what is the worst transport workers strike in paris for 12 years many of the metro lines the shops thein a city trains and busses all running that's very skeletal services just for some rush hour travel that you can imagine is making it very difficult indeed for people to get around the city now i'm actually at the transport workers headquarters some of the workers of actually i've gathered here is part of this day of action and they are protesting they say against the government's planned pension reforms a model michael says that france's pension system has to be reformed he says it's too complicated he says it's because for example whilst most people retire at 62 some can retire and also get $55.00 including some transport workers so what he wants to do is try and make it more times as always the whole pension system he wants to streamline it and you also want to make it less costly on the french state to make it more sustainable in the future to worry very for the transport workers is that they are going to have their pension rights taken away and they're also concerned that they're

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public transport because i thought you told me that even until a transport workers a protesting against the french president emanuel macro's planned pension reforms the french government says it wants to streamline the complex and costly pension system to make it fairer and financially sustainable in general don't but yet we're going to build a truly universal system which for every year contributed gives everyone the same rights whether they are workers shopkeepers researchers farmers civil servants doctors or entrepreneurs these transport workers say they have worried their pensions could be reduced or they could be forced to work longer most people in france can retire at 62 but some transport workers can retire in a 50. pension schemes a sacred except of jobs we shift where we are responsible for public safety but now they want to take our rights away but one of them all this we are being asked to take on increasingly difficult working conditions were losing what little compensation we had. many people in france regard the state public pension scheme as a pillar of the french social

that have cooled this day of action many of them are behind me at the transport workers headquarters here in paris they say that they are angry over the president's plans reforms to the french pension system now the french presence of manal michel say is the france's pension system needs to be overhauled he said it's too complicated he said it's also unfair because even though most people can retire at $62.00 some people there are some jobs where you can retire at $55.00 including some transport jobs medal marcos says the system needs to be streamlined and needs to be standardized and also it's costing a lot to the french state so you want to try to make it more sustainable in the future but the work has a saying that they're very worried that their pension rights in the future are going to be eroded or that they're going to be forced to work longer there's no doubt though for money markets can be very difficult to push through this reform previous presidents have tried to change the system but they have failed because of street protests and for macro it's also something of a persona

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of cool this day of action many of them are behind me at the transport workers the headquarters here in paris they say that they are angry over the president's plans reforms to the french pension system now the french presence of manal michael says the france's pension system needs to be overhauled he said it's too complicated he said it's also unfair because even though most people can retire at 60 to some people there are some jobs where you can retire at $55.00 including some transport jobs matter marko says the system needs to be streamlined and needs to be standardized and also it's costing a lot to the french state so you want to try to make it more sustainable in the future but the workers are saying that they're very worried that their pension rights in the future are going to be eroded or that they're going to be forced to work longer there's no doubt though for money markets can be very difficult to push through this reform previous presidents have tried to change the system but they have failed because of street protests and for macro it's also something of a personal

public transport workers walk off the door after the plan to reform the pension system. chris, who isto in the city's north. care, guns, health and immigration. no mention of the battle ovever reproductitive rights. mps approve an emergency food law following massive protests in witness areas. >> we begin in paris where commuters have been facing travel chaos as transport 10 out of on strike and regionallines train lines are not operating, leaving people scrambling to find alternatives to get to work . it is the biggest transport strike since 2007. >> 10 out of 16 lines close. --ruptions on the rest area on the rest. >> there are no metros, nothing. >> i walked a lot. i would not have arrived on time. are staging a strike, protesting the pension reforms. they feared the government will scrap their special status. some parisians are showing their support for workers. >> without strikes, there is nothing. you have to strike. it is tough, but we have to deal with it. >> everybody needs a pension. >> tourists are having to find alternative ways to get around. uber, re going

that of course this day of action many of them are a behind me at the transport workers the headquarters here in paris they say that they are angry over the president's plans reforms to the french pension system not the french presence of michael says the front suspension system needs to be over cool t. said it's too complicated he said it's also unfair because even though most people can retire at 62 some people there are some jobs where you can retire at 55 including some transport drops metal marco says the the system needs to be. streamlined and needs to be standardized and also it's costing a lot to the french state so you want to try to make it more sustainable in the future but the workers the saying that they're very worried about their pension rights in the future are going to be eroded or that they're going to be forced to work longer there's no doubt though for money markets can be very difficult to push through this reform previous presidents have tried to change the system but they have failed because of street protests and for micro it's also something of a per

