[laughter] martha griffiths, who was a power in her own right, said of julia hansen that she knew howercise power better than any woman she had seen in any legislature, and that is high praise. so, here we have a campaign postcard of martha griffiths who was one of the influential women members from the 1950's into the 1970's. she represented a michigan district. and like some of the earlier women here, like julia butler hansen, she has got a lot of experience. she is a lawyer, she serves as a judge in michigan. and she is elected to the house in 1954 and she comes in in 1955. and she, too, very quickly moves into positions of influence. she is the first woman after a number of women in congress had campaigned with the speaker to get a seat on the very exclusive ways and means committee, the tax committee. and from that position, she really weighs in on a lot of the issues affecting women monetarily, but she is probably best known as the mother of the equal rights amendment. every year, she reintroduced the equal rights amendment, which has a history in congress going back to 1923. an

special envoy to yemen martin griffith says the swap will happen immediately and he's applauding what he's calling an important milestone with compromise on both sides the swap deal was 1st agreed in 20 a chain but it's repeatedly stalled in was only partially implemented the coronavirus pandemic is approaching yet another sobering milestone the latest figures from johns hopkins university show any 1000000 people have died so far it's approaching 195000 the u.s. brazil india mexico and the u.k. other countries which have seen the most deaths over the course of the price they go up to date with the headlines al jazeera world continues next. us a lot about a story. and i think without the need for. it all not be something. to

have.ffect they will we will talk with jerome griffith about that. and for more on what is markets we have brian weinstein from morgan stanley. this talk about what is happening broadly right now. you're in fixed income guide, you are watching what is happening broadly in these markets, what do you make of the equity market rally? brian: i am happy to be a fixed income guy. we are in awe of the rally. things have rallied hard, but they have stabilized. we do not have markets moving 1% a day or anything like that. we are seeing quality things doing well. there has been softness other places. the desire to change is not as evident in the fixed income market, except maybe with rates. alix: the question is also what constitutes a safe haven asset. an article we have talked about, at bridgewater, thinking about the strategy where you bet on low volatility assets, like sovereign debt. they say it is obvious with interest rates near 0%, bonds can provide neither returns or risk reduction. what do you think about that? it is a shift in how you think about th

but griffith's concerns are perhaps just a bit more consequthential a2020 presidential race enters its final phase. while penylvania has long been a sought-after electoral prize, both presidential candidates have been trying to convince voters that they are better suited to revitalize an economy battered usby the coronav pandemic. and nowhere in pennsylvania is that more contentious than here in the lehigh valley, a swing area of northeastern pennsylvania that includes the towns of easton, allentown, and bethlehem. what holds theost weight for voters in 2020 here in the lehigh valley? >> health care, you know, separate from e pandemic. economic issues are always there, economic and jobs. >> reporter: chris borick is and director of the muhlenberg college institute of public opinion in allentown. >> even wh the economy seemed to be, by most macroeconomic indicators, sailing along earlier this year, when we asked peoplebout the number one issue that they were looking for would tell us econmic issues. >> reporter: but this region is no stranger to hard times; th area is known for being th

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. now on bbc news — the travel show. endangered jaguars...dator, ladies and gentlemen, too easy riding dogs... predator, ladies and gentlemen, too easy riding dogs. .. at this point in time, she has got almost 3000 hours on a motorcycle. and the beluga whales they got a second chance. there we go. this week we look back at some of our favourite animal encounters. hello and welcome to the travel show, with me, mike corey, coming to you from a mania actually. during my time on the programmer, i've come across some pretty ordinary animals. there are rantings in the malaysia and borneo. 97% of their dna shared with humans, and that is where they get the name, renting means man of the forest. swans and butterflies in —— swarms of butterflies in mexico. 0nly mountain alliance of los angeles. laughs but first we start our look back with another big cat, this one in the wetlands in argentina where there are plans to introduce jaguars back into the wild. welcome to the island home of ri welding argentina, a product aimed at reintroducing this terrifyi

