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Fastfood workers strike demanding $15 an hour and union rights They want to send a message to both the Biden-Harris administration and Congress to prioritize passing $15 an hour (legislation) in the first 100 days.
On Friday, fast food workers nationwide went on strike. It was a demonstration to demand higher wages and the right to unionize ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
Pressuring Biden to deliver on his campaign promise, workers in several U.S. cities including Chicago, Charleston, Detroit, Durham, Flint, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Memphis, Oakland, Orlando, Sacramento, St. Louis, Fort Lauderdale, and Tampa, fastfood workers at McDonald’s Wendy’s and other chains walked off the job on what would have been Martin Luther King’s 92 birthday, according to USA Today. Striking workers are demanding the new administration prioritizes #RaiseTheWage to $15 in the first 100 days in office.
all of this could end with cosby in prison. laura engle following the story for us. a lot of developments today, laura. reporter: hi, melissa. this is the moment that many of bill cosby s alleged victims have been waiting for. that the 78-year-old comic will face criminal charges after decades of accusations against him. at least 52 women have come forward to publicly claim bill cosby sexually abused them and drugged them too. according to the accuser the alleged abuse began in the 1960s. it took place as recently as 2008 in eight states including pennsylvania where the charges were filed and two countries, the u.s. and canada. today s charges stem from alleged sexual assault that took place in cosby s pennsylvania home 12 years ago. cosby is being charged with aggravated indecent assault which is considered a second-degree felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. he is expected to be arraigned this afternoon in elkins park in pennsylvania. cosby acknowledged 10 years a
0 how pivotal is tonight s intel briefing to these deliberations. extremely. extremely pivotal. we have now reached the critical stage in this in terms of the administration finally making its case to the american people. it will start at 6:00 p.m. eastern time tonight, as you suggested. the teleconference going to happen. susan rice, of national security advisor, john kerry, other top officials like the director of national intelligence will be on the call. the reason why it s a phone call is that members of congress are on their august recess right now. spread around the country and around the world so the administration wants to show they re consulting congress, although they re short of actually getting a vote in congress to approve any potential military force, and what is interesting you have republicans like congressman mike rogers, saying, he is backing the president up on all of this and potential military action but is surprised the public case has not been ramped destroyer
0 week. when will it cool down? shelly speaks. george zimmerman s wife in court speaking out saying her husband has beaten down her self-esteem and why she fears for her life. your new your new day starts now. good morning, welcome to new day. i am proud to announce it is thursday, august 29th, 6:00 in the east. the president is calling for action against syria. el face questions about the end game strategy, the chance a quick strike leads to an all-out war and more. we ll talk to senator tim caine of virginia for more answers. are you yawning and reaching for the coffee? a new sleep study is out from the cdc, shows how poorly americans are sleeping. prescription drug use to help with sleep on the rise. why are so many people having such a hard time sleeping and what can you do to get a better night s rest? i myself will be learning something in this. that s a big topic around this office. i will tell you. also, it is back to school time. kids hate it. check out mom, c
you re always adding burden. who is we? washington, where they often don t want our camera around. we can t just take a picture of the beautiful atrium? no. but there s so much money here, life is good. once people come to d.c. they never leave. and now, from the fox news headquarters in new york, john stossel. we start with myth number 7 because americans are so fat, it s government s job to help us eat better. changing old habits is never easy. no, it s not. so the first lady says to change behavior. it s going to take government doing its part. if michelle obama wants to inspire us by exercising on the white house lawn, that s great. but government doing its part usually means force. this is nothing to do with banning the ability to buy as much as many sugary drinks as you want. in my hometown the mayor is upset about big cups of soda. he wants cups this size illegal. this is the single biggest step any city has taken to curb obesity. plea