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And i said, "call me madam." shed come from humble beginnings, born in 1929 in dewsbury in yorkshire. shed had a colourful life before westminster — in the 1940s enjoying a career as a dancer, as a member of the tiller girls troupe... and after working as a secretary fora number of labour mps, she finallyjoined their ranks herself. the name of the candidate elected is betty boothroyd. applause. serving as mp for west bromwich west from 1974 until her elevation to the lords in 2000. and its tim...

From throughout her life and career. betty boothroyd�*s election as speaker of the commons left some members puzzled as to how they should address the first woman to hold the post. she left them in no doubt. i stood up to my great height and i said, "call me madam." she�*d come from humble beginnings, born in 1929 in dewsbury in yorkshire. she�*d had a colourful life before westminster — in the 1940s enjoying a career as a dancer, as a member of the tiller girls troupe... and after worki...

Camila, the snow has stopped but left quite a mess. whats going on? >> reporter: its still a problem, fred. authorities said they were going to open the highway at 11:00 local time. that is still not the case. so many people that were standed essentially on the side of the highway, they were waiting at 11:00 a.m., and they are still here because it is still too dangerous to be out on the road, specifically on the i--5 near the grapevine. obviously you would be seeing traffic behind me. instead w...

Here in this area, we got maybe 2 feet of snow in higher elevation, more than 6 feet of snow in some of those areas. it is much-needed snow for california and for western states. but when we talk about the drought, the big question is, will this be enough essentially to stop the water crisis in the west. scientists saying that because of these back-to-back storms, this parade of storms, a lot of the snowpack and a lot of the reservoirs are in good shape. but what theyre saying is, you have to be...

A lot of heavy rain, a lot of intense downpours, even some lightning at times with small hail and then a lot of that is going to convert to snow as you get up an elevation above 4000 feet or so. in the saint gabriel mountains, to the north of los angeles county, they are expecting up to seven feet of snow in places, coupled with winds of around 60 miles an hour. experts say powerful winter storms such as these, interspersed with dry spells and periods of extreme heat, are classic symptoms of cli...

The historic to thetic coast to coast winter storm is clobbering parts of california with heavy rain and snow. icy roads sending this big rig swerving off the road in bakersfield. the first snowfall in the city since 1999. fox weather correspondent nicole valdes has more. >> reporter: good morning. were just about an hour outside los angeles. 4200 feet in elevation, and youre looking at more than a foot of snow piled up here behind me. in the town of mount baldy, this is an area thats going to b...

From wisconsin to nebraska, to south dakota and colorado, all have been battling blizzard conditions which have left three quarters of a million homes without power and are now bearing down on the west coast. a lot of heavy rain, a lot of intense downpours, even some lightning at times with small hail and then a lot of that is going to convert to snow as you get up an elevation above 4,000 feet or so. in the saint gabriel mountains, to the north of los angeles county, they are expecting up to se...

Without power and are now bearing down on the west coast. a lot of heavy rain, a lot of intense downpours, even some lightning at times with small hail and then a lot of that is going to convert to snow as you get up an elevation above 4,000 feet or so. in the saint 6abriel mountains, to the north of los angeles county, they are expecting up to seven feet of snow in places, coupled with winds of around 60 miles an hour. experts say powerful winter storms such as these, interspersed with dry spel...

And you can see the hollywood sign, which i can assure you is behind me, from miles around, but today it is blanketed by a wall of fog and dense and very heavy rain that is expected to continue over the weekend. all this follows a similar spell of cold weather which hit the midwest and the great lakes earlier in the week. from wisconsin to nebraska, to south dakota and colorado, all have been battling blizzard conditions which have left three quarters of a million homes without power and are now...

And are now bearing down on the west coast. a lot of heavy rain, a lot of intense downpours, even some lightning at times with small hail and then a lot of that is going to convert to snow as you get up an elevation above a,000 feet or so. in the saint gabriel mountains, to the north of los angeles county, they are expecting up to seven feet of snow in places, coupled with winds of around 60 miles an hour. experts say powerful winter storms such as these, interspersed with dry spells and periods...