Lawyers for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and federal prosecutors revealed today that theyre working on a plea deal. Hastert is charged with violating banking laws and lying to federal agents. Reportedly about paying hush money to some one who accused hem of sexual misconduct. Pope francis returned to the vatican today. On the flight from the u. S. , he told reporters, that priests who sexually abused children violate the calling of god. The pope also coined a new word in italian to describe his reception in the u. S. , it translates beyond all limits. Also, beyond limits today is the discovery on mars that nasa has announced. Chip reid has that. Reporter scientists have been puzzled over the past few years by photos from a nasa satellite showing long black streaks on mars that seemed to flow downhill in warmer months then disappear when extreme cold returns. Today, nasa announced the stunning answer. Mars is not the dry, arid planet that we thought of in the past. Jim green is d
His economic plan. Trump told us he will keep American Companies from exporting manufacturing jobs. Lets say ford moves to mexico. If they want to sell that car in the United States they pay a tax. Heres whats going to happen. Theyre not going to build their plant there, theyll build it in the United States. But there is a north American Free trade agreement. There shouldnt be. It is a disaster. If you are president you will have to live with it. Excuse me. We will renegotiate or break it. Every agreement has an end. You cant break the law. Excuse me. Every agreement has an end. Every agreement has to be fair. Every agreement has a defraud. We are being defrauded by all these countries. It is called free trade and a plank of the republican platform. Scott, we need fair trade. Not free trade. We need fair trade. Its got to be fair. Came out this month. 60 of the students who took the test are not ready for college. 60 . Thats terrible. How do you fix education . One of the things i woul
The markets posting their biggest selloff since november 7th. The major indices all down more than a percent this week. Its a big day for ipos led by hilton and aeromark. We have the ceos after trading begins. Facebook, shares up on news the ipo will join the s p 500. Lululemon lower on weaker guidance. The day after the dow closed down, the worst day since september. Retail sales showed an uptick in november. Next week all eyes will be on the fed meeting as investors watch for the potential taper from the federal reserve. Maybe decks are cleared for a taper or at least a serious discussion for one, why not take your gains for the year. Is thats whats happening . We had the largest order in balance weve had ever. If you take a look to sell, if you look at when the market broke down, its look, i can shoe horn anything. I can say thats because of taper, i can say thats because of the budget deal. How about this because of the possibility that there are lots of funds that are locking in.
Good evening, welcome to kqed newsroom. The battle for city college of San Francisco to maintain its accreditation is heating up. Today protesters staged a rally and attended a meeting in downtown sacramento. The fight has mobilized state and federal politicians, fall cu and students to keep the Largest College in california from closing its doors. Community is what this is about. Nearly two years ago, the accrediting committee ordered a number of but a lawsuit filed will prevent the school from closure in 22 months. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Paint a picture for us about what happened today at the state capital. We had a semiannual meeting. As you may know, they had put in a decision last year to disaccredit city college as of july 21st 2014. We rallied people from all around the state, maybe half from San Francisco, demanding they rescind last years decision. Our college is in compliance with accreditation standards. We went there making demands of the
Good evening, welcome to kqed newsroom. The battle for city college of San Francisco to maintain its accreditation is heating up. Today protesters staged a rally and attended a meeting in downtown sacramento. The fight has mobilized state and federal politicians, fall cu and students to keep the Largest College in california from closing its doors. Community is what this is about. Nearly two years ago, the accrediting committee ordered a number of but a lawsuit filed will prevent the school from closure in 22 months. Thanks for joining us. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Paint a picture for us about what happened today at the state capital. We had a semiannual meeting. As you may know, they had put in a decision last year to disaccredit city college as of july 21st 2014. We rallied people from all around the state, maybe half from San Francisco, demanding they rescind last years decision. Our college is in compliance with accreditation standards. We went there making demands of the