intervened probably on behalf of the foreign and commonwealth office no doubt who is acting on behalf of the united states government so join us on she is being held on a flimsy. charge of having skipped bail but the provenance of the arrest warrant in the u.k. is now disappeared because the reason there is no case in sweden as you pointed out hasn't been for two years so what's the motivation for the u.k. to do this. i personally think we're looking at a situation here where the u.k. is effectively a sockpuppet with washington is the hand inside it can be you know their explanation they said that this is in the public interest and so forth at the hearing today i can't see how they can prove that it's in the public interest having spent four million pounds on security around the ecuadorian embassy to make sure though that julian assange is doesn't make a run for it and even now knows this is dragged on so long it's gone from the obama administration into the trumpet ministration and trying but one stage anyway it's been almost supported a wiki leaks and again the u.s. is now actually

want to close with a few thoughts on the responsibility we all share in serving our commonwealth while in public office. i don't think i'm being too simplistic when i say we are all here to help people. we may differ about how to get that done, but we all share that goal. we all want to create opportunities for people. to help them get a great education, to live in a great community, to get a great job, to live a long and healthy life, to believe in their own future and the future for their kids and their families. but we also want people to believe in their government. [ applause ] thank you. this requires, among other things, that we commit ourselves to a common decency in our debate and in our dealings with one another in the public. that doesn't mean we always have to agree, because we won't. there are 200 members of this legislature, thousands of elected and appointed local officials and millions of adults in this state who all have life experience and a point of view. some of us will agree with each other most of the time. some will agree some of the time. and some will never agree at all. that's

but by the time i took this office three years ago, the economy had changed and the commonwealth we loved was headed in the wrong direction. when i stood outside this building on that tuesday afternoon and took the oath of office as pennsylvania's governor, i talked about what made our commonwealth a place we are all so proud to be from. a place where we build things. a place where you can find work that puts food on the table and allows you to save up for college or retirement. a place where you can watch your kids grow up, find jobs of their own, maybe even start a business some day and sign the other side of a paycheck. i believed then as i believe now that the people of pennsylvania have what it takes to restore those values and build our prosperity. what was sang tanding in our wa wasn't our work ethic or entrepreneurial spirit but a kind of political paralysis. a status quo in which too often, politicians in harrisburg simply couldn't find a way to make the tough decisions and smart investments we would need to get back on track. i promised i would challenge that status quo here in

commonwealth was headed in the wrong direction. when i stood out this building on that tuesday afternoon and took the oath of office as governor, i talked about what made our commonwealth a place we are also proud to be from, a place where we built things, a place where you can find work that puts food on the table and allows you to save up for college and retirement, a place you can watch your kids grow up and find jobs of their own and start a business and sign the other side of a paycheck. i believe nown as that the people of pennsylvania have what it takes to restore those values and build our prosperity. what was standing in our way was not our work ethic, but a kind of political paralysis, the --tus quo which politicians politicians cannot find a way to make the tough decisions we would need to get back on track. i promised that i would challenge that status quo. that is what i have tried to do for the last three years. it has meant challenging the legislator does -- the legislature to step out of its comfort zone. sometimes i've been forced to move forward on my own. we still have work to do. taking on the status quo in harrisbur

administrators tells fox 29 virtually every school district in the commonwealth is doing lock down drills. he says many bring in police officers to sharpen their training. but mark dirocco says he his members are divided on arming teachers. he thinks designing schools to shield students from assault weapon gunfire may be the futu future. security consultant la torre says, keeping weapons from the deranged is an obvious answer but were one that fails, it's all about training. >> if the schools and their staff aren't trained, they won't know what to do in a situation, and they're just going to guess and times they'll guess wrong. >> reporter: school district we spoke to today were engaged in talking to students and staff and parents assuring them their doing all they can with their security procedures in these very scary and very difficult times. live at the airport i'm jeff cole, fox 29 news. lucy? >> all right, thank you much, jeff. >>> still to come new information on the deadly in this winter in the state with more ski mountains than any other, family fun reaches a new peak. so whether you're a speed demon or more of a snow

