plus the pandemic in north korea has left the country in a food crisis. we take a closer look at just how bad the situation may be. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. shanghai, one of asia's top financial hubs, and a metropolis with more than 25000000 people is under locked down because the communist party is committed to a 0 cobit strategy at all costs. residents had hoped, the city would lift some measures after weeks of disruption, but officials appear to be doubling down. still no end in sight to the lock down in shanghai. but china is making a big show of its full throttle response. use army tens of thousands of health workers on their way to shanghai until the massive feats of testing by 25000000 people within one day or well and cheerful scenes of cooperation for the state tv cameras. to me personally, having his work as he gave us a sense of security for the hon. you on that to go all trying everything we can to overcome the difficulties with faith to get our task done with the best outcome. to see the i want to help. but cracks and the un

north dakota? for centuries, before the europeans came to north america, robbing the native people of their lands and life. cody, to bears, is the descendant of a sushi. he took us to the standing rock reservation. the 37 year old grew up here in kennedy, in our language was saying, now he lost his spirit. anything in this earth, this planet? this universe that has a spirit that grows, moves, water, that flows grass that road the animal before legged the winged one. so when we tried to protect the land, we try to protect the earth and water and all these elements, those in our culture are relative because we were taught that we believe that we're all connected. the increasing environmental destruction caused by the oil and gas industries. and pipelines like this one propelled him to fundraise to build a solar farm on the standing rock reservation against all odds. his dream of empowering his community by generating its own renewable energy became a reality when the fall went online in 2019. in his

i am so proud to welcome president biden to beautiful greensboro, north carolina and to north carolina a&t state university, and i am not going to compete with the governor and the way he said aggie pride, so just imagine. i want to thank president biden for his leadership and for making the trip here today to witness all the great things happening in the triad. in the last few months, our region has seen some very exciting economic announcements that will bring thousands of good paying jobs to this area. these announcements have included advanced manufacturing jobs at the first toyota automotive electric battery manufacturing plant in the country and a supersonic airline manufacturing facility, also the first in the country, that will add good paying jobs to our innovative and growing aerospace industry that will be headquartered at the piedmont triad international airport. we have seen expansions to existing industries in our region ranging from textiles to microchips that create american-made goods. these exciting developments are both -- are bolstered by the $10.4 billion investmen

by contrast, if you could get on a north bay vessel, a sailboat going north from one of the ports of the south -- there was always a lot of trade going back and forth between northern and southern ports, you could get on the northbound route following the coastal currents that would head northward, the gulf stream, and you could be in the northern port in a matter of days, and even someplace as far south as charleston or savannah, and underground railroad escapes over the water were important, and were never talked about. almost all the successful escapes from the far south happened from the coast and happened using vessels along the salted water underground railroad. here's a publication that came out in 1898. in the 19th century when the u.s. was still very much focussed on its sea borne economy, this is william sebert's book, it shows these escape routes happening by water from the far south and go into new england. i want to talk a little bit about where this project came from. the book grew out of the series of national endowment for the humanities workshop for teachers, kinderg

a sailboat going north from one of the ports of the south and there was always a lot of trade going back and forth between northern and southern and ports you could get on that that northbound route following the coastal currents that would that would head northward the gulf stream and you could be in a northern port in a matter of days even from some places far south as charleston or savannah so underground railroad escapes over water. were a very important component of this underground railroad story and yet they're almost never talked about. almost all of the successful escapes from the far south. happened from the coast and they happened using vessels along the saltwater, underground railroad. so i'm going to advance here's a here's a publication that came out in 1898 in the 19th century when the us was still very much focused on its seaborn economy the importance of the maritime underground railroad was very important and and very sorry was very well known to scholars in the 19th century. you're dealing with the underground railroad. so this is william siebert's book one of the very

then to the north. the cloud cover is saving some to the north as well.me morning sun. then clouds will start to roll in a little bit later here, which will lead to cloudy skies by tonight, so some morning sun more to the south. we talked about more clouds than north. it'll stay cool, though. with upper fifties sixties rain will be an issue tomorrow and not so much today. fifties tenure 60 degrees five o'clock in the morning. so how was here and he tells us it's ok. it's ok out there. i'm looking around. i don't see a lot, which is good. we don't want to see whole bunch going on. let's go to the bridges. first i want to show you that the bay bridge looks pretty good. now there have been some winds as steve mentioned a little windy in some spots. i don't think it's anything to write home about, but just be careful on bay area bridges and causeways with a lot of wind exposure. this is a look at interstate 8 80 that looks good and the same mateo bridge traffic is moderate. five oclock . let's go back to the headlines . thank you. police are still looking for

