nick bryant, thank you so much., on thursday, lt greenwood contacted us to ask: that question was prompted by a report from nina warhurst about former chancellor george osborne's call for more funding for the northern powerhouse project. six years old and the future mapped out. children in darlington do well at primary level, but come gcses and getting jobs, their life chances slide dramatically. if building a powerhouse means making the north a global economic force, something isn't quite adding up. today, this former chancellor was hitting out at the current one. the government says it has stepped up by increasing investment, but they're also pleading for increasing investment, but they're also pleading for patience. it's a complicated equation. more government money plus more business investment could equal 850,000 newjobs in the north by 2050. but can the maths add up? lt greenwood's email to us went on: if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can

nick bryant, bbc news, new york.er i spoke to dr ahmad tarakji. organisation for syrians in need. i asked him if he was pleased the resolution had passed. i think this is a very good first step. to humanitarian needs and treatment. by the citizens in that part of syria? dropped to about 40% of its status a week ago. bring in any surgical supplies to eastern ghouta. pushing the hospitals to black markets, that's unacceptable. and we are not going to accept that. and civilian structures, and that will be needed. as places for them to hide. providing live streaming from he hospitals. strikes? 0k. from attacks on hospitals in syria. in south korea later on sunday. under their own flag. at the olympics in pyeongchang. into south korea to take part in the closing ceremony. general, kim yong chol. killed 46 sailors. names. following monday's attack on a boarding school. and has promised additional troops and aircraft to help find the girls. with more from nigeria, stephanie hegarty reports. from the girls‘ boarding school i

nick bryant, thank you so much., on thursday, lt greenwood contacted us to ask: that question was prompted by a report from nina warhurst about former chancellor george osborne's call for more funding for the northern powerhouse project. six years old and the future mapped out. children in darlington do well at primary level, but come gcses and getting jobs, their life chances slide dramatically. if building a powerhouse means making the north a global economic force, something isn't quite adding up. today, this former chancellor was hitting out at the current one. the government says it has stepped up by increasing investment, but they're also pleading for patience. it's a complicated equation. more government money plus more business investment could equal 850,000 newjobs in the north by 2050. but can the maths add up? lt greenwood's email to us went on: thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 03

the bbc's nick bryant starts our verage. >> ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil.ck niit is groundhog day in america, where thousands gathered to watch a rodent named punxsutawney phi pmake his annurediction on how long the winter will last. in washington, too, vu, with the day beginning as it often does with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation, but thid has intensife big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and the justice department have politicized ige sacred inveive process in favor of democrats and against republicans, something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago -- thats the main accusation of a secret memo which the president authorized the public release of today.it lleges anti-trump bias amongst top law-enforcement officials.en prestrump: i think it is a disgrace what is happening in our country, at that and see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves and much worse than that. nick: the memo, comm

nick bryant reports.uta woke up this morning to continued aerial bombardment and the news from new york that the security council remained deadlocked and still couldn't reach agreement on how to bring about even a temporary halt to the killing. delay in syria always brings more death. at least 120 children have been killed since sunday, according to human rights activists. hospitals overwhelmed by the number of casualties have been targets of the government's bombing. on the fringes of the security council, the tensest of negotiations. but always a sense of urgency from the backers of this resolution and always the unresolved question would russia allow it to pass? i would call upon those who are in favour of the draft resolution to raise their hand. when it came to a vote, the russian ambassador held his arm aloft — not to wield a veto, but to finally agree. yet, western diplomats still attacked moscow for delaying its passage for days. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter

for more on the announcement, the bbc's nick bryant joined me a short time ago. what more do we know about the circumstances of her resignation, because she isd someone who tr keep a low profile. nick: she did. she was one of donald trump's longest-serving political aides. press secretary during his first campai the presidency. she is almost family. she worked for the trump organization for a good many years. she says she's leaving her job as communications director because she feels she has done all she can do in the role, no controversy in the departure. timing is interesting, of course, because hope hicks has come under a lot of scrutiny in the last two days. yesterday she was on capitol o hill, in frothe house intelligence committee investigating russian meddling, and was subject to 8 hours of questioning, and during the questioning she said she said white lies for donald trump in thpast, although she never lied to investigators about the russia investigation. jane: how significant is this going to be for donald trump himself? his core circle is diminishing. k

nick bryant at the united nations.lorida high school during a deadly shooting last week, but he stayed outside the building during the attack and failed to engage the shooter. the guard has now resigned. it's unclear whether he will face charges. this comes as america's all—powerful gun lobby, the national rifle association, backed the president's call to enable specially trained teachers to carry concealed weapons. the head of the nra also accused politicians of exploiting the school shooting in florida to try to impose tighter gun restrictions. here's our north america editorjon sopel. will the florida school shooting come to be seen as a landmark moment, when impotence gave way to rage and rage led to action? all chant: never again! the vociferous students who have taken to the streets are bringing change, but not always in the way they wanted. the president, making clear that he thinks the way to make schools more secure is to train and arm more teachers, tweeting today: he first floated the idea at an emotional wh

nick bryant reports from washington. in washington, the feeling of deja vu with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation. but this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. that's the main accusation of a secret republican memo which the president authorised the public release of. it alleges an anti—trump bias amongst top law enforcement officials. i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things what's going on, a lot of people should be ashamed of themselves, and much worse than that. the memo, commissioned by republican congressmen, accuses the fbi of using a politically biased source while seeking surveillance warrants against the trump campaign advisor carter page. it alleges the request of the court relied on a much—disputed trump dossier, compiled by former british intelligence agent christopher steele who, it says, was anti—trump

nick bryant, many thanks for the latest from new york. and ii of her senior ministers are at chequers tonight — the prime minister's country home — to try to unite behind a single government strategy on brexit. they've spend several hours there today, ahead of the next phase of the brexit negotiations with the eu. from chequers, our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. birdsong what could break the calm of the country? birdsong twittering across the home counties valley? spring's plucky early buds bravely making their way? the zooming arrival of the cabinet's cars — that's what. darting into chequers, hoping perhaps the rural peace might provide inspiration. for more than a year, this group have been attempting to hammer out a compromise. but for decades, arguably, the tory party has been trying and not always succeeding. so, can they find one today? they were at it for eight hours. the prime minister, surrounded by her close colleagues and advisers — some who were pitted against each other during the referendum. next week she wants

nick bryant in washington, thank you.ve his van into muslim worshippers outside a mosque in north london has been sentenced to life with a minimum of 43 years in prison. darren osborne killed makram ali, who was 51, and injured 12 other people in the attack in finsbury park lastjune. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford reports from woolwich crown court. everyone back! darren osborne was seized at the scene of the finsbury park attack, after ploughing his van into a group of muslims trying to kill as many as possible. have a seat for us up there, mate. convicted of murder and attempted murder yesterday, his 102 previous convictions for violence, dishonesty and drugs offences were outlined to the court today. as was the devastation caused to the family of makram ali, the man he murdered. outside court, his daughter, with his tearful wife by her side, spoke of the family's love for him. he will never be forgotten. he will always stay in our hearts. his laughter will echo the walls of our home. his smile will be re

the late is now on note un resolution, north america correspondent nick bryant is that the united nations where he centres this update. all 14 members of the security council have been meeting behind closed doors in a conference room very close to where i am standing in the last 20 minutes, the russian ambassador has walked past me. i asked him minutes, the russian ambassador has walked past me. iasked him if minutes, the russian ambassador has walked past me. i asked him if there was going to be any agreement, he said we will see tomorrow. the russians have been demanding changes to the draft resolution and many concessions have been made and according to negotiators, some of the problems are not over the substance, they are over semantics, words, granular details, and what western diplomats have been saying all along is that these are delaying tactics by the russians to give more time to the regime on the ground in eastern ghouta to give more time to its military. humanitarian aid agencies work on the ground here and have watched this with increasing frustration, they want to be organis

nick bryant reports from washington.

nick bryant, thank you so much.on was prompted by a report from nina warhurst about former chancellor george 05borne's call for more funding for the northern powerhouse project. six years old and the future mapped out. children in darlington do well at primary level, but come gcses and getting jobs, their life chances slide dramatically. if building a powerhouse means making the north a global economic force, something isn't quite adding up. today, this former chancellor was hitting out at the current one. the government says it has stepped up by increasing investment, but they're also pleading for patience. it's a complicated equation. more government money plus more business investment could equal 850,000 newjobs in the north by 2050. but can the maths add up? lt greenwood's email to us went on: thanks for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions on bbc news and current affairs, or even appear on the programme, you can call us on 0370 010 6676 or email. you can find us on twitter @newswatchb

nick bryant was at the un where russia was being blamed for delaying an agreement for a ceasefire.l it took was the mere threat of a veto to block a draft resolution which would have called for a 30—day ceasefire, which would have allowed for humanitarian convoys to get into places like eastern ghouta and for medical evacuations to take place as well. the russians are saying we are proposing amendments, we do want a feasible agreement, but these negotiations have been going on for two weeks now. the russians have already been granted major concessions. the western powers are saying this is yet another delaying tactic by moscow to grant more time for the assad regime to continue its military offensive and to kill more people. britain and america today, again, as they have done for many years, bemoaned russian obstructionism. but what they have never been prepared to do is back up those words with meaningful action in syria to counteract russia's influence. so they get to call the shots there, and increasingly here. i do think there will be another attempt to pass a ceasefire resolut

nick bryant reports from washington. ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil!amed punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last.

nick bryant, bbc news, washington. jane: among the members on the intelligence committee who voted to release the memo was republican will hurd, who served ia officer before joinin congress. he joined me a short time ago from san antonio. thank you for joining me. what do you feel you have gained by releasing this memo? rep. hurd: i will answer that -- i want to tweak one thing in the lead up to this. the memo does not allege political bias. everyone who is taing about this is alleging political bias, but to me, the core this, what we have gained from this, is it is congress' responsibility to shine a light on our government and theop ations of our government, and i do not believe an american citizen should be subject to a surveillance based on unverified information, circular reporting, and rumors.e it is unfortunrtisans are going to use this to push their own particular biases, but to me this is not a criticism of the mueller investigation -- jane: but why did you make this memoublic? surely the were other ways you c

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joining me now is our north america correspondent, nick bryant.ons last week when they were debating this resolution. this is a russian dictator to humanitarian resolution we re dictator to humanitarian resolution were looking at? yes, this is not russia adhering to the ceasefire solution. the russian ambassador raised his hand in support of it on saturday but this is a russian initiative. the humanitarian resolution was a call for a 30 days of cessation of hostilities. the russians are calling for a five hours on tuesday. so a convoy contriving get some medical evacuation in place. this is not abiding by the resolution but this is the russians showing they are in charge. they are the most significant presence on the ground and we will decide what happens, not the un. we live in a darwinian universe. if our body continues to be dysfunctional, eventually governments are going to look at the security council and see it is not effective? the french ambassador said that very starkly last week ahead of the vote. he said this is a moment of truth for th

nick bryant reports. ladies and gentlemen, punxsutawney phil!groundhog day in america, when thousands gathered to watch a rodent named punxsutawney phil make his annual prediction about how long the winter will last. in washington, too, a feeling of deja vu with the day beginning as it often does, with an attack from the white house on the russian investigation. but this has intensified the big chill between the president and his senior law enforcement officials. the top leadership and investigators at the fbi and justice department have politicised the sacred investigative process in favour of democrats and against republicans. something which would have been unthinkable just a short time ago. that's the main accusation of a secret republican memo, which the president authorised the public release of today, it alleges an anti—trump bias among top law enforcement officials. i think it's a disgrace what's happening in our country. and when you look at that and you see that and so many other things, what's going on, a lot of people should be asham

nick bryant is at the un, and says russia's stance is being blamed for delaying an agreement for a ceasefirey, all it took was the mere threat of a veto to block a draft resolution which would have called for a 30—day ceasefire, which would have allowed for humanitarian convoys to get into places like eastern ghouta and for medical evacuations to take place as well. the russians are saying we are proposing amendments, we do want a feasible agreement, but these negotiations have been going on for two weeks now. the russians have already been granted major concessions. the western powers are saying this is yet another delaying tactic by moscow to grab more time for the assad regime to continue its military offensive and to kill more people. britain and america today, again, as they have done for many years, bemoaned russian obstructionism. britain and america today, again, as they have done for many years, bemoaned russian obstructionism. but what they have never been prepared to do is back up those words with meaningful action in syria to counteract russia's influence. so they get to call the

joining me is nick bryant at the un in new york.council members have been locked in talks for hours now. we keep expecting an announcement and not getting one. is there any sign of a breakthrough to end this bloodshed 7 there any sign of a breakthrough to end this bloodshed? all 15 members of the security council have been meeting behind closed doors in a conference room close to where i'm standing. in the last 15 seconds, the russian ambassador has walked past, i asked the russian ambassador has walked past, iasked if the russian ambassador has walked past, i asked if would be an agreement, he shrugged his shoulders and said we will see tomorrow. there is not going to be a vote today. three votes have been postponed already. the russians have been demanding changes to the draft resolution. many concessions had been made. according to negotiators, some of the problems are not over the substance of the revolution, they are over semantics, words, granular details. what western diplomats have been saying all along is that these are del

