Cyberspace was and the degree and depth of the vulnerabilities and what were trying to do is take pieces of it and explain the fundamentals and the idea is everybody from my mom and dad to congress and people around the country can understand and so maybe start the process of coming up with ways to defend cyberspace better. Cyberspace vulnerabilities monday night on the communicators on cspan2. President obama was at the Washington Headquarters of the federal Emergency Management agency to discuss preparations for Hurricane Sandy. Following the briefing, he spoke briefly with reporters. Good afternoon everybody, all of us across the country are concerned about the potential impact of Hurricane Sandy. This is a serious and big storm. And my first message is to all the people across the eastern coast going north that you need to take this very serious and follow the instructions of your state and local officials because they are going to be providing you with the best advice in terms of
Altogether. The New York Stock Exchange and the nasdaq have halted all possiblyday and possib tomorrow. Many of the Campaign Events that we are planning to cover today have been cancelled due to the storm. President obama is cutting back on his Campaign Appearances today. He was to appear with bill clinton in florida this morning. Instead he will be in washington monitoring the storm from the white house. Mitt romney is in the midwest today with stops in three battleground states, starting with an event in ohio. Then hes headed to dive and por davenport, iowa, and then wisconsin. We will have live coverage of governor romney in ohio, set to start at 11 50 eastern. We are scheduled to have live coverage of a rally for the president in youngstown, ohio. He was supposed to appear with bill clinton. Instead vicepresident joe biden will take its place. Live coverage of that event at 3 30 eastern this afternoon on cspan. [video clip] if you consider that a while ago no one would ever agree t
In police custody, in minneapolis. The us house of represenatives has passed a Police Reform bill. The manner of his death has led to a global wave of protests, calling for Police Reform and an end to institutional racism. The us is facing a new coronavirus spike, after lockdown restrictions were relaxed. Texas has now suspended plans to further re open the economy, because of a significant rise in covid 19 cases. Across the country a record 35,000 new cases were identified in a single day. There are fears that a lack of social distancing could see a spike in uk covid 19 cases, after around half a Million People flocked to the beach in bournemouth, on the hottest day of the year. The governments chief medical adviser issued a stark warning about large public gatherings. Now on bbc news,
the week in parliament. Hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Lifting the lockdown across the uk. Boris johnson relaxes Englands Covid 19 rules. Today, we can say that our Long National hib
This is bbc news, the headlines the World Health Organization is warning that the spread of covid 19 is still accelerating, despite progress being made in some countries. The head of the agency says the panemic is not even close to being over, adding that the worst may still be yet to come. The Us Supreme Court has overturned a controversial anti abortion law in louisiana. The court found the law would have restricted the number of abortion providers in the state. It upholds a precedent set by the court four years ago regarding a similar law in texas. A ferry has capsized in bangladesh killing at least 32 people. Many others are still missing. The ferry overturned after colliding with another boat on one of the main river ports connecting to the capital dhaka. One man was rescued more than 12 hours after the boat sank. Now on bbc news the week in parliament hello again and welcome to the week in parliament. Lifting the lockdown across the uk Boris Johnson relaxes Englands Covid 19 rule
Coming up at six oclock, breakfast with Louise Minchin and rogerjohnson but now its time for a look back at the week in parliament. Hello and welcome to the week in parliament. As the reshuffle derails some cabinet careers, its full steam ahead for the h52 express. And a sign to the world that in the 21st century, this United Kingdom still has the vision to dream big dreams and the courage to bring those dreams about. Will new rules on bullying stop mps treating commons staff like this . That member then found me in a remote corridor in the house of commons later that day, shouted at me, sort of basically pinned me against the wall, did the whole, you know, dont you know who i am, how long have i been here, what do you think youre doing . And a new play explores the political deals behind britains abolition of slavery. And i think it is about time that the public really knew what went into the abolition act and what wasnt really delivered. But first, lets be honest, some people thought