winds can be for me north, north—easterly direction.s, the best of the sunshine likely across sheltered western areas and temperatures still ranging from nine to just 1a further southwards. the trend is for you to turn cloudier and a bit cooler as well. that trait is not there just three wednesday, similar conditions through wednesday and friday as well. but then probably some changes into the following weekend. let's take a look at the jet stream pattern. over recent days we have seen this reach to the north of the uk, that is what has been building the area of high pressure. bring us fine weather with the wind is coming from the north—east but if i run through the next week or shown, the biggest change is the main area of reaching starts to build across the greenland area, just here. pressure will be rising to the rest of the uk. what that will bring us is north or north—westerly winds as we head into early may and an area of low pressure. next weekend we will see rain or showers pushing southwards. north—westerly winds follow, it the

in the north bay, by afternoon, it is still going in the north bay. this is probably when we get the majority of the rain. through early afternoon and in the north bay. that's where we pick up perhaps as much as a half inch of rain. rainfall totals look good. temperatures are in the low 50s. we are not going to get out of the upper 50s for most of us.. many other opportunities after this. gianna. >>> i will borrow your radar and see how freeways are doing in the areas where we are seeing the light rain and mist. checking traffic conditions along 101, looks like we are at the limit with no major delays or issues. just be careful as you get more of the wet weather throughout the day. there is a crash in the clearing stages west bound 37 at skaggs island. >>> a huge fire at the taylor foods processing plant in salinas. this fire has been massive, has triggered evacuation of the nearby neighborhoods and a shelter in place order for several miles in each direction. this was a cold storage facility for mainly vegetables. it went up in flames late last night

and north korea specialist explains ah, i british band a g. welcome to d w. news asia. glad you could join us. shanghai has reported its 1st 3 debts from covered 19 in its ongoing outbreak. more than 23000 cases have been reported in 24 hours alone. a spikes like these have led to authorities locking down the city of 25000000 for 3 straight weeks. it's part of the 0 covert policy dictated by b ging. but this strategy of immediately isolating people to break off infection chains has led to non availability of essential items resulting in anger on the streets. rare scenes of descent, hinting at growing anger under shanghai lockdown, police and protective gear put an end to what was reportedly a protest against plans to set up an isolation complex in this neighbourhood. oh, hold of us, he on law abiding citizens. we want to do what we can to help the country. you prohibited us from meeting others or even going outside anywhere. and we complied. but now you want to put highly infectious people less than 20 meters away from where we live. what more do we have to put up with

further north it is certainly going to be colder, especially across parts of scotland.d the globe. i'm victoria derbyshire. our top stories: ukraine regains control of all areas around kyiv, and is now strengthening its defences in the east of the country. explosions in the southern port of odesa , ukrainian officials say missiles have hit critical infrastructure. pakistan's prime minister imran khan tells voters to prepare for a fresh election after critics fail to remove him from office. voters in hungary head to the polls as its leader, viktor orban, looks to extend his i2—year—rule. here in the uk, the conservative party has suspended one of its mps following claims about his conduct. the music industry's biggest night, the grammys takes place later today.

[interpreter] north carolina naacp. a case about north carolina's voter i.d. law. >> well, your argument next in case 21 to 48, burger against north carolina state conference of the naacp. mr. thompson, mr. chief duchesses north carolina law designates the state as necessary parties, the petitioners as agents of the state and is necessary, potters and all actions and state actors. and state court and the petition and necessary parties and this lawsuit however was filed in federal court. and when the petitioners sought to intervene, they were denied and a strong presumption was applied against their intervention. this outcome should be reversed for two reasons. first, under turbo, village we are entitled to intervene. the state respondents have candidly, and forthrightly acknowledged that they have a primary objective and receiving clear guidance on what's law if any, will need to be enforced and because that administrative responsibility and interest may not always dictate precisely the same approach to litigation, as our interest in defending the law every st

