jan mcgarry, we really appreciate _ out of this.e really appreciate you taking | really appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. good luck to you and your family. police say the suspect in a school shooting in wisconsin was a 15—year—old girl. a teacher and a student were killed and the attacker took her own life. only 3% of mass shootings in the us have been carried out by women or girls. the police chief in the city of madison said the alarm was raised by a pupil who was just seven or eight years old. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. after months of deadlock, israel and hamas appear to be moving closer to a gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. a senior palestinian official has told the bbc that indirect talks were in a "decisive and final phase," while israel's defence minister said an agreement was closer than ever. let's speak to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who's injerusalem. what is more are we learning about this likely deal? we know that in recent _ about this likely deal? we kn

commissioner campbell, high commissioner mcgarry. commissioner williams, high commissioner brown, high commissioner. imperial. high commissioner moore, high and commissioner president. so i so move. commissioner. that motion passes unanimously 7 to 0. and we'll place this on the final item on your agenda today. item 17 a and b for case numbers 2015 hyphen 006356 coa and coa. hyphen zero two for the property at 336 pierce street, you will first consider a request for revocation and then consider request for conditional use authorization. good afternoon, commissioners matt dido, planning department staff the two items before you are located at 336 pierce street and relate to an accessory building in the rear yard that previously contained an unauthorized dwelling unit, or udu. the residential building at the front of the property is authorized for use as an eight family dwelling. the accessory building in the rear yard was demolished without authorization in 2012, and partially rebuilt before enforcement action from the city halted con

that footage was filmed by the journalist dan mcgarry, who i have been speaking to.r seen in 21 years living here in vanuatu. we get earthquakes regularly, frequently higher than six, but none of us, nobody i have spoken to here, has experienced anything like it in their lives. it was very close to the capital, that 7.3, i think we felt every bit of it. some of the older buildings in town were severely damaged, some of them collapsed entirely, damage was not as widespread as you might see in other countries that do not build to such an exacting standard as we do here, so that's a relief to many of us. however, i went to the hospital shortly after the initial shock and talked to police there who confirmed one fatality. i spoke to police later and they said there were multiple fatalities but would not give me a number. it is clear from what we have seen at the triage centre that they set up outdoors, outside of the emergency ward, that there are dozens of people who have been injured, some severely, some not so much. we don't have a good assessment of the extent of the

we spoke to don mcgarry, who was a local journalists and a resident of fort villa. he told us about the situation and on why 2 of probably the next week of this was a violent or is quick. the worst that i've seen in 21 years of living here and run a lot to my wife who was born here in the country said it was the worst she'd seen in her life. at the damage that we've seen is widespread. but it is not as great as it might be in other countries because we have frequent earthquakes here. and most of our residential and, and professional buildings are, are built to a decent standard. however, uh that said there have been, there has been severe damage to a number of older buildings in town. i've seen evidence of one for example, that where the top floors pancake down onto the lower floors. that's of course, it costs a real concern in terms of casualties and recovery. there has been damage it. damage is visible among across. so numerous buildings. a great many people are going to be questioning whether it's slave safe to sleep in their houses tonight and go to work in the,

dan mcgarry is a journalist living on vanuatu and he told us what it was like to experience this earthquakeg here in vanuatu. we get earthquakes on a regular basis, frequently higher than six. but none of us, nobody that i've spoken to here, has experienced anything like it in their lives. so it was very close to the capital. so that 7.3, i think we felt every bit of it. some of the older buildings in town were severely damaged. some of them collapsed entirely. damage was not as widespread as you might see in other countries that don't build to such an exact and exacting standard as we do here. so that's a relief to many of us. however, i went to the hospital shortly after the initial shock and talked to police there. they confirmed one fatality. i spoke to police later on. they said there were multiple fatalities, but they would not give me a number. it's clear from what we've seen at the triage centre outside that they set up outdoors, outside of the emergency ward, that there are dozens of people who have been injured, some severely, some not so much. 0ne one more story to bring you. bec

dan mcgarry is a journalist living on vanuatu and he told us what it was like to experience this earthquakers living here in vanuatu. we get earthquakes on a regular basis, frequently higher than six. but none of us, nobody that i've spoken to here has experienced anything like it in their lives. so it was very close to the capital. so that 7.3, i think we felt every bit of it. some of the older buildings in town were severely damaged. some of them collapsed entirely. damage was not as widespread as you might see in other countries that don't build to such an exact and exacting standard as we do here. so that's a relief to many of us. however, i went to the hospital shortly after the initial shock and talked to police there. they confirmed one fatality. i spoke to police later on. they said there were multiple fatalities, but they would not give me a number. it's clear from what we've seen at the triage centre outside that they set up outdoors, outside of the emergency ward, that there are dozens of people who have been injured, some severely, some not so much. thatis that is the situation

