everyone knows the tragic story of adam walsh and the walsh family has committed themselves for years. the re-authorization act is included in h.r. 6847. and it last re-authorized the act in 2012 to improve the requirements. states have failed to bstantially and subject to a grant under the assistant grant. the re-authorization provisions that are included in this overall omnibus ball would determine whether juvenile sex offender information would be accessible. i step forward as it relates to comprehensive criminal justice reform addressing questions. and it would reduce the time that certain but not all juvenile offenders are required to register. i welcome these changes as steps in the right direction which is what happens when we work this a bipartisan manner to address the concerns which i supported as h.r. 1188 last year. now what has happened is we have 6847 that incorporates a number of owe problems with problematic provisions that would require mandatory life imprisonment. no one is condoning or supporting any of these heinous acts or individuals. under section 3559 of title

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. anchor: from surging robots to another futuristic sounding concept. we've all heard of the government subsidizing roads and education, but how about love? d singapore ng just that. in a country with among thees lowest birth rn the world, officials are paying for people's dates. it is one measure aimed at ensuring a new generation. reporter: young singaporeans enjoy a nit out. dating is all the rage. here it is being subsidized by the government. >> the government really wants to get gs and girls to get together, to form families. i ame here to make friends and hopefully i can meet someone. reporter: these dating nightsne are justf a number of solutions including tax breaks, bonuses, and preferential g housing that ternment is using to combat the country's low birthrate. they are in a cycle of ivf and half the cost was subsidized by the state. >> i get emotional. it is financially difficult if you don't have a subsidy. reporter: despite years of s littletion, there' progress in getting

bill walsh of our affiliate mo who is following florence says don't be fooled by the diminishing winds, this remains a very dangerous storms. >> okay, yeah. north carolina still taking a pounding, still a lot of storm surge and still a potential for a deadly storm surge, particularly north and east of the center of florence as florence continues to make its play for the north carolina coast. look at this, this is moorhead city. that onshore flow is going to continue not only today but into tonight and into tomorrow. here it is 7:00 this morning. i'm going to take you on into the afternoon hours. doesn't move too much, cut off from the steering carnes, but still a southeasterly flow, coming in off the ocean, so more storm surge kins for south carolina saturday, saturday night, and into sunday. appearance a very slow move. so we'll see the storm surge across the coast even into parts of south carolina and toward the queen city of charlotte wye lot of rain. how much rain? how about 20 inches possible up into eastern north carolina. about 10 to 15 inches northeastern south carolina. then i

. >> when i last spoke to carrie walsh jennings back in early august, it was a vision. now here we are on the eve of her inaugural 1440 event. as you can see, the vision is in the final stages of becoming a reality. >> it's all happening and i'm about to pass out because i'm so excited and so stressed. >> reporter: with everything that's on her plate, you get the feeling there is no time for kissing babies. >> hi, baby. >> reporter: then again, this is carrie walsh jennings we're talking about, a mother of three herself, there is always time for that. not much else right now. the four-time olympian tempting the ultimate multitask. >> and i want to win this suck. >> reporter: to put on a memorable entertaining, all-encompassing event. >> i have high expectations in life. i want to kick butt in all i do. i expect for 1440 to succeed by every marker. our sport is deserving. the market is ripe for us, for a sport in wellness and lifestyle festival and technology platform. >> the name is derived from the amount of minutes in a day. kerri believes this is the event for you. >

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. you have been watching newsday. i‘m babita sharma in london.ted to show you this, india is close to completing what will be the world‘s tallest statue — a 182 metre high tribute to independence hero sardar vallabhbhai patel. thanks forjoining us. hello there. yesterday we had quite a mixture of weather. some warm, humid sunshine across parts of eastern england, but further west, we had this weather front bringing cloudy skies and outbreaks of rain. i‘m showing you this weather picture from yesterday because that front is going to be with us for much of today as well. it‘s barely moving at all, so it‘s going to be quite cloudy over the next few hours across a good part of england and wales too, with the cloud thick enough for an occasional spot of drizzle, perhaps misty over the hills for a time as well. but for the most part across england and wales, it‘s going to be a mild night. you can see the yellows here. temperatures way up into the double figures. whereas further north and west, we‘ve got the cooler air for scotland and northern ireland.