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. now on bbc news. killing of george floyd, caught on camera by eye—witnesses, has led to an outpouring of anger in america. but what happens when the cameras are turned off or if there are no cameras at all? our world tells the stories of witnesses to police brutality who say they've been intimidated and even threatened with incarceration. this film contains scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. george floyd is the face of thousands that have gone before him. he is the straw that broke the camel's back. after the brutal police killing of george floyd, protests erupted across america and the world. no justice, no peace! i can't breathe, please, ican't justice, no peace! i can't breathe, please, i can't read. a video shot by a passerby has changed the way many people you officers treatment of black people in the us. but when the cameras are turned off, what happens to the witnesses? witnesses are intimidated. they are fearful that they will be targeted if they come out and testify against a polic

hywel griffith, bbc news, caerphilly.cross the uk has been rising in recent days, but how do the numbers compare to earlier stages in the pandemic? 0ur medical editor fergus walsh has been investigating. so, this is one of the bays of our intensive care unit that was full back in april, may with patients with coronavirus. for weeks now, london's university college hospital has hardly seen any coronavirus patients across its 500 beds. what a difference from when we filmed here at the peak. then, the intensive care unit had to double in size to cope with the influx. now, it's empty of covid patients. but confirmed cases of covid infection have risen four—fold since mid july. as this graph for england shows clearly, it's mostly people in their 20s and 30s who are testing positive. those figures showing who is getting coronavirus help explain why this and other intensive care units are not filling up with covid patients. the young are generally at low risk from the virus. but there's concern that if it spreads further in the

special envoy to yemen martin griffiths says the swap will happen immediately he's applauding what he's calling an important milestone with compromises on both sides the swap deal was 1st agreed in 2018 but it's repeatedly stalled and only partially implemented. the $1081.00 individuals would indeed will represent the largest relief operation during the history of the conflict and we have a peaceful negotiations can succeed and they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people and building confidence for the peace process. let's talk now to our who's following the developments from here and there are so harsh and does it look like this deal is actually going to get implemented this time well it depends on whether all the parties were set aside differences in the coming days because that same agreement was reached in 2018 and never implemented because the whole things of the government failed to agree on the modalities of the prisoner swap particular one of the key elements of that deal was basically the release of 4 senior government officials still detained by the earth is of t

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.ited coronavirus contact—tracing app will be rolled out in england and wales later this month. businesses are being urged to display signs with qr, or quick response codes, so that people can scan them with the app. previous versions were abandoned after problems emerged during trials. 0ur health editor hugh pym is with me. the r number across the uk is above one, we have more local lockdowns, infections are doubling every seven to ten days, it seems the battle against coronavirus, it seems to be getting harder, not easier whether yellow well, what is concerning is just as cases are going up around the uk, especially in cities like birmingham you have a testing system which seems to be struggling and it's really stretched, with people reporting every day they are finding it difficult to go online and book a slot or find it difficult to go online and book a slot orfind something it difficult to go online and book a slot or find something close enough to home. there are differences from

hywel griffith, bbc news, caerphilly.five scottish local authorities are "absolutely necessary" to stem the increase in coronavirus cases. rules limiting household visits came into effect in east dunbartonshire and renfrewshire at midnight, having already been reimposed in glasgow city, west dunbartonshire and east renfrewshire last week. the first minister said there was evidence that house gatherings were driving the rise in cases. i know that these rules are really unwelcome. as i have already said, i live in glasgow, so i know how frustrating they are and i, just like all of you watching, don't want them to be in place for any longer than is necessary. but overall, i believe they represent a proportional, hopefully effective but also an absolutely necessary of response to a worrying increase in covid across these areas. the restrictions will be reviewed again next week and will stay in place as long as they are needed, but they will not stay in place for any longer than that. at yesterday's meeting, i discussed the si

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff. 0ur correspondent luxmy gopal is in leeds for us tonight.at restrictions are going to be tightened there? that's right, clive, the changes haven't come as much of a surprise to people living here. neighbouring leeds, to the west, a re here. neighbouring leeds, to the west, are areas that are already under tighter lockdown rules like bradford and kirklees. and while leeds has only now become an area of intervention, it has for some weeks been an area of concern to public health england because of its coronavirus infection rates which have continued to rise. leeds city council asked the government last week to bring in a curfew, a 10p on pubs, but was rejected until, of course, yesterday, the government brought it england. the council had already asked for tighter restrictions on mixing indoors. the government's announcement today went further than that, banning the mixing of households in homes and private gardens. that will affect more than three quarters of a million people living in leeds, who will from midnight tonight join million people

hywel griffith, bbc news, cardiff.cing app will be launched in england and wales later this month. people are being urged to display qr code posters so people can scan bar codes with the app when they arrive at venues. —— businesses are being urged. previous versions of the app were abandoned after problems emerged during trials. the police say three children who were hurt when a school bus hit a railway bridge have suffered "potentially life—changing injuries". a further 12 suffered minor injuries when the double—decker‘s roof was torn off in the crash in winchester yesterday. parents have questioned why the bus was not on its designated route. the uk economy grew by 6.6% injuly — as hairdressers, pubs and restaurants re—opened. it is the third month in a row that the econmy has expanded. but the latest figures show it is still almost 12% smaller than it was in february before the pandemic began. with more, here's our economics editor faisal islam. in spring during the peak of the pandemic, the economy fell at a histo