emma haywood is there are a massive strike has brought much of paris as public transport to hold his workers protest against pension reforms that could stop them retiring early 10 of the 16 metro lines of closed while buses and trams have also been affected schools big traffic jams in and around the city despite people being all still work from home if possible reports now from the french capital. they were tailbacks on paris's famous charles lees a ave and across the city with most of the metro bus and train services closed people sought alternative ways to get around the biggest transport workers strike in the fridge capital for more than a decade cause travel chaos and frustration for commuters the idea is to be able to strike a protest using methods which don't prevent others going to work a boy doing public transport because i thought you told me busy and delayed transport workers a protesting against the french president emanuel macro's planned pension reforms the french government says it wants to streamline the complex and costly pension system to make it fairer and financially susta

well this is the worst transport workers. i can paris for 12 years most of the metro rail lines the shot the boss and train services are really at a strict minimum so it's making very difficult for people to get around the city and the transport workers that have cooled this day of action many of them are behind me at the transport workers headquarters here in paris they say that they are angry over the president's fund reforms to the french pension system that the french presence amount on my call say is the france's pension system needs to be overhauled he said it's too complicated he said it's also unfair because even though most people can retire at 60 to some people there are some jobs where you can retire at $55.00 including some transport jobs medal marcos says the system needs to be streamlined and needs to be standardized and also it's costing a lot to the french state so you want to try to make it more sustainable in the future but the work has a saying that they're very worried that their pension rights in the futu

transport workers a protesting against the french president emanuel macro's planned pension reforms the french government says it wants to streamline the complex and costly pension system to make it fairer and financially sustainable. but yet we're going to build a truly universal system which for every year of contributed gives everyone the same rights whether they are workers shopkeepers researchers farmers civil servants doctors or entrepreneurs these transport workers say they worry their pensions could be reduced or they could be forced to work longer most people in france can retire at 62 but some transport workers can retire in their fifty's. pension schemes are sacred except of jobs with shift work we're responsible for public safety but now they want to take our rights away. we are being asked to take on increasingly difficult working conditions while losing what little compensation we had. many people in france regard the state public pension scheme as a pillar of the french social system previous french presidency of trying to reform it with back down off the public oppositio

reporter: transport workers are protesting against the plan pension reforms.vernment wants to streamline the pension system to make it fair and financially sustainable. >> we will build a truly system, which gives everyone the same rights, whether they are workers, shopkeepers, researchers, civil servants, doctors, or entrepreneurs. reporter: system, which gives these transport workers are worried their pensions could be reduced or they could be forced to work longer. att people in france retire 62, but some transport workers can retire in the 50's. >> our pension scheme is sacred. we accepted jobs for shiftwork. we have a responsible for safety, but now they want to take a rights away. >> we are being asked to take on difficult working conditions while losing what little compensation we had. reporter: many people in france regard the state public pension scheme as a pillar of the french social system. previous presidents who tried to reform it have backed down after public opposition. wasrming the pension system one of emmanuel macron's campaign promises, but

massive transport strike hitting commuters in paris a striking workers oppose pension reform. and the businessman who's captivating egyptians any raging the government with online videos accusing the military and president is cc of corruption. and i'm only a hardy. cricketers fight to seal the ashes series plus japan's organizers test out a novel way to keep fans cool at the tokyo games. hello pakistan's prime minister is warning that new delhi's crackdown in indian administered kashmir will push more of the world's muslims into extremism imran khan's been holding a rally in mazar for about the capital of pakistan administered kashmir it's been more than a month since new delhi revoked indian administered kashmir is autonomy almost $4000.00 people have been arrested since them come out hyder is live for us in. so come out what more did the pakistani prime minister have to say. the prime minister was the addressing a large gathering this is started at it with the people of kashmir and he promised the people that he would be raising this issue in the united nation general assemb

in this city now i'm here at the transport workers the transport headquarters i should say bars you can see some of the workers behind me and the reason they say that they've called this day of action is really to protest against the government's plans to reform france's pension system in my home i call the french president says that the pension system needs a real over all it's very costly for the french state it is unfair he says because you have a situation in which most people can retire at 62 but some could retire at 55 including some transport workers so he says he wants to streamline the system and standardize it the problem is say the workers are speaking to some of them a bit earlier they're worried that their.