fergus walsh's report contains some graphic images.t for one night for a trial home visit, but it shows the remarkable progress this baby girl has made. she's fought all the way to be here. nine months down the line. it doesn't seem real. she's finally sat in our front room. during pregnancy, ultrasound scans clearly showed vanellope's heart was outside her chest. so, at birth at glenfield hospital in leicester, she was immediately sent for surgery. it took three operations to put her heart back inside and close the wound. her parents were told she had less than a 10% chance of survival, but vanellope has defied the odds. she has no breastbone, and so nothing protecting her heart, that's why she wears this purple brace, which will be crucial once she starts to crawl. in a few years' time, she'll need more surgery to build a breastbone. the bigger she is, the easier it will be for us to do some reconstructive surgery and using her own cartilages and bones or using some artificial materials. vanellope was transferred to queen's medical c

and government reporter marissa lagos and professor of law rory little and political strategist with walsh consulting. well kind of ran out of superlatives but let's begin with the op-ed piece. sean, the author saying that the president is anti-democratic, amoral, erratic. avould we be reassured or scared to deathg read that? >> well, i guess the bottom lini is you are concerned about the president, people in there that are trying to drive the administration one way or another, with regard to broader based policy, i think it is a fear tactic. i mean you have general mattis at d.o.d. and pompeo at state and this is one person who hado an ax grind and wants to be the deep throat that comes out ten or0 years from now and say i was the guy or gal. >> i wonder if it is one perso or a concerted effort. we've heard the rumors, and the bobward book came out and with the op-ed. if you are worri about someone unstable and feeling like tl tlar -- feeling like they are being undermined is the best way to stabilize the white house. is not. >> throwing gasoline on a fire. >> and alf bit of s serving, do

fergus walsh, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. i'm rico hizon in london., now that we will see what is in store for aliba ba, now that jack we will see what is in store for alibaba, now that jack ma has stepped down. and before we go, we'd like to leave you with these pictures of kylie minorgue who took her fans by surprise last night be calling her old neighbours co—starjason donovan up on to the stage. they performed their 1988 hit, ‘especially for you‘ at a concert in london‘s hyde park. it‘s emerged that jason had cycled to the show and never expected to be singing with kylie. that‘s all for now, stay with bbc world news. hello there. full uk weather forecasts coming up injust a moment, but first of all i thought we we re moment, but first of all i thought we were cast an eye of what is going on across the other side of the atlantic. you might have heard we have a major croquet and on our hands. this is hurricane in florence, a very powerful category for couric aim, winds of 140 mph but these will strengthen, 190 mile per hour were gusts and that is he

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge.hampionship with a difference, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. this isn‘t le mans, or indianapolis or monza, this is black bush, the british pedal car championship, where engines are not allowed. the 13 teams competing against each other, going as fast as their legs can carry them. people get into it, a bit like f1 in a way, so the other kart is two laps ahead, so you get the fastest guy in, it is really good fun, really good banter as well, which is always good. it is a test of speed and endurance. more than 300 laps around this go—kart track adding up to a distance of 160 kilometres. the teams will strop drivers, each one usually completing 15 to 20 minutes at a time. apollo racing took the honours, which means they‘re now only ten points behind championship leaders wind racers. oh, it is amazing really, because we started with a win and then wind racers got up to speed, and we haven‘t been close ever since, and this weekend is the first time we have been closest to championship win