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd. england, dido harding, has admitted that no one expected to see the huge increase in demand for tests that has happened since schools went back. during tough questioning from mps, she said there'd been a significant rise in the number of young children and teenagers going for tests, with demand now three orfour times higher than the daily capacity allows. our health editor hugh pym has more. i will show you where to step. that's ok. sarah and her son are looking forward to a new member of the family. she's 41 weeks pregnant and was due to have an important midwife appointment but she had to postpone it as she had a cough and needed a test, but couldn't get one on the official website. it's really important, just to put my mind at ease that everything's ok with the baby, and it's frustrating, you know, not knowing, not being able to get the care and not being able to get the test. i don't know how my care's going to proceed. paul, who is a teacher, has been trying and failing to book a

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd.e nhs test and trace programme, has been facing some tough questioning from mps today. it follows new figures, which show that only a third of tests carried out at community sites were processed within 24 hours in the week up to the 9th of september. that's the lowest turnaround rate sincejune. baroness harding said there was now more demand for tests than expected. 0ur health editor hugh pym has more. i will show you where to step. that's ok. sarah and her son are looking forward to a new member of the family. she is 41 weeks pregnant and was due to have an important midwife appointment but she had to postpone it as she had a cough and needed a test, but couldn't get one on the official website. it's really important, just to put my mind at ease that everything 0k important, just to put my mind at ease that everything ok with the baby, and it's frustrating, you know, not knowing, not being able to get the care and not being able to get the care and not being able to get the care and n

special envoy to yemen martin griffith says this what will happen immediately to 1000. individuals would will represent the largest release. operation during the history of the conflict peaceful negotiations can succeed and they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people and building confidence for the peace process u.s. president omar trump has nominated judge. his choice to replace the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg senate's lead is so i confirmation hearings will begin on october 12th. deloris arrested dozens of protesters calling for the president's resignation tens of thousands of people are rallying in the capital minsk marking 50 days since alexander lukashenko was declared winner of the disputed presidential election and in australia restrictions are being eased in victoria the epicenter of the corona virus outbreak the victorian state premier daniel andrews though says the night turf you and some other clubs will be removed almost immediately i'm done for today thank you for your company paid adoptees got your next news hour and half a

our correspondent, hywel griffith reports now, from cardiff.ve got to come to a decision by sunday. the logistics of lockdown can be painful. leigh and her grandson, corey, can't decide how they'll cope. it all depends on how long this covid lockdown lasts. they live separately, and so from sunday evening can't be under the same roof or leave cardiff. other relatives live in places already under lockdown, so they'll all be cut off. it's a travesty, isn't it? i'll be honest with you, i think it's going to have a lot of psychological effects. i think it's going to bring in a lot of loneliness, and i really am not looking forward to the second wave. i think it's going to be twice as bad as the first wave. they endured the first time, but knowing that coronavirus has spiked again because some people failed to follow social distancing makes this even harder. do they not care about their family? is there nobody in their life that they love? are they realistically not going to be bothered if one of their family die of covid? it's frustrating. yeah, it

hywel griffith, bbc news in the vale of glamorgan. we've conducted more tests... coronavirus testing, but expect questions about his tax returns which of them published in the news of. secretary of education betsy devos, hi betsy, administration for medication services and admiral jabbar, who is done such an incredible job. jabbar, who is done such an incrediblejob. thank jabbar, who is done such an incredible job. thank you, jabbar, who is done such an incrediblejob. thank you, admiral. we are alsojoined incrediblejob. thank you, admiral. we are also joined by mississippi governor tate reeves. had a tremendous victory, we're so proud of you. as well by abbot robert ford. robert, thank you very much. greatjob. ford. robert, thank you very much. great job. today ford. robert, thank you very much. greatjob. today i'm pleased to report that we are announcing our plan to distribute 150 million point—of—care tests in the coming weeks. very, very soon. this will be more than double the number of tests already performed. here's our plan, 50 million tests will go to prote

