phil mercer reports.ory. the main reservoir in townsville is so full that vast amounts of water have had to be released, causing majorflooding. the city has been declared a disaster zone. many homes are submerged and streets turned into rivers. dozens of people have been rescued and thousands more moved to higher ground. when we use the words "unprecedented" and "uncharted , " we use this for a reason. we have not been in this scenario before. there has been a lot of rain that has been falling, especially over the townsville catchment, and some of these levels are unprecedented. there is a warning that the worst may yet be to come. the heavy rain is expected to continue until at least monday. there is though some good news — the tropical monsoonal conditions are likely to bring much—needed relief to drought—affected parts of queensland, to the west of townsville. phil mercer, bbc news. a high courtjudge has used twitter to urge a mother who vanished with her 3—year—old son to return home. the judge's plea

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.ime. but now the rover that will go to mars next year will bear the name of rosalind franklin. at least 30,000 people across europe took part in a competition to name the vehicle, which was build in the uk. the announcement was hosted by astronaut tim peake and our science correspondent rebecca morelle was there. i am here at a mock—up mars where the prototype rover has been put through its paces. it's designed to roam across the rocky martian terrain. this mission is nearly complete. everything is almost ready but one vital element has been missing and that is the name, and today it's been unveiled as the rosalind franklin rover. to explain why, i'm joined by a british astronaut tim peake. tim, why is this rosalind the rover, why the name? rosalind franklin, a great british scientist who did so much to unlock the secrets of human life, the dna and double helix so it's only fitting that the mars rover is named after her because it will be searching for signs of past life on mars. you g

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.pacific island that literally rose out of the sea when a submersed volcano erupted in tonga in 2014. these pictures were taken by french sailors who landed there in 2017. and last year nasa scientists made a visit as well. now, the race is on to see what we can learn from the new landmass before it vanishes. for more on this, and why it's fascinating scientists the world over, i poke to the volcanologist, jess phoenix. it's such a unique place because we don't see these things very often. most of the volcanoes that researchers get a chance to study and become familiar with are well—established, they're big, they're famous. we have all heard of pompeii and mount st helens but these volcanoes that rise from the ocean, it is literally new earth being created and looking at the life cycle of these brand—new volcanoes gives us a chance to understand how things in the past would have happened and potentially how things occur on other planets that have volcanoes or had them in the past. which

phil mercer, bbc news, sydney.formation about the island. french sailors landed there in 2017 and last year, nasa scientists made a visit. the race is 110w scientists made a visit. the race is now on to see what we can learn from the new landmass before it vanishes. for more on this, and why it's fascinating scientists the world over, i poke to the volcanologistjess phoenix. it's such a unique place because we don't see these things very often. most of the volcanoes that research is get a chance to study and become familiar with a well—established, they are big and famous. we have all heard of pompeii and mount saint helen 's but these volcanoes that rise from the ocean, it is literally new earth being created and looking at the life cycle of these brand—new 01’ at the life cycle of these brand—new or kano skips as a chance to understand how things in the past would have happened and potentially how things occur on other planets that have volcanoes or had them in the past. which ireland would you compare this to wh

now according to the bloomberg report, the mercers have been in negotiations with the irs about how topotentially settle that tax debt. those negotiations are done entirely in secret. obviously, tax issues are supposed to can be confidential but this is something where trump's political appointees in the irs have access to very sensitive talks about billions of dollars on the table and deutsche bank is right at the top. >> are we to assume robert mueller has access to anything the irs has access to? >> i can't confirm that. i don't have reporting confirming he does but he would be able to through traditional law enforcement means. >> he could easily get them. at the same point roger stone is key. we know at the same time president trump was talking to roger stone, off the campaign still talking all the time, roger stone was ordering hacked e-mails from wikileaks like i might order pizza from dominos. he was specific. i want something from the clinton foundation, he got it. i want something that raises questions about hillary's health. he got that. again, he's having these conversations

this one is funded by the mercers. it's in times square tells you this isn't for or by new yorkers. now, they are putting up two new billboards. hey, aoc, sorry your whack tweet but while the congresswoman accuses her critics of being out of touch, a poll showed that nearly 60% of new yorkers approved of amazon's plans. so who is really out of touch? what do you think? >> tell you what, what this reminds me of, i remember seeing a parade by one of the unions a few years ago and they were pretty much yelling on the sidewalk, this is a blue state and i'm thinking oh, does that mean i have to leave? what does this all mean here? you know, to say that -- i didn't realize there weren't diverse opinions here. while i appreciate the congresswoman's opinions, i think it's way off. she's calling the mercers anti-progressive. maybe it's more like anti-luddite and anti-doing things that are actually to be proactive rather than sitting and complaining about it and pushing things away that could be helpful and working with ways to

