our first panel, which we're calling the davis panel. we have representative susan davis and representative rod fidavis who in addition to serving on this he served on the chair of mailing standard in the 115th congress. both are here to share their knowledge in the franking process. each will provide five minutes of testimony. so representative susan davis, are you now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much, thairm chairman and vice chairman graves. you do understand we get confused every now and then. i appreciate you pointing that out. of course members, it's a pleasure to john you on what has to be house's first ever franken tine heari stein hearing. i want to thank the ranking member, rodney davis and the franking commissions new rank member ryan steele. all of who play a key role in massive communications. the house's rules, franken rules have certainly spooked members, staff and constituents over the years but the good news is we can make the process less scary and more effective. kraer to what many staff believe, the

davis. i would tell you, it's an honor to speak from the side of the site and i'll go around back to the site is soon is i'm done but to be able to talk about something that a lot of folks in and around washington don't want to take the time to delve into, and is very important for the job we do in communicating with our constituents. last congress, i was the chair of the franking commission. and i have to commend my colleague ms. davis, because we were able to work together to implement some new processes that made the frank easier. older than you. and i do and see, the folks at work on house administration and taking these franking requests, my staffers tim and he'll live, do a great job in making sure they work with their member offices to implement monday of their archaic stands that we put in place but susan and i, and our teams were able to actually make the process easier. will required higher percent online submission his. more in the 21st century. whose is the thing we should do. we

davis. and now, representative rodney davis, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you to the vice chair and also to the chair of the franking commission, my good friend ms. davis. i will tell you that it is an honor to speak from this side of the dias, and i know that i will go back around to that side as soon as i am done, be tow but able to talk about something that folks in and around washington don't want to take the time to delve into, but it is important to communicating with the constituents. last congress, i was the chair of the franking commission, and i have to commend my colleague ms. davis, because we were able to work together to implement some new processes that have made the frank easier, but we are not done yet. i do want to say that the folks at work at the house administration and taking the franking requests, and my staffers tim and elizabeth do a great job in making sure that they work with the member offices to implement many of

chris davis joined me now.the past three months your favorite financial stocks have really served and led the market and i'm guessing the lot evaluation you think they still are in? >> absolutely we take a generational view of these things but you mention my grandfather and he started investing in banks in the 1940s and you think about the environment and people have gone to the crash, depression and world war, it took a long time for investors to have confidence that the financial system was resilient and that the environment we see today we don't think it's a play for a year to the next decade we think banks are wonderfully positioned to build well. >> this coincided with the steepening of the yield curve in the right direction so you think it's more than that, potentially long-term play? >> absolutely the combination of factors that have come into place incredible durability, the strongest balance sheets in the last 50 years and they built up the capital ratios, your resiliency, the basic business model the

up spain's sixth davis cup triumph.moments here in this amazing stadium, the crowd was just, we cannot think enough all of them, and our team spirit prevailed, so we fought hard, so all we can say is thanks for this moment. more success for spain, this time in golf — jon rahm overcame a nervous back nine, and a final—round charge by tommy fleetwood to win the world tour championship in dubai. the 25—year—old tops the race to dubai standings, as europe's top golfer, and becomes the second spaniard to achieve the feat after the late seve ballesteros, who won it six times. and he did so with a birdie on the final hole to win by one shot. it has been a great year, and again, after taking six weeks off i took a bit of a risk, but i thought it was needed, so for everybody out of there who think they need to train all the time, rest is just as important. i'm really looking forward to finishing the year strongly, hopefully i can play good again and have a great 2020. al—hilal claimed the last place in the club world cup next mo

it was still time for a poxy we'll have the building davi bragging rights. have less on their plate after being kicked out of the german cup thanks to dog men the foals only let the but as they get table by a nose but at leverkusen the leaders did enough to increase that lead 18 minutes in blockbuster markets to romp teed up oscar vent to tap into an empty net nope in the story but 7 minutes later lucas a loreal put kevin followed through and he got the better of you on summer to equalize for labor cousy well above the regained the lead before half time thanks to marcus to rob patrick a monster in the ball for to rob to get his 5th goal in 6 games simply put the fruits mint is on fire. now let's get to the other games on saturday starting with 2 teams in the top half men and will for the 2 sides have a different german comeback story leading into this match the wolves were still licking their wounds after their 61 defeat to rb life sick while dortmund were all smiles after squeezing past glovebox if momentum matters will spur could be on the verge of their 1

