the public face of ian watkins was that of a global star.tely, he was a child abuser whose behaviour, in the words of the judge who sentenced him, "plumbed the depths of the depravity." his eventual arrest in 2012, initially for drug offences, came after years of missed opportunities. the police watchdog and the ipcc found disturbing failures in the way south wales police responded to tip offs. the main complainant was his former partner, joanne mjadzelics. the ipcc says a lack of open—mindedness meant she wasn't taken seriously. she was not a lone voice. between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. it led to eight reports and three intelligence logs, but during that time, watkins was not arrested, questioned, or required to respond to allegations. south wales police admit they failed to listen or investigate properly and say they are "truly sorry." the disciplinary hearing has cleared a detective sergeant with the force, of grossness conduct. last week, the ipcc also accused the south yorkshire force of inaction in inves

that is what meant that ian watkins was free to offend for yea rs ian watkins was free to offend forger than he needs have been, and that is what so important to put right. joanne mjadzelics had first reported ian watkins to the authorities. she had worked as an escort and had been in a relationship with the singer. she had messages on her phone in which he spoke of wanting to abuse children, but officers didn't think she was the right sort of complainant and she wasn't taken seriously. but she wasn't a lone voice. between december 2008 and june 20 12, voice. between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. it led to eight reports, and three intelligence logs. but during that time, ian watkins wasn't arrested, questioned or even required to respond to the allegations. today, joanne mjadzelics's barrister said she hoped lessons have been learned. she gave them every opportunity to do their job gave them every opportunity to do theirjob to investigate. they weren't interested. south wales police didn't begin investigating ian watkins until four years after they were tip

in all, six people made complaints about watkins, none were followed up. after opportunity to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. sian lloyd, bbc news. our top story this evening: a damning report accuses royal bank of scotland of the systematic abuse of its business customers. and coming up, i'm live in las vegas with the build—up to this weekend's mega fight between connor mcgregor and floyd mayweather. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: conor mcgregor and floyd maywetaher junior weigh—in this evening for the fight that's got everybody talking. the stage is set in las vegas for a record breaking bout. the great bank holiday getaway is on and there are more problems than usual. major engineering work on the railways is expected to

sharing watkins' indecent images. they have to admit their failings and yet she remains a marginalised figure. throughout this investigation, the police didn't believe joanne, didn't believe that she was a credible witness. they didn't. they had some false information that she had once been sectioned, they had some true information that she used to be a sex worker, so what? all they had to do was check her claims about ian watkins and they never did, and that's the remarkable thing in this so—called investigation. she, time after time, went to her local police station, offering them the chance to look at her computer, her laptop, where she had an e—mailfrom him, attaching photographs of an underage child and they didn't want to look at it. and they never did. and yet she provided the police with evidence on four different occasions. what difference would it have made if the police had listened tojoanne? oh, it would have stopped the danger to young children. i haven't got the time line, but somewhere in the report it

in all, six people made complaints about watkins, none were followed up.olice missed opportunity after opportunity to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. now it's time for click. this week, click is back in india, we're hitting the road, the rail, and the water. there will be dancing. and singing. sort of. driving in india is an experience. the roads are cramped, the horn is omnipresent and the rules are... well, the rules are here somewhere, i'm sure of it. and that's why we won't be doing a piece about self driving cars in india any time soon. despite the fact that it seems like everyone in india travels in the car, that's not true by any means, many people choose to travel by train instead. but, if you think that's any less intens

in all, six people made complaints about watkins. none were followed up.ales police missed opportunity after opportunity to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. sian lloyd, bbc news. now it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show... so we're going to be diving on an archaeological site? yeah, exactly. underwater? exactly. we're swimming back to the bronze age in macedonia. oh, wow. you see all walks of life coming in to get a tattoo, bankers, lawyers, doctors. we're making a lasting mark in singapore. it's art, and it's beautiful art at that. we're taking someone else‘s seat in first class. if someone finds me in an airport and says, hey, catch me if you can, yes, i will switch seats with you. you can take my first or

