Celebrate abbas 50th eurovision anniversary, well be speaking to cheryl baker from the group bucks fizz, who won the song contest back in 1981. Good morning in sport. Jurgen klopp has called on liverpool and Manchester United fans to show some class and end the tragedy, chanting when the two clubs meet at old trafford in the premier league tomorrow. Meanwhile their title rivals arsenal and Manchester City are in action today and protest Group Animal Rising have agreed not next weeks grand national. Ill be bringing you all the latest on storm kathleen, the strengthening winds and the very warm air it will bring all coming up in the weather very soon. 500. Soon. Morning to you. Morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon, and im Ellie Costello, and this is breakfast on gb news. Im a little bit gravelly this morning. You are a bit. Yes. Its sexy. Sounds quite good. So that wouldnt sound very good on me, but it sounds quite good on you. I dont know why. Are you so gravelly. 7 i dont know, youve been
Discuss. And later, Siobhan Hughes on the Senate Tax Bill and potential changes to the legislation. Host good morning, it is wednesday, november 29, 2017. The federal government is 10 days away from a shutdown, and the past for a spending bill is less certain than it was 24 hours ago. Congressional democrats skip the meeting set with President Trump and other members, and now with the december 8 deadline moving closer. President ats and the have said they will both play each other if the government shuts down. Who do you think will shoulder the blame in the event of a shutdown . Give us a call, democrats, 202 7488000. Republicans, 202 7488001. Independents, 202 7488002. And if you are on social media, you can catch up with us on twitter and facebook as well. A very good wednesday morning to you. We are asking your reaction today after what happened yesterday when it comes to this looming budget battle. Here is one of the headlines from todays Washington Post. To start a tense months of
Case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado civil rights commission. The case arose when Charlie Craig and david mullins, a gay cupple who walked tomorrow when Masterpiece Cakeshop in lakewood, colorado, owned and operated by Jack Phillips, a devout christian. As with all of his customers, phillip said no problem with selling the couple anything off the shelf, but he declined to make a custom made cake to celebrate the couples wedding. Citing his religious convictions. He was willing to direct them to nearby bakeries and would design a cake as he had done with others. Unsatisfied, craig and mullins filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission alleged that phillips had violated the colorado antidiscrimination act. Finding in their favor, the commission ordered phillips, among other things torques conduct comprehensive staff things, to conduct comprehensive staff training including his family members who worked at the bakery. After supporters of craig and mullins picketed the
I dont know if your web but theres a very similar case about to go to the United Kingdom Supreme Court, ashes bakery, which is based in northern ireland. Gay marriage is still illegal. They fought issue in northern ireland, but what the bakery was refusing to do was to make a cake with a slogan on it saying support gay marriage, and they said that they were quite willing to serve gay customers. In fact, the customers they refused to serve a regular customers. They would have refused to make that cake for a heterosexual couple or whoever, what they were not prepared to convey that message. And yet they have been caught so far all the with the legal system on antidiscrimination legislation. So its discrimination against gays but indeed they are being forced to support one side of a very difficult legal debate in northern ireland. Because it causes squirted the issue of race right at the end. Right, the easy answer would be thats not this case but im not going to leave you with that. That