in this city now i'm here at the transport workers the transport headquarters i should say bars you can see some of the workers behind me and the reason they say that they've called this day of action is really to protest against the government's plans to reform france's pension system in my home i call the french president says that the pension system needs a real over all it's very costly for the french state it is unfair he says because you have a situation in which most people can retire at 62 but some could retire at 55 including some transport workers so he says he wants to streamline the system and standardize it the problem is say the workers are speaking to some of them a bit earlier they're worried that their pensions are going to be affected in the future they're worried also that they're going to have to work for longer hours one woman told me that she is a metro train driver she's worked for the paris transport system for 30 years and she says look when i went into it i thought that i was going to be guaranteed a certain pension and now she feels very uncertain about what t

in paris several subway and regional train lines were shut down friday after public transport workers walked off the job they're striking over plant pension reforms that would increase the age of retirement. a 5th person has died after another day of torrential rains in southeastern spain hundreds of people have been evacuated from the regions of the lynch and. transport networks have seen significant disruptions some municipalities have reported record rainfall. here and american actress felicity huffman has been sentenced to 2 weeks behind bars for paying bribes to get her daughter into university hofmann was one of dozens of people involved in a scam to help the children of the wealthy when places at top u.s. educational institutions she pled guilty in may. and staying in the u.s. where teenage environmental activist groups had to join the protesters in washington d.c. on friday. she's there to raise awareness head of a u.n. summit on climate change hundreds of mostly young people took part in the demonstration just across the street from the white house demanding that lawmakers ta

it was played a bit of a challenge for people to get around because this is the biggest transport workers strike in 12 years so many of the metro lines the shot the inner city train services and only one in 3 buses is running so you seen people as you heard there just a short while ago you see people taking bicycles or scooters just trying to find alternatives to get from a to b. or staying at home simply taking a day off and and extending their weekends now the transport workers have said that they've called this one day strike in order to protest against the french press and demand all my. pension reforms amount omark all says that the pension system in france is too complicated it's too costly for the french state so he wants to try and streamline it's a he wants to make it fair and he says at the moment retirement age is 62 but in some professions including in transport for example people can retire early 55 and that's supposed to take into account the fact that they often have liked to work for more responsibility or quite risky jobs now workers say that their stream be worried about

these have been very difficult days quite complicated because everyone from the transport workers to the population is restless here that you know all our free market look at the queue you can see it goes around the whole block. the last problem yes there's a problem with the petrol there's no petrol anywhere. the president himself arched residents to give up gasoline. little selector wanting money you have to go back to using animal drawn transport on a larger scale than what we are using at the moment in all tasks where it's feasible to find good. at home to cubans are adjusting their oil dependency to help the country sustain critical services doing whatever they can to relieve the pressure on the system. almost all to one day we took up this option of cooking with firewood in charcoal since we don't know how long the gas problem will last about that one was out. for outsiders cuba has been a place locked in the 1950 s. petards this current crisis worsens some aspects of daily life here more like the 19th century. kenya is the world's largest exporter of black tea but prices have

in paris several subway and regional train lines were shut down friday after public transport workers walked off the job or striking over plans pension reforms that would increase the age of her time. a 5th person has died after another day of trench will rains in southeastern spain hundreds of people have been evacuated from the regions of the north korea and transport networks have seen significant disruptions something this apologies have reported record rainfall. it's a phenomenon that threatens how much food reaches your plate and also where you live desert if occasion or the degradation of land is affecting more than 3000000000 people worldwide a un conference on the problem attended by $9000.00 participants ended on friday estimates are that a land area half the size of the european union is degraded annually and the worst affected regions are in africa and asia when preached seeing looks at the fields in his village tears come to his eyes here and how yanna they used to grow millet and make a good living from it today the land is bone dry in fact 30 percent of india's land is

offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didn't run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades union leaders say all that some minor inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approves a bill proposed by the ruling new democracy party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers' rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective weight bargains and social security and it limits the way unions work attempts to control what unions do and limits our right to strike series a started this but now a new democracy has taken up the baton work has a further infuriated by government plans to keep a database of unionized employees and only allow union votes on strike action to be done onlin

in paris several subway and regional train lines have been shut down off the public transport workers walked off the job as striking of a planned pension reforms that increase the age of retirement the strike by unions is expected to be the biggest in over a decade. a 4th person has died off to another day off to wrench all reins in south east in spain hundreds of people have been evacuated from the regions of valencia and most year in child support networks have seen significant disruptions some municipalities have reported record rainfall. across southeastern spain streets have become rivers. and many of the rivers have broken their banks. some municipalities have reported the heaviest rainfall on record. we thought it would be that throughout the night in the last 24 hours almost 200 liters of rainfall a few of you but importantly in the last 6 hours alone there have been 120 liters according to experts this will not be repeated in 100 years. the price of rain continues to soar. the region's military units have been dispatched to assist . but there's only so much they can do agains

