reporter: greta thunberg work started with a -- started with a simple strike.oday things were simple, a march on the parliament as with just about every friday for months now and a simple essence for action on climate change. young people didn't cause this but they will have to live with the consequences. >> we are not going to accept this and this is why we are striking. we want a future and we will continue. [applause] reporter: they want a future in india as well. students took to the streets in delhi. >> issa but -- i support her. because of her, we know about this. we arere supporting heher for or benefits only. reporter: young people were joined by some with more experience of breathing the infamous smog. older protesters had all but given up on their own generation and are looking to the next for a solution. >> the children will come forward. we have ruined it for them. reporter: in italy there were strikes and protests in dozens of cities, students left class to hammer home the same messages greta thunberg first made in her first strike through this in

amy: said that is 16-year-old greta thunberg. she was 15 at the time.he criticizes the leaders saying they are acting like children. as a child, she is saying the real children should lead. her,you ever heard of magdalena? >> oh, yes, i love her. i talked to my teacher about her. sometimes at women's history, we can do women and so i made a note to to her. i made a card on it. yeah, i can do her. i think she's really awesome that she shows no matter how young you are, you can make a difference. i just love her. amy: rio? >> how i started was i was sort how humans about have been living on this earth and stuff. emotions into action. greta thunberg was one of the people that inspired me, me and my sister and my mom. we watched a video of her. it really inspired me to take action and use my voice. so that is how we created the bay area earth garden crew. amy: what is your next step? you confronted senator feinstein. we will see what happens, whether she will ultimately support the green new deal -- probably because of what you did. what are you going to do

protesters have been inspired by swedish teenager greta thunberg.st last year. she has been missing lessons most fridays since. this week she was nominated for the nobel peace prize. ' -- translation macro we were on strike because we wa nt macro we were on strike because we want a future and we will not abandon it. scientists say tougher measures are needed to cut global warming, the paris climate agreement of 2017 committed nearly 200 countries to keeping global temperatures well below two celsius above preindustrial times. but some politicians have criticised the students, suggesting they should be spending their time in school, not on the streets. ramzan karmali, bbc news. a reminder of our top story — the terror attacks on two mosques in christchurch, which have killed 49 people. staff at christchurch hospital say three children were among those injured in the attack, including a 2—year—old boy. another boy and a girl, aged 13 and four, were also hurt. 39 people are being treated at the city's hospital, 11 of whom are in intensive care. we also

protesters have been inspired by swedish teenager greta thunberg.h parliament in august last year and has been missing lessons most fridays since. this week, she was nominated for the nobel peace prize. translation: we won't accept it. we're on strike because we want a future, and we won't abandon that. scientists say tougher measures are needed to cut global warming. the paris climate agreement of 2017 committed nearly 200 countries to keeping global temperatures well below two celsius above pre—industrial times. but some politicians have criticised the students, suggesting they should be spending their time in school, not on the streets. ramzan karmali, bbc news. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. we've got some rough weather to start off this weekend with heavy rain, hill snow and strong winds on the weather menu for us today. the culprit is this area of low pressure that continues to develop as it works its in the united kingdom. we've already got rain extensively falling in northern ireland, so if you are heading outside here over the

amy: greta thunberg was just nominated for a nobel peace prize.ere in new york, students held a climate strike rally outside city hall. [indiscernible] i come here today from the bronx. this country needs to get its priorities straight. i demand our mayor support the changes of climate change is a national emergency. >> my name is diego. i go to the bronx academy for software engineering will stop the reason i came here with my flag puerto rico is i wanted to show support for the island. want to show support for the rest of the caribbean because it is a very low area that needs staff support put onto it because the oceans are rising very quickly and susceptible to that. hurricane maria hit puerto rico and other islands in 2017. many still have not recovered. 3000 people died in puerto rico, including members of my own family. i think it is an issue the united dates did not focus enough on an puerto rico did not receive enough aid from the united states. it just goes to show that climate change is killing people already in the u.s. has complete an

are processing until they do something we are doing to put pressure on them> (ken) 16 year-old greta thunbergh tunn-burg) has become a bonafide climate change rock star, gaining widespread media attention for starting a global student movement to raise awareness about climate change and demand an immediate reduction in greenhouse emissions. today thunberg - who has been nominated for a nobel peace prize - gathered with other students for a protest in stockholm, as part of today's worldwide school walk-out for climat students from around the bay earcin petaluma where students worked to spread awareness on the climate crisis. <"i spoke with the organizer of the youth climate strike right here in petaluma. she's a junior in high school and she says it's incredible to be apart of a worldwide effort to fight against climate change."> <"i mean you hear about all these things other kids are doing and you see yourself in them and it's just inspiring."> <"we're taking apart of a huge movement and we're showing that our small community of petaluma is apart of something big.">lucia garay planned the ral

