At 5 30 p. M. Eastern. Later in the week debate on the Police Reform bill introduced by South Carolina republic and senator tim scott. Now live to the senate floor on cspan2. Senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, the source of our joy, were grateful that you still speak to us. Continue to communicate with our lawmakers through the voice of conscience. Enable them to maintain a clear conscience before you and humanity. Continue to speak to them through the precepts in your sacred word, providing them with a lamp for their feet and a light for their path, as they navigate through this challenging season. Continue to speak to them through the unfolding of your powerful providence, Opening Doors you desire them to walk through and closing doors that lead them away from glorifying you. And lord, when you speak to our lawmakers, give them the wisdom to listen and obey. We pray in your gracious name. Amen.
Died in Police Custody his death galvanized protesters across 50 us states and around the world calling for an end to racism and Police Brutality for 8 minutes and 46 seconds a white Police Officer kept his knee pinned on the neck of mr floyd he was already handcuffed and under arrest today weve been hearing from family members politicians pastors civil rights leaders theyre all at his funeral calling for justice and also making a pledge to keep the moving the movement going more lets now speak to john hendren hes joins us now from outside the fountain appraise church in houston john talk us through the mood that you are feeling that i mean there have been so many emotional speeches given by family and friends but there is also a palpable sense of anger. Thats right people that we do out here people who knew george floyd people who didnt know him or are angry at the seeming senselessness of his death but theres also a sense of purpose to that anger were hearing from the politicians ins
Wednesday morning on cspan2 and invite your participation via twitter, hashtag pmq. Prior to question time members are finishing up other business. Now live to the floor of the british house of commons. Partly closed and likely to become for many months to come. Great inconvenience, the Scottish National party and scottish government. The financial secretary or those who look at him, we come to the honorable member, ask about scotch whiskey. A bit of order. Mister speaker, i was delighted, the Scotch Whiskey Association until the house last night. The uk worked closely with the association, individual distilleries across a range of issues for market promotion to market access. The scotch whiskey, support of the industry. Having recently been columbia brood chili for scotch whiskey. Does my honorable friend agree with me the scotch whiskey industry has done markets as we look to build global britain. I can agree with my honorable friends, there are huge opportunities for scotch whiskey
Thousand homes are under mandatory evacuation. Frances biggest rock star Johnny Hallyday has died after a battle with lung cancer. Good morning. Its wednesday the 6th of december and im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister has just been speaking on the phone to the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party in northern irealand to try and salvage a deal on the future of the irish border. But Arlene Foster has also said in a newspaper interview her dup party will not be rushed, even though the deadline is looming if the uk wants to move on to crucial trade talks with the eu. Meanwhile, the government has admitted that it has not carried out so called Impact Assessments of how leaving the eu might affect the british economy. Appearing before the Brexit Committee this morning, david davis claimed it would be hard to predict the economic effects of brexit, but said officials would do the work at some stage. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminster.
Opened eight hours ahead of schedule but there may be a safety issue on this new stretch of the road. Kpix 5s cate cauguiran explains why a certain section could be confusing for drivers. We are standing by the section right now. Some drivers and even an architect on the project says the celebration for the new presidio parkway may have come too soon. The issue, this one line of paint. Reporter the new presidio parkway getting a lot of praise from drivers. The improvements they made was tenfold. Reporter one Landscape Architect on the project noticed something as he made his first drive through the second tunnel. The road is so smooth, up to this point and then suddenly [ inaudible ] reporter its an s serve so if youre driving the far right lane youll have to move over. The hook turn coming in is an interesting turn. Reporter especially if you arent paying attention or are distracted. Chp says a speed limit of 35 Miles Per Hour, it shouldnt be a problem for drivers. Our problem comes i