. >> reporter: in brooklyn, new york, the company optus ride is working on how to transport workers at an office park using cameras and sensors to navigate the road . >> all of the technology we are developing uses artificial intelligence. that helps us predict how people behave, pedestrians walk, how people maneuver in a lane. >> reporter: it is not just ca a i could one day lead to autonomous flying machines. ceo ryan jim says advances still need to be made. right now autonomous vehicles work well in a controlled environment but -- met self driving will be very difficult driving in times square verses in a snowstorm. >> reporter: how much of our reality are these vehicles? >> they are coming. >> reporter: syracuse university assistant professor, ingrid erickson says the technology of self driving car has a way to go before it can make judgment calls people do . >> you need that to be built up and increasingly tested and tested and tested over and over again so there are no error rates. >> reporter: the testing is underway. as these machines become smarter, we get closer to a day when

the frch capital came to a standstill as transport workers to part in the biggest strike in a decade. they are p president emmanuel macron's plan to intduce the universal pension scheme. lawyers, airline staff, and rkers have called for more strikes starting monday. in spain, four people have died as torrential rain and flash flooding better the southeast of the country. officials of shut schools and are urging residents to stay at home. the extreme weather has turned roads inth rushing rivers and forced the closure o two regional airrts. ume areas saw they have rainfall on mark -- heaviest rainfall on record. ndauthorities inesia have issued smugglers as fires have rough across regions of the rain forest. schools have been closed and rain masks have been issued. satellite images indicate tha 1000 fires are burning,bu while0 aring in malaysia. turning now to zimbabwe, which will hold a public ceremony thi weekend for its late leader robert mugabe. thousands have been lining up to pay the last respects as his body lies in stamr. mugabe's family has been clashing with the government ove

offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didn't run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades union leaders say all that some inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approved the bill proposed by the ruling new democracy party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers' rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective bargains and social security it limits the way unions work attempts to control what you do. do and limits are right to strike series a started this but now a new democracy has taken up the baton work a further infuriated by government plans to keep a database of unionized employees and only allow union votes on strike action to be done online union leaders sa

in paris several somebody lines in regional train lines have been shut down after public transport workers walked off the job is striking of a plant pension reforms that would increase the. egypt a time when the strike cord by unions is expected to be the biggest in over a decade. with desert if acacia advancing across the united nations conference in india has been looking at how to deal with the challenge the problem is becoming more urgent with the loss of full time line which is threatening food supplies in many parts of the law and at a farm near danny to scale why the fields are drying up when priests sing looks at the fields in his village tears come to his eyes here and how yana they used to grow millet and make a good living from it today the land is bone dry in fact 30 percent of india's land is no longer usable why because of climate change and the leeching of fields by intensive agriculture. yes the meaning madeline talked to jane years ago our soil was fertile but then there was less and less rain and we had to irrigate. now the ground water has too many minerals in the soil i

in paris several subway regional train lines have been shut down after public transport workers walked off the job best striking over a planned pension reforms that would increase the age of retirement the strike by unions is expected to be the biggest in over a decade. while staying with the environment to come a protest is in washington d.c. we're joined by teenage activists go to tune back on friday now she is in the united states raising awareness ahead of a u.n. summit on climate change hundreds of mostly young people took part in the demonstration across the street from the white house demanding that no make us take action on global warming. an interview before the rally the swedish teenager contrasted attitudes in the u.s. where president trump questions climate science to those of her home country is this a lot a lot of differences and also in the way we we talk about the climate crisis of course here is more like it's more like something you buy the believe in or not believe in and. where i run from it's more like it's it's a fact. well d w washington correspondent on assad it

offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didn't run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades union leaders say all that some minor inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approves a bill proposed by the ruling new democracy party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers' rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective weight bargains and social security and it limits the way unions work attempts to control what unions do and limits our right to strike series a started this but now a new democracy has taken up the baton work has a further infuriated by government plans to keep a database of unionized employees and only allowed union votes on strike action to be done onl

offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didn't run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades union leaders say all that some minor inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approves a bill proposed by the ruling new democracy party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers' rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective weight bargains and social security it limits the way unions work attempts to control what unions do and limits our right to strike series a started this but now a new democracy has taken up the baton work has a further infuriated by government plans to keep a database of unionized employees and only allow union votes on strike action to be done online un

