but earlierjames reynolds also spoke to the journalist lizzie porter, earlierjames reynolds also spoke to thejournalist lizzie porter, who witnessed that explosion in beirut. it was around 6:10 p:m., early evening here in beirut, it was like a roll of thunder and it shook my apartment building. it was like an earthquake going through the building. i walked towards the door because... but this was a different noise. and then this roll of thunder like noise, then an enormous bang. i was blown back from the door, which is now broken and we have no door on oui’ is now broken and we have no door on our apartment building, along with a spray of glass, as well. all around us, people were screaming. so the destruction in the spread of this explosion is really quite sensitive. z. explosion is really quite sensitive. z, explain to our viewers, we are showing a number of pictures taken by you in the aftermath —— lizzie? that's the house 1.5 km away. that's 1.5 km away, that gives us a sense of the power of the blast felt across the capital city. absolutely, the whole building shook, and people in

and gentlemen, welcome the governor of iowa, kim reynolds.applause] reynolds: let me start by saying thank you to each and everyone of you for being here. i know it has been a very trying week on top of some very trying years. i appreciate the vice president and his team being here, taking time to meet with our iowa farmers who have been impacted by the severe weather we have experienced. i spent the last two days surveying, and it is devastating and widespread. from flattened cornfields to destroyed grain bins and structures, it is another huge blow to iowa farmers. early and i will stress early estimates show at least 10 million crop acres have been impacted, half of our cropland. that does not include the structures and storage issues we have moving forward. hundreds of thousands are without power. at its peak we had 550,000 households that did not have power, including 97% of when county. devastation,ut the the resilience and the determination of iowans continues to show through. first responders, emergency spring to -- managers action. u

my number is on the internet. >> hey, premier, ryan reynolds here.ssage about the thing. i'm not sure it's a great idea, frankly. people don't -- i don't think they want medical avise from guys like me. young folks in bc, yeah, they're partying. they don't know that thousands are young people are getting sick from accounts," thcoronavi are dying from it too. and bc is home to some of the coolest older people on earth. my mom doesn't want to be cooped up in her apartment. she wants to be cruising the beach looking for some young 30 something young abercrombie to go on. i hope that young people in bc don't kill my mom, frankly, or david suzuki. >> aside from he is advocating for his mom and he cougarish ways, let's set that aside. i'm not against this. i think the more people who are able to send that message, the better. and who knows which pop culture figure will get somebody to think, yeah this is childish. i need to do something different. >> yeah, all hands on deck at this point. we have had a 235failure of national leadership. i teach at rutgers.

but earlierjames reynolds also spoke to the journalist lizzie porter, earlierjames reynolds also spoke who witnessed that explosion in beirut. it was around 6:10 p:m., early evening here in beirut, it was like a roll of thunder and it shook my apartment building. it was like an earthquake going through the building. i walked towards the door because... but this was a different

>> no, my personal check. >> reporter: reynolds said someone snuck in and took her money. of it. >> what was in your bag? >> my entire check. i had just cashed it the night before. >> reporter: how much? >> a little over a thousand dollars. >> reporter: a thousand bucks just about everything to reynolds, now sober 16 months, then working two jobs, even helping others get clean. >> it hurt. it was very devastating. but like i said, i've been a homeless drug addict for almost a decade, i've done a lot of bad things, so i just figured it was karma. >> reporter: but karma works two ways. the police report ended, this concludes my involvement at this time. not quite. >> what she said happened to her in the past didn't seem right. >> reporter: he enlisted his colleagues in a metro police organization called angels on patrol. they started raising money. detective ashley thompson helped. >> everybody chipped in. >> there was quite a few that chipped in for us to reach our goal, yeah. >> the goal was a thousand bucks. >> a thousand dollars. we ended up actually surpassing that. >>

croft are up against hot dry weather that is for cost to continue live now to correspondent rob reynolds who joins us from a robot how big is this fire and how people being affected by it. well peter this is what the fire authorities here in california are calling a major fire and they say it will probably burn for several more days it is currently uncontained despite the fact that about 13000 firefighters from all around the state are working on it as you mentioned they're being backed up by helicopters and tanker planes dropping fire retardant and water but so far 7800 more or less people have been ordered to leave their homes at least. $8000.00 hectors have burned the fire is being pushed along by gusty dry winds that it's been extremely hot year