joanne mjadzelics had first reported ian watkins to the authorities.scort and had been in a relationship with the singer. she had messages on her phone in which he spoke of wanting to abuse children, but officers didn't think she was the right sort of complainant and she wasn't taken seriously. but she wasn't a lone voice. between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. it led to eight reports, and three intelligence logs. but during that time, ian watkins wasn't arrested, questioned or even required to respond to the allegations. today, joanne mjadzelics's barrister said she hoped lessons have been learned. she'd time after time went to her local police station, operating them the chance to look at her laptop where she had e—mail from him attaching photographs of underage children and they didn't want to look at it. she gave them every opportunity to do theirjob to investigate. they weren't interested. south wales police didn't begin investigating ian watkins until four years after they were tipped off that he was a danger to children

sooner. paedophile ian watkins to justice sooner.ation by the police watchdog has found. the independent police complaints commission says that from 2008 the force failed to act on allegations made by seven people about the then lead singer of the lostprophets. the public face of ian watkins was that of a global star. privately, he was a child abuser whose behaviour, in the words of the judge who sentenced him, "plumbed the depths of the depravity." his eventual arrest in 2012, initially for drug offences, came after years of missed opportunities. the police watchdog, the ipcc, found disturbing failures in the way south wales police responded to complaints. the main complainant was his former partner, joanne mjadzelics. the ipcc says a lack of open—mindedness meant she wasn't taken seriously. she was not a lone voice. between december 2008 and june 2012, six people raised concerns. it led to eighth reports and three intelligence logs. in that time, watkins was not arrested, questioned, or required to respond to allegations. south wal

in all, six people made complaints about watkins, none were followed up.missed opportunity after opportunity to bring him in for questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. sian lloyd, bbc news. iraqi forces say they have broken through the defences of so—called islamic state and reached the centre of the city of tal afar. close to the syrian border, the city is one of the jihadists' last remaining strongholds in iraq after they were driven out of the city of mosul. the iraqi offensive to liberate the city has been under way for six days. sarah corker reports. iraqi soldiers fire rockets at is positions in tal afar. so—called islamic state has held the city in northern iraq since 2014. the battle in alleys, streets, and houses is fierce. iraqi forces say the

joanne mjadzelics had first reported ian watkins to the authorities. escort and had been in a relationship with the singer. she had messages on her phone in which he spoke of wanting to abuse children, but officers didn't think she was the right sort of complainant and she wasn't taken seriously. but she wasn't a lone voice. between december 2008 and june 20 12, six people raised concerns. it led to eight reports, and three intelligence logs. but during that time, ian watkins wasn't arrested, questioned or even required to respond to the allegations. today, joanne mjadzelics's barrister said she hoped lessons have been learned. she'd time after time went to her local police station, offering them the chance to look at her laptop where she had any know from him attaching photographs of underage children and they didn't want to look at it. south wales police didn't begin investigating ian watkins until four years after they were tipped off that he was a danger to children. he was arrested during a drugs raid at his home here in pontypridd. what they then

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in all, six people made complaints about watkins, none were followed up.him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. sian lloyd, bbc news. a pakistani man suspected of being an international drugs dealer has been arrested in north london. muhammad asif hafeez is wanted in america for importing heroin and meth—amphetamine. known as the sultan — he's thought to run a global drug production and distribution network. a court has found two white south african farmers guilty of attempted murder after they forced a black man into a coffin and threatened to burn him alive. the judge said it was clear willem oosthuizen and theo jackson had intended to kill victor mlots hwa. the two farmers were arrested after a video of the attack was posted on social media. the bbc‘s nomsa maseko was in court. the video o

she was accused of sharing watkins' indecent images.ice hasn't had the grace and integrity to apologise to her. they have had to admit their failings yet she remains a marginalfigure. throughout this investigation, the police didn't believejoanne was a credible witness? they had some false information that she had once been sectioned, they had some true information she had once been a sex worker. so what, all they have to do was check claims about ian watkins and they never did. and that is the remarkable thing in their so—called investigation. she time after time went to her local police station, offering them to look at her laptop computer, where she had an e—mail from him attaching pictures of an underage child, and they refused to look at it. she provided police with evidence on four different occasions, what difference would it have made if the police had listened to joanne? it would have stopped the danger to young children. it may have made a difference for some months to one child, it's much wider than that. they could have stop