. >> and my mother, our borough walsh. remember he knew is so very easy.issing you is a terrible heartache that never goes away. keep watching over us, mom. we love you so much and god bless america. [applause] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] we love and miss you everyday, uncle danny. >> and my son, joseph anthony, we miss you and boy do we love you. [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] .. [reading names] [reading names] and my father and guardian angel. we miss you and love you always. >> and my grandfather joseph, even though i never met you, i will never forget you. i love you. [background music] [applause] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> and my sister vivian, you are the jan brady of us all. with the five of us we always knew the rest of us were adopted. and you weren't. you were so different. we love and miss you. your mother prays for you every day and hope to see you soon. >> and my wife, arlene ava, we will never forget you

and i very much enjoyed charlotte walsh likes to win.veaway the ending to people who may pick it up. suffice to say i want to know how it ends. i was interested in how you wrote particularly ambition and women trying to navigate their marriages, kind of personal lives, and how that impacts how a woman runs differently for political office than a man. how did you kind of get inside of a >> well, i've been a journalist for so long that i kind of approached this novel and fiction the same way that i would approach my nonfiction. so i interviewed more than 100 women who had run for office, who were running for office, and women who'd worked on women's campaigns. and i had to promise, obviously, like i'm never going to reveal anyone's names or otherwise no one's going to tell me the truth, right? >> sure. >> and collected these stories from the campaign trail about really how different it is for a woman to run for office than a man. it was really important for me to show just how much harder it is for women on the campaign trail than it is fo

wendy walsh joining us this morning.news, nbc news has learned a top adviser to the senate judiciary committee has resigned from the position after news he was fired from another job following a sexual harassment complaint. heidi joins me now via phone. this has to do with garrett ventry, we've been familiar with in the world of twitter, out on twitter talking about this process, the back and forth that's been happening between christine blasey ford and the chairman of the committee chuck grassley for whom he works. tell us what you uncovered with regard to his career? >> right. this is one of the main spokesman who's been leading the response effort to the christine blasey ford allegations against judge kavanaugh. he has resigned just within the past few moments as far as we can tell amid an nbc investigation into his past employment history, specifically he was employed for a matter of months with the north carolina house assembly gop caucus. it was during that time period it was discovered that he had one, um bell lis

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge.arks — the littlewoods pools building. it's feared that the roof and upper floor of one wing of the art deco structure — which has been empty since 2003 — have been lost. merseyside fire and rescue service say 50 firefighters tackled the fire at its height. no one was injured. two water companies have set out plans to cut bills for millions of customers in england and wales as part of their business plans. united utilities said it would reduce the average bill by 10.5% between 2020 and 2025 while severn trent said it's looking at a 5% reduction. thames water said bills would be unchanged. somerset county council has tonight revealed that it may have to make millions of pounds worth of cuts — this year — in a desperate effort to balance its books. services for young people and the disabled are among those that could be affected. somerset is the latest council to acknowledge major funding problems after northamptonshire's budget crisis and there are warnings more councils could follow su

fergus walsh, bbc news. latest recommendation from public health england for middle—aged drinkers. people aged between 45 and 65 are likely to drink more units of alcohol than they should every week. so a new health campaign is trying to highlight the benefits of alcohol—free days to lower blood pressure and to lower the risk of getting seven different types of cancer. our health correspondent dominic hughes reports. it's the boss choose to unwind at the end of at the end of the day. but it is also a habit that middle—aged people in particular find hard to. those between 45 and 65 are most likely to trigger more than the recommended guidelines of 14 units per week and struggled to keep track of what they have dropped. it is difficult for everybody. it is difficult for me andi everybody. it is difficult for me and i work in that area all the time. having alcohol free days is a much easier way of controlling your overall alcohol intake during the week, as well as having immediate benefits for your health and w