iowa governor kim reynolds as told them, no, you must open in person. she's also refused any sort of iowa rule for people to wear masks. don't need it. why would we need it? 79% positivity rate in iowa and the highest per capita new infections in the country right now. there she is speaking at the rnc, which is, you know, writ large devoted to the idea that president trump kicked that covid thing. we're sure glad that's over. boy, china did a terrible job there. today the fda fired two of its p.r. people, it's public relations people, one of whom the spokesperson for the fda they recently got from the one america network, which is the pro-trump tv network that among other things airs the stuff that the intelligence community just warned is direct from the kremlin to interfere with the 2020 election too. she worked for the one america network, and that's what qualified her to become the spokesperson for the fda during a global pandemic? she was working as the main spokesperson for the fda during this past week when this debacle happened over convalescent

kim reynolds told them no, you must open in-person. she refused any iowa rules for r people to wear masks. don't need it. why would we need it? 79% rate in iowa. there she is speaking at the rnc which is written large devote todd the idea that president trump kicked that covid thing. boy, china did a terrible job there. >> today the fda fired two of their public relations people. one of the spokesperson from the fda, she works for the one american network and that's what qualified her to become a experience for the fda during the global pandemic. she was working as a main spokesperson for if fda when this debacle happened. just false information about efficacy of plasma as treatment for covid-19. the republican convention basically bragged over the course of four nights that trump had this thing cured. this plasma thing, we got a cure. they do not have this thing cured. the fda authorized emergency use of plasma but what they said about its efficacy publicly was false but not at all supported by the data included what was said at the w

on the right, governor reynolds shuts bars and clubs in six counties.us rates spiking in younger adults. yes, this is the morning paper after the president accepted the republican party's nomination for a second term in office. and that got headline treatment all over the country. but in iowa, that story is relegated to page a-4. can't be on the front page, now. in iowa, the big newspapers have coronavirus up top because iowa's back to having one of the highest infection rates in the whole country. only south carolina and mississippi are up there with iowa, in terms of positivity rates. earlier today, iowa reported a 79% positive rate for its tests, now. which is insane. part of what seems to be going wrong in iowa is they appear to have a screwed up testing system. in april, republican governor, kim reynolds, signed a $26 million no-bid contract with a company whose ceo said, quote, none of them knew anything about lab testing. when they started up that company. nevertheless, the governor gave that company a no-bid contract for something called test io

for vice president and do what it takes to make him our commander in chief so here's our team rob reynolds is in los angeles and campbell house his home state of california john hendren is standing by in chicago to tell us about how the important swing voters of the u.s. midwest are likely to react and alan fisher is outside the white house 1st though a report on joe biden's running mate. emily harris has been the favorite to fill the democrats the past look for some time here. she brings a high national profile as a former presidential candidate a senator from california. and family connections to biden she was close friends with his late son beau because this is my belief child of a mother from india and father from jamaica she takes 2 important boxes as a woman of color. so any or any really good message right she's really good about how to fix in me in a very clear to the army into the american people former attorney general of california she's used her skills as a prosecutor in the senate hearings to pick apart arguments put forward by the company station but that all title has also b

. - all the way, reynolds. moment of truth, reynolds. - come on! come on, get down those stairs, reynolds. - let's go, buddy! [indistinct shouting] - it's freezing out here. - you want to be a hard guy, you gotta do it. - let's move! let's move! [overlapping shouts] - let's go, let's go, let's go. - whoo! - yeah, come on! - moment of truth, reynolds. - look, we all had to do this. just get the hell in.