in all, six people made complaints about watkins, none were followed up. questioning, to arrest him or to bring him tojustice. the force says it's truly sorry for its failings and has introduced wide scale changes. the ipcc has also criticised south yorkshire and bedford police over inaction in investigating watkins. the singer manipulated fans to get access to his victims, the extent of his abuse may never be known. sian lloyd, bbc news. texas is preparing itself for hurricane harvey — which could be the worst storm to hit the us mainland in 12 years. the storm which has strengthened to a category two with winds of upto 110 miles per hour is expected to make landfall along the state's central coast tonight. there are concerns that torrential rain could bring life—threatening flooding to some parts. denee koonce is in pearland, just south of houston in texas. she joins us via webcam now. with some children, i see. tell others, how far away is the storm at the moment? it is going to be making la ndfall the moment? it is going to be making landfall a couple

sam: i am outside watkins elementary school. a double celebration here for the renovated school and test scores from standardized tests taken last spring. with that countdown, the mayor and kids cut the ribbon officially reopening watkins elementary after it was closed for a year for $39 million. >> it is worth it. is a great school, and now we have a good building. used themayor also occasion to mention the test scores. >> watkins elementary school, a 12% increase in english slang the charts sam: those results for watkins were in the direction of decent bs in general. dcps in general. map was up 3.5%. asians up the most in english and math followed by whites, blacks up aslacksup a well. >> none of this has happened by accident. 10 years in robust commitment to change in our schools. past, itared to d.c.'s is way up. compared nationwide, only 31% of students are proficient in english, 27% in math. for the folks at watkins, it was a great day. good scores and a new school. >> i love it. everything i need. we are resourceful. scho

the trade is a surprise considering watkins is buffalo's top receiver... and was the team's 4th overall pick in 2014. but, buffalo is trying to rebuild with its new head coach and general manager. the addition of watkins provides another target for rams and former cal qb jared goff. elsewhere around the nfl- - big news out of dallas... as cowboys running back ezekiel elliott has been suspended 6-games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. the punishment is the culmination of a yearlong nfl investigation...into domestic violence incidents between elliott and his ex-girlfriend. the nfl says it has evidence of multiple instances of physical confrontations, which took place last summer. this suspension comes despite the fact elliott hasn't been legally charged. his representatives plan to file an appeal. finally, we have a development to report in the story of the cat that ran onto the field of a recent cardinals game. you may remember this video from the other night. a kitten...somehow gets loose and runs free during the royals-cards game in st.

here at watkins, the chancellor himself gave the results. >> watkins elementary school, right here in ward 6 him a percent increase in the english language arts, and a 9% in math. sam: 12% in english, 9% in math. for school already overjoyed about a new building, it was icing on the cake. >> as a parent, it is incredibly filling to see the progress. we are proud parents today. sam: as to what they think of the new building -- >> i think is really cool. >> i think it is awesome. sam: now, these scores obviously are an improvement, but d.c.p.s. lacks in many areas. compared to nationwide, only 31% of the students are proficient in english and a 27% in math. there is a lot of room for improvement. we will have more on the story on abc7 news at 5:00 it reporting live in southeast washington, i'm sam ford, abc7 news. jonathan: want to see something odd? that is not a problem with the color on your tv. that is a blue dog -- is not like dr. seuss? streets on the outskirts of mumbai have been turning blue, this after waiting into waters that have been affected by industrial waste. the change

the often injured receiver in the nfl sammy watkins is no longer a buffalo bill he was traded to the rams. that's a nice target. ej gammel goes to the bills and the bills acquire another receiver to take sammy watkins place and that's george matthews from philadelphia for cornerback ronald darby. it's an unusual time for trades to be made, the regular season is so close. the pga golf championship like the san francisco giants are back in washington having weather issues. you will see what happens, justin thomas likes what he sees with the conditions on number six. how did they do that? justin thomas finds himself five back, jason day also five under and this is his second shot on the par 57 poll. it's 183 yards to the pin and he covers about 82.5 of those yards. that is a beautiful shot leading to an eagle. this is a look at his second shot and number four setting himself up for birdie. kevin kisner foreign eagle and he got it. the heavy rain came in and they are in a major delay. they will start early tomorrow. one of the interesting aspects, the guest commentator. who's the worst g

