The greens will become the first party to launch its manifesto later, with a pledge to reach net zero Carbon Emissions in the uk by 2030. Ahead of the general election bbc news is in southampton today, looking at the issues concerning voters there, with a focus on education. Renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough tells the bbc the world is beginning to tackle the threat of Plastic Waste. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so i think its very encouraging. Coming up in sport, a big day for wales. If they beat hungary tonighttheyll qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. An alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to Prince Andrew to come forward and give a statement to us investigators. The duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. Heres our lo
Its not a lock, i know a lock. So how can we undo the damage . We could all unsubscribe and switch to xfinity. Their connection is unreal. And we could all unexperience this whole session. Okay, thats uncalled for. Started today, accustoming. Com. Ive had to go montgomery and tokyo and this is cnn cnn Breaking News welcome to cnns breaking News Coverage of the historic donald trump Hush Money Trial. Im wolf blitzer in washington and Boris Sanchez is outside the courthouse in manhattan im this de of the trial, the first witness his nearing the end of his testimony, David Pecker Is Facing Redirect by the prosecution after several hours of cross by trumps Defense Attorney. Much of that cross detailed the former Tabloid Executives history of Purchasing Stories so that he could bury them boris and right now, wolff, the court is taking a break for lunch. The judge instructing the jury, as he always does, to not discuss the case outside of the courtroom de as the first witness testimony, as y
Council i welcome you to this Public Affairs program. You honored to have us our guest david, his presidency of International Committee where he oversees humanitarian relief i know the name resonates with most of our audience. If you want to learn more please take a moment to read his bio which was handed out when you checked in. Today he will discuss refugees. Its also the subject of rescue, refugees and the political crisis of our time. It is about our duty to strangers. The crisis may no longer be frontpage news, its ongoing and global. The fallout this is only part of the outfield. The fact is, refugees are fleeing countries from afghanistan to somalia, the seeking shelter and wondering how they will survive. Theres always been refugees. This seems to be Something Different about what is happening. In becoming not only a human enormous humanitarian crisis but a political challenge theres moral questions, issues that we care deeply about. David offers a roadmap of a widespread refug
Makai williams is 15 and a freshman at suitland high school, and hes now in the mentoring to manhood program. Welcome all of you. Thank you. Makai, let me ask you how do you like it . I love the program. Youve been in about six months or so . No sorry five years i got the timing what has it done for you in the years youve been there . You sort of grown up in it. Yes. Its slowly turning me into a man literally. I grew up in it so ive been physically turning into a man. Also mentally. So yeah. I like going there. You were going to grow up anyway, but you have extra help as youre growing up. Yeah. Deion, you work with middle and high school youngsters. Tell us what makes mentoring 2 manhood so successful. Just our ability to match like what we have here, a young man with another older man, and mentoring is so walk all of us through stages in life like we talk the about. So you know, i think thats what makes mentoring 2 man so successful is it just works. And you not only hold mentoring cl
Warned the North Koreans not to test President Trump, citing the recent strength on syria and afghanistan. Joining me from washington, david frum, Senior Editor at the atlantic. Brooker, White House Bureau chief at the washington post. Julie Hirschfeld Davis from the new york times, will join us shortly. David, i want to start with asia, since it is top of mind today. Vice president pences visit in particular. What is the administration looking for . David who can say . One of the things that is striking is it is usually the greater power that tries to deescalate the situation the United States. Has had a posture of recognizing north korea is in it for the money. Its not really a strategic act. The more you increase the apparent value of their nuisance, the more they will charge to have the nuisance go away. The u. S. Doesnt have credible military options. Everybody knows that. The Trump Administration doesnt have much of an alliance structure. It began be administration by blowing up