Ost what do you make of what you have been seeing out in california recently . Uest its terribly tragic, weve obviously lost a lot of lives, a lot of homes and resources, as well. But its part of a larger trend that weve seen over the last bigger fires, more catastrophic and deadly ires and that is very concerning and it means investments at the federal level are critically important, both firefighting aspect and to do more work, educe threat of catastrophic fire in the first place. Host headline in u. S. A. Today the nightmare, the worse may be over, perhaps they corner. Rned a it doesnt mean they dont have a lot of work to do and people of struggling, but in terms the money spent, what are the on the federalds government in places like california today . About 20 s look back years, 20 years ago the u. S. Forest service, Largest Agency in the government, federal government, used to spend onesixth of the on firefighting. This year it will probably spend not more budge oat firefighting,
After an explosion in the capital kabul the siege is now over and the station has resumed broadcasting eisel says that it was behind the attack as the headlines for the news hour for you in just over twenty five minutes after my choosey up next. A mass exodus hundreds of thousands of have fled ethnic cleansing in me in march for bangladesh one of the worlds poorest countries when east investigates what their future holds at this time on aljazeera. Is here at the damage. To the sea or behalf of. Donors. In the. World crusade and look we have to have a valid well its an island i had been. With level when he foresaw award for so. Little back. Manna did. We. Have a good if we are british. Song online kept me passed on to some martyred on a mediterranean but you let me be. Sure to a. Fair even and probably a dead heat on more than a man. Who says of jesus was it because he recalled it was issued e considered serious picked the i thought of a or else its a delusion is a model. Illegitimacy i
Publicly owned Energy Company in every part of the uk. National grid, railways and Bus Companies are to be nationalised. Well, im joined byjack blanchard, the mirrors Political Editor replete with a copy of this thing. And with our own Political Editor, nick watt. Just to be clear, jack, what you have there is a print out. Its not a typeset, formalised version . Im afraid not. No cover, no glossy feel. It is a dodgy, leaked document. But it does have their draft measures. Give us some of the eye catching ones. Theres a lot in there. As you mention, there is the plan to bring a big part of the Energy Industry back into public ownership. There is a Huge Investment plans for the nhs, £6 billion extra a year, which will be funded with new taxes on people earning more than £80,000 a year. Theres Council Houses to be built every year, tuition fees abolished entirely. We kind of knew that anyway. And then the creation of new whitehall departments, a ministry of labour, a department for hous
Ally here in lebanon, hezbollah, while continuing to fight the common enemy of isis. Woodruff then, its politics monday tamara keith and Stuart Rothenberg look ahead to a busy week including tomorrows congressional testimony from attorney general Jeff Sessions. All that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and individuals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the white house isnt saying tonight whether recordings do exist of President Trumps conversations with former f. B. I. Director james comey. Over the weekend, several republican senators urged the president to answer that question, yes or no. At th
Worth tens how fast thousands of dollars in exchange for favors. Good evening, im iain page. Im lucy noland. The jury has made up of ten women and two men and seated yesterday. Jeff cole was in the courtroom today. Joins us live outside federal court in center city. Jeff . Reporter lucy, this is a historic trial, right . Youve got a sitting da arc sitting da whos being tried for corruption bite federal government. The government says the District Attorney williams accepted bribes and gifts. Defrauded the government his moms nursing home to support his sometime lavish lifestyle. In testimony this afternoon, prosecutors pressed on their claim that he misused about 20 grand supposed to go to his moms care in the st. Francis nursing home its a nonprofit. A nursing home collections person told the jury williams didnt seem to care about. Didnt seem to want to pay. Williams attorney argued it wasnt made clear to him what his financial obligations were. We pressed williams attorney for answers