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it happened a long watkins park drive. no one was hurt. allison: do you hear that sound?n: that is shards of glass raining onto the from an office building in bethesda. people who live nearby say it is becoming a serious problem with one pane of glass shattering on the sidewalk below. it is located near highway 355 and east-west highway. kevin lewis is there tonight, and what is going on with this? jonathan, only three minutes ago, i got off the phone with car properties, the owner of this building, a spokesman tell me -- telling me they are aware of the issue and have hired a consultant to fix it. the sound of raining glass, captured on a cell phone sunday night. the subject, this sleek office building in downtown bethesda, 2014 calls of $49 million -- completed in 2014 at the cost of $49 a woman says she saw a window pane come crashing down back in april, and since then, more talk that the leed-certified structure, including the repair work -- customers, escorted through a back door for safety. this afternoon, we contacted building owner car properties for comment, but

the trade is a surprise considering watkins is buffalo's top receiver... buffalo is trying to rebuild with its new head coach and general manager. the addition of watkins provides another target for rams and former cal qb jared goff. elsewhere around the nfl- - big news out of dallas... as cowboys running back ezekiel elliott has been suspended 6-games for violating the league's substance abuse policy. the punishment is the culmination of a yearlong nfl investigation...into domestic violence incidents between elliott and his ex-girlfriend. the nfl says it has evidence of multiple instances of physical confrontations, which took place last summer. this suspension comes despite the fact elliott hasn't been legally charged. his representatives plan to file an appeal. finally, we have an update to report in the story of the cat that ran onto the field of a recent cardinals game. you may remember this video from the other night. a kitten...somehow gets loose and runs free during the royals-cards game in st. louis. it's wandering out there until someone picks it

tragic loss of life. >> joe watkins joining us live from philadelphia. thank you. anna and betsy, i'll ask you to stick around for a couple minutes. >>> an exclusive interview with the vice president talking with the president saying what the president did not. condemning white supremacy. part of that conversation with another talk with the vp just minutes away. that's after the break. where's gary? 'saved money on motorcycle insurance with geico. goin' up the country. later, gary' i have a motorcycle! wonderful. ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ ♪ i'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go? ♪ geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. i am totally blind. and non-24 can make me show up too early... or too late. or make me feel like i'm not really "there." talk to your doctor, and call 844-234-2424. gotcha mom. but now that you're listening... did you know capri sun doesn't have all that artificial stuff you think it has? well, you do now. get those kids some capri sun! >>> we are back now with a live look at air force one that has

the fire broke out on watkins drive this morning. that building was under construction, nobody got injured. >>> it was an attempted sexual assault in the middle of the afternoon, right near a strip mall. tonight we've got a sketch of the person police are looking for. he's an hispanic male in his late 20 this happened near a shopping plaza on north shore drive. close to wheelie avenue. the 22-year-old woman was dragged into the woods, where the person, the sketch showing him, apparently tried to sexual assault her. the suspect was last seen driving away in a gray, or silver hyundai, with a license plate that may have started with the letter v. >>> three workers are being treated for injuries they received in a terrible fall. they plunged 20 feet from a lift in a building off macarthur boulevard. the d.c. fire department says two were rushed to the scene in critical condition. >>> we've got some big storms popping up on first alert live doppler. so topper is back with more on a soggy evening ahead for parts of our area. >> this is whe

. >> let's bring in joe watkins, former white house aide to george hw bush and former director of theprogressive media campaign for the clintons. them under the circumstances first, how do you respond to the secretary? is it an overstatement to say north korean business the as serious as anything we have seen in the past 50 years? >> no, it's not an overstatement. this is serious business. i have friends in guam very, very worried for their safety and the safety of friends and family and others. so this is a very serious threat and americans on the mainland, of course, take it very seriously. i believe as well restraint is best in a situation like this. not to, not to say what you think and to be bellicose, i don't think that's the best way to go, going forward. i understand what president trump is doing. he is certainly staying consistent with his character. by being tough, by talking to you. i like what secretary rex tillerson is doing, i think his words are more restrained. he chooses his words more carefully. i think they got to work hard to use the back channels to calm this whol

south wales police missed a number of opportunities to bring convicted paedophile, ian watkins, tojustice an investigation by the police watchdog has found. the independent police complaints commission says that from 2008, the force failed to act on allegations made by seven people about the then lead singer of the "lost prophets." radical action is needed to help integrate immigrants into society, according to a group of mps. in a new report, the all—party—parliamentary group on "social integration" warns that the immigration debate has become polarised. it's renewing calls for the government to make english lessons compulsory. the home office says it already funds community cohesion projects, including some focused on language. we will be speaking to the chair of the group, chuka umunna, atabout 7:10. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has told libyan politicians that they should learn from theresa may's mistake and avoid holding elections before they are ready. during a two—day visit to libya, mrjohnson urged all sides to compromise, in an attempt to unite their divided country. the