crockett, you all can go to hell, i'm going to texas. >> and davy crockett was elected to congress, and third time he got defeated. he went to jackson, tennessee. lamar alexander and i were talking about this, he went to a little courthouse in jackson, tennessee and stood up on the courthouse and said, sure enjoyed working for you, but he said you all may go to hell, i'm going to texas. [laughter] >> you're going to do something similar, going to capitol hill, the white house? >> i'm going to tell anybody to go to hell. it's been an incredible four -- three years of working up here and i'm -- i love my wife and i

great britain begin their davis cup finals campaign on wednesday against the netherlands.ous about the intense schedule after having hip surgery injanuary. the tournament has had a total revamp with a round—robin format going into a knockout phase, and all matches played within a week. murray says he's keeping an open mind about the changes: people have been quite sceptical about the new format, which is fine, because like i said, it is a big change. and i had my reservations about it. but ijust feel like — it is fairto give about it. but ijust feel like — it is fair to give the opportunity a chance, so the new event a chance to play itself out, and see how it is at the end of the week. and i would just say, from my perspective, i don't know what all of the other players have been saying, orfeel about it that have been here, but i think it's been very well run so far. it's been very easy for all of the players. i think generally, you know, people have been fairly negative about the new concept, and ijust negative about the new concept, and i just feel negative about the ne

the guy in the chair has done so much for me with the davis cup and without it. took over. i will remember that for a long time. it seems unlikely andy murray will feature over the weekend, if both kyle edmund and dan evans remain fit. as the davis cup captain said, times have changed a little and now edmund and evans are playing better than andy murray. ulster move top of their champions couple with an 18—13 win over clermont auvergne thanks tojohn cooney who scored a try. eight more points for him. that's all from the bbc sport centre for now. i will be back with another update in the next hour. to hong kong, where a relative calm reigns as a record number of people have registered to vote ahead of local elections on sunday. more than four million citizens have enrolled to vote in what is being seen as a crucial barometer for embattled chief executive carrie lam. the vote comes amid months of pro—democracy protests in the city and tense standoff within one of the city's universities , which is continuing. stephen mcdonnel is in hong kong. a day before crucial d

mind you, he hasn't played much in the davis cup in recent yea rs. played much in the davis cup in recent has referred to this as the gerald piquet cup on several occasions. lleyton hewitt, still the captain of australia, very much against this reorganisation. he said it is ridiculous. he said it is like me trying to make changes to the champions league. but it might have persuaded some players to play. i think perhaps without his star quality it's possible these proposals would never have got through the international tennis federation egm a couple of years ago. men's tennis has been waiting for the new generation of younger players to topple the old guard for some years now and a fresh—faced champion was duly crowned at the atp finals in london last night. stefanos tsitsipas beat dominc thiem in a tense final—set tie—break to become the youngest winner of the season finale since 2001. the question is, will that translate into grand slam titles in 2020? patrick gearey reports. perhaps finally the future is here. stefa nos perhaps finally the future is here. stefanos tsitsipas, a tour fin

the davis cup finals have got underway in spain with a brand new format.ore on that in a moment, but there's already been a big upset with italian world number 12 fabio fognini beaten by canada's vasek pospisil, who's ranked 150th in the world after recovering from back surgery. korin kashanov one his match against coric, making it a 3—0 victory. canada pulled off a big shock by beating italy. there was a scare for world number 11 david goffin who dropped the first set, but fought back to beat colombia's daniel galan in three sets. it gave belgium a 2—0 lead after they won their opening singles match as well. colombia playing at the top level of tennis for the first time, won the double match. all that action only took place after this opening ceremony in madrid, with rafa nadal taking part for the hosts spain. it's the first year the davis cup is seeing this format, with 18 countries split into six groups of three, with the group winners and two best placed runners up into the knockout stage. great britain's andy murray says he'll only give his thoughts o

