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Is the generational transition which holds great promise. Still as i mention the ongoing problem it is hard to imagine that despite all the efforts, more than 70 of afghans over the age of 15 cannot read or write. Half of all afghan girls are still not in school even though they are 40 and 9 million are back in school. Of those who are back in school, if you stay long enough to make it through secondary school, forced marriage, Child Marriage is still a reality. So how do we address this, what a...

We just got word from chp that they have cleared all that activity from that crash out of the lanes there. So traffic should start to pick up but be prepared for some residual delays in the meantime. If you are making your way over towards the bay bridge toll plaza, once you get past that accident, you are in the green and smooth sailing all the way to the toll plaza. No metering lights just yet. And we have about a 12minute ride from the maze into San Francisco. Theres an effort in california t...

Coming down with this storm. Up to 20 inches of rain expected as it barrels its way through the bahamas. Thats whats next. A 20foot storm surge for the island. This is the largest evacuation in the history of the bahamas. Several islands are being evacuated, mandatory evacuations. They had some time to try to get out but 20 inches of rain already came down for places like Dominican Republic and puerto rico, still going to continue to come down through the bahamas. Heres where its tracking. This ...

Leaders and the president s response to charlottesville. Its bannons first extensive interview since he left the white house. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener your world in 90 seconds. The winds have increased. The rain has turned into lashing sheets. Hurricane irma turns deadly in the caribbean. Hurricane irma shows no signs of weakening. Still a powerful category 5 storm. Taking aim at florida after leaving a trail of destruction in the car this is going to be like a buzz saw c...

Im michelle griego. We have Team Coverage of the storm from tracking the storm and bay area efforts to help. First meg oliver is in miami beach where people are evacuating. Reporter mandatory evacuations went into effect along miami beach here at 12 noon. Now crews are working to remove everything off this beach from lifeguard stands to trash cans. Puerto rico dodged a direct hit from irma. The storms eye passed just to the northeast. But its 180mileperhour winds toppled trees and power lines. N...

A certain amount of unvaccinated children that puts them more at risk and we then may have to close school for a while. Reporter medicaldr. Bill anders says thats a valid concern. As a member of society we have a responsibility to that society and that is to participate in the general immunity of our population. To avoid that, to not perform in that way, violates our obligations to society. Reporter the other concern is ethical. Anders says doctors need to be giving exemptions for real medical r...

The house. Pretty nerveracking time. Firefighters got the call about this fire on silvia drive in Pleasant Hill at 2 15 this morning. The homeowner reported hearing an explosion from the garage. Firefighters are now focusing on the barbecue in there and its propane tank as a possible cause. The homeowner said they had tried to start it earlier in the day. The husband suffered from smoke inhalation, but firefighters say he refused treatment. Amy hollyfield, abc7 news. Thank you. Lets get over to ...

Arrive at solutions for the american people. That is what they want to see. Washington journal continues. Host we will get to your calls in a moment about the story of jemele hill at espn. Starting out with the original tweet she put out earlier this week. She wrote that donald trump is a white supremacist who has largely surrounded himself with other white supremacists. This drew a ton of action out there. Including from the president. That espn is paying a big price for its politics. Cordin ca...

That we worth seeing our colleague fly in space. The sequencing of it was such that after a proximally two minutes we are supposed to see the separation of the rocket boosters, two minutes and 10 seconds. And i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. Vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequences, they were cheering. No, thats not right. At that point, the announcer at the Ken...

And i knew the sequencing and after about a minute and 30 seconds, we started to see some plumes that were not correct. And the vast majority of the people in the grandstand there, who were not familiar with the sequences, they were cheering. No, thats not right. At that point, the announcer at the Kennedy Space center said, there appears to have been a major malfunction. In fact, ill never in my life forget those words that first came over. Im saying to people around, i said, something is wrong...