simply shut itself down without any operator action without any computer action without any ac or d.c. power and remain cool for unlimited periods without the need to water. some experts are still skeptical. the safety of the many modules but new power plants whether using nuclear fission or fusion might end up in operation sooner than we think. because scientists working on them are convinced that their innovations could help address the climate crisis. here's another problem clogging up the debate what to do with the waste which is radioactive and stays that way for thousands of years it has to be stored safely deep underground a lot is currently kept in old mines but that's just a stopgap measure in about 4 years the last nuclear power plant in germany is set to go offline for what to do with the waste the plants have generated over the decades our reporter christian press save us went to check out a repository that's being built for the ages. starting in 2027 radioactive nuclear waste will be stored in this disused iron mine then these huge tunnels will be closed off with walls of cement

d.c. a powerful place.en you walk through the museum you get to the end it and you're prepared to say never again. i was prepared to say never again. i want to create places in the country where we look at the history of what happened to native and black and brown people and immigrants and we say never again. because we make that commitment we can create a different future. >> i'll tell you it's beautiful when you talk about the truth setting people free your work as set people free people that would have been put death now home with families because of you. i cannot tell you how much you mean to me and this country. i want everybody to watch in documentary called true justice. brian stephenson fight for equalpy premeerg on hbo june 26th at 8:00 p.m. up next, june is pride month. this year renewed concerned about lgbt rights. still fighting for rights. we're talking about that we with he get back. up a up a. tremfya® can help adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis get clearer. and stay clearer. mos

d.c. where the powerful n.r.a. gun lobby still holds much sway over republican members of congress there is still no real political will at least as at this point to do anything to control guns and try to prevent this from happening again all right as are castro thank you. government departments in the united states sort odds over the introduction of 5 g. technology so billions of dollars are being made from the sale of satellite bandwidth space to wireless companies but some scientists say that's getting in the way of their ability to forecast the weather i can explains from washington. when are you concerned he hit the u.s. coast it was disastrous but it could have been far worse if where the scientists had not predicted the path of the storm and the point at which it would hit several days before date on hurricane sandy very impressive storm the national oceanographic and atmospheric agency noah says this will no longer be the case if bandwidth in space is sold off to 5 g. companies the reason noah says senses o

ated frerick memorial hospital, and we're still working to what caused that crash where powers was responded. >>> d.c. council member jack evan isfending his name and he's now demanding an opportunity to give his si of the story before they vote to strip him of a powerful committee post.ey ere evans' first comments since this dramaic video of an fbi raid at his d.c. home, but despite today's plea for due rocess, mark segraves repor evans didn't say much to reporters. >> it was near the end of the regularly scheduled d.c. council breakfast meeting. council member jackev ns asked to be heard. >> i have the right to present my side of the >> reporter: since the fbi raid on his home friday rning, evans and his attorney have declined tobl make any comments, even in the wake of the council chairman recommending that evans be stripped of his chairmanship on the council's finance committee. at this morning's meeting evans spoke for three minutes reading from a written statement >> i believe that if my rlleaguehear my side of the story and ispond to all of your questions, you will not take any actiont this ti

. >>> speaker pelosi is one of the most powerful women in washington, d.c., and one of the most influential in the world, but theres a personal s the public doesn't often get to see. the speaker opening up to barbara harrison about mother hood, religion and making history on the hill. >> i had chance to sit down with nancy pelosi the other day and we talked about a lot of things, her personal and her litical life. she, of course, is known around the country and indeed around the world as the spear of the use, a member of congress from san francisco. but we've actually known each other a long time. we met when we both had children in e same school back in san francisco several years back. nancy at that time was already the mother of five, four girls an one boy. i left for the washington area in 1981 to work here at nbc 4. she came about five years later elected to the house of representatives. as the daughter of a former congressman, i asked if her parents would be proud of where she is today. she says i wasn't the first to ask that question. > i remember when i was elected speaker first tim

t ♪ shine the light ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> those beautiful voices are the gay men's chorus of washington, d.c. 120 powerfulursday morning from the plaza. >> that's right, it's a bit of a bittersweet moment for us. we're going to be celebrating our buddy sunny because it's our final morning with him. >> oh. >> with usl morning with us. he has been a ray of sunshine. >> i think he knows. you and sunny have been such a ray of sunshine literally. >> thank you so much. >> do you think he knows >> i do think he knows he's subdued today but it's a new chapter it's a good thing. >> i can't wait for you guys to see what he's going to do. >> and you've got our crowd moment. >> i spotted some children, sunny's favorite is kids of all shapes and sizes you ready? let's come up here say hi to him. >> oh. >> they all have their sunny dolls too. >> makes a lot of people happy. >> thank you so much for both of you, sunny and olivia. >> we'll have that coming up in just a bit say our good-byes. >>> also ahead, though, we have busted out the movie chairs and the popcorn as well for a sneak peek at the summer's must-se movies

