mixed wards between april 2017 and october 200-1000 that is a rate of one alleged attack a day rico grantwas assaulted while she was and h.s. patient she told us about her how vulnerable people are left at risk by hospital practices. there i was on a mental outward my depression anxiety there is very very low i was in this particular hospital. and in the past couple of weeks i met a blast of. change it was a staff member here at night he comes on time to talk to me that i didn't really think much of it. but over time and he just became more friendly close to me joking to me always in my gut your know what in a chat room it was the best but you. should have no chips event i'm used and you might. even just touching my hand and my own was it was wrong and i didn't. think it was appropriate. that adds. he slowly became closer to. what extend to not being. sexual so many get out. knowing seems to me well that. the department of health and social care responded by saying all claims of sexual abuse in the n.h.s. are investigated but rivka granda again says the health care system is failing to ta

that is adding insult to injury tonight for the people in puerto rico and the people who love that place cannon vicki back to hugh grant. thank you and while puerto rico deals with that australia is being ravaged by the worst wildfire seen in decades with the large portions of the country devastated since the fire season began. but there is some hope on the horizon light rain and cooler weather. >>is helping fire crews as they struggle to contain deadly brush fires all across australia. these of favorable conditions are forecast to last until friday, but the weekend will see a return of a severe fire threat with high temps and gusty winds close to 18 million acres have been burned so far there have been fires and every australian state. but new south wales has been a really hit the hardest. the official death toll there. still it stands at 24 and thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed not to mention all the animals. back here locally to the east bay, a ransomware hack attack at the pittiburgh united de a school districts network system while school was out for winter break out of an abundance of caution the

s work, particularly to their program community development block grant disaster rico. for puerto puerto rico has an allotment of billion under cdbg programs to ensure local structures are resured and are to withstand tion future disasters. this puts us in a clearly restore ourition to housing stock, economic damaged and infrastructure. however, of the $20 billion, billion is currently puertole by the grantee, rico department of housing. although this is a large amount, delays and other challenges have impeded the availability of these additional funds. nd to make matters worse, puerto rico has experienced a sequence of tremendousors since including -- tremors since december 28, during g an earthquake the early morning of yesterday 6.8 as well.f the earthquake and aftershocks ave caused significant housing and infrastructure damages in the south part of the island, others.ng the afraid and nts are wondering when these occurrences cease. the reason for that, approximately more than 400 people are still in shelters. ne death has been reported, an addition that -- there wa

ministration or ellis was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee bolivia in the wake of disputed elections under the thousands of people in puerto rico are currently without electricity without water after a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake at a magnitude of 6.4 that makes it one of the worst in the century at least one person has died hundreds more were made homeless. european commission president horse the founder lion has visited london for talks on bracks it she told prime minister boris johnson his deadline for post breck's of trade deal by the end of the year was unrealistic the u.k. is due to leave the e.u. at the end of this month. well big changes could be coming to the british royal family prince harry and his american born wife have announced that they plan to step back from their duties as senior members of the family prince harry and megan markel have just returned from a 6 week stay in canada in a statement that was posted on their website and on instagram they said they would continue to support the queen but that they wish to become financially independent and balance

hit with a 5.2 magnitude earthquake seismologist believe that is just the granting of tectonic plates along 3 faults in puerto rico and they're fearful. the worst is still ahead. >>all right still ahead on the kron 00:04am morning news and increase in violent crimes and one east bay city will tell you what officials skews me are doing to address the problem. plus the latest on the tensions between the united states and iran as the us. the ifs up its presence in the middle east and getting ready for the big game we're going to take a look at what fans can expect from the niners when they take on the vikings this when we were looking for a roommate, he wanted someone super quiet. yeah, and he wanted someone to help out with chores. so, we got jean-pierre. but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with renters insurance. ♪ yeah, geico did make it easy to switch and save. ♪ oh no. there's a wall there now. that's too bad. visit geico.com and see how easy saving on renters insurance can be. >>the wait is finally over the niners know who they will be playing next saturday afternoon and it's not who

granted. >> max foster, thanks for that update. >>> three top officials fired in puerto rico after a warehouse filled with unused disaster supplies was discovered. when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free. >>> in puerto rico two more cabinet members have been fired after the discovery of a warehouse filled with unused disaster supplies. governor wanda vasquez announced the dismissal of her secretaries of family and housing services on sunday. the emergency services director was fired just a day earlier. pallets of water, boxes with emergency supplies like food, diapers, baby formula and cots were found in storage on satur

