[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
[applause] [applause] [applause] [applause] thank you so much you please be seated. Lieutenant governor ainsworth, president pro tiem reed, speaker leadbetter, speaker pro temp pringle, members of the alabama legislature, justices of the supreme court, distinguished guests and my fellow alabamians. [applause] it is an honor to address you all as we begin what will be a consequential legislative session. In just one month on march the fifth, we will also head to the polls to vote in alabama primary which is significant this year as we are now one of the earliest states in the nation and included among those in super tuesday, all the more reason to get out and proudly cast your vote. Any chance i get i remind young people that voting is the single most important civic duty we have from delivering this message each year to speaking with our fourthgrade learners about their alabama history. Im always proud to share with our students in having the right to vote should never be taken for gra
prime minister after the brexit referendum. other notable changes include a new health secretary, victoria atkins, and a new party chairman, richard holden, who takes overfrom greg hands. earlier richard holden had this to say. i think there s two points he was making there. one, you can see with people like me from the north of england being promoted, people like laura trott from the south of england being promoted as well. you re seeing a broad coalition of people, that broad church of the conservative party, being refreshed. but i think there are some things, this is one of the points the prime minister made in that speech in manchester, was that there are some things the conservative party has done very well over the last 13 years, which is delivered real transformation for life chances for people. and one of those, which i know was a major driver of david cameron s time in government, was around education. we saw two thirds of kids attending good or outstanding schools i
Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 10 00. Hurricane harvey dangerous category four storm bearing down. The eye wall of that storm making landfall in texas as we speak. This could be a hurricane of historic proportions. The powerful and slowmoving storm could bring up to 3 feet, thats 3 feet of rain to the gulf coast. Thanks for joining us at 10 00. Im chris oconnell. Im dawn timmeney. This is the most powerful storm in the region in roughly a dozen years. Foxs Lauren Blanchard is just north in galveston, texas tracking harvey. Reporter life threatening and catastrophic thats how officials are describing Hurricane Harvey having reached now well beyond major hurricane status. I would stress that this is serious storm. Reporter Hurricane Harvey now a monster as seen from spa space. We are predicting an extreme event. I rent a trailer and im worried about the flooding. Reporter last minute evacuations have been taking place all across the gulf coast. I figure we g
We just couldnt risk it. We couldnt risk the flooding having to swim out there with this many kids. We didnt want to be flat o out. We just want to be safe. Take necessary precautions. President trauma many and his entire team have been actively engaged with the state and local officials in texas and louisia louisiana. Major power outage have already been reported in texas. Particularly in the Corpus Christi area. Here at home our local red cross helping those in the path of Hurricane Harvey. The Regional Call Center at 23rd and chestnut handling calls coming in from texas and louisiana. Also, today, two volunteers from philadelphia were dispatched to the storm area. They are in the gulf coast tonight and more may be sent. We anticipate that we will have to stepped more staff and volunteers as harvey make landfall and we can anticipate the impact of it on the affected communities. You can help the American Red Cross in two wages you can donate online or donate by teching 90999. You can