is just 13 years old and has been on strike for nearly four months after seeing swedish teen greta thunberg calling out world leaders. >> you say you love your children above all else. yet you're stealing their future in front of their very eyes. >> reporter: alexandria helped organize the protests across the u.s. and to the adults who say these kids should stay in school? >> adults didn't do anything to prevent this. so they shouldn't be telling us that. if enough youth keep striking and going out to the streets, having civil disobedience will get the action that's needed. >> reporter: whatever it takes, they say, to save their future. kelly cobiella, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, the newest sensation you won't want to miss. he said it )s time for a . the bold statement from san jose )s police chief igniting a fight on how to handle undocumented criminals. and we )re looking at the lengths bay area mosques are going to to keep their worshipers safe after the shootings in new zealand. next. >>> tonight we have an inside look at new vertical landmark with its awe-inspiring views you can't

the voice behind the movement, swedish 16-year-old greta thunberg, has been nominated for the nobel peaceng climate change. >>> president trump is expected to use his first veto in the coming days after a dozen senate republicans join democrats in a vote to block his emergency declaration over the border wall. the vote marked the first major division in congress. >> yeas 59 -- >> reporter: a republican rebellion, embarrassing blow to president trump on his signature issue. 12 senators in his own party joining with democrats to try to block the national emergency he declared to get more money for the bored are wall he wants. >> reporter: for republicans it's about reining in unfettered presidential power and swinging the pendulum back toward congress. >> it's a question about the balance of power that is core to our constitution. this is not about the president or about border security. >> no president's ever used what's called the national emergencies act in this way. >> i think that we can be very supportive of border security and the president's priorities without ceding our authorities

they have been inspired by the swedish teenager, 16—year—old greta thunberg, who's staging a long—runningr with sarah keith lucas. good evening. we've eventually got some quieter weather on the cards as we head through next week, but we aren't there just yet. it looks unsettled through the weekend with heavy rain arriving from the west. through tonight, some of that rain will turn to snow over northern ireland and northern england. chilly conditions for the northern half of the uk, much milder further south overnight. saturday's weather will be dominated by the strong, gusty westerly winds, particularly across england and wales. heavy rain working into the west through the course of the day. gusts of 40—60 mph in the south. further north isn't as windy, but heavy snow across the high ground of scotland and heavy showers in ireland with a rumble of thunder. real contrast in those temperatures on saturday. as that cold front pushes towards the east heading into sunday, a different feeling that day. still some sunshine with wintry showers in the north. temperatures 7—10dc, feeling colder in

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.ther compared with yesterday, when temperatures reach 20 celsius in kew in greater london. the wind of change is blowing, and that is going to be blowing cooler air across england and wales, such that temperatures will drop by about nine degrees in the capital, highs of 11 degrees or so. the change is brought about by this area of cloud, this cold front that continues to journey southwards, still bringing the threat of perhaps a little bit of patchy rain over the next few hours across wales, the midlands, east anglia, and into south—east england. further north, if you are heading outside, where there is certainly a chill in the air with a widespread frost developing in the countryside, particularly in scotland, where we are looking at temperatures getting down to about —4 degrees celsius. if you are heading out the next two hours also wrap up warm, it will be cold. plenty of sunshine across northern areas of the uk, through scotland, northern ireland and northern england. that is proba

senor isust 13 years old and has been on strike for nearly four months after seeing swedish teen greta thunbergld leaders. >> you say you love your ildren above all else. yet you're stealing their future in front of their veryyes. >> reporter: alexandria helped e organizerotests across the u.s. and to the adults who say these kids should stay in school? >> adults didn't do anything to prevent this. so they shouldn't be telling us that. if enough youth keep striking and going out to the streets, having civil disobience will get the action that's needed. >> reporter: whatever it tes, they say, to save their future. kelly cobiella, nbc news, new york. >>> up next, the newest sensatn you won't want to miss. much you clean, does your house still smell stuffy? that's because your home is filled with soft surfaces that trap odors and release them back into the room. so, try febreze fabric refresher. febreze finds odors trapped in fabrics and cleans them away as it dries. use febreze every time you tidy up to keep your whole house smelling fresh air clean. fabric refresher even works for clothes you wa

