essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraft. and in half an hour in click, we'll take a look at how technology could play a role in donald trump's controversial border wall plans. nissan has confirmed that its next—generation x—trail people—carrier, originally planned for its sunderland plant, will instead be made in injapan. three years ago, the company said it would build a new version of its vehicle at the site, after getting government assurances about the impact of brexit. but, in a letter to its workers in sunderland today, the firm says the planned investment has now been withdrawn. the business secretary greg clark says the news is a blow to the car industry but insisted nissan had reitterated its commitment to the uk, and sunderland in partricular. one of sunderland's mps, labour's julie elliott, has been giving her reaction to the news, to our reporter stuart whincup. it's devastating news for our city and the region. any loss of future production at the plant makes it less stable but i can't say i'm not surprised. th

also coming up — the signs causing confusion in essex.psychologist who took on the council and won — over the amount of signs at a chelmsford bus gate. in the six nations, scotland fight back from behind at murrayfield, but they currently trail ireland by two points. and coming up in half an hour — the click team explore one of the world's fastest growing social media apps, tik tok. a controversial ferry contract — awarded to a company which had no ships — has been scrapped. seaborne freight would have earned 13.8 million pounds — under a deal with the department for transport — intended to provide extra capacity in the event of a no—deal brexit. the transport secretary, chris grayling, had defended the deal — saying he would make no apologies for supporting a new british business . his department says it's cancelled the contract, because the company's irish backer pulled out. our business correspondent, rob young, reports. preparations have been under way for weeks. dredging started at ramsgate port at the beginning of january. the work

they upped sticks and moved their young family to essex for a safer way of life, they thought.gh what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black girls would say i'm too dark or they'd make fun of my skin tone and my complexion, and... itjust, i kind ofjust

they upped sticks and moved their young family to essex for a safer way of life, they thought. have been through what i've been through, and tell the story of young black man growing up in essex, and how hard it is for us to survive in this society. he found himself in a hostile environment, fuelled by racial hatred. it was a tough existence for a schoolboy, which he recounts to camera in the film. is it possible to say that you can see bad in someone... by just looking at them? look up there. i didn't want to sit in front of that camera and be vulnerable. yeah. i didn't. it was the hardest thing i've ever done because i love my family so much, and i didn't want them to think that the things that they've done in the past still matter. i bleached my skin. i remember the first time i did it. i remember putting a load on my hand and going like that. looking at my skin in the mirror, like, "yeah, am i light yet?" it just felt like, when i was at school, it's like, i was... even the black girls would say i'm too dark or they'd make fun of my skin tone and my complexion, and... itjus

a man in his 50s has died in a light aircraft crash in belchamp water in essex.ictims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the car maker nissan has confirmed that its scrapping plans to manufacture its x—trail 4 by 4 in sunderland — reversing a decision announced two years ago. the x trail will now continue to be made in japan instead. in a letter to staff nissan said a number of business reasons were involved but that uncertainty about brexit was not helping. the government's business secretary says it's a blow to the car industry and the region. our business correspondent rob young reports. the nissan x—trail, it will now not all of the production lines in sunderland. britain was ‘s they car factory sunderland. britain was ‘s they car fa cto ry ha d sunderland. britain was ‘s they car factory had been due to start making for diesel 4x4 soon, it had been persuaded to build it here after receiving reassurances from the government over brexit back in 2016 but, nissan has nagged today co

essex county fire and rescue say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraft walter. victims of crime will be given new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders from prison, after a review in england & wales. now on bbc news, a rarely seen view of life on the streets. in this special inside out report we hearfrom rough sleepers on the streets of newcastle, in their own, sometimes upsetting, words. in the next hard—hitting half hour, voices seldom heard, those living on our streets. any spare change, guys? it's easy enough stealing that if you get caught, you go to prison. i'd sooner do what i'm doing to survive. can you spare a little change, please ? you are a good guy, right? why do you not work? mental—health problems is one. individual stories, highs and lows. trina, wake up. i can't afford cigarettes so sometimes i got to pick one up off the floor. i will not pick a rolly one up now because i did it and i was in hospital because it had spice in it. somebody phone an ambulance. i'm chris jackson and this is inside out. on a cold winter's night,