but just proceeding as planned in this context will be seen by the north korean as north koreans or something they need to get that they need to make a statement about. and i don't think we can underplay the importance of the korean elections with a new korean president has made clear that he once a close relationship united states, once more exercises the nice states. and they'll even talk in north and south to south korea, developing its own we sit weapons, mississippi very briefly, are the united states at this moment time with focus on ukraine and russia in any mood to start a dialogue with north korea at the level the pill young ones i think it would have would have to be some kind of major change in the north korean perspective on talks. president trump stuff failure in his negotiations directly with kim jong and were seen as overreach by many united states, particularly those in the democratic party. so i think any high level meeting would have be proceeded by a series of low level meetings which haven't happened yet. that would really set the stage for something that would be successf

still got high pressure to the north of the uk, keeping the run of east to north—easterly winds goingstart with on sunday morning. still a bit of rain there potentially in the far southwest of england to move away. elsewhere, though, a generally dry and sunny start. we'll see some cloud building up, particularly in england and wales, and there could be one or two isolated showers popping off, but generally it's dry. similar story for northern ireland — more sunshine in the southwest of scotland, where it's a bit warmer, north—eastern parts of scotland cooler still with some of that low cloud. highest temperatures southern england, south wales —18—19 celsius. most of the wet weather on these weather system is getting steered to the south of the uk. high pressure is dominating, and it's centred all the way up there into greenland. now, we'll have lighter winds on monday. they're coming more from the north, so it'll be a bit cooler. and we'll find more clouds spreading out and increasing through the day, and the greater chance of catching one or two showers in england and wales. should b

thank you for making a difference to the families in north carolina. you've set an example across the country. thank you. and look, you can cheer, it's all right. there is a debate in my administration that we never seem to be able to settle. and that is that the vice president who is incredible talented, she is a howard graduate. a great school and i hear about morehouse manager, my senior advisor, all the time. and you've got a great university here. but delaware state. delaware state. they launched me into my career, not a joke. i got elected to the united states senate when i was 29 years old, chancellor. i had to wait 17 days to be eligible to be sworn in, true story. and it would not have happened and i won by arousing 3021 votes. and it would not have happened without delaware state. most people don't realize delaware has the eighth largest black population in america. and the fact is that is as i say and claremont, delaware, where i was raised in a steel town in delaware, you brought me to the dance. but here's the deal, i've got to jessica nev

the moisture system is to the north and that will push into the north bay this evening making its way farther south as we head through tonight and tomorrow. rain chances for the north bay escalate as we head to the late evening and overnight hours, good chance of rain tonight continuing into the first half of the day tomorrow. san francisco starts the clock later because it will take longer for the rain to arrive, it looks like it will be a wet commute thursday morning. san jose, rain chances or lower but 50/50 chance of measurable rain, talking 0.1 inches at the santa clara valley with higher amounts further north. add that up for this rain chance and the next ones farther down the line with the seven-day forecast in a few minutes. >>> let's talk covid. marin county public health confirmed eighth-graders coming back from a trip to d.c. came back positive for coronavirus. talking out of 77 students from two schools that came back monday, 22 were positive, all with mild or no symptoms. 90% of eighth graders in marin county are fully vaccinated against covid. >>> keep masking up on publ

again, we've got the winds coming in from a north—north—easterly direction.any limited sunshine likely across sheltered western areas. those temperatures still ranging from around nine to perhapsjust 1a further southwards, so, the trend is for it to turn cloudier and a bit cooler, as well. that trend is notjust that through wednesday. we will also see similar conditions through thursday and friday, as well. but then probably some changes into the following weekend. now, let's take a look at the jet stream pattern. over recent days we've seen this ridge to the north of the uk. that's what's been building the area of high pressure to our nose, bringing us fine weather with the winds coming in from the north—east, but if i run through the jet stream over the next week or so, the biggest change will notice is that the main area of ridging starts to build across the greenland area just here. pressure will be rising down to the rest of the uk, what that will bring us as north or even north—westerly winds as we head into the early part of may and we will probably se

that weather front will take the rain away out into the north sea.art off a bit misty and murky around some western areas, that will tend to lift. some sunshine coming through now and again could trigger one or two light showers. most places, though, will be dry with a little bit of sunshine. temperatures lifting in the central belt, 19 in the south—east. this is bbc news ? welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm martine croxall. our top stories. voting is drawing to close in france in the first round of the french presidential election — president macron is facing a strong challenge from marine le pen. i'm tim wilcox — live in paris. i'll have all the latest on the french presidential election with just an hour to go until polling stations close. the bodies of more than 1200 people have been found in the kyiv region since russian forces left — that's according to ukraine's prosecutor—general. russian forces continue to mount attacks in the south and east of ukraine — with two people reported killed in shelling in kharkiv.