it's closed in that area as well as watkins mill road. use caution there as you detour around that.earlier van fire location under investigation. as we move over, keep in mind beltway speed cameras officially kick in this morning on the inner and outer loops in work zones like the area near suitland road so follow those speed limits. use caution this morning. metro is on time. that's your look at traffic. back to you guys. >> coming up on fox5 news morning, a bombing at a minnesota mosque being called an act of terrorism by the state's governor. >> u.s. troops on the ground in yemen searching for al-qaeda fighters. >> live look across the region at 5:08. 71 is the temperature. back in a moment. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ >> time right now is 5:09. the intense search continues in minnesota for the suspect who detonated an explosive at now, police say the explosion went off ahead of morning prayers on saturday. mosque leaders say they had received hateful e-mails and threats in the past but no one ever acted on the threats. the reason behind the explosion is still not clear. but the governor made a s

french president is treading on a political minefield companies welcome a revamp of the labor code but watkins. aboard the lose out the most catherine vs explains. any p. allow was dismissed from her job in july. the reason given not getting along with a colleague. the fifty six year old is taking her case before the labour court. sharon ploy here and urban planning company thank to repeatedly for her work. she wants to prove that her dismissal was unfair them on the lawn. who's the dismissal for me in a state of suffered all day. will do this where i wondered if it was worth it to go on livin. the question then evolve effect of the fact that i've got a shot at justice. that i'm being heard it will help me still rebuilding my life we seven subject another caustic shown. reforms proposed by the government would legally cap the amount of compensation workers would be able to claim in court. right now it's still labor court judge who makes that decision. the work of a judge's to assess the human side of things the situation on the personal what's happened before the things like that. tomorrow if

she will attend a ribbon-cutting for the end of renovations at watkins elementary school. >>> new overnight, none much us, none, not a single one of us became multimillionaires. we're still here. get the office pools ready again. no one hit the powerball jackpot last night. here are the winning numbers just in case. 9-15-43-60-64 and powerball number 4. i would have never picked 4. >> no. >> the jackpot grow toss $510 million. the next drawing is saturday. you know it's going to get bigger between now and then. >> i would come to work if i won. i would be unintelligible. i would be grinning and laughing. you would know that something is going on. >> i think i'd show up for work too and secretly make my exit plot. >>> nba superstar kevin durant is returning to his roots today. >> that's right. he's making his way back home for a special appearance in prince george's county. today is kevin durant day to celebrate his philanthropic and athletic accomplishments. a parade will start at 10:00 this morning to mark his return. durant will be there. news 4 will be there too, of course. organizers ha

now msnbc political analyst howard feinman and editorial director at the huffington post, and joe watkins, republican strategist and former bush 41 aide and fordham university's christina grier author of "black ethnics," race, immigration and the pursuit of the american dream. thank you all for joining me. joe, i want to start with you. former communications director anthony scaramucci, the mooch, in his first interview since his firing was also critical of trump's response. a guy that could not keep his mouth shut for the 11 days in which he was employed as communications director. he said the president did not go far enough. comment on that. give me your reaction to that. >> he was right. the president didn't go far enough. the president is somebody who is has demonstrated time and again that he's not at all bashful about calling people out, about calling it like he sees it, about saying that he's displeased or that things won't happen under his watch in the strongest possible terms. this was a time for him to do that. this was a time for him to call out the racists and a time to call o

we're seeing police activity blocking clubhouse road as well as watkins mill road.n time. if you have any questions erin erinfox5 d.c. on twitter. >> coming up, u.s. troops on the ground yemen searching for al-qaeda fighters. >> and a new report suggests the number of troops aren't receiving the help they need to prevent suicides in the military. >> let's look live across the d.c. region. we are working day and the night, right? feels like it. >> uh-huh. >> it's okay. it's a good thing. 4:57 is our time, 71 degrees. we're just getting you started on a monday. fox5 news morning back right after this. >> ♪ >> ♪♪ z2fwcz z16fz y2fwcy y16fy >> ♪ >> metro shooting. police searching for three people who opened fire on a metro train striking a teenager. >> chicago plans to sue the trump administration over its plans to withhold money from the so-called sanctuary cities. >> looking live outside, you're going have to prepare for heavy rain and possible flooding today. most of our region will actually soon be under a flash flood watch. >> all right. good morning to you. thank