nurses pilots and although flight crew are joining protests against proposed pension reforms transport workers walked off the job one friday bring part is trains buses and trams largely it to a standstill so in their gear goes joining us live from paris this certainly seem so we expanded over the last few days what's happening behind you well what you see rob it is promise strike action that was undertaken by at those professionals our and it is that gets those proposed pension reforms remember that 20 sick the 26 years they have been several attempts at do it complete overhaul of rocked says tention system now the crux of the matter here is that at their off 42 different tention at state systems in fronts what the president it might went back home what's to g. is to create one single pension fund and have bought on and individual contribution is bases what he says that is going to be good full is that it will be targeting up well thea members of society and giving more benefits to those who won't as wealthy their full a stunt simply more egalitarian that's his line of the argument however a u

crew are all out in force in paris angry over these proposed changes but protests comes off to transport workersshut down trains trams and buses cheering a walkout last week president emanuel is attempting to streamline the country's 42 different state pension systems he wants to create one single points based system so on a gago has more on this now from paris. since the 1990 s. there have been several attempts to completely overhaul france's pension system and president emanuel back call believes he is the person to do that however on monday lawyers medical professionals and professionals from the industry gathered in central aureus to push back against those proposed reforms because they say it will leave them out of pocket when will be recent years it's still again getting lower and lower so we more or less is not for a lawyer and we are not we're not. fighting for us we are fighting for the system works it just isn't friends we're paying huge sums for the. retirement. we don't want to take but some by the government and one of the main moderate unions has said that it agrees to these plans

the dire threat they came earlier this year from the president of the transport workers union at a listeningerican airlines. now a member of that union has been arrested and charged with sabotaging a bow in 737 7:30 boeing 737, disconnecting key flight contros before it was scheduled for fli. corresponded trace gallagher has listened to all the details and it was hashed out this evening. >> american flight 2034 scheduled to fly from miami to nassau, bahamas, to mid-july. when the pilots were powering up the engine, the era light came on and took the jet back to the gate. during inspection, a mechanic found a tube had been deliberately obstructed with foam, which mean the pilots would not have known the aircraft speed, pitch, and other critical data. after reviewing a man with a limp getting out of a truck and accessing the 7:30 sevens navigation compartment roughly 15 minutes. a mechanic at american airlines for 31 years, court records say that he told investigators that "his intention was not to cause harm to the aircraft or his passengers." instead, he wanted the jet taken out of service s

american airlines doesn't and transport workers union doesn't either.terial problems. the hijackers on 9/11 had been in the country a long time as well. it is one of those things, pops up, how did he get near an airplane? he was a mechanic. on the payroll for 30 something years. why wouldn't he be near an airplane? could. melissa: do you not belief, that they have the story incorrect, his original story where he said he was trying to disable the plane to make more overtime money, did that make more sense to you? >> either way it goes the fact is we don't know, there was no way of the company knowing or anybody else knowing he was going to do this. i don't buy the stuff where he says he, the airplane could not be damaged. i understand the lawyer said this didn't put anybody at risk. that is malarkey. so the guy put 150 people at risk. the guy should go to jail, period, end of discussion but why he did it isn't clear. with the background they have now found, that is another whole smoke. melissa: michael boyd, thank you for joining us. appreciate it. conne

reduced or they could be forced to work longer most people in france can retire at 62 but some transport workers can retire in their fifty's. that our pension schemes are sacred we accepted jobs with shift work we are responsible for public safety but now they want to take our rights away. we are being asked to take on increasingly difficult working conditions were losing what little compensation we had. many people in france regard the state public pension scheme as a pillar of the french social system previous french presidents who've tried to reform it have backed down off the public opposition reforming france's pension system was one of a man all macros campaign promises but it's fraught with risk opinion polls suggest that the french president's popularity is finally on the rise after difficult here domestically because of the yellow vest protests so he'll have to tread carefully if he wants to avoid a new wave of street demonstrations most french people probably accept the system needs changing it's no longer financially viable for the coming decade so it's a calculated risk but emanuel m

offices and banks were closed on tuesday bringing business to a standstill in many places public transport workers walked out so getting to work was an ordeal as buses and ferries didn't run schools were closed and hospitals operated with reduced stuff but trades union leaders say all that some minor inconvenience compared to what workers will suffer next month if parliament approved the bill proposed by the ruling new democracy party critics say the 3 month old conservative government is building on reforms introduced by the previous left wing government that eroded workers' rights to marry me this is our answer to the attack from the government which is 2 pronged it presents itself as a growth for all but on the other hand strikes at a collective weight bargains and social security it limits the way unions work attempts to control what unions do and limits our right to strike series a started this but now a new democracy has taken up the baton work has a further infuriated by government plans to keep a database of unionized employees and only allowed union votes on strike action to be done onlin

