A victory for the American People democrats say only the wealthy will benefit well get analysis from washington also coming up the European Commission that follows through on its threats of punish poland over judicial reforms that it says are undemocratic the move could see more saul stripped of its Voting Rights in the e. U. These spanish region of catalonia prepares for a crucial election tomorrow will it several a bitter dispute over independence well go live to barcelona. Also coming up are the wheels coming off for europe deals the on demand private driver locating company a big blow europes top court says it is a taxi service not just an hour and that difference is huge well tell you why. Im brink off its good to have you with us in the United States the house of representatives has given its final approval to a sweeping overhaul of the u. S. Tax code it had already been approved by both chambers of congress but an embarrassing procedural error focused the senate or force the sen
Your hand get clammy. You know what im talking about. That is what it still feels like right new but dew points are high depending on your location paw we are in transition with the front that brought in damaging storms last night, still trying to push away. Thankfully storm scan emptied out and looking to the south we have cloud cover not necessarily showing up on the radar but it is hazy. You can see how that front headaches its full retreat on the radar. All of the storms out to sea but that said, it will still look dreary looking outside the window. Here we are in the live Neighborhood Network 70 degrees outside palmyra cove nature park but this will be a scene that brightens up with time new that the sunnies rising over the horizon as we speak. Pollen report jim wont like this, pollen is high ter day, it is in the medium to lower range but still out there, grass, and plantain and dock are the predominant pollen. It drops off tomorrow. A storm system waits in the wings we will trac
In the ukrainian capital kiev there are contradicting reports about the whereabouts of president Viktor Yanukovych. Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said the president left kiev and the country must hold early elections, but a senior aide says he is still in the country and has no intention of leaving. Protesters claim to a taken control of the president ial administrative building in kiev. Our coverage begins there. Ofthis morning, the Balance Power appears to be changing in favor of the protesters. Selfdefense forces, as they call themselves, say they control access to the parliament and the president ial office and their threat, apparently, no longer necessary. I know there are no militia in the president ial building. There are few security people, but they are cooperating with us. There is no conflict. Viktor yanukovych is said to have led the city. Rumors abound. Yanukovychviktor bowed to pressure from the opposition and the eu and approved a compromise deal that provides for t
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has said that irans admission that it shot down by mistake a ukrainian passenger plane over tehran is an important first step. Four britons were among the 176 People Killed in wednesdays crash. A Senior Iranian military official said the airliner was misidentified as a cruise missile. Irans president rouhani has called the downing of the jet an unforgiveable mista ke. Our Diplomatic Correspondent Caroline Hawley has more. This is the moment iran made a catastrophic error, firing a missile into a passenger plane, killing everyone on board. For three days, in the face of mounting evidence, iran adamantly denied it was responsible. But this morning brought an extraordinary about face. On state run television, a Senior Commander of the powerful revolutionary guards came out, on the orders of the supreme leader, to come clean. He explained that irans air defences had been on alert. They thought american cruise missiles had been fired. A quick deci