hywel griffith, bbc news, pontypridd.d of the nhs test and trace programme, has been facing some tough questioning from mps today. it follows new figures which show that only a third of tests carried out at community sites were processed within 2a hours in the week up to the ninth of september. that's the lowest turnaround rate sincejune. baroness harding said there was now more demand for tests than expected. our health editor hugh pym has more. i will show you where to step. that's ok. sarah and her son are looking forward to a new member of the family. she is 41 weeks pregnant and was due to have an important midwife appointment but she had to postpone it as she had a cough and needed a test, but couldn't get one on the official website. it's really important, just to put my mind at ease that everything's ok with the baby, and it's frustrating, you know, not knowing, not being able to get the care and not being able to get the test. i don't know how my care's going to proceed. paul, who is a teacher, has been trying an

hywel griffith, bbc news in the vale of glamorgan. the time is up to 6:20.r the first time, you could be fined for meeting other households anywhere indoors. and tributes are paid to the sergeant who died after being shot while on duty in south london on friday. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: taking the hand out of football, but is it ruining the game? another weekend of controversial decisions in the premier league has some critics calling for the handball rule to change. a government—backed loan scheme to help small companies keep afloat during this pandemic is being targetted by criminals who are setting up fake companies and netting themselves tens of thousands of pounds each time. a bbc investigation has found that scammers have been taking advantage of limited checks on new applicants for the bounce back loan scheme, and it's potentially costing the tax payer millions of pounds. 0ur correspondent, angus crawford, has more. it's a bounce back loan application that's been approved for £50,000. taxpayers' money, meant for struggling firms. here's a s

the vacation of streets in the india basin project site located generally at innes avenue between griffith street and earl street along the india basin shoreline, reserving temporary public utility and access rights in favor of the city and temporary easement rights for existing pg&e. each speaker will be allowed public comments which to speak by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146-963-1010. again, that's 146-963-1010. press pound, and pound again. when connected, you will be in listening mode and muted. if you have not done so, press star, three to be entered into the lineup. you only need to press star, three one to be entered into the queue. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. i cannot remember if supervisor preston was on the board when we worked on this agreement. we've got jonathan cherry. mr. cherry, if you would like to make a brief presentation. >> thank you, chair peskin, members of the community. i'm a worker from oewd. so i can, let's see, figure out how to share my screen. >> chair peskin: this is pretty straightforward, so you can compress it. >> so we -- this

are not in switzerland we have martin griffith the u.n. special envoy on yemen speaking. persia. so both of you. i would like to see you thank you. to all of you really threatens. those. who are here to be. the ruler. with. a very. serious resume during the 4th meeting of the supervisory committee for the group. you have reviewed your commitments for the flu from intrusion into stock are. you going to meet the release one of. the. you one of the fields. i knew would be very commission getting people to discuss more leases or as part of your commitment to release all of our religion because those that do say including those covered by the if you truths wasn't. so i'd like to thank you. for a lot of things there are differences i don't think. your positive view constructive and your clothes engagement druce with your church. although. it's essential no moves through. and decisive big ones are the military. and we have no choice of words if we release it to 1000th of a few. individuals. would know the will. slaughters. operations or history of the figure. and releasing those who say

hywel griffith, bbc news.o, he became the world's most expensive footballer. but after falling out of favour at real madrid, he's returning to the club that made his name. he flew in today, as our sports editor dan roan reports. cheering back where spurs fans feel he belongs, gareth bale returning to tottenham's training ground today to complete the transfer of the summer. chanting: gareth bale! gareth bale! he was born to play for spurs! three in the box waiting for the cross, and what a goal! the 31—year—old returns as british football's most successful ever export. the welshman winning 13 trophies, including four champions leagues, during his time at real madrid. but injury and a falling out with manager zinedine zidane saw him sidelined. spain had turned sour, and spurs swooped. he's just a special player. this is an amazing signing for tottenham. i mean, i was looking at tottenham a week ago and i'm thinking, well, i can't see any way they're going to make the top four this year. i thought they'd do well

