the sam burgess story is already the stuff of legend. and young, burgess 17 years of age,.r professional rugby league playing brothers, all of whom took their talent down under. the south sydney rabbitohs, owned by russell crowe, was where sam excelled. he captained his country, playing alongside his brothers. his, theirs, is a rugby league dynasty that may never be matched. but warrington, they've always had high hopes and now with a new superstar coach, could he be the inspiration to match that aspiration? well, they've already had the perspiration. sam's victory on tv show sas australia, leading to the preseason military boot camp. yeah, three days we did. cold, wet, miserable. as you can imagine. sam said it'll not make you a better rugby player, but it will make you a better team mate. and i think we got better at that. i think when the look back on it, you might see the reasoning for it, but whilst they're in the middle of it, they didn't quite enjoy it. but if it helps it a small bit then it was worth it. but a few sore heads at the end of it. still amidst the highs,

burgess: thank you, mr. speaker. at this time i'd like to recognize a fellow americans of the rules committee, mr. chip roy, for 10 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: for 10 minutes, the gentleman from texas is recognized for 10 minutes. mr. roy: i thank my friend from texas. i get no great joy of being on the floor of the house of representatives and talking about something as important and solemn as the removal of a secretary, one of our departments, particularly one as important as the department that is in charge of homeland security. this individual who was appointed and then confirmed by the united states senate, and this is one of the highest charges we have as members of the united states house of representatives. the charge by my colleagues on the side of the aisle, particularly the ranking member on the rules committee, that this is a political exercise or that there are individuals taking, quote, orders from former president trump, i think indicates the extent to which my colleagues on the side of the aisle

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now now, burgess says they're working to fix the current mess. >> this is a large piece, you know, a of debris and so it's not something you can just turn around and, you know, just pick up. >> while a contractor has been hired to remove the runaway dock, there's currently no timeline of when that might be finished. kozlowski says he just hopes it's as soon as possible. >> all the anxiety level has been off the hook. i mean, just seeing this, this thing is huge in east contra costa county. >> tim johns, abc seven news happening now. >> a street is blocked off in san francisco because of this gaping sinkhole. this is on 14th street between guerrero and valencia, right where the whole foods is now. we're told one car actually drove into it earlier today and got two flat tires. the entire block is closed to cars until crews can fix it. the exact cause still hasn't been determined. >> well, tonight the north and south bay seem to have the largest areas of pg and e customers still sitting in the dark. it's now night for the of no power caused by the storm that pg and e today said was unpr

it's disputed by the virginia house of burgesses. lord fairfax conducts for 11 years from 1732 to 1743. a lawsuit in the british privy council to establish that he does own this land. and then he goes over and superintend and hires washington to be his so so that the chance anything could have happened could have gone another way was a close run thing. no lord fairfax, no george washington, all right. so now let's turn to the america, because i want to ask you this question i asked you earlier. we have had landslide elections in america, 1980, 1984, 1972, 1964, but not since then, what's what's happened to the unifying impulse, americans? well, you know. since 1984, no president has won more than 53% of the popular vote. during the first, george bush was a little higher than, you know, 53 point something. in 1988, barack obama was 52.8. i think in 19. in 2008, we don't have those big landslides anymore. i think the answer is that when we had we had landslide heights, when we had an electorate that had experienced the great depression

in office give me the border patrol give me the people, the judges the people can stop this -- >> burgessgressman your reaction to what we are seeing at the southern border that no i everything is becoming a border state. >> thanks, cheryl i appreciate it what we're seeing he overwhelming of system on purpose, it the interesting if this hadn't been done before some strategy in 66 two offices decided to overwhelm welfare system, this is what is going on now look at every facet misery, there is -- chaos, and being done on you were about, that is what we have to recognize we have with with a president, love power more we start to see what is happening really interesting back to old school 1800 human trafficking bringing millions of people to our country women and children raped, sold into sex slavery a country supposedly past that, talking all the time democratic party loud for three years, so, no first of all i am happy to see because we shut down this -- this, in senate president now admitting hasn't had power for last three years to do what he has to do to shut it down. cheryl: the econom