of course, a lot of power in d.c. >> tucker: i think that is right.eople are -- i'll admit, i'm ideological. i see the world in those terms. but most people aren't that ideological. and scary wild-eyed idealogues terrify them. >> when it comes to the hyde amendment, for one i find it interesting that i'm a washington, d.c. policy person we have the democrats who are running for president talking about this minute policy issue that is an appropriations rider every year. that is pretty wonky stuff. the reason hyde amendment has been uncontroversial for better part of half a century, it prevents funding of the taxpayer abortions. that means it prevents taxpayers for the unwitting beneficial of the tax policy to pay for something they object to, that they have a conscientious problem with. they don't have to pay for that. that has been a democratic and the republican position for many, many years. >> tucker: sure! as far as i can tell, we looked at the numbers today. the hyde amendment still has overwhelming support from the voters. there is not a ground

d.c. and hold onto power and the power will only grow. that's the ornamental problem, i think, with some of these lifelong politicians that get id never really try to do anything. you are right. when you send the stuff out -- everybody knows where everybody is coming from. before you start to say, "by the way, i've got a good idea," if you know it will be opposed to the majority of it we should probably talk before then. >> melissa: i would give you a chance to respond to that. you don't go to somebody's house and say, "i'm going to buy your house and give you know money." and it's a surprise when they don't sell you the house for free? it's with anyone. whether it's the president or nancy pelosi or whoever it is, when he put out something that has nothing for the other side, it's the same as doing nothing. >> jessica: you get lucky every once in a while with opioid legislation, criminal justice reform, but you are complete we correct. it's representative of something that we have trouble facing, because everybody loves to talk about amer

in my short time in d.c., i have sometimes upset the powers that be. president trump has shaken things up in the swamp and i think we need more people who will do that. do you agree with that? two areas i want to talk to you about particularly we heavy to be especially vigilant and the fight is especially tough, that is protecting our religious liberties, getting pro constitution judges on the bench, and the fight against big tech and their attempt to shut us down to sensor us, to stop our voices, to write us right out of the public square, these are big fights we have to take on! i know i don't have to tell you about the importance of judges. i'm on the judiciary committee. we have the responsibility to make sure the people to whom we give lifetime appointments, they're on there forever, lifetime appointments, they understand their job is not to legislate from the bench, their job is to uphold the constitution of the united states that we the people wrote. [ applause ] >> i'll tell you this. before i was elected, i watched time and again leaders in bo

usually because power lines and transformers get knocked down. it was the summer of 20l tehone. a storm t d.c of thousands without power. the head of pepco remembers it tll. >> it was one of most instructive and deadliest fast moving storms in history. >> reporter: that's wn the planning began to move power lines and transformers in the district underground. now the planning is over and ths digging hegun. >> once complete, we expect this project will decrease storm-related outages by 94%. >> reporter: the half a billion dollar project will be paid for by taxpayerscund pepco tomers and over the next seven years will bring construction crews to neighborhoods all across the city. moving power lines and transformers from atop street poles to vaults beneath the street. when they come to your street, there will be a door hanger letting you know what's going on and street signs will go up. then you'll start to see the markings on the street where the transformer and power lines will be buried. once the actual work begins, your street will look like this for about a month, but your electric bill is g

bethesda moving acrosswa ington, d.c., keep your eyes on e time, everyone, betw50, tt power lin reports of hail greater than 1 inches across the area. as we always tell folks when storms happen, seek shelter quickly. go indoors. you saw howhat tree went through a windshield of a car. when you getth lowest level, the awayai whether it's a tornado or not. severe. that's ely means. we'll give you all the details as our atmosphere has changed. we'veot some sunny weather coming your way, but you may need your jacket. all those details, erica, when i join you in just a few minutes. clay, thank you very much. we continue to follow the damage of today's storm. right now we're working to get a condition update on n e victims iswhat ie a very de we are city leaders that the resignati letter j he sta nbc's rallen th new information from virgibeach. >> reporter: the morning of his deadly rampage, dewayne craddock emailed his boss to say he was atresigning. :00 p.m. that day, he killed p12eople where he worked, the majority colleagues his in his own department. investigators say they still don't kno