>> well, trend for you this morning, the leader of british columbia, canada, reached out to ryan reynolds to inform teams that it is unsafe to party amid the covid pandemic to let them know that they can catch covid-19. >> and the young folks in b.c., they are partying and dangerous, and they probably don't know that thousands of young people are getting covid-19 and dying. >> reynolds also encouraged them to social distance and good rules there. >>> all right. breaking news this morning and many flames across the bay area, and the efforts to tame those hot spots. sgloot a >>> and recapping tonight one of the democratic national convention and who is expected to speak today. we will be right back. dear california... we know these are challenging times. rest assured, you are not alone. we've all had to adapt. and with summer here, your energy bills might go up with rising temperatures. together, we can save energy and money. try closing your shades during the day... setting your ac to 78° or higher... or cooling off with a fan when you can. united we are always stronger. stay well, califor

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we should note that we've asked for an interview with iowa governor kim reynolds. the republican national convention kicks off on monday. all week long, we're covering the big speeches, important moments and, of course, president trump. it all starts monday night with special coverage beginning at 7:00 p.m. eastern live on cnn. and we'll be right back. we support memorable moments, concentration - in hectic times . and focus to win the day. unlike ordinary memory supplements... neuriva's clinically proven ingredients fuel 5 indicators of brain performance. take the neuriva challenge with our money-back guarantee! >>> the department of justice says a former army green beret has been arrested and charged with espionage. they say he knowingly leaked u.s. national defense secrets to members of russia's intelligence service over more than a decade. cnn pentagon reporter ryan brown is following today's developments. ryan, my jaw dropped when i read this news last night. what are we learning about the specific charges here? >> well, it's quite a lengthy list of charges th

i'm james reynolds. huge demonstrations once again in belarus demanding an end to president lukashenko‘s rule. he flies overhead in a helicopter, and compares the protesters to rats. president trump confirms blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients can be used as a treatment. fleeing the flames — californians escape some of the worst wildfires in modern times, with lightning expected to bring even more destruction. and bayern munich win the champions league, beating paris saint germain in the first final ever to be held behind closed doors. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. in belarus, huge crowds of protesters have demonstrated against president alexander lukashenko and the re—election they say he rigged two weeks ago. they are demanding that he stand down. from the capital minsk, steve rosenberg sent this report. a warning — it contains images which some viewers may find distressing. they poured onto the streets. "long live belarus," they cried. a sea of protesters flooding the

. >> reporter: that from kinyatta reynolds who was recently laid off as pe teacher at st. vincent depaul high school. her lawyer says reynolds and also joanna paun were discriminated against. >> we are alleging claims of race discrimination, harassment and retaliation against the diocese. >> i am a counselor, and i was the only one in my department. kinyatta was the only black teacher. >> reporter: sunday a rally was held outside the saint vincent depaul church, protesters showed up days after a letter was written by school alumni condemning the firings as discriminatory. and counterprotesters also showed up to support the school. video was also made by parents and students supporting the school. principal patrick daly addressed the situation with us on sunday. >> race played no part in the playoff of four individuals. at all. it came primarily down driven by the decision with reduction in revenue and it was a necessary move to reduce our administration. >> reporter: daly has led the school for the past three years, and says that about 10% of their 30 total employees are m

either one, russell reynolds considered mr. dejoy, and decided there were 53 better candidates than him, or mr. dejoy, was not considered by russell reynolds at all before proceeding to 53 finalists. which was it, mr. duncan? >> we were still in a process of developing the pool before we had our first round interviews at that point. >> i understand. you talk about the first-rate interviews, the route of 14 but you don't dispute obviously in your answer that mr. dejoy, did not make the initial cut out 53 finalists presented to the board, but he was inserted into the round of 14 not by merit but by his connections. it would be the same as the ncaa team not making the rounds of 64 had been swooping in to the route of the sweet 16, and that's what happened here. so let me ask you this question. mr. williams repeatedly asked the board to do a background check on mr. dejoy, by postal inspection service. do you know what the postal inspection service is? >> yes, sir. >> and you and the board refused to do the background check, and tha

