Environmental protection. Using plain channels available for people to get action on and were determined to build something new for the next generation the ideas the environment series of global 3000. On. This. Coming up in the next 15 minutes the children forced into marriage will bring you the story of a child bride in nigeria who was locked up by her family she refused to return to a husband. And zimbabwes backstreet doc says that nurses all striking so women are turning to unqualified midwives to deliver their babies. Hello im Christine Wonderwall come to africa to have you along if youre a girl born in nigeria theres a good chance youll be married before youre 18 years old thats because nigeria as one of the highest number of Child Marriages in the world thats according to the un were talking about this as the world marks 38 the 30th anniversary of the convention of the rights of the child as we report the rights of many girls in nigeria are being violated. A muslim neighborhood i
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Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. We were stuck in traffic for 30 to 45 minutes. One driver among many. For some it took nearly two hours to get across the bay bridge today. Sunday traffic looking very much like a weekday rush hour. And tonight a live look at traffic on the bay bridge toll plaza. Still very heavy right now. Good evening everyone. We will start with a live look from our san mateo bridge tower cam. You can see work is underway right now. Abc7 News Reporter janet ow with the latest. The crews will be working until the last minute. Cal trans says that a little more than 100,000 drivers use this bridge every day. They have to find alternate routes during a very busy weekend. As work continued on the san mateo bridge throughout the day it was stop and go along the bay bridge, an alternate route for many drivers. Not only is it mothers day weekend, but there was a giants game and that alone can cause twice the traffic jam getting in and out of the city.
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Vote. He is set to speak. He is accusing democrats of moving the goalposts. Also this morning, the first lady landing in africa, her first major solo trip abroad. We are with her in ghana. We are set up and ready to go this morning. We are going to start with with new details about the fbis reopened background check on Brett Kavanaugh. We know four people have been interviewed so far, at least. Two High School Friends of kavanaughs, including mark judge. A friend of Christine Blasey ford and the second woman who accused kavanaugh of misconduct, deborah ramirez. The post says the fbi will not conduct and unfettered review of his youthful drinking or examine statements he made about Alcohol Consumption during a hearing to see if those answers are accurate or misleading. Thats according to to folks familiar with the matter. Lets go to garrett. Mitch mcconnell seems to be digging in saying there will be a vote this week. He is about to talk on the senate floor. You just spoke to senator mu