power lines and sformers get knocked down. >> there is more hopeless feeling than finng yourself a home with no electricity. >> reporter: it was the summer of 2012. a storm hit d.cg hundreds of thousands without power. the head of pepco remember ts well. >> it was one of the most instructive and deadliest fast moving storms in history. >> reporter: that's when the planning began to move powern lies and transformers in the district underground. now the planning is over and the digging has begun. >> once complete,e expect this project will decrease storm-related outages by 94%. >> reporter: the project will be paid for by taxpayers and pepco cmers and over the next even years will bring construction crews to neighborhoods all across the city. moving power lines and transformers from atop street poles to vaults beneath the street. when they come to your street, there will be a door hanger letting you know what's going on. then you'll start to see the markings on the street where the tranesformer and power li will be buried. once the actual work begins, your street ll look like this for about a month,ut your electric bill is going to change rs. the next 16 y for res

launches a ground breaking project to boost reliability, b this plan to put power lines underground is going to cost you. the tility and d.c. leaders rolled out the projects. the next seven years they will move power lines and transformers from street poles to underground vaults. pellco customers wi pay for the $500 million effort. to learn when work begins in your neighborhood, open our nbc washington app and search plug. >>> bullying is a major problem in our schools and social media. now one city in wisconsin is looking at financial deterrent to bullying. the wisconsin rapid trip boone says they're considering charging people for harassing others. parents would be responsible for their children. the schoolnd superintent proposed it after a widely shared post revealing a middle school girl who received handwritten notes from oer students encouraging her to take her own life. the ordinance would fine $50 for a first offense with additiosl co totaling more than $300. >>> our changing climate affects more than just the weathes >> that'right. news 4's barbara harrison shows us one part of our area that's working to restore i

what we believe in is getting as much power out of washington, d.c. the lobbyist, away from the corporate money, and that to the people. whatis my understanding of is absolutely the solution to our problems. literally, this is the critical point in american politics. 80% of americans, four out of five americans, democrats, republicans, independents, believe their democracy has been purchased by corporate interest. they are right. i'm in the 80%. until the votes of people take back democracy from corporate interests that are perverting the outcome, i don't believe we will be in the kind of situation of functioning successful government that we are so obviously missing. david: if that is your goal for 2020, do you hear candidates that have declared now, 23 as i understand it, that are speaking to that? i'm not sure i have heard a lot of candidates speaking in the language that you just used. tom: one of the things that is different about how i'm seeing this world -- but i'm attuned with the vast majority of americans -- we see a crisis in government. we

power of music. the festival will put d.c.'s l loca music, especially go-go on display. noally the festival is a two-week affair but this year it is only two days. you can still loo tk forwardo live music, food, instrument workshops and a whole lot more and a reminder it is all fre >> normally we talk about heat every time this thing kicks off. >> yes. >> it is always an issue down there. i'm glad it is just two days because we're in the stretch of this. >> well, and if you are thinking about heading down there, sunday the better day to go.th today was e hottest day of the year. we hit 95 degrees. tomorrow i will be one degree higher and the heat index will be higher too. you had the heat today, you had the storms and you get something like this. yeah, pretty nice sunset out there. >> oh, that is nice. i want to thank my buddy alex back there and what we call our ak whi acquisitions for filling that. a cool sunset. you get cool things in the heat of the summer, and right now on the hot side. we were 90 or better everywhere on the map. 97 today at bwi. 92, duls. 91, quant

. >>> and speaker pelosi is one of the most powerful women in washington, d.c., and one of the most influential in the world. >> there is a personal side, h thougthat the public doesn't often get to see. today she's opening one barbara harrison about motherhood, religion, and making history on the hill. >> i had a chance to sit down with nancy pelosi other day. we talked about a lot of things, per personal and her political life. she, of ourse, is known around the country and, indeed, around the world as the strauspeaker o house, but we met a long time ago. we met when we had children in the same school in san francisco several years back. nancy had four girls and one boy. i left the washington area in 1981 to work for nbc 4.e shame five years later, elected to the house of representatives. as the daughter of a former congressman i i asked hern the interview if her parents would be proud of where she is today. she said i wasn't the first to askh t question. >> i remember when i was elected speaker the first time by my caucus, nomined for speaker. in the caucus room, people applauded as i came t