online facebook also granted access to private messages and bank account information mariani again this has become a new method for blacklisting out surveilling people in puerto rico. the show's a request that search more and more space from facebook and the search you are and. in our in our evaluation to grow and. and the book. huge amount of. risotto. and i am also now the thing for people who are not. in the brothers who have got me that any illegal act and these. early on has led to the neo way. blacklist the people of certain mailing people and also. it also has a chilling effect because people know they are being surveilled. we also heard from the privacy act of a some tech expert bill new who thinks that facebook should be doing more to protect private information. facebook have put themselves in a position where sometimes they argue that they are a publisher and sometimes that they argue that they're just a platform there are different responsibilities that come with either of these particular roles but one of the roles that comes in if they want to have a sort of journalistic or an editorial position is a level of protecting sources which comes with journ

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administration or alice was granted asylum in mexico last year after he was forced to flee believe in the wake of disputed elections. hundreds of thousands of people in puerto rico are without electricity and water through a series of earthquakes hit the u.s. territory earlier this week the strongest quake had a magnitude of 6.4 making it one of the worst in a century at least one person died and hundreds were made homeless. and in pneumonia break in china may have been caused by a new type of virus that's according to the world health organization more than 50 people call pneumonia have caught many in the city of on many of them worked at the same seafood market the w.h.o. said the illness could come from the same family as the sars virus it's. in australia more people have been told to leave their homes due to wildfires authorities warn that higher temperatures and stronger winds on friday will increase the fire risk australia's national weather agency confirmed it last year was the hottest and driest year on record for the country huge blazes raging in all stair rail you have destroyed an area of land is because south korea 26 people have died in thousands of

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rico will be speaking to a specialist on infectious diseases shortly, so stay with us for that. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. the chinese technology firm, huawei, has been granteded role in the uk's ultra—fast 56 mobile phone network. the decision came despite pressure from the trump administration to block huawei's involvement, alleging that it could make the uk vulnerable to surveillance or sabatage by chinese authorities. —— sabotaged by chinese authorities. huawei denies any involvement in espionage. it's definitely not the truth. huawei is a company, over the past 30 years, there were no cybersecurity accidents. so we served one—third of the world population, we have a very strong track record. the risk of what we're giving up by adopting huawei as any part of our telecommunications infrastructure or, even worse, allowing huawei to control the 5g networks in countries like the uk or in the united states of america, is a dangerous path forward. now to some of the other stories making the news. a powerful earthquake has struck between the coasts ofjamaica and cuba. the quake, which was a magnitude of 7.7 according to the us gealogical survey, has not caused

grant programs and readying the nation for chemical, and biological attacks. i have deep concerns about many aspects of the administration's approach to disaster recovery. puerto rico is a case in point and now it is facing new challenges. as ranking member of the transportation and h.u.d. appropriation subcommittee, i've been dismayed by the housing and urban development's slow walking of billions of dollars of recovery assistance for puerto rico. as the lead agency for disaster recovery, fema must set the standard for professionalism and compassion for people and communities going through the worst experience of their lives, and it is my expectation, my confidence that peter gaynor will make sure it happens. i urge my colleagues to vote to confirm him. with that, mr. president, i would thank you and yield the floor. mr. reed: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. reed: mr. president, i would ask for the yeas and nays on the pending nomination of gain peter gaynor. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. vote: vote: the presiding officer: the yeas and nays were prev

rather, lord, grant each member depth of perception, clear analysis, and creative response to the needs of our time. today, we especially remember our fellow citizens in puerto rico. as they recover from yet another natural disaster. bless them and especially those who labor sometimes dangerously, to help in the long return to normalcy on that beleaguered island. in these days, give wisdom to all members and may all that is done be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, i demand a vote on the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: the question is on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. the journal stands approved. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek reck -- recognition? >> madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not pres

currently written, this grant funding has only been made available to states through the safe drinking water act revolving fund program which does include the district of columbia and puerto rico as states. but not other u.s. territories. which are jebly provided with a separate reservation of overall program funding an wrulely. my amendment simply corrects this new program to permit the e.p.a. to provide such grans to these american territories, including my home of the u.s. virgin islands, to assist their water utilities with pfas treatment if it is found. these territories have some of the most severe needs for federal assistance in the era of clean -- area of clean air and drinking water and these needs have historically tended to be woefully underfunded. they often received les on a per capital basis than a number of similarly situated states. if congress is to assist american communities with the removal of toxic pfas from drinking water, it's only fair to include all american territories as eligible to receive this assistance. i urge approval of my amendment as simply a matter of fairness. i would also take this opportunity to gently remind my colleagues to please consi