Its newsday. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, and 7. 30am in pyongyang, where north koreas Supreme Leader kimjong un has given his sister more power by promoting her to the nations top Decision Making body. 28 year old kim yo jong will replace her aunt in the politburo. Her promotion is being seen as further evidence of the kim familys iron grip on north korea. 0ur asia pacific editor, Michael Bristow has more. 0ver over the weekend, the north Korean Leader paid homage to his father and grandfather, both ruled the country before him. It was a reminder that ruling north korea, since its founding in1948, ruling north korea, since its founding in 1948, has been a family of there. To reinforce that point, mr kim used a Party Meeting to promote his younger sister, kim yo jong, who was not yet 30 and only started appearing regularly a few yea rs started appearing regularly a few years ago but is thought to be in charge of her brothers public appearances. It is uncertain how much power she
Over toward the bay bridge you are at the minimums of course through the maze right now. 5 00, new this morning San Francisco 49ers are making a pledge to team up with Law Enforcement to call for the ban of bump stocks on guns. And to foster better relations between the police and the community. Today in the bays bob redell is live outside of levi stadium. What is motivating the team to reach out to Law Enforcement on this issue . Well, good morning to you, marcus and laura. Im still waiting to hear back from the San Francisco 49ers. This pledge comes in the wake of the controversy surrounding players kneeling during the national anthem. This is a movement that was started by former quarterback Colin Kaepernick here at levi stadium and its a movement that critics see not only as disrespectful to the flag but to the military and Law Enforcement as well. Later this morning the 49ers, the San Jose Police Officers Association and several other poas from the west coast and new york will sig
Proposed requirement beforehanding graduates in chicago their high school diplomas. Introductions under way. Welcome to the National Press club. The place where news happens. My name is andrea. Im part of the breaking newsdesk at Bloomberg News and im Vice President of the National Press club. Before we get started, id like to remind everyone again please in our audience to please silence your telephones. Our viewing and listening audience, feel free to also follow along on twitter using the hash tag press club. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. So any applause or reaction that you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now id like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants stand up when i say your name. We have jamal abdul alim, senior staff writer of diverse issues and Higher Education. We have jer
Welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. My name is andrea edney. Im part of the breaking news desk at Bloomberg News and im Vice President of the National Press club. Before we get started i would like to remind everyone again, please, to in our inhouse audience to please silence cellphones if you havent already. For our viewing and listening audience follow along on twitter using the pressclub. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now, i would like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants, please stand up when i say your name. We have jamaal abdul allen, senior staff writer at diverse issues in Higher Education. We have jerry weller, former u. S. Representative from illinoiss 11th district and president of t
Welcome to the National Press club, the place where news happens. My name is andrea edney. Im part of the breaking news desk at Bloomberg News and im Vice President of the National Press club. Before we get started i would like to remind everyone again, please, to in our inhouse audience to please silence cellphones if you havent already. For our viewing and listening audience follow along on twitter using the pressclub. For our cspan and public radio audiences, please be aware in our audience today are members of the general public. Any applause or reaction you may hear is not necessarily a reaction of the working press. Now, i would like to introduce our head table. Please hold your applause until each head table member has been introduced. Head table participants, please stand up when i say your name. We have jamaal abdul allen, senior staff writer at diverse issues in Higher Education. We have jerry weller, former u. S. Representative from illinoiss 11th district and president of t