office and even seek reelect. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf reject a map proposal by republican leaders that redraw s the commonwealth's congressional district. wolf, a democrat says this new map is still not fair, and uses jerry manneddering to benefit republicans. the governor could submit his own map to the state supreme court for consideration. the court ruled that the state 's current congressional lines, as unconstitutional, last month. the court could impose new boundaries next week. >>> "eyewitness news" was in sellersville bucks county today outside this holistic center an approved marijuana dispense which that will have medical marijuana for patient as veilable on thursday. so far 10 dispensaries and 10 grower processor locations have been approved statewide. >>> philadelphia's iconic love sculpture is back where it belongs just in time for valentines day. >> before making its long awaited return the famous robert indiana artwork was center piece of the short welcome home parade today. it is now back at jfk placer better known as love park. it spent a year getting a make over. they have been restored to their

congressman adam schiff spoke at the commonwealth club last night and talked about the latest round of indictments coming from the office of special counsel robert mueller. he also addressed his frustration. members of the committee interviewed former white house chief strategist steve bannon twice last week in an exchange that schiff claims was hamstrung by restrictions. >> he refused to answer all but 25 questions written for him by the white house all of which had the answer no. any question that called for a yes or explanation wasn't on the list of approved questions. >> he wants the next subpoena to target deutsche bank which has business ties with president trump. a european lawyer has pleaded guilty to lying to special counsel robert mueller's team. he admitted to covering up his discussions with former trump campaign aide rick gates. he is the fourth person who plead guilty in connection with mueller's investigation. he joins trump campaign aide papadopoulos and several others others. gates and paul manafort were charged with crimes related to their work for ukranian politicians and other businesses. >>> a new r

office and even seek reelect. >>> pennsylvania governor tom wolf reject a map proposal by republican leaders that redraw s the commonwealth's congressional district. wolf, a democrat says this new map is still not fair, and uses jerry manneddering to benefit republicans. the governor could submit his own map to the state supreme court for consideration. the court ruled that the state 's current congressional lines, as unconstitutional, last month. the court could impose new boundaries next week. >>> "eyewitness news" was in sellersville bucks county today outside this holistic center an approved marijuana dispense which that will have medical marijuana for patient as veilable on thursday. so far 10 dispensaries and 10 grower processor locations have been approved statewide. >>> philadelphia's iconic love sculpture is back where it belongs just in time for valentines day. >> before making its long awaited return the famous robert indiana artwork was center piece of the short welcome home parade today. it is now back at jfk placer better known as love park. it spent a year getting a make over. they have been restored to their

commonwealth of pennsylvania, c. delores tucker, marion brought her passion for service to the office of the late u.s. congressman, william h. gray, who also, of course, served as house minority whip and chairman of the budget committee. she worked as both campaign manager and also director of constituent services for congressman gray. serving with secretary tucker and congressman gray made marion tasco worthy of recognition, but marion wanted to do more. she decided that with her years of experience and community activism and public service, she would seek elected office. it was at the urging of marion's mentor, former representative, city councilman and secretary of public welfare, john white jr., that she made the decision to seek elected office. in 1983, marion became the first african american elected philadelphia city commissioner. instantly, she helped develop voter education and registration programs in the city and worked to grow civil education focusing on philadelphia's young people. in 1988, marion began her first term on the philadelphia city council, as a representative for the ninth dis

commonwealth is. ijames landale, thank you. the rate of inflation held steady last month, with the consumer prices index unchanged from december, at 3%. the rate, reported by the office set in november. most economists were expecting to see a small fall. a further rise in interest rates could now happen in the coming months, as our economics correspondent, andy verity, reports. if you go down to the shops today, beware of the odd surprise — like fruit, up 7.2%. orcoffee, up 7.5% compared to a year ago. more recently, those food prices have started to fall, but not by enough to slow down the overall rise in the cost of living for ordinary households. i think people are digging deeper into their pockets now and thinking carefully about what they are spending their money on. everything's gone up, hasn't it? just everything's so expensive. you're working all these hours in the workplace and everything, and for what? by the time you've paid your wages and everything, and you pay your rent, your gas, your bills, your electric, you're left with nothing. the difficulty is, prices have gone up, but my wages haven‘t. i haven‘t had a pay increase in line with inflation for abou

