Report on countryfile on bbc one tonight at 6. 15pm. Thousands of lego enthusiasts have descended upon finland for the countrys largest ever building brick convention. Fans young and old pitched in to create a mass city made from the iconic toy, which was constructed by 1,500 builders. Also on display at the Helsinki Centre was a life size bust of President Trump and vermeers painting girl with a pearl earring also had the block treatment. Now its time for a look at the weather with phil avery. After a wet and windy night in many parts of the British Isles that will continue for a large part of the morning. This area of low pressure isnt as much of an issue across scotland and northern ireland. A bit of sunshine also in South West England and parts of wales, but the rain is ever there in parts of the north midlands and the north east the north east of england. Watch out for strong winds in the north west and along the norfolk coast, the could be issues there of flooding. It will be a c
Through the day, we keep heavy and persistent rain across parts of northern and eastern england. A thoroughly miserable day here. To the south of that, a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers. To the north of that, scotland and Northern Ireland should brighten up through the day. And as we head into monday, we have more wet and windy weather spreading to the south. The north will turn a bit cooler. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the Prime Minister could face a vote of no confidence as early as next week, according to a senior snp mp, as conservatives gather for their party conference. Meanwhile, number 10 describes as a politically motivated attack borisjohnsons referral to the Police Watchdog over his links to an american businesswoman. Laboursjeremy corbyn promises to scrap the controversial welfare policy universal credit if the party gets into power. Pressure grows on President Trump as secretary of state, mike pompeo, is ordered to hand over documents on ukra
A capitalist winter, because the nerve center of capitalism had been hit, but the market when it reopened, it careened. Fell more than 14 that trading abbreviated week. A lot of folks said depression was in route. We would never recoup the losses maybe for years. It took us barely a month. The reminder nowot only of american capitalist spirit but america period. Who better to know that, but appreciate that, retired fourstar general jack keane. Always good to have you. Good to be here, neil. Neil i always like to put that in perspective, general, we tend to think well never get through this, well never get through this. Time and again we get through it. There are bumps, horrific tragedies along the way, tragedies after tragedies, that punctuate that along the way but invariably, this country much like stock market charts over time go invariably up. I think that says something about us. You . It definitely does and you know it is interesting we captured Khalid Sheikh mohammed who was the
To poverty to National Security and, yes, education as well, seeking to make sure we are bringing all the talent to the table for the benefit of us all. On this weeks bloomberg big decisions, Dan Porterfield. Dan porterfield, welcome to bloomberg big decisions. Dan thank you, david. Great to be here. David you have been described as a leader in ensuring access to high achieving low income students for colleges. Take us back to baltimore, maryland. What in the small, young boy of Dan Porterfield led him to that decision . Dan i grew up in Baltimore City in a couple different neighborhoods. One of the neighborhoods, it was my parents, me and my sister, we were pretty much the only white family. And then after my parents divorced, we moved about a mile away, very similar neighborhood. There, there was only white families. And that neighborhood felt like a fine neighborhood. I didnt know it at the time, but it was segregated. Eventually integration came to that neighborhood. A family, i be
Washington, d. C. March 21, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable mary e. Miller to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the use of the speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recoition between the parties with time equally allocated between the parties, and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from arkansas, mr. Westerman, for five minutes. Mr. Westerman thank you, madam speaker. I rise tote a significant milestone. The 50th anniversary of western energy alliance. Oil and natu and reliable sourcs of energy that drive progress, power industries, and fuel innovation. The alliance is a leader among the oil and gasdkâ– ons in understanding th