it was still time for a party you know how the berlin davi bragging rights. lewis hamilton could be just hours away from his 6 formula one title the british driver needs to finish 8th or better at the us grand prix to secure the championship hamilton was only 50 fastest in qualifying but with a 74 point lead at the top of the standings he's expected to cruise through a 3rd consecutive title for sadie's teammate valtteri bottas will start sunday's race on pole position.

on to tennis, and spain are celebrating their first davis cup victory in eight years.ed competition, and beat canada in the final in madrid to claim the trophy for the sixth time in their history. roberto bautista agut set them on the way to victory by winning the opening singles rubber against felix auger—aliassime. bautista agut played in the group phase of the tournament earlier in the week but missed the quarter—finals and semi—finals, following the death of his father on thursday. the world number nine marked his return to the team with an emotional 7—6, 6—3 win that gave the spaniards a 1—0 lead in the final. it was very special, very special feeling on the court today, and i could just go out on the court and try my best, my best on the court, andi try my best, my best on the court, and i am very happy that i could win. it was rafael nadal who then sealed spain's win. the world number one beat denis shapovalov in straight sets, to give the hosts an unassailable 2—0 lead. nadal won 6—3, 7—6, extending his singles record in the davis cup to 29 successive wins, str

brian: the mexican army takes the alamo execute the captured soldiers, including davy crockett. >> davyous person for santa ana to kill. he had become a folk legend. santa ana was full of puffery after the alamo. he felt like a peacock who put another feather in his hat. brian: the slain bodies of the texas army are piled up and burned. it was supposed to intimidate houston's forces, it didn't. >> he scored a quick victory. but the story that trickled out of the alamo is daunting. so the word that spread out of the alamo wasn't retreat, it was we all have to buckle down and do what we can to fight for texas independence. brian: by showing a bloodthirsty brutality, santa ana was hoping to convince the texans to give up the fight. but they fought hear d fought h. about making choices. well i didn't choose metastatic breast cancer. not the exact type. not this specific mutation. but i did pick hope... ...and also clarity... ...by knowing i have a treatment that goes right at it. discover piqray, the first and only treatment that specifically targets pik3ca mutations in hr+, her2- mbc, whic

we'll start with some good news as great britain are into the semi—finals of the davis cup.mund and dan evans both won their singles against germany today to spark the celebrations in madrid. craig templeton has all the details. no andy murray again as great britain kept the same team that beat kazakhstan. that made up first that was kyle edmund against philipp kohlschreiber. kyle edmund produced one of his best displays of the season one of his best displays of the season and he picked up where he left off. the serves looking on returnable, his forehand was too powerful. it wasn't long before the first set was his. the germans started the second strongly but edmund broke back immediately with something special. he broke again at 5-5 to something special. he broke again at 5—5 to put himself in front. i—o great britain, job done. up next was dan great britain, job done. up next was da n eva ns great britain, job done. up next was dan evans who had to do something he had done all week, when. a tough ask against a tough opponent but evans could make it difficult to look simple

former governor gray davis lost his job because of the rolling blackouts in 2001. part of the reason was he didn't react fast enough. >> i remember asking him directly if it was his fault. he did seem to drag his feet a little dealing with it. >> gavin newsom watched that and is thought going to repeat it so he rolled out an idea or at least a big concept of where he wants pg&e to go or else. let's have a listen to what gavin said. >> pg&e as we know it cannot persist and continue. it has to be completely transformed, culturally transformed, operationally transformed with a safety culture first and foremost. >> let's talk about what that means, transformed. it's big, lofty language, what does that mean? >> well, i read through his plan. i think you read through it too. what was your impression? >> well, like i said, it's a lot of lofty language. there's some general ideas. >> exactly. >> of course not any hard specifics, which i get. >> the fact is he doesn't have hard specifics. he's going to be convening pg&e and representatives from the state and bankruptcy cour