the sam burgess story is already the stuff of legend. and young burgess 17 years of age... of it. still amidst the highs, it's a career that's overcome plenty. the burgess brothers lost theirfather, also a rugby league player, at a young age to motor neurone disease. much more recently, issues in sam burgess�*s private life have made both front and back pages. i think i've been through some really tough times growing up as a player, as a retired player and as a coach. i'll probably go through some things. but know personally, i've grown as a as a human being since all that. overall, i think it'll make me a better coach. young sam burgess to plunge over. in a twist of sporting fate, the coach that gave him his chance as a player almost 20 years ago will also be the coach he comes up against in his first game in charge. when he was 17 and was a young adolescent trying to turn into a man, he was going through sort of things with his with his family, with his father's illness, with mnd. and to see a young man cope with that situation, to look after his father, not only that, to

burgess. mr. burgess: thank you, mr. chairman. i move the committee grant h.res. 863, impeaching alejandro mayorkas, secretary of homeland security, for high crimes and misdemeanors, a closed rule. it provides that upon adoption of the resolution, it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider h.res. 863. the rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the committee on homeland security now printed in the resolution shall be considered as adopted. the rule provides two hours of general debate, equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee of homeland security or their respective designees. the rule provides upon adoption, h.res. 995 is hereby adopted and further, no other resolution incidental to impeachment relating to h.res. 863 shall be privileged during the remainder of the is 18th congress -- 118th congress. the rule further provides for consideration of h.r. 485, the protecting health care for all patients act of 2023, u

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two more games in the opening round of fixtures in superleague taking place this evening, where sam burgesse catalans a 111—8 lead despite being reduced to 12 menjust one minute into the second half. a sensational team move to get his side back into the game but the wolves were unable to muster one last push as the dragons hung on for a 16—10 win. in the other game, the defending champions wigan warriors took full advantage of a first—half sending off to beat castleford tigers 32—11. wigan ran in five tries, liam marshall's second try of the evening putting the cherry on top of a comfortable win. i thought there was a few times where they hadn't particularly got in space unlooked for the past, where the run was the more threatening play. in the second half i thought we did that a bit better. i thought we did that a bit better. i think the tv camera won't do this pitch justice i think the tv camera won't do this pitchjustice in terms i think the tv camera won't do this pitch justice in terms of how sticky it is. it took us awhile to find our rhythm, but like most of the games this week, i th

sam burgess is overseeing his first game as coach of warrington wolves, they're currently losing 1a—a the castleford coaching staff — the warriors then took full advantage with two tries just before the break — bevan french eventually finishing off the second. wigan have just scored another try, they lead 20—a. that is being looked at by the video ref. that is being looked at by the video ref. and that match is the first ever superleague game being broadcast on the bbc. it's on bbc two right now. it's part of a new broadcast deal. the bbc will show a number of live games throughout the season. and there will be highlights on the bbc sport website. it isa it is a try. 2a—a to wigan there now as we catch that much. you can catch it on the bbc sport website for live text updates. gloucester survived a late fightback to make the final of the premiership rugby cup. they scored three tries without reply in the first half against defending campions exeter chiefs at kingsholm. josh hathaway with the pick of them. chiefs responded in the second half, but gloucester held on to win17—1a and will

but the luxury yacht broker burgess believes even little gestures it add up. >> all the flowers shouldast up to a year. they are real flowers. they are beautiful flowers. >> how do they last a year? >> they are preserved biologically with natural oils. if you're able to keep the same arrangements for a year or six months per season, it's a small thing. but all those 1%ers will make a sea change. >> we've heard about flowers, we're going to try to -- why is that funni? >> not too put too fine a point on it, but when you look at the scale of the problem, some more sustainable materials or fake flowers are a little bit like putting lipstick on a pig. they hardly scratch thesurface. we've got a massive job to do in terms of reducing our co2 emissions. >> our industry needs to be extremely cautious when we communicate about sustainability. a yacht will never be 100% green. >> and certainly a yacht like this will never be considered eco-friendly. >> the 97-meter boat built in germany is a very, very famous super yacht. no one's seen it. it's secretive for a very long time. >> it's funny that

and so jim burgess, i went out with the archeologists, did a metal detector retrieval, what was to be the the septic field where we covered over 3300 artifacts from an little bit bigger than this, but not much. but of those 3300 artifacts, about 2900 rooms from the various reenactments that been held on the field fence. but this is a symbol of really a photograph that i love because it really says a great deal about how american treat and perceive this war. we're talking last night at dinner. you know, this is the centennial the first major event of the centennial of the civil war, the first major event of the centennial of the first world war. and great britain. do you remember any of you what it was? it's a purser at st paul's cathedral, the first major event of the sesquicentennial of the american civil war wasn't a prayer service, it was a secession ball in charleston. americans go at the civil at at this war of ours with an uncommon and sometimes uncomfortable sense of lightness forgetting its stakes. and, in fact, its true nature. but there's no question that the american tradit

