For those of you keeping score. Antoinette i learn something new everyday. Doug mike wankum came in this morning and told us all about it. Mike its a big thing in england but here its a day to go shopping and pick up a few items on sale. Its a very thin overcast were talking about but i am watching several things. Down to the south you see mild air and rain and a storm system over the midwest. This is all going to be coming in here for tomorrow. If you want dry weather, enjoy today because the wet weather will be moving back in. Stepping outside this morning, got temperatures in the 30s and 40s. We actually were into the 50s just a couple of hours ago. Theyve dropped off just a little bit. Heres what will happen today. Basically clear skies across the area. Late in the day though the clouds start to roll in. This is 8 00 tonight. After midnight it looks like well see rain moving in to the forecast. Temperatures will not budge much today. Theyre holding flat. So well go with some mostly
The anger of the crowd. Were having to get back to our cars quickly. International efforts intensifies to find a solution to crisis in ukraine. We find out what the referendum looks like for the rest the country. Well investigate how rhythms dominate our health as part of the bbc day of the body clock. We are joined to look at the fight ongoing between pfizer and astrazeneca. Thats right lucy. Facing intense questions from politicians. If successful, the bid would be the largest take over of a uk firm. Would it be a good thing for britain . Its midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. Washington, 12 00 in nigeria where american supply planes are looking for 200 girls kidnapped by boko haram. U. S. Is flying manned Surveillance Missions and sharing satellite imagery with the Nigerian Government. The girls were taken last month. It is believed theyre being held in the sambisa forest, area twice the size of belgium. Well bring you more details on that u. S. Operation in a moment. First our World
a shot of the kennedy library where the bodyy of senator kennedy still lies in repose. the funeral will it will arrive in washington about 3:00 p.m. it will be part of a motorcade and then arlington national ceremony. there will be a private ceremony set to take place about 5:30 this afternoon. this is washington journal washington journal for august 29, 2009. for the next half-hour we will talk about senator kennedy s legislative priorities, but we want to talk to you about the president s tax priorities, specifically the promise that he made about the not raising taxes especially among the middle class in order to pay for efforts including health care. host: here s the question can president obama keep his no-tax pledge? it is a story you can find on the left side of the page. tax pledge is a target as deficits and debt grow. smewroys, lori montgomery, during the last year s campaign, president obama vowed to enact a bold agenda without raising taxes for the