And their country other people who are still working there i dont know how they feel whether they support me or not i dont know but they certainly wouldnt give that impression to g. C. Educating your defense as portrayed in the film even well maybe you were on the red carpet with relf with. Shadow chancellor was saying tony blair is no war criminal. That shouldnt be arrested in your defense was this war was illegal therefore you are right i find that extraordinary you know i mean there are a lot of questions that havent been oncet about why they dropped the case against me why they charge me in the 1st place you know if they were just going to turn around and drop it and the years they said it was 1st of all it was because. They couldnt. They werent convinced of a conviction. So they didnt want to waste taxpayers money subsequently theyve said it was because i couldnt have a fair trial and you know it. It begs the question why couldnt i have a fair trial what what what was their positi
Nations Security Council and devoting for war and the Spanish State sponsored violence in catalonia is defacto backed by the European Union well ask what it would take for the Pro Independence s. N. P. To support plus we speak to the lawyer of one of the democratically elected politicians being hunted down by e. U. Backed by machine for a hes told us more coming up in todays going underground but 1st we speak to one of britains greatest whistle blows katherine gun played by Keira Knightley in the new film official secrets souring refines and matt smith about british corruption of the United Nations Security Council to aerially bombard and occupy the middle east catherine welcome back to going underground so whats it like being played by Keira Knightley portraying the misery and pain as tony blairs alleged had been dry and try to destroy you for revealing that britain was part of a sinister plan to corrupt the un Security Council i never have to choose who pays me. Now its amazing shes
Caused me to sympathize with her when i watched that usually sympathize with you. Surely i mean you believe the plan was just spy a all in the u. N. Security Council Members and then potentially blackmail them into voting for the war on iraq that these 2 guys supported yes that was and that is what happened i mean they did actually send out you know send out people to africa to african nations to south america to you know talk about withdrawing aid or giving aid and various things in the run up to the war there was a big campaign to get people on board to vote for this u. N. Security Council Resolution over this is this really blackmail and thats what the memo yes the read there g. C. H. Q. Said because david obey the former head of g. C. A. Be enormous show actually proudly about g c h q he said. He said everything was by the book at him did not ask him directly about what you did g c h q that there was some solidarity with the fact you blew the whistle on this memo that appeared in y
Individual donors, and thats dramatically down. Nonprofits wonder if people dont have more to give after donate to go Natural Disaster like hurricanes, and the fires in california. We also dont know if the new tax law is causing people to pause and rethink their strategies at the end of the year. Reporter its possible the new tax law is prompting people to prepay their property taxes, due in april, and now theyre cashstrapped. In 2018, the standard deduction married couples filing jointly can take is increasing from just under 13,000 to 24,000. Theyre going to get a free deduction of 24,000. So they may not need that charitable deduction to get them up to that level anymore. Reporter Second Harvest food bank hopes people will still want to give. Their depending on it. There are certainly a lot of changes as a result of tax reform, including property tax and mortgage deductions. You can read all about it and hear what local accountants recommend at our website, abc7news. Com. Starting o
Drop in donations. It could get worse in the new year. Good evening and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im dan ashley. The big change for 2018, the tax reform law, will take effect. It doubles the standard deduction, which means less incentive to itemize your taxes. That could lead to fewer people donating. Already the Second Harvest food bank is in danger of not reaching its goal for next year. Reporter a free meal means so much to those struggling to survive in the bay area. The ceo of Second Harvest food bank worries how much the nonprofit will be able to provide in 2018. The food bank set out to raise 16. 5 million this year. Theyre still 8 million short. We have many new pantry openings planned. We have many new partners we want to bring on board. And we will have to look at whether or not well be able to open those programs. Reporter Second Harvest says in the last ten years, the number of clients it clara and counties has nearly doubled. Corporate funding is strong, but half