. ♪ >> leo mercer is on a mission to create hip hop music that has a positive message. >> right now,ip hop isn't giving us any sense of self-worth. it's basically tells you to kill yourself. i have music to heal yourself. >> the my brothers keeper conference, a three-day event of panels and discussions geared at supporting young men of in this city walks with their chin uphis week. the fact that your city was selected because barack obama cares about you, your future, your greatness, your talent. >> former president barack obama will team up with golden state warriors star steph curry to host a town hall meeting tomorrow. volunteers and locals kicked things off today by sprucing up the martin luther king, jr. elementary school. they're ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work on pressing issues facing black and brown youth. >> being in the same room with them and just like hear their wisdom, it's going to be something that i never would have thought i would be able to do. >> >> mercer says he's ready to i think it's chill to have all these people in one room to ta change. one t

this is funded by the mercers.it's in times square tells you this isn't for or by new yorkers. kind of long. congressman francis rooney. sir, you have to be absolutely delighted all of this. the socialists are driving business to you. you're happy as a clam. >> we'll take all those companies down here in florida where we're business-friendly, capitalistic, not socialistic,. stuart: are they coming to you? >> well i hope they will. they will be going somewhere. you look at the other amazon decision to go to northern virginia, which is a pretty business oriented state. i hope they will look at florida instead of at new york. stuart: congressman -- >> times square is in new york. stuart: vice president pence is heading to colombia, i think, boeing ga, colombia, he is dealing with the crisis in venezuela. when do we get rid of maduro? >> i think he is on his last legs. i'm really encouraged by the rumors that are going on, he has been talking quietly with the united states government officials and looking at some count

convicted back in 2017 in a fraud scheme that stole $2 million from mercers of the c and investors. >the united methodist c drch isply divided this morning. yesterday they voted to reject a move to east the faith's ban on ord natioarriage and of lgbtq clergy. some were in tears aftervohe saying the church they love rejected them. according to the associated press, nearly half of the church delegatesup overwhelming sport the bans. the united methodist church has 12.6 million members worldwide. >>> amtrak train was stuck in the snow inregon for 36 hours before it was finally towed. on that train,early 200 passengers. sthe train completelytopped on sunday. it hit some trees that had fallen on to the tracks. the snow in that area made it nearly impossible for maintenance crews to reach the e train until erday. the train did have heat, but the uncertainty forced a lot of people to ration feed and water. many had club soda and pretzels for breakfast and parents used napkins as makeshift diapers for babies. >> we are stranded for another night. >> the train is movingeay slowly. >> not knowin

we arejoined by the bbc‘s phil mercer. will the cardinal be going to jail?ry story, developing story from melbourne here in australia. cardinal george pell, 77 years of age, the highest—ranking catholic official to be convicted of these types of offences. he's been found guilty of abusing two choirboys in the city of melbourne in 1996. the cardinal had vehemently denied the charges. what happens now is that the cardinal will face a plea hearing in melbourne where he is expected to be sentenced. all eyes now on what punishment the court will hand down to cardinal george pell after being convicted of these offences. why have they decided to lift the restrictions? this is quite common practice in the state of victoria. court cases down there are often subjected to these suppression orders. the authorities in victoria say this is about maintaining the integrity of the justice system. but george pell was convicted of ——by a jury in melbourne last year and the judge has decided to lift that suppression order. we are still going through the finer details of this de

phil mercer reports. immigration will again be at the heart of australia's next election campaign.sult of the division is ayes, 75, noes, 7a. the question is therefore resolved in the affirmative. reeling from a embarrassing defeat in parliament, the prime minister said new laws making it easier for sick migrants held offshore to be treated in australia would weaken border security and encourage more asylum seekers to come by boat. in anticipation of that, he is reopening a detention centre on a remote australian territory in the indian ocean. we have approved putting in place the reopening of the christmas island detention facilities and a series of compounds there, both to deal with the prospect of arrivals as well as dealing with the prospect of transfers. since 2013, canberra has sent migrants intercepted at sea to camps on the tiny republic of nauru and on manus island in papua new guinea. it has insisted they would never be allowed to resettle in australia. critics say the prime minister is spreading deceit and fear, before an election expected in may. they point out that the