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge.l, destroying much of the largest anthropology and natural history collections in the americas. some museum staff in rio dejaneiro have blamed a lack of investment in the fabric of the building, as our correspondent katy watson reports from rio. a cherished institution up in flames, and the nation's history destroyed. this museum was home to 20 million artefacts, but few are expected to have survived this intense blaze. with the fire now out, the extent of the devastation is becoming clear. experts say the loss of brazil's most important scientific institution is incalculable. a collection rich with extinct species from the americas, dinosaur skeletons and this, a 12,000—year—old human skull called luzia. most of that could have been lost. it is the patrimony of our country, but also the patrimony of the world. here we had some of the best specimens from south america. so we really need your help. throughout the day, firefighters, investigators and even some people who worked at the mu

. >> he doesn't have joe walsh on his side, okay. >> i know. >> joe walsh.ting critic to follow. >> he is -- he's a libertarian. >> yes. >> libertarians do not like strong power. he wrote this, he's ordered his attorney general to go after his political enemies, pressured his attorney general to lay off political supporters, noiger it is -- ignores the rule of law. >> well, again, it goes to the point that trump views this institution a certain way, republicans have largely given him the caveats he needs to continue to do that. so when he tweets out something like he did today, they're sort of taken aback by having to now go out and say why this is correct or incorrect. >> he's joking that he thinks it's cool to be president forever. he's made that joke and we all laugh and we don't take him seriously. >> what do you mean? i thing in 2032 we'll ask, how did he win a fourth term. >> that's a nightmare. >> steve, i have to say, i don't understand why there isn't more of a connection between his view of the rule of law and his ability to nominate a supreme cour

fergus walsh, bbc news.e later on tuesday. more than sixty items are upforgrabs, including armchairs, side tables and bookcases. it's believed sir rod decided to have a clearout after recently moving home. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. (sings maggie may): # wake up, maggie, i think i've got something to say to you...# legendary singer, knight of the realm, but everyone has to downsize eventually. sir rod stewart reportedly put his home up for sale last year, and what you do when you move house? you get rid of some of the clutter. dozens of household items will go under the hammer. so what's on offer? well, for starters, there is a pair of guilt bronze—mounted side tables, estimated to be worth £2,000 to £3,000 - that's nearly £11000. an italian walnut credenza — a sideboard to you and me, expected to fetch anything up to £1,500 — just shy of $2000. and how about a teak lounge armchair? a snip at £350 or $450. and appropriately enough, it comes with a faux leopard skin cushion. do you think it's sexy? (sings

fergus walsh, thank you very much. pushing for the first vote about president trump's nominee for the supreme court, brett kavanaugh, to be held later today. during dramatic hearings yesterday that gripped america, senators on thejustice committee heard testimony from judge kavanuagh, and christine blasey ford, a university professor who says he sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers. he denies the allegation. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler reports. nothing but the truth, so help you god? i do. at times, this committee hearing felt more like a court, with senators left to judge the testimony of a supreme court nominee against a woman who has accused him of an horrific attack when they were both teenagers. i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. when i did, brett put his hand over my mouth to stop me from yelling. this is what terrified me the most. there was a stark difference in tone from brett kavanaugh. he didn't try to hide his anger as he denied the allegations. my family

fergus walsh, bbc news.eral summoned to a meeting, amid reports he could resign. rod rosenstein has been under pressure, following a newspaper report that he suggested secretly recording donald trump, and was encouraging senior government figures to remove the president from office. 0ur north america editor jon sopel is in new york, what can you tell us about what's happening? well, washington has been raining today, and it is awash with rumours about the future of rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. is he about to resign, is he about to be fired, or is he vowed to stay? the white house has done little by saying the president will see him when he gets back on thursday from new york to discuss his future. and rod rosenstein is critical, because he is the man who is overseeing the rush—hour investigation into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and the russians in 2016. if he is removed, could it set the stage for someone much more sympathetic, who takes the president's view that th

our medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. imagine this operating on you. with the aid of a 3d monitor. the aim is to make laparoscopic — or keyhole — surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision, and so giving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with a conventional laparoscopic instrument is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flexible than current robotic systems, which makes them more versatile, so they should be able to do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot, introduced to the uk in 2001. there are now more than 70 of them here, mostly doing prostate, bladder and gynaecological surgery. the british versius system is much smaller than this amer