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraftt belchamp water. victims of crime will be given new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders from prison, after a review in england & wales. now on bbc news, it's time for click. this week: barriers without walls. can tech trump the border? how microsoft came back from the dead. and the magic behind the avengers. the construction of a wall at the us—mexican border has dominated american politics since donald trump joined the presidential race back in 2015. we are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration. it reached its crescendo in december, when the now—president announced a federal government shutdown over its funding. we're going to have a shutdown. there's nothing we can do about that. a record 35 days later it was finally lifted, without any real resolution, and it could easily be back on within weeks. as trump tweeted out a new design for his wall, now made of steel rather than concrete, the democrats did offer a potential compromise — to fund a

when i moved to essex it was...extreme, with the clothes and skin and hair. many people, i think it is such a briefing that you have done to go screen and you can talk much more about this, ed, in terms of putting yourself out there, and in many ways admitting to what you did. opening up admitting to what you did. opening up to the pressures that are on young people in racist society is, in racist environments. when you are talking to cornelius and saying, how do we do this, what did you want? what did you think would be the best way to tell the story? and leaving the viewer without judgment way to tell the story? and leaving the viewer withoutjudgment in many ways. whenever we make films like this we are searching for honesty and vulnerability and we as documentary film—makers we are nothing without people like cornelius are willing to sit in front of the camera and bare their souls, and i think is extraordinary and to show that level of candour and to show that level of candour and honesty and charisma, and to be

the pilot of a light aircraft has died after the plane crashed near a landing strip in north essex. services were called to a ‘serious incident‘ in belchamp walter, near the border with suffolk, at around midday. the next of kin of the pilot, who was in his 50‘s, have been informed. a man has been charged with the murder of his mother at the family home in wolverhampton. west midlands police arrested matthew page on friday following the discovery of mary page s body at an address injames street. officers have confirmed that the 68—year—old had suffered a head injury. a postmortem examination was inconclusive. an underwater search has been under way for the plane that went missing over the channel two weeks ago, carrying the footballer emiliano sala. the striker, who‘d just signed for cardiff city, disappeared with the pilot david ibbotson. daniela relph reports. off the channel islands, the search for emiliano sala and pilot david ibbotson has resumed. this vessel was commissioned by the air accident investigation branch to carry out a survey of the sea bed. working close by is this

essex police has confirmed officers were called to belchamp walter, near the border with suffolk, at you more details as we get them. pressure is growing on venezuela's president nicolas maduro, with britain and other european countries calling for him to declare fresh elections by midnight or see his rival declared interim president. yesterday tens of thousands of people took to the streets of caracas in rival rallies, with opposition leaderjuan guaido vowing his supporters would remain on the streets until the president is removed. mr maduro has said he will not stand down. workers in their 30s have been hit hardest by the effects of the 2008 banking crisis, according to new research. the analysis was carried out by the resolution foundation, a think tank which focuses on people on lower incomes. it found the average salary for this group of workers was 7% lower than before the crash. pope francis will become the first pontiff to visit the arabian peninsula, when he arrives in the united arab emirates later. a short time ago, the pope boarded his plane at rome's fiumicino airport.

the pilot of a light aircraft has died after the plane crashed near a landing strip in north essex.ency services were called to a "serious incident" in belchamp walter, near the border with suffolk, at around midday. the next of kin of the pilot, who was in his 505, have been informed. a man has been charged with the murder of his mother at the family home in wolverhampton. west midlands police arrested matthew page on friday following the discovery of mary page 5 body at an address injames street. officers have confirmed that the 68—year—old had suffered a head injury. a postmortem examination was inconclusive. officials in the australian city of townsville are deliberately flooding several residential neighbourhoods after record rainfall that has swollen a dam beyond capacity. residents in and around the north—eastern city have been warned of "risk to life" and "unprecedented flooding" that could inundate up to 20,000 homes. people have been told to seek shelter on higher ground. president trump has repeated his intention to withdraw us troops from syria but says he is planning to

essex county council says, the penalty has reduced the number of people using the gate.psychologist and my phd was in reading and visual perception in reading. that is basically what you do when you look at a sign, you have to register it and then make sense of it. the problem with these signs was that a, there is so much information on the sign and b, the sign is contradictory. you also have the fact that there are so many signs telling you to do different things that it totally confuses the motorist. if you are travelling at 30 miles an hour you have a short time in which to take in the signs. you have to look at a sequence of signs and you will have travelled 20 metres down the road and that is a busy area where this bus gate is, there are lots of pedestrians running across the road and all sorts of distractions. obviously, you set a precedent for future signage and also for people now appealing their bills and charges, penalty notice as well, what would you like to see in future to make sure that drivers are safe on the road because, as you pointed out, this is dange