let's get amnesties view on this we have david griffiths with us he is head of amnesty international secretary general's office david good to have you with us tell us more about these reprisals from the indian government that beyond at the freezing of bank accounts what did they amount to well what we've seen over the last few years is a steadily escalating set tax from the indian government on the operations of amnesty india since 20182019 now with this latest move to freeze our bank accounts they have been making it more and more difficult for amnesty india to operate with this latest move unfortunately we've had to reach the very sad conclusion that we cannot any longer maintain an institutional presence in india but you know let's be clear that there is no case to answer here the government has brought no substantiated no allegations against us that brought no charges and those start being interrogated and office is a great and the bank accounts are being frozen which incidentally we heard about from the bank not from the authorities they they have given us no way of answering th

hywel griffith, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. this film contains scenes which some viewers might find upsetting. in iran is a mystery to many. and its rulers would like to keep it that way. collaborating with foreign journalists is strictly prohibited. coronavirus has hit the country ha rd stop coronavirus has hit the country hard stop and the regime has gone to great lengths to keep the outbreak hidden from view. but with the help of social media and the videos posted by its people under lockdown, we are going to take you inside. this is iran like you've never seen this is iran like you've never seen it before. it is the third of january 2020 and around's top military general qasem soleimani has been assassinated by a us air strike at baghdad airport. it's a huge loss to the establishment. but his steph has brought millions together in morning. a show of strength for a regime recovering after weeks of anti—government protest —— death. a funeral to what is held across the country. among those covering in the holy city of qohm is

without new funding, griffith says could it mean major service cuts are coming. >> we are talking aboutnging work places this week with a variety of topics and stories you can see on the screen. you can find all the reports on tv on abc7news.com and on the abc7 news app as well. we think you'll find them helpful. let's turn our attention back to the weird sky. >> absolutely. not quite as weird as yesterday. >> that's true. the. >> the weird sky with the cooler weather. let me give you a look at the overnight conditions. starting at midnight, we'll find a fairly substantial marine layer building. it will be hanging around back to the cloip if the haze is not too thick, a brighter day tomorrow. overnight, look for lows in the 50s. it is cooler than average this time. year. upper 70s to low 80s inland. i would expect a good bit of haze in the air tomorrow. air quality will be poor across the entire region but we do expect some modest improvement. we also might get a little wind flow improvement and change over the weekend. so as we look at the accuweather forecast, you see a brief forecast

special envoy to yemen martin griffiths says the swap will happen immediately he's applauding what he's calling an important milestone with compromise on both sides a swap deal was 1st agreed in 2018 but it's repeatedly stalled and has only been partially implemented 1000. individuals would indeed will represent the largest relief operation during the history of the conflict peaceful negotiations can succeed they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people and building confidence for the peace process. in the us a police officer has been filmed using his riot shield to repeatedly strike a man on the ground local media in los angeles say police declared a protest against the police killing of brianna taylor to be an unlawful assembly arrests were made as police fired tear gas at protesters on friday night. crowds of anti-racism protesters in portland oregon have also been met with a swift police crackdown officers charged that hundreds of people on the streets have been out despite a curfew seen 4 months of nightly protest since the killing of george floyd and earlier hundreds j

hywel griffith is, many thanks.e, when we hear the statement that we heard from the deputy chief medical officer, today, our people right to read into that that there is now a growing degree of alarm about the spread? i think it is a very significant moment. we expected an increase in cases as lockdown restrictions were eased, and indeed that happened from about the end of august, but the sudden jump to nearly 3000 people yesterday and today was quite a shock, and now we hear from the deputy chief medical 0fficerfor england hear from the deputy chief medical officer for england that it is a matter of great concern, a new trend, and he says it is really across the uk now, not isolated outbreaks in, say, the north west of england or leicester. now, officials are going to be studying this very closely in the next week or so. it is the case that hospital numbers in the uk are very low, only about 750 with coronavirus, compared to 19,000 in the peak, and deaths remain very low, of course, each day. but the big worry is,

the vacation of streets in the india basin project site located generally at innes avenue between griffith street and earl street along the india basin shoreline, reserving temporary public utility and access rights in favor of the city and temporary easement rights for existing pg&e. each speaker will be allowed public comments which to speak by calling 415-655-0001. the meeting i.d. is 146-963-1010. again, that's 146-963-1010. press pound, and pound again. when connected, you will be in listening mode and muted. if you have not done so, press star, three to be entered into the lineup. you only need to press star, three one to be entered into the queue. >> chair peskin: thank you, madam clerk. i cannot remember if supervisor preston was on the board when we worked on this agreement. we've got jonathan cherry. mr. cherry, if you would like to make a brief presentation. >> thank you, chair peskin, members of the community. i'm a worker from oewd. so i can, let's see, figure out how to share my screen. >> chair peskin: this is pretty straightforward, so you can compress it. >> so we -- this