. >> reporter: orgz nianizers say next stepitis to polical the power of all the groups gathered here this evening. >>> d.cpolice are asking for the pull's health to solve an attack on a young gay couple last weekend. three people were initially arrested. the charges against them were later dropped. tonight we learned those were just two of the victims that night in a series of assaults and robberies in the "u" area early sunday. d.c. police say at least five crimes happened in that area within 75 minus. lice say the people seen in these photos are persons of interest in the crime spree, including the attack on that gay couple. >>> let's turn now to the storm team 4 forecast. i hope you gde outsi today to enjoy this for a little bit. >> i did. >> it's beautiful out there. >> very nice. amelia is in the weather center with a sneak preview of our saturday. hey, amelia. >> hey, doreen and leon. if you loved today, you're really going to like tomorrow. our high temperature today was 85 degrees. we had low humidity and a nice breeze. tomorrow we'll have a high temperature of 83 and low humidity. we lose the win

chamber of commerce, which is one of the most powerful lobby groups in d.c., representing major u.s.aid they better start representing the united states. he's trying to pressure them into being silenced. when trump announced the tariffs opmexico, they came out and said this is the wrong decision. we're going to explore legal options. trump did not like that. now he's trying to say hey, the u.s. chamber of commerce isn't sticking up for the little guy. >> when you just said that, that reminded me the pressuring them into silence. that's exactly how farmers, i spoke to a farmer in iowa who said the exact same thing when trump was saying about the china tariffs, that the farmers are patriots, so they can handle it. that's exactly what one of the farmers said, that's him trying to pressure us to stay silent. so interesting you picked up on that as well. chris, the president is not backing down on this, saying when we look specifically at the mexico deal, if you will, saying that this mexico deal is a really big victory. when you're looking at this and the president's trend in the past, i

d.c. universe. 20 of the most powerful leaders in the world are gathering in japan and already it's clear that there is likely to be some tense discussion u.s. president donald trump has just touched down and osaka for the g. 20 summit he is already embroiled in a trade war with china and as he left washington he said it was ripe for even more but he is also picking a new fight with india criticize a new tariffs on 28 american products he tweeted this is unacceptable and the tariffs must be withdrawn he went even stronger on vietnam's trade calling it the single worst abuser of everybody and of course the g 20 will also focus on the escalating tension between the u.s. and iran a diplomatic editor james bass is in the central osaka where the summit officially begins early on friday but 1st let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat who's at osaka international airport air force one touching down with the u.s. president just moments ago kimberly but even before he set foot in a soccer fighting words attacking the other members of the g. 20. yes it's really become a standard

d.c. l.a. the 2 liter 4 cylinder engine puts out $140.00 kilowatts of power and sprints runs 0 to 100 kilometers an hour in just over 7 seconds to save you says it uses 4.3 liters of diesel per 100 kilometers in germany prices for the c.l. $820.00 d. started just over $40000.00. the line on sense from the interior you immediately recognized it's a close slimline plaster. turbine look at vets and the chunky steering wires that the panel thinks the optional 10 inch touch screen displays are great in the way it is for us but in his opinion the us in for taman system can be operated with boys. mom's and gestures is not worth the money. if you can operate the touchscreen with your finger instead you can save yourself several 1000 euros. in the interior everything is in keeping with the high tech design style of widescreen consisting of 2 displays serves as both a virtual dashboard and a control interface for the infotainment system. says sitting in the back it's pretty cramped with the natural cooper means there's not much headroom and with the wide sea pillar passengers a largely obscured from view.

need to close different loopholes that these lobbyists that are hired by these powerful special interest in washington, d.cd into a thousand page document so they can get theirs while you and your family don't come up and, and that also find other ways that are not necessarily io going to revenue. quick example, when i was hud secretary, one of the things we did is from the national housing trust fund and did that with a transaction fee on fannie mae and freddie mac, the government-sponsored entities, took about $107 million to begin with that was put into a fund that would invest in affordable housing for people who were extremely low income, the poorest of the poor, to get into housing. that was not raising the tax rate or something else in that tax code, it was a different way to get at it. i would do all of those things to make sure that we are able to provide an effective way for people to prosper in this country. >> bret: that was a bit of a closing statement there. you have a twin brother, joachim, who was a congressman. he is not here tonight, but we are told in san antonio, you had for the some pe