fergus walsh, bbc news. again after an electrical patch was fitted to their spinal cords. patients are able to stand and move around once more, with the use of walking frames. the device works by using electrical currents to stimulate the spine, enabling it to pick up faint messages from the brain. a round—the—world yachtsman has been rescued by the french navy, three days after he sustained a serious injury in a storm. abhilash tomy was stranded in the indian ocean, unable to move, and only able to communicate by text message. he's reported to be conscious and is being taken to mauritius for treatment. golf, and tiger woods has won his first tournament in five years. he was ranked outside the world's top 1,000 golfers less than a year ago after spinal surgery, but has capped a remarkable comeback by winning the tour championship in atlanta. and he's also in the us team for the ryder cup, which starts in paris on friday, as our sports correspondent andy swiss reports. a year ago, he thought he might never ev

fergus walsh, bbc news., tonight at 7:30 — you can also watch it — wherever you are in the uk — on the bbc iplayer. the women's tennis association has backed claims by serena williams that she was treated in a sexist way by the umpire in the final of the us open. you owe me an apology! i never cheated in my life! the governing body for women's tennis said the umpire would have shown williams more tolerance over her outbursts if she'd been a man. the 23—times grand slam champion was given a penalty point for racquet abuse and docked a game for calling the umpire a "thief" — during her defeat to naomi osaka. he began his international career with a cenutry against india back in 2006 and today england's most prolific batsman, alastair cook, ended his test career in exactly the same way. he was given a long standing ovation after scoring a century in the fifth test against india at the oval. joe wilson is there. some of those standing ovations were so some of those standing ovations were so long today some fans

fergus walsh, bbc news.jong—un, has requested a second meeting with president trump and that officials are looking into scheduling one. sarah sanders, the white house press secretary, told reporters the request was made in a very warm, very positive personal letter from the north korean leader to mr trump. she said the letter had demonstrated a continued commitment on the part of pyongyang to the denuclearisation of the korean peninsula. that's it from us for the moment. you can reach me on twitter, i'm @martinstanford. thanks forjoining us and. —— thanks for joining thanks forjoining us and. —— thanks forjoining us and. hello there. full uk weather forecast coming up injust a moment, but first of all, i thought we'd cast an eye with what's going on on the other side of the atlantic. you might have heard, we have a major hurricane on our hands. this is hurricane florence, which is a very powerful category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140mph. but it's forecast to strengthen, up to 155mph with 190mph g

fergus walsh, bbc news.ociation. she had been docked a game for calling the umpire a thief and a liar in a confrontation that also saw her penalised for smashing her racquet. she claims she's been a victim of sexism, and that male players would have been shown more tolerance. 0ur sports correspondent richard conway has more details. you owe me an apology. i haven't cheated in my life. it's a debate that has split tennis. was serena williams fighting back against unequal standards in the sport, or did she cross a line and was rightly punished? initially warned for receiving instructions from her coach, she then lost a point for smashing her racket. still incensed at being accused of cheating, she directed her anger at umpire carlos ramos. you will never, ever, ever be on another court of mine as long as you live. you are the liar. you stole a point from me. you're a thief, too. those words prompted him to increase the penalty by awarding an entire game to the eventual winner, naomi 0saka. after the match, ser

