this could be the smaller island nations. island is hoping to keep its men's basketball title. another day of competition, the second day of the the island games here in gotland. that is from sportsday with me, tim hague. thanks for watching. i will be back at a quarter past eight with more sport. you're watching bbc news. the government has revealed that 60 tower blocks, covered in supposedly fire resistant cladding, have failed safety tests following the grenfell tower disaster. the department for communities and local government says checks have been made in 25 council areas across england, and so far the failure rate is 100%.

narrator: it's a $5 billion a year industry and an economic lifeline for dozens of small island nations, but for how much longer? man: as a pacific islander myself, i would ask one question--will the next generation enjoy this industry as we do now? narrator: it's fished every day and in nearly every ocean on the planet. an immense volume is captured and processed to keep up with the insatiable global demand. it's served in trendy restaurants around the world and in tin cans for school lunches. they're among the most valuable commodities in the ocean. it's tuna. yellowfin, big eye, albacore, and skipjack. 4 1/2 million tons of tuna are caught each year, and nearly half of the global supply is caught in the western and central pacific. it's a $5 billion a year industry and an economic lifeline for dozens of small island nations, but for how much longer? man: people consider the ocean an endless bounty, but the ocean is far from unlimited. narrator: technology is making it much easier to catch tuna, and that in turn is threatening a whole way of life. man: the pacific if so dependent on t

it's a $5 billion a year industry and an economic lifeline for dozens of small island nations, but for how much longer? man: people consider the ocean an endless bounty, but the ocean is far r from unlimited. narrator: technology is making it much easier to c catch tuna, and that in turn is threatening a whole way of life. man: the pacific if so depenendt on these fisheries'' resources that a collapse could be devastating. and it might be decades for them to recover from that, if f at all. narratoror: the fishsheries of e western n and centtral pacifific cover 40 0 million sqsquare killometers. i it's a a vast ara populated by smamall islandd countries, w which, according to international law, own all of the fish within 200 miles of their coastline. but most countries can't afford navy shipips or aircraft to patatrol their waters, leaving their prized fishing grounds a target for ocean thieves. 17 of the countries are part of an alliance that help manage and protect their most valuable asset--fish. based on the solomon islands, a multinational task force for thehe pacific i islands for

this will not impact flights nor cruises to the island nation. coming up, news 4's tracie potts is going to break down how this could hurt cuban small businesses and the owners down there. >>> 4,000 military families will soon prepare to send their loved ones into a war zone. the trump administration is sending 4,000 additional american forces to afghanistan. most of the troops will train and advise afghan forces. >>> this morning, the man arrested for having guns at trump international hotel is back in police custody. authorities say brian moltz was ordered to stay out of d.c. but he came back. police say this time it was to buy drugs. we're told he concerning things on facebook including a photo of newspaper headlines about wednesday's shooting in alexandria and a black bag with unknown contents. he will stay in jail until his trial. today one of the men accused of beating up protesters at the turkish embassy will be in court. he was one of 12 people that d.c. police arrested there. you can see him kicking and beating protestors from outside th

islands, british interest from guernsey, jersey, shetland, the 0rkneys and many other places. 23 island nations after the opening ceremony the competition begins tomorrow. it starts with triathlon. we havejersey‘s men‘s defending champion looking for another gold. he is also a commonwealth athlete and has competed at the world level. after triathlon it will move to athletics where andy frost will compete for his ninth consecutive gold. that‘s actually an island games record. he will also hope to throw a commonwealth games qualifying distance so that he can get to australia in 2018. for some athletes it really is a springboard. mark cavendish started his career at the island games by winning two gold medals. kelly saladin was at the games for the isle of wight, and it will be interesting with a guernsey swimmer, miles monroe, already another big youth champion. for some it is a friendly games, for others it is more serious, but after the party has finished here in gotland at the opening ceremony, the competition begins tomorrow. looks like a good event. good turnout for the opening ceremony as w

travelers can still visit the island nation under 11 other categories. for now we're told this will not impact flights or cruises to cuba. >>> 4 thour,000 military familil prepare to send their loved ones into the war zone. most of the troops will train and vice afghan forces. >>> this morning, the man arrested last month for having guns at trump international hotel, he's back in police custody. brian moles was ordered to stay out of d.c. but he came back. police say this time it was to buy drugs. he also posted some concerning things on facebook according to photo of a newspaper headline about wednesday's shooting in alexandria and it's next to a black bag with unknown contents. moles will stay in jail until his trial. >>> today one of the men accused of beating protesters at the turkish embassy will be in court. he was one of 12 people arrested in that incident there. guards are kicking and beating protesters in the video. this is from outside the turkish ambassad ambassador's residence. turkey president erdogan was in town at that time. seven others a