jamie has so much experience in big matches, and in davis cup he steps up matches, and in davis cup heand is underway right now. just head to bbc.co.uk/cricket for ball by ball commentary through the night. that‘s all from us. have a very good night. after a cold and frosty start to the week, the weather has toned milder and over the next few days it will continue to turn milder day and night and the reason for that is the weather is turning more unsettled. more rain in the forecast. at the moment, most of the rain anchored around an area of low pressure, slow—moving to the south—west of the uk so most of the rain in the south—west. could be a few showers towards the east of scotland. any showers moving away from northern ireland. brightness and sunshine across the northern half of the uk but grey in the midlands. feeling chillier as well. the highest temperatures in south wales and the south—west of england which is we will see the wettest weather developing the afternoon. through the evening, the rain still around south—west of england, heading into wales and the south—east of englan

brian: the mexican army takes the alamo execute the captured soldiers, including davy crockett. >> davy was a serious person for santa ana to kill. he had become a folk legend. santa ana was full of puffery after the alamo. he felt like a peacock who put another feather in his hat. brian: the slain bodies of the texas army are piled up and burned. it was supposed to intimidate houston's forces, it didn't. >> he scored a quick victory. but the story that trickled out of the alamo is daunting. so the word that spread out of the alamo wasn't retreat, it was we all have to buckle down and do what we can to fight for texas independence. brian: by showing a bloodthirsty brutality, santa ana was hoping to convince the texans to give up the fight. but they fought hear d fought h. (danny) let me get this straight. after a long day of hard work... ...you have to do more work? (vo) automatically sort your expenses and save over 40 hours a month. (danny) every day you're nearly fried to a crisp, professionally! (vo) you earned it, we're here to make sure you get it. quickbooks. backing you. with mo

out of richmond in early april 1865, in fact, it's very likely that silas and benjamin were with davis party when he was captured in georgia, silas was literally in the army from the very beginning until the very last day, last days to have civil war in spring of 1865. it's a window into this world of enslaved people and their relationship to the confederacy, tens of thousands of enslaved men throughout the confederacy were impressed by the confederate government to walk on any number projects in 1865. here is a scene from james island in south carolina, thousands of them would have worked on earth works, they would have been repairing and -- and laying rail lines throughout the confederacy, they would have been working in salt mines and working in places like the iron work in richmond producing war material for the confederate war effort, anything the confederacy needed in terms of war production that would support the war effort enslaved men are impressed to do so, to help out. of course, they have to do this, right, because they are trying to offset the advantages that the united st

oliver davis, the south bend councilman joins me now.n south bend's democratic primary to succeed mayor buttigieg, who is not seeking another term. oliver, thank you for joining us. tell me why -- i mean, i totally get why you might like joe biden more than pete buttigieg. but oliver davis's endorsement is a very big deal because you are a city councilman in south bend, indiana. tell me why it's important for you to have done that. >> it's important for me to have done that and thank you for allowing me to be here with you. it's important for me to have done that because of the fact that we need to tell the story. we need to tell the story of what's behind many of the challenges that we have with the douglas plan and other issues like that. and how i believe vice president biden would be the one to help lead us. like i said, we in the storm. and we have to have steady leadership at this present time. i appreciate mayor pete. but we have to continue to move forward. >> do you -- is -- is there something about mayor pete that you specifica

roadside fire on i-80 heading up into davis look like it's not a concern for us. any time we see any fire reported we are a extra high alert because of the conditions out there. conditions great here under 20 minutes from marsh creek and brentwood and byron 580 toward the pass. south bay a horrible crash affecting alum rock and jacksonville at 6:00 a.m. this morning. back to you. >>> warriors might be down but last night they proved they are not out. >> they certainly aren't. despite several major players suffering injuries, the team in the process of discovering some new stars. they proved that last night in memphis. alec burks scored nine points. they snapped a seven-game losing streak to beat the grizzlies. >>> at the shark tank things did not go swimmingly last night. red hot sharks cooled off by first place edmondton oilers and they attacked marty jones in the net. sharks six-game winning streak >>> now. palo alto police department settling a civil rights lawsuit because of this arrest our i unit brought to light. how it'sor changes within the department. >>>

