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How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa...

Closely watched mayors race. The new twist causing the incumbent to suddenly pull out and all the buzz. San franciscos new wnba team stirring up some excitement this morning. Were going to break down just what valkyries means as well. This is today on the bay. I think we got a few right here on this desk for you this morning. Want to say good morning to you . Im Marcus Washington. We had to tuck our wings. Good morning, im laura garcia. Were going to check the morning commute with mike. Theres s...

But its not heavily used off ramp. Let me show you where that is. Approaching the bay bridge and easy drive down the berkeley curve off the eastshore freeway, out of the maze. Everythings moving smoothly. We just have this one off ramp that takes you to maritime right here, and also to grand. Thats closed. We dont know how long thats going to take to clear, but its been there for a few hours, affects a small number of commuters. And in fact, its actually a relatively light commute as things are ...

From the obama and george w. Bush administrations discuss the authorization that was used in 2001 after the september 11th terror attacks and why new authorization is needed for current u. S. Military operations. The Senate Foreign relations hearing is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] Foreign Relations committee will come to order. We thank our witnesses for being here and all of our senators who i know care deeply about this issue. I would like to thank yo...

Control. We need to pass new laws. Its a new world with isis. The last time that the september voted on Gun Legislation was in december after the San Bernardino shooting. All the proposals were defeated. Dozens of people need a new place to live after a huge fire over the weekend. Jackie ward joins us live from the Mission District where investigators plan to return to the scene today. Jackie . Reporter michelle, they were here all weekend long and they will return in a couple more hours. They a...

Poundin pound [pounding of the grasm] all right, good morning and welcome to the rules Committee Meeting of april 14th, twf im katy tang of this committee. To my left is malia cohen. Well be joined shortly by supervisor eric mar. Per his request. I with aant to announce first you have that oo hed like us to start with item 3. With that, mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk please silent all cell phones and electronic devices. Any documents part of the file should be commit smipted to...

My qualifications is im a formerly homeless parent with a homeless child under 18. I had been in a homeless shelter two years ago. If elected to the committee, there is a lot of things that i would like to accomplish that ive seen fall in the shelter seven and a half months. These things were like related to the program areas, such as the conditiomons, simes the areas didnt really promote, you know, a safe and decent environment. For Program Activities to be conducted. The children sometimes pla...

A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from arkansas. A senator are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are in a quorum call. Mr. Pryor i would ask that it be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Pryor mr. President , i rise to talk about the business on the floor, which is the omnibus appropriation bill. Let me start by thanking chairwoman mikulski for her leadership. She has put long hours in this over the christmas and new years break wh...

Democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the question very simply is, is what can we do, what should we be doing to ensure...

Im worried about holes or gaps. If i can go down that way of this idea of the penetration were seeing sort of equally applied, you know, access to technology is to me a great democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the v...