and so jim burgess, i went out with the archeologists, did a metal detector retrieval, what was to be the the septic field where we covered over 3300 artifacts from an little bit bigger than this, but not much. but of those 3300 artifacts, about 2900 rooms from the various reenactments that been held on the field fence. but this is a symbol of really a photograph that i love because it really says a great deal about how american treat and perceive this war. we're talking last night at dinner. you know, this is the centennial the first major event of the centennial of the civil war, the first major event of the centennial of the first world war. and great britain. do you remember any of you what it was? it's a purser at st paul's cathedral, the first major event of the sesquicentennial of the american civil war wasn't a prayer service, it was a secession ball in charleston. americans go at the civil at at this war of ours with an uncommon and sometimes uncomfortable sense of lightness forgetting its stakes. and, in fact, its true nature. but there's no question that the american tradit

diane burgess says the property has a 15 year history of being a nuisance. the property was home illegally occupy boat lacking sanitation, an unpermitted electrical systems. all right. well, we want you to know what to expect today. the rain making another reappearance. did it ever really leave john in the first place? good morning. yeah. we still have some rainfall yesterday, but today it's going to pick back up a little bit. so. >> yeah, it never really technically left, but we did get some breeders yesterday for sure. looking at coit tower, of course, lit up in the red and gold this morning ahead of the game this weekend. things out there are fortunately calming down for southern california after over a foot of rainfall for much of the la metro. we're finally seeing a bit of a break. good news here locally. we do have some heavy rainfall in the way ourselves right now. it's centered up on the north coast. this is a cold front that's going to be diving in our direction. and later on this morning, resulting in an uptick of rainfall this morning. we're not c

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sam burgess is the new warrington coach. —— super league champions wigan.th lots of sport going on but of course it's the weekend so why wouldn't they be? it 745 and everyone has all of the weather details.— 745 and everyone has all of the weather details. ,., ., ., ~ , weather details. good morning. a bit of a mixed bag _ weather details. good morning. a bit of a mixed bag over _ weather details. good morning. a bit of a mixed bag over the _ weather details. good morning. a bit of a mixed bag over the next - weather details. good morning. a bit of a mixed bag over the next couple l of a mixed bag over the next couple of a mixed bag over the next couple of days. this morning is actually not looking too bad for most of us with these clouds thickening through the course of the morning into the afternoon and then i think on the evening, a lot of us are in for rain and really, it will be quite heavy. this weather front is approaching us right now so ahead of it, the skies are still clear or at least the clouds are pretty thin so we're not getting much rainfall

leaders are just have to come up with plan to defend the river crossings they instruct columbia's chief burgess to defend their bridges or quote unquote render impassable that either chopping holes in the deck or finding some other way to, destroying a span, or at least bridges. this bridge, by the way has 22 spans, each one of which is more than 200 feet wide. so there's plenty of opportunity to try to stop the confederates of the coming through this way. but you know, that was back in october. but everything's calmed down in pennsylvania since. of 62. we pennsylvania i've been hearing since the start of the war or rebels are coming or rebels are coming like an old children's story. you remember called chicken little people stop believing that the rebels were coming. yes, door was here. no big deal. stewart left, no big problems. they're not coming back. those of us know the civil war know. yes, they are coming back. of course they are so robert e lee much like the slide brad showed about october about 62. he's got many of the same goals. he's not nearly as worried about foreign intervention t

michael burgess, all original co-sponsors of the bill. i thank you and say again a special thank to you the extraordinarily talented staffers including mary who did an amazing job on this, janice, thank you for your work. and thank you to mary noonan, doug anderson and survivors bella and robert long who also provided tremendous insights. a heartfelt thanks to over 20 organizations that have provided insight and recommendations and endorsed this legislation. terry fitzpatrick, director of the alliance slavery trafficking, a consortium of various groups and said on behalf of them, the u.s. has the world's most comprehensive effort to fight trafficking and this is the reason why. it's the blueprint at home and abroad for updating and re-authorizing the act is essential to maintaining america's leadership. the united states congress of catholic bishops strongly endorse the legislation and asks congress to approve the measure without further delay, quote-unquote, and we must continue to unite to address conditions that lead to human trafficki