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraftt belchamp walter — one person is known to have died. and victims of crime are to get new powers to challenge the release of violent offenders. nissan has confirmed that its next—generation x—trail people—carrier, originally planned for its sunderland plant, will instead be made in injapan three years ago, the company said it would build a new version of its vehicle at the site, after getting government assurances about the impact of brexit. but, in a letter to its workers in sunderland today — the firm says the planned investment has now been withdrawn. the business secretary greg clark says the news is a blow to the car industry but insisted nissan had reitterated its commitment to the uk, and sunderland in partricular. and the nissan europe chairman has released a statement saying: we appreciate this will be disappointing for our uk team and partners. our workforce in sunderland has ourfull confidence, and will continue to benefit from the investment planned forjuke and qashqai. one

we'll start off the morning cloudy, dull and damp, with some outbreaks of rain across that essex andld source, but it will continue to drive in the risk of showers through northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day, some of them pushing inland. 7—11 degrees the high. now, there's the potentialfor some of that rain to pep up a little in the south—east later on in the day. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that weather front riddles its way off into the near continent, but it's a bit of a mess wednesday night into thursday. it's joined by another weather front, which as it moves its way west to east overnight, could bring in something a little bit cooler and the potential for some snow to higher ground as it moves its way through scotland. behind it, it's going to be a breezy affair on thursday, with that westerly wind still driving in the showers along those exposed west—facing coasts. but again, it's still a relatively mild story, particularly in comparison to where we were a week ago, 5—10 degrees the overall high. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, it

we'll start off the morning cloudy, dull and damp with some outbreaks of rain across the essex and kentth—westerly breeze, so a mild source, but it will continue to drive in the risk of showers through northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day, some of them pushing inland. 7 to 11 degrees the high. now, there's the potential for some of that rain to pep up in the south—east a little later on in the day. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that weather front riddles its way off into the near continent, but it's a bit of a mess wednesday night into thursday. it's joined by another weather front, which, as it moves its way from west to east overnight, could bring in something a little bit cooler and the potential for some snow to higher ground as it moves its way through scotland. behind it, it's going to be a breezy affair on thursday with that westerly wind still driving in the showers along those exposed west—facing coasts. but again, it's still a relatively mild story, particularly in comparison to where we were a week ago, 5 to 10 degrees the overall high. now, as

natasha, a professor of government at the university of essex goingi essex joining us at this hour. >> thanks for having me. >> how do you see this playing out with democrats who will push to make the report as public as possible? >> they have already talked about this. they have made it very clear. if there is any indication the attorney general has not published the full report and is hiding things, they think that is, you know, their duty to make it clear to the american public. they are going to try to subpoena this. this could get in a political battle that may end up in the courts. they are hoping all the report is communicated to the public so everybody has all the information. >> look, through court filings, we have been getting key insights into mueller's investigation. it's as if he has been writing this report in public. do you think we can expect surprises when that report is finally released? >> well, it's hard to say. i think people are still wondering whether or not there's going to be more indictments that may take place. there was constant talk about there could be an

around the coasts of kent, essex, norfolk and suffolk, mainly rain as it moves its way in.ell. snow showers in the far north of scotland. elsewhere, across scotla nd of scotland. elsewhere, across scotland and northern ireland there is going to be some sunshine. widely below freezing, —15 degrees in rural parts of scotland, the coldest morning of the winter so far. temperature wise, barely above freezing in northern areas of scotland. elsewhere, three or 5 degrees. 0vernight, we continue with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across the far south—east of eglin. snow showers coming across the pennines, northern parts of scotland. a cold night wherever you are, temperatures widely below freezing. —10 minus four degrees in major towns and cities. in the countryside, lower than that. that ta kes countryside, lower than that. that takes us the weekend. 0n countryside, lower than that. that takes us the weekend. on saturday, a ridge of high pressure establishing itself across the uk. a cold, potentially icy start to the day. largely dry and bright. we will still have that mixture

