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 prove itself when this process is finished in council to once again be an incubator of democracy, to be a city that once again does great things. By showing how we as a city can lead the conversation in the nation to address this growing problem in our society. The growing problem of income inequality. In seattle pressure from the left is not unlike the original movement that brought us the 40hour workweek that started the may days that we now, well, kind of celebrate but dont really. In so many crucial areas of progress demands that at f
And a changed man. The inmate who skipped out on 13 years of jail time walks free again. This time with a judges approval. Hello, great to have you with us. We would lake to welcome our viewers around the United States and the world trade center. Im john vause. Im rosemary church. This is cnn newsroom. Theres a market for selling humans. Those words from the selfprofessed leader claiming responsibility for kidnapping more than 200 schoolgirls in nigeria. It happened in bonau state northeast. The fate of the girls are unknown. Most if not all may not even number nigeria at this point. Theres a small part of the near hourlong rambling video for the leaders rationale for the abduction. Listen. The mass kidnapping has sparked global outrage along with protests in big cities including rallies for the girls on monday in washington, new york, and london. Now early on in the drama, nigerias government said most of the girls were rescued. In fact, only a small number have escaped. Now increasin
This is the cbs evening news. Jeff good evening, everyone, im jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. It is called the hair hang act. Acrobats suspend in the air performing a sort of human chandelier. Today it went terribly wrong in providence, rhode island. This is video from inside the ringling brothers and Barnum Bailey performance. A camera phone was recording as eight performers dropped to the ground below. We begin with don dahler in providence, don . Reporter jeff, the show had just about reached the Halfway Point when the accident happened. Shocking the audience of 4,000 into a stunned silence. It was a dramatic sight on its own. Aerial acrobats hanging only by their hair, but then screams as the structures they were suspended on collapse and fell about 30 feet. The eight area performers as well as several performers on the ground were taken to the hospital. Providence safety commissioner steve perry says some of the injuries are serious. Theyre in critical but expec
We are live with the latest on the hunt, missing now for nearly two months. On trial again. Oscar pistorius returns to court in south africa after a twoweek delay in his murder case. His defense determined to show he shot his girlfriend accidentally, but prosecutors, they have other plans. Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. And im john berman. It is monday, may 5th, 4 00 a. M. In the east. Up first, odessa under siege. The bloodshed and violence in ukraines Third Largest city escalating dramatically. Now hundreds of prorussian militants storming a Police Station sunday, freeing dozens of their own. Nearly 50 people are now dead after three days of violence there. The bloodshed in odessa really upping the stakes in the deepening struggle now in several parts of ukraine. So, lets get the latest from arwa damon live in donetsk in Eastern Ukraine. Arwa, what can you tell us this morning . Reporter well, that violence in odessa most certainly has served to harden peo
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 sawant, 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