Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
Leader and congressman john lewis. He was powerful. He was largerthanlife. He was a great man and he was tough as nails. Garrett outrage in portland over protests and federal arrests. And later, ford hopes for a stampede. The bronco rides again. This is the cbs weekend news. Garrett good evening, everyone, im Major Garrett in washington. Coronavirus continues to ravage the states where it has run rampant for weeks. California, texas, arizona and worst of all, florida. With more than 12,500 new infections there. Slightly lower than its july 12th record of 15,300. Not every infection, of course, leads to hospitalization or death. Many people do recover. But each positive test is disruptive to families, friends and businesses. And absent a significant reversal in trend, the nation appears to be headed for 100,000 new cases per day. This weekend we hit roughly 70,000 per day just as experts warned of rising infection rates in georgia, tennessee, missouri and kentucky. We begin tonight with
In san jose has apparently ended peacefully. Kron 4 Sarah Stinson live at the scene shes been there for hours she has the latest for us sara. Marty im live on center road where those swat teams were position for 7 hours in a standoff with several people who took over a home and held a family hostage can tell you that this ended peacefully. They fully you know theyre still on scene right now investigating, but it at least has ended with the standoff has ended as well take a look at video its dark in the video because thats how long this went on for we know for we know for sure that at least 3 people have been taken into custody at a home on the 14 4200 block of center road. Swat teams and police have been here since 1238 this morning, someone called 911 reporting several people broke into a home and assaulted a family then taking that family as hostages when the police arrived, and when they did arrive on scene they put up a perimeter around the entire area shutting intersections making
Now a 9 bay Area Labor Unions are calling on the city of oakland to defund its Police Department thanks for joining us at 9 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis demonstrators gathered outside oaklands Police Officers Association Headquarters. Demanding for change in police budget. Kron sir rather kron fours gayle ong explains their demands and how the officers are responding. Outside oakland Police Officers Association Headquarters wednesday. Protesters demanding change within the oakland Police Department budget our Labor Movement is about fighting for the common good and making sure that the voices of the unheard or heard George Floyds death sparked widespread protests around the world against Police Brutality and now calls to Defund Police department the oakland Police Department annual budget is million a budget sanjay garland Vice President of s e i u says needs to change we need to do is invest in our communities and make sure that theyre able to thrive. So we c