intu — the owners of big shopping centres like lakeside in essex and metrocentre in gateshead — havebut property valuations have fallen 13.3%. suzy ross is a senior retail advisor at accenture has suffered a dramatic slump in its share price over the past year. good morning. explain this, right down in the value is quite a big one. yes, it reflects a couple of challenges for intu and shopping malls in general. the first is a challenge around retail in general where you are seeing people spending shift from buying goods and services into experiences. intu's shopping centres a re into experiences. intu's shopping centres are focused on fashion, 70% is fashion and needing to transition their tenant base over to a more experiential base. they need deep pockets and access to capital which is obviously difficult given their current share price. there was quite a showdown with mark ashley the founder of sports direct, one of the buyers of house of fraser, a stake in debenhams, he had a showdown over rents and it illustrates that difficulty that landlords want to keep the value and how much

also coming up — the signs causing confusion in essex.

essex county council says the penalty has reduced the number of people using the gate.ort now, here's 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. it's the second round of fixtures in the six nations championship. two matches today. the match between scotland and ireland kicks off at 2.15 at murrayfield it's live on bbc one, ireland are the reigning champions but had an opening defeat to england in dublin. they can't really afford to lose today if they are to realistically retain their title. scotland are looking for back to back wins after beating italy, also at murrayfield last week. if we want to go and compete and ta ke if we want to go and compete and take the next step, we need to win against quality opposition, ireland are that. they have proved that in the last couple of years and they are one of the best teams in the world. . if we are going to win tomorrow we will have to play one of our best games. with a few players coming in that didn't play last week, they will look to make a point they should have been involved last week, so look, we will have to

he retired from the international scene last year but will play for his county side essex this year. football club on social media for a while. this is mobolaji dawodu, who plays for english club canterbury city... though who knows a recording contract could be on the horizon. as a forfeit for being the last player to arrive for his side's match. he was forced to sing in front of his team—mates and loved every single second of it. this is my favourite bit. that is how you sell a performance. you just know he's going to be late everyday now so he can get up and do that. right we're all off to practice our version of la bamba. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me chetan pathak and the rest of the team, that is your tuesday sport briefing. bye for now. we wa nt we want to see that, don't we? climate change is widely considered the greatest challenge no of our age. the consequences of a warming planet could be drastic for generations to come. if scientists are to understand what's happening they need good data — and one man in colorado

we'll start off the morning cloudy, dull and damp with some outbreaks of rain across the essex and kenty breeze, so a mild source, but it will continue to drive in the risk of showers through northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day, 7—11 degrees the high. now, there's the potentialfor some of that rain to pep up in the south—east a little later on in the day. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that weather front riddles its way off into the near continent, but it's a bit of a mess wednesday night into thursday. it's joined by another weather front, which as it moves its way from west to east overnight, could bring in something a little bit cooler and the potential for some snow to higher ground as it moves its way through scotland. behind it, it's going to be a breezy affair on thursday with that westerly wind still driving in the showers along those exposed west—facing coasts. but again, it's still a relatively mild story, particularly in comparison to where we were a week ago, 5—10 degrees the overall high. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, it does lo

they're known as the windrush generation, after a ship that arrived at tilbury docks in essex.ain here, but changes to immigration laws in 2012 meant many who arrived as children, without their own documents, found themselves unable to prove their status and some were wrongly deported. in the commons, a labour mp criticised sajid javid directly. 0nce enslaved, then colonised, and now repatriated. why do you say that these children should live without their parents? why do you say that the families of black british people who have been killed by your department's incompetence, that this is acceptable? that is what happens. we are now 20 years on from the macpherson review which found institutional racism in this country! i ask home secretary why is it that still in this country, black lives matter less? i have to, mr speaker, take issue with the tone of the right honourable gentlemen. he does himself no good service, a huge disservice in the way that he speaks, in the tone that he has used, to suggest there is even an ounce of racism in this house and to ignore the facts. he sai