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make imperial county and other border communities from california to texas a coded killing zone rob reynolds al-jazeera. the u.s. postmaster general says mail in ballots will be delivered securely and on time for november's election the way to joy is testifying before a senate committee of accusations he's trying to sabotage the postal service ahead of the vote to joy an ally of president trump ordered financial cutbacks but he's now suspended all changes after a public outcry about the potential impact of mail in ballots mr trump has suggested that mail in voting could be susceptible to fraud as we head into the election season i want to assure this committee and the american public that the postal service is fully capable and committed to delivering the nation's election manal securely and on time this sacred duty is my number one priority between now and election day. in venezuela the opposition leader is planning a boycott of the forthcoming legislative elections he's appealing for political parties to unite and was being seen as a last ditch effort to maintain recognition at home and ab

his republican convention gets underway at questions about what he might do if he's defeated rob reynolds reports. president donald trump appears to be laying the groundwork for disputing the election results the only way we're going to lose this election is if the election is rigged remember the trailing democratic nominee joe biden in the polls trump is hinting he may declare the election invalid be narrowed down the president from the spinning the elections are going to be rigged. and therefore are you mean goal when is it make 10 surely more credible for him to say i won to some scholars of authoritarian regimes trump's moves are right out of the strong man's playbook is trying to say that democracy is corrupt democracy the mechanisms of the don't work. the mechanisms of democracy and and this is classic. trump has told over 20000 lives since he's been in office so it would be hard to imagine him. that abrogating idea that there's been widespread well proof tampering or you know false ballots has been constantly tweeting about the danger of dead people voting. and he's really. a very

of california and 7 people have died and made me want to huff 1000 homes have been destroyed rob reynolds reports from. this is but a small sample of the destruction wildfires have inflicted on california house burned to the ground cars incinerated a stone chimney the only thing left of this home scorched trees and ash blanketing the hills this is the aftermath of the lake fire that burned through this part of los angeles county more than a week ago because we had those heavy rains over the winner all of the brush had a lot of growth and so because of that heat wave it just dried all that out and one little spark could start a fire again fire officials say the lake fire is almost contained the situation is far worse in northern california where the 8000000 residents of the san francisco bay area are being forced to breathe extremely polluted air and are essentially surrounded by a burning ring of fire huge blazes have charred more than 450000 hectors but firefighters were cautiously optimistic about making progress in containing the blazes weather conditions have improved and lightning st

the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and evacuation centers rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. at least 16 people have been killed both fighters thought to be members of book or arm in cameroon grenades were thrown as a camp for displaced people in missouri attacks by the armed group of killed and displaced tens of thousands of people of the past decade in nigeria and neighboring countries. security forces in mexico have captured a powerful gang leader who's blamed for worsening beilenson the central state to go on josee and turning or lepas he's also known as el morrow was one of mexico's most wanted criminals is gang has been in a turf war with another cartel the rest is seen as a win for the president under his manuel lopez obrador who's failed to fulfill his promises to tackle the cartels. if europeans have been celebrating progress in the construction the country's huge new dam project which has caused regional tensions officials in this east african country hope the $4600000000.00 grand. will reach full power generating capacity within 3 years done

they could be facing another hardship as $600.00 a week imagine see relief payments come to an end reynolds has more. amid the worst economic collapse in decades millions of americans are struggling just to eat we're seeing 223000 up to 7000 families come through in a 3 or 4 hour period emergency relief payments of 6 $100.00 a week have kept millions of unemployed people in the u.s. financially afloat for months a moratorium on a vixens has kept millions of renters from becoming homeless that would really help with iran now those federal supports are about to run out and congress is unable to act the democratic controlled house passed a 3 trillion dollar relief bill in may it includes extending the $600.00 a week unemployment benefit 3600000000 dollars for election security and additional food aid for the hungry it would also provide $200000000000.00 to renters and money for schools and testing as well as a trillion dollars to support state and local governments but the republican controlled senate waited till this week to offer a pared down package one 3rd the size of the democratic contro

the weather forecast offers no relief in sight with more hot dry windy days to come rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. there's a growing controversy surrounding south korea's most famous boy band b.t.s. might have achieved worldwide fame and be celebrating the release of a new album but the k. pop stars are also facing questions about when they plan to do military service which is required under south korean law public right but ports. they are a global sensation as evidenced by this record breaking virtual concert reaching an estimated 750000 fans worldwide defying the pandemic as the most famous k. pop band b.t.s. has managed to connect to an audience far beyond south korea. different from typical keep up with the band because. the identity of. the hip hop band make them tell about their own life history their only experience can be shared by a global youth who have had to bury similar experience in their younger age part of that life experience for young south korean men includes this compulsory military service it's regarded as a jew to eat that all men over 18 should be proud to fulf

