Aside from the obvious politics that seattles a pretty liberal town and that the u. S. Senate cant get a single piece of legislation through without a super majority thanks to republicans routine abuse of the filibuster . But another part of the difference is that in seattle there is sufficient pressure from the left. In november of last year kshama suwant, a socialist, an avowed socialist, was elected to seattle city council. She backed efforts to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour, and she leaves a Grassroots Group called 15 now. A Business Coalition in seattle countered. And while they agreed to the headline figure of 15 an hour, they wanted some key qualifiers like a temporary training wage, a phasein period, for health care, commissions, tips, and bonuses to be counted in total wages. The deal announced by seattle mayor ed murray today was a compromise, and he had this to say about the achievement. Cities have often been the incubators of democracy, and seattle i think will prov
White house. A retired general told lawmakers American Forces should have tried to respond to the terror attack on the u. S. Consulate in benghazi. I happened september 11, 2012, killing four americans including the ambassador to libya. Some republicans accuse the white house of covering up the attackers true motives. The white house denies that and says the controversy is political, part of a bogus Conspiracy Theory. We have live team fox coverage. Ed henry at the white house, where he had an Intense Exchange with press secretary jay carney. But first, lets get to Catherine Herridge with more on the hearing in congress. The retired general tetched that seven hours into the attack on september 11, 2012, they knew at the command center in germany it was direct assault and not connected to a protest or a video. It was mayoral on in early on in the earning. Before 3 15 in the morning. Absolutely. We were absolutely. We i would have to say probably dismiss that notion by then, by working w
Mr. Mayor, have you purchased Illegal Drugs in the last two years . Yes, i have. I have saved more taxpayers money than any mayor in torontos history. I was elected to come down here and clean up the mess. And i know i have done that. Have i made mistakes, counselor thompson . Youre absolutely right i made mistakes. Now, mayor rob ford cannot be recalled, but his colleagues have been pressuring him to step down on his own. This meeting, it just resumed moments ago. The mayor there, rob ford. Youre seeing him. He said he will not leave, but he did tell the 44 counsel members he wont talk to police. He now says he is clean and he has come clean to the people of toronto. He said theres nothing left to hide. Have you admitted all your problems . I cant come i dont know what else i dont know . I dont know. There might be like a coat hanger left in my closet, i dont. I dont know whats left. Counselor, i made mistakes and thats it. I dont know what else i can say, counselor. I have not missed
Disappearance of flight 370. Families had pressed for it to be made public, and now 55 days after the plane vanished, that report is out. Some of the details are frankly shocking. So lets get straight to it. Will ripley joins us from kuala lumpur with the details. So will, tell us what is in the report. Reporter well, its not just whats in this fivepage report, john, but its the time line attached to it. Some of these supplemental documents. And you asked the question, what took so long . Thats the question that i can bet a lot of these families will be asking as well. Because, you know, the plane disappeared from radar at 1 21 a. M. It wasnt until 1 38 a. M. , a full 17 minutes later, that air Traffic Control in another country, vietnam, reached out to kuala lumpur and said hey, have you heard anything from flight 370 . Okay, so had that not happened, k. L. Air Traffic Control may have taken longer than 17 minutes to notice that a plane with 239 people suddenly disappeared from radar.
Including these, the final words spoken by the two men piloting this plane. So most experts describe that as normal and routine but its what happened after the plane vanished. That is definitely not normal and definitely not routine. Joining me to discuss this more is riply. This report looks like a Chain Reaction of missteps, oversight and con vugs. Whats been the response so far . You had these five pages here which lay out the facts of this case as they know them and make a safety recommendation. Then you have these supplemental documents that describe what happened. When you heard the voice say good night Malaysia Flight 370. There was no indication that that planes transponders and devices that helped the plane communicate would be switched off and the plane disappeared from radar and 17 minutes before anybody noticed it was the vietnam air Traffic Control that checked in and said whats going on with 370 and thats when they realized hey, its no longer on our radar screen. More tro