don mcgarry, thank you so much for talking to us out of a find a while to thank you very much and hope you stay safe as well. thanks. i still ahead on al jazeera president elect. donald trump says takia is behind the toppling of serious human lead uh, in what he calls an unfriendly take co. 5. how many degrees in northern gun i'll be telling you about a 60 comes with such as pulls families apart in particular lives and like the the cold wind is blowing dial from the violence for the right being potentially bringing a dust storm with it. this is it here, and this introduced a different feeling to the weather. temperatures are very much lower than they were just a couple of days ago. and the wind is still blowing for samsung max of 17 and back that trends to into ha, still nice and warm and west inside of the particular around nectar at about $33.00 degrees us and drop a little bit, but not much. the wind still blow down the gulf and c u a and into eastern or minus . well, do how then these a little bit calling you might like compared with the average by 3 or 4 degrees the would last unt

and cssion vice president moore and commissioner mcgarry to be absent today. commissioners, first on your agenda is consideration of items proposed for continuance. item one, case number 2023, hyphen 009469 drp at 77 broad street. discretionary review is proposed for continuance to january 16th, 2025. items two, a and b for case number 2024. hyphen 002517 drp at 246 buchanan street discussed the discretionary review has been withdrawn, so the var or variance is proposed for continuance to the variance hearing on december 4th, 2024. further commissioners under your regular calendar. item ten case number 2024 hyphen 008952 pca development impact fees and requirements for nonresidential to residential conversion projects. planning code amendment is proposed for continuance to december 12th, 2024. item 11, case number 2024 hyphen 0056890th. the final office conversion and inventory information presentation. the zoning administrator found an error in the calculations and is requesting a continuance to january 9th, 2024. and finally, under your discretionary review

we spoke earlier to don mcgarry who's a local jordan this in a residential fort villa. and he told us about the situation in von why to after the quake. this was a violent or is quick, the worst that i've seen in 21 years of living here in front of out to my wife who was born here in the country side. it was the worst she'd seen in her life. uh, the damage that we've seen is widespread, but it is not as great as it might be in other countries because we have frequent earthquakes here. and most of our residential and and professional buildings are, are built to a decent standard. however, uh that said there have been, there has been severe damage to a number of older buildings in town. i've seen evidence of one for example, that where the top floors pancake down onto the lower floors, that's of course it costs a real concern in terms of casualties and recovery. there has been damage, is the damage is visible among across the numerous buildings. a great many people are going to be questioning whether it's slaves safe to sleep in their houses tonight and go to work in the,

there's a moment on the west wing when john spencer as leo mcgarry, the white house chief of staff, sayshe's like trying to rally the troops. and he says, we can do more. we can affect more change in one day in this building than we will in a lifetime. after we leave the building. that is not the approach that joe biden has been taking, at least publicly, since the election. certainly, and even since he ceded the nomination to kamala harris. but there there are things that he could be doing through executive authority. a lot of things that he could be doing would probably put a target on them. for donald trump to go after first. it does not seem like taking another vacation now is the kind of running through the tape mentality that the white house staff has said. he and the whole building is approaching things with. i think it's a really difficult thing for joe biden to know that he came into the presidency as a rejection of donald trump, and here he is being replaced by donald trump. i think back to an interview that i did with joe biden. he'd been president for about three weeks, was t

senate, do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar 783, lauren mcgarry mcferran, of the district of columbia, to be a member of the national labor relations board. signed by 19 senators as follows. mr. schumer: i ask consent the reading the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: i monday to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. oh, i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 784. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all those in favor say aye. all opposed say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, national labor relations board, joshua l. di ditleberg of illinois to be a member. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. th

we expect commissioner mcgarry to be out today. on your agenda, commissioners, is consideration of items proposed for continuance. item one, case number 2024. hyphen 004122 kua at 1533 sloat boulevard. conditional use authorization is proposed for continuance to january 30th, 2025. further commissioners, under your regular calendar, we've received a last minute request for item 12. case number 2024. hyphen 007142 crv at 1035 howard stree. the historic preservation commission considered this matter yesterday and approved with conditions that modified the project slightly. the project sponsors requesting additional time to incorporate those modifications as well as to continue working with the community on this matter. and we are requesting a continuance to january 16th, 2025. i have no other items proposed for continuance, so we should open up public comment. members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission on either of these two items being proposed for continuance only on the matter of continuance. again,