that's because we were sheltered from a fresh easterly wind coming in off a cool north sea.cloud with it. most of the weather action over the last few days has certainly been across europe where we've seen some hideous weather, wet and windy at times across northern spain and portugal, and that's going to continue for the weekend. for us, though, there will be a lot of cloud, and it's been pushing in off the north sea, and the cloud thick enough for some coastal fog which will linger across the far north—east of scotland. but once again, western areas in scotland, northern ireland, north—west england seeing the best of any sunshine. the cloud will break up across england and wales, but we could see a rash of showers into south wales and south—west england as we go through the afternoon. yes, it's going to be another breezy day, so on exposed north sea coasts, it will be noticeably cooler. we're likely to see those temperatures perhaps peaking at around 12 or 13 degrees. but in western areas and maybe into the south—east, where we see that cloud break up and more sunshine com

north of the golden gate bridge. rain first and then the central and south pay will get it later. some will set at 7 45 and temperatures for this afternoon. mild for inland cities like a conquered going to 69 cool in san francisco at 64, a little breezy and cool in pacifica at 59, so temperatures are expected to remain right about here for the next few days, a little bit cooler, even with the next storm approaching, will have a better look at tonight's system, as well as the next one in the extended forecast coming up was mary. thank you. prices going down just a bit here in california. how much you should still expect to pay if you need to fill up today, also ahead. twitter's board of directors fighting back against the attempt by elon musk to buy twitter today, on mornings onto the night we're talking live with a tech expert about the so called poison pill. and what would happen to twitter if the billionaire buys more o ♪ ♪ ♪ from the mountains to the coast, ♪ ♪ el estado with the most. ♪ ♪ we do tacos from the cit

maybe up north? yes, maybe mendocino county north, but that's it, and then everything, says sunshine and warmer attempts until we get to the next week. maybe there's some signs next week could be more active, but 60 seventies on your temps today and everything says get ready for thursday. dave, near 90, and then we'll come right back down as we head into the weekend. no joke. alright steve time is 4 10 promises from the biden administration for relief at the gas pump still ahead. the reason some gas prices have dropped recently. and lawmakers in washington, d c. taking another step towards decriminalizing marijuana or the federal level. why the critics of the new legislation say now is not the legislation say now is not the term. for march madness the dave's single is just a buck in the wendy's app. reg! ♪ ♪ lunch time, baby! lunch time, indeed, reg! get a hot and juicy dave's single for just a buck in the app. choose wisely. choose wendy's. - [announcer] does your home need upgrades or repairs in or

but the wind from the east or north will be strong and turn cold air across the north sea coast and easternand and england with some low cloud. the temperatures will be further west with highs of 17 degrees. for friday but pressure will be sitting across iberia with high pressure in control to the north of the uk bringing in northeast winds which will be strong at times. it will take the edge of the temperatures but across north sea coast and we can see low cloud and mist. 0n 9 or 10 degrees in aberdeen or newcastle. heading west and south we could see 17 degrees in south wales and england. next weekend and the following week the area of low pressure could affect southern parts with some rain and we could see rain pushing into the start of next week. high pressure will continue to hold on across the north of the uk bringing a lot of dry weather across the northern half of the uk. you could see: influx moving down from the northeast but generally speaking will stay mild. it would be a north, south divide into that weekend we could see a few showers across southern areas steam drier in the no

