Confirmed it would mark a serious escalation supporters of the former president evo morales have been rallying since monday he was forced to resign over disputed Election Results aljazeera correspondent or i suppose in the palace and was caught up herself in the unrest. As a little. Bit of a leafy on i was just thrown tear gas by the police on purpose this is whats happening in the middle of a plateau where people have been protesting peacefully a Police Officer just threw tear gas on my eyes says extremely difficult to speaks very very sorry theres been protesters. Those dozens of Police Officers here they just threw tear gas at it right in my ass as passed through and through tear gas in my eyes theres been people protesting here trying to make it to the president ial palace and theyre seeing ongoing clashes with those who are defending abel morales the people are very very angry told the police they see him supporting what they say is a coup against the government of the morales man
A complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians and all the news protests in lebanon have forced the postponement of parliament by blocking m. P. s from entering where cars were attacked near the Parliament Building and beirut but more than half the m. P. s had already chosen to call it what would have been parliaments 1st session since antigovernment demonstrations began a month ago and another Development Banks have reopened after a weeklong strike by staff nationwide saying a ha the has more from beirut protesters are declaring victory what they did is since the early hours of the morning they gathered in different locations around Parliament Building this was one of those locations basically blocking the roads leading to parliament preventing m. P. s from reaching the building where we understand 5 m. P. s managed to reach the parliament and you will need a quorum of 50 plus one which is a total of 65 and peace in order
Housing data rebounded with Building Permits at their highest levels in 12 years we are set once again for record time close on the nasdaq anything positive, of course, is a record the s p has just dipped negative the dow has been negative for most of the afternoon. Joining us for the full first hour of the show, steve weiss from short Hill Capital Partners steve, very good to see you. How you doing . Good to see you what stands out as to whether or not were going to issee a meaningful move higher or lower . Its all about trade. Home depots announcement aside, which wasnt terrible wasnt terrible or was terrible was not terrible. And the stocks appropriately are saying, theres lots of people buying it into the earnings. And home depot, lets face it, theyve delivered remarkably over the last decade, particularly since new management came in but i dont think its really a referendum this report on the health of the consumer, which is what the market is based upon. And appropriately, were b
To the streets joy and it has to be said by Many Office Workers using their lunch hour to join the protest bringing the Central District to a standstill and then it largely dispersed with later on during the afternoon with no outbreaks of violence no clashes that we have seen earlier on that this week there has of course as we know been a big change this week it seems in some some of the tactics being used by the protesters very much more targeting the working week the means of transport of people getting to work be it the subway system or highways and still at the end of this very long week we have some highways are still blocked there are still standoff between populations of students at various campuses around hong kong where they have built buildings some fairly formidable now defenses with police riot Police Standing outside not taking the bomb. In other news iraqs grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani has condemned attacks on Peaceful Protesters in the country and says that none of the
The announcement. 2. 5 billion dollars to Fast Track Solutions to the bay area housing crisis. I think what we are seeing is employers are seeing this in their interest to help solve the housing crisis. Given the whole the state of california is in its going to take everybody doing new things to help address the housing crisis. Reporter the ceo of the Housing Trust silicone valley it is earmarked for the group to provide funding for housing development. The complete breakdown is as follows, 1 billion doltsar for an Affordable Housing fund. 1 billion for a first time home buyer mortgage assistance fund, 300 million in apple owned land developed into affordable howing. Aforth mentioned 100 million for Housing Trust and 50 million to support vulnerable populations going to the san jose based destination home. 50 Million Investment from the company is going to be used to fund over 30 projects and 2400 units of housing for the most vulnerable neighbors and help to prevent 1500 families from