the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and evacuation centers rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles israel's army has known staff strikes targeting several hamas positions in gaza the strikes comma after palestinians fight a rocket into israel as the military says was intercepted by its eye and defense system. the son of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been banned from tweeting about protest leaders and israeli court ordered yet netanyahu to delete tweets that include the personal addresses and cell phone numbers of the organizers of demonstrations against his father the protest leaders say they received threats after the tweets were posted on the weekend millions of south koreans are finding holiday destinations closer to home because of the pandemic unable to book international trips it's good news though for organizers of a cultural festival in the southeastern city of. from where rob mcbride now reports . the opening event for a festival celebrating the essence of korean culture this one area can boast more unesco world heritage sites than an

health is putting communities there a higher risk than other areas in the united states has rob reynolds. trying to stay one step ahead of death dr tindall pays a visit to. one of his covert 1000 patients cynthia reyes i think of my friends. think we are one computer program. tonight have been nothing but a us family has suffered greatly in the pandemic form from the womb. of. my mother or on the. way its mother margarita says she hasn't even had time to grieve for her husband everything that we've been through it's a nightmare for people need to take things like very serious think this is something real doctor vo is on the front lines in imperial county california the community on the us mexico border and one of the hardest hit in the entire state the covert 19 positivity rate here is 3 times as high as in the rest of california we feel really really. you know desperate. when it truly we need help when you do need to get better far from the bigger and better equipped hospitals of major cities doctors and nurses at imperial county's main medical center struggled to cope with a stream of

we begin with ryan reynolds striving to make hollywood more inclusive.aunching the group effort initiative. out of his own pocket, the program is centered on providing minorities with more opportunities on movie sets. listen to this. >> they'll spend their days on set learning from professionals, getting real-life experiences. they can parlay into another job and then hopefully if they're not too disillusioned, a career in the industry. >> sounds good. the program will hire up to 20 trainees, and that's expected to start with the new movie that reynolds is supposed to begin filming in the fall. >>> all right, now the oprah winfrey network has launched a get out the vote effort and a powerful video to go along with it. check this out. >> is this the moment that will finally change our country? ♪ >> own your vote is a bipartisan social initiative that's partnering with a number of organizations to provide resources to empower black women to vote in the upcoming election. the effort's target is said to focus on high concentration of florida, pennsylvania an

to fight wildfire as thousands of people have been forced from their homes to san francisco rob reynolds reports now from los angeles. the massive wildfires engulfing northern california have claimed their 1st lives authorities said a helicopter pilot flying water drops died when his aircraft went down a utility worker helping firefighters in another area was also killed officials say the toll may rise there are people that are unaccounted for that we are looking to try to determine where they are the fires have burned more than 1400 square kilometers hundreds of homes and other buildings have burned and authorities say as many as 25000 structures are at risk tens of thousands of people have been evacuated and some entire towns have emptied out a combination of extremely high temperatures months without rain and gusty winds is pushing firefighters to their limits as reported pictures of birds actually fall on the side of a child but. basically thrown 10 miles outside of his cousin's by fire crews attack the blaze from the air trying to save homes in southern california fires burned east

his words and deeds one thing seems clear trump doesn't want to leave office without a fight rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. in peru at least 13 people have been killed in a stampede during a party held in defiance of covert 1000 restrictions more than 120 people try to free the thomas rest in the capital lima as it was raided by police or as latin america's 2nd worst affected country by coronavirus. it was a little upwards the crowd of people wanted to get out when they saw we were coming in the hustle of iran going out immediately the door closed and we rule tripped we told people to go back so they could get out and risky those at the bottom no one listened. the police arrived they spoke to the owner the officers entered with their cameras to film they used tear gas and closed the door and that's how the madness started because you can't breathe with tear gas in italy the governor of sicily has ordered all migrants to leave the island by midnight on monday but it's unclear how the decree can be implemented so spawn a caesar decided by the italian government in order also bans the