the billionaire mercer group funds you. >> she has no idea what we do.business owners across the country. liz: are you funded by the customersers? >> no, not at all. liz: the customersers do fund you? >> the customersers haven't contribute to us for several years. we were founded by bernie marcus who actually started the home depot at 52. at 48 he was fired and at 52 he founded the home depot. and he remembers what it was like being a small business owner and the trials and tribulations. i couldn't be prouder to work for somebody too who is so inspirational. liz: what made you take the billboard to fact check ocasio-cortez. >> we applaud the president for making that line in the sand saying we'll not become a socialist country. and we applauded that. we want to drive this point home. social takes, but capitalism creates. this is a prime example of what socialism took from the citizens of new york. the two ceos of the state and the city worked hard to bring that deal to the city. liz: the criticism of alexandria ocasio-cortez. people like her passion. art

this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for children with disabilities, and even a sand garden with chines and drums. >> it is a visionary $3.5 million world class playground in the heart of san francisco. this is just really a big, community win and a celebration for us all. >> to learn more about the helen diller playground

governor newsom said it would go from mercer to bakersfield. it will not even be complete.t is a waste of resources. let's use the money california and our country's taxpayer dollars as opposed to what california usually does and waste taxpayer dollars. heather: supposed to be finished by 2020 and haven't started by 2014. thank you for joining us. it is 19 after the top of the hour, democrats in the media slammed the catholic student in that viral capitol hill confrontation. he is taking the washington post to court. carly shimkus has reaction to the $250 million lawsuit everybody is talking about this morning. >> megan mccain, >> i don't believe you are reliable narrator. i want you to say on national tv you are not a source for the new york times or any other publication considering what you are accused of lying about. >> not anytime ever. >> carly shimkus with serious xm 115 here with more on the viral confrontation. she said i don't think your reliable. >> leave it to megan mccain. the white house and justice department have a problem with leaking. he asked are you the

billionaire funded groups blowing tons of cash on whack billboards and she writes this one is funded by the mercersat tweet prompted the job creators network to respond with more billboards. they say hey, aoc we saw your whack tweet and this billboard cost $4,000. you cost new york 4 billion in lost wages. ouch. lauren: indeed. still ahead, facebook under fire once again this time for targeting kids and their parents' credit cards. and there's a new colonel in town, how an '80s action hero is not protecting kfc's secret recipe. you're waifing "fbn watching "f" ♪ cold beer on a friday night. ♪ a pair of jeans that fit just right. ♪ and the radio to be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing it's best to make you everybody else... ♪ ♪ means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop. does this sound dismal? it isn't. ♪ ♪ it's the most wonderful life on earth. ♪ ♪ what you don't iknow about your garage wonderfudoor...on earth. will kill you. it's official, you can't eat wheat bread... someone's been stealing packages. they call 'em porch pirates. ...porch pirates

robert mercer who wanted to control the information that campaigns used to find voters as a way to havee trump campaign and others it could use facebook data to identify and influence american voters in the 2016 election. >> what cambridge sold was the idea that they could actually build a psychological portrait of a voter and predict how they would emotionally respond to different kinds of ads, different kinds of messages and that this would be a uniquely powerful tool in the political marketplace. >> cambridge contracted with psychology professor alexander kogan to harvest data for them through a facebook personality quiz. >> we collected a very specific type of data. so we collected people's demographic details. like their birthday, their location, their gender. and then we collected the page likes. >> 270,000 people were paid a nominal fee to take the quiz and provide their data for academic purposes. but what some users failed to understand from the fine print is that the app also took their friend's information. >> the average person at that point i think had about 300 friends. so

the mercer's, by the way -- robert and daughter rebecca -- are billionaires actively involves in conservatives. harris, back to you. >> harris: doug mckelway, thank you very much. i want to begin hugo grade and now, editorial director of the "washington examiner," talk more about this. hugo, i like to press with you with issues that have to do with messaging. when you talk about the message and politically winning the message, who is doing so at this point with this one? >> i think aoc is definitely losing the message. the billboard is just part of it. one of the things really bizarre but what aoc has done is she is opposing this because it's bring prosperity to her district of new york. her region of new york. it would have brought 25,000 jobs, and average salary of $150,000. one of the things she really doesn't like is the fact that this might raise prices and it might gentrified the district that has voted for her, and the next or district. she is not just doing this in an odd way against an economic expansion. she's also doing it really hypocritically. as the "washington examiner" just re

