Sandra fell just a few minutes ago we had a little bit of a backup. But now not so much so 9 minutes off to highway one o one which is a really good start to your drive. Lets see its a little frozen see if i can vary go were heading over to the bay bridge. Checking the drive into San Francisco. It has also picked up no delays here at the pay gates only 10 minutes to make it off to fremont street in ill give you one more which is also improving 92 the san mateo bridge crowded but not bad 13 minutes from hayward to send the tail back to you. Well the big story this morning Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state in the Nations Capital with services for the late justice scheduled to begin tomorrow morning this while a battle is brewing between democrats and republicans about who will fill her Vacant Supreme Court seat alexandra le mon has the latest from washington d c. Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell is promising the senate will vote on President Trumps choi
In Africa School buildings are being bombed or used some conflict zones students are missing out on schooling and teaches a threatened situation now worsened by the pandemic the un is particularly concerned about more than 75000000 young People Living in 35 crisis affected countries it says theyre in urgent need of educational support the world body recently adopted a resolution establishing september and 9 as the International Day to protect education from attack it aims to ensure schools remain safe and says governments should protect and increase funding for educational institutions and humanitarian emergencies that resolution was presented by qatar and cosponsored by 62 countries. Well the u. N. Secretary general welcome to the unanimous decision by the General Assembly the proclamation of not september as the International Day to protect education from attack as safeguarding the right to education for all contributes to the chief meant of Sustainable Development and nurtures the I
A punishment or a redeployment a u. S. Decision to remove Patriot Missile batteries from saudi arabia is making the kingdoms leadership nervous they were supposed to protect riyadh from iran so whats changed and this poil politics at play this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter dalby the United States is removing its Patriot Missiles and other Weapons Systems from saudi arabia the us President Donald Trump says its part of an effort to scale back on a military presence that he says doesnt benefit the u. S. American weapons and fighter jets were sent to the kingdom last year after Saudi Aramco Oil facilities were attacked they were also intended as a deterrent as tensions rose between tehran and washington but the reduction in the u. S. Military presence is believed by some to be based on assessments iran no longer poses an immediate threat to u. S. Strategic interests when asked about the decision President Trump stayed away from giving specific details well i d
Expelled from jordan and then never been on the p. L. O. Seem to be running out of options. Forced into a corner its leader Yasser Arafats soon found himself in gauged in a fratricidal fight for the control of the p. L. O. And for his life. With the withdrawal of the bulk of its forces from beirut the p. L. O. Was in limbo once again few out of countries wanted to welcome thousands of palestinian fighters for the 1st time the p. L. O. Is existence in exile would be without the military force that had characterized it stays in jordan and lebanon. The price of defeat in beirut soon appeared before artifact the weakened p. L. O. Leader found himself under attack from palestinian Leaders Within the p. L. O. And even from within his own father faction. The critics said artifact style of leadership was too autocratic and they accused him of abandoning the revolution by evacuating beirut and seeking a negotiated settlement. Yes i offered to lead to any argument that got to say yes that arafat
A moment to double youre watching aljazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up hours after launching another attack on tripoli the libyan warlord after says his forces will stop fucking changing the holy month of ramadan plus. Utterly until it is like. A parting shot from the uns outgoing special rapporteur for me in march against leader Aung Sun Suu Kyi. This is still early days in the worldwide recession brought about by the coronavirus pandemic but we have a better sense of the damage it is doing the u. S. Economy the worlds biggest seen a decade of growth wiped out in 3 months shrinking by almost 5 percent the u. S. Plane maker boeing has reported 1st quarter losses of more than 600000000. 00 over the same period its european rival lost 515000000. 00 and the e. U. s biggest economy germany is forecasting its worst year since the end of world war 2 will begin in the u. S. We have this report for. She had her tanzi. The 4. 8 percent decline for g. D. P. Between ja