. >> here is in fact what the transport workers union says. air plan sabotage by an employee. if the allegations are true they are outrageous and indefenseable and we fully condemn such actions. we reached out to alaska airlines for a statement. we haven't heard back. what needs to be done moving forward to make sure the public is safe? >> i think there should be zero tolerance with this. i mean, this individual is looking at at possibly a $10,000 fine and up to 20 years in prison for each occurrence under federal law. i think obviously perhaps maybe should there be medical certification for mechanics like air traffic controllers and pilots, but in my gut feeling this is probably a bad apple and it's very hard to pretty much weed them out. >> but hardly a prison sentence like that tour point could weed them out and could be a deterrent. we certainly hope so. thank you for your insights, next, alarming new numbers about vaping. five deaths are blamed on lung damage linked to vaping. there's a lot of teenagers doing this. our next guest's son is

communicates to travelers and transportation workers is through, announcements, and videos that are all in english. let's be clear, as you have heard the speakers before me say, you shouldn't have to worry about missing a plane in an airport in the united states just because you don't speak english. that's why i'm excited the house is passing the translate act which i introduced to make sure that t.s.a. goes the extra mile in las vegas and airports all across the country to communicate with the traveler public. -- traveling public. it's a basic curtcy. i know we all appreciate seeing signs in english when we are traveling abroad, so there is no reason we shouldn't make u.s. airports' welcoming as possible to those who don't speak english or who may be visually impaired. i thank my colleagues for supporting this bill. and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from neverauskas yields back the balance of her time. the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from tennessee is recognized. mr. green: mr. speaker, i have no speakers for this. i

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at the time feed workers were carrying parts of materials with a transporter they'd built themselves by putting a simple flat bed on a beetle chassis and engine. the parts carrier inspired visiting dead porter bend to sketch what would become the v.w. bus the engineering was based entirely on the still new beetle the only v.w. in production at the time. and that was what christoph continues and the outcome of 1948 i know ignored approve the construction of a utility van designed to carry a 750 kilogram payload based on the dependable v.w. beetle but it was not that easy nor cheap as it happened the beetle chassis tended to break up under a full load on the poor quality roads of the time. the beatles platform chassis wasn't strong enough to handle no one and i have tons. of a fully loaded transporter so v.w. since he nears gave the van a new ladder frame chassis with a unitized body but the axles engine and many other parts were still taken from the beetle it was 1950 and all they needed was the right name. but it continued christophe explains that in germany the v.w. bus is known as

and striking workers bringing much of the transport system in the french capital to a standstill in a dispute over pensions. heavy rains and strong winds are threatening search and rescue efforts in the bahamas the national hurricane center has forecasts that tropical storm could hit areas already devastated by hurricane dorian at least 50 people were killed more than a 1000 people are still missing alan fischer reports from the capital nussle. for no there's not much more to do than stand around and talk about what happened about what happens next this is a place of shelter for more than a 1000 after the horror of hurricane dorian police and army who are helping out the relief effort see the government has banned cameras inside or told me conditions are good it's the stories that upset or. i hold. from in i will call when she was crying. or washed away in the flood. she don't understand why. but then. when the storm hit freetown her daughter had to swim to safety. all the way or more now this is on the radar and now another storm is bearing down on the place she's not sure if she sti

at the recycling center workers sort of package it ready for transport after that it gets sent to an industrial recycling plant for processing the sorting facility provides an income for 40 women and 3 and then but the very success of the initiative has led to new challenges. for this community used to be very dirty with all the plastic waste. now i see a real difference in terms of cleanliness but that means you don't find much waste in this area anymore. so the collectors have to go further to find material for recycling as there's no longer enough around here. the group too is part of the most and because so see a sion of recycling or more the association is working to set up an efficient waste management and recycling system in mozambique so far 6 regional organizations are taking part and more have signaled interest in joining. when i started in 2009 the concept was new in the southeast african country now 10 years down the line the attitude towards waste has changed. has changed a lot here since they started their activities and i was a big fan they've brought a whole new persp