Evening to you thanks for joining us here on r. T. International. Prosecutors in sweden say that they are dropping nearly a decade long rape case against wiki leaks cofounder Julian Assange is missing the evidence that we can over time clears the path for is likely extradition to the United States where he faces espionage charges earlier i spoke with donald quarter for the details. You know this whole saga started out did it with the rape allegations against us and youve been through the whole mill since then but now were back to those initial charges thats right neal exactly it was in 2010 that the swedish government filed in International Arrest warrant against songs for 2 charges one of molestation and another of rape but assad has always denied these charges hes even cooperated with the International Investigation from abroad and it was the threat of extradition to the United States if you were to have been arrested in sweden that forced him to take political asylum within the Ecua
Welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Well also be speaking to clare pooley a mother of three whos casual drinking turned into a serious habit. Shes here to talk about giving up alcohol and the support shes had from other women in the same situation. So wed love to hear from you if this is something youve got experience of. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. A huge fire is blazing at Nottingham Railway station. Nottinghamshire fire and rescue say theyre dealing with a large incident with five fire engines at the scene. The station has been evacuated. East midland trains say all trains through the station are cancelled and they expect disruptions. On the line its our reporter healy compton, bring us up to date with the latest you have about this fire . Every street around nottingham train station is closed at the moment, find me there are 11 fire trucks that you can see and bearing in mind this is just th
Lauren in europe political deal to help boom stocks in germany, as other major averages. Cheryl in asia mixed bag. Stocks lower in japan, higher in south korea and shanghai. Lauren we heard about alexa in mirror or car but would you buy an alexa powered toilet bowl, fbn am starts right now. Cheryl it is 5 01 a. M. In new york. Good morning, im cheryl casone. Lauren good morning, tgif, im lauren simonetti. Alexa stay out of the bathroom, out of the mirror and toilet. Cheryl they want alexa everywhere. We have a lot of breaking news to get to this morning. American workers expected to see the effects of tax cuts in their takehome pay as early as february 1st, treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin says new withholding tables published yesterday by irs shall allow employers time to adjust workers paychecks, purpose of tax reform was to put more money in companies so that they could better compete with international rivals. The whole purpose of the tax cut act was to put more money in companies
We continue the democratic debate from charleston, South Carolina. As we said in the last hour, one of the biggest moments came early on. Elizabeth warren directed at Michael Bloomberg. When i was 21 years old, i got my first job as a special education teacher. I loved that job. And by the end of the first year, i was visibly pregnant. The principal wished me luck and gave my job to someone else. So i packed up my stuff and i went home. At least i didnt have a boss who said to me, kill it. The way that mayor bloomberg is alleged to have said to one of his pregnant employees. I never said that. For the record, if she was a teacher in new york city she would have never had that problem. We treated our teachers the right way. Mayor bloomberg went on with a longer explanation of part of a legal case. Standing by with Chris Matthews is senator Elizabeth Warren. Do you believe that former mayor of new york said that to a pregnant employee . Well, a pregnant employee sure said that she did. W
Teacher in new york city, she would never have had that problem. We treated our teachers the right way. Mayor bloomberg wept on wint a longer explanation of what was part of a legal case. Chris matthews standing by in the spin room with senator Elizabeth Warren. Thank you so much, brian. Do you believe that the former mayor of new york said that to a pregnant employee . I pregnant employee sure said he did. Why shouldnt i believe her . Im really tired of this world. This one is personal for me. It really is. Look, pregnancy discrimination is real, and these we have gone on and on where people say, oh, i cant really believe the woman. Really . Why not . Mayor bloomberg has nondisclosure agreements for who knows how many women. And its not just the one. The whole point is how can you actually trust someone who will not just say, look, im going to waive on nondisclosure on Sexual Harassment and discrimination. Anybody who has a story to tell can come tell their story. Everybody deserves a