Pandas. The push to make two pandas. San franciscos newest residents has officially stalled. On thursday, a committee of the board of supervisors rejected the fundraising proposal put forward by mayor london breed supervisor dean preston, who chairs that committee, says amendments need to be made to the proposal before he would support it. We do need to make sure we have the information to prevent actual conflicts of interest here and make sure that this is all being done transparently. Preston isnt the only one criticizing the mayors plan. Supervisor asha safai, who is running against breed in novembers election, tells us he thinks the mayors fundraising plans are a distraction from the cuts the city is making amid a budget crisis. In the same week, youre announcing all these cuts to major programs that have been a vital, vital delivery of services in our city. Youre announcing those cuts while at the same time youre like, look over here. On friday, breed responding to some of the pus
Todays sentence reflects David Depapes lack of remorse and contrition for violently assaulting mr. Pelosi. In asking for 14 years to papst defense attorney noted he had no prior contact with the criminal justice system. Was at a low point in his life, feels great remorse and that this was not a murder case. Still, judge corley gave three reasons for her 30 year sentence. First, she said she believes depape is presently dangerous. Second, she called the very violent act of attacking paul pelosi completely gratuitous. And third, that depapes actions were unprecedented in that he broke into the home of a politician and attacked her spouse, a sentiment echoed by the acting assistant agent in charge of the fbi. Public servants, and indeed all citizens, deserve to work and live without threats of violence or of intimidation. Prior to sentencing, pelosis daughter read two statements, one on behalf of her father and one on behalf of her mother. In them, we learned paul pelosi, seen here at the
And the vote over one hundred countries ignore the intense pressure from washington as the us president and ambassador both threaten u. N. Members voting against america. A very warm welcome you are watching r. T. International with mina karen good to have you with us this hour now preliminary results from the catalan Regional Election indicate that Pro Independence parties all set to keep their absolute majority in parliament but are projected to win seventy out of one hundred thirty five seats the pro unity Citizens Party meanwhile took around twenty five percent of the vote although that makes it the single most Popular Party the unionist parties together that will only have fifty seven seats the official results will be announced on the fifth of january his journalist Martin Roberts with more details. Seven parties in the elections are vying for votes cast by record turnout and this is all the more remarkable when you consider that elections were held on a working day like today ra
Everybody welcome to the show theres lots to look forward to as we kick off another week on your next heres whats coming up today. Golden globes in the fate is named best Foreign Language film in los angeles. Holiday on the ice the worlds best known ice skating show turns seventy five. And canine work is how dogs help boost sales in british shops. The award season is upon us and the first major event for film and t. V. Fans was the seventy fifth Golden Globes which is why personal favorite because the films and series i enjoyed tend to get recognized that and there was plenty of recognition for european artists with winners from france scotland and germany will bring you up to date on how europes. Finest did at the awards ceremony but first a look at how fashion was used to deliver a strong message on. The red carpet was full of black at the Golden Globe Awards on sunday the stars wore somber outfits to show solidarity with victims of Sexual Assault and harassment in the film industry.
Heres a look at whats coming up. Truck art a mobile art project takes to the roads in spain. Back to front profiling all that all over curtis and his take on the protect our feet. The tourist magnet modern day pilgrims on the way of st james. There is a clear distinction between the ard we see on the streets and the works in museums but more and more there is crossover between the two mediums street artists are displaying in galleries and museums and now in spain a group of contemporary artists have taken to the streets so to speak for the truck art project now i traveled to madrid recently to see what this involved. At first glance this may look like an abstract painting on a wall but look again and its actually a work of art on the side of a truck. This is the truck art project an initiative in madrid twenty nine of spains most established artists have taken part. As one of them. And. Its a painting in movement on this i feel you. This project was a challenge but in a positive sense.