Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you know, that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. Any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
Power went out in piedmont, says she is less concerned about the money and would prefer that pg e do things like improving their powerline, underground and when it is necessary, and all we know they would profit by. Reporter within the past hour, the ceo did issue and statement and it is also a review of the utilities. Live in the oakland hills, ktvu fox 2 news. The Federal Ridge fire has burned close to 8000 acres in the San Fernando Valley and has damaged or destroyed at least 75 structures. Investigators now say the wildfire started under a high voltage transmission power. Southern california, edison, had shut off power in some areas due to dry, windy conditions. The fire is not about 43 contained, 23,000 homes had to be evacuated. One woman says she has lived in that area for more than 30 years and says this is the fourth wildfire. This is the only one we really could not prepare for, the other ones we had time to pack our cars and get things ready. All we did was get our dogs and
Vimeo to become a publicly traded company. We will hear about the content strategy and a new hiring feature. First, our top story. More worries for wework. Pressure is mounting to oust ceo adam newman ceo adam neumann after the delayed ipo. The board was supposed to meet today but they are likely going to meet later this week. Huet covers startups and she joins me. Why the shakeup . Ellen insane week in the last week or two. Pressure first to delay the ipo and now it seems like there are reports to consider replacing the ceo, adam neumann. A lot of back and forth within the board. Maybe delay the ipo october and later. We seem to be watching as it unfolds. Possible Board Meeting this week , not expected today but likely very soon. Taylor who wants adam neumann out . Ellen that is most likely softbank. They hold two board seats. It seems like they also have support from benchmark. One board seat has been an early investor. Some viewers they remember was also instrumental in the ousting
Strategy and a new hiring feature. First, our top story. More worries for wework. Pressure is mounting to oust ceo adam neumann after the delayed ipo. The board was supposed to meet today but they are likely going to meet later this week. Ellen huet covers startups and she joins me. Why the shakeup . Ellen insane week in the last week or two. Pressure first to delay the ipo and now it seems like there are reports to consider replacing the ceo, adam neumann. A lot of back and forth within the board. Maybe delay the ipo october and later. We seem to be watching as it unfolds. Possible Board Meeting this week, not expected today but likely very soon. Taylor who wants adam neumann out . Ellen that is most likely softbank. They hold two board seats. It seems like they also have support from benchmark. One board seat has been an early investor. Some viewers they remember was also instrumental in the ousting of Travis Kalanick from uber. It nevertheless remains, at least softbank and benchmar
Opponents ofJeremy Corbyn. A new Study Suggests sugary drinks including pure fruitjuice could increase the risk of cancer. Commentator battling. 0h, not for much longer. What a beauty. And australia on the ropes england snatch early wickets in their world cup semifinal. And coming up on bbc news. Can Serena Williams book her place in an 11th wimbledon singles final on what is ladies semi finals day today . Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Royal Navy Warship has warned off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the British Heritage and the iranian vessels. The montrose issued several radio warnings and the iranian boats then turned away. Iran had threatened retaliation after British Royal marines seized an iranian tanker last week, suspected of breaking sanctions. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Irans revolutionary guard regularly patrol the narro