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hurricane donald ravaged much of the country yesterday. the effects are still being felt and talked about. i don t know about you, i don t know about your world, but i feel like this is the only thing anyone talks about. trump and maybe game of thrones. that s it. [ laughter ] and game of thrones only has two episodes left. so we re kind of screwed when that goes. last night on our show, if you missed it, i had a message for those who voted for donald trump. i explained that i understood why they did it but encouraged those of them who deep down feel like now they look back and made a mistake, to just admit it and move on. and i think, i have to say i think it might have worked. i really think i made a breakthrough. and i base that on the thoughtful responses i got on twitter and facebook. [ laughter ] from people like thomas who wrote, why don t you go somewhere else like a different country if you don t like our president and stop your crying on tv, snowflake. w ....
beautiful morning on the golden gate. traffic is very light across the span and just remember, though, we have the parade of ships this morning at 11:00. golden gate bridge could become a pretty good viewpoint at a standstill traffic wise as well. the surf is up. great news for the surfers but for the rest of us it does come with a warning. matt keller is live in santa cruz. hi, matt. reporter: i have some advice this morning, don t be this guy. slippery rocks. you could fall and be seriously injured. if in doubt, keep off. this poor guy slipping on the rocks. don t want to be around any rocks near the beach this week. be careful on the beach unless you are a surfer and you come out here and then you re going to be really stoked about the surf this weekend. it s going to be awesome for you. the swell is picking up through the afternoon. a good day for surfing. the beach hazard statement goes from monterey county to sonoma county. never turn your back to the ocean ....
a team at harper adams university in shropshire attempt a world first by using solely robots and drones to grow and harvest a field of barley. good morning. it s thursday 4th of may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the past hour buckingham palace has announced that the duke of edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. prince philip who is 95, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision, she will continue with all her duties. the duke is the longest serving consort in british history. our royal correspondent sarah campbell is at buckingham palace. sarah, he is 95,96 sarah, he is 95, 96 next month. nonetheless it seems strange that the duke of edinburgh would be pulling back from these sort of duty, we are so used to seeing him out and about. that is right. and i have to say that the world s media, i have australian television next to me, there is new zealand, american networks, the crowds o ....
a new political panel as befits the new era. paul mason, guardian columnist, is here, as is ian dale, lbc radio presenter and polly mckenzie, special advisor to nick clegg until 2015. great to have you all here. paul, this was an overwhelmingly good day for the tories, wasn t it, you presumably concede it? 0verwhelmingly good day for hard brexit. we have seen dramatic events of su bsta nce. it s not been a week of flimflam. theresa may picked a real fight with the european union. walked away dramatically she did her own bit. walked away and created a diplomatic situation which i think has drama advertised in the minds of former ukip voters the whole situation. we have an alliance of tories and ukip. that is new. that can win any election it wants to. aggressive alliance isn t going to work? it redoubles the need for that half of british politics it redoubles the need for that half of british politics that believes in progressive politician, globalalism, we need to sto ....
choreographers get in on the mix at the first ever national festival of making in blackburn. manchester city are looking to move back above liverpool in the premier league. and the travel show heads to the church of the holy sepulchre injerusalem. that is in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. the liberal democrats have pledged to increase spending on the nhs and social care by raising income tax by a penny. they say the extra £6 billion would be ringfenced in england but scotland, wales and northern ireland would be able to decide how to spend the extra cash. it comes as party leaders are out campaigning this weekend for the general election, following the conservatives‘ success in the local elections. here is our political correspondent, matt coles. with 33 days until the election, it is game on. and on that first weekend of the campaign proper, the liberal democrats have confirmed their key spending pledge a 1% rise for all income tax bands, with the ....