This is al jazeera. Hello again im peter w. Watching the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes cheney Sebastian Pinera is set to return to the presidency after a decisive win in sundays vote. From the middle east to indonesia protesters denounce the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital with the resolution against them taking shape at the u. N. A power cards of the worlds Busiest Airport in atlanta causes widespread transport disruption. Also this hour in india the Prime Ministers home state gets ready to declare results up to a crucial election. Ok lets get going chiles billionaire former president will return to the top job after easily winning sundays Runoff Election electoral Officials Say sebastian pin yetta got more than fifty four percent of the vote beating his center left rival senator alexander. Payne yet his margin of victory was wider than expected opinion polls that forecast a tight race the president elect called for unity. These are goi
Man giving a tv set and stand to go with it to a man selling the big issue with only a few days to go before christmas. We will be looking into acts of kindness by strangers. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until am this morning. A heads up that later were expecting confirmation that birmingham has been chosen to host the Commonwealth Games in 2022. It was the only city bidding. So if it doesnt get it officially, that will be a massive story. Well bring you reaction to that obviously. Also today, we want to hear your breaking news from 2017 something thats happened in your own life this year. Lydia tweeted me shes had a hec of a year. 0ne, started cancer treatment. Two, bought a house. Three, treatment didnt work. Four, hysterectomy. Five, moved to london. Six, newjob. And she adds drily im hoping 2018 will have less breaking news. Let me know your breaking news from 2017, whatever it may be. Tweet me use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the
I was one was late. They were not. Blame me, not them. I just walked in first. Okay. Good morning everyone. I apologize for being late. I want to thank the Ranking Member at Senate Finance committee, senator wyden for being here as well as finance members step now and cantwell and a leading on retirement issues sheldon whitehouse, though he is years from retirement itself. Tomorrow House Republicans are expected to unveil the fine prints of their longawaited tax plan. At the risk of using a hollowing pond, we are sure the republican tax plan will be full of tricks for the middle class and full of treats for the wealthiest americans in the biggest corporations. We dont know yet what the republican will do to middleclass americans 4o1k retirement account. Many republicans will suggest that they may move the cap on pretax contributions to 4o1ks all the way down to 2400 a year. It is now 18000 if you are below one the matter which way you slice it republicans plan to do two 401ks is an Imm
8. So we are very honored by all of that but a very good part will be tax cuts and tax reform and we will work on that together. Thank you you all very much. Thank you. Talking] ] [indiscernible some people imagine that, hopefully not. Thank you. Thank you very much. [indiscernible] announcer the over on capitol hill, some democrats unveiled their own tax plans. They outlined the details of their plan and spoke out against the republican proposal at a press conference. Here is a look. I was the one who is late, they were not. Them. Me me, not i just walked in first. Good morning everyone. I apologize for being late. I want to thank the Ranking Member of the finance committee for being here as well as others. And, the leader on retirement, Sheldon Whitehouse although he is years from retirement himself. Tomorrow, House Republicans are expected to unveil the fine print of their longawaited tax plan. At the risk of using a halloween time, we are sure the republican tax plan will be full o
To dateline london. Im jane hill. This week well be discussing general elections the campaign is in its early stages here in the uk, rather more advanced in france. Well assess Donald Trumps first 100 days in office and look at the under reported tensions between india, and china. With me today are ashis ray, the indian broadcaster the North American broadcaster jeffrey kofman, ned temko, the political commentator and eunice goes, the portuguese writer. Just a few days, it feels like coming to a british general election. Ned, dont look bored at the start it is low key, isnt it . It might get even lower, you never know. The British Press often talks about a phoney war before an Election Campaign really starts. What is odd about this is it is kind of a phoney election. Despite the prospectus, theresa may saying i need this mandate to strengthen my Negotiation Position with the eu, even she must know that it has nothing to do with the eu. Even if she were to get putin sized majorities in