spain on home soil have a chance to win the davis cup for the first time since 2011.tain but it has been a very, very encouraging week. they've been hit with a record points deduction and fine in the premiership, but saracens got their european cup campaign back on track with victory over 0spreys. they lost to racing in their opening game — but two tries from rotimi segun helped them to a bonus point 44—3 win. saracens have been fined over £5 million and stripped of domestic league points for breaching salary cap regulations. there are details of all the day's games on the bbc sport website. england women ended 2019 with a clean sweep in their autumn internationals — finishing with a huge 60 points to 3 win over italy. world player of the year emily scarratt scored one of their ten tries in front of a full house in bedford. it was an impressive display against italy, who finished second to grand slam winners england in this year's six nations. play is under way in the final round of golf‘s season—ending tour championship in dubai, where spain'sjon rahm has the advanta

as the davis family gets ready for thanksgiving thoughts of finding their missing relatives is always on their mind. >> it was running through my mind we've got to find mama. >> reporter: the 75-year-old sandra young is like a second mother having helped raise him. and her two great grandkids didn't show up at his mother's house on monday as planned. the children are a 7-year-old and a 9-year-old. young has been raising them since their parents died in a car crash. >> yes, maybe she had come in a little late, but not go missing. >> reporter: davis said he spent four hours tuesday night driving through san pablo and other parts of the east bay where the car's license plate was tracked. fairfield police say young and the two kids are considered to be, quote, at risk given young's medical condition. but davis believes as long as the car is moving, they'll be fine. >> as long as they keep tracking her license plate and she's moving, we know she's okay. >> young drives a green 2000 acura tl california license plate. the family says young doesn't have a cellphone which makes it more difficu

in chicago, stacy davis gates is with us. she is the executive vice president of the chicago teacher union. and labor journalist sarah jaffe joins us from philadelphia, author of "necessary trouble: americans in revolt." welcome to democracy now! let's go d directly to ccacago. stacy davis gates, can you talk that yout this deal is struck, the chicago teachers union, with the city of chicago, that if all of the workers today, well,nds teachers are back at school. >> our members took a ten-day sacrifice to finally bring about some equity in the chicago public schools. our school communities will have a nurse five days a week in every school, a social worker five days a week and every school. school communities on the south and west side of the city are now being prioritized. they will get the wraparound support they need, the class size limits will go into effect almost -- will go into effect faster for them. look, this sacrifice are members made has ushered in a new type of chicago public schools that offers sanctuary to thei

it boils down to dwaine davis. in 2009, davis was being questioned about the murder of biggie smalls. he confessed his part in the murder of tupac. he says he handed the gun to his nephew. but he says if he had the opportunity he would have done it himself. >> his initial statements are protected by what's known as a proffer session where a person can give up information about a crime without it being used against them in court. but what's not protected under law or the public confessions. davis made on the radio interviews and in the new book he is selling on amazon. >>> well, despite a rough unveiling, the tesla cyber truck has apparently gotten a lot of interest from buyers, ceo elon musk says there have been 106,000 cyber truck orders o far. tesla's first truck model was unveiled sdnight in los angeles. it's appearance and armored window test prompted a flood of commentary on the internet. tesla stock fell 6% the next day. price tags start at about $40,000 for the truck. >>> a march for housing this afternoon i

david davis. applause —— david davies. davis. applause -- david davies.ave heard me say very clearly tonight and i will stand by this, we will get brexit done by the end ofjanuary and we will never get rid of our nhs, the jewelled on the ground, and much else besides, but i also think politicians have a responsibility to think about the language they use. —— the jewel in the crown but they are candidates standing who have made speeches saying they would celebrate the death of tony blair —— but they are candidates. people who have said they would celebrate this and have said they have celebrated the death of margaret thatcher. we have a slate of candidates male and female, almost 50% female, not quite, in the conservatives, and from different ethnic and religious backgrounds and i'm proud to be part of the team and that is the face of modern wales and that is how a modern wales and that is how a modern political party should be presenting itself. on the use of language, nicky morgan, the use of language, nicky morgan, the use of language, she says on live