>> yeah. >> reporter: the marshall islands, a nation of slender atolls and five more substantial islandssit in the south pacific ocean between hawaii and australia, no more than six or seven feet above sea level. climate scientists warn-- if the current pace of global warming and sea level rise continues, then low-lying islands like the marshalls could become incapable of sustaining their population within a generation or two. >> sea level is rising in certain parts of the pacific faster than anywhere else in the world. >> reporter: chip fletcher studies climate science at the university of hawaii. he says that well before the marshall islands might disappear -- they could face a more immediate impact from climate change: fresh water shortages. what's the biggest threat now to the marshall islands? >> depends on your time scale. i think the longer time scale sea level rise is probably the biggest threat. simply because it has the potential to rise above the average elevation of the marshall islands. shorter timescale though, it's the fundamental need for fresh water. >> reporter: on ebey

another could limit travel to the island nation by americans.lomatic relations are not expected to be altered. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. showing you an easy drive this morning. here's the vine street expressway. cameras around 24th street. no real problems or delays. this is one of the heavier traveled spots that we're seeing in our cameras now. and it's still moving. that's a good sign. also watching the schuylkill expressway. checking in with drive times here. usually by the 7:00 hour, seeing pretty big delays in both directions. we're adding a few minutes to the drive times eastbound and westbound from the blue route to the vine. 17 minutes at the most on the westbound side. mass transit and the broad street line, northbound service dealing with equipment issues and ten-minute delays. rest of mass transit on or close to schedule. easton are getting borhoods moving through lancaster and berks jus rng hour. coming into fleetwood at 7:30 this morning. slow-moving showers. most of the day will

also this afternoon, the women's football, a hotly contested event between the scandinavian island nationsered with places like this, so 2300 competitors from 23 island nations, 16 sports across seven days of competition, so hopefully that has given you some flavour of what to expect here this week and maybe we will see you for gibraltar in 2019. it looks absolutely fabulous there, thank you. we regularly hear about the richest people in the world, or the most successful — but what about the happiest? this morning, the independent published its alternative list — the happy list. it celebrates those people who give kindness and compassion to help change the lives of people in their communities. we're delighted to be joined by two people on the list — mandy sanghera and michelle smith. you both are responsible for other people's happiness, how does that feel? well, it's a great honour and a privilege but actually, i think this is an amazing list and i feel honoured and lucky to be honoured because it celebrates ordinary people, celebrates people who are unsung heroes who necessarily might no

this could be the smaller island nations. e cayman islands are one of the favourites in the men's track events and the estonian island is hoping to keep its men's basketball title. another day of competition, the second day of the the island games here in gotland. that is from sportsday with me, tim hague. thanks for watching. i will be back at a quarter past eight with more sport. you're watching bbc news. the government has revealed that 60 tower blocks, covered in supposedly fire resistant cladding, have failed safety tests following the grenfell tower disaster. the department for communities and local government says checks have been made in 25 council areas across england, and so far the failure rate is 100%. 79 people died in the grenfell tower fire in west london 11 days ago, prompting the nationwide review. former chief fire and rescue adviser sir ken knight said he was impressed by the rate at which tests are being carried out on tower blocks. i think it's going well. the arrangements were set up, as i said, very earl

but it is feasible on reefs around island nations who depend on those reefs.we sit down, watch, and give up? or do we try and be prepared to fail? >> reporter: as we walk through this maze of tanks harboring these super corals, dr. gates, like most of the scientists we spoke to, offers this warning. if things continue the way they are in terms of warming oceans, acidification, how much time does the world's coral have left? >> i think we need to be actively intervening in the next ten years to stabilize more than the 10% we predict could survive to 2050. >> reporter: her work isn't going to repopulate the world's coral. it's geared to create a recipe that can be used by anyone to quickly grow the strongest of the strong. from the caribbean to the great barrier reef. and just maybe give us all a sliver of hope. for "nightline," i'm matt gutman reporting across the pacific. >> our thanks to matt for that report. we'll be right back. ♪ if you've got a life, you gotta swiffer latches onto youry finger so hard, it's like she's saying i love you. that's why aveeno's