we've been hearing all evening distant thuds to the north of here. it is believed this city, kramatorsk, is really right in the middle of what is anticipated to be a russian pincer movement to try to cut off ukrainian forces in the eastern part of the country. it makes sense that is why they are firing rockets and artillery intensely to the north of here. jessica? >> ben wedeman reporting for us, thank you so much. >>> russian president volodymyr zelenskyy says his country is in a daily state of heartbreak over the needless death of civilians especially younger victims. cnn's jake tapper sat down with him at the presidential office in kyiv for an exclusive interview. >> reporter: i'm sure you have seen the video of the ukrainian mom finding her son in a well and her sorrow, her crying is just devastating to hear. and you have seen a lot of videos like that. what is it like for you as the president of this country to see those videos, to hear the crying of the moms? >> translator: this is the scariest i've seen in my life in principle. i look at this,

and those north korean's leader, kim jung's sister threatened that north korea will be using nuclear force. if the two koreas had a military confrontation, how do you analyze that threat? mr. kirby: i'm not going to get into a public back and forth with the north koreans and their threats on the use of ballistic missiles. i will just say a couple of things. we know that they are continuing to try to advance and improve their ballistic missile program. and with each test whether it's a failure or not, they learn from that, and that's troubling. number two, we have been nothing but clear about our concerns about this program about condemning these launches. they are violations of existing un security council resolutions. and we want the rest of the international community and most of them to put exactly the same kind of pressure on the north that we are. and number three, and this is not unimportant, is that we continue to make it clear that we will be willing to sit down with north korea without preconditions to talk in good faith to find a diplomatic path forward here to reach a bett

there is a breeze middle peak north side of tamas north at 36, north west oakland, berkeley hills, northveryone else. couple of westerly breezes in there. everything coming down from the northwest. next system won't be here until thursday. this looks to be a lighter system focused mostly to the north, and that's going to be the theme even going forward next system after that looks even wetter. is on saturday. this could be pretty impressive here for april from about san francisco, mainly santa rosa north and also that's a lot of liquid precept as we say for trucking and south like towers, so there's more on the way with another system, maybe next tuesday and next friday. so if you're going to the mountains thursday shouldn't be too bad. but saturday could be tough. look at that. kirkwood 13 inches forecast the new and homewood 10 so the meat goes on here. that's good. we'll keep this going here for a while fifties on most of the attempts are low sixties. look for a break cold wednesday morning, and clouds increased late wednesday. thursday some light rain cloudy mostly cloudy friday stro

i was brought up in north yorkshire.down to london to do my degree, and i taught in london. and my friend was having a party in kew and who should come along after a twickenham rugby match butjohn barbour? and that's how i met him and we fell in love and got engaged and came back north. i'd never been to south shields before. i wondered when i came where i was coming. i consider i had five lovely years with him. and two years after we were married i had my lovely daughter helen. and then sadly we were on holiday where we spent our honeymoon in majorca and he had a brain haemorrhage and died. i was absolutely devastated. i was told immediately that he'd left his shares in barbours to me. i didn't have a second thought aboutjoining the business. he was desperately proud of it, and i had to continue that because he had loved it so much. i continue to love it. i still love it 50 years later. i was given this great, great challenge and that helped me. i'm not going to say it's easy — it is hard, until you get to know what you

the venice of the north, they call it.s peter the great who built st petersburg, to make russia look and feel european. today, though, the gulf between russia and europe is growing ever wider. in the st petersburg palace, the president... vladimir vladimirovich putin. ..vladimir putin was addressing lawmakers. from them, a sign of loyalty, the letter z, symbol of russia's offensive in ukraine. from him, a warning to ukraine's western allies. translation: if anyone from the outside intends to interfere in what's happening, then they should know this — if they create threats for us, threats of a strategic nature, our retaliation, our counter—strike, will be instantaneous. we have all the necessary instruments, ones that no—one else can boast of. all the decisions on this have already been taken. across town, another decision announced. state energy giant gazprom had shut off gas supplies to poland and bulgaria, an escalation condemned across europe. the european union has accused russia of using gas as an instrument of black

we'll have a couple of sprinkles possible in the north bay today. but the rest of us are in for a dry one. 40's for most of our current temperatures petaluma santa rosa, kelsey ville as well as point rays. temperatures are just as cold as they were to start the day yesterday. so do bundle up as you're venturing out there later today, right around the same as yesterday to upper 50's to low 60's. a couple of north bay sprinkles. but aside from that, we're dry today. tomorrow is when the rain returns and we'll talk all about that. still to come, rima. john, thank you for that, ok? so let's go any look at your bridges this morning. no major delays traveling into the city. >> 10 minutes for you there. san mateo bridge heading across towards the peninsula. about 13 minutes for you does like we have some high wind gusts slow down as you're traveling there at of richmond, heading across towards center. phil has seen no hazards. a 9 minute commute and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the tolls about 20 minutes. a high school softball coach was arrested for alle