military and financial experts for their own safety they work in secret only the coordinator hugh griffiths is willing to speak on camera. but sanctions have a tremendous impact on one level of career it means that economy can flourish in the way it would they called ship cole legitimately they can't ship or legitimately foreign currency is very important to any country no matter how talk your kids economy you need foreign currency to buy the goods that are essential for your population or for your elite group so far in current use pretty essential to north korea's survival the question is what's more important to the north korean leadership developing a new cure. ballistic missile program or seeing their economy flourish. the regime decided to go for the bomb. in 2005 it officially announce that it had nuclear weapons as a protection against attacks from the outside and to strengthen its power on the inside. pyongyang the city of the chosen. brand new apartment blocks lined spotlessly clean avenues. here is where pyongyang's upper class resides only those who are considered loyal to the re

thank you very much, shaun griffiths.appreciate you joining us. >> nice to talk to you this morning. >>> still ahead on "cnn newsroom," iran says it won't give into u.s. pressure and bullying. the international community is speaking out after washington moves to unilaterally reimpose sanction on iran. stay with us. ♪ ♪ for all the moments you've missed and all the moments you haven't "hi" love, can't wait -"got the ring!" -"yes!" and with jared it doesn't have to ♪ when covid hit, i happened futo be the main bread winner. -"got the ring!" -"yes!" sixty percent of my nannies got laid off. i had to furlough my office team. dave is my financial advisor at northwestern mutual. he's like a father to me. he reached out to me. and then reminded me that years of planning with him set me up for success. i was able to rehire my staff. and now i can prepare more for the future. they're going to be paying for this for a long time. they will, but with accident forgiveness allstate won't raise your rates just because of an accident, ev

special envoy to yemen says almost $1100.00 prisoners are being exchanged immediately martin griffiths calls it an important milestone with compromise on both sides the swap deal was 1st agreed 2 years ago but it's repeatedly stalled and is only partially been implemented $1081.00 individuals would and indeed will represent the largest relief. operation during the history of the conflict in the peaceful negotiations can succeed and they will succeed in bringing relief to the yemeni people and building confidence for the peace process. following developments for us on this one hashem martin griffiths is talking like this is a big breakthrough what's your take on it especially from the start of the welcome or just been in touch with her thiis and with the government officials government officials say well the announcement is something the implementation is something else therefore they say they are going to wait to see the agreement implemented for them to be able to say ok finally we have some sense of a progress the whole thing is told me that they are looking into a few details before

but to show up with the melanie griffith is just -- it's inconsiderate [ laughter ] >> jimmy: the melaniemy, come on, stay with me here at that point you'd be better off just bringing paper plates so anyway, i mean -- i find the perfect pair of socks available for the curby. so, i'm grabbing them on the way. i'm literally going to keep it moving i stop at the store, some kid tosses the socks into the back seat when i pull over to pull them apart, they're sewn together >> jimmy: i know that, yeah, yeah >> so i ask michelle, "hey, look into my bag, get a pair of scissors." she's going through my bag there's the shoehorn there's the back scracher. my reading glasses hand sanitizer extra masks. rubber gloves. hazmat suit. lip balm hot sauce. glue gun ear and nose hair trimmer. everything but the scissors. so, i just did a hail mary and i tried to just tear them apart. see, you know, i tried to catch them off guard with just a a sudden tug on the thread, like pulling a loose tooth and it was a fail, jimmy, they tore so i wound up having to wear my brand-new socks with the huge brand-new hole i

griffith: we've heard a lot of great comments about john. i was not officially a men tee but when i first got to the -- mentee but when i first got to the energy and commerce committee, he gave me pointers, guidance, how you do things. sometimes it's frustrating around here as we all know. i appreciate very much all the help you gave me and the guidance you gave me through the years. i am going to miss you deeply on the committee. i appreciate all of your service. i could talk about all the things all the other people have but i'm going to point something out that i realized as i was sitting here here. every member of this congress by nature is a political junkie. unfortunately, the time to celebrate your service overlaps ith a presidential debate. so it'll get high ratings in the reruns than it'll get in the primetime first edition. but when you stop to think about it, think about all the members of congress who stayed here, who wanted to say something positive about you, about your service, your commitment to your family, to your god, and

