Will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, who makes us one, use our lawmakers today as agents of reconciliation. Give them the wisdom to build bridges that will enable Diverse People to accomplish your purposes on earth. Lord, inspire our senators with such oneness of spirit and resolve that they will provide our nation with a model of cooperation. Remind them of the wisdom of matthew 12 25, which states that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Lord, we thank you for giving senator grassley another birthday. We pray in your unifying name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Gr
Oh dear. Is anything sacred. Oh dear. Is anything sacred. And as always, please do let us know what you think about those talking points, banning those talking points, banning those phrases is andrew stupid, stupid. Stupid. Me having a third vodka and tonic getting vodka and soda vodka and soda. But yes. Get in touch. But yes. Get in touch. Vaiews gbnews. Uk com. But first, lets get the news with. First, lets get the news with. Aaron very good morning to you. It is 931. Aaron armstrong here in the gb newsroom in the last few minutes. Rishi sunak has insisted he is committed to levelling up but has refused to address speculation. The northern leg of hs2 is to be scrapped. The Prime Minister wouldnt guarantee the birmingham to manchester leg will be completed. He will discuss it though with the chancellor this week with a decision expected before the Tory Party Conference in manchester next week. The planned line to east midlands parkway may also be under threat i this 5mm this kind of s
Vaccinating rohingya children. Also Cyrille Regis, a pioneer for black footballers, dies at the age of 59. What a great shot. Tributes are paid to the former west brom striker, who made his name in the late 1970s. And a narrow escape for a driver and passenger how they escaped with only minor injuries from this car crash in the us. Good morning. Its monday 15th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Construction Firm, carillion, has gone into liquidation. Government officials had been involved in talks to try to prevent the collapse of the company, which owes banks about £900 million. This morning the government said Public Services provided by carillion will continue. The company employs 20,000 people in the uk. Carillion holds approximately a50 contracts with government. Some of the projects include the new hs2 rail line and managing nearly 900 School Buildings across the country. They are the second largest supplier of Maintenance Services to network rail and
Messages of defiance yesterday, another clear message, huge praise for the works of the Emergency Services and medical staff. Good morning its thursday, the 23rd of march. The other main headlines on the Westminster Attack this Morning Police say they believe they know the attackers identity and that he was inspired by islamist ideology. Parliament will operate as normal today in a show of defiance. The Prime Minister is expected to make a statement to the commons. We are live at westminster. Lots of Activity Still going on this morning. Lets go to carole with the weather. A wet start to the day but generally speaking and improving weather day. More detail in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. We are here in the aftermath of the Terror Attacks were five people died and a0 people injured some suffering what has been described as a catastrophic injury after a man drove a axa vehicle into the crowd and went on to stab a policeman who later died. Five people are dead, includi
And that will also put them over 30 for the season. That has only happened 22 times in their history. The last time it happened was 2005. 34. 43. Im using the rain year. Records began in 1849. So in 169 years theyve only seen that 22 times. We have most clooe clear skies. Certainly from san jose looks like parts of the peninsula as well as into the santa cruz mountains. Boulder creek as well. 45 in gilroy and 45 in campbell. Saratogas 34. Were done a good about 5 to almost 15 degrees compared to yesterday at this time. So if it feels colder than it is. Some spring training activities went from one extreme to the other. Now they have hot and mostly cold conditions. Mendecino county rains going to hold off until late tonight into tomorrow. 50s and 60s on your temps. Thats all i have for now, sal. How about you . Well right now i do have a couple things but for the most part compared to yesterday its going to seem much better. Southbound i80 we had a car at win ton avenue thats being move