let's talk to our north america correspondent at the un in new york — nick bryant.see on one of the images on the screen in front of me lots of empty chairs still there, no sign of that thought happening yet. what are the chances it will happen?m that thought happening yet. what are the chances it will happen? it was supposed to happen an hour ago at noonin supposed to happen an hour ago at noon in new york city, but as you see that anti—security council chamber, that anti—horseshoe table. if you look at the doors behind the security council table, that is where the action in the past hour has been taking place. there have been diplomats huddled in that corridor. there are consultation rooms there are a have been huddled in the corridor, presumably trying to haggle over the final wording of this draft resolution. which the russians are still blocking. they can use their veto, of course. there are five permanent members of the security council. they have vetoes and russia has used its repeatably, 11 times during the syrian conflict, to protect its ally, the assad reg

we'll adjourn the meeting in honor of nick, bryant's partner. with that, meeting adjourned. ♪ ♪

let's talk to our north america correspondent at the un in new york, nick bryant.r. lots of empty seats. what is happening? are a lot of empty seats, just two ambassadors have ta ken a lot of empty seats, just two ambassadors have taken their seats at the famous horseshoe table. they are from equatorial guinea, ivory coast. those countries are not the most significant players on the security council. the most significant players are not there, the british, the americans, the french, the russians, significantly the you 80s. they had a chairman at the you 80s. they had a chairman at the moment. they have been drafting this resolution with the swedes. —— those from kuwait. there are inside rooms, perhaps carrying on a last—minute negotiations. negotiations carried on into the evening last night. they couldn't reach consensus, they broke up. without agreement from the russians. that is the key thing we are looking for today, will the russians allow the ceasefire resolution to go through all will they be total as they have done 11 times to protect they have done 11 time

we'll adjourn the meeting in honor of nick, bryant's partner. with that, meeting adjourned. ♪ ♪ >> they tend to come up here and drive right up to the vehicle and in and out of their car and into the victim's vehicle, i would say from 10-15 seconds is all it takes to break into a car and they're gone. yeah, we get a lot of break-ins in the area. we try to -- >> i just want to say goodbye. thank you. >> sometimes that's all it takes. >> i never leave anything in my car. >> we let them know there's been a lot of vehicle break-ins in this area specifically, they target this area, rental cars or vehicles with visible items. >> this is just warning about vehicle break-ins. take a look at it. >> if we can get them to take it with them, take it out of the cars, it helps. one. >> commons 3rd thursdays is a monthly event series really activate service center and un plaza food and music and other social activities oil stephanie the vice president of operations for this. >> in 2016 an initiative called the service center launched an effort by a bunch of th

we'll adjourn the meeting in honor of nick, bryant's partner. with that, meeting adjourned. ♪ ♪ >> good afternoon >> the clerk: we'll bring the commission to order and ask the sector to please call the roll. [roll call] second item is the approval of the minutes of february 2018. >> so moved. >> the clerk: so the minutes are before you and there's been a motion to accept the minutes. is there a second? >> second. >> the clerk: are the re corrections? those in favor as written say aye. opposed? the minutes have been adopted. our next item please. >> item three is the director's report. >> good afternoon, commissioners. the president did sign a continuing resolution for a two-year budget framework into law and that will allow us to not have a government shutdown until fiscal year 2019. there are specifically in the measure the funding for extending the childrens health insurance program for an addition four years. reauthorizing funding for more than $7 billion to community health centers that includes the department's dollars for homeless services

we'll adjourn the meeting in honor of nick, bryant's partner. with that, meeting adjourned. ♪ ♪ >> let me begin by saying good afternoon to everyone. i am mohammed nuru, the director of public works. i want to thank everyone for joining us today to celebrate this construction milestone of station number five. it brings me great joy to honor the progress made on this tremendous project located here in the west end neighborhood. this will deliver a crucial piece of city infrastructure to thousands of nearby businesses, residents and visitors. our agency, public works, is proud to have designed a modern fire station that is expected to exceed national accreditation standards and serve the essential needs of our first responders. it may not look like it yet, in less than a year's time, a seismically sound fire station will be standing in this very place. it is true public works fashion, the project team has been working hard to ensure this facility will be delivered in timely and fiscally responsible manner. on time and on budget. with that said, it