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.tt taylor. hello. after the clock change overnight, a change in the month and a change in the weather is on its way. 20 celsius may have been achieved yesterday afternoon around the london area but by tuesday and indeed wednesday, most parts of the uk struggling to get to 9 degrees and april showers, and ever changing skies in the forecast. today, not much change through the rest of the day for scotland and northern ireland. a largely sunny day, fair weather cloud. more cloud across england and wales compared with yesterday, the thickest of which will be towards southern counties through the afternoon, some showers here and there but the vast majority will be dry, good amounts of sunshine compared with earlier in the day. temperatures for many around 8—11dc, but milder across southern counties but that will be tempered by a stronger wind across the south today coming in from an easterly direction and that will eventually blow the cloud that we have across england and wales back towards

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.ireland a sunnier and less breezy day today. cloud could threaten showers in southern counties as we go through the afternoon. temperatures mainly 15 what that will be tempered by the strength of the wind. tonight, the breeze will push cloud back to northern ireland and into western scotland. a few showers. elsewhere, in towns and city centres, it will bea in towns and city centres, it will be a cold night with a widespread frost. a lovely bright start to the day for the vast majority. already showers in northern ireland and western scotland becoming abundant through the day. some parts of eastern scotland may stay dry with the breeze picking up. showers into the breeze picking up. showers into the isle of man and cumbria later. sunniest in the south east. temperatures up a little bit. they will drop drastically for tuesday and wednesday. april showers for all. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. police in england and wales are being given greater stop and search powers to tackle r

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.or.

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.ous, how is it looking for the rest of the week? it is sunny you should say that because we have lacked forward into spring with the clock change but as beautiful as it was yesterday nobody told the weather so it is going to feel more like winter by monday. we have got the rest of the day, temperatures are lower today and it is quite grey outside. there will be sunshine before the sun is down but we pay for that overnight with a widespread frost. it is april almost. but it is going to be a chili at night and we will wake up with a shock to the system tomorrow morning. not for northern ireland but the high pressure which will be with us for so long is slipping away for this week and we are getting showers into the north and west. for most of us it is a lovely day and they will probably feel warmer in they will probably feel warmer in the south because we have had cloud and lower temperature there after it gets colder. colder weather april showers but april showers with hail, sleet and s

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.on fire brigade urged members of the public to "use common sense" before dialling 999 after receiving calls from people locked in loos. it said firefighters also had to rescue a child with their head wedged in a potty, a woman stuck up a tree and a pigeon trapped inside a chimney. as well as the "unusual" calls, the brigade had more than 30,000 malicious hoax calls in the last five years. now it's time for a look at the weather with helen willetts. hello. it is felt much chillier across england and wales because we have changed the type of care across us and it has been windy in some parts but we have had lovely days for the most part, plenty of sunshine and light winds in the north but we pay for that sunshine three the night as the sun sets and we see temperatures tumbling away. even some of the towns and cities will have frost. in northern ireland there will be my cloud and showers and that is the change through tomorrow for northern ireland and through the day for scotland, but for

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.thank you. many other out there may not have enjoyed the early alarm call not have enjoyed the early alarm ca ll after not have enjoyed the early alarm call after the clocks change last night but plenty of fine weather to enjoy afternoon. it is feeling colder than recent days with a breeze blowing across england and wales. the thickest of the cloud in southern counties of england and wales, where we could see showers. the best sunshine in scotland and northern ireland. tonight we cloud across england and wales will tra nsfer to across england and wales will transfer to ireland in western scotland. showers in the morning. it will be a frosty start away from the city centres, a chilly start to your monday morning commute but plenty of dry and sunny weather to be made use of. some showers for northern ireland, they will become heavier during the day, some thunder with them as well, spilling into central parts of scotland. eastern scotland will be dry and bright and while rain will arrive

they have been inspired by the swedish teenager, 16 year old greta thunberg, who's staging a long—runningher. we end the working week on a petty 20 note and things are not going to quieten down in a hurry through the weekend. through the rest of this evening, we had rain across the bulk of england and wales and northern ireland to wear some of the rain will turn to snow over the higher ground. a cold night for northern ireland, with an in and and scotland where we will see sleet and snow on the high ground. it is milder across the high ground. it is milder across the bulk of england and wales, still some heavy bursts of rain with steep winds as well. it is across scotland that we will see the snow continuing. these wind gusts, they could be up to 60 mph, particular across england and wales. less windy but colder further west. we could see around ten to 12 degrees further south but it will fail and. sunday looks like another blustery day across the country. a mix of sunny spells and showers, some of them wintry of a higher ground. top temperature, eight or 9 degrees. for yea rs for years a

