Of course the daughter of Vice President , but your life and going in at a washington certainly dates back further than when your father became Vice President. Of course he was a chief of staff during the Ford Administration and then, like you, served in the congress. What hasnt been like, kind kind of a lifetime almost, coming in and out of washington with Public Office, either youre in Public Office or a Family Member and then going back to life outside the beltway . Well, i feel like its really been an incredible, incredibly blessed way to grow up. And to have the had the opportunity to sort of see both worlds but certainly many of my earliest memories have to do with my mom and dad and the public service. When my dad was chief of staff for president ford back in the early 70s, my sister and i were young and he would take us down to the white house on saturday mornings to have breakfast with them, and, because you can imagine his schedule was very busy, and we would sit on the floor
Chinese officials are now stepping into the market with cash. And investigation is to be held into how the world has responded to corona virus as the number of infections approaches 5000000 the World Health Organizations 194 Member States of voted unanimously for an independent and impartial inquiry including an examination of its role the move has been welcomed by the director general who said that it wanted accountability more than anyone. The un body has been under attack from the u. S. Which is accused it of being too close to china president toms threatening to cut all funding unless that is what he calls substance of improvements within the next 30 days but his demands are also under fire from washington d. C. Mike hanna reports. President trump arrives on capitol hill for a meeting with Senate Republicans continuing to flout his administrations own guidelines by not wearing a mask in public and lashing out at the speaker of the House Democrat nancy pelosi these people are sick p
The day the uks set to leave the eu. During a tumultuous time in british politics, hidden from view, this 4 year refurbishment has continued. All of the stone that we put onto the tower is hard carved, which is a phenomenal thing to see, brilliant, and it may take them between three and four weeks to produce a carving such as this crown that you can see along here. So, a real labour of love. So, this is the eastern clock face, high up the elizabeth tower, and the most striking thing is the colours. Its not the black paint were familiar with, but gold and blue. So, we found that as we scratched back through the layers, we were scratching, basically going back through time, and found that this was the colour that it was originally. So, its really exciting to find that blue colour as we went back through the layers. And its prussian blue. Prussian blue, yeah. This is gold leaf. And weve reglazed the whole of the clock face with hand blow opal glass. Even standing here, on a rainy day, sur
And into the early hours but it is going to fairly overcast and grey. We might see temperatures drop to around two or three celsius. Over the next couple of days as we look ahead to new years eve, we are holding onto those temperatures but we are always going to keep those clear skies. If you are seeing some fireworks, you should see some clear skies as we look towards 2020. Thats it. Im back in half an hour. Now, though, its back to louise and dan. Good morning, you are watching brea kfast good morning, you are watching breakfast with dan and louise. Lets bring you up to date with some of the main story this morning. Stories. Emergency services in parts of southern australia have said its now too late for people in the path of wildfires to evacuate. Yesterday, tens of thousands of residents and tourists were told to leave due to worsening conditions. Officials in victoria are predicting a day of extreme danger with soaring temperatures, thunderstorms and a change of wind direction. Th
Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Spanish police have named the three british holidaymakers who died in a Swimming Pool on christmas eve. Gabriel diya and his two children drowned at a hotel on the costa del sol. Anyone that knew them would say the same thing. They were just beautiful, lovely people. More than 70 migrants in small boats have been rescued trying to cross the channel to the uk. At least 16 people are dead and many missing after a typhoon rips through the philippines, leaving a trail of devastation. Rescuers have been looking for possible victims of four avalanches that have hit ski resorts in austria and switzerland. Next, simon mccoy looks back at the challenges and opportunities faced by britain 5 coastal communities this year in review 2019 coastal britain. Hello, im simon mccoy. This year, as part of a special series, we have looked at some of the main challenges and opportunities facing britains coastal communities. We have been looking at a whole range of subj