Programs available to children and their parents. Welcome to black irookings. Along with richard reeves, the gentleman to my right, and i codirect the center here called the center on children and families which were extremely pleased to do. And were pleased to be holding this event as well. About an old policy idea which is often called the childrens allowance. A species of guaranteed annual income. With some new twists. Why would be concerned about the childrens allowance, the idea of giving a guaranteed cash benefit to families. And i think there are a lot of reasons but i think two are predominant. One has always been a good reason to do it, and that is it costs a lot of money to raise a child, at least a quarter of a million dollars. The estimates vary greatly. But it is a lot of money to raise children. And theyre the ffew future. Without kids we wouldnt have a future. The second is an issue of debate. Maybe well have some today about that. And that is since welfare reform in 96
Who fatally shot a 22yearold gang member in august of 2015 will not face criminal charges. The Santa Clara County District Attorneys Office determined officers timothy fa and adam dorn were justified in using deadly force to shoot adrian rivera. The officers claim rivera charged at them with a clever roughly an hour after he stabbed another man. San franciscos 911 Emergency Call Center needs more dispatchers and this issue became alarmingly apparent. Two weeks ago during a massive power outage that knocked out power to almost 90,000 people in San Francisco, it just overwhelmed the 911 system. Abc7 news anchor eric thomas live at the department of Emergency Management in San Francisco with a closer look at the problem. Eric . Reporter and, larry, 121 hard working 911 dispatchers work in that building behind me. It is not nearly enough. That is why a San Francisco supervisor plans to hold hearings on how many more they need and how soon they can get them. On a normal San Francisco day th
Authorities were looking into leadership in allentown and reading in july of 2015. Thats when fbi agents raided both city halls. But just in the last two hours, the u. S. Attorney painted a vivid picture of what those agents discovered. The mayor headlines the indictments facing charges for a pay to play chemo. Prosecutors accuse him of selling contracts for street lights, Cyber Security ask city pools for 150,000 in campaign contributions. I have an opportunity to get work from a city like allentown. Also indicted is former reading mayor von spencer for a pay to play scheme. Hes accused of bribing the Council President to e repeal an anticorruption statute. All of the alleged corruption in both of these indictments does serious damage to the integrity of our systems. The mayors indictment marks the third time southeastern pennsylvania Politicians Face federal charges. Prosecutoring. The mayor finds himself indicted as he runs for reelection. Hes previously resisted calls for his resig
News oscar becomes the seventh most expensive footballer in history after a £60 million move from chelsea to Shanghai Sipg is agreed. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Anis amri the suspect in the berlin Christmas Market lorry attack has been shot dead in milan. Italian Officials Say amri opened fire on police who asked him for id during a routine patrol in the city. One Italian Police officer was shot and injured. The italian Authorities Say the fingerprints of the dead man match those found on the Steering Wheel of a lorry which drove at shoppers at a Christmas Market, killing twelve people and injuring dozens more. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. The body of anis amri lies on a milan street. His last act, to pull a gun from his backpack and shoot out police. His last words, god is great. The question for the authorities is how did he evade one of the biggest manhunts in german history and make it italy . Look in the doorway. This is thought to be amri jus
The solemn tradition followed by the start of the celebrations im proud to be an american where at least i know im free with a make America Great again concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Now just hours from becoming americas 45th president when he takes the oath of office here at the capitol. Trump is said to be finalizing his inaugural speech. Its going to be a personal and sincere statement about his vision for the country. This tweet from the First Lady Michelle Obama shows her gratitude as barack obama spent his last full day in office. Such a very interesting time after eight years tonight, the obamas will spend their final night at the white house and tomorrow night, donald trump will occupy that home. Again, its a tremendously exciting time to be in washington on a number of fronts because there is great excitement about the new president. There is also great opposition. That is a big part of this story. Weve been speaking today with a number of people from the bay area who have c