would if not, we properly set up at be put on tracks during that summer. then there s a question of energy independence. see, that s where the u has committed itself at a meeting in denmark yesterday. to go rush into overdrive it s upping its targets. it really wants to make energy independence from russia. also a fast track into c o 2 neutral fuels. and so there s a green aspect behind that as well. and that is that strategic outlook. and what we still are to learn is where the debate will go on that proposal that is still somewhat hanging in the air here in germany. and in europe over whether there could be a europe of different speed sparked by that case of ukraine. the different speeds, debate being decades old, but ukraine of course, war on the european continent really shocking european leaders into action. so i think it s a long way still until the end of may to see what proposals will be put on the table there. we will see what happens d w as chief political editor, m
Bay. One man is dead after an overnight police shooting. The issue started late last night at a home on Mount Frazier drive. Officers recieved a call about a family disturbance. A father and son were arguing with each other. Police say when they got to the home. The 28yearold son came out of the garage and charged at one of the officers with kitchen knives in both hands. Thats when one of the officers fired his gun. Gerry Hernandez neighbor the guy got shot down the street. All i heard were three gunshots. When we came out they put the yellow cones on it. I think there were 8 to 10 cones down the street reporter did you know the man . Gerry Hernandez neighb orno grant the man was rushed to the hospital and into surgery where he later died. Police say the man has a history of drug use, Mental Illness and prior criminal threats. The officer involved in the shooting. Is a 15 year veteran and has been placed on paid administrative leave. The investigation is on going. vicki staying in the
Playing dead to stay alive. And how she plans to honor the other victims. Back in the ussr the phantom phone call . Sir elton and president putin in a battle over gay rights. Did the russian leader invite the legendary singer for a summit or was the megastar the victim of a prank . Back in the ussr good morning, america. Happy wednesday. Lets take a look at some live radar. The weather system doing so much damage in the west this week and you see Salt Lake City and boise there but the kind of downpour you are seeing in los angeles hardly ever comes this time of year. Once in a lifetime. We have a new look at pictures of that devastating flash flooding in utah. You see the wreckage of the cars, raging water is so powerful. Another storm moving in out west and ginger will start us off with that. We just smashed daily rain records from san diego to los angeles. You can see the highways covered in rain and flooding there. Now theyre drying out. We have got the flash flooding and still warn
That we are hosting an event for a book guantanamo diary, without the author. That is because the author, Mohamedou Slahi is still imprisoned at one time about. He has been mayor since 2002 and he is still in the same cell he was where he wrote the book back in the summer and fall of 2005. He is spared even though he has never actually been charged with a crime and even though a federal judge ruling on habeas corpus ordered his release five years ago. The u. S. Government has appealed the judges decision and said the case continues to grind its way through the court. So we have members from a couple members of Mohamedou Slahi week overpeer mlb moderating script should among them. I will take a few minutes to buy some background to the case. They handwritten account of how he ended up at guantanamo and has extrude treatment there constitutes the only diary via serving detainee that has been published. It is immensely revealing and descriptive, quite scary and disturbing in many places,
Board plans to meet to discuss a sale of the bulk of the french builder of power plants and trains to ge. Matt campbell joins us now with the very latest. We heard about the deal yesterday. It was a great bloomberg exclusive which you helped to break. Give us a sense of where the different parties are standing. What seems to be taking shape is a significant transaction that would leave a small part of alstom behind. The transport business which makes Rolling Stock would actually be separated from Everything Else alstom does. Transport is about 20 to 25 of sales. Alstom ismajority of being taken over by General Electric according to people familiar with the situation. But of this is official yet we expect an announcement could come soon. Even in the next few hours. The fact that the unit is being left to one side may allow a political way out for the french government. This is a trophy asset for the french government. They are not tacking over the trains. There was some hint the french