participation well joining me now is a professor of citizen participation to berrisford from the university of essex peter welcome going underground your chair is in citizen participation well what is it was it such a critical subject to understand the current malays arguably in the u.k. civic society it sounds a bit like a fancy word but what it's really about is that all of us should have a real say in our lives in what happens to us. and if we need help particular if we need help in the services in the policies that we might need to do now one thing governments since tony blair maybe arguably have been saying is that the vulnerable are being heard because more and more questionnaires a going out more and more dates here is being received from the most vulnerable and says that the authorities know more and more about what is going on them. most marginal communities it's really interesting the way that of course language is always a problem for us in this kind of field but we are used to ideas of involvement where i are used to those sort of ideas most in the commercial setting market research surv

to scientists from the king of dili university of science and technology the university of texas at essex and the all of our university they found that after the last ice age the coral in the red sea evolved to handle excessive heat and acidification which is what's killing coral elsewhere but this doesn't just mean that the red sea could have corals centuries from now it also means there is a real possibility to reseed other coral reefs with the red sea variety so here's to the red sea choro that can really take the heat that is really cool that's like the first little bit of good news and we're coming out of things i mean apart from like the ocean clean the road earlier this year it's like that's a really nice bit of good news about that hey there might be this coral but well there could be reasonably there there really as it's doing so much was so well and the red sea you have a lot of issues with environment knowledge that because of everything from desalinization as they're taking salt water putting the salt in there dumping it back in but this coral was tough good moves tough good m

also coming up — the signs causing confusion in essex.ations, scotland fight back from behind at murrayfield, but they currently trail ireland by two points.

essex county council says, the penalty has reduced the number of people using the gate.t, some more rain in 0rkney and for a time strong winds, particularly across scotland, and northern england, touching 40—50mph for a time. but they will ease down. we see outbreaks of rain arriving in central southern england, parts of wales, further north a scattering of shower, wintry over the hills of scotland, still rainfor over the hills of scotland, still rain for northern scotland and 0rkney, the clearer skies in scotla nd 0rkney, the clearer skies in scotland and north east england. mielter further south but a wet start to the day. that rain my lainger in east anglia for a time, a few showers following as the rain sta rts few showers following as the rain starts to clear, rain for a time, northern ireland and south—west scotla nd northern ireland and south—west scotland with strong and gusty winds, so it will be a colder feeling day tomorrow, temperatures not much higher than six or seven. but for the week ahead things are looking dry, away from north—west scotland, milder day,

we will start of the morning cloudy, dollar down with some outbreaks of rain across that essex and kentuce but it will continue to drive in the risk of showers through northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day, some of them pushing inland, 7— 11 degrees the high. now there is the potential for some of the rain to get up in the south—east of little later on in the day. we will need to keep an eye on that. that weather front wriggles its weight off into the near continent but it's a bit of a mess wednesday night into thursday. it is joined a mess wednesday night into thursday. it isjoined by a mess wednesday night into thursday. it is joined by another weather front here as it moves its way west to east overnight could bring in something a little bit cooler and the potential for some snow to higher ground as it moves its way through scotland. behind it it's going to be a breezy affair on thursday with that westerly wind still driving in the showers are longbows exposed west facing coasts. but again it is still a relatively mild s

we'll start off the morning cloudy, dull and damp, with some outbreaks of rain across that essex andource, but it will continue to drive in the risk of showers through northern ireland and western scotland as we go through the day, some of them pushing inland. 7—11 degrees the high. now, there's the potentialfor some of that rain to pep up a little in the south—east later on in the day. we'll need to keep an eye on that. that weather front riddles its way off into the near continent, but it's a bit of a mess wednesday night into thursday. it's joined by another weather front, which as it moves its way west to east overnight, could bring in something a little bit cooler and the potential for some snow to higher ground as it moves its way through scotland. behind it, it's going to be a breezy affair on thursday, with that westerly wind still driving in the showers along those exposed west—facing coasts. but again, it's still a relatively mild story, particularly in comparison to where we were a week ago, 5—10 degrees the overall high. now, as we move out of thursday into friday, it doe

essex county fire and rescue service say they are dealing with a serious incident involving a light aircraft

