Here at this hour in berlin its now been confirmed that germanys two biggest political groups have reached an agreement on forming a Coalition Government now outside the city you had quarters at chancellor Angela Merkels party her conservatives and the social democrats under Martin Schultz are set to announce plans for a new grand coalition any minute now you see these pictures live this follows days of negotiations in which the two were deadlocked over issues Like Health Care reform now todays agreement still faces a vote by nearly half a million social Democrat Party members. And our Political Correspondent hans has been standing out in the cold all morning waiting and watching this story for us hi hans what details do you have for us on this agreement. Well it seems clear its clear now that an agreement has in fact been reached just a few minutes ago the former general secretary of the social democrats entered this building just behind me and spoke to the press briefly he confirmed
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Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. President donald trump spent part of his day in palm beach, florida, interviewing four finalists to be his new National Security adviser. Three of them are active or retired Army Lieutenant generals. Acting National Security adviser keith kellogg, h. R. Mcmaster. , and robert caslen. The fourth candidate is former u. N. Ambassador john bolton. Mister trump is filling the vacancy left by the firing of general Michael Flynn for misrepresenting his phone calls with russias ambassador to the u. S. Before the Trump Administration took office. Today,
The coast, mid70s around the bay. 77 in napa, morgan hill to gilroy. There will be warm locations but these higher clouds are with us in the morning and then they will clear out mostly sunny will focus on the next system coming saturday. Northeast at napa airport the wind direction northeast the east component means a nice day on the coast looking for mild conditions. 62 San Francisco 58 halfmoon bay. Chalcedon liz cho at 42, northwest napa at 34. San rafael at 55. Mostly sunny today the next system light rain to the north. 60s and 70s on the temperatures, speaking of the 70s the traffic jam today is timeless hits from the 70s. The reason i mention the 70s there were a lot of songs from that era ever timeless hits. Send them and we will tell you more about it, lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. Right now you could see traffic is backed up, this will take about two led zeppelin songs and one ac dc song to get through the toll plaza, 25 minutes at the back of the commute onto the brid
In the u. S. Several homes and buildings damaged. Tremors from texas to illinois. A special edition of world news tonight begins now. Good evening. And welcome to abc news election headquarters right here in times square, where 24 hours from now, this room will be abuzz. Every seat in this room will be filled, as those first polls begin to close. This is unlike anything we have ever seen before. And tonight, we are aware that so many of you at home are grateful this election is finally here. So, lets get to it tonight. You see Hillary Clinton there with a thumbs up. Shes about to walk onto this stage in philadelphia, with the president , the first lady and the boss, Bruce Springsteen there tonight. Donald trump touching down in five battlegrounds today. Hes fired up, arguing, he doesnt need any big names. He says his crowds say it all. He is confident he will win. Our new poll showing hillary 47 , donald trump at 43 . But they are in a virtual tie, new polls in florida, clinton, 46 , t