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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 may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledg ....
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 some activity out there youre going to need to know about. But first, a look at the forecast with meteorologist kari hall. Well, its pretty quiet over here. We havent had a whole lot going on except for morning clouds and afternoon sunshine. As we get a look at what were seeing right now in san jose, it is mostly clear with that thin veil of the clouds that have been that have been drifting by, and were going to see some of the warmest da ....
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 moving smoothly around the rest of the bay. We have the Altamont Pass and really carry. Its a pretty mild build right now. Yeah. Looks good. All right. So were starting out all clear here in walnut creek. Beautiful sunrise even though weve seen some low clouds elsewhere. And in cupertino well start to see things clearing out by about 8 00. The rest of the day is sunny. And youll notice that temperatures here stay nice and mild with highs in ....
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 you for being here to testify. Your insights will be helpful as we reingauge reengage in this difficult topic. In 2014 we saw the rise of isis which seized territory and has drawn thousands of foreign fighters and conducted repeated attacks against the United States or our allies. As a result of these types of threats and others m ....
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 are trying to determine what are caused this massive fire on saturday afternoon. Two buildings have been red tagged and several more yellow tagged. Fire crews were out here yesterday, continuing to put out hot spots. The fire started at 2 30 saturday afternoon and quickly grew to 5 alarms and took 150 firefighters to try and sta ....