essex county council say no new review is planned of the signs.icised for the quality of its care, staff morale and leadership. but the care quality commission says things have improved. staff at london zoo say they used airhorns and fire extinguishers in their desperate attempt to stop a male sumatran tiger from killing his potential mate. asim had been brought to london zoo from a danish safari park in the hope he'd be the "perfect mate" for melati but he attacked her. the north circular road from the chiswick roundabout to the hanger lane has been found to be the uk's most congested road. research by inrix put it top a list of roads where drivers spend hundreds of hours of their lives in traffic. the top three most congested roads are all in london. the north circular was followed by brixton road — and kingsway — just by russel square. let's take a look at the travel situation now. this is what the a23, brixton road is looking like this morning. busy northbound because of gas works closing cold harbour lane. on the trains southeastern — has no

it has been revealed the metroplitan police, along with thames valley and essex police, spent nearlytra officers were drafted in from across the country to cover protests and events attended by the us president during his four—day stay injuly. the home office has reimbursed £7.9 million to the three forces. kent police is investigating reports of an assault with a noxious substance in dartford. it is alleged it was thrown in the direction of a car by two men riding a motorcycle yesterday afternoon in keyes road. three people have been treated in hospital. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0nto the roads — the a41 finchley road is down to one lane northbound because of water works. in sloane square, draycott place is closed for repairs to a gas leak near the spanish consulate. in kings cross, pentonville road is down to one lane eastbound at york way for repairs to a burst water main. now the weather, with kate kinsella. good morning. it's all change this week. we've lost that very cold air and replaced it with milder air

a housing association in essex has started to build its own modular homes, in its own bid to help solveed to site and lifted into place. some critics have compared modular homes to postwar pre—fab buildings, but the developers say they are comparable to site—built homes. we need to up the volume, increased the speed at which we do it and increase the quality. and modular housing allows us to do all of those things. a bit like henry ford did, really, back in the day when he started to build the model t over the first ten years of production of the first ten years of production of the model t, he cut costs by half simply by doing things in this matter more refined way every time you build them. and i think we can do the same here. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tube this morning. 0nto the roads, and commercial street is closed northbound, and down to one lane southbound. that is due to to gas works. cranbrook road remains closed outside ilford station following a stabbing. the main entrance to ilford station is closed as it is inside the cord

potential ferry in the near term and across the actual bay bridge west span and touching down ess essexthe longer term. we updated our strategic plan led by our deputy for policy and programs, and this is really the five-year look over the 30 years of the sales tax program. we're in year 15, and it's a really important milestone. most of our big projects are underway or already constructed, and we're working on the very important smaller category that are spread across the city over multiple categories. here's a highlight or scan of the neighborhood transportation planning and capital projects in each of the districts that were completed. as far as funding applications were completed over the next years, and the projects will be completed over the next several years in several districts. district five, eight, seven, as well. we have several more in the pipeline. it's always a pleasure to work on these because they always reflect your priorities, and across the board, whether it's m.t.a., public works, our agency appreciates collaborating with you on these and working on important neighb

island to san francisco, touching down in district six, south of market area, and in the vicinity of essex. in addition to the ramps program , that our deputy is working on, pretty much the only connection we are not working on is a gondola, i mean that is a little joke. i mean we can work on those. we have our hands full with transit, ferries, buses, autonomous shuttles, ramps, and the like. we are happy to provide more details at the next meeting. >> okay. commissioner brown? >> okay, now i get to talk about this. for the minutes, before we approve the minutes, i would just like to go in, and i noticed that when we were talking about, and we were to go out back out and do outreach with the residence, a lot of people had mentioned, and i noticed it was not in here, when you do outreach i think it would be really good together, information of how many times they leave treasure island, and because i know they were saying gas and food and going to work or school, but there is also people talking about how they came home, and they had to go back out for outside activities for their children,

in the meantime, essex street a.m.ickers -- at will show up at t lines. >> in the meantime dozens of rec centers are opening the doors to the students that will not cross the picket lines and we have kiet do with more details. >> reporter: in a couple of hours 36,000 kids with no school to go to will look for something to do. one option is the golden gate they are opening up one hour early for the expected rush of kids. the city of oakland is opening all 16 rec centers to give parents a way to get through this strike. some parents are going to the extreme to open their homes and converting them to the makeshift classrooms with plans, books and other activities to keep the kids occupied and stimulated throughout the day. other parents are organizing supplies, meals and snacks with a show of support for the oakland teachers protesting the large class sizes and low wages. >> i am tired but also excited and nervous. i think we have reached a point in oakland where e bod and administration have so thoroughly destabilized th