backed by water dumping aircraft are up against hot dry weather that's all cost to continue rob reynolds reports from los angeles. the fire in riverside county east of los angeles has burned more than 8000 years and destroyed at least one home as well as numerous other structures approximately 7800 people have been evacuated from their homes this is a major foreign it will be going on for a couple of days more than 1300 firefighters from across the state assisted by helicopters and planes dropping fire retardant are battling the blaze they're working in temperatures well above 37 degrees celsius amid dry gusty winds the fire is still out of control flames broke out late friday afternoon investigators suspect it may have been deliberately set by an arsonist southern california has seen little rain for months and the dense brush is tinder dry the fire is burning its way into rugged hills that are hard for crews to reach authorities said. you whether you want to make sure. everything is safe before we even think about repopulating do to cope with 19 the evacuees will know. not be housed ove

the pandemic evacuees are getting their temperatures checked for fever and evacuation centers rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. libya's un recognized government says 9 russian planes carrying weapons mercenaries have arrived to support the war not only for have to are the groups have been backing have to on his campaign to capture the capital tripoli the u.s. recently accused russia of using the mercenaries to deliver supplies to have to ask forces the u.n. representative in libya is warning against foreign intervention millions of south koreans are unable to book international trips because of the pandemic now many are finding holiday destinations closer to home and that's good news for organizers of a cultural festival in the southeastern city of dong where rob mcbride now reports . the opening event for a festival celebrating the essence of korean culture this one area can boast more unesco world heritage sites than any other part of the country for many hundreds of years it's been renowned as a center for buddhist and confucian learning and the home of korean ability it's exemplifie

months of extremely dry weather temperatures soared to over 43 degrees celsius in many areas rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles. this is al-jazeera these are your top stories former u.s. president barack obama has delivered a stinging rebuke of his successor at the democratic national convention he says donald trump has shown no interest in putting in the work and his sort only to help himself and his friends. the u.s. democratic party has formally nominated senator. the vice president and makes her the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket told the democrats convention the donald trump's leadership has cost lives. country. we must elect a president who will bring something different something better and do the important work a president who will bring all of us together black white latino asian indigenous to achieve the future we collectively want we must elect joe biden ok up to date the news continues here on al-jazeera after witness. i am sequence and i have a question because he's days it's hard to filter out the newly sinking track of what's really important the bottom line ta

the $600.00 a week unemployment benefit expired the politicians failed to reach a deal on friday reynolds has more. amid the worst economic collapse in decades millions of americans are struggling just to eat we're seeing to the 3000 up to 7000 families come through in a 3 or 4 hour period emergency relief payments of 6 $100.00 a week have kept millions of unemployed people in the u.s. financially afloat for months a moratorium on evictions has kept millions of renters from becoming homeless that was really helping with the rand now those federal supports are about to run out and congress is unable to act the democratic controlled house passed a 3 trillion dollar relief bill in may it includes extending the $600.00 a week unemployment benefit 3600000000 dollars for election security and additional food aid for the hungry it would also provide $200000000000.00 to ranchers and money for schools and testing as well as a trillion dollars to support state and local governments but the republican controlled senate waited. killed this week to offer a pared down package one 3rd the size of the de

this community has been through more dry thunderstorms are forecast for northern california rob reynolds al-jazeera los angeles and now to a tropical storm posing a back to back threat to the u.s. state of louisiana tropical storm marco has weakened off to making landfall near new orleans but the state governor says washable not have time to recede before tropical storm laura arrives at scantly passing over the caribbean and you want a new national weather service has that nora is actually gaining strength and is likely to make landfall as a hurricane. and mexico has one of the highest death rates from the corona virus in the wild but that hasn't stopped professional fighters here practice one of the world's most popular sports for wanting to get back into the ring latin america has only seen human reports. this is mexico's most iconic sport leave a day or 3 wrestling. it draws massive standing room only crowds but since the pandemic hit all the arenas gyms and ballrooms are closed and so unemployed fighters like that one are wrestling just to survive when someone gives you a good hour w

and for sure, if governor reynolds declares this as a disaster area, senator ernst and i will be quick to advise the president to follow the recommendations and requests of senator -- of governor reynolds. i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today it adjourn until 11:00 a.m., wednesday, august 12. further, following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day. finally, following leader remarks, the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: if there i