. >> contra costa county supervisor diane burgess, who represents this area, says the docks owner failed to keep the property, which led to unsafe conditions. a contractor will remove the runway dock, but there's no timeline of when that will be complete. this morning in san francisco, a street is blocked off because of this gaping sinkhole. this is on 14th street between guerrero and valencia, right before the whole foods. we're told one car actually drove into it and got two flat tires. the entire block is closed to cars right now until crews can fix this thing up, the exact cause is still under investigation. >> and today investigators are expected to discuss two unsolved bay area murders that date back to the 1970s. one of those cases is the sexual assault and murder of nellie hicks. her body was found inside a home in newark in may of 1972. the other case, the 1979 killing of teresa pica of hayward. the fbi is now involved in both investigations and developing news in oakland. police officer has been fired after an internal investigation found he posted racist and derogatory stateme

. >> the contra costa county supervisor, dianne burgess, who represents this area, says the docks owner failed to keep up the property, which led to those unsafe conditions. a contractor will remove the runway dock, but there is no timeline of when it will be complete. >> now, this morning in san francisco, heads up, a street is blocked off because of this gaping sinkhole. this is on 14th street between guerrero and valencia. that's right. where the whole foods is. we're told one car actually drove into it and got two flat tires the entire block is closed to cars until crews can fix it. the exact cause is still hasn't been determined. now, former oakland police chief lauren armstrong is continuing to fight his 2023 firing, saying it was illegal. he says that he's now suing the city of oakland and mayor xiang tao. abc seven news reporter lena howland is here with the details. good morning. >> good morning. amanda armstrong's lawsuit claims he was illegally terminated in retaliation for criticizing a federal monitor. the monitor, robert warshaw, questioned armstrong's response to an offic

leaders are just have to come up with plan to defend the river crossings they instruct columbia's chief burgess to defend their bridges or quote unquote render impassable that either chopping holes in the deck or finding some other way to, destroying a span, or at least bridges. this bridge, by the way has 22 spans, each one of which is more than 200 feet wide. so there's plenty of opportunity to try to stop the confederates of the coming through this way. but you know, that was back in october. but everything's calmed down in pennsylvania since. of 62. we pennsylvania i've been hearing since the start of the war or rebels are coming or rebels are coming like an old children's story. you remember called chicken little people stop believing that the rebels were coming. yes, door was here. no big deal. stewart left, no big problems. they're not coming back. those of us know the civil war know. yes, they are coming back. of course they are so robert e lee much like the slide brad showed about october about 62. he's got many of the same goals. he's not nearly aworried about foreign intervention to

but it was defeat for sam burgess in his first game as warrington wolves head coach as his side werea swiatek has won her first title of the wta season. swiatek beat world number four elena rybakina in straight sets to win the qatar open for the third consecutive year. she's the first woman since serena williams in 2015 to win a wta event three successive times. gary wilson will face martin o'donnell in the final of snooker�*s welsh open later on. wilson completed a 147 maximum break in the second frame after missing the opportunity to do so in the opening frame of his semifinal againstjohn higgins, then received a huge ovation from the crowd in llandudno. it's the first maximum break of the tournament. a huge ovation from the crowd there. martin o'donnell reached the final by beating elliott slessor. he hit a terrific break of his own, 126 in the deciding frame to reach his first ranking final, winning 6—5. stay across that final on the bbc sport website and iplayer from 12:45 this afternoon. dwain chambers' return to the british indoor athletics championships at the age of 45 took

currently doctor burgess will be for the minority. the ranking member for the minority. with that. [inaudible] >> yes. thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the house rules committee concluded debate on impeachment resolution against homeland security secretary mayorkas. for his handling of the southern border. he is facing two articles of impeachment the first for it for willful systemic diffusional to comply with the law and second breach of public trust. the full health is expected to debate and vote on the resolution as early as tomorrow you can watch that live over on c-span. on thursday at u.s. supreme court will give oral arguments in the case of former president donald trump elgin voltage on the 2024 colorado ballot the colorado supreme court ruled for president trump was an eligible for running for office because he violated the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution supported insurrection january 6. watch our live coverage of the court beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span's "washington journ

