Allegiance to the flag. 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. Thank you. Our secretary will call the roll. Roll call. President scott. Present. Vice president lim, excused. Commissioner follansbee, excused. Commission sass expected. We dont have a quorum but we will by the time we get to an action item ive been assured by those expected commissioners. We do have some opening remarks so if youd call on discussion item 1 please. Item one opening remarks, Health Service board president and acting director. Mitchell, ill take the privilege of going first, if i may. Thank you. This forum is designed to do several things. Not only to provide more in depth information on certain tommics and issues that topics and issues that will bear on the work and policies in part as well as the issues as we work win providers. Some of these are not unique to the system b
Alexander blackman, the former royal marine who was jailed for killing a taliban fighter in afghanistan, tells the bbc how he regrets his actions. A ride at Drayton Manor theme park closes after a girl was airlifted to hospitalfollowing an incident. And International Ballroom champion Shirley Ballas is the new head judge on Strictly Come Dancing, replacing len goodman. Its 5pm, good afternoon. Our top story concerns mixed signals over brexit from the labour party. In a bbc interviewJeremy Corbyn, declined to confirm hed definitely take the uk out of the European Union, if brussels offered a bad deal for withdrawal. Aides later had to issue a clarification, saying the uk would definitely leave the eu, under a labour government. Mr corbyn was speaking exclusively to the bbcs political editor, laura kuenssberg, at the launch of the partys Election Campaign. Hed been in manchester, telling supporters he was offering a real alternative to what he called a rigged system under the conservativ
Bill cosby denies the charges against him. The conservatives have been warned that their chaltion to the social care in england could fail because of variations in how some councils administer the payments. Well bring you all the details. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. The green party launch their General Election manifesto at around 10. 30am. Well bring that to you live and well look at how internal facebook documents appear to show that in some cases its moderators tolerates violent threats, bullying and self harm. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Labour is promising english students who Start University courses in england this autumn wont have to pay tuition fees if the party wins the election. Labour has pledged to abolish fees from 2018, b
Southeast asian nation to meet with President Trump. We have the world covered here on daybreak asia and we will be live and across the region to get the latest market reaction. Betty as we mentioned, we are going to hear from the Prime Minister ahead of him meeting with President Trump and why one of indias largest Tech Services companies is worried trumps policies will hurt the center in india. This is daybreak asia, coming to you from u. S. And asia headquarters. I am betty liu betty liu in new 00k, where it is after 7 p. M. Yvonne i am yvonne man in hong kong. Why is he so worried about inflation . His counterparts have overlooked the last two months in recent weakness as a fake. He said missing the 2 inflation target does raise questions. What does that mean for this . It could impact the role of the Balance Sheet. That could be key. Betty we have a guest coming up that says the fed has been excellent in terms of broadcasting how they will reduce that Balance Sheet. Yvonne, let us
David, thank you very much and a very good afternoon. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the last session of today, one that i know will end the first day on a high. I am sure you, as i, marvel at the continuing volume of books about Winston Churchill that emerge year after year. What more could there be to say now, even about Winston Churchill, we might ask . David lough has managed not only to say new things but to add great detail and provide a fascinating exposition of churchills finances, a topic as you know, and as david demonstrates, that had its peaks and indeed its troughs, much like churchills own political career. Davids book is thorough and engaging and offers new churchillian epithets. One of my favorites taken from his volume sees churchill seeking new funds for yet another expenditure and lamenting, had i not been so foolish as to pay a lot of bills, i shouldve had the money available right now. [laughter] david lough is well qualified to write on this topic, a former memb