d.c. always good to your insights on al-jazeera thanks perhaps. well the wilds most powerfulleaders are in japan for the latest g. 20 summit ahead of the main gathering us president donald trump is already had meetings with japan's and india's new render a mighty trump and mighty have been talking trade after recent disputes over the terrorists and trying to criticize japan a long time u.s. ally saying their defense treaty was one scientists. correspondent committee how could now joins us live from our saka can be the summit hasn't officially started yet but trump has already met with. and i believe i'm going to medical the leaders of countries there's already been fairly vocal in his criticism of. yeah i know none of those tensions were apparent though when the meetings got underway as you're right officially this this summit is about climate change it's about empowering women it's about trade but given that the leaders can particularly not agree on the issue of protectionism with respect to trade what's really dominating are these bilateral and trilateral meetings that are

d.c. thank you yemen's who the rebels say they have struck a power station in saudi arabia with a cruise missileccording to the group's al misawa t.v. they tackle the facility and cake city in design province is the latest in a series of missile and drone attacks on saudi cities in the past 2 weeks there's been no immediate confirmation from the saudi authorities sudan's ruling military council has called for uncle vishal talks with protest leaders negotiations collapsed after a paramilitary calls to deadly crackdown on protesters earlier this month but as organizers have continued night time demonstrations since then demanding civilian rule. 3 men have been found guilty of the. in kenya the men were convicted of conspiracy to commit the attack and belonging to the somali based on group. catherine soy reports. this is a significant ruling in a case that many kenyans have been following closely for a couple of years the judgement itself has been postponed thrice the chief magistrate was supposed to give his verdict finally at 7 g.m.t. but he did not show up in court. and when he did he said that

d.c. and we did it largely because he believes that korea is critical to u.s. interests in asia. global power. and it was that commitment when i first met him that just genuinely he exuded in the end he came. i didn't leave another job, i had another job at georgetown. he was so committed to 0 this i said i have to work with and for this man. i also want to thank -- there is a lot of people who have been involved in making the chair successful including kathy the ambassador and host for us in corey y general brooks was always willing to provide us -- to get his time and host a group when we came to town. steve perry, terrific addition. bob king, tom -- the list goes on and on. mike green. all the staff associated with the -- lisa colins who is now working at the pentagon. dana kim newest addition. joe bermudes who has gotten a lot of attention. it's not been possible without all of these people. when you ask us to think about 2009 to now. there are two thing that come to find for me with regard to korea. the first of these on north korea is that we're actually no place better off in 2019 than

d.c.'s longest serve elected official ever, but now they are going to strip him of his power. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm erika gonzalez. >> he faces possible ethics violations and day after he resigned fromec. >> let's get to mark segraves who's beenollowing the develop mark? >> yeah. good evening. this has been a tough week for d.c. council member jack evans as you said. there was this revelation. then again this morning fbi agents show up at his house, this all part of an ongoing federal investigation. it all started before 6:00 this morning. federal agents at the home of longime d.c. council member jack echbts. police closed off the entire block in front of his house for hours as fbi agents searched evans' home. >> this is definitely not a normal friday morning in the neighborhood, but i think it's necessary and i certainly -- you know, if there's credence to any of these accusations or whatever the fbi might be investigating, i welcome it. >> it's sad, that's all. >> reporter: evans waited outside in his car while they raided his home. hours later phil member dellson

power of music. the festival is free and will put d.c.'s local music, especially gogo, o display. normally the event is a two-week affair. but this year it's only two days. you can still look forward, oough, to a l live music, great food, instrumental workshops. and much more. >>> and the best part about the 4th of julys also the most dangerous. we've got some tips for you to stay safe coming up next on "news4 today." ay wit. >>> welcome urback, yo time now is 9:09. the 4 old testameth of july is ou rican holiday and if aren't careful it can also be the most dangerous. fire chief scott goldstein. more on staying safe. thanks for being here. >> thank you f>> having us. you and i were just talking, what's most important, it sounds like, is to at least know the laws in, you know, where you live. so what are some of the laws? ex>> tly. montgomery county, prince georges county, howard and then the city of alexania here locally, all fireworks are al illeg in the other jurisdictions, those laws vary. you may be able to purchase it in one community. but then you travel home to another cou

