Iraq nearly 100. 00 people have been killed during days of protest over the stagnant economy. Thanks for joining us hong kong is facing down another tense day a chord is set to hear a legal challenge filed by lawmakers against a ban on prodemocracy activists wearing face masks many protesters have already defined the prohibition sparking clashes with riot police. From the streets into the courtroom hong kongs prodemocracy lawmakers are hoping the judiciary will take their side theyre making a 2nd bid to overturn a facemask ban and Emergency Powers which bypass the Legislative Council today is about authoritarianism versus it will last i would say this is one of the most important constitutional cases in the history of all of this could be at the very last constitutional fight on our part but this emergency will just get so passed just like that hong kong will be into a 4 week lot of our fight there. On saturday protesters lined up hand in hand against the Emergency Powers forming a hum
Early afternoon. As we go to the noon hour well see low 80s for many of our micro climates and a few spots reaching the mid80s before it starts to come back down for the evening as gusty winds pick up. That will keep it cool for the weekend. Well talk more about that. Mike, theres a crash in san rafael. Everybody is keeping it cool as well northbound. Now lets show you northbound i cant show you because there are no lights. You see the headlights. Thats the southbound commute. A crash was cleared around central san rafael. Everything on the Speed Sensors looks great. Theres a little blip coming into sunnyvale. Well check on that. Right there 580 through the altamont pass. Back to you. Thanks, mike. Another hot button day is on tap in our nations capital. A live look now at capitol hill where President Trump is still denying accusations of impeachment acts calling all the reporting a hoax. Today, in just hours, acting director of National Intelligence will testify. House Speaker Nancy P
Help. [ light laughter ] im kidding. He turned into a bat and flew into a window. [ laughter and applause really you subpoenaed Rudy Giuliani for documents . Does this look like a man who keeps all of his documents organized . [ laughter ] his office probably looks like the first half of a hoarders episode. [ light laughter ] he probably already lost the subpoena you just served him [ laughter ] House Speaker nancy pelosi told democrats yesterday that their tone around the impeachment inquiry must be, quote, prayerful, respectful, solemn, worthy of the constitution. While President Trump told republicans their tone must be divorced dad at his sons Little League game. [ laughter and applause in a new interview with people magazine, Hillary Clinton called President Trump a, quote, corrupt human tornado. I mean thats going a little far. Human . [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause President Trump President Trump tweeted a quote from a fox news contributer yesterday claiming that removing hi
Heres another headline from asia. North korea says u. S. Authorities will hold talks on their Nuclear Program on saturday. We dont know who represents america. The state department confirms, however, that the talks will take place. Politics. Real trouble for joe biden. Hes becoming a casualty of Speaker Pelosis impeachment drive. Fox has obtained this picture showing the former Vice President with his son hunter and on the far left, devin archer, who was also a director of the Ukrainian Gas Company. Biden has said he never discussed his Sons International business with him, but they went on this golf outing in the hamptons in 2014 when mr. Biden was president obamas point man on ukraine. As for the market, well, it looks like a rally on wall street to start the new month. Yes, its october 1st. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart take a look at this. Im going to say it again. Despite it all, weve got the market opening higher this morning. The Fourth Quarter begins as of today. Sep
Torrential rains sweep across england there are flood warnings from cornwall to the isle of man. Sir mo farahs former coach banned for four years over doping. Where does that leave britains most successful track athlete . Coming up on sportsday in the next 15 minutes on bbc news. A blow for Manchester City ahead of tonights match in the Champions League at home to Dinamo Zagreb good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. After ten weeks in office, borisjohnson now says he is days away from offering the eu a far reaching plan for brexit. As ever, it is the question of what to do about the border between Northern Ireland and the republic that holds the key to a deal. Speaking to the bbc, the Prime Minister said that his plan would include some customs checks on the island of ireland after brexit. But he insisted they would be minimal and would not involve new infrastructure. With more, heres our Political Editor laura kuenssberg. And a warning, there are reports this this report con