office has been overshadowed by corruption allegations. it is unclear how he will respond to the formal request to resign. bbc news has learned that the commonwealthght succeed the queen as the head of the organisation. member states could choose anyone as the ceremonial leader, as the role is not hereditary. the bbc has been told 53 member states have established a high—level group of independent figures to look at the way the commonwealth is governed. it will meet for the first time today in london. portraits of barack and michelle 0bama have been unveiled at washington's national gallery, and immediately went viral online, and it wasn't all complimentary. while mr 0bama said that his was "pretty sharp", social media was soon awash with jokes about him being stuck in a hedgerow. he said the portrait of his wife captured her "hotness", although many reacted to say it looks nothing like her. it's an honour that the gallery gives to past presidents, but let's just say that these were in stark contrast to the more traditional presidential portrait. they are, aren't they? its time they we re they are, aren't they? its time they were brought up—to—dat

commonwealth of kentucky, mister yarmuth. >> deputy director hadley, and associate director teri gullo, thank you for coming to testify and answer our questions about congressional budget office making economic assumptions, and the cost of legislative proposals, testifying before the committee and the discussion touched on the subject in varying degrees of detail. the take away from last week's hearing, my take away was pretty clear, cbo has regimented well-documented and consistent process to produce work for this accurate, fair and nonpartisan, budget analyst policy experts and economists at the cbo have a tremendous experience and are well respected in fields of expertise. could make more money, working fewer hours in the private sector but choose to serve the country in this very important capacity. and if there is not room for improvement we have to agree with every cbo conclusion. most of it is complicated developing many variables and interactive affect. cbo rightfully has to make assumptions and judgments and we have the right to ask questions to better understand the conclusion they reached. what is not appropriate, to undermine the credibility of cbo. last year cbo

commonwealth is governed. it will meet for the first time today in london. uk consumer price inflation remained at 3% injanuary, the same level seen in december. the rate, reported by the office activity is being unveiled by the home secretary during a trip to the us. it aims to detect content and remove it instantly. funded with more than half a million pounds of government money, the tool draws upon a vast database of material posted by the so—called islamic state. the home secretary amber rudd will meet with tech companies to discuss the software — as well as other efforts to tackle extremism. two teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a six—week—old baby died in southampton. police were called to a home in defender road in peartree on sunday after reports of a baby boy needing medical attention. the child was taken to southampton general hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. an 18—year—old woman and a 16—year—old boy were arrested and are being held in custody. that‘s a summary of the latest bbc news — more at 10.30. before the sports news — let me show you this video from robotics company boston dynamics have a look at this any mome

mitch mcconnell, a senator from the commonwealth of kentucky, who will perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate stands adjourned coming up the next is tuesday the 20th at 5:00 p.m. eastern. again friday the 23rd at 2:00. lawmakers meet next for legislative work on monday, february 26th at 3:00 p.m. eastern when the annual reading of george washington's farewell address will take place. and join us tonight for a discussion on the security and vulnerabilities of u.s. election infrastructure. the top democrat on the senate administration committee, min society senator amy klobuchar, former homeland security secretary jeh johnson, address issues at the center for american progress. see their comments 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >>> former presidential candidate mitt romney announced today he is seeking the utah senate seat of retiring senator orrin hatch. we may hear more about his plans tonight when the former massachusetts governor and two-time republican presidential candidate speaks at the lincoln day dinner, a utah county republican fund-raiser in ut

benjamin sasse, a senator from the commonwealth of nebraska, who will perform the duties of the chair. signed: orrin g. hatch, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order the leadership tame is reserved. morning business is closed. the senate will proceed to executive session. the clerk: nomination, the judiciary, elizabeth l. branch of georgia to be united states district judge for the 1 -- eleventh circuit. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the dc circuit leader. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: after calendar number bien, -- columbine and so many to name, the nation convulsed, we talked about gun safety laws po prevent more -- to prevent more names and places from being added to the list. each time we talked this government did nothing. now, in the wake of the tragic shooting at stoneman douglas high school that took the lives of another 17 americans, we must try again to pass meaningful changes to our laws to keep our children safe. that's our duty, and there are many things we could and should pursue. yesterday, i suggested that comprehensive background checks would be an excelle