d.c. council colleagues in an attempt convince them not to strip him of his chairmanship of the council very powerful finance committee. >>> we are less than a week away from the fourth of july. 's this year celebration is certain to look different from what we are used to. the president will give a speech from the steps of the lincoln memorial whi means more security. people will have to use one of half of a dozen security to get to the mall and those who want to see the president will have to go througan additional screening through the secret service. despite the crowds and security requirements, for many d.c. en resids, there is place like the mall on the fourth of july. >> i am going tohe mall. my parents are coming in town to see president trump so i will be there. >> i'm staying away from the mall. >> wh >> crowds. >> if you plan to spendthe fourth on the mall, park service says bring plenty of water and leave your pets at home. for more independence day events around the region, head to the nbc washington app and s rch the fourth of july. it is a tradition in the washington area. it.we love >

and the money in politics and i think as you alluded to, senator lee, is the power that has convened here in washington d.c. from all over the world. it's here because of the concentration of political power. now we have the concentration of economic power. concentration of media power. and all of that really comes back to the real powers and the seniority within these walls. and we can't fix it with one fell swoop, but we can break up a lot of it and change the incentives in a hurry. >> well-said. thank you. >>> thank you, senator. one final question. you testified about how public opinion supports term limits 80/20. this is across racial lines, across ethnic lines, across party lines. republicans, democrats, independents. when you brought forward your resolution in support of term limits before the senate, it was voted down 75/24. do you know of another issue on which the views of congress are so wildly out of step, the american people support it 80/20 and the senate votes it down 75/24 on the opposite said? do you know another issue where the views are so wildly out of step, and why is it career politic

power. this story doesn't take place in the halls of congress, in the department of such and such, or in d.c., which is too often called, quote, the most powerful city in the world. this story takes place at hope house, a women's homeless shelter in spokane, washington. hope house, which is expanding because of a grant made possible because of tax reform helps women find a second chance. heather thomas taylor is the director. as the spokane review reported, she knows everyone staying at the house by name. she feeds them from donations from restaurants and churches. once a bride and groom, still in their dress and tux, donated two weeks' worth of food left over from their reception. around the holidays, hope house's fridges are full so about n't fit a slice of a log knee in them. -- baloney in them. this is -- balogne in them. is is because people, like the employees at hope house, the director leading its expansion, the bride and groom, our church congregations have the power to improve the world around them. i have another story to share. but it isn't one of hope. it's one of people losing

d.c. earlier this month? you'll have another chance to see a raref display o american air power, the blue angels and air force one and aircraft from all five branches of the military will fly over the mall, practically unheard of given that d.c. airspace is restricted. >>hile there will be an increase in air traffic and ise, there will be no cause for alarm. >> reporte speaking of airspace, the folks who plan to are he baby trump bli still trying to secure a permit and if that's the biggest symbol of protest on the 4th, this maybe the smlest. miniature balloons are being sold online, but be warned. park police say balloons are a restrictedite teym. >> if thre on the prohibited items list they will not be allowed in the area. if they comply with the prohibited items list, we will allow that type of first amendment activity or any other item tocome into the area. >> reporter: mayor muirual bowser says the district is laser focused on making sure the 4th goes off without a hitch. she says the district will be prepared. >> and i feel they have shared with us everything that they have for our corporation. >> keepi

power of interpretation. >> just before you answer that could you say who you are appear where you are from. i don't think we had that mark meddish, a lawyer in washington, d.c. >> thank you. >> judges in the united kingdom have the same power of interpreting written instruments as they do in the united states, although they carry that power less far than at any rate the supreme court has done. but there the basic theoryicle framework is the same. moreover, judges in the united kingdom have the same appetite tor developing rights as many judges do in the united states. that is something which i think is relatively recent. it's not recent in the states. it is recent in the united kingdom and is i think undesirable. the difference between our systems is that what the supreme court decides to be a right, a constitutional right is there after written in stone unless the supreme court itself modifies its view subsequently or unusually there is a constitutional amendment. whereas in the united kingdom there are no entrenched rights that cannot be modified by parliamentary legislation if necessary by a single vote. that's the difference. >> thank you very much. the

d.c. police the past seven years. he works in 4d. his police powers have been voked and he's been assigned duties where he has no contact with the public. piece chief peter newsham says his actions are a disgrace to anyone who wears a badge. >> two oil tankers were attacked fff the coast and the u.s. is causing iran o doing i. the cargo is reported to be intact. the ships don't appear to be in threat of sinking. secretary of state mike pompeo says u.s. officials believe iran did this based on intelligence and the weapons used. iran's foreign minister says it's suspicious these attacked happened on the same day iran's supreme leader was meeting with the japanese prime minister. na> the two women who accused virginia's lieute governor justin fairfax of sexual assault are responding after the lieutenant governor himself called for a criminal investigation into the matter. thika gonzalez is at our live desk with what are saying. >> we first brought you this story yesterday. attorneys forhe lieutenant governor sent letters to the d.a.'s office in both bost

