer swung around there and hit the firefighters. Amazingly, they only suffered minor injuries. Turning now to the tragic new developments in that deadly fire aboard a scuba dive excursion boat off california. Were learning new details about who was on board that boat. Heres abcs will carr. Reporter families worst fears confirmed. All 34 people trapped in that burning dive boat are now presumed dead. This new coast guard video shows the smoldering ship as it sinks. As of 9 40 a. M. This morning, coast guard has suspended search efforts pending further development. It is never an easy decision to suspend search efforts. Reporter the desperate search has now turned into a grim recovery operation with dive teams combing the wreckage sitting at the bottom of th
Fierce. About 90 miles east of daytona is where it sits right now after really devastating the bahamas. David i dont think we still understand the extent of it. It is really tragic what happened in the bahamas. Theres a lot of rain and water coming. The storm surge they are worried about up and down the coast. Alix in the markets we are paying attention to the broader political sphere. 8 10 upres up by by 0. 8 . The cable rate up over 1 . Yields in the u. S. Now up by three basis points. Commodities, buy everything but the u. S. Dollar. Time now for the global exchange. Joining us in hong kong is bloombergs chief north asia correspondent stephen engle. From outside westminster is bloombergs anna edwards, and from new york is bloombergs michael mckee. First we want to start with hong kong, where leader carrie lam announced the government will formerly will formally withdraw the extradition bill. M the government will fully withdraw the bill in order to relay consent. Alix can we say the