Election calling it a radical agenda for the u. K. Also ahead breathing new life into the worlds coral reefs the Pacific Waters of Public Housing a big. Sports saudi arabia. And next month Club World Cup after being crowned champions and its a heros welcome for the new south american champs and brazil. Votes are now being counted in hong kongs District Council elections which have seen the largest out in the citys history more than 2900000. 00 people of cast their ballots thats over 70 percent of all registered voters now these local elections usually attract little attention but this time it being seen as a referendum on hong kongs government and a test of support for prodemocracy protests in a moment well go live to rob mcbride in hong kong 1st though with our story. In a hong kong neighborhood hardest hit by battles between protesters and Police Voters in cast last minute just moments before the polls closed on a record breaking day for hong kong elections the highest voter turnout
Reporter with the power is going out the inconvenience bens again. I understand they are trying to keep it safe from the danger of the fire but there is hardships too the come along with it. We are really trying to be prepared as much as possible and we understand this will be the quote normal. The new normal. I spoke to county emergency officials earlier today as they were lurching towards that 3 00 shutdown time. I asked them if they were Getting Better information this time around than last time and the answer was, a little bit. They have an earlier phone call that starts at 7 30 that will give them a head start on the day but what they prepared for today was based on what happened last time. They are not armed with any more information. They are going by what happened last time and there are some surprises to exactly where the power is out so far. There could be more to come. We a live on the western edge of santa rosa. Kpix 5. You can hear it there. The gusting winds beginning to
Floor and in the middle of it a colloquy concerning our schedule. At this time i recognize myself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good afternoon and a warm welcome to all of our witnesses. We are here and white house turned out to be an absolute gorgeous day in washington, d. C. , but we are here to talk about a very ugly subject, and that is online sex trafficking, or as the name of ms. Smiths organization describes it more bluntly, slavery. As the stings and the headlines continue to proliferate, those who thought that slavery was something that could never happen in 2017 america, have had to confront the terrifying reality that not only is it happening, it is on the rise. And it is on the rise in large part because the internet, the technological masterpiece of our time, has made it much, much easier to do. In both the house and the senate this year, we are facing up to the challenge with a long overdue conversation driving toward effective action. With this hearing, it i
A new presenter joining Michelle Henery here on the show and let me say its great to have you with us now people around the world have been celebrating the new year and they will have done so of course in lots of different ways many will have been out done single clubbing and some of them will have taken party drugs like ecstasy or amphetamine and one of the biggest market places in the world for these synthetic drugs is in the netherlands in the province of north prevents the borders belgium and lies close to germany here the drugs are mixed in laboratories into sometimes deadly combinations the dutch police say they are determined to clamp down on this highly lucrative trade and our reporter has joined them on a major raid. The Team Briefing these Police Officers rely on leads from informers in the drug scene thats why they want to remain anonymous the preparations make it clear this is no run of the mill mission. In a warehouse located in an Industrial Area and they stumble upon som
And they will have done so of course in lots of different ways many will have been out done single clubbing and some of them will of taken party drugs like ecstasy or amphetamine and one of the biggest market places in the world for these synthetic drugs is in the netherlands in the province of north for bands that borders belgium and lies close to germany here the drugs are mixed in laboratories into sometimes deadly combinations the dutch police say they are determined to clamp down on this highly lucrative trade and our reporter has joined them on a major raid. A Team Briefing these Police Officers rely on leads from informers in the drug scene thats why they want to remain anonymous the preparations make it clear this is no run of the mill mