quentin: no? you are here to stay? >> no, no. quentin: that was pretty definitive.is not leaving. >> no comment. quentin: no comment. so, that was fairly definitive. but as you can see, this is a closed off area. it is all sealed. the public not allowed in. there are no people. it is probably wise if we move out now. here in the former regime's heartland, a new order is taking hold. but, this has been a long journey and it won't be gone overnight. quentin sommerville, bbc news. sumi: moving on to some other news now. hundreds are feared dead after the worst cyclone to hit the indian ocean islands in nearly a century. around 300,000 people live on the french territory, many of them in shantytowns made with flimsy structures for the cyclone brought high winds and devastation before making landfall in mozambique. president macron plans to visit the island where efforts to find survivors and restore basic services continue. two people are dead and six others introductory school shooting in the u.s. state of wisconsin. the victims are a teacher and a teenage student. pol

quentin, the election's over.r what can either party do right now to continue that engagement and to fight the feeling of exhaustion that some black men and voters at large may be feeling? >> thank you for having me, charles. good to see you as well, basil. first of all, both parties have to listen. we should not be going into communities asking them to do anything other than communicate about how they're feeling about both trults of the election, but how public policy has impacted their communities. we saw from this election, black men were very clear, they wanted to hear more about better wages, better work, how to build wealth for their communities. that was number one in terms of the issues that black men wanted to hear more about from other parties. over the next few months, we need to go out there and do a listening tour around the country, to continue those -- you know, how many barbershop talks have we seen since november. we can't keep rolling into these communities only during election season. we have to

quentin sommerville, bbc news, latakia. let's get more on this story., former director for syria and lebanon in the national security council in the obama administration. many thanks for your time on the programme. syria's de facto leader says international sanctions against a masochist must be lifted, do you see that happening? t must be lifted, do you see that happening?— happening? i don't see it happening _ happening? i don't see it happening until- happening? i don't see it happening until his - happening? i don't see it| happening until his words happening? i don't see it - happening until his words are backed by actions. he is saying all the right things he has promised minorities will be protected, promised to work with other partners to hold elections, he says he wants peaceful international relations he is saying all the right things but as we know he has a chequered past as a former al-qaeda leader and while he has ties to al-qaeda he governed the north—west corner of syria just up until last week, and a conservative, radical repressive and s

now, we've talked about coding at san quentin before. here's some video of the prisoners.themselves learning how to program tic tac toe, part of san quentin. surprisingly rich offerings of classes and other self-improvement, all coordinated through a program called the last mile. now, those engineers you're talking about discovered the last mile and offered their coding course to the men in blue. now keep in mind, when you're teaching someone at san quentin to how code, you're teaching someone who may have never seen a website before. here's foundation founder and ceo sophie nabati. i was visiting and seeing some of the student projects, and they were asking me, hey, like, does my shopping application look good? and i looked at the website and it just looked bizarre. you know? and the reason is because they never seen a shopping website before, right? they don't have access to the internet to know what the norms are on the internet, and they're just, you know, they're just imagining reimagining what the internet could look like based on, you know, renderings that and kind

we will catch up with quentin sommerville who has been in a port city.a phone call between donald trump and sir keir starmer amid signs of tension in the special relationship and trouble in the arctic as the bears come looking for food. a very good evening. the u.n. special envoy to syria says israel's actions since the fall of assad have been highly irresponsible and are a danger to the future stability of syria. on a visit to damascus, dear peterson called on the israelis withdraw their troops that is beyond the line of separation. after the yom kippur war in 1973, the security council brokered a agreement between the sides which established a buffer zone bordering the occupied golan heights. it is currently manned by a u.n. peacekeeping force who say their operations in recent days have been severely hampered by the israeli army's activities. in several places they have removed israeli flags and they report some construction activity on mount harmon which is syrian territory. last night the israeli prime minister visited the troops who are inside syri

quentin sommerville, bbc news, latakia. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.ew a milkshake at the reform uk leader nigel farage has been given a 13 week suspended prison sentence. victoria thomas bowen, who is 25, admitted assault by beating and criminal damage in an earlier hearing. nigel farage criticised the sentence, saying it shows you can assault a member of parliament and not go to prison. a man has been arrested after two—year—old died in the west midlands that involved a stolen porsche. please say a 30—year—old has been held for crash causing death. a woman aged 29 and a 30—year—old man remain in a serious condition in hospital. deputy prime minister, angela rayner, has set out plans for a redesign of local government in england. district councils will be incorporated into wider authorities and new elected regional mayoralties created. ministers say the changes would empower local leaders and could save up to 2 billion pounds. but opponents say that so—called "mega—councils" will take power away from local communities. you're live with bbc news. a chi

quentin sommerville, bbc news, latakia.rector for syria and lebanon in the national security council in the obama administration about whether the international sanctions on damascus will be lifted. i don't see it happening until his words are backed by actions. he is saying all the right things, he has promised minorities will be protected, promised to work with other partners to hold elections, he says he wants peaceful international relations, he is saying all the right things but as we know he has a chequered past as a former al-qaeda leader and while he has disavowed al-qaeda he governed the north—west corner of syria just up until last week, and a conservative, radical and repressive way, to have some time to see if his actions will be backed up by those words before anybody will consider withdrawing sanctions, notjust sanctions on damascus but sanctions regarding al sham because it is designated not just by the us and uk but the united nations as well. there are some calls to delist hts as terrorists, do you see that

one week after a tsunami warning rattled the bay area, inmates at san quentin say they were not told what was going on. it was not until the national weather service issued an all clear that inmates say they were notified about that threat. a report by researchers at ucla found that most people in prison have not received any training on what to do in the case of a natural disaster or emergency. still to come, a man in arizona posing as an uber driver and then reportedly stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of crypto from passengers. in tonight's west coast rap, the investigation underway. also, a disturbing road sign found in washington state how it may be in response to the shooting of the unitedhealthcare ceo. and the reaction tonight from the public. >> plus, i'm jana katsuyama in oakland, where we're going to take you inside the oakland coliseum, where people who are used to seeing the a's pitch will see a different kind of pitch. a preview of what oakland ots and soul socce - i had health insurance before. (discouraged) so expensive. i mean, i'm helping my mom out, i

quentin sommerville, bbc news, latakia.election in february after the chancellor olaf scholz lost a parliamentary confidence vote. his coalition government collapsed last month in a row about spending. our europe editor katya adlerjoins us. we've had political turmoil in france and in germany — two key players in the eu — how significant is today's development? well, jane, we have been hearing and seeing tonight that we live in turbulent, unpredictable times and a lot of things that we have long taken for granted in europe, such as that the united states would always have our back in terms of security and defence, or that the west would always be the dominant power on the world stage, those certainties are gone. and germany is no longer what europe or the germans believed it to be, that economic powerhouse, that huge exporter on the world stage with really stable, predictable politics. it was designed to be like that after the horrors of nazi germany. but now germany is seen as the sick man of europe. it's not falling apart

see that san quentin exit that chp did? just update saying they've cleared that vehicle from the span. so those speeds should come back to green for westbound 580. you expect that? we also expect the slowing for highway 37 at the top and over on the right side of the highway for slowing coming in to pittsburgh being tuesday, we should see that slowing start where it does and then be more gradual with the build kicking in very shortly. actually, right now coming into concord, you see all those sensors change there. we're looking at the bay bridge with the bigger volume. we should see a backup forming over the next ten minutes. there may be backup visible the next time we check with them. the rest of the bay showing a typical tuesday. back to you. all right. thanks, mike. some south bay families are now processing the reality of school closures now that their district made a final decision on which students will be impacted. today, in the bay's kris sanchez has alum rock union school district's big decision that will certainl

well, guess what, scotty san quentin is your new home and it's illegal to kill your wife and child inlifornia. i was really disgusted by that. the way they reacted with the emotion, with the viciousness. i just turned away and said, my god, this is a mob. the juror called strawberry shortcake. my lord, there was a juror that came to find out later had lied in voir dire about her past and having her been a victim of domestic violence. >> scott peterson was lacey's husband, conner's daddy, and for him to have done that, we know now, according to the defense, that she wasn't completely candid in her jury questionnaire. >> rachelle, mind you, was not in the jury initially. she's the subject of the appeal, and rightfully so. >> juror richelle nice denies that she lied in her jury questionnaire. but that's just one of the many issues that come up in scott peterson's appeal. his appeal also places a lot of emphasis on his attorney, mark geragos, and it cites ineffective assistance of counsel. >> nancy, what did you think? >> well, i'll be blunt. i think he lost basically an opening statement

he was released from san quentin a year ago after serving time for manslaughter. >> this is what it's really about, you know, giving away and back to the community. >> beautiful in front of what's right in front of here. >> a pathway to change while also helping families in need. >> hang around people who want to see you do good. >> the toy give back to the community is scheduled for 10 a.m. on saturday. the warehouse is located at 725 louisiana street. it's first come, first serve. live in the studio. amber lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> new at 11 friday night lights. coming to a marin county high school. the marin ij reports marin catholic has received approval from the county board of supervisors to install permanent lights on its football field. this has been a decades long effort here by the school, which is located in kentfield. the board says the high school will have to abide by certain restrictions called for by neighbors who are concerned about bright lights and a lot of noise. and here is a look at new events center that may be coming to dublin. the visit tri-valley board of d

barbara was convicted and then sent to san quentin's gas chamber, becoming one of only a handful of women to be put to death in california. and hollywood turned the story into an oscar winning movie, i want to live, starring susan hayward. but not surprisingly, marcia's new book dives deep into the legal questions, something she's found herself doing for quite a long time. >> the question i pose is, had the case been handled differently, had the jury known all that i discovered, would they have put her to death? my conclusion is no, they would not. >> and like the menendez case, marcia says, knowing what we know now about the alleged abuse the brothers suffered, would they have been sent to prison for life? >> if you believe that he genuinely feared for his life, their lives, then they deserve a manslaughter and not a murder conviction, in which case they're eligible for parole immediately. >> when we come back, 14 year old april millsap sends a terrifying text, then a devastating discovery. >> they describe the clothes that april was wearing. that's the clothes their victim had on, and a

the man who died has been identified as 31 year old tyler quentin balazsovits. the chp says that neighbors who live off of this rural stretch of old sacramento road were helping him restart his truck thursday, when his demeanor shifted and he allegedly started to act erratically when they called 911 and a chp officer responded. the man steered his truck into the patrol car, and that is when the officer got out and shot him. >> we recognize that this is a tragic incident that impacts our community. we ask for everyone's patience as we conduct the investigation. >> it is not clear at this point whether balazsovits tried attacking the chp officer, or how many times the officer fired the weapon. the officer whom chp is not naming at this point was not hurt. a portland woman is recovering tonight after being rescued right out of her burning car. >> police shared body cam video of the incident as officers leapt into action after the flames were extinguished. police successfully rescued the 47 year old driver and performed cpr on her. she was taken to a hospital and is

the pictures of cash at san quentin and folsom prison. not long ago, my husband and i had the opportunity to host another arkansas musician, zach williams, at the arkansas governor's mansion. zach shares some biographical notes with cash. he, too, was raised in the arkansas delta. he, too, got his start in rock music before falling into drugs and alcohol. he, too, found jesus quit using and started writing. christian music. he too, now performs in prisons. zach shared his experience performing with us at that lunch, looking out in the crowd, seeing inmates with tattoos on their faces and necks. his thought wasn't how am i different for them? it was, i could be sitting right there. obviously, there are many differences between zach and johnny cash. when cash visited folsom prison, his most famous line was all men in black bravado. i shot a man in reno just to watch him die. but johnny cash also used to say that he was two people. johnny is the nice one. cash causes all the trouble. it's not hard to imagine that he too looked out at that pr

san quentin's your new home.artial jury. so if peterson's attorneys could prove nice was biased before she sat on that jury, scott peterson's conviction for killing his wife and unborn child would be overturned. and so there were hearings through 2022. nice was questioned about her responses on a questionnaire given out to potential jurors. in particular, why she neglected to mention an incident of domestic abuse. she also failed to mention she'd filed for a restraining order against a woman she said threatened her while she was pregnant. nice testified she hadn't remembered the restraining order. and as for the abuse, she was the one who started the fight. in fact, her boyfriend back then never hit her, even though he pleaded no contest to one charge of battery. peterson's appeals attorney told the judge, the original defense would have booted nice from the jury pool if he'd known her true story. that had he known about this tro, he would never have permitted this juror. keith morrison (voiceover): the prosecuti

. >> the quentin barch was 140 issued on his last day in office.. the only presidential family pardon up until this point today for hunter biden. 1 if40 it is 140, we could have a lot of pardons to come. >> it could be a missede opportunity because you can issue 140f joe biden and we13 woul9 d not talk 139.ep we will scrutinize his pardonsar going forward my take would be do it on the way out the door.s hunter biden will be the only a news and anybody else is going to go into the radar, in my right? >> that is absolutel y true. what you mentioned earlier is the incoming administration have to get a lot o f work done and they don't have to bought bother with biden and getting answersri from president biden.en the biden administration took over and spentt last the last fr years hammering trump trying to bring him up on criminale, charges, invading his home in mar-a-lago. but did not give up or let up. you say that republicans willcu take the highes r road actually focus on getting things done. l >>ot yeah, i think a lot of the trump agenda they want t

he was released from san quentin a year ago after serving time for manslaughter. >> this is what it'saway and back to the community. >> beautiful in front of what's right in front of here. >> a pathway to change while also helping families in need. >> hang around people who want to see you do good. >> this toy give back to the community is scheduled for 10 a.m. this saturday. this warehouse is located at 725 louisiana street. it's first come, first serve in oakland. amber lee ktvu, fox two news outside san francisco city hall. >> advocates for the homeless are sending a visual message to city leaders. there are dozens of tents in front of city hall, meant to put a spotlight on recent increases in homeless sweeps. what some call a tent city is being coordinated with similar actions in other major west coast cities. organizers say they want people affected by homelessness to have a say in finding a solution, instead of just city leaders doing what they think is best. >> this is a citable offense. people like me are not looked at. and i heard you were asking about visibility. yeah, we're

he was released from san quentin a year ago after serving time for manslaughter. >> this is what it'sw, giving away and back to the community. beautiful. >> these are double, double rooms. >> the nonprofit's co-founder, tracy lambert, shows me the transitional housing offered to the adult men they serve. part of the wraparound services the program offers in front is what's right in front of here. back at the toy warehouse, a pathway to change while also helping families in need. >> hang around people who want to see you do good. >> the toy gift back to the community is scheduled for 10 a.m. on saturday. the warehouse is located at 725 louisiana street and it's first come, first serve. greg. mike. >> an incredible message of second chances this holiday season. >> lulu is doing wonderful things out there, and all the young men involved and the older men in that story. inspirational. thanks, amber. absolutely appreciate it. well, merchants in one pocket of san francisco are getting into the holiday spirit. noe valley, once again home to the noe valley holiday window and parklet contest.

from quentin tarantino's "once upon a time in hollywood." his tumultuous upbringing in the bronx. >> i have to say that i have never heard, until this book came out, about how you were fleeced. >> all my money was gone. >> of course. >> your father, the accountant . >> how did that happen? >> i don't know. i just didn't think about money. some people don't. you think about it of course. especially when you have kids. then it comes into play. >> my thing with money. and then i find out that it is gone. all of it is gone. i have about three different places i live. >> i'm supporting -- pneuma. >> a $400,000 landscaping for a house you said you never went to. >> la, i never went to. >> i didn't look at certain things and unfortunately, i still don't. i have to be aware of those things. it was a big thing. my account went away for seven years. >> prison. >> a couple things about this that stood out. really vivid storytelling. you can tell that you grew up around people that told stories. the second part, strangely enough, you thought about this

one of him taking a sword to the bill and another referring to the kill bill films from director quentin tarantino. there were memes and primary threats and some is outright flagrant disinformation. this from politico, quote, musk didn't seem to think a government shutdown would would have significant consequences for the country. he responded, yes, to a post read, just close down the government until january 20th. defund everything. we will be fine for 33 days. the billionaire falsely claimed members of congress would get a 40% pay raise as part of the package. something both musk and the x account for his so-called department of government efficiency got wrong. musk reposted a claim that the bill would provide $3 billion for a new nfl stadium in washington. this is not true. the bill transfers control of the site of the existing rvg stadium to the d.c. local government for redevelopment which could potentially include a stadium. but the facts did not matter at this point to the house republicans when elon musk says jump, they asked how high. it was hours into the musk-led rebellion aga

you have a 13 year old and a 16 year old, quentin and koa, they're going to be joining you as well, rightam. they've never seen this before. >> we've never been to new york city, ever. >> oh my god. and so are they. so excited? >> absolutely. >> and so tell me a little bit, as well as we are entering this new year, there's always so much change for military families. but there are some things you can bank on. and one is that you might have a pcs, a change of duty station, or you might be transitioning out of the military. it's something, you know, for you, your particular story, if you could talk about this, you medically retired with a with a brain tumor and you're doing well now, but you realized shortly after that you had thyroid cancer, all the while transitioning out of the military. how tough was that with what is already a tough transition? >> well, it's as we spoke earlier, it's taken about eight years to overcome all of this. and hope for the warriors was instrumental in my transitioning from the military to civilian life. and i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them. >> you do p

but he used to volunteer at san quentin to play chess with those incarcerated. it's just, you know, some kind of outside source. one thing i, i'd like the members to take on an issue, but i will not be forming committees because that would require that i have to do notice or dan has to do notice. so jan, jana, correct me if i'm wrong, but so down the road, if you have an issue that you'd like to take on, just email dan and i will say go for it and then i will ask for a report and particular timelines that we think that we meet and i'm happy to be supportive of it. and we and if there are issues that the board needs to vote on, we can bring it up. then. but that's why i'm hesitant to form committees, because then we have to notice everything. i wanted to just recognize that chief chu is here, and i want to congratulate a new graduating class from santa rosa. and that's why chief chu is a little bit late today. he was there to graduation with sheriff miyamoto. one thing that i'm really heartened about is the junior deputy program. i'm so proud of those kids, and t

quentin somervillejoins us now. assad family. quentin somerville joins us now. what it looks like on the ground now. you're absolutely right, this was the heartland of the assad regime. what was interesting, as we were driving to let ikea, all along the roads, for many miles, there were hundreds of abandoned vehicles that many of the regime henchmen, headed to here to try and escape and to believe that they would be safe here. as we were also told, there were also lots of sham fighters in the calls heading towards the city to show their dominance. this was once a regime stronghold. there is no longer that regime stronghold. in the city there will be a lot of nervousness about the consequences in latakia and support for the regime. it has been said that there should be no revenge attacks. they should not be executions and lynchings in the light in response to the regime control, but from what we have seen on social media, there is exactly that happening. they say anyone carrying out those attacks will be punished. there is a figurehead that latakia and the surrou

just a quick final one, quentin. in that - people home. just a quick final one, quentin.mentioned a need for a process to begin that delivers justice to families across syria and without that, he said, the across sy

computer weekly, private eye, daily telegraph and quentin's papen daily telegraph and quentin's paperily mail. but it was it took a drama. it took actors to touch a nerve. and then it just erupted. >> it built around alan bates. he, of course, was this subpostmaster who refused to accept a pay off. he had done nothing accept a pay off. he had done nothin

quentin sommerville, bbc news, latakia.to his identity being made public. unitl today, yang tengbo was known only as "h6" — he was banned from the uk last year on national security grounds. the release of his name and photo comes as it's revealed that prince andrew will not nowjoin the rest of the royal family for their traditional christmas celebration at sandringham. damian grammaticus has the latest developments the royal and the alleged spy — this is glossy video from the prince himself, designed to drum up business. throughout, we see yang tengbo — we can now name him — banned from the uk as a risk to national security. mr yang is accused of working for china's communist party, using his ties to build contacts. on his desk, photos — he met theresa may and david cameron. dealing with foreign threats was already on the prime minister's agenda today. here in norway, the immediate issue — russia's war against ukraine. but he's been seeking closer ties with china. so, he was asked, what about its activities? of course, we a

westminster with kevin maguire, the daily mirror's associate edhon the daily mirror's associate editor, and quentinletts, the parliamentary sketchwriter of the daily mail. but first, let's look at what happened on the general election night. july brought a change in government, a change that the labour party had been waiting for 14 years. election night will linger in memory of starmer supporters for a while, and it will be one in which the tories will want to forget the poll result. >> now let's reveal it. >> now let's reveal it. >> the labour party won by a landslide, winning 411 seats. >> change begins now. >> change begins now. >> the conservatives held on to 121 seats. >> the british people have delivered a sobering verdict. tonight there is much to learn and reflect on, and i take responsibility for the loss. >> the night was filled with winners from the labour party and the lib dems, and losers, mainly from the tory party. with so many household names losing their seats, including former prime minister liz truss, leader of the house of commons penny mordaunt, defence secretary grant shapps a

think, you know , our daily paper, the daily know, our daily paper, the daily mail, has a sketch by quentinetts, who puts it as starmer's bingo hall parade of buzzwords, which i think probably sums it up. i honestly, i think it's a bit odd to be doing this. you've come in with a massive majority . come in with a massive majority. you were a bit vague in the election campaign, but it's almost as if they feel like they need to relaunch themselves. it looks a bit weak in a way. it looks a bit weak in a way. it looks a bit like they don't have a big mandate and they're not feeling very confident, which is odd because they do actually have a big mandate and they do have a big mandate and they do have a big mandate and they do have a huge majority. so it because it obviously everyone has made the comparison with rishi sunak who also launched five targets, and keir starmer was he made that point himself yesterday in his speech , he yesterday in his speech, he referenced sunak and he sort of criticised sunak's targets as not being very good. and some being sort of a bit obvious, and said that the w

quentin somerville joins us now. give us a sense of what it looks like on the ground now.re right. this was the heartland of the assad regime. what was interesting as we were driving through here, all over the roads for many, many miles, there were hundreds of abandoned military vehicles and it appears many of the regimes supporters, many of the henchmen, headed towards here to try and escape and two, i guess, they believed they would be safe here. as we were also making thatjourney, there were lots of hts fighters in vehicles heading towards the city to show their dominance. this was once a regime stronghold and it is not longer a regime stronghold. in the city there will be a lot of nervousness about the consequences that this area will face because of the support for the resume. hts have said there should be no revenge attacks, lynchings or summary executions in response to the resume plasma control. from what we have seen in this area, we have seen anyone who is carrying out those attacks will be punished. there is a real fear will be punished. there is a realfear here