Supreme court has faced questions on health care and abortion from a panel of senators Amy Kearney Barrett is appearing for the 2nd of 4 days of confirmation hearings in washington d. C. She said the president had not sort of views on any case challenging the result of next months election democrats who criticize the unusual speed of the hearings with time running out before the poll would you commit to reach you shall put them in a dispute the rises our quarterly president ial election. Senator leahy i want to begin by making 2 very important points and they have to do with the a. C. S. And with any election dispute that may or may not arise. I have had no conversation with the president or any of his staff on how i might rule in that case it would be a gross violation of Judicial Independence for me to make any such commitment or for me to be asked about that case and how i would rule and i also think it would be a complete violation of the end of the judiciary for anyone to put a ju
A high rise apartment in north and south korea where live from seoul. We begin in mali where a kid not a politician and a french aid have landed in the capital bamako after being released as part of a major Prisoner Exchange the deal was announced by the countrys new Transitional Government on choose day the hostages had been held by an alliance of groups linked to Al Qaida Nicholas Haq as the story of. The end of their ordeal. Wrapped in a white scarf is french aid worker Sophie Pickler not free at last after spending almost 4 year hostage in the hands of al qaeda affiliate fighters in northern mali as desert. Shelter 51 year old son sebastian. Before. He had lost hope of ever seeing her life something. That says to her son they held me for almost 4 years you were there with me i could hear you say hold on dont give up here among those released are also italian missionaries Somalian Army soldiers and opposition leaders who say all were held by armed groups affiliated to al qaeda. I wa
Theyre the worst affected the middle east country has reported another 230 deaths new infections or about 4000 for the 3rd day in a row and so restrictions are being tightened mosques will become mandatory outdoors in teheran from saturday still with iran and the us has tightened sanctions on the countrys Financial Sector measures against 18 banks that were already under american sanctions have now been ramped up over jordan in washington. Perhaps the biggest criticism of the trumpet ministrations sanctions regime against iran is that the culminating impact is that this is hurting the iranian people certainly we have seen that criticism coming not just from e. U. Nations but also from a wide range of humanitarian organizations around the world now the Treasury Department went in announced this latest round of sanctions against these 18 iranian banks said that these banks would still have exemptions so that they could bring in funds to facilitate the purchase of emergency food and medic
Justice department as it begins a lawsuit against google. Simply in the back the way for. And searching for the secrets of life and nasa spacecraft makes a brief touchdown on an asteroid. Nigerias biggest city is now in a 24 hour lockdown millions of people are on the curfew across the country it comes after days of protests over Police Brutality took a chaotic turn. Security forces opened fire at crowds in lagos and there are reports several people have been killed Amnesty International says it happened as they tried to disperse demonstrators. I mean injuries for faults. Just hours after curfew came into effect the Security Forces started moving. I believe he told gate in lagos several different witnesses recorded footage of what appeared to be security personnel shooting at protesters who were blocking a major highway a number of people what important kill. It began as peaceful protests to demand an end to Police Brutality. And for 2 weeks the government struggled but failed to come
Time year. Reflect warnings always scary but Different Levels of these things. This is not the highest level. It looks like it will be relatively shortlived and hopefully the wind gust stay down below 35 to 40 miles an hour, so we will see. The northbay in the bullseye with north winds funneling to the canyons, they accelerate. That is what we are expecting tonight. Even down to sea level, places like petaluma, santa rosa. In bay area proper Santa Cruz Mountains above sea level, 1000 feet and east bay hills above 1000 feed as well. That is up around the Berkeley Hills area. With that in mind, the wind advisory will be in effect as well with wind gust the tops of the peaks perhaps 55 miles an hour. That is the heaviest locations for the northbay. The wind advisory will last through thursday morning. The hotspot for this event is between 2 00 a. M. , thursday morning, through 8 00 a. M. Thursday morning. That is the sweet spot. This is an overnight event that should die down pretty rapid