Influence over the government. 30 say they have been mostly bad. While benioff calls ceos complacent, he said they should self regulate and not get government involved. The Washington Post just reported googles first time outspending allocating more than 18 million to lobby lawmakers. Facebook and apple all broke records as well. Top democrats are calling out social media companies. Senator Dianne Feinstein is demanding that facebook and twitter investigate russia for the release of a memo campaign online. It was about a legend misconduct in the russian investigation. In a joint statement it was written that if these reports are accurate, we are witnessing an ongoing attack by the russian government through social media actors intervening and influencing our democratic process. Facebook and twitter have not responded. San francisco could soon have its third mayor in six weeks. Reporter as you might recall after mayor ed lee died, according to the city charter, london breed became the a
In sport. Its a may day for wales. England make it two wins out of two with a hard fought win over wales at twickenham after two dries from johnny may. Temperatures could be at a record low for athletes in south korea. Well hear how team gb are kitted out to cope. But what about the temperatures here . Nick has the weather. Good morning. A much colderfeel the things today. Snow and hail in the north and west of the uk. I have all of your sunday weather and a look at the week to come. Thank you very much, nick. Good morning. First, our main story. Charities doing overseas aid work will lose government funding if they fail to ensure that Vulnerable People are properly protected. That warning came from International Development secretary penny mordaunt. She described the behaviour of some of oxfams workers in haiti, who were accused of using prostitutes in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, as horrific. The charity is also facing new allegations about some of its workers in chad. Andy
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Split up deliberately a bad romance forfans of a bad romance for fans of lady gaga after illness forces her to cancel the last ten dates of the european leg of her world tour. Wales gets to a flying start in the six nations rugby, as beat scotland 34 points to seven in the opening match of the tournament. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A local council has taken the rare step of imposing emergency spending controls because of what it describes as severe financial challenges. No new expenditure will be allowed at the conservative led Northamptonshire County Council except for work protecting Vulnerable People. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn said austerity was causing chaos in local government. Jane Frances Kelly reports. Northamptonshire county councils new headquarters cost £53 million and was opened just last year but the building could be up for sale soon to help the authority balance its books. It is now banning all new expenditure although services safeguarding Vulnerable
Temperatures across the region. Long range forecast models remain dry through the middle of the month. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. robin santa rosa firefighters know the cause for 3 small fires that erupted hours before the tubbs fire in october. Firefighters who responded that night said they saw sparks coming from pg e utlity poles. But investigators told us that strong winds were to blame for the damage. < had it not been for wind especially the significant winds that we had that night. We wouldnt have had the circumstances that we did. Meaning that if we didnt have the wind we wouldnt have had the fire. robin those smaller fires burned around 12 acres. They also destroyed 4 homes, a commercial building, and a montessori playground. robin an undercover sting leads to the arrest of 13 suspected unlicensed contractors. Trying