at the knight first amendment institute at columbia university. i think this plea deal is significant in two respects. i mean, in the first instance, it must be an enormous relief, of course, forjulian assange and his family and his supporters around the world, as well as for press freedom advocates here in the united states who have been quite concerned about a judicial ruling that would endorse the us government s interpretation of the espionage act and its consistency with the first amendment. first amendment being the right to free speech, just to remind everybody. yes, that s exactly right. freedom of speech, freedom of the press and a handful of other freedoms as well. but those are the ones at issue here. on the other hand, this plea deal really does cast a long shadow over press freedom in the united states. it s not a formal precedent in the sense that a judicial ruling would have been, but it does, i think, set a practical precedent for the possibility of future pro
Weekend school wake. Belle haven country club, two hours ago, this was a much different scene. You can barely see anything at all. Visibility down to 1 10 of a mile. Now visibility has improved and temperatures are slowly beginning to rebound. He will show you what is going on as we look at visibility is across the region. At 10 miles at Reagan National. Visibility less toward cumberland, now at three miles. Temperatures warming up. 43 in chevy chase. 45 in alexandria. As we move through the afternoon hours, we will look for a mix of sun and clouds. Temperatures in the middle 40s, and then the warmup. More on that in a few minutes. Adrianna temperatures might be getting warmer, but ice was a major problem during the morning commute and slick roads lead to a scary senior Montgomery County after a school bus slid off the ro special needs student. John gonzalez has more on the live close call. Around 9 00 this morning, countyr of a Montgomery Public School bus turned. He had on board one
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
A whole range of exciting stories for you without topics today including food film and fantastic feats lets take a look at whats coming up on the program. Stunt show fabio is a street trials bike up from austria. Cuddly comeback adding to into hits the silver screen. And fruity flavors and im some restaurant pays homage to the avocado. Well first we travel to austria to meet a twenty two year old who is a professional street trials bike and you tube star fabio vigneault regularly uploads his stunning stunts to the video platform where he has almost eight hundred thousand subscribers in fact his clips have attracted over ninety million views in total its no wonder he basically does pacu on a bike jumping over walls hopping from roof to roof and performing gravity defying stunts we paid him a visit and the austrian capital vienna where he was filming his latest extreme sightseeing tour. Margetts is kicks from exhilarating downhill rides and somewhat unusual routes as residents of cities
Britains most decorated athlete receives his knighthood from the queen. Where does this rank in terms of your achievements . Its definitely way up there, close to my olympic medals, for sure. And heatbreak and disbelief in italy for the first time in 60 years, the former champions wont be going to the world cup. And coming up in the sport on bbc news. A blow for wales. Centre Jonathan Davies will miss the autumn internationals and the six nations with a foot injury. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Mps will begin their line by line scrutiny of the central piece of brexit legislation in the next few hours. Hundreds of amendments have been tabled by labour and conservative rebels. The eu withdrawal bill aims to bring all existing eu law into uk law. Yesterday, the government announced that parliament would be given a vote on the final deal agreed with brussels, although mps were told that if they voted against the deal the uk would still leave the union. Heres our Polit