those are the punishments jim mercer got when he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor plea in 2018, so kraft will be paying for it as well with legal issues. >> laura coates, really appreciate it, thank you to all of you. >>> with a key memo expected today on trump campaign chief paul manafort, there is word now that state prosecutors are preparing to possibly charge manafort as well. the "new york times" is reporting that charges would be triggered even if the president steps in and pardons manafort. the president has publicly refused so far to rule out a pardon. >> it's very sad what's happened to paul, the way he's being treated. i've never seen anybody treated so poorly. but the question was asked of me by the new york post, and i said, no, i have not offered any pardons. i think they asked, or whatever, would you? i said, i'm not taking anything off the table. >> former counsel to u.s. assistant attorney general is with us and analyst dana bash. why is this so significant, carrie? >> if there are state charges, then those are potentially pardon-proof. the president's pardon authority ex

publicly associated with cambridge analytica because trump did not want to be associated with the mercerned cambridge analytica. so when brittany got the call from steve bannon, candidate trump says i want them here right now, so lewandowski wanted to use an intermediate company between the campaign and cambridge analytica to conceal the relationship. now, understand this, cambridge analytica was a uk company at the time. all of its key personnel were uk people. there are laws in the united states against using foreign nationals in decision making capacities in a campaign. so i'd say that is probably the most significant thing that she was privy to. >> let me read you this part from a profile in "elle" magazine that he pitched in a meeting at trump tower back in 2015. what was the pitch, was it -- is it a correct description to say that she was pitch position the trump campaign this information or that the trump campaign raeched out to her? shed light on how this relationship developed and what it was that she could offer the trump campaign that might be of interest. >> so to be complete

phil mercer, bbc news. the headlines on bbc news. to build its new model suv at its plant in sunderland. russia has suspended its participation in a key nuclear arms control agreement, after the united states announced yesterday that it would do the same. the met office issues weather warnings for ice in many parts of england as wintry conditions continue to disrupt the uk. pupils should be banned from taking smartphones into classrooms, according england's schools minister. the government is due to publish new guidance shortly on issues such as internet safety and social media. but some teachers say mobile phones can be ‘fantastically useful‘ for learning. our political correspondent, jessica parker, has more. smartphones are everywhere. but should they be in schools? well, it‘s the responsibility of head teachers to decide. but the ministerfor school standards, nick gibb, says it‘s his own view that schools should ban their pupils from bringing smartphones into school. i have to agree with that, because they have them so often in t

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karl mercer reports. thank you so much. it's a well practised routine for london's mayor.ayors from around the country to call for government money to help people scrap their polluting ca rs. you may not of heard of the city, it's called manchester. manchester, come on. he's pledged nearly £50 million of city hall money for low income families and businesses with less than ten employees to do just that. do you know how much these businesses are going to get for each van they trade in? that's what they really want to know. yes, that's what i'm announcing next week. we've more than doubled the package to help the poorest families and their vehicles and if there are green alternatives, will help them get green alternatives. they won't be helped for slightly bigger companies when the ultralow emissions zone in central london starts in six weeks' time. this coach firm in north london faces mounting bills to make its fleet to comply with the new rules. retrofitting what we have to do to comply is its £100 per day, per vehicle. $18,000 per vehicle, which is a lot of money. back i

it is the whole johnny mercer song eliminate the negative latch on to the affirmative.with mr. in between the dow up 1.75% the broader measure, only, only up 1% and seeing the gains happen with a handful -- on the dow. >> as wesaid the nasdaq weakes of the three as we count you down to the closing bell, i almost said opening, closing bell, ringing that closing bell here, the president of republic of colombia, and then stealth bio therapeutics and time for the second hour of "closing bell" an it starts right now. ♪ >>> welcome to "closing bell." i'm sara eisen wilfred frost has the day off an i'm joined by mike santoli good thing you're along for the ride. >> on your right today. >> bullish day on wall street. dow up 443 points. that is just about session highs. s&p 500 with a nice 1% surge of its own. nasdaq lags. weakness in communication services there david mentioned the fang names, lagged, as well. russell 2000 having another good day up 1.5% for the week stocks are up, major averages up 2% across the board this is the eighth straight weekly gain for the dow and the

