We have passed federal bills and more than 100 bills across the country so we are really grateful for all of the support from the people. Certainly the support from our , generous people who really just want to make the world a better place. Today is the oneyear anniversary of the First Step Act being signed into law. Tell us what the First Step Act did and how effective has it been. Washe First Step Act actually a negotiated bill. It wasnt even the build we really hoped to pass, which was the sentencing reform and corrections act. It was a groundbreaking reform at safelywas aimed reducing incarceration at the federal level and also reducing recidivism. But also it ensured that we do not have these egregiously long oneences for people like woman who received a life sentence for a first time lowlevel nonviolent drug crime. Effective. Been it has freed thousands who should have been home years ago, but we still have a long way to go, and yesterday actually we thea one Day Anniversary of
Facebook takes action but does the network go far enough . Elon musk cuts a rug as the Company Delivers its first cars from the shanghai factory. Cestart, the annual conference is currently underway in las vegas. Ces is gathering the biggest names in the business of consumer technologies and served as the proving ground for Innovative Technologies for 50 years. A flying carng on with hyundai, working on air taxis to take the concept of ridesharing to a higher level. That this is say closer than you think. At uber, we have been working on elevate for about three years, developing a network and ecosystem of people aligned with our vision of bringing ridesharing from the ground into the sky. We are looking to launch our network in 2023. We have a network of now eight partners, hyundai is our eighth partner. We are excited about being able to do it. What regulatory hurdles do you expect to meet . We have to look at regulatory considerations at the local and national level. We have teams wo
Watched Christmas Day programme of the decade. And in half an hour well look at some of the best of the travel show from 2019. Good evening. Spanish police have named a british holidaymaker and his two children, who drowned in a Hotel Swimming Pool on the Costa Del Sol on Christmas Eve. On the Costa Del Sol gabriel diya who was 52 and from london died with his 16 year old son praise emmanuel, and his nine year old duaghter comfort, at the Club La Costa world resort, near fuengirola. An investigation into what happened is underway. The owners of the hotel have described it as a tragic accident. Helena wilkinson reports. This is gabriel diya, the 52 year old father who died trying to rescue his daughter. Here he is with nine year old comfort, on a family holiday when on Christmas Eve she got into difficulty in this Hotel Swimming Pool. Despite her fathers efforts, she also died, as did her 16 year old brother, praise emmanuel, who also tried to help. Postmortem examinations confirmed tha
Days after christmas oh, my gosh. Did you all have a good holiday . Appreciate your coming here today. So i want to how many of you today live in d. C. . Raise your hands. Okay. I want to acknowledge for those who live in d. C. The unfairness of your lack of voting representation in congress. And to thank the Environmental Community that supports ending your Voter Suppression by supporting d. C. Becoming the 51st state. We know why they dont want you to become a state. We dont even need to say it, right . Thank you, clean water Action League of conservation voters, sierra club, friends fortunate earth, greenpeace, and food and water watch for supporting d. C. Statehood. Together, we can fix these things by golly. Today, were talking about forests. We saved forests for christmas. You know, Christmas Trees. Forests are a key ally, maybe even the key ally, in the fight against the Climate Crisis. But forests need us to be their allies. We cannot solve the Climate Crisis without protecting
Has warned that home where they are in strong remains could lead to catastrophic conditions this weekend will go to see the need for the likes of just. Very welcome to the program we begin with fresh fears of another war in the middle east after a fresh u. S. Strike a targeted den iran backed militia north of baghdad it comes less than 24 hours after a drone strike killed a top iranian general a short while ago u. S. President donald trump defended the attack at Baghdad Airport that killed general. Name he was the head of irans elite could force and will seen as the architect of tehrans military operations in the middle east the strike also killed the hondas and Iraqi Paramilitary group leader with close ties to iran. Meanwhile he runs u. N. Ambassador has told broadcast to c. N. N. That the response for a military action is a military action the u. S. Says or does it ordered its citizens to leave iraq and is sending thousands of extra troops to the region. The iranians took to the str