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. of sport. but spectators at a race in the south of england will have you believe they have left the best till last. this was a championship with a difference, as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. this isn't le mont, or indianapolis or monsa, this is black bush, the british pebble car championship, where engines are not allowed, the 13 teams competing against each other, going as fast as their legs can carry them. people get into it, a bit like f1 in a way, so the other pa rt a bit like f1 in a way, so the other part is two laps ahead, so you get the fastest guy in, it is really good fun, really good banter as well, which is always good. good fun, really good banter as well, which is always goodm good fun, really good banter as well, which is always good. it is a test of speed and endurance. more than 300 laps around this go—kart track adding up to a distance of 160 kilometres. the teams will strop drivers, each one usually completing 15 to 20 minutes at a time. apollo racing took the hono

fergus walsh, bbc news.welsh council area will only have their waste bins emptied once a month, althougth recycling will continue to be collected weekly. the council is conwy, and the move follows a two—year trial in some places. the authority says it will boost recycling and save money. critics claim it is unfair on larger families and could lead to more fly—tipping. roger pinney reports. the modern dustcart is a highly mechanised machine, keeping pace with more and more... it used to be given that dustmen, and they were all men than, turning up once a week. a rubbish was carted off to the tip. had the word recycling even been invented then? and now, reduce, reuse, recycle is the mantra, and in co nwy, reuse, recycle is the mantra, and in conwy, the stuff that is left will be collected just once every four weeks. i live in one of the areas where they trailed the monthly in collections that started here almost two years ago. now, in my home it isn't really a problem, but the right only two of us. when the fa

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge.doctors. it's definitely going to come because this new generation of robots, they are going to be smarter and the key thing they will gather that existing robots don't is data. it's all going to be led by the data, that's where health is going. and the one whichjohnson and johnson, the partnership with google is doing, all their robots are going to be connected to the internet and so you can imagine, as they have machine learning over time, the robots will be smarter, the surgeons will be smarter and i can see the day when a surgeon will say, wwould you close up for me now?" and mark an a—point and a z—point and the robot will get on with it. because suturing inside the body is actually quite a tricky skill, especially using these keyhole instruments. and only some of them can do it? yes, it takes about 100 hours to learn how to suture with these long, laparoscopic instruments. a bit like moving chopsticks which can only move in and out, they are really tricky to learn. but with these

judge walsh is from hurricane florence swamped coastal towns in the u.s. states of north and south carolina on thursday. ivan nights only the ducks are at ease as over hundred thousand homes are without power. the storm weakened as it cooled inland but all thirty say it remains extremely dangerous with flooding the main concern. the worst of the storm is not yet here but the easier the early warnings of the days to call home. surviving this storm will be attached but during teamwork common sets it page. in the philippines preparations for the arrival of an even more powerful storm typhoon man coote. thousands have been infatuated with many worried about what the storm will bring. that out that i'm scared i think that this is a very big however i found that more powerful in the recent months when my last that's why we're frightened. typhoon mine included is expected to make landfall here in the province of cagayan on saturday. this region is considered the country's breadbasket. authorities have asked farmers to bring in their rice and corn harvest early or

san jose olympian kerri walsh jennings. >>> and on abc7 news at 5:00 -- >> he will reach back and takefrancisco resident documents the life right outside his home. how the window in his home is turning him into a vigilante. >>> how fitbit helped bust a 90-year-old murder susp >>> tonight in prime time on abc 7 at 8:00 "jonestown parad parad lost." >>> some are in south beach for the in august real platform 1440's san jose invitational. >> abc 7's 7's 7's 7's 7's 7's s >> reporter: beach volleyball fans can't believe it. >> everyone can learn and play the sport, so why not be here and see wait's like. >> reporter: the event is the brainchild of san jose native kerri walsh jennings, 1440 representing the total number of minutes in a single day. >> we want to inspire the world, young, old, wherever you are to be in the moment because that's where our power is, the juice of life, and that's where at, you know? >> reporter: john is proud of yet another big event coming to the south bay. >> to select san jose, the hometown, tha sports thought is about. what can we do to bring events in and h