military and financial experts for their own safety they work in secret only the coordinator hugh griffiths is willing to speak on camera. but sanctions have a tremendous impact on one level of career it means that economy can flourish in the way it would they called ship cole legitimately they can't ship or legitimately foreign currency is very important to any country no matter how talk your kids economy you need foreign currency to buy the goods that are essential for your population or for your elite group so far in current use pretty essential to north korea survival the question is what's more important to the north korean leadership developing a new cure. ballistic missile program or seeing their economy flourish. the regime decided to go for the bomb. in 2005 it officially announce that it had nuclear weapons as a protection against attacks from the outside and to strengthen its power on the inside. pyongyang the city of the chosen. brand new apartment blocks lined spotlessly clean avenues. here is where pyongyang's upper class resides only those who are considered loyal to the regi

of course, judge griffith's questions, points out maybe there's never been a situation like this.ecause in the past, the department of justice, the president and the attorney general have not interposed objections to supplying information to the committee. i think that's the hurdle we're trying to address here because the are fine arguments and i realize that courts can evolve. but nevertheless, raynes is a fairly broad statement and it says it doesn't close the door completely. i don't mean close the door completely to the extent the department is arguing this morning, but it's very strong language, isn't it? we can parse these cases to distinguish precisely who the plaintiff is. to that extent, the committee can argue it's an open question before this court and it's an open question if and when the case goes to the supreme court. but that's the response we're trying to get from you. >> a few responses, your honor, . one, with respect to the question of how this has worked between the branches. i would direct the court to page 48 of our brief where we point to a number of example

he c called on allll parties t cooperate under the coordination of his special envoy, martin griffithsyemen n has suffffered more tha five years of fighting between saudi-backed government forces and houthi rebels supported by iran. the prolonged conflict has devastated the country's health care system. >>> a senior u.n. official says global efforts to achieve the world body's sustainable development goals or sdgs are falling short due to the coronavirus pandemic. u.n. deputy s secretary general mohammed says the u.n. unanimously adopted the 17 socioeconomic goals in 2015 with the aim of achieviving them by 2030. the goals include ending poverty and hunger, spreading quality education and medicine worldwide and protecting eco systems. >> we can make the projections of the millions that are going to be pushed back into poverty, it has pushed back access to health services. it has also taken kids out of school. >> mohammed said keeping up efforts to achieve the sdgs must be r reaffirirmed at the genera assembly. she says the world must take united actction against the coronavirus pandemi

griffith. a caravan in the northern side. led by babel as a group of european tourists when their wire across the scorching sounds most of the visitors have been here before they know the magic of the desert but this trip is different but the end of the week that exchange.

hywel griffith, bbc news.ocial media apps tiktok and we chat will be banned in the us from this weekend because president trump says they pose a risk to national security. the apps will have to stop operating in the us unless they're sold to an american company by the middle of november. tiktok, which has 100 million users in the us, says it will challenge what it's described as an "unjust" order. let's go live to our technology correspondent james clayton in san francisco. good to see you. willa deal be done? that is what everyone wants to know to avert this. that is what eve ryo ne know to avert this. that is what everyone wants to know. donald trump is about to speak. the simple answer is about to speak. the simple answer is it is all in his hand. it was a presidential order to say tiktok should be banned and the president can undo it. but the band for downloading is meant to come into force midnight sunday, so we are kind of running out of time. just wanting to say on that is although the download will not

let's talk to hywel griffith our wales correspondent. how severe they going to be?onway, rex and, so about northeast wells and all 500,000 people, half million people living there. will that mean for them at 6pm on thursday. there will be no longer to travel in or out of their county area for valid reasons, such as work, education or to deliver care and rules on how you can meet indoors. you cannot meet anyone who was not in her household indoors and they are all outdoors and you can meet up to 30 people outdoors and thatis meet up to 30 people outdoors and that is the same in the blood down. the confusion that some people have had —— and the lockdown. coming into force in 6pm on thursday in those four areas. and face covering for children as well over a certain age. face coverings for children aged 11 01’ face coverings for children aged 11 or over, when it comes to the age of six, those under the age of 11 and not count. there are differences and people have gotten very used to the devolved differences, but for places like north wales, their poor borders and milli

i'm joined by the conservative mp, andrew griffiths. health minister, justin madders. and munira wilson from the liberal democrats. before we get into the meat of pmqs, i wanted to ask you, your colleague writing in the guardian these new restrictions are about as far as he thinks he could ask his constituents to go, do you think that is the case and that is why borisjohnson hasn't got as far as scotland? nobody wants to introduce restrictions like this, that curtail the liberty of individuals and affect the lives of businesses, the economy so the government is doing so not to play. what is important rather than drawing abstract lines at particular moments in time is that there is a balance to be struck versus the threat perceived at that moment so i do not think anyone can say thus far and no further because end to weeks we may have more data in either direction and then there is a case for looking exactly where you set the slider. again in the context of the slider. again in the context of the latex of the government i think are tryin

