With his Co Leader but he will be delivering a speech on his own because she has covid symptoms. The Green Party looking to position themselves as a challenge the Labour Government from the left so i think we can expect them to say that labour should be bolder and braver in their words more ambitious. And criticise what they say is labour s doom and gloom. We had from Keir Starmer a few weeks ago saying things will get worse before they get better. The argument from the Green Party in manchester is that this is not necessarily the case and are not calling for a Wealth Tax on the very wealthiest. They are saying that by those measures, more investment could be made immediately in public services. I think we can also expect criticism of the Winter Fuel Allowance cut and also to the two child benefit cap. Those are the kind of organs are expecting to hear the next few minutes as the conference for the Green Party gets under way. What difference does it make having four mps, what differen
Are put in to bat on an overcast first morning of the third test against sri lanka. They already hold an unassailable 2 0 series lead. Good afternoon, and welcome to the Bbc News at one. The Prison Population in england and wales has hit a record high for the second week in a row. The latest figures show there are now more than 88,500 inmates. Thats a rise of almost 1,200 in five weeks. Around half of those are cases linked to this summers riots. In a few days time, the governments temporary early Release Scheme will begin, and some offenders will be able to leave jail at an earlier point in their sentences. Lets speak now to our Uk Correspondent daniel sandford. Daniel, what are these high numbers doing to the Prison System . Last week, i was sitting here talking to your audience about the Prison Population hitting an all time high. This week its even higher, and essentially what happened is on the 30th Ofjuly when the rioting Started this summer, the Prison Population has been rising
Later, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer talks about the Trump Presidency and his new book leading america. Host u. S. Seventh Circuit Court of appeals judge Amy Coney Barrett yesterday completed her two days of testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee in consideration of her nomination to serve on the u. S. Supreme court. Is thursday, it october 15, 2020. This is washington journal. Outside Witnesses Today with a full Committee Vote a week from today. The full Senate Voting the week of october 26. We will spend this first hour asking you a simple question, should Amy Coney Barrett be confirmed to the Supreme Court . If you support judge barrett the 202 7488000, if you , ifse, it is 202 7488001 you are undecided 202 74880 2 2. Wj. Twitter cspan facebook. Com cspan. We will play some of the highlighted questions from some members of the Judiciary Committee in this first hour. The reporting this morning in the wall street journal on the hearing and what is ahead in th
Are dealing with illegal fireworks. Good evening everyone. The concern comes as the National Weather service issued a red flag warning in parts of the north bay. It just went into effect a moment ago. We have Live Team Coverage tonight, Azenith Smith with the concerns about fireworks. First we begin with chief meteorologist bill martin who is tracking the current conditions. Definitely the wind is coming up, the wind direction will shift around. This low Pressure Center that came in this morning brought the wind and brought the cool to mild weather that set us up with the Pressure Gradient that will give us some pretty significant trend in the wind. Most will not notice the fire concern wind, but in the Higher Elevations you will. Gusts can be up to 50 miles per hour. This red flag warning for the hills stays in effect through tomorrow night. The wind forecast, this is about 5 am tomorrow morning commander, you can see the real wind in the contours, right around clearlake, napa, thats
Nearly 28,000 cases and 568 people have died. The governor order to close bars and seven different counties and it takes effect immediately. The counties included la, fresno, san joaquin, kings, kern, imperial, and tulare. Governor somoza recommended bars and eight other counties to close including contra costa and santa clara. Greg liggins is here now with that part of the story. Reporter california was ahead of the curve when it comes to flattening the curve and now we are starting to see those numbers go up. Just as things were starting to move forward as more and more g about, more businesses reopening, now we are starting to see efforts to put on the brakes. Barringtons bar in Pleasant Hill would normally be bustling on a sunday but makes the cocktail of the coronavirus and few sports to display on flat screens and you will understand why the bar is still closed. According to contra costa countys roadmap bars are on the list to reopen july 1 but with climbing covid cases, the gove