The women featured in the movie she was one of the Space Programs hidden figures, she was an engineer at the nasa special center in huntsville and alabama working for the sponsor tonights event, she worker on a team that determine the path if the rocket fell back, their work was vital for safety planning in after a successful career in technology she now teaches for the next generation of computer workers, please join me and recognizing and welcoming this marion lead johnson. applause but liz johnson tonight speaker certainly knows what its like to blaze trails and defy expectations. Throughout this year 50th and a victory celebrations of the apollo 11th mission, ive been moved by those stories that i finally find a spotlight on the inspiring woman who helped make our exploration of space possible. We were lucky to have three of them today on the panel with us tonight. A space engineer, engineer popular guy and medical researcher tactics carolyn. Each of our speakers tell us about her
70,000 people need urgent help in the bahamas. Hurricane dorian has cut across the islands. After a teenager dies following surgery at great 0rmond street the coroner criticises the hospitals after care. Developers and conservationists do battle over americas Biggest National forest. And double trouble for england, as Australias Steve Smith scores 211 in the fourth ashes test. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. Northern ireland warm up for their euro qualifier with some friendly help from luxembourg. Its an own goal good evening. The Prime Ministers brother has dealt him a severe blow by announcing hes quitting politics, saying hes torn between family loyalty and the national interest. Jojohnson, who voted remain, has resigned as a government minister, and will also step down as an mp. After losing a series of crucial votes in the commons over the past 48 hours, borisjohnson was in wakefield this afternoon, where he again pledged to leave the eu on 31st october. He said he would r
in trouble. my opponent has been in congress for half a decade and never passed a single legislation into law, not one. she votes 100% with pelosi. todd: you are watching fox & friends first on a very busy wednesday morning, i m todd piro. carley: i m carley shimkus. the race is getting tighter with races in arizona, nevada and pennsylvania all separated by one listen for points. todd: brooke singman with the races, we have all been watching it, brooke. he did florida senate race val demings with a question about accepting the results when it comes to the election. listen to this. will you accept results of the 2022 election? let me start here if i may. my mother is a maid and a janitor and worked long, hard days. but i can never remember a time they did not vote. why on earth would we try to stop them from voting? they were able to vote because of the democracy and the wonderful system of government that we have. carley: that was part of the minute long ans
arriving at a swiss court earlier. the former fifa president denying wrongdoing ahead of the verdict in his trialforfraud. i am not innocent in life, but in this case i will survive. also in court, the man once favourite to succeed blatter, co defendant and former uefa president michel platini. the two men were accused of an unlawful payment of £1.6 million between fifa and platini in 2011. they said it was backdated pay for advisory work. that the former french footballing legend had done a decade earlier. a panel ofjudges today ruling the pair s account of a gentleman s agreement was credible and that doubts existed about the prosecution s claim it was a bribe linked to a blatter re election bid. both men acquitted. it sjustice, but it s a victory for me, definitely. in the case of myjob, my work, 44 years working in fifa. for me, it s so important. it s so important that this case has been settled on the highest swiss level. the payment had emerged amid the corruption sca
Sprint. Rounding our sprint. And rounding off our panel brilliant Champion Panel is the brilliant champion breed commentator breed political commentator emma webb, whos here to ensure these beasts stay on track and clear those hurdles without so much as a hoot out of line. And trust me, she knows how to crack the whip and keep the race running without false starts. Without any false starts. All right, hold on to your hats. Its going to be one heck of a gallop. And with a line up like this, who needs the grand national as ever . Send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. Com for accuracy, albie , what have you accuracy, albie, what have you got . First of all, well, do we want meghan and harry to come back to the United Kingdom . I might after the latest Climate Change ruling, we need to leave the echr right now because its a threat to democracy and we need the bank holiday, we need gb news, we need to actually celebrate Saint Georges day for bank holiday. We need a ban