Roof collapsed. There is a smell of charcoal. Six people including some officers were taken to hospital, suffering Smoke Inhalation or minor injuries. The cause of the fire is not known but several people said they saw a Christmas Tree go up in flames. The London Fire Brigade are investigating to find out what started this new years eve inferno. From today parents of babies born in some parts of scotland will receive a box of essentials including clothes, nappies and books. The scottish governments scheme is being piloted for three months before extending to the rest of scotland in the summer. The box itself doubles up as a cart and cot and comes with a mattress and sheets. Baby boxes were introduced in finland in the i930s, and theyve been credited as part of the reason for a sharp fall in infant mortality rates. The new 12 sided £1 coin will come into circulation in march. It is being changed to protect it from counterfeiters. New designs have been on failed the £2 coin and 50p pie
The role ivanka trump and jared have in the white house. Republicans 2027488001. Democrats 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. You can also catch up with us on media, twitter, cspanwj. Very good monday morning to you. Onwant to hear your thoughts the role of ivanka trump, and kushner. You can start calling in now. News last night of his travels weekend. This from the new york times. Several other news organizations well. Orting this as Senior Administration officials confirmed the visit to iraq over weekend, saying that mr. Kushner, the 36yearold, mr. Ing as Senior Advisor to trump was invited by the chairman and joint chiefs of staff. Repeatedly ump has arned to mr. Kushner creating parallel structure, the one led by secretary of state rex tillerson. And those headlines this kinds , adding to these of headlines, weve been seeing in the last couple of days even announced trip was late last night. From cnn, ivanka trumps and kushners ever growing fears of influence. Soninlaw Jared Kus
Cost and the expense. And we used to banter this around in the Cheyenne Mountain on a lot of cold, dark nights on alert and doing an exercise or for real world contingency. And often times, we would sort of come to the conclusion, what is it worth to us . Is it worth seattle . San fransbn, or los angeles, or increasingly now colorado, denver, heartland of america. Potentially in the future eastern seaboard, boston, new york, washington, d. C. Is it worth the investment in f. These systems to pretend to ok protect what we value the most. Thats our homeland, our way of life. I think the answer, my personal answer is yes. And so, im an optimist about this. Not without our challenges. We continue to deal with those challenges. Weve got the best and brightest people. I can tell you. I wish you could meet a lot of them. Phenomenal people working these issues. Im really proud to work with them and be their deputy director. Im humbled to do that. Theyre doing some really important work. And i
People from several administrations and we will get a sense of the environment of first lady operates in. Its a difficult place to be. As beautiful as the white house is, it has many different roles. It is a museum. It is obviously a residence. It is a park, a president s park, and it is a work place. And all of those combined, for the first lady, as opportunities for her. And also some hazards. As they live their lives their lives in the white house. It is a place for children. It is a place to raise a family. With a first lady with no compensation for what she does, its difficult to say exactly what her role is. We will talk about this. Our panelists have been in the white house since the time that betty ford was first lady. Nina mcbride was chief of staff to laura bush and she also worked for president s reagan and George H W Bush and she knows a great deal about the operations than the comings and goings. Gary walters worked as chief usher from 1986, but he came during betty fords
Assembly, which should mean a captive audience, but who is listening the rules are not the same for every country. The top story on this newshour thousands of protesters rally in sudan to voice anger at the rising cost of fuel and other commodities. Human Rights Groups say 50 have been killed in recent days. Harriet martin has the story. This is the reaction of Sudan Security forces against some of the people protesting here on friday. Gunfire is heard as demonstrators run for safety. It is a city 140km southeast of the capital. In carr toum demonstrators called for the downfall of the government. This protester explains how they ran from bullets. It was not a case of authorities trying to disperse peaceful protests, but trying to injure and kill protesters. They shot into the side street, ammunition. The protest began monday, after the Government Cut fuel subsidies. The price of petrol and cooking gas doubled. Sudan lost 70 of petrol revenue when it gained independence. Crude oil is t