We begin this hour with chaos, but not very much in terms of compromise on capitol hill. Time is running out for congress to prevent a shutdown of the federal government. Lawmakers have only six days left to strike an agreement on a Spending Bill to pay for nonessential services. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy concedes he doesnt have the votes because members of his own party, gop hardliners, are still defying him. That could have many effects if it comes to pass. All federal workers and Military Personnel would stop getting their paychecks. Border enforcement could be suffer and flights could be delayed. Lets discuss more with republican congressman Mark Molinaro of new york, member of the main street caucus, moderate republicans working to negotiate a plan to avoid a shutdown. Thanks very much for being with us on this sunday evening. How likely is it that well see a deal this week to avoid a shutdown . I think we all truly within the House Majority conference, recognize a shutdown is
Urged to walk faster. Officials at Public Health england say high levels of inactivity may be harming their health. Good morning. Its thursday the 24th of august welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theres been a fall in the number of pupils in england, wales and Northern Ireland passing their gcses. Overall, the percentage of passes fell to 66. 3 a decline ofjust over half a percentage point from the previous year. The fall follows big changes in the testing and grading of gcses, especially in england where, to replace the traditional system, maths and english papers are being given a numerical mark on a scale from nine to one. The highest grade is nine, and will be awarded to fewer pupils than the a star is currently. The bottom of the old grade c, the lowest pass at the old o level, is equivalent to the bottom of the new grade four. Changes have also been made to make the exams more challenging. Not only are the questions set out in a different way, but the way the qualifications are taken
Russian moves and western moves. Again tonight we have a lot to cover. Lets begin with flight 370 and the bluefin21. Finding the boeing triple 7 depends on the bluefin which could be a problem. The breaking news, it is just back from a third mission, the first full outing after the mission was cut short. Michael holmes joins us from headquarters from perth, australia, so tell us about this third time in the water. Reporter yeah, third time is a charm. That is right, anderson, it is back after a First Complete mission. You remember the other two missio missions, the first one cut short because of a failsafe mechanism in the bluefin that told it when it got to 4500 meters to come back up. They fixed that Software Problem and now it can go as far as 5,000 meters. The second problem that cut Short Mission number two was a bit of an oil leak in the bluefin. Again, the searchers are not that worried about it. They say it was not that big of a deal. They pulled it up, fixed it. And sent it ba
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