The pro democracy parties of hong kong showed up to the polls in Record Number and swept the board in weekend elections a stunning rejection of the citys beijing backed government. Also on the programme. Uber and out. The ride sharing app has been told its licence will not be renewed in london. It plans to appeal. And the priceless jewellery of augustus the strong, has been stolen from a museum in dresden, where the security was anything but. Hello and welcome im Michelle Fleury in new york, Christian Fraser is in london. Michael bloomberg, the three term mayor of this city has announced he is running for president. The 77 year old is making a late entrance, but he has the money to make up for it. Take a look at this graphic. It shows you the tv ad spending by 2020 democrats thus far. And you will see, there is Michael Bloomberg, second in the list, and he has only just entered the race. Rather than trying to win early states, he will be focusing all his attention on super tuesday, whe
In colossal danger. Lewis hamilton says he is flying super high, after being crowned World Champion for the sixth time. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. Health bosses in england have warned politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon, during the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, the organisation which represents health trust leaders, has urged parties not to make empty promises over future funding. Our Health Editor, hugh pym reports. Nhs providers says hospitals and other trusts have been preparing for winter, but the pressures are greater than ever. Front line services, it said, arent keeping up with the growing demand for care which is particularly worrying with winter looming. But, with health featuring prominently already in the Election Campaign, there is a warning that politicians need to be straight and clear about funding promises and not overdramatise the problems. We recognise there is a political potency around the health servi
Calling it a publicist stopped. Us democrats are opening a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump of a claim he sought political help from ukraine House Speaker nancy pelosi made the announcement after trump acknowledged a phone call with ukraines president in which he discussed democratic president ial hopeful joe biden trump admitted to withholding aid to ukraine ahead of that call but denied using it as political leverage. The actions of the Trump Presidency reveal its dishonorable fact of the president s betrayal of his oath of office betrayal of our National Security and fix the integrity of our elections therefore today announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry and directing our 6 committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry the president must be held accountable no one is a part of the law trump reportedly wanted ukraines president to investigate joe biden and his son for cor
Agree to compensate the owners for the loss in value of their homes. The claim we made in the lawsuit is the difference between what the Millennium Tower units are worth today and what they should be worth. You measure that by looking at all the other similar buildings in the area and the appreciation levels they have had, which the millennium has not had. Reporter now, a judge overseeing the trial must approve the deal in 90 days. In a statement, the developer, Mission Street development, said the deal will release all claims related to the condition of the Millennium Tower, including the homeowners claims related to impacts on the building from construction of the Transbay Transit Center and the salesforce tower. They claim construction of the Transit Center next door caused the building to shift. Now, as far as the dollar amount related to the settlement, that has not been sclodisclosed. Cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Thank you. The 58story Millennium Tower opened on april 23rd, 2009,
Could have implicated the rich and powerful. Thanks for joining us. Demonstrators have gathered in hong kong for the 10th weekend of protests protesters marched in several parts of the city in defiance of a police ban calling for more democracy and greater autonomy from china the protest movement is increasingly staging socalled hit and run demonstrations to avoid a police crackdown. In hong kong. Whats happening where you are and elsewhere in the region. There are many police. Right behind me. And there are many all Riot Police Officers stuttgart at the crossbar right behind it right behind me because thats just not police cars here gas to disperse posthaste to school gather here to try the protest to the Police Station and on so far out of approach has this most of them have already left this area and they move them out at this rate in hong kong to continue their demonstrations but the but for the love of the riot police they do here this do cutting here and try to come to some stop