Thegoing to mosety in, on beginning of my own presentation so that people can head in from the break. Great pleasure to be invited here and be part of this event. It is a distinct pleasure, to be surrounded by so many hoovers. [laughter] like we are complete. We start this segment in the summer of 1921, and in that summer soviet russia is the scene of a catastrophic famine. As george nash mentioned earlier. Millions are threatened with starvation and disease. Most of them, i will have a map up, situated in and beyond the volga river valley. The soviet government, led by vladimir lenin, is unable to cope with the disaster, so it is goced to allow an appeal to out for foreign assistance. And at that time, on that day, in the summer of 1921, there is only one man on the planet in a position to answer that call, and that of course is the man you see here. That is Herbert Hoover, as chairman of the American Relief administration, the a. R. A. As george nash told us, since 1919 the a. R. A.
Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines mps, including conservatives expelled from the party, are preparing legal action, in case borisjohnson refuses to request a brexit delay. The labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said the government has a duty to comply with the will of parliament. The courts make a decision to try to make a Prime Minister abide by the law made by a parliament of which he isa law made by a parliament of which he is a member. These are strange times for democracy. Its the law of the land and he is under an obligation to obey it. If he doesnt obey it he can be taken to court and if necessary the court will issue an injunction ordering him to do it. And if he doesnt obey the injuction he can be sent to prison. Satellite images appear to show the iranian oil tanker, adrian darya 1, previously impounded in gibraltar, is now off the syrian coast. Ukraine prisoners are united with theirfamilies, as part of swap with russia. Its hoped it will ease tensions between the two ne
For 50 years the Environmental Protection agency has granted waivers to california, allowing us to set emission standards that exceed national limits. Those standards were adopted by so many state, automakers began building cars to the california standard rather than the national standard. Today Governor Newsom says the president s rollback is about one thing and its not jobs. Its about the oil industry, period, full stop. Its not about the car manufactures. Its not about consumers, not about the health. Its not about our economy. Its about oil companies. And there is more. The epa administrator and department of transportation secretary say theyll make the formal policy announcement tomorrow at 5 00 a. M. Our time. California attorney general Xavier Becerra says as soon as that happens, his office will be filing the lawsuit to block it, arguing the announcement violates due process. This will be the 51st time the state of california has sued the Trump Administration over a policy issu
Away. I feel it is irresponsible for officers to be driving that recklessly. Reporter police are still searching for the four men involved in the suspected home invasion. A female Police Officer that crashed the patrol car is hospitalized tonight in stable condition. There was a k9 officer in the vehicle with her. It did not appear that the dog was hurt, but the dog is being checked out by a veterinarian tonight. Reporting live in redwood city, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. More fall weather in this final week of summer. Rain for many of us across the bay area. Tonight, though, we are dry and in for some drastic changes,tho. Heres live cams in walnut creek. Even the clouds today were gorgeous this afternoon. Very, very refreshing outside. Well be in for hotter weather once we hit the weekend. Napa, four hundreths of an inch. Right now on the satellite radar picture, you can see we are drying out. And thats going to set us up l fog at the coastline. Ill be back in about six minutes
Control the city is violating environmental rules. He made his comments tonight aboard air force one as he was leaving california. The president s new plan involves fining San Francisco. Nbc bay areas Terry Mcsweeney is in the city for us with the details. Terry . Reporter President Trump saying hes going to nail San Francisco for environmental violations, hes going to announce the entire punishment sometime in the next week. But right now he is saying it has to do with too much waste going into the sewer system, needles going out to the bay. Yes, he is singling out needles. Take a look at the president. Not exactly in town yesterday but just down the peninsula visiting for a fundraiser. And tonight hes calling San Franciscos homeless problem a total disaster the issues been well documented certainly by the nbc bay area investigative unit. Its a story that received national attention. Now, what the punishment would be for the alleged violations, unclear. I went on the epa website, and