Mr. Jeffrey is accompanied by Deputy Assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs, matthew palmar. President trump announced the u. S. Would lift sanctions on turkey. Since they agreed to cease combat operations in Northern Syria. This is 3 hours 15 minutes. Committee will come to order. Without objection, will have five days to submit statements, extraneous material. We meet today to examine President Trumps decision to withdrawal from Northern Syria. Clearing the way for turkey to attack americas Syrian Kurdish partners. Its a decision i view as zab disastrous. To our witnesses, welcome to the Foreign Affairs committee. Welcome to members of the public and press and thank you to our friends from cspan who are broadcasting this important proceeding. I now recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This committee has a long tradition of bipartisanship. We work on that every day. I think were the most Bipartisan Committee in congress. The main reason is that members on
Today. Hillary clinton is expressing concerns. This ondemand or socalled gig economy is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation. But its also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future. Reporter the state Public Utilities Commission Just slapped uber with a 7. 3 million fine for not providing the state information on accidents or accessibility for the disabled. It indicates how serious the responsibility is to include people with disabilities in any public accommodation. Reporter workers right still a flashpoint, too. There is a pending court case right now alleging uber drivers should be qualified as employees not uber contractors. And today here at uber headquarters as jeb bush takes a tour, its a pr move for him trying to get the vote of young people many of whom use uber in the city daily. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Check of weather and traffic on this thursday. And we have a marine layer r
In the 90s for the next several days. Lets get it started with the heat alert. This is heat advisory in effect for the entire metro area. It goes into effect at 1 00. The heat index will be right around 105 for many of us. And actually in the immediate beltway region we could see heat index values above 105 as we head into the afternoon. Here is a look at that day planner. Already 87 degrees at 10 00. Thats before you factor in the humidity. 93 at 1 00. 94 degrees at 4. 88 even at 10 00. Right now it is 75 in leesburg and hagerstown. 73 gaithersburg. Its still 79 in downtown washington. We actually have a heat index value in d. C. Right now of 84 when you factor in the dewpoint of 74 degrees. We are going to keep it mostly dry as well. We dont have any rain in the forecast. Maybe a stray isolated storm from this weak disturbance thats trying to pass through. A cold front will arrive on tuesday. We will track that for you coming up with 9 futurecast and the first alert sevenday. Back to
Nation is southwest london. Investigators say the bomb was wrapped in a Plastic Grocery bag and concealed in a bucket. The explosion came at the height of the morning commute and sent hundreds of people scrambling for safety. Many of the 29 people injured were trampled in the moments after the blast. Witnesses say they could hear, see and even smell the horror in the terrifying scene. What did it smell like . Um, burning hair, burning couple of men shouted, run, really loud. Could you hear it because it was so close. And we you could hear it because it was so closes. We all just piled off the training running for our lives. Reporter isis claimed responsibility hours after the bombing in a statement that suggested there was more than one bomber. British Prime Minister theresa may has now raised the United Kingdoms terror level from severe to critical due to concerns another attack may be imminent. For this period military personnel will replace people on guard duties on certain sites no
Plus, Angela Merkel says she is proud of germanys response to the attack. The chancelloror brace investigators and says she hopes the perpetrator will be caught soon. The Christmas Market where mondays attack took place has now reopened. We will be going there live. The site has also become a memorial to the victims. Becky so much for being with us. A 100,000 euro reward in a europewide manhunt but so far no trace of germanys most wanted man. Authorities are now saying there is a high probability that tunisian anis amri was the perpetrator of the deadly truck attack on a popular Christmas Market. The 24yearold was even under Police Surveillance earlier this year and that is raising questions about security failures and whether officials missed opportunities to prevent mondays attack. Reporter this is where the truck was stolen that was plowed into the Christmas Market. Police search for clues at an Industrial Site in berlin. Across europe authorities are searching for anis amri, the ma