Rugby legend. The daughter aiming to follow past leicester women to olympic hockey glory. Ian stringer reports. The surname back is synonymous in leicestershire. 18 year old olivia is doctor of rugby legend neil but top flight hockey is how chosen sport. And lest the ladies in the National Premier division. At leicester ladies. My earliest memory we re leicester ladies. My earliest memory were seen my dad loved the world cup when i was four years old and have a sport i love playing. Like her dad, olivia is playing elite level sport. She has been with the England Programme for three years and already team gb under 21 trials. |j see her as my daughter and i am so proud of her. She sort of caddies in the family ethos which is to never feel through lack of effort. Both in sport and academically. She is a hell of an athlete as youd imagine being related to her father and that is her biggest asset. Have hockey skills are as good as they need to be to be people with that amount of pace. She h
Reporter firefighters call this a plumedriven fire meaning theyre fueling the burn. It falls down and spreads the fire in all kinds of directions. That creates all kinds of challenges. Reporter there was a bit of good news today. Firefighters say cooler temperatures and calmer winds slowed the spread of the fire. But at this point, thats little consolation. 60,000acre fire, with the conditions that it meets, those things only help but just a little bit. Reporter joining the effort today, the air force reserves. This morning deploying two c130s to our region joining more than a dozen other air tankers and helicopters, all to bolster thousands of firefighters on the ground who spent the last five days working for some progress. Reporter cal fire says in that new area where the fire jumped, there are some homes, though most of it is uninhabited land. However, there is a lot of really dry brush, fuel for those flames. Report live in lakeport ian cole nbc bay area news. Thank you, ian. Fire
Washington journal is next. Working together, we will defeat this Opioid Epidemic. It will be defeated. Host President Trump declared the Opioid Crisis is a Health Emergency. If grant money will be used to combat opioid abuse. Critics say his actions fell short. We want to get your thoughts on the situation where you live and how it impacts you and your loved ones. If you leave in the eastern part of the country, 202 7488000. If you live in the mountain pacific area, 202 7848001. Those of you impacted by the Opioid Crisis, 202 7488002. On can join the conversation facebook. The phone lines are open. Lets start with this latest data from the wall street journal. A doubling of u. S. Deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic opioids. There was a 21 jump in Drug Overdose deaths. Overdose deaths and other 20,000 in jumped to the 12 months that ended. Here is the president at the white house yesterday, declaring situation a public emergency. We are distributing 1 billion in grants or tre
Im david stern and the executive director of equal justice work. Are you excited . [cheers] you i saw you guys on the hall, and i know. But your phones down. Oh and make sure we are clear on that one. We are honored to have Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg here. Judge williams will introduce her over the next hour and you will have a fabulous person who will lead you through Justice Ginsburgs career. Judge and Claire Williams is also known about them also known as the mother of equal justice work. She joined the bench in 1991. Can you believe it . She is so incredible looking. [laughter] but in 1991 judge williams awarded leftover fronts from a net i, which gave us the seed funding to create our postgraduate fellowship program. So, judge williams, thank you. We are forever indebted to you. Judge williams served on the u. S. District court for the Northern District of illinois. She is the first and only judge of color on the u. S. Court of appeals for the second circuit. Judge williams also
Senator mccain, when you look ofk, what are the legacies vietnam. Senator mccain before we get into a conflict, we have to get a strategy to win. The gulf of as tonkin resolution and there was confrontation between american ships and the enemies troops the vietnamese troops. Lack ofs a complete focus and strategy to bring it to a close. One of the things that overrode Lyndon Johnsons thinking was china. We did not want to have a conflagration that would lead to a real conflict. They cautioned our actions so that it was a very gradual then, not onlyh did not harm the enemy, but it strengthened their resolve. That led to all sorts of implications. Demonstrations right here on the mall. There was one million people. It really split our society in a way that we sometimes forget. Demonstrations, chicago, all of us can look back and see on cspan. It was a small swiss time and t it was a told tulmultuous time. Incometed the lowest level of america and the highest doctor to say they had a bone