robert mercer right-winger. jim chanos is centrist. neil: like you. offend everyone. >> i try. let me ask but the appeals court ruling today essentially at&t, go ahead, hook up with time warner? >> it's a story we broke last week. lydia moynihan, my producer tracked it down in that the justice department said that a decision, believed the decision was imminent and they were likely to lose. the real question was in the meat of the decision from the federal appeals court, remember, they, they brought it before a federal court. neil: right. >> judge leon he said the justice department's case is wrong. at&t should be allowed to merge with time warner. they appealed it to the federal appeals court. they came out, we have to read the decision. from what we understand the justice department is going through it right now it, may have far-reaching implications. neil: do you think it will be appealed? >> i heard they will not do it. they could appeal to the supreme court. i hear they are not going to do it. neil: -- at cnn? >> that is what at&t thought, trump hated cnn they would stop th

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phil mercer sent this report.t of australia's next election campaign. it isa australia's next election campaign. it is a decisive issue. the question is resolved. no reeling from a embarrassing defeat in parliament, ministers say a new law for immigrants to be treated in australia would weaken border security and encourage more asylum seekers to come by boat. in anticipation of that, he is reopening a detention centre on a remote australian territory in the indian ocean. we have approved putting in place at the reopening of the christmas island detention facilities and a series of compounds there, both to deal with the prospect of arrivals as well as dealing with the prospect of transfers. since 2013, canberra has sent migrants intercepted at sea to camps on the tiny republic and another island on papua new guinea. it has insisted they would never be allowed to resettle in australia. critics say the prime minister is spreading deceit and fear, before an election expected in may. they point out that the medical eva

like billionaire funded groups blowing tons of cash on whack billboard, this one is funded by the mercerse fact that it is in time squares, this is for or by new york others. commentary writer, your reaction to all of this? >> i mean, it's funny the way this has been going, she's been taking victory lap spiking the football making enemies from governor cuomo and mayor de blasio. i have like come out on the congresswoman's side because the deal was atrocious corporate refer, how do you strike the balance where you opposed something like states give everything away for a football stadium and try to court jobs. i don't know if she's walking the fine line well, i agree with her that the deal was a bad one. maria: you don't think that new york should have been offering those incentives? >> they were giving everything that they could possibly give away and for return i don't think with what was promised. new york creates 93,000 jobs per year and amazon was promise to go bring 25 over 10-year period, 2500 jobs her year, on top of that cash of roughly 300 million to help amazon construct the site

this is funded by the mercers who have been big supporters of donald trump.ern border, she regards these as true national emergencies. >> if you were in office what would, to you, what would constitute a national emergency? >> oh, let's dot list. climate change. gun violence. student loan debt, right off the top. congress, the president, as a country, those are the things we should be working on. steve: dana, what do you think of her list? >> yeah, well, she is trying to be santa claus unfortunately and you know santa claus, well, that is just not going to work out. first off the national emergency, people can have debates on the merits of calling a national emergency, whether or not that is going to diminish the president's to use the option in the future but the fact remains, congress, again, also debatable whether they should be doing this, authorized this office back in the '70s to already do this. secondly, the secure fences act already started what she is now pretending to oppose currently. what a lot of democrats supported back in 2006. lastly, money w

this one is fund by the mercers.saw your tweet. what is this back and forth here? >> $4,000 a week. they say it's well worth it you cost us $4 billion in lost wages. great op-ed piece "the washington post" by marc thiessen here at forks. aoc economic literacy not only bad for jobs but bad for the country as well. she doesn't understand that you didn't save new york city billion dollars. you cost the city $27 billion. when it comes to tax revenue and by the way there is 2.5 billion-dollar short fall in the state. what about 40,000 jobs in those folks and the local economy, people who are building restaurants as you mentioned, griff, expecting amazon to come here what are they going to do here? lost investments. people who can't find jobs and very sad. todd: what's so fascinating about in this amazon situation made new york governor andrew cuomo basically a republican for the last three weeks and made de blasio a republican for a week until he backtrack and said oh now it's amazon's faulted they didn't want to talk to