Good monday morning im Frances Rivera im phillip mena. Authorities canceled all departure flights after thousands of prodemocracy crowded the terminal hundreds of fliers were left stranded at one of the worlds busiest airports matt joining us from cohong kon. Why are the protesters targeting the airport . This is the fourth day of occupying this airport so, this is sort of a continuation, but they never had the previous numbers and thats because theyre reacting to the fresh scenes by the violence by the police not here by in Central Hong Kong and they show Police Firing tear gas inside one of the Mass Transit Railway stations at close range against the protesters and really beating them up. There was also an image that was circulating widely on social media of a woman who was shot by some sort of police projectile on her right eye and now people are saying there is a possibility that she might lose sight permanently in her eye that is what insighted these protesters to go to the airpor
Good monday morning, im philip mena. Im frances rivera. President trump igniting a firestorm with a tweet and he suggested they go back and help fix the totally broken and crimeinfested places from which they came. While he didnt mention anyone by name he appeared to be referencing four freshmen democrats, none of whom are white, and all but one from the United States. Craig boswell has more from d. C. Democrats denounced the comments as racist. Reporter good morning, everyone racist is the key word and the four progressive congresswomen have fired back at the president as reaction from the president s tweets continue to add up this morning. Targeting a group of democratic congresswomen. The president saying they should back to the crimeinfe places y came from. All four are u. S. Citizens all but one born in the u. S. A sad state of affairs when the president of the United States is going to use race in a way that the divides the country and then be ignorant about who all these people
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Is like as a centenarian with what must be our oldest ever sofa guest. And nick miller has the weather. Its still windy out there, tamer they will slowly eased today. A wet start for some of us, the weather on the mend this sunday. The bold forecast in the next half an hour. Good morning. First, our main story. The government say its considering ways of making buying and selling houses faster, cheaper and less stressful in england and wales. Its launching a consultation which will look at whether its possible to reduce moving costs and end practices like gazumping. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam reports. Moving home is often compared to getting divorced in terms of stress and worry. Picking your new home is the easy part of the process, before venders, surveyors, solicitors, banks, agents and removal vans get involved. Currently, it can take three months on average to move home. Getting the mortgage offer from your bank alone takes around 50 days. And a quarter of all transaction
So whos right . Ill speak to one firm that says things are looking up, but its tough out there. In sport Lewis Hamilton labels Sebastian Vettel a disgrace after the two collide in an action packed azerbaijan grand prix. Coming of age he made his debut just six years ago, now ed sheeran has closed the Glastonbury Festival on the main pyramid stage. And carol has the weather. For many of us today, it will be a fine and dry day with a fair bit of sunshine. However, the cloud will build from the west and we will see some rain in Northern Ireland later this afternoon, heralding an u nsettled this afternoon, heralding an unsettled week ahead. First, our main story. Every single tower block which has had its cladding tested since the grenfell disaster has failed fire safety inspections. 60 high rises in 25 areas of england have been examined so far. Local councils are being urged to send samples in more quickly for testing. There are still more than 500 other buildings nationwide that need to