. >> reporter: reynolds was recently laid off as pe teacher in petaluma. reynolds and former dean of counseling were discriminated again. >> alleging claims of race discrimination, harassment and retaliation against the diocese. >> i'm a counselor, only in my department, kenyata was only black teacher. >> reporter: rally held in petaluma. protesters showed up off letter condemning the firings. counter counterprotesters showed up to support the school. principal patrick daley addressed the situation sunday. >> race played no part in layoff of four individuals at all. it was driven by decision with reduction in revenue and a necessary move to reduce our administration. >> reporter: daley has led the school past three years, 10% of 30 total employees are minorities. >> before i got there, didn't have black student on the campus, this freshman chance, we have a focus on that. >> reporter: going forward, they all say further conversation at the table is needed. keep in mind no lawsuit has been filed here. attorney representing them says they want to sit down wi

weather forecast offers no relief in sight with more hot dry windy days to come rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. it's good to have you with us hello adrian filling in here in doha the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. presidential candidate joe biden struck a tone of hope and unity on the final day of the democratic national convention he formally accepted his party's nomination promising to overcome what he called a season of darkness in the united states he accused president trump of failing to lead. the wife of russian opposition politician alexina valley says the doctors are putting his life at risk they are refusing calls to move him from a hospital in siberia there are conflicting reports about whether he was poisoned. our findings on the suspected poisoning are on route to moscow at the moment no races were found in his blood or urine we do not believe that the patient was poisoned we almost have a full diagnosis unfortunately i cannot release it we gave the diagnosis to his wife and brother orally at the moment the patient's condition is unstable and we believe that transporting

for more on this let's go live to rob reynolds who's in los angeles for us president trump said he wants to ban take talked down to the chinese owner of take talk is selling so what's next for the at. will it's not quite clear at this point the president has not made good on his threat to ban tick-tock the platform so beloved of millions of american teens who use it to record their dance moves instead he chose to play golf today so the. latest is that those talks between bite dance the chinese owner of ticked off and microsoft that we just heard about in the previous report that they've been put on hold because of the uncertainty because it's not release clear whether the idea of selling tick tocks u.s. operations to a u.s. company instead of a chinese company would satisfy president trump he says that tick tock is a national security threat that information gathered about u.s. citizens could be transmitted to china and used in some the fairest way but the head of operations in the united states for tick-tock victoria pappas put out a video earlier today and here's some of what she had t

and rob reynolds is live for us in los angeles and campbell house is home state of california 1st though this report from alan fischer. has been the favorite to feel the democrats the piece look for some time here. she brings a high national profile as a former presidential candidate a senator from california. and family connections to biden she was close friends with his late son both because this is my belief child of a mother from india and father from jamaica she takes 2 important boxes as a woman of color. such as dynamic or and really good at messaging right she's really good at talking about looking at subjects and making it very clear to the audience into the american people former attorney general of california she's used her skills as a prosecutor in senate hearings to pick apart arguments put forward by the counted ministration but that all title has also brought criticism during her tenure as attorney general there are a lot of questions raised about her willingness to intervene in a variety of types of cases including police excessive use of force i would geisha as well as a

mc reynolds: good morning.nk you, chairwoman lofgren, ranking member davis, and thank you for the opportunity to speak today. first, i want to say congratulations to my dad quickly. higherjust sworn into a court a couple of days ago, if he is watching. congrats, jack. as mentioned, my experience not only is not currently running an organization election officials across the country formally, election process for 13 years, i'm also an affiliate which i would like to highlight in terms of my political connections. the pandemic has affected all areas of our lives. our democracy is essential and we will do everything we can to be sure our election system is resilient and secure. election officials are working each day to make it an extremely challenging process and often with one hand tied behind their back. due to outdated laws and a lack of funding. resources. what is clear during this pandemic is the challenges we've faced the nation is that americans are resilient and deserve a voting process that is also resil

i'm james reynolds.eople on board skids off the runway at an airport in kerala — 17 die and dozens more are injured. the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster in lebanon, after the beirut explosion. many are still missing. hundreds of thousands are homeless. there is a massive clear up going on. they come from all over the country and the devastation here is enormous. strike action could be on the cards over british airways' plans to cut cabin crew, and their pay. as it's revealed texas has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the united states —