let's bring in joe watkins, rick tyler and am saturday lina maxwell bring welcome to all three of yous the significance of bannon's exit? what does it tell you about where the administration is heading? >> it means the administration is not heading toward at least the alt-right philosophy that bannon was associated with and still is associated with, by the way, as the head of breitbart. i would say the -- don't be the story. the president is supposed to be the story. the president is the one that makes the headlines. the hoemt you start making a headlines as a white house staffer, the moment they start parodying you on saturday night live your days are numbered. >> is that typical of any administration or just this administration, joe? >> that's for any administration, really. the story is always supposed to be the president and you're there to serve the president of the united states and it's best done in the background. you don't want to draw too much attention to yourself, let the president get all the attention because that's why the people elected that person. >> so bannon says h

ian watkins, the lead singer of the band lostprophets, was sentenced to 29 years in prison, four yearsmplaints commission found that south wales police missed a series of opportunities to stop him. the united nations says air strikes in yemen by the saudi—led coalition have killed more than 40 civilians in the past week, the united nations says air strikes in yemen by the saudi—led coalition have killed more than 40 civilians in the past week, including many children. the latest hit a residential neighbourhood in the capital, sanaa, killing at least 12 people, women and children among them, sparking more international condemnation. yemen, one of the poorest countries in the middle east, is now in its third year of war. 17 million people are struggling to feed themselves, 7 million more are facing famine. the war is between a saudi—led coalition, backed by the us and uk, which supports the government and the houthi rebels who have some support from iran. nawal al maghafi reports. another ruined building in yemen's battered capital. this is what's left an apartment block in sanaa. amongs

i think it's okay for them to do that >> joe watkins, thank you. tom fanning is sticking around thank you. >>> when we come back this morning, a deal in the energy space. we happen to have the ceo of one of the companies involved as our guest host this morning. we're going to hear about the tie-up and talk fuel cells right after this break >>> in the next hour we'll be focusing on nafta renegotiations with former deputy trade representy robert holliman stick around, "squawk box" will be right back. >>> welcome back, everybody. southern company announcing a clean energy deal this morning data center company equinex is partnering with southern company and bloom energy to install 12 data centers across the united states the ceo of bloom energy is a cnbc disruptor steve smith is the ceo of equinex and our guest host tom fanning from southern company. tom, why don't you lay out exactly what this does bloom energy uses fuel cells to convert natural gas into electric you've got equinex which is a data center company. >> this is just another example of bre

the police watchdog has said that the paedophile ian watkins could have been arrested nearly four years earlier if south wales police had investigated numerous tip—offs. at least 28 people have been killed in violent clashes following the rape conviction of a controversial religious leader in north india. texas braces itself for hurricane harvey, the worst storm to hit the us mainland in 12 years. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as the road and rail networks face the full force of the bank holiday getaway, we'll be asking what's the best way forward for britain's transport system. texas prepares for hurricane harvey — we'll hear the latest predictions for what could be the worst storm to hit the us in 12 years. and at10.1i0pm, we'll be taking a look at the front pages of tomorrow's newspapers — joining me will be susie boniface, columnist for the daily mirror, and the public affairs consultant alex deane. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, will perry, the headli

addressing concerns offer a school building $100 million over budget during opening of another school watkins elementary in southeast bowser was asked about the cost of reopenening duke ellington school of arts. original budget was not the actual budget that will open to the zoo next week a year behind schedule and it's not just duke ellington. washington elementary started $14 million and cost close to $40 million. mayor says she wants to put truth in budgeting to make the process more transparent. >> i do have something to say about that whiling the post got some of the story right the headline was exactly wrong let me explain. and i don't work for the post for anything. i might write the headline a little differently. i would say we're finally getting school budgeting ri right. >> mayor also aannounceed up improvements in the past two years. >> a warning for parents about a messaging april popular among teens serahot allows messages cents and received anonymously teenagers are using it to cyber bully one another. >> kids have unrealistic reality of what life should be and it's based on lik

