Is going to pick up their phone Behind The Wheel today without even thinking about it . Dont do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are or good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone. And a test which is almost 100 accurate in telling mums to be whether the child theyre carrying has Downs Syndrome is being made available on the nhs from next year. This morning there are yet more warnings it could lead to an increase in the number of abortions. Well get reaction. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well ask whats going on with ukip and hopefully speak to nigel farage who is annoyed that his only mp allegedly tried to block him getting a knighthood. Should mr farage get a knighthood . Tell me what you think. Our top story today, drivers caught using their phone Behind The Wheel will now face
Tonight her running mate, tim caine, vicepresident joe biden and president obama. Day three of the Democratic Convention. Judy woodruff good evening and welcome to our special pbs news hour npr coverage of the Democratic Convention in philadelphia. Im Judy Woodruff and im gwen ifill, joining us as they are all week down at the podium, Rachel Martin and in the anchor booth with us, columnist mark shields and New York Times columnist david brooks Judy Woodruff also with us, marc mara liasson and on the floor susan davis and jab re. Gwen ifill this is the day where the vicepresident doorbell nominee is introduced to the american public. Tim caine will speak along with current Vice President , joe biden and president obama will get to the convention stage. We will get to all of this and more after this gwen ifill funding provided by. Xq institute. B nsf railway, lincoln financial, committed to helping you take charge of your financial future and the corporation for public broadcasting, and
Still turned upside down for days. 02 11 normally i would have gas right now and be cooking meals in my own house instead of having to go out get meals. Debaker says this flood event brought the Community Closer Together than hes ever seen. 15 00 a group of people asked me if i needed help empty my basement, i had 16 people at my house all the sudden helping to empty my basement, unbelivebale, ive never seen anything like that. Bulicek says he feels the same way. 48 57 great community, everyone got together and its dont play. And now, its back to business. Nats of going into bar and greeting people. Hows it going . Good man. And again, were seeing more in cedar rapids, mark carlson, kcrgtv9. Lets turn to weather now and meteorologis t joe winters. Joe, the weather seems to be cooperating for the Flood Recovery efforts. Skies eventually clear tonight with lows returning to the 4 is back again tomorrow with somewhat lighter winds and highs back near 70. Well hover close to 70 into the we
Traffic has changed and at 6 00 a. M. We are looking at the bay bridge toll plaza and this is where we are seeing a few extra cars, 17 minutes between the macarthur maze to San Francisco. The problem is north of here traveling westbound on i80 we have a jackknifed bigrig block ing three lanes and it has run into another bigrig so that the clog the commute. They running at top speeds but it will change. We have an accident westbound highway 4. That is coming up in the next report. We have break news from southern california. Look at this Apartment Fire pushing right new in anaheim jumping from one building to another building. It is has been burning for half an hour and as you can see it is burning out of control in both building. Crews in anaheim and fullerton are there. We hear firefighters are being ordered to get out of the buildings because the inside stairwells are compromised. It is pump language highway 91 impacting traffic with no word on a cause but we will stay on top of this
Greatest sacrifice. And in the solemn moments of pomp and circumstance. That i would like to read. Reporter sometimes poetry is best. It says do not stand in my grave and weep. I am not there. I do not sleep. He loved life completely and heed it intensely. This is what id like to believe. Its called i did not die. These words were spoken by Edward Kennedy eulogizing Robert Kennedy at his death. Reporter no matter where the words came from. There is a verse from the bible that has given me confidence especially in the hast few days. Peacemakers should be called the children of god. Reporter officer Brennan Rabain is among an elite class of those who have made the ul sacrifice in the line of duty. Its something these officers want his young daughter to understand. When she grows up and looks around for daddy. Its our job to let her know what a great man her father was and how proud we were of him and the sacrifice he made and how proud he was of her. We will make sure she knows that. Rep