Stalemate where Civil Servants, not elected politicians, have been running departments and will be asking whether it is possible to restore the power sharing assembly. And gary oldman is up for best actor in this years baftas for his portrayal as Winston Churchill in darkest hour. Our good morning. It isjanuary our good morning. It is january the 9th. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Theresa may has held herfirst meeting with her new cabinet this morning as she prepares to finalise her ministerial reshuffle. This morning, more ministers are understood to have said theyre leaving government including International Trade minister mark garnier. Government sources say his departure isnt related to recent allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Meanwhile, the journalist toby young has resigned from his role with the new Higher Education regulator the office for students. Hed faced a growing campaign against his appointment by the government because of his history of derogatory comments about w
Bradley taking over as Northern Ireland secretary, facing an immediate challenge. Its a year since sinn feins Martin Mcguinness resigned as deputy first minister, bringing down the power sharing executive at stormont. He died two months later, and theres been no progress in attempts to restore power sharing. Heres our Northern Ireland Political Editor Mark Devenport his report contains flashing images. Hospitals across the uk are struggling to cope with the pressures of winter, but patients in Northern Ireland face some of the longest waits for emergency treatment. Meanwhile, without government ministers, a blueprint for reorganising the local Health Service cant be put into practise. Theres no doubt that the nhs across the uk is challenged, but i think what makes Northern Ireland different and what nurses say is different is that they feel they have been let down by the leadership in the system, and secondly by the fact there is no Political Leadership in the country. The stalemate at
A good morning to all. We begin with hurricane marias destructive path. 125mileanhour winds and airlines plan to resume flights to puerto rico as early as today after the island was left without power. 95 of the islands cell sites are out of service. Fema is sending help there in the form of generators, water and portable shelters and two other island chains are preparing for it. This morning maria is gaining strength once again packing winds up of to 125 miles per hour. Its now hitting turks and caicos and the bahamas after causing widespread damage in the dominican republic. In the resort town of punta cana locals banded together to remove fallen palm trees from this busy highway. In the puerto rico the damage is catastrophic. Homes flooded. The entire island without power and millions of trees are obliterated along the storms path. Rob marciano made it to where the hurricane made landfall. Im seeing digit that looks like a tornado came through. Clearly this is the path of the eye wh
Communicators on cspan 2. Announcer 2 november 7 marks the centennial of the birth of the soviet union in 1917 when bolshevik revolutionaries seized power from a provisional government that had been in place since the overthrow of the wash the russian monarchy earlier this year. Wall,962, the road to the narrated by actor james cagney. This army film prevents presents a criminal critical history beginning with the bolshevik revolution up to the construction of the berlin wall. This halfhour film was nominated for a 1963 short subject documentary for academy award. Narrator the roads and, roads end, the wall. These are the people who live along the road. Some walk. Some ride. , some areell shod barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Some are so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest. It does not matter. Some are born on the roa
Narrator at the roads end, the wall. These are the people who live along the road. Some walk. Some ride. Some are well shod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It does not matter. Some are born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. Narrator in the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher, karl marx, who maintained only there a system he calls communism can the worker and farmer avoid starvation and exportation. We declare openly, marx writes, that our ends can only be attained with the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Thus the road begins. Many who walk the ro