employees who work flexibly but don t receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday pay according to a government commissioned report. british tennis mystery is made. it s been 39 years. history is made. and johanna konta becomes the first british woman to reach the wimbledon semifinals since virginia wade in 1978. a moment of history that she celebrated on centre court. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: standing in betweenjohanna konta and the wimbledon final, venus williams a five time champion, who becomes the oldest semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years. good evening. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened. that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and ‘80s, as the government announced an inquiry into the nhs scandal. it s been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the nhs. at least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis c and hiv, a
middle income people and for jobs. it will also benefit lots of other things. i mean, we re looking to if you look at the whole thing, everybody s going to benefit. but i think the greatest benefit is going to be for jobs and for the middle class, middle income. all right, cnn s boris sanchez joining us from the white house. the president sounding really confident going into this week as he heads off to camp david. but, you know, he s not quite doing a victory lap just yet. that s right, fred. he s still kind of selling this bill as you just heard him do before he departs for camp david. right now the white house is cautiously optimistic that barring any kind of procedural snafu this will be their first major legislative victory, the passing of the first major tax reform bill in more than 30 years. they re confident, in part, because we ve seen some republican senators that were previously in the no column switching over to yes, including florida senator marco rubio who drew a
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fierce once again. ana. thank you, dan, for that report. the weather he talked about is crucial here. the fires they create their own weather systems. and video from the ground can help us show just how deadly and dangerous this fire has become. it s hard to explain just how large it s gotten. and this might help. the video was recorded today by a passenger on a flight from sacramento to seattle. that is not a cloud there. that is a plume of smoke. cnn meteorologist is joining us from headquarters. help us understand how large and how powerful this inferno is. well, ana any time you have a fire what s going to happen is it s creating it s own localized weather environment. and this is a big, big challenge. you showed that picture or the video a secretary ago. but i want to drill into the picture. because you can see the towers clouds from the plane. okay so the plane flies around 30,000 feet. you ca
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