. >> host: tim out of griffith, indiana. democrats. good morning. >> caller: good morning. i may be have a stupid question but we build a pipeline acrossel the state of alaska, one of the most, meanest environments in the world so how come we can't build irrigation pipelines to at least some of these areas? ... i realize it took big money o do that, but, ok, isn't it worth big money to save the environment? that's all i had to say. if you have a comment, i will listen on tv guest: tim, our environment is big money and it's very important for our future. we could have a whole show talking about a lot of these water, not only that but the natural resources and also the ranking member of the environment subcommittee of the transportation committee, so i deal a lot with watery and we've got so many opportunities to be better stewards of water and not only to use less of it and conserve what we thought but also to have clean water so that is another issue that we all need to be working on. whether it's learning how to use the water that we want in a better way so that we don't h

our wales correspondent hywel griffith is at the senedd in cardiff bay.thursday evening it will mean three quarters of the welsh population are under those stricter measures, increasingly it is a question of what can be done to protect the remaining quarter? people living largely in rural areas of north and west wales. it is about trying to contain the transmission and ona trying to contain the transmission and on a day with so much confusion and on a day with so much confusion and consternation about what local lockdowns main it is worth reminding ourselves what the rules are. it means you cannot meet people indoors if they do not live in your household and people cannot travel in or out of local lockdown areas without a valid reason. at the senedd today, the first minister of wales said may be english local areas should adopt the same travel policy and he called on boris johnson to ban people leaving local lockdown areas in england and potentially stopping them from spreading the virus into wales. for those worried about the tourism aspect in wales, the

as in james bays reports in his monthly briefing to the security council un special envoy martin griffiths gave a grim assessment of the situation in yemen the only glimmer of hope another effort by the u.n. and the international committee of the red cross to try and arrange a mass exchange of prisoners we expect to see the parties this week. to continue their discussion of the implementation of prisoner exchanges what are you know is that this meeting will actually result in the release of some prisoners . and some evidence of the implementation of those commitments. but peculiarly given the threat of covert 19 in places of detention was security council diplomats hope a prisoner exchange would be a confidence building exercise potentially leading to a wider political digits but the news from the ground is not good violence continues to rage on the un's humanitarian coordinator says they've had to cut funding to the most needy in part because the countries of the saudi led coalition have not come up with the money they promised to give the u.n. several that elements including the king of

before the announcement is going to be made by the united nations special envoy to yemen martin griffiths in a time. now the deal has been made and they will have to work of the logistics of releasing $1082.00 prisoners in the coming days is going to take some time and they do understand that this is going to be a delicate task for all the parties any disagreement in the coming days could undermine the whole political process but this is quite a 1st step a very small step forward the 2nd phase of the deal was good is going to be very crucial because the government still says. that for scene 3 senior government officials the brother of president has. was former defense minister face others about a top military command and. leader need to be released by the earth is before moving to the finest stage which is the release of thousands of prisoners still detained by the government and by the hoa fees hashim does this have any implications for hopes of a why the conciliation of the conflict there what i've been asking the same question to from the whole thing is that from the government the don

look at the newspapers today, the front pages, and joined me to discuss the papers we have sian griffithsnd the writer and broadcaster shyama perera — stay with us for the papers. now it's time for a look at the weather with tomazs schafernaker. for most of us, overall today the weather is not looking bad at all. we have a mixture of sunny spells, a few fleeting showers. that is pretty much it. if you are unlucky you might want into a downpour with thunder and lightning. depending on your point of view. this is the satellite picture and we have cloud streaming in from the north—west, it is thin and broken cloud for most, sunny spells getting through. here are the showers for the afternoon across parts of northern england and wales, just the possibility of a downpour across the south in the afternoon. but for the vast majority of the uk, it is dry weather and temperatures getting up into the high teens, possibly 20 degrees in the afternoon in london. two staying dry in england and wales but rain expected in scotland and northern ireland, certainly by the end of the night. in belfast and gl