seriously disrupted by the arrival of a freethinking young couple played by freddie fox and tanya reynoldse and he lays with whom he likes. but it's a gripping startling watch with dashes of dark humour and ample room for reflection on a range of themes from religious fervor to feminism and freedom, and maxine peake is superb. you're wasting your time, mr ashbury. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. mark kermode will be back next week. in the meantime, stay safe. i maybe wanted to put you down. my wife, sir. please. ican explain... let him speak, sir. hello there. you could see the rain coming on friday, but it was very difficult to get out of the way. this weekend, though, the weather is set to change. for a start, it's going to be a much drier weekend. however, it's not going to be very warm at all. some particularly cold nights, and we're going to start with some strong winds as well. a northerly wind as our area of low pressure takes most of the rain away towards the southeast and gets pushed away slowly by that high pressure coming in from the west. by the time we

. >> nick reynolds is the star tribune's state house reporter. >> when i heard the news, how many oflder readerers are going to go out and spend $400 on an ipad to read the paper? >> what it often doesn't take into account is the dependence that people in have access digl alternes rankszeaonalntert axis meaning on days it does not print a paper, the star tribune local and news coverage will be invisible in one fifth of the state. >> what does a local community lose when this type of community journalism disappears? >> what you typically lose is coverage of the major issues in both the region and the state. >> in wyoming a six-hour commute is not uncommon. knitting the state together is a role the star tribune held every day. now some news there will fall through the cracks in the internet. >> that's major garrett reporting. and that is the "cbs overnight news" for this thursday. for some more you the news continues. for others check back later for cbs this morning. follow us on line captioning sponsored by cbs captioning sponsored by cbs ♪ vivors. the fra >> brennan: tonight, a despe

vernay you have been to washington releasing a statement you have singer john legend josh gatt ryan reynolds so many people are remembering their time on set with chat with both men and just how humble he was and how he was such a hard worker it is just so surprising that he died so young in his early forty's. well how do you think it will be best remembered i mean he's most famous perhaps for black panther but he did a lot more didn't he. he did you know but unfortunately for the international audience it really will be for black panther that is what we will remember him for planking to china that's his massive role you know before that he had done a lot of biopics he was a did a biopic as you guys mentioned earlier about thurgood marshall the 1st black us supreme court justice he did a biopic about jackie robinson the 1st black person to be allowed to play baseball in major league baseball and then he did a biopic about the great legends fingered james brown so he's done really great needy roles but they hadn't really crossed over to an international audience and he never had that kind of

seriously disrupted by the arrival of a freethinking young couple played by freddie fox and tanya reynoldsth dashes of dark humour and ample room for reflection on a range of themes from religious fervor it's a gripping startling watch with dashes of dark humour and ample room for reflection on a range of themes from religious fervor to feminism and freedom, and maxine peake is superb. you're wasting your time, mr ashbury. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. mark kermode will be back next week. in the meantime, stay safe. i've every right put you down. my wife, sir. please. ican explain... let him speak, sir. hello. the final day of august are set to be a rather cool a fail. the final day of august are set to be a rather cool affair. largely dry start to the new week and then as we head towards the middle of the week, turning wetter, windier and also a little bit warmer which will not last. it gets cooler again by next weekend. let's get into the detail for the day ahead. monday bringing a lot of dry weather, fair amount of sunshine through the morning with a bit more

seriously disrupted by the arrival of a freethinking young couple played by freddie fox and tanya reynoldsth dashes of dark humour and ample room for reflection on a range of themes from religious fervor to feminism and freedom, and maxine peake is superb. you're wasting your time, mr ashbury. thanks for watching the film review with me, anna smith. mark kermode will be back next week. in the meantime, stay safe. i've every right put you down. my wife, sir. please. ican explain... let him speak, sir. with the brisk northerly wind, it did not always feel that way temperature simply struggling to get across the low teens and for others, the sunshine to speak of, distant parts of northern and eastern england, east anglia in southeast england, all tied in with this of low pressure continued to pull away eastwards in the early hours, high—pressure to the uk and the squeeze in the isobars to some gusty winds down the eastern coasts. it is a cool if not chilly start, particularly across rural scotland where we could see temperatures getting temperatures getting close to freezing. but we'll find h