>> what do you think, paul burgess? hi.as been going a bear scare has been going for a long time. >> it's not true long time. >> um, and it's not true. >> um, and it's not true. >> i mean, polar bears now . >> i mean, polar bears now. >> i mean, polar bears now. >> i mean, expert on this is >> i mean, the expert on this is susan crockford. if anyone wants to report and she to look up her report and she puts population now at about puts a population now at about 32,000, and it was to down about 10,000 in the 60s. >> and, and you know, it's quite right that we stopped the shooting. >> um, but since the scares were started in the 90s, all these scares , the populations scares, the populations increased when and as we got less ice, actually , i'll pass less ice, actually, i'll pass this along to you, but we've got the highest ice now in december 22nd. >> that was the highest level for 14 years. >> we've now got the highest level for 21 years at this time. >> where did you get that information? >> this, this this came there's th

issue is the conservative party may according to the memos that we've seen and the work done by tom burgess allowed to use a third party to transfer the money into the political party and that is a very serious offence that could carry a jail sentence. serious offence that could carry a jailsentence. so serious offence that could carry a jail sentence. so both the party and mohamed amersi i think of questions to answer. i have written to both the electoral commission and the metropolitan police asking them to investigate the matter with the number of questions that i think arise from the story in the guardian newspaper today. bud arise from the story in the guardian newspaper today-— arise from the story in the guardian news--aer toda . �* a, . ~ , newspaper today. and mohamed amersi has answered — newspaper today. and mohamed amersi has answered your— newspaper today. and mohamed amersi has answered your questions, _ newspaper today. and mohamed amersi has answered your questions, he - has answered your questions, he says. no electoral rules were broken by gchq, myself or nadezhda rodichev

burgess has recognized according to the october 2023 consumer price index housing cost remain key drivercountry. all of our constituents are feeling this. i have to say that we all have our personal stories situation with myself was that my mom and dad worked themselves to the bone to make sure they had a house and that little house financed 900 graduate degrees, numerous advanced degrees, scores of logbooks engineering books finance books social services books and ultimately, it really was the ability to take money out of the house and the generosity of my parents that all of my brothers and sisters and i got a decent education. it was the house that gave the opportunity. it really was. and they worked hard for that. i was a little intrigued with the provocative statements you are making saying that federal policy should not encourage homeownership, i don't want to take words out of your mouth but i believe that's what he said. what others agree to that? it seems to me that that is somewhat wrongheaded. see somebody is anxious to ÃÃ would you like to comment? >> i think the federal rese

jim dale, meteorologist, and climate and paul burgess, climate scientist.nline and on digital radio. i'm coming up, i'm nana akua coming up, political spotlight. joining me to former to shine a light. this former home norman home office minister norman baken home office minister norman baker, as we discuss britain's broken system. but first, broken asylum system. but first, let's latest news let's get your latest news headunes. headlines. >> thanks , nana. it's 334. i'm >> thanks, nana. it's 334. i'm ray addison in the gb newsroom. michelle o'neill has been elected as the first nationalist, first minister of northern ireland. >> power sharing has returned after two years following an agreement between the dup and the government over post—brexit trade . trade. >> the dup has nominated emma little—pengelly as deputy fm, a role that carries equal legal power. >> o'neill says today opens the door to the future as we mark a moment of equality and a moment of progress, a new opportunity . of progress, a new opportunity. to work and to grow together. >> i'm confid

burgess, mr. reschenthaler, mr. massie, mr. norman, mr. roy, mr. langworthy, chairman cole, all voted no. all voted against making that amendment an order. which would have made sure that none of these countries that i just mentioned would benefit in any way, shape or form. so i just -- sometimes we come to the floor, we debate these issues, and i'm not quite sure whether we're dealing in reality or al eastern active universe, but the bottom line is if the gentleman cared about some of the things he said, why couldn't we make this an order and have an up and down vote on it? why was this so radical? why was this such a bad thing to do? i mean, in any event, mr. speaker, i'm going to now yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york, the great colleague, mr. ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. ryan: thank you, mr. speaker. and thank the gentleman from massachusetts. i don't get up very often and speak on much on the floor, to be honest. what i heard in the few minutes here from my colleagues is, as the

michael burgess. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i do want to associate myself with the turbines remarks early on about the linkage between -- chairman schiff -- the vast increase in spending and the occurrence of inflation which impacted the inflation rate that has now come back to visit us in form of higher interest rates, higher interest rates on the national debt to the point that interest on the national debt for the first time in history with eclipse been on national defense to i think it's very important point that people should not overlook. this was an intentional act that caused this. the other thing i feel obligated to point out is people who are supposed to be watching this sort of stuff, that is the president of the fed, that is the secretary of the treasury, absolutely missed inflation when it was occurring by almost a year, and had they reacted sooner with some interest rates increases, it would not have been necessary to guide the interest rates to the roof way they did and said schooley now we are left with the situ