. >> i know that there were thieves hits and commander walsh does speak to me in advance and told me what that was. we don't want to give up that information for anybody to know but i have shared with the commissioners what those two words were. >> so i'm just looking, you have 5,611 hits in the second quarter and 4,963 was for one word? >> one word. >> ok. you will take that word off the list now? >> we are. i think i looked at second quarter last year and it was our biggest spike. i think between pride and pride events and what we did similarly with this particular word, it was kind of the same time. last year and this year are kinda very similar. >> ok. that was all i had. thank you. >> anything further? thank you for heading this off and thank you for doing this. we don't want the officers to know what these words are. at the commission, you are free to go see what the words are. i think commander walsh has intellectual intellectual-property certificate for them. >> one other thing, we do constantly update these. when we don't see words, and as we grow older, i have made this sta

that is bob walsh.thank you so much for talking to us. >> thank you.>>> coming up next on the 4 on 2. this you -- girl loves to dance and she suffers a common leg injury, but it turned out to be much more serious and it led to an unconventional surgery. >> my calf is like the front of my leg now and like my heel is my knee and then the ankle is like of the knee joint. >>> the family of an 11-year- old girl thought their daughter had injured her leg dancing, but the situation turned out to be a lot more serious. smacked the girl was diagnosed with cancer and doctors to give your unique approach to make sure that she will be able to dance again. >> we figured it was just a dance injury. she was sore or something like that. >> x-rays revealed it was not an injury. instead doctors diagnosed her with bone cancer. so rare there are only 500-1000 new cases each year. >> i was so scared, but i was honestly more worried about losing my hair. >> doctors orders months of chemotherapy to remove the entire cancer. m

it's it'self and wellness created by olympic gold medalist kerri walsh jennings.day and the event is to highlight the need to be in the moment every day. >> there's so much sport greatness here and there's so much heart and soul to us. we have the qualifier going on and some local girls and stanford girls that are going play this weekend. we want to service the community, service the volleyball community and have a lot of fun doing it. >> that event is being held next to avia stadium. it's the first of four tournaments between now and december. if you can't make it down to check it out, you can watch the semifinals and the finals sunday right here on abc 7. >>> a wild turtle with a broken shell is mobile again thanks to a wheelchair made of legos. veterinarians at a maryland zoo performed surgery on the grapefruit-sized eastern box turtle found with fractures to the other side of his shell. to help the turtle heal the vets reached out for a lego enthusiast to construct a wheelchair that would help keep its shell off the ground and allow its legs to move. vets expe

packing a major stadium for the fourth time in just 17 months, joshua walsh is rocked in the first roundassive upset. but joshua raising the prospect of a massive upset. butjoshua has conquered our diversity in the past and would do so diversity in the past and would do so again. the champion showing why he is at the top of his profession, pouncing on his russian prayed to score a ruthless knockout and stay on course for a potential is superb out in six months' time. the only title missing from joshua's collection is held by the american deontay wilder, while britain's tyson fury is another possible opponent for a boxer with a dream of being crowned the undisputed king of his division. well, that next fight will be back here in april, the key question is who it will be against, and as the clamour for anthony joshua intensifies, it could be one of the biggest the sport has ever seen. of the biggest the sport has ever seen. david 0rnstein, bbc news, wembley. chelsea have failed to match liverpool's perfect start to the premier league season. they could only draw 0—0 at west ham. there were

fergus walsh has the story. imagine this operating on you.ving better outcomes for patients. it's considerably easier. all you can do with a conventional la pa roscopic instrument is you can move it in and out, and you can rotate it. and so what the robot enables you to do is to play with this in a much more wide range of movement. the versius robot has been designed and built in cambridge. these robot arms have joints like a human's, at the shoulder, elbow and wrist. they're smaller and more flexible than current robotic systems, which makes them more versatile, so they should be able to do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot, introduced to the uk in 2001. there are now more than 70 of them here, mostly doing prostate, bladder and gynaecological surgery. so we want to do operations in the upper abdomen, such as gall bladder operations, operations in the stomach, certainly operations in the bowel for bowel cancer. we want to operate in the chest, so the aim is to

