." >> alabama public television has refused to air an episode of the cartoon because it features a same-sexthe station is defending its decision amid a growing backlash. a children's cartoon at the center of controversy. alabama public tv is refusing to broadcast an episode of "arthur" that depicted the same-sex wedding of one of its most popular characters. >> who is getting married? >> me. >> reporter: in the first episode of the 22nd season mr. ratburn, arthur's teacher, marries his partner to the surprise of his students who didn't know he's gay. >> mr. ratburn is married. i still can't believe it. >> yep, it's a brand-new world. >> reporter: the episode titled "mr. ratburn and the special someone" already aired on pbs stations nationwide, but arthur fans in alabama saw an episode that was different instead. the director of programming says although we strongly encourage parents to watch television with their children and talk about what they have learned afterwards, parents trust that their children can watch alabama public television without their supervision and went on to say, the v

. >> alabama public television has chose not to air pbs's recent arthur episode featuring a same-sexarriage. according to the director of alabama public television, the wedding of arthur's third grade teacher to patrick a chocolate maker poses a target for a young audience who might watch the show without adult supervision. >> trevor: really, alabama? this is so insane. for starters, you can't keep reality hidden from children forever. okay? eventually, children are going to learn aire aardvarks are gay. it's inevitable. and what are you afraid of? just because they see something in a cartoon doesn't mean they will copy t behavior. i watched sponge babe but i don't live in a pineapple. i live in a two bedroom apartment under the sea. ( laughter ) they want a kids show that reflects th their values better. bar bar shuts down his babortion clinic. ( audience reacts ) if you're not good at your job, there's someone worse at his. >> ben carson has been ac cued of not being qualified to lead the house of urban development. he confused a real estate term with a cocky. >> if you can get bac

russian protest collective pussy riot have reportedly been granted asylum in sweden swedish public television s.p.t. says the court overturned an earlier ruling rejecting the pair's application seen a genuine and alexi commit. had cited death threats as grounds for asylum facebook says it will restructure its platform to be more private at the tech giant's annual conference c.e.o. mark zuckerberg announced the end to end encryption for its messaging services and the ability to hide likes and other user reactions to content. even. a new imperial era has begun in japan after the abdication of emperor akihito his eldest son not a veto has ascended the chrysanthemum throne in his first public address as emperor he pledged to follow his father's example and devoting himself to peace and staying close to his people. in the final minutes of his say the era of outgoing emperor akihito. and the beginning of rewind the era of naruhito thousands gathered in the streets and night clubs to celebrate. the next morning the rain had cleared and the party kept going many went to the imperial palace to be a pa

mike mckenzie, director of programming of alabama public television tells al.com, although we stronglyo watch television with their children and talk about what they have learned afterwards, parents trust that their children can watch a.p.t. without their supervision. the decision sparked a flurry of outrage on social media. glaad calling out the decision in this tweet, lgbtq people exist in every part of life. so the claim that someone could be too young to know that lgbtq people exist is absurd and sends a dangerous message to lgbtq youth. the show's creator, marc brown, speaking to cbc news last week. >> the more we talked about it, the more we saw it as an opportunity for a learning experience and this great way to represent another part of life that so seldom gets portrayed on television. >> reporter: now a.p.t. pulled an episode of "arthur" back in 2005 when one of its characters visited a girl who has two ms. as for this a.p.t. has no plans airing it at a later date. it is available on the website, on pbs' website. >> teachable moment lost. >> right. >> yep. all right. thank you

a two-pronged approach they had in initiating this legislation.be : don dailey from alabama public television, i hope to see you down there soon when i cover jon jones, his re-election in 2020. don: thank you. robert: he mentioned the supreme court, brett kavanaugh recently confirmed. is there thought in the republican party that this supreme court has moved to the right because ofhe confirmation of kavanaugh and for that reason this this is the moment? across the country, wessaw ri today and elsewhere. >> this has been part of a broader conservative strategy since 2012, we've see legislatures pass laws with the intention to get something to the court to overturn roe v. wade. the fascinating thing about the alabama law is so much of the abortion debate is seen as between right and left but the alabama measure exped the divide in the republican party. carthy said he thought the law went too far and the ahead of the r.n.c. said theaw went too far and others within the party debating whether this was advancing the cause oer whe laws like this will be thrown out in the courts and derail the cause

interests in the past in poland i am the best example i used to work as a director of the polish public television and i was fired when sitting platform one election just because my views are conservative i was a member of the party and i was fired so i'm the best example you're right liberals just throw me away i lost my job so you're right the free media where interest in poland and not any more judiciary the difference between german system and polish system of judiciary is that minister of justice in germany appointing judges and in poland minister of justice cannot appoint the judge the truth i'll tell you ok the parliament but they didn't rule but that situation by political decision is making by the minute you let me finish and let me. let me finish so we need an answer on tackling corruption clean corruption ok money laundering who was the one who was invited to european poland parliament two weeks ago martin called stuff from the open dialogue foundation and we found out that she is into the money laundering from russia and she was invited by the socialist to be that important european pa

this month the to talk candidates for president of the european commission debated on german public television tonight german conservative politician month weber's of the european peoples party and france two months of the party of european socialist from the netherlands battled it out for the hearts and minds of voters on subjects likely to affect the future of europe whichever political group in the e.u. performs best at the polls has a good chance of replacing the outgoing e.u. commission president john clogg younger all right so let's talk about that debate want to bring in a used band in brussels he's following the lead up to those european elections giving to you parents and can we talk about a winner in that debate. well that's very hard to tell because both men are representatives of mainstream parties there's not much difference on the main and european issues there was a lot of harmony there was a lot of agreement those men bond a stronger euro both men want a common migration policy more rights for women and a new partnership with africa but very surprising for me was that they didn

this is not the first time alabama public television has pulled an episode off the air. in another episode arthur meets a kid who has two mothers. and they did not air that episode. who knew arthur was stirring things up on behalf of the gay community. good for him or it whatever it is. to me, the most shocking part of it is that there's a pbs affiliate in alabama. today was a, i don't mean to bring everyone down. but today was a very sad day for those of us who love fashion as dress barn, the chain of women's clothing stores have announced they're going out of business. so call your aunt carol and just see how she's, dress barn had more than 600 locations, all of them will close. what is this world coming to? it's almost as if people don't want to get th maybe they should change the name to something more appealing than dress barn. for instance pant suit pigpen. not only is dress barn gone, so is "game of thrones." i don't know how i'm going to replace it on sundays. i don't see myself inviting friends over to watch chernobyl. there are a number of "game of thrones" spi

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jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. a moment many have been waiting for, and today roberhi mueller broksilence, speaking directly to the american public about his findings. on the issue of russian meddling, the special counsel was clear, it definitely happened and every american should worry aheut it. but oner president trump obstructed justice, mr. mueller chose his words carefully and said that if there was evidence to clear the president, they would have said so. our north america edit sopel reports. jon: washington is a city where people race to be in front of a microphone. but for two years special counsel robert mueller has chosen silence while he completed his report on russian interference in the 2016 presential election. that changed dramatically today when he almost flatlyed contradionald trump's assertion that he had been completely exonerated by thein special counsestigation. listen to what he had to say on whether the presidenructed justice. mr. mueller: if we had had confidence that the president clearly di

welcome to our viewers on public television in americaand around the globe.prime minister has proclaimed a historic mandate following his return to power for another five years. voters gave his party an overwhelming majority in congress with more than 300 of the 543 seats up for grabs. of t vote follows the world's largest-ever election process, involving 900 million people and now from new delhi and a warning, flashing images. india's strongman has retained his grip onower. owck for a second term, the boy who sold to has into one of the world's most powerful men. >> is the people who have one. ntdedicate this victory to the people of this c. tonly have one emotion express pay long mother india. he has fended off fallenges five more years. celebrations here are about more than just then. electio secured a historic landslide victory and disrupted a political length slate secured aedominated by the s pn the same family since independence in 1957. inlia's first family, hued by the nation,d their great hope never delivered. royalty were no match. while his oppone

laura: welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and around the globe.unching ck at the u.s. as the trade war between the world's two largest economies turns nasty. beijing announced n tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of u.s. goodske to ffect in june. president trump has hit back, saying he could impose even more tariffse on chinoducts. with some farmers wanting to will go bust if this goes on -- warning they will go bust if this goes on, it was wall street's worst day in four months as fears grow about the wall street plunged on monday as investors were spooked by the worsening trade war betweenu. china and th since china's announcement it will raise tariffs on $60 billion of american goods which is so rattled the market. on state tv, the anchor told viewers china wod fight to the last. beijing's retaliation came after talks between u.s. and chinese negotiors in washington ended without a deal on friday, and mr. trump raised tariffs on 200 billion dollars worth of chinese goods, claiming beijing backed out of a deal. the u.s. president is insistin

more on this, and the larger problems facinfarmers, i'm joined by delaney howell, host of iowa public television's agriculture program, "market to market." delaney, thank you very much for being here. the president announced the big $16 billion package today, and thiseems to just be an acknowledgment that this ongoing trade fight wh china has hurt some farmers, and now the president wants to try to help them out. >> absolutely, william. you've got it spot on there. i mean, the president has said from the beginning, he's nkologized to the farm community, and i tou see that reiterated again today with the announcement of today's assistance package. >> and what is your sense from -- i know you have been talking to farmers throughout this process. how do they react when these -- this is now the second big packe the president offered. what's their reaction to this? >> this sentiment in regards the ceassistackage, in errticularly, is they'd pref trade. the sentence used is trade not aide. they'd want to tradwith these countries and prefer trade but they are thankful that, attend of the day, the presiden

. ♪ jane:ou welcome tviewers on public television in americaou d the globe.ost powerful cyclone to hit india in years has made landfall on the eastern coastline,re bringing tial rain and wind gusts of up to 200 kilometers per hour. at least three people are known to have died and one million more have been moved to temporary shelters. has caused damage in numerous areas and forecasters are warning of a dangerous storm surge. correspondent: that was the fury of one of india's most powerful storms in recent times. yelling] correspondent: cyclone fani hita the ern state with winds of more than 125 miles per hour. it made landfall at 8:00 in the morning in tourist town. anticiting its impact, authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people. cin the state capital, thne was brought crashing down. >> [shouting] correspondent: one of india's poorest states now has a cleanup operation on its hand, and that is not going to be easy when many parts are cut off from each other. this is why one million people were moved into temporary shelters. most of them are n

jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and ound the globe.mueller has broken his silence, and a day later, president trump is taking his turn, unleashing fury on the special counsel. he called mr. mueller deeply conflicted and a never-trumper. the russia investigation, he says, was a scam. in an early-morning tweet he seemed to acknowledge that russia interfered in the election in his favor.nu s later he was asked about it on the south lawn. pres. trump: you know who got me elected? you know who got me elected? i got me elected. russia never helped me at all. i never thought that would be y ssible to be using that word. to me it is a dird, the word impeach. it is a sgrty, filthy, ting word. i think mueller is a true never-trumper, somebody who dislikes donald trump, somebody that did not get the job he reques badly, and that he was appointed. and despite that, and despite $4million, 18 trump haters, including people who work for hillary clinton and some of the worst human beings on earth, they got nothing. it's pretty amazing.ja : for more, i

welcome to our viewers public television in america and around the globe.rump officials gave lawmakers a classified briefing iran today after days of ramped up rhetoric between washington and tehran. the u.s. has sent an aircraft carrier to the persian gulf and evacuated nonessential staff from iraq amid threats linked iran. the acting defense secretary said today potential attacks by iran have been put on hold. t's go to capitol hill and join the bbc's barbara plett-usher. is that a distinct change in tone? barbar yes, but mr. shanahan would arguhethat is because approach worked. the military buildup in the region, the threatening rhetoric he says actually deterred iran from carrying out threatened attacks interests.merican he said, though,ab that this was t deterrence, is not about war, and the focus is about trying to prevent iran from making miscalculations, as he put it. he was making the case because there was a lot of backlash. lawmakers were asking, does the intelligence jusfys avy- approach, isn't this just going to lead to more confrontation and c

laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and aroundhe globe.ria, president assad's farming is launching a major offensive on the last areas held by rebel forces. sthere been a truce in the region whichpo includes al but it takeover by islamist fighters ledo the truce collapsing. now there are concerns of a newi humanitarians with hundreds of thousands of civilians forced to flee. our middle east correspsodent quentin merville reports. with barrel bombs and airstrikes, bashar al-assad is clawing on the edges of the last province. this most indiscriminate of weapons has killed dozens in the stlaeek alone. a deadly force has brought the war back to life. s the tacticd the terror arerr holy familiar, but the options for the 3 in idlib have never been never. narrl this hospitas one of many targeted. the sick and the injured forced out into the open. for months, a de between russia, the regime, and its oppone turkey brought some kind of t ace here. bue cracks are beginning to show. this family were asleep in their beds when their home was hit. they f

. >>> alabama public television taking a stand against same-sex marriage bring it is banning an episode of the children's cartoon, "arthur" because it deals with the marriage of teacher mr. ratburn quote a special someone. this segment the premier for that showed's 22nd season last week. the producers defended the positive message told them what they call an appropriate manner but alabama pbs's viewers are too young and it won't air. >>> the late singer whitney houston is about to go on tour and hologram form. houston's estate has made a deal for a hologram tour featuring her original backing band as well as an album of previously unreleased material and a broadway musical. houston died seven years ago. her executor, pat houston, says this new deal is all about reclaiming her legacy. >>> a vintage electronic music instrument holds the secret key to the past. >> it sent one of our broadcast technicians on accidental trip he will never forget. inside this device that was more than just transistors and wires -- >> i feel like i was tripping on lsd. >> a little like time travel. if you coul

ne: welcome to our viewers on public television in around the globe.arkets took a beating today on renewed fears that the u.s. rdd china may be headed to a full-blown trade war. the ripples started sunday when president trump tweeted a threat eto raise tariffs on chin goods. that would added pressure on -- that put added pressure on talks due to start in washington tomorrow with high-level officials wi beijing. today the dow dropped 470 points on the uncertainty. a brief time ago i spoke to sudeep reddy of politico. thank you for joining me. we are used to volatility. how serious is this? sudeep: this looks like it could become serious. it is not yet serious. dropping a percentage point or two in the stock market used to not be a big deal. but the stock market is so high right now, investors have done very well in recent years, that when you drop a couple of percentage points, the numbers looked pretty big. what is a little unusual is that we have seen a relatively gooder economy he last couple of years and especially in recent months, and we saw it ov

laura:on welcome to our viewer public television here in america and around the globe.e fall of islamic sta in syria, hundreds of prisoners have been freed. many are yazidis, a religious minority who were ca and enslaved when i.s. swept through their homeland in northern iraq. those who survive are trying to rebuild their lives. tonight we start our program over unionl story and the lasting scars that i.s. left. quentin sommerville sent this report from northern iraq. quentin: five years without play, five years of cruelty, five years a slave. this 11-year-old is now free om the islamic state group's torment. "they would buy us children and make us servants. they would buy women of any age and makehem wives they treated their children nicely like a piece of gold, but kicked us out at night. i don't know why they would buy us if they didn't want to look afr us." i.s. brought ruin to his town of sinjar in iraq. not far from here, they murdered the men, and they took the wome and children, sold into a life of servitude. most thought they would never see sinjar again. many

jane:vi welcome to ouers on public television in america and around the globe.uri has become the latest state to pass strict antiabortion legislation.ma republican lrs approved a bill that would outlaw the procedure after 8 weeks. the move is the seen as part of a broader challenge to the constitution. just days ago, alabama passed an even tougher law that effectively bans all abortions in the state. the bbc's chris buckler is following developments and he joins me now. chris, why does moment seem to be growing right now? chris: in a series of states he was seeing republicanshae the law to restrict access to abortion, but it is so much a wider issue about access to abortion in the united states, going back 4 years to that famous supreme court case roe v. wade. tthey want to be ab challenge that. in missouri today there were emotional stage proceedings were interrupted by protesters in the public gallery. if you lk at the legislation -- it still has to be signed into law by missouri's governor -- but it bans abortions 8 weeks into pregnancy. that of course is ver

deal, the two top candidates for president of the european commission have been debating german public television tonight. they battled it out for the hearts and minds of voters on subjects likely to affect the future of europe. whichever group performs best at the polls has a good chance of replacing outgoing e.u. president jean-claude juncker. the first and perhaps most topical issue in that debate was climate change. questions coming from several young people in the audience. the candidate from the netherlands from the party of european socialists was passionate about the need for action. >> we deftly need a carbon dioxide tax, and quickly, at the european level. what i would say is that if we don't manage to achieve that i do european level, member states will do it individually, and that would be very bad for our economy and for sustainability. we have to do this together as european union -- as europeans. brent: his rival from germany represents the conservative european people's party in the european parliament. faced with questions about attacking climate change, he emphasized the need to

laura:o welcomer viewers on public television here in america and around the globe.ight over access to the robert mueller report is escalating tonight, with house mocrats voting to hold the u.s. attorney general inco empt of congress. bill barr refused to give lawmakers an unredacted version of the special counsel'report. and that wasn't the only major development. the president invoked executive privilege over the entire document.ri the bbc's buckler has more. >> today we consider a report recommending the house of representatives hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress. chris: even before the committee gathered to vote, president trump changed the debate. he noways he is asserting executive privilege and using his position to stop the full unredacted mueller report from being releasedtaking the decision out of the hands of his attorney general. rep. nadler: this is unprecedented. if allowed to go unccked, this obstruction means the end of congressional oversight. as a coequal branch ofgo rnment, we should not and cannot allow this to continue, or

jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe.ood on the streets of venezuela remains tense for a third day as protesters continue denstrations against president nicolas maduro. yes so far survived efforts to overthrow his government, and today made a televised appearance with his generals, whose support is crucial for his continued control. do wounded, and on wednesday one woman was killed. nick bryant starts our coverage from caracas. nick: a gun they marched on the streets of caracas -- again they marched on the streets of caracas, but the demonstrators were smaller in number today, in protest. a lull aay from the fury, numbne quietude of grief. her daughter was killed in yesterday's demonstrations. 27-year-old mother of two campaigning for a better future for her children. her family says she was struck in the back of the head by a bullet, a live round. "i feel indignant," she says. "i don't have the words.re weiving in hell." this is the area where she was killed, outside the military airbase in the center of caracas. it has

welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and around the globe.dent trump has doubled tariffs on more than $200 oollion worth of chinese products, makingon his threat. it is the latest salvo in the ongoing trade war and came as negotiations between both sides were underway in wasn. talks ended with no deal or date for the next round, but mr. trump says discussions will continue and tariffs may or may not be removed depending on the amtcome. the bbc's nortica editor jon sopel starts our coverage. jon: a bell can signify celebration, butt can also bring out a warning, and today it felt like the latter after uch highermp imposed tariffs on chinese goods coming into the u.s. and fired a g to the world's second-biggest economy that he is digging in for the long-haul. he tweeted, "talks with china continue in a very congenial manner. there is absolutelno need to rush him as terrorists are being paid to the ited states by china at 29% on $250 billion worth of goods and products." the chinese are in washington in the ho of concluding a deal. the lead nego

laura: welcome to our viewers on public television here in america and around the globe.otes are being counted and the fallout is being felt in the european elections. across the board, traditional srties suffered major los and the center-right and centerleft blocs lost combined majority in european parliament. in the u.k.,t was the brexit party led by nigelarage who had onreaso celebrate. we will have more on that in a moment. katya adler starts coverage from brussels. katya: much out this election is not what it first may seem. nationalist marine le pen beat president macron atop the polls in france. '"this is a people'victory," said the delighted ms. le pen. "the people have taken the power a.ck into their own hands." but the people, a. voters, did not support her allies as much as she hoped across the eu. llions of europeans cast vote for change, but not all for the far right. the pro-european greens did phenomenallyroell, as did 's liberals. >> we are witnessing a polarized society. now we're gng to use leverage the citizens gave us to try and enact change at europea

laura: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. the u.s.ecretary of state met russia's president in a sochi todaigh-stakes meeting given moscow and washington are at odds over so many aspects of foreign policy. vladimir putin says he derstands president trum wants to begin restoring ties now the mueller report has been released. abou the issue of russian interference in the 2016 election will not go away. here is what russia's prime minister and the u.s. secretary of state had to say about that. >> we spoke about the question ofcnterference in our domes affairs. i conveyed that there are things russia that these types of activities are a thing of the past and i hope russia will take advantage of those opportunities. >> [translated] we can discuss this topic forever, but until we have cold, hard facts on the table, we nnot have a grown up discussion. there is no proof of those who are trying to hype up this topic. laura: for more on mr. pompeo's visit and u.s.-russia relations, i spoke with angela stent, author of putin' wsld and a professor

sum to everyone, we visit canada, where they have tried it laura: welcome to our viewers on public televisionerica and around the globe. in syria, president assad's farming is launching a major offensive on the last areas held there has been a truce in the region which includes aleppo. r but it takeo islamist fighters led to the truce collapsing. now there are concerns of a new humanitarian crisis with hundreds of thousands of civilians forced to flee. our middle eas correspondent quentin somerville reports. with bael bombs and airstrikes, bashar al-g sad is clawinon the edges of the last province. this most indiscriminate of weapons has killed dozin the last week alone. a deadly force has brought the war back to life. the tactics and the terror are horribly familiar, but theti opons for the 3 million people i dlib have never been never narrower. this hospital was one of many targeted. the sick and the injured forced out into the open. for months, a deal between russia, the regime, an opponent turkey brought some kind of peace here. but the cracks are beginning to show. this family were aslee

jane: welcome to our views on public television in america and around the globe.dent trump has taken his fight with mexico over illegal immigration to new level, announcing tariffs on all goods coming across the sordhern . in 10 days he will impose a 5% if thewhich will rise 't feel mexico is doing enough to stop order -- border crossings. trade between the two countries is worth billions, and mexican officials are calling the ve disasters. the bbc's sophie long is that the u.s.-mexico border with this report. sophie: it is the scenes like this thattrngers president p. this shows the moment they say war than 1000 migrants from central american countri t tried to cro border at el paso in texas on wednesday. the white house says mexico could and should have done more to stop them. sarah: we're asking mexico to enforce their own laws and not th people coming in from -- stop the people coming in from central america. we have seen a massive influx from people from that region and they have the ability and legal authority with which to do with that and we are asking the

i don't want to go into details on public television. they have been reluctant in the past, we hope that renewed efforts will bear fruit. >> chair fewer: all the properties being actually in central soma and western soma is the last place we were able to purchase land. >> i concur. >> chair fewer: any comments or questions? can we hear from the b.l.a. please? >> yes, supervisors. item number 5 actually approves the acquisition of the two parcels adjacent to the hall of justice. item 4 approves appropriations of the funds. if you look at page 18 table 2, it shows the acquisition cost up to $12 million and the total cost for the certificates of participation up to $16 million. she explained the process. she explained the board would need to approve subsequent legislation associated with selling the certificates of participation. the city does have a debt policy. there's a limit of 3.25% of discretionary general fund revenue for outstanding debt. that does not include general obligation bond debt. it would be within that policy. when we wro

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jane: welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. it is a y.uchess of sussex gave birth to the seventh in line to the throne. prince harry came out to say arthat both mother and bab doing incredibly well, and celebrations have been held to markhe occasion. now the world waits to find out the name a to see the first photos. the bbc's royal correspondent nicholas witchell starts our coverage. nicholas: on the order o buckingham palace, the orthodox way of doing things. a short written statement on annn easelncing the royal birth. but the sussexes had been at ins to do things their way. cue a beaming father eager to share their news. prince harry: i'm very excited to announce that meghan and myself had a baby boy. very healthy boy. moth and baby are doing incredibly well. it has been the most amazing ssexperience i could ever ly imagine. hooany woman does what they is beyoncomprehension. but we are both absolutely thrilled. i have not been in many births. this is definitely my first birth. was amazing, absolutely incredible. sasd, i'm so incredibl

backlash is growing against alabama public television after it decided not to air an episode of the pbs children's show "arthur" because it included a same-sex wedding. the episode shows arthur attending his teacher's same-sex wedding. it aired nationally on may 13th, but a rerun aired in alabama. the station said it made the decision because they felt most parents didn't know the content so airing it would be a violation of trust. lgbtq groups say sheltering children from their existence sends a dangerous message. >>> a south bay developer is making quite the offer. if you buy this historic downtown san jose apartment building and provide a vacant lot to move it to, they will move it for you for free. it will not be an easy task. the historic apartments sit near south first and east reid street in downtown san jose. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo shows us this offer does come with some restrictions. >> reporter: built in 1910 the historic apartmen building two stories tall. the downtown san jose area surrounding the lot booming with n'velopment. >> we't belonged hereor a .ti t

laura: welcome to our viewers on public television here in america it was a tumultuous day for britain'stled prime minister. a key member of her cabinet qu, saying she no longer belies mrs. may's approa will deliver brexit. andrea leadsom is the 21st minister to resign over brexit, and she dido on the eve of european elections. with a backlash among conservative lawmakers, speculation is rife on how much longer she can last. our political editor laura kuenssberg has theetails. laura k.: not just this morning, but for many mornings, andrea leadsom had doubts on her mindth about prime minister's version of brexit. ms. leadsom: i'm looking carefully at the legislation and making sure it delivers brexit. thanks very much. laura k.for this eurosceptic, a less cheery goodbye from vernment tonight. in a letter to number 10, ms. leadsom wrote, "i do not believe we will be a sovereign u.k. throseh the deal. nd referendum would be dangerousldivisive." and criticizing colleagues who had been on the other side of the debate, she said there had been a complete breakdown in collective responsibility.