it's enough that the prison no longer has to buy chemical fertilizer, which is expensive on the island nation 110,000 people live on grenada. and 5 times that many tourists visit every year. the island feels like a caribbean paradise. but here you'll also find brown streams full of manure that's run off from farms. and they feed directly into the sea. >> because grenada is a small island, the pollutants quickly end up in the sea. that's why it's important to revise the process right at the beginning of the chain, working with the farmers themselves, so we can avoid this ecological problem. >> the german development organization giz supports a pilot project to build ten biogas facilities. here grenada's small size is an advantage. today they received a call for help from someone who's not so easy to reach. farmer sherwin sandy lives with his wife norgah and 3 children in the middle of the rain forest. >> you wanna try this? >> sure. >> sherwin trained as a cook. >> tastes good. >> when i met my wife, she told me that her mother has a piece of land. and when i came here i fell in love with the

administration, president trump announcing today that he's developing a more hard line stance toward the island nation. the administration says its main goal stopping the flow of us cash to the country's military services. president trump says the us won't renegotiate with cuba until it meets conditions like releasing political prisoners. new policy will make traveling to cuba more difficult for americans who now will only be allowed to travel in groups. no longer as individuals. >>> meanwhile president trump fired off a series of tweets today appearing to confirm that he's under investigation for obstruction of justice. trump wheat tweeting i i am being investigated for the firing of the fbi director by the man who philadelphia me to fire the fbi director. this stemming from reports claiming special counsel robert mueller is investigating president trump following the firing of james comey. >>> up next a trial that captured the attention of the nation. a young girl accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide through series of text messages. he did and today she was held accountable for her

. >> kroft: the island nation drew the ire of the u.s.r three suspected iranian operatives were caught using their st. kitts passports to launder money for banks in tehran in violation of u.s. sanctions. it also had to recall more than 5,000 passports because they either didn't include a place of birth or were issued to people who had changed their names. since then, a number of reforms have been made, but questions remain. >> peter vincent: they're not transparent programs. there are not safeguards in place. >> kroft: until 2014, peter vincent was the top legal advisor for u.s. immigration and customs enforcement, part of the department of homeland security, which he says is well aware of all the vulnerabilities. in fact, before general john f. kelly became secretary of the department of homeland security, he expressed concern in a 2015 report that "cash for passport programs could be exploited by criminals, terrorists or other nefarious actors." does that present a security threat, do you think? >> vincent: it does. in my opinion, the g

people who are the cuban exiles, who want president trump to sever all ties with the communist island nationhere's the younger group, the second and third generation and the new arrivals from the island who want to keep the obama-era policies. and poppy and john, from talking to some of these folks here, they might be a little disappointed if president trump doesn't roll back all of the obama policies, because in the audience, he's going to have that old guard, the people who want to sever all ties with the island nation. and perhaps president trump will learn, like he has learned with health care, that the cuba issue is a complicated one. >> yeah. >> john and poppy? >> to say the least. rosa flores, we're so glad you're there. thank you very much. we'll watch you and we'll watch the president at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. we'll carry his speech from miami live for you. >>> promising news on congressman steve scalise's recovery from his gunshot wounds. he is still in critical condition. he is still in the hospital, but things are looking up, we're hearing. what does the road ahead look like? at

president trump is set to roll back policies that could impact travel to the island nation. >>> screaming and excited. wait until you see what former vice president joe biden did that left one college graduate thrilled. >>> plus, flip-flop freebies. why wearing the footwear could get you a good dealed today. in the state that invented the american vacation... a legendary adventure awaits. heroes will rise. bonds will be forged. and memories will be made to last a lifetime. new york state. it's all here. it's only here. plan your summer trip at iloveny.com >>> nike plans to cut jobs and make fewer products. the company is cutting about 1,400 jobs or 2% of its work force. they'll cut the number of sneaker and clothing styles it makes by 25% and focus instead on their hot-selling items. nike says the moves will help get its products to customers faster. >>> amazon has a new tool that will help you reorder items in the blink of an eye. we have more in the cnbc business news. good morning, landon. >> reporter: hi, good friday morning. amazon has a new tool to help you order items in your home

that's the temperature at the heat island. national airport by the city by the airport as well. 55 in front royal. 53 in warrenton. 70 by the bay in annapolis. the bay water temperatures are well up into the 70s now. if you get away from the city or the water, it is comfy stuff today. afternoon highs today, back up into the 80s once again. upper 70s for the high spots. not much of a rain chance the next couple of days. rain chances moved on out. no chance for rain today. tomorrow's chance is between slim and none. it's just not exactly zero. here's future weather. by 5:00 today, this is bubbling up with fair weather clouds. clear back out overnight tonight. during the day tomorrow, a little bit more cloud cover and again, a slight chance. only going to put a 20% chance on any rain here tomorrow. most of us will be more on the miss than the hit side of tomorrow's rain chance. here's your ten-day forecast now. in the 830s for today. the extra rain chance tomorrow is going to keep most areas in the upper 70s to around 80. 80s again on wed

