Thank you for joining us. Its amazing to see similar lawyer faces. Its been a great evolution. Its great to have you here. Im here to say thank you. Special thank you to ambassadors i never ate please stand if you are an ambassador. [applause] many have fun and from across the country to share information and insights. At our first annual luncheon they would be reading tylox. I hope you enjoy that. Today, we are informing, empowering, and connecting women together. Until will have amazing conversation about Human Trafficking and harassment in the workplace. Empowering conversations with female ceos who made a bag i want to share their insights. I hope you can join us for the poor program. Thank you to our sponsors for making this possible. Founding partners. [applause] our 2017 presenter, sharon was joining us for the first time this year. [applause] are supporting sponsor, loreal and a table sponsor, u. S. Bank. Thank you. A few brief housekeeping notes. Please join the conversation o
Kensington palace that introduced prince harrys bride to be, Meghan Markle, to the media. That is the royal review, 2017. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill children from a rebel held suburb near the syrian capital, damascus. Four patients were reportedly taken out of ghouta overnight. Another 25 are expected to be evacuated in the coming days, although hundreds more are in urgent need of treatment. Some 400,000 residents have been under siege by Government Forces there since 2013. Matthew thompson reports. A wave, a smile. And for eight year old imjy a chance, at least, at life. 29 seriously ill civilians are due to be evacuated from this besieged suburb of damascus. Many others were not so fortunate. Eastern ghouta is one of the last strongholds of rebels fighting the forces of president bashar al assad. It has been under siege by Government Troops since 2013 and as peace talks in geneva have faltered, the humanitarian crisis has
Good morning everyone. Hi behalf of the political ceo and editorinchief, welcome to the fifth annual womens rural summit. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. It is absolutely amazing to see so many familiar faces as well as a lot of new faces. It has been a great evolution and im so glad to have you all with us today. I am here to do a simple job which is to say thank you. Thank you to everyone for attending. A special thank you to our ambassador and at every table there is an investor that will be helping lead conversations. If i could just ask you to stand quickly if you are an ambassador. [applause] these are remarkable women. Many of whom have flown in from across the country to help the Youth Empowerment information and share insight. Our first annual inaugural luncheon and best was large and they will be leading so i hope you all really enjoy that curious today is not just explore the impact of women of politics and power. We are informing, empowering and connecting wome
Please welcome politico Vice President and general manager, alexis williams. [applause] good morning, everyone. On behalf of the politico ceo and editorinchief, welcome to the fifth annual women rural summit. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. It is absolutely amazing to see so many familiar faces, as well as a lot of new faces. It has been a great evolution and im so glad to have you all with us today. I am here to do a simple job which is to say thank you. Thank you to everyone for attending. A special thank you to our ambassadors, and at every table there is an ambassador that will be helping lead conversations. If i could just ask you to stand quickly if you are an ambassador. [applause] remarkable women, many of whom have flown in from across the country to help the Youth Empowerment information and share insight. Our first annual inaugural and they will be leading dialogues, so i hope you all enjoy that. We are informing, empowering and connecting women such as yourselv
Miles an hour from the north bay. And the east bay hills above half moon bay. So we can expect the north winds at the sur fachls evening windchills in the 30s. A few sprinkles. San foez 101. 40, 50s to start out. Blustery and cold. Hopefully a little mix precip around here. And a little slippery tonight into your monday morning commute. Well talk about it in detail coming up. Thank you lisa. We have breaking news out of the east bay where firefighters battling a three alarm fire. Flames broke out after 4 00 on tea garden street. Near interstate 880. It was upgraded to three alarms. No reports of injuries. Now, this is video from bring ana who share it had on she was able to see the flames from the northbound of 880. Waiting on details on what started that fire. San jose Police Looking for whoever stabbed a man outside of a mall sending him to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Happened at 7 40 last night near story road. Where thousands of people celebrating the vietnamese te