and the owners don't have the right permits or the right plans anymore. 370 walsh road is under construction, but the problem with this project is that it's been under construction for the last 40 years. >> when the permit was first issued in 1978 for a gentleman who wanted to build a new family home. >> reporter: according to an atherton city council staff report, construction work happened slowly with inspections taking place spinal cordically and intermittently. in 2014 the city's code enforcement department got involved and now the police department is in charge of enforcing those codes. >> over the years we just started receiving complaints about the home. >> reporter: neighbors reportedly started complaining about dead trees, trash, and other construction debris in the area. then the owner died two years ago, and the city says his family took over and cleaned up the property. but the city argues the family needs to decide once and for all whether they're going to finish the building or demolish it. we couldn't reach the late owner's family members to ask them their plans for the proper

as o medical correspondent fergus walsh reports. reporter: i on you.is operating it is the latest in surgical robot technology. all controlled by huma at a console with the aid of a 3-d monitor. the aim is to make keyhole surgery technically easier for surgeons, allowing greater precision and getting better outcomes for patents. easieis considerably all you can do with a conventional instrument is move in ande out and rot. what the robot enables you to do is to do this in a much more wide range of movement. enreporter: the robot has designed and built in cambridge thesbot arms have jointst like a humane shoulder, elbow, and wrist. they are smaller and more flexible than current c e stems. they should be a do many more types of keyhole surgery. none of this would have been possible without da vinci, the first surgical robot introduced in the u.k. in 2001. there are m ne than 70 of them here, mostly doing prostate, bladder, and cagynecolosurgery. the british system is much smaller than this american rival and is aiming to do more. w w

these are type realistic paintings of new york city by hyper realist artist nathan walsh. >> so doesphotograph? how is that even possible? >> well, yes, he does work on over 300 photographs before he commits to the one he wants to do. and then he starts working on his canvas to put all of those details, those colors, the variations in to make it look like you are looking at a photograph of new york city. >> is he living in an old church that he' house? >> he's turned welsh chapel into his studio. he lives there, it's quiet and serene. and help finds it to be quite the contrast from the multiple trips he takes to new york city. >> fine cities endlessly fascinating. i think they offer unlimited possibilities to make paintings. >> does he mention how long one of these projects takes him? >> the simple ones take him about six months. the more complicated ones can take him about a year to complete. >> any idea what his artwork goes for? >> well, if you've got to ask, nick, these are not inexpensive. they run for more than $100,000 a piece. >> well -- >> i get it. >>> it's time to give awa

fergus walsh, bbc news, cambridge. as head of the bank. but the planned departure date would bejust three months after britain formally leaves the european union, leaving his successor to handle the aftermath. two water companies have set out plans to cut bills for millions of customers in england and wales as part of their business plans. united utilities said it would reduce the average bill by 10.5% between 2020 and 2025 while severn trent said it's looking at a 5% reduction. thames water said bills would be unchanged. the british actress jacqueline pearce has died at the age of 74. miss pearce had been recently diagnosed with lung cancer and died at her home in lancashire. the actress was best known for playing villain supreme commander servalan in the science fiction series — blake's seven. it's been described as a cultural tragedy — brazil's national museum has been gutted by a huge fire. most of the 20 million artifacts have been destroyed — including the oldest human remains ever found in the americas. official

shawn walsh, amy and colin. thank you a. turning to education. a new research project reveals big achieveme gaps by race, income and ethnicity among california 6 million school children. theem achit gap starts in kindergarten. while student test scores a improving. fourth and eighth grade udents stillerform low ine ring and math. black and latin students having worse out comes than white peers. >> joing me now. one of the researchers who contriuted to t report called getting down to facts too. al san francisco chronicle education reporter. jill tucker. welcome to you both. heather, one of the most troubling findings in your study was the achievement gap begins even before kids enter kindergarten. how is that so? >> great question. this set of studies we want ton ut where the achievement gap was happening and who it was affecting most. long time wn for a have gaps in fourth and eighth gr te. we havse by race income lines by language status. to what this paper and set of studies contributed is that we can see the gaps before students even set foot