watkins has been a number one wide receiver since being drafted in 2014 but has had trouble staying ones. and in other sports news that just broke, miami marlins owner has agreed to sell the marlins franchise for $1.2 billion to a group led by new york businessman bruce sherman and derek jeter. the consortium is a group of 16 investors. as far as we know this is according to "the miami herald" by the way who is the sole reporting on it, jeter will contribute $25 million of his own money, but he'll run the team and he'll run the baseball operations sherman will be like a silent partner. that just broke. the marlins are being sold back to you. >> we'll ask mr. baseball about that is this below the price? >> about the going rate. i think he thought -- >> jeter wanted this but needed the financing. how many people would back this? >> he's obviously the public face of this interestingly when he was on cnbc several months ago, nothing was going on he's very close to the vest. this is what teams are going for. that disney deal for ban tech, $3 billion something like that. >> wow >> a lot of m

and then we have lori watkins author of the literary history the associate professor and also gavin stevens and the cavalier tradition and editor of the annual publications of the mississippi philological association. she is also collaborating editor for the digital project at the university of virginia. i will start by asking each of our authors a question or two and then eventually i will open it up to the audience. lori, let's start with you. your book is different from the others in the fact that it is an edited volume. and a literary work talk about the process of editing a work by the people's writing. it was somewhere in between herding cats the hard part was deciding who would be the best fit for each of these chapters in the away that i approach that i wanted them to tell mississippi stories i spent a lot of time planning and talking to the people because i knew i couldn't do it myself. i can do it better by tapping into those sources. you wrote the chapter about the slave narrative talk about the narratives and how they fit into our literary traditions. we dealt mostly with the wp

this happened on watkins park drive.s is the first baptist church of glen arden who owns the property. it's not clear how that fire started or how this might affect the construction there, but the good news is that we can tell you nobody was hurt. >>> a growing and hidden problem. more skimmers showing up on local atms, what you need to know before getting out that cash. >>> and another look at the crowd surrounding nba champ kevin durant. more on the celebration of the >>> new developments in the north korean missile threat. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says a military solution would be, quote, horrific. marine general joseph dunford told reporters that president trump asked military leaders to develop viable military options. he says that's exactly what they're doing. meanwhile, south korea's president is hoping to jump start diplomatic talks with the north. >>> today, a massive search and rescue team will try to track down five u.s. soldiers. they've been missing for more than 24 hours now. ever since the

. >> jon: ali watkin at "political" " north korea promising deadly payback after they were heated withnishments had. we will look at an energy future scientists were always watching for signs of a nuclear blast from that country. and show you how they keep their constant tabs on the kingdom. near disaster in texas. when rushing floodwaters wash out a road. the balancing act that saved a trapped driver's life. first, new action in the tropics. meteorologist in the extreme weather center. adam? >> franklin spending in the tropics. off the yucatan peninsula. it is not a hurricane, but a big tropical storm. nifty-60 miles per hour down towards belize. all areas where they're beginning to see that heavy rainfall. this is not main landfill yet. it will do so here pretty soon. this is the track we are expecting. making landfall through the overnight hours. it will run across the yucatan peninsula, tropical storm, run back into the gulf of mexico for early wednesday morning. before eventually running into land in central mexico. there and more heavily populated areas. this will drop a whole lo

same with another defensive back, watkins, who was briefly on buffalo's practice squad.rother, sammy, was just traded away by the bills last week. and it doesn't stop there. jason peters was originally a bill before being traded to the eagles eight years ago, going back even further, john, started his career in, you guess dollars it, buffalo. oh, ya, just for good measure, offensive coordinator played for the bills in a game called the come back, ya, that was him. then, if you look at the phils , their head coach is, montgomery county native former eagles defensive coordinator sean motorcycle dermick. of course jordan matthews is now on the bills roster after last week's trade, then shady motorcycle mccoy and colt anderson. yep, there is philly connection, as well, upper darby native billy brown now a bill. as is former temple star dion dawkins, drafted in the second . al streeter also on the roster , so is woodbury own and penn stater gerald hodges. and finally, souderton native jake mets who played on the arena bowl champion soul last year, and then spent part of train