his lifelong appreciation for the power of knowledge began to take shape while a student in washington, d.c. from there, his educational path will lead him to williams massachusetts. the university of texas austin, where he earned his phd in philosophy. eventually, harvard university, where he earned his law degree. bill began to invest in the education of the next generation through teaching positions at the university of southern mississippi and boston university. he then joined the national humanities center, where he championed philosophy, history, and the arts. he became the executive director of the institution in 1979. it was there he met elaine glover, the woman who would become his best friend and wife. in 1980 five, after he served four years as the national endowment for the humanities, president ronald reagan appointed him secretary of education. this calling to public service resonated with his deep desire to ensure america's children had access to the highest quality education. bill's educational philosophy revolved around what he called the three c's. choice. character, and w

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d.c. in addition to absorbing what had to be a massive pay cut, bob also agreed to a position with considerably less rank, power, and prestige than the one he held in the justice department a few years earlier. at the time too many young men were dying -- being killed in the streets of our nation's capital. and bob mueller was determined to do something about it. then as we all know after a few days on the job as f.b.i. director, bob was confronted with the horror of 9/11. i know from experience how hard it is to reorient the mission and transform the culture of large, proud, historically successful institutions. on september 12, 2001, no one would have predicted that america would go more than a decade without another major terrorist attack. that we did is of enormous credit to bob mueller and as he would be the first to say, the men and women he leads at the f.b.i. director mueller's life has been one of truly splendid service, and william and mary is honored to have him as our 2013 commencement speaker. ladies and gentlemen, the honorable robert mueller. [applause] director mueller: well, thank you for that

d.c.'s longest serving lected official is set to be removed as the chair of the council's powerful finance and revenue committee. that word from the co chairman after federal agents searched the home of jack evans yesterday morning. now, on thursday evans announcee that hould resign from the metro board of directors over ethics olations. the d.c. council is also planning its own probe into possible corruption here. evans has been ward 2's council member since1991. >>> meantime, president trump kick off his reelection campaign, promising to deport millions of uocumented families, and some of those raids will start this weekend. we are told. sources tell nbc news tha i.c.e. agents plan on targets as many as 2,000 immigrants on sunday morning. the raids will take place in several major cities across the country. now, in recent years deportations have dropped because u.s. authorities are run out of space to hold immigrants ordered to be shipped out of the country. ay> well, if you are near the national mall ton't be alarmed if you find yourself in one of those situations where your phone start

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d.c. instability of the tone, abuse of power, apparent inability of adults elected to public office to work together collaboratively, i don't know that an argument about institutional reform is completely useless but i grant you it would become at the very top of the list. i also want to just add one other sort of cautionary note about what does it mean to say our courts should be apolitical? if given a choice about the country where voters can actually elect supreme court justices, they prefer to proceed by election. which used to drive senator mcconnell crazy. that's what they want. they view judges as accountable in some way to them for the decisions that the render. i will stop there because i know there are a lot of people on the panel who sat on this topic. i just want to add, merrick garland's name has come up quite a bit in the conversation here. i don't think that this is an argument that's going to any really frankly rallying appeal in the general election. it is hard for me to think, most voters have never heard of merrick garland, and probably are going to wonder why it is the s

d.c. . facebook is a step closer to launching a payment system next year powered by a new digital currency it's partnered with $30.00 companies to manage a currency called libra it will be run by age an eva base association that includes visa master card and pay pal facebook will also launch a digital wallet which will let users buy products to wreck leave from platforms like instagram so the new system comes into $2.00 parts money and wallet libra will be digital will be the digital currency based on bank deposits and government bonds and it will have an exchange rate for converting to traditional money users will hold their currency in an online wallet called libra and facebook says transactions will take place using block chain the latest in secure a technology and its 2000000000 users will be central to the digital currency success but skeptics say facebook's record on privacy and data should be a consenting. speak to soldiers about this is an attorney at the electronic frontier foundation and is live from san francisco thank you very much mr being with us on al-jazeera so this is a major p