. >> that may sound small, but tiny temperature changes could make a big difference for island nationsnd coastal communities. it could be the difference between surviving or being underwater. >> trevor: you see, what you need to understand is small things can have big consequences. it's like putting one turd in a swimming pool. ( laughter ) now, that's a tiny fraction of what's in the swimming pool, but, suddenly, everyone's screaming, and i'm no longer welcome at splash mountain! i bought a season pass! ( applause ) now, donald trump may have pulled the united states out of the paris climate agreement, but it turns out that when it comes to climate change, the states are not exactly united. >> at least ten states led by democratic governors are defying the president's decision. >> they're joined by more than 150 mayors pledging to uphold the paris agreement. >> california is launching its loan global coalition with canada and mexico and virginia set new standards for power plant emissions. >> trevor: california is like, hey, mexico, you want to roll? we're just doing our own thing, ma

east cot and gulf coast, island nations around the world, some of which would literally be submerged by that amount of sea level rise. the ipcc makes a far more conservative statement. they state an upper bound of about a meter, about 3 feet. and ''s o once again an e exampe of where the ipcc arguably has been overly conservative. some, as myself, have argued that partly that's just due to the culture of science. scientists tend to be reticent. we don't like to make strong conclusions that we have to withdraw at somome later time. d there's also a component, i believe, due t to the pressure,, the outside pressure, the critics, the very well fundeded and well organized effort to literally y discredit the sciene of climate change, sometimes by attempting to discredit the scientists themselves. i myself have been a victim of that. and in the face of all that pressure and those attacks, i thi t to some eent t the ipcc has actually w withdrawn a bit d they've been more guguarded, moe conservative, more reticent in what they're willing to o concle than thehey really shoululd be n the evide

re we in maritime nation maritime not only a nation, i would say we are almost an island nation.we have these two massive oceans on either side. north, and arctic ocean in this benign medical notion -- -- we have a very capable maritime capability and we have an incredible ability to search antsy if we have to. divided.ok is we see china spending on their military. pacific is the expecting to change. >> you can take all the land and the rest of the world and put it in the pacific ocean freight 70% of the world is covered by the sea. pacific is see the they willyard and challenge us in the south china sea where they claim the entire area and at the same time, we remember that russia is a pacific naval power. >> bring of russia and i think of the arctic. a lot of natural resources there. navalt, the bulk of our is going to be? >> probably not the bulk. i would say it will be divided. the mediterranean is going to continue to matter. think of it this way. -- it becomesing on one side russia and the other side, nato. we will be operating extensively. -- what more do we be doing you a

marriott is urging the white house to instead improve ties with the island nation. >>> hackers have a new target. the oil and gas industry. that's ahead. >>> state attorneys general from across the country are investigating the makers of opioids. the by paipartisan investigatio looking into alleged marketing practices by manufacturers of the prescription painkillers. the states are issuing subpoenas for documents. >>> the high price of medications was a major topic of discussion among some of the industry's most influential ceos. meg terrell spoke to them at an annual gathering in minneapolis. >> reporter: since even before he took office, donald trump has been putting pressure on the drug industry. >> the drug industry has been disastrous. they're leaving left and right. they supply our drugs but they don't make them here. they're getting away with murder. >> reporter: today reports the president may be getting close to action. >> one thing that we hear is on the table for an executive order is a directive by the trump administration to move towards a value-because e value-based purc

one would cut and another could limit travel to the island nations.iplomatic are not expecd alter. >>> two escaped inmates described by dangerous this mor to a homeowner. police say the pair tried to steal a car from a home there. the owner heard them, came out with a gun and held them at gunpoint and called police. the pair s home after they fled on foot following a high speed car chase that included a shootout. they had been on the run when they escape add transport bus b corrections officers. a the cll my humidity adds up through thed by this afternoon it's fng clouds will hang ou g into the 0 effelingct like e sea breeze changing things at the shore. what about the rain around now. a couple showers. there's one inomer county. we see more going into the evening. you can see it tends to be drier towards the shore. we may not see much rain in new jersey as we go through that. then tomorrow afternoon, again, scattered showers or maybe a thunderstorm much of the day on saturday and much of the day on sunday is dry. here is sunday morning. we have some

