And the trailblazing iconic or thor and Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison dies aged 88 barack obama pays tribute to her as a u. S. National treasure. Welcome to the program the crisis in kashmir could explode into an all out war thats the warning by pakistans Prime Minister who has condemned india for stripping the region of its statehood and revoking special rights granted to its citizens kashmir is split between india and pakistan over though both sides claim the entire territory is their own streets are empty and shops are shot on both sides of the cease fire line that divides the region as tensions rise between the Nuclear Rivals will some of binge of eid begins our coverage from in pakistani administered kashmir. Our fight will continue thats the message from these protestors and was after about in pakistan administered kashmir if you 100 gathered to voice their anger against the Indian Governments decision to abolish its special status of kashmir the himalayan region disputed the paki
Gives to what we produce in in the region. An important footnote to this is that the United States also has an 81000000000. 00 trade deficit with mexico this is perhaps one of the reasons why President Trump has pursued such an aggressive and controversial trade policy still last year the u. S. Imported 346000000000. 00 worth of mexican goods despite continuous threats by president front to close the border or impose tariffs on mexican exports trade between the u. S. And mexico remains at an all time high and the evidence is here in the seemingly endless line of long haul trucks waiting to carry mexican exports into the United States. Theres no expectation that the 1000000 manufacturing jobs like the 180 kelly handle has at the siemens factory are in danger of disappearing any time soon although theres also no guarantee they wont. See that white house muslims in athens finally have their own mosque they want a mission from authorities to build a place of worship off the waiting for mor
welcome to the programme. yes, worldwide condemnation today of the 25 year sentence handed to kremlin critic vladimir kara murza. extraordinary courage from a man who had already been poisoned twice and still refused to relent. also tonight, we ll head to france to get reaction to emmanuel macron s speech to the nation on those controversial pension reforms. the president s approval ratings at rock bottom. and freezing on the big stage elon musk s spacex postponing this afternoon the launch their biggest ever rocket, the starship, over problems with a pressure valve. jonathan amos will be here to tell you all about it. but we are going to start tonight with the problems piling up for rishi sunak. there was news today than 196,000 hospital appointments had to be cancelled because of the junior doctors strike in england last week, with more nursing strikes now scheduled for the may bank holiday. on top of that, we learnt today the prime minister is under investigation by the
Go to cspan. Org. Click the series tab. Take you live to the floor of the house gaveling in for legislative business in just a moment. 15 bills on the agenda, including a resolution of support for proteverts in iran. Most of the bills today dealing with Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Lord our god, we give you thanks for giving us another year. At the beginning of this new session, surround us with your holy spirit, encompass with your power all the walls and the dome of this building, truly a symbol to the world of inalienable rights and the free tom of people. Guide and protect your elected servants in government and all who work in this place. May all who visit here be treated with respect and kindness. May the comings and goings of your people be under the seal of your loving care and may all our work be done for your greater honor and glory, amen.
This morning. Scrape it off. As we go through the day, 37 degrees by 7 oclock. By noon, 47 and today is going to be a bit milder and brighter than it was yesterday. A high of 51 degrees around 3 oclock and then by 5 oclock, 46 and by 7 oclock, 42 degrees. If youre dressing the kids for the bus stop this morning, dress them up warmly. 36 degrees as theyre waiting for the bus inly if. About 31 possible in some of those outlying rural areas. On the lookout for a little patchy fog today. Not seeing a lot of this. Visibilities look great. Theres a little bit of lingering fog on the chesterMontgomery County border. When you got fog on a cold morning like this it is made of water and sometimes that can adhere to surfaces. If you see fog slow it down in case theres an icy patch. Karen milder numbers coming in the accuweather 7day. All right, dave. Looking better on the schuylkill. This is the spot we had that accident involving a tractortrailer and it was off to the side here on the schuylkill