the protest were inspired by 16- year-old swedish student greta thunberg. year ago she started protesting by herself outside of parliament. her fridays for future movement grew in today she was joined by thousands. >> we call for a true national emergency. we need to cause an uproar. we demand the green new deal. we demand to end all fossil fuel development. >> she is very young, only 16. rallies have been taking place once a week and dozens of european cities. today protests were scheduled in more than 100 countries and in u.s. cities from new york to st. paul, minnesota, to los angeles, as well. hundreds of bay area students walked out of class for the day of action. many of them marched in san francisco, making stops along the way to make sure prominent government leaders were listening. rob is live where the march ended. >> reporter: at the height of the afternoon we had hundreds of students here in union square. when the students walk out of class, government leaders will be listening and they will have an impact on the economy. and the arguments they

the worldwide protests were inspired by 16-year-old swedish student greta thunberg. her fridays for future movement grew and today she was joined by tens of thousands around the world. >> we call for a real national emergency. we need to cause an uproar. we demand the green new deal. we demand to end all fossil fuel development. >> rallies have been taking place once a week and dozens of european cities. today protests were scheduled in more than 100 countries. >>> coming up, president trump issues the first veto of his presidency, regarding what he calls the national emergency at the southern border. political analyst brian sobel will be here to talk about what happens next. >>> and a puppy so badly abused one of its legs had to be amputated. the charges filed against its owner and who stepped in to adopt him. >>> making your weekend plans? check in with me first. coming up i will let you know what to expect. >>> and a highly contagious disease raising concern among bay area poultry farmers. the event canceled because of it all. >>> and live now at 6:09, looking at

by young people worldwide that began a year ago, accidentally nonetheless, by this teenager, greta thunberg didn't expect anything, i thought we would see what happens. >> reporter: or fridays for future campaign, spreading like wildfire. students in india answered the call to action, as did protesters in paris, where she symbolically led their march. the real greta was in her native sweden, to rally a sea of students. >> she is our national hero. >> reporter: rallies like this have been taking place regularly, even once a week in some cities. greta says that's not stopping until leaders take action. >>> the fifth annual silicon valley women in engineering conference is less than 24 hours away and it is hosted by san jose state university's college of engineering. joining us to talk more about this is the dean of engineering there. thank you for being with us. i just want to get right to it. can you talk about this event? what kind of opportunities does it provide? is it more of a networking event or a job fair or what can people expect? >> i would say it is all of the above, plus a great o

house speaker nancy pelosi's office, and in oakland oh and the worldwide effort was started by greta thunberg, a teenager from sweden. >> we are fighting for everyone's future. we are striking because we have done our homework and they have not. >> many of the young people here in the united states are pushing for congress to back the green new deal which aims to illuminate green gas emissions by 2030. >>> the senate judiciary committee held a confirmation hearing yesterday for two more trump administration nominees to the ninth circuit court of appeals. daniel cowans and kenneth lee are both attorneys from los angeles and are both opposed by california senator dianne feinstein and kamala harris. the republican-controlled senate has broken with long- standing tradition by moving to confirm judges without what is known as blue slip approval from the home state senators. the senators also asked lee to withdraw over his controversial writings on race, voting rights, and affirmative action during college. >> a lot of us were concerned that some schools were using affirmative action to discriminat

amy: today's mass protests were sparked by 16-year-old swedish climate activist greta thunberg, who hasskipped school every friday to sit outside the swedish parliament to demand leaders act on climate. this week, three norwegian lawmakers nominated thunberg for the nobel peace prize. new york city will invest a half-billion dollars to protect manhattan from sea level rise due to climate change. mayor bill de blasio announced the plan thursday, which would allocate funds to four projects aimed at protecting manhattan's southern tip, home to wall street and the city's financial district. ththe fundining is a s small frn of the $10 billion mayor de blasio says is needed to keep flooding from storm surges and rising seas at bay in the coming years. the trump administration is preparing to open vast areas of the atlantic ocean to oil and gas development and a top interior department official is praising president trump's ability to distract the media for allowing the project to proceed. records obtained by the guardian show joe balsh, the assistant secretary for land and minerals management

it was part of a movement begun by a 16-year-old, greta thunberg, who's from sweden. spoke at the famed brandenburg gate in berlin. >> the older generations have failed tackling the biggest crisis humanity has ever faced. when we say to them that we are worried about the future of oura civion, they just pat on our heads saying, "everything d will be fi't worry." >> woodruff: the berlin protest was one of more than 20 across germany. pope francis mandated today that vatican personnel and diplomats report sex abuse claims immediately. if they fail to informan prosecutors, they could be fine or fil time. the new law directly affects vatican city, but it is meant ta odel for the catholic church around the world. back in this country: the alorgia state house gave f approval to a ban on abortions-- once a fetal heartbeat is detected. that can be as early as sixre weeks in aancy, and it would effectively outlaw all abortions in the state. several republican-controlled states have imposed strict abortion curbs, hoping to get the issue back before the u.s. supreme court. presi