particularly chilly on those north sea coasts.ll also drag in some cloud, some moisture, particularly to central and eastern parts of england, so a slow grey, breezy, chilly start to the day here, whereas out towards the west, there'll be sunshine. also, a few showers developing anywhere from london into the south midlands, southern wales, maybe salisbury plain, perhaps the west country but elsewhere, it should be sunny. so, cold on the north sea. 0n the actual coast, it could be ten degrees, but warmer spots, maybe southwestern parts of scotland, perhaps as high as 19, most of us somewhere in between. also worth noting the tree pollen levels will be generally moderate to high on friday. so, the weekend, then, that pattern continues, so the high across the north, low pressure to the south. we can see the rain across spain and france, so the bad weather's to the south of us, but we still have that strong breeze and, again, a few showers. perhaps a little more widespread, maybe, spreading into northern parts of england during the co

north carolina law could do that. and then, in that case, again, i don't think the legislature could come in and say we want a second counsel representing the state. they -- they'd just pick one, the one that state law says represents the -- the state. justice barrett: but it wouldn't change your view about whether the legislature could come into the suit, whether berger could come in? it wouldn't change? ms. theodore: it wouldn't. but, if state law says that, you know, the -- the state legislators decide who the counsel is for the state board of elections in any particular case, that would be fine from the perspective of federal law. they could -- they could certainly do that. and so, again, you know, the state is in -- is in total control here. justice breyer: but, before you do -- what do you do about this trbovich? i mean, on page 539, i take it what the court said, this is a union member, he goes to the secretary of labor, says, hey, they had an unfair election in the mine workers. the secretary brings the lawsui

in the 1960s, yemen was two countries, north and south. the kingdom in the north was ruled by religious leaders, known as imams, who went to great lengths to isolate yemen from the rest of the world, but, in 1962, the kingdom ended, and, in its place, the only republic in the arabian peninsula was established. five years later, the south gained independence from britain and became the only marxist state in the arab world. my family played a role in the events that took place in the north. none more so than the man who shaped my grandfather's politics. his own father. he was probably one of yemen's best—known political reformers from the 19305, and he advocated for modernisation, modern schools, economic developments and, importantly, the rule of law. he was always sceptical of the military. cynthia met my great—grandfather a decade after his son's death. he was still greatly mourning his beloved first—born, who, ithink, he felt would be his political heir. for many years, i've wanted to understand the events that led to the assassination o

and it's readily produced here in the state of north dakota. there is a greater voice for fossil fuels in the united states can produce what we need plus export more for the time being oil and gas seem to remain the driving force in north dakota. i'm going to stay on commodities, mexico's congress has passed a controversial bill to nationalize lithium mining. the mineral is vital for the modern tech industry, but is the government up to the task of managing such a crucial industry? lithium is crucial to products ranging from cell phones to p c's, to electric cars. it's one of the most valuable materials on the planet and is often called and new white gold. the mexican centers has just passed the lithium amendment to the countries mining law. private companies, both domestic and foreign, are excluded from mining lithium, and existing contracts to my lithium will be reviewed, which could cause problems with overseas investors. i provide the lieutenant allen rafter cree reforming the mining law has been approved for them and yet he fiona and the b

north—westerly winds follow.ough for a bit of may snow over the top of the scottish mountains. that, i'm sure, is something we'll be keeping a track on over the next week or so. but, essentially, the weather is pretty quiet at the moment. make the most of it because it turns more unsettled into the early part of may. this is bbc news 7 welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... the ukrainian port city of odesa has been struck by a volley of russian cruise missiles, killing at least eight people and leaving many more injured. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kiev on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says us secretary of state antony blinken will visit kyiv on sunday in the highest level us visit since the war began. 26 passengers and crew are missing injapan after a tourist boat reportedly sinks off the northern island of hokkaido. officials in ukraine s