live to the un in new york and our correspondent nick bryant. what is the hold—up?delayed as well. they are haggling over the wording of this resolution. it has been drafted by the kuwait and swedish, russians attracted to it yesterday and called for a ceasefire which allowed humanitarian convoys into places like eastern ghouta and evacuations, as many people are urgently needed medical help in eastern ghouta alone. the russians came up with amendments, some were included. some haven't then. they are still haggling over the draft, they are told there will be a vote of about two or three hours' time. i'm also told the fact that there is a negotiation still ongoing, is broadly positive sign the russians might be able to agree to this because they've used their veto in the past i! because they've used their veto in the past 11 times on syria. what western, complaining is that they are using delaying tactics so the assad regime continues their combine, the bombardment this morning with some of the most intensely seen this week. —— continues their campaign. thank you. pr

we'll adjourn the meeting in honor of nick, bryant's partner. with that, meeting adjourned. ♪ ♪ >> so, actually i think it's officially good afternoon, i've been saying good morning all day, but it's afternoon. welcome. i'm the director of the department of children, youth and their families. [applause] the only time i get applause is for saying that. at press conferences! [laughter] it is so exciting for me to be here with you all. this is a labor of love that has taken over two years to come to. and i am so happy to be here with young people, in community, and with our key partners. we have the police department, the chief of police is here, adult probation, we have rec and park partners and school district partners. so i'm so proud to be here with everyone and with our mayor. first, want to thank our host, our school district, james denman middle school. particularly principal lisa, thank you so much. [applause] we had an opportunity just a few minutes ago to tour one of the classrooms that i have to say, it is amazing. it's wonderful to see

wanted to start with expressing condolences to bryant tan, the commission president on behalf of the commissioners and staff for the loss of his partner nick, we know that he and his partner really love the entertainment industry and night life and celebration, so we are very sad to hear this news and hope that bryant is back with us soon. we will let people know about donations and memorial services and stuff like that. our condolences. can we have a roll call? (roll call ( >> vice president thomas: the first item of business is general public comment. members of the public may address the commission on items not on our agenda today. is there anyone who would like to make public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. the second item, approval of meeting minutes, approving the minutes of the january 16th meeting. are there any corrections or edits, comments from commissioners? >> i love to approve. >> vice president thomas: is there a second? >> second. >> vice president thomas: the motion is made and seconded. can we have a vote, please? >> clerk: voting. >> vice president thomas: the minutes are approved. item three report from

the minute we hear from our coach and nick we will take you out to minneapolis but real quickly here kobe bryantng it last night on the gram. >> this is him racking to us winning final second of the game. >> oh, my god. >> oh, my god. >> that is so good. >> he is tip towing. >> he is dancing like you have to pea. >> yes. >> just like that. >> 9:34. lets take a quick break so we don't miss any of the press conference in minneapolis. >>> everybody in minneapolis is a little groggy so we are not going to the press conference yet. a t-shirt company, a t-shirt company in massachusetts was forced to switch gears after eagles beat patriots pop tops sportswear is the company and blank sports, and, patriots logo super bowl champions for sixth time, and eagles won they had to switch the presses >> how painful is that, they had to wear their patriots hat >> our mayor, mayor jim kenney , said no official word but he had to guess, the day of the parade it would be thursday because of the sue serio's forecast of the rain, cold rain, on wednesday. nobody has time for that. >> we don't want a time for that. >>

wanted to start with expressing condolences to bryant tan, the commission president on behalf of the commissioners and staff for the loss of his partner nick he and his partner really love the entertainment industry and night life and celebration, so

nick bryant reports from the un.t 120 children have been killed since sunday, according to human rights activists. hospitals overwhelmed by the number of casualties have been targets of the government's bombing. 0n the fringes of the security council, the tensest of negotiations. but always a sense of urgency from the backers of this resolution and always the unresolved queetien. i when it came to a vote, the russian ambassador held his arm aloft not to wield a veto, but to finally agree. yet western diplomats still attacked moscow for delaying its passage for days. as they dragged out the negotiation, the bombs from assad's fighter jets continued to fall. in the three days it took us to adopt this resolution, how many mothers lost their kids to the bombing and the shelling? while we have been arguing over commas, assad's planes have been killing more civilians in their homes and in their hospitals — imposing unbearable suffering. the russian ambassador was pessimistic about the chances of the ceasefire, saying there