miami in which he plans to announce he's clamping down on travel and commercial ties with the island nation to force the government of raul castro to change its oppressive ways. the plan includes stiffer rules for american travelers visiting cuba and a sweeping prohibition against transactions with companies controlled by the military which runs vast segments of the hotel and tourism sector. again, c-span will have live coverage of the president's announcement, of his new cuba reforms here on c-span at 1:00. and next we have melanie. she's calling in from phoenix on our independent line. what's on your mind, melanie? caller: hi. good morning. yes, i just wanted to say about the gun debate issue. first, i wanted to send my thoughts and prayers to representative scalise and his family and, of course, all those affected in the shooting. i wanted to do a girl thing and tell you you have a beautiful dress on. i love it. and then on the question of whether congress should carry a gun or not, i think this has not been mentioned but i might have missed it. i do believe they should be able to carry.

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jen smith has the details. 23 island nations, each with small populations, come together every two yearsnd games is a wonderful event for islands with a population of less than 100,000. but it is an event where we can come together, regardless of the distance in between us, we can come together and celebrate what we all love to do and what we do best to represent our islands. for us gibraltarians, definitely, because olympics, europeans, we don't have a chance of medaling. this is where we have a chance of medaling finally, so yeah, this is a very big deal for us. it's about competition but also about making friends and having fun and meeting a lot of cool people. this year, gotland is the host. it‘s a swedish island in the baltic sea, and around 60,000 people live here. but for one week in june, over 2000 competitors from islands as far afield as st helena in the south atlantic and bermuda in the caribbean will come here. so how much work is involved in putting all that together? how much work? a lot of work, i can tell you that. i‘ve been employed for two and a half years, and we‘ve be

president trump is ordering tighter restrictions on travel and business dealings with the island nation. pretty good and wall street. bounce back. dow jumped, s&p 500 up. nasdaq. reversal of fortunes from yesterday. how does this sound? a paycheck every month even if you do not have a job. it's called universal basic income and its gaining popularity. a concept for the not-too-distant future. chief washington correspondent james rosen looks at how it might be carried out. >> we need new jobs, good jobs, with rising incomes. >> we have to do a much better job at keeping our jobs. >> in last year's debates, the word automation never came up. with credible projections forecasting that our growing use of robots, self-driving vehicles, and other automated machinery will eliminate 40% of all jobs in the u.s. by 2030. leading ceos have begun asking what will become of all the workers displaced. >> it is time for our generation to define a new social contract. >> at harvard, facebook founder mark zuckerberg endorsed the concept of a universal basic income, a guaranteed wage for some or all amer

jen smith has the details. 23 island nations each with small populations come together every two yeaic, others from warmer climes. so why? the island games is a wonderful event with islands of the population of less tha n with islands of the population of less than 100,000 but it is an event where we can come together regardless of the distance in between us, we can come together and celebrate what we all love to do and what we do best to represent our islands. brass gibraltarians, definitely, because the olympics, europeans, we don't have a chance of a medal, so yes, this is a big deal for us. it's about competition but also about making friends and having fun and meeting a lot of cool people. this year, gotland as the host. it's a swedish island to the baltic sea and around 60,000 people live here but for one week injune, over 2000 competitors from islands as far afield as st will come here. so how much atlantic will come here. so how much work is involved ? atlantic will come here. so how much work is involved? how much work? a lot of work. i have been employed for 2.5 years and w

oh my passion tonio and this is america's lawyer for more than one hundred years the island nation of puerto rico has been a u.s. controlled territory but with residents on the island suffering from economic disasters created by the predatory bankers the calls for the island to officially become a u.s. state have grown louder tonight we'll take a look at some of the legal issues involved with making puerto rico the fifty first state and how that might save the residents of the island from the ongoing financial crisis that they're suffering with and later in the show we'll talk about the legal options for students suffering from out of control student loan debt don't go anywhere america's lawyer starts now. according to ivan twenty sixteen you gov poll only forty three percent of americans know that the puerto ricans are u.s. citizens forty one percent believe that they're not but puerto rico has been an american territory since the end of the spanish-american war in eight hundred ninety eight for the four hundred years prior that it was a spanish colony in one thousand nine hundred se

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