. >> with me now, joe watkins, white house aide to the first president bush and political analyst joel benneson for hillary clinton's 2016 campaign and nbc white house reporter ali vitali. ali, i was fascinated by your note before, just to give us that friendly gentle reminder of what we all lived through in the primary and general election of the president's inclination to have tweeted or instagrammed or represented, as he said, maybe not intentionally, racist or anti-semitic statements before and this is a statement tonight from him about charlottesville where he did not come down on white supremacist or nazis. >> i think that's exactly right. i think tonight's -- or today's lack of direct condemnation of white supremacist is an established pattern that we've seen from donald trump when the issue comes up. it dogged him throughout the campaign and off the top of my head, we saw this with his initial nondisavow of david duke's endorsement and several times he retweeted white nationalists twitter accounts and that's nothing to say that his son posted instagram with a white nationalist

clubhouse road closed at montgomery village and watkins mill balls ford road closed a tractor-trailert jacksonville road. north that of point typical volume increase. aside from that one, the rest your monday morning commute we're looking good. don't forget the beltway speed cameras are up and running out by suitland parkway. that bridge in the construction soap. follow the speed limit there. green line dealing with problems. take a closer look at metro next. back to you guys. >> new pair of shoes on the market turning heads hm a look at the rollerskate stilettos. >> nats back at home. an injury update involving the nats' aces. it's 6:20. >> ♪ >> viral memo from a google employee prompted a debate. good morning, lauren. how are you. >> reporter: good. how are you. >> lovely. how are the markets? are we making money today. >> reporter: even better we are. we could see anyone record closes in a row for the dow 'cause futures are up this morning. we got a lot of retail earnings coming out later in the week and we're still bask in the better than expected jobs report. >> nice when we can

rachel bra vard and gop strategist joe watkins. it's great to have all of you with me. let me start with you, carlos, about the fact it looked as if after general kelly got his job as chief of staff, he was going to do an evaluation, kind of tighten things up where they needed to be tightened up. is had this more of a general kelly move or is this bannon self imploding. >> i would give it to general kelly. is he certainly saw what happened with with scaramucci. that happened quickly. general kelly clearly seems to be trying to impose some discipline. the president, though, the president the person who won the election continues to tweet uses words like ageage tart or more. two or people to keep your eye on i'm really curious what happens with gary cohn. there's been some pressure on him from friends and former colleagues to leave given some of the things the president said regarding charlottesville. >> some of his former clients gathering up a petition -- >> very powerful. the other person i'm really interested in is general mcmaster who is the national security adviser

tom wilber, the bradshaw night foundation, and dominique watkins. thank you for your support of this event and the new urbanism program. i would also like to our knowledge our american conservative board member in the audience, howard. and i believe i saw scott mcconnell here as well. and i would also like to the go moment to thank the people who are less visible, both of the staff of the r street institute, and "the american conservative." before we get started with the panel, a bit of background on the new urbanism initiative at "the american conservative." "americans ago, the conservative" does what it does best. to challenge status quo thinking among conservatives of a particular policy area. continuing the same course is good for the country and the community and ordinary citizens. when the magazine was founded in 2002, the issue of the moment was the calming iraq war and -- of the coming iraq war and the resources wasted on that and intervention abroad. at that time, washington would come to regret that. "the american conservative" was essenti

bush, sarah fagan, and joe watkins it's a bush reunion, folks thanks for joining us. ron, the president left his golf course and took a mulligan today, right >> i think he did. >> was it good enough? >> i don't think it was good enough look, i think all three of us are veterans of the white house and you understand really the importance of the severity of the words that the president of the united states. as events unfolded in charlottesville, i didn't think the president's reaction was strong enough. it wasn't swift enough and while he said the right things today, strong words need to be backed up by strong deeds. and i think in the hours and days to come will the words match the deeds necessary to ensure that we don't have another incident like in this in our future >> he instigated a civil rights investigation at the justice department that is one deed or step that he has taken. sarah, before all of this broke over the weekend, the president had been quarreling with the senate majority leader in the past he's quarreled with paul ryan and others in congress. what do

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no the short answer let's find out why joining us is mark moreal and joe watkins, former white housedent george h.w. busch. george, i'll start with you. what people don't realize about the president, he said he was going to increase jobs across sort of every gender and race. part of their infrastructure plan is to rebuild parts of the inner city obviously nothing has happened with infrastructure. are you concerned that the president and congress are going to fail their promise to the minority community >> they've got to move on this health care has not been very successful yet we're talking about tax reform, infrastructures on the table those things have to happen in order to really show a marked improvement for all-americans especially americans of color. these jobs numbers are good numbers. the fact that unemployment continues to go down is a good thing. it's good for african-americans. our numbers have not been as robust coming down as the numbers for a majority of americans. we're down 7.4 now which is a continued downward there are a lot of african-americans that stopped for wor