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day.ures. a pretty stark reminder. it is ten past eight. good morning. being brought up by an alcoholic parent can have a significant impact on a child's development, and the effects can be long lasting. this morning, we've been hearing about the sharp rise in the number of adults calling a national helpline for the children of alcoholic parents. it's something a number of people, including the labour mp liam byrne, have spoken about, after experiencing the effects of alcoholism first hand. we're joined now by kate tojeiro, who grew up with an alcoholic father. kate, good morning. good morning. we have heard about the numbers of people seeking help for this. the first step is people going to get help. tell us about your experience? i think help. tell us about your experience? ithinki help. tell us about your experience? i think i probably became aware of it late in my primary school. i was aware that my dad drank. when i went to secondary school it became apparent that he was drunk a lot o

we'll talk a bit later about a young woman named greta thunberg who spread a series of climates strikes that spread across europe like, with well, wildfire in the last few months. and there is enormous, as one expects given the scale of the change we see. there are now enormous responses coming, the anti-bodies are kicking in as the fever spreads. knows are the cruxes, the three -- the three realities that inform where we are. but i want to back up for a minute. because i want to talk very realistically why it is that we're going to have to push with extraordinary power, if we want anything to happen. since we're facing the biggest problem that the world's ever faced, and since we know more or less what the solution is, you would think that we would be moving there with enormous speed doing everything that we can. but of course, we're not. the world has made modest efforts exemplified by things like the paris accords, but obviously, our country has decided not to take part in the paris accords, and that's in defacto sense true of much of the rest of the world, too. there is actually not

greta thunberg started her own fight outside of the parliament in stockholm. >> change is coming, whether her message directly to the united nations climate change conference another at the cop 24. you're not mature enough to tell it like it is. even that burden you leave to us children. >> i was amazed because she put the world leaders in their place. she really pointed out that they are acting like children. >> i'll link you into all the e-mails, ago. >> reporter: haven coleman is organizing students from her home in colorado. >> it doesn't matter if we get thousands. it doesn't matter if we get hundreds. we're still influential, we're still powerful because a voice is a voice, and every voice has power. >> reporter: a lesson you don't always learn in a book in a fight that certainly won't be over tomorrow. >> if you could teach everybody one thing about what you've learned about climate change, what would it be? >> that a lot of world leaders and politicians have to start making decisions based on facts. they need to start listening to scientists, and they need to stop being bought off

but as the swedish teenage activist greta thunberg tweeted, earth hour is every hour of every day. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. for those of you in scotland and northern ireland, sunny and less breezy day, for england and wales, more cloud, more breeze and cooler. the cloud could threaten one or two showers in the afternoon, temperatures could hit 15 degrees but that will be tempered by the wind. the breeze coming from an easterly direction will push cloud northwards into central scotland, a few showers here, elsewhere away from that, it will be cold night with a widespread frost. a bright start for tomorrow for the vast majority, showers in northern ireland and western scotland becoming heavier during the day, some heavy with hail and thunder. showers into the isle of man and cumbria later but much of england and wales dry, sunny in the south and wales dry, sunny in the south and east, may be tempered is a bit. dropping drastically for tuesday and wednesday and a story of april showers for all. hello, this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines. pol

they are inspired by swedish teenager greta thunberg, who protests weekly outside sweden's parliamentorse than before it gets better. some of the cloud has been breaking up a cost uk. think of some sunshine and showers. stock and gusty winds to the latter part of the afternoon. for the evening, showers ease off across northern areas, but rain comes back in from the southwest, that is going to turn a snow on the top of that ten ninth because we are running into cold air —— the top of the pennines. the site at the weekend, we have a deepening area of low pressure so the winds area of low pressure so the winds are going to strengthen. that means deepening of the low move out to the sea, but we are not expected this to bea sea, but we are not expected this to be a known stone. there be a major temperature difference on saturday. some areas seeing rain, something snow. i do not think the snow will last longer and northern ireland, nor indeed in the northern pennines. it should dry off at the end of the island, but we had this rain band sweeping, that is going to be happy to pay some floodi