Voiceover live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london and noon in eastern australia, where fire crews are assessing the damage from the weekends bushfires. The weather has cooled down a little, but the political debate is raging on. The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, returned home from holiday after being heavily criticised for going away with his family to hawaii. Shaimaa khalil has the story. It feels like a deserted war zone, but this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. And in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. Russell scholes has been a volunteer firefighter for six years. He was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. So many of the brigade are tired. Thats the mental side of it when youre continually battling something you cant beat. The Prime Minister Scott M
Reporter the heavy downpour over the weekend had nowhere to go once it hit wawona street and 15th avenue. Water was gushing out from underneath these homes. Sewage spread across this road. Shes wearing a hazmat suit to suck up the stuff in the intersection. That stuff was a foot deep in my master bedroom. Why am i not in a hazmat suit . Reporter these residents are dealing with the aftermath and paying up to 5,000 to clean up. It takes 24 hours, especially with the water that came up from outside, it takes 24 hours to get mold inside. If we dont do that right away, theres a lot of damage in their homes. Reporter they had crews working over the weekend but only deal with whats on the surface. Our crews came out with a sweeper truck and helped clear up that debris after the incident. Reporter we questioned the San Francisco Public Utilities commission. They are in charge of the drains and responsible for areas prone to flooding. Their answer, the drain system was not big enough, but they
The speaker pro tempore on on this vote the yeas are on this vote the yeas are 226, the are 188. The previous question is ordered. Is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say aye. No. E opposed, the ayes have it. Adopted. Ution is the gentleman from georgia. On that i ask for the yeas and nays. The speaker pro tempore the yeas and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the will rise. Ys a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. This is a fiveminute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore on is vote the speaker pro tempore on this vote the yeas are 226. The nays are 189. The resolution is adopted. Without
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