Polluting vehicles will now pay almost double, to drive in central london, in new measures to tackle pollution. The widow of an american soldier, who died in action, says President Trump struggled to remember his name, when he called to offer sympathy. The worlds coral reefs are being turned into bleached deserts, a warning today from Sir David Attenborough. If youve ever seen a coral reef and you think what that once was, thats enough to make you weep. And we talk to a Second World War veteran about life at 100 and meeting royalty, as the number of centenarians is expected to rise dramatically. Its 5pm. Our main story is the Prime Ministers report on the eu summit in brussels last week. Theresa may told mps this afternoon that the latest talks have made important progress but she said the uks financial settlement couldnt be agreed until there was clarity on the future relationship after brexit. Mrs may said thered be a vote in parliament on the final brexit deal, to take place before
Good afternoon and welcome to the new nixon library. Im william baribault, president of the Nixon Foundation and we are honored to have several members here today and a very special present Council Member join us today, shelley buchanan. [applause]. Shelley actually started working for Richard Nixon before pat did has that ever been pointed out . Look forward to it. We look for thank you. Encourage civics and citizenship in our community and i hope everyone here today can consider becoming a president councilmember. I would like to introduce several people, more than we might because its almost a Family Reunion and he will tell when i complete how many alumni from the administration and people that were close to the president throughout his career are here today. First, larry higbee. [applause]. Larry is a member of the board of directors of the richard Nixon Foundation and we appreciate his service and focus on advancing the legacy to Richard Nixon. Thank you sandy quinn, also a board
Starts right now. Good morning, 6 00 a. M. Im diane. Im andrea grimes. Heres more on the forecast this morning with vanessa. Good morning. Going to be a beautiful day. Temperatures about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. Calmer winds and lots of overall, its pleasant. Lets go ahead, shall we, and look where we stand now and that is because its cold now. Forty in the city; 35, sparta , 29, greenwich with a slight windchill. And edison, feeling like 27 degrees and certainly chilly this morning. The sun will be rising in about 40 minutes or so and as that happens, the temperatures will warm up and there is a big area of High Pressure dominating the forecast. A few high, thin clouds and that is a mostly sunny weekend. By 9 00 a. M. , 42 and winds out winds out of the west at 5 to 10 and the high is 58 degrees and looking lovely with lots of sunshine and by 9 00 p. M. , down to 49 degrees under clear skies and back to you. Thank you. To our top story, leaders in france promised to wage war
Foundation. Peace has ever been mankinds desire, and yet throughout history war has been his common practice. Well, consider the major conflicts of just the 20th century in which america has fought; world war i, world war ii, the korean war, the vietnam war, the iraqi war i and ii, the afghan war and, of course, the cold war. In the wake of each war came the question, how can we make and more importantly, how can we keep peace with other nations . Or are we doomed as in George Orwells apocalyptic novel 1984 to a state offer fetch wall war . Perpetual war . One way is peace through strength, a basic principle of the Reagan Administration and a principal reason why the cold war ended at the bargaining table and not on the battlefield. Another path to peace is to rely on state craft ground in the principles of liberty and equality articulated in the declaration of independence. Now, sometimes the americans, early statesmen approved limited military and political intervention overseas. The
American, old ben butler is said. Yesterday morning the angel of death acting under the devils orders took him from earth and landed him in hell and all the southern countries there are no tears and no regrets, he lived only too long. He has the last remove from earth and pity the double the position he has secured a. They dont write them like fat anymore. Is my view that editorials by and large have got more water down over the years and the greatest editorials i believe were written around the late 1890s to the 1930s or the 1940s and as newspapers became more homogenized the editorial pages became more homogenized, the editorial began there have been great editorials written in the last 20 years. I have limited space in this book. I didnt think more recent editorials were as great as some of the earlier ones. Im mentioned chain newspapers. The first chain owner was frank muncie and he died in 1925 and when he died, the daily gazette wrote this. Frank manzi, the great publisher is dea