on to tennis and the holders croatia are out of the davis cup after losing to spain.econd sucessive defeat for croatia in the re—vamped competition. roberto baustista agut beat nikola mektic in the opening rubber before world number one rafael nadal beat borna gojo is straight sets to give spain an unassailable lead in the tie. nadal won 6—4, 6—3 — and spain then won the doubles to seal their place in the quarter—finals where they'll face one of the two best runners—up. australia are also through to the quarter—finals after beating belgium 2—1 in their group d decider. the aussies' won both of their singles rubbers, which included a straight sets victory for nick kyrgios. he beat steve darcis 6—2, 7—6. the australians, who are bidding to win the davis cup for the 29th time, will now face canada in the first of the quarter—finals on thursday. meanwhile, serbia began their campaign with a comfortable victory overjapan. they won all three rubbers in straight sets and that included novak djokovic here beating yoshihito nishioka 6-1, 6-2. serbia are bidding to win the cup

government curfew will have the latest from bogota and in sport canada battle brush her for a place in the davis cup finals all of that just ahead in the program. elections in burundi are 6 months away but there are already concerns over security opposition leaders say there's a climate of fear and intimidation against those who are critical of the governing party the u.n. has also issued a warning about the government tells al-jazeera the election will be free and fair catherine soy reports from rooney's commercial capital which. protected by women a quarter you can to cross memories of what happened 4 years ago remain true for this man he tells us his young son was shot by police while on his way to buy bread . riots started in 2015 and. run through and

but in the 2nd half unsavory scenes spoiled the bill in davi it appeared to be had a fancy 5 flairs on the pitch the referee was forced to hold again temporarily and technical teams back down the tunnel to safety. once the situation of come down slightly it was time for football again that is dedrick but yet it was adjudged to a final kristie and. i did think it will one even after a video review. substitute sebastian post i didn't care he took his chance on 87 minutes to become the hero of the evening for the own fans wasn't the best of penalties but no one in the home stands at the outset 1st of all i can add was shortly afterwards the whistle blew with me own celebrations were overshadowed more for. as rain down on the pitch from the hats and. then when you players were forced to pacify that own insurance plans. it was still time for a poxy we'll have the $1000000000.00 the bragging rights. have less on their plate after being kicked out of the german cup thanks to dog made the foals only let the but as they get tabled by a nose but at labor couzin the leaders did enough to increase

slay city rivals hats taking a page out of greek mythology just 3 minutes into the 1st top flight davi between the teams christof and then struck the post it stayed the best chance of the 1st half. both teams were cancelling each other out in an encounter but the hosts were generally on top. but in the 2nd half unsavory scenes spoiled the build in davi which appeared to be has a fancy 5 flairs on to the pitch the referee was forced to hold the game temporarily and take that team's back down the tunnel to safety. once the situation and come down slightly it was time for football again that is dedrick but yes it was adjudged to a foul christie and. i did think it will one even after a video review. by substitute sebastian post i didn't care he took his chance on 87 minutes to become the hero of the evening for only own fans wasn't the best the penalties but no one in the home stands at the outset 1st of all i can add was shortly afterwards the whistle blew when the own celebrations were overshadowed more for. less rain down on the pitch from the hats and. then when you players were force

the davis cup finals have got underway in spain with a brand new format.rld number 12 fabio fognini beaten by canada's vasek pospisil, who's ranked 150th in the world after recovering from back surgery. korin kashanov one his match against coric, making it a 3—0 victory. canada pulled off a big shock by beating

tennis, now and great britain have beaten the netherlands 2—1 in their davis cup tie.th a win in the singles — which he said he didn't even deserve! . .. jim lumsden reports. britain would need to win for five consecutive days if they're going to retrieve the trophy that they went backin retrieve the trophy that they went back in 2015. rejuvenated andy murray, the dutchman played tennis that the latest status winning the first set. he had admitted to putting on weight after the birth of his third child, but burned off some of the fat by breaking the dutchman first game and giving the british fa ns first game and giving the british fans the opportunity to burst into song. he soon add more to rejoice over when they leveled the match in britain were back in business. the power and precision returned, along with it another nail—biting tie—break, a three—time grand slam champion summoned another gear and gave britain a victory that he later said that he did not really deserve. dan evans would have won the tie for britain had he beaten robin haase, he made a great start taki

andreas perriera and davy propper‘s own goal put ole gunnar solskjaer‘s side two up by half time.ne back for brighton... but united hit back straight away, marcus rashford restoring their two goal advantage. the victory moves them up to 7th, just one point behind arsenal in 6th. wolves have moved into the top half of the table for the first time, since the opening weekend, after beating aston villa 2—1, in the west midlands derby. it was their first victory over villa, in the top flight, for more than a0 years. jim lumsden reports. wolves were unbeaten in six league games and on the verge of qualification for the knockout stages of the europa league, evidence of fatigue would be understandable. but the energy levels seemed unaffected. villa were constantly on the back foot, and as the half hour approached, diogojota should have given wolves the lead. a doubtless much—rehearsed free kick from moutinho, finished in style by neves. ii of his goals have been scored from outside the penalty area. after the break, villa made a game of it, before wolves gained control. villa got a lifeli

>> linsey davis, thank you. >>> and to another alarming headline tonight. this evening, authorities are now investigating three separate cases, three fraternity-related deaths, at three different schools in just a matter of days. san diego state, arizona state and now washington state university tonight. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> 710 linden, alpha tau omega fraternity. >> reporter: this morning, paramedics racing to an offcampus frat house near washington state university to find fraternity brothers performing cpr. >> patient is a 19-year-old male. he's not conscious, not breathing. they believe it may be alcohol poisoning. >> reporter: a preliminary investigation indicating a possible alcohol-related death. it's the third death involving a college fraternity in the last three days. at san diego state university, paramedics called to the dorm of 19-year-old dylan hernandez. >> he had fallen off of his bunk bed, about, like, a six-foot drop. and we later found out that he fractured his skull from that fall. >> reporter: the school says the freshman ha

great britain have won the first rubber of their davis cup semi final against spain.h captain leon smith, deciding to rest andy murray again, the singles will be played by edmund and dan evans — and the british number three played a storming first set taking it 6—3. the second set. the second singles sees dan evans facing world number one, evans faces world number one, rafael nadal before the possible doubles later. this new format means british fans were suddenly left wanting tickets to today's semi finals once great britian had won their quarter final yesterday. the lawn tennis association, with a little help from andy and jamie murray, put the word out on social media that they would give away free tickets to anyone that could get to madrid in time for today's semi final. that plan went down well with british tennis fans they said let's go and soak within the space of an hour, we had booked flights, booked hotels and we were hoping we could get there today so this morning, we are on a flight from edinburgh to madrid and here we are. i've been living in madrid for t

lots to come on sportsday tonight — we'll be keeping an eye on great britain at the davis cup in madridn a really busy day but we start with the premier league, and jose mourinho‘s first game in charge of tottenham. just a couple of weeks ago he was sitting in a television studio watching liverpool beat manchester city, today he was in the dugout at the london stadium watching his new side beat west ham, joe wilson reports. mourinho is world—famous, and much love that spurs, so what is he got? give it 35 minutes. roberto, west ham's goalkeeper was just a witness. just what tottenham needed, and mourinho had it. tottenham battling for the ball, tearing forwards, mourinho picked lucas for this game and there he was. energy, teamwork, when harry kane headed in the third, that was the game. but spurs tired and conceded two late goals as west ham revived themselves, too late to change the fate of the match but enough to show the spurs manager his challengers. so would he smile? just about. remember, he is humble. challengers. so would he smile? just about. remember, he is humblem challengers

aled davies won a fourth gold medalfor great britain in the f63 shot put.everything so i have put pressure on myself to throw further, but it is not about me anymore, it is about this little one and if i can show her what i do on the big stage, then ican her what i do on the big stage, then i can retire a happy man, so let's hope there are still a few more titles to come. that is ultra cute. that‘s all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. you‘ve stolen the show, gavin, with that. thank you very much. firefighters tackling around a hundred bushfires in australia say they could now start to threaten sydney. at least three people have died in the fires in new south wales and queensland. helena wilkinson has the latest. the scale and ferocity of these fires is clear. this is new south wales on the east coast of australia, being ravaged by the flames. three days since the wildfires began, they‘re still burning and spreading. more than 1,000 firefighters are working across this state and queensland to try and contain

spirit today we welcome testimony that we call the davis panel. serving as chair house commission on congressional mailingds standards to share your knowledge of the franking process each will have five minutes of testimony then we go on to the next panel representative davis you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you very much chairman and vice chairman you do understand bricco i do appreciate you pointing that out and members of the select committee it is a pleasure to join you on this historic day ofte what has to be the first franking stein hearing. [laughter] i want to acknowledge the administration all play a key role of the communications the franking rules have spooked members and staff and constituents over the years but the good news we can make the whole franking process less scary and more effective. contrary to what many believe it was not created to frighten people but rather with a good intention to preventing members of taxpayer funds for personal political or commercial use however after nearly two decades we have seen the

slay city rivals hats taking a page out of greek mythology just 3 minutes into the 1st top flight davi between the teams christof and then struck the post it stayed the best chance of the 1st half. both teams were cancelling each other out in an encounter but the hosts were generally on top. but in the 2nd half unsavory scenes spoiled the birth in davi it appeared to be has a fancy fired flares on to the pitch the referee was forced to hold the game temporarily and technical teams back down the tunnel to safety. once the situation and come down slightly it was time for football again that is dead trick but yes it was a judge to a foul christi and get no i did take the one even after video review by substitute sebastian post i didn't care he took his chance on 87 minutes to become the hero of the evening for the own fans by it wasn't the best of penalties but no one in the home stands at the outset 1st of all i can add 5 votes shortly afterwards the whistle blew but i knew your own celebrations were overshadowed more flares rained down on the pitch from the hats and. then the new player

but in the 2nd half unsavory scenes spoiled the berlin davi it appeared to be had a fancy 5 flairs on to the pitch the referee was forced to hold the game temporarily and technical teams back down the tunnel to safety. once the situation and come down slightly it was time for football again that is dead rick but yes it was a joke store style christie and ken. i did think of the one even after a video review by. substitute sebastian post i didn't care he took his chance on 87 minutes to become the hero of the evening for the own fans it wasn't the best of penalties but no one in the home stands at the outset 1st the guy cared. shortly afterwards the whistle blew put me on celebrations were overshadowed more flares rained down on the pitch from the hats and. then new players were forced to pacify their own culture of fans. but there was still time for a party we'll have the $1000000000.00 the bragging rights. and finally to a stranger on a 1st rate in iceland this week marks 10 years since the last mcdonald's hamburger was sold there and that according to its is still intact in american

great britain against spain in the traditional hostile davis cup environment for the british team but opportunity to reach the final. who is going to be on the great britain team sheet? a former davis cup player for great britain, former coach of andy murray, the suggestion, miles, from captain leon smith yesterday was that dan evans and kyle edmund are a little bit ahead of andy murray writes now. he was indicating that we will see evans and edmund play singles again full somehow do you see at? i'm not sure. we have been discussing it all day and morning. it must be tough to leave murray out. having said that, what a victory for dan evans and kyle edmund. they did it in different fashions but they will be buzzing. evans had had three tough matches and will fatigue take control? do you want murray playing a semifinal? it will be a hostile crowd and you need someone who can handle it. it needs to be counted on to win that first game of the day. do you send dan evans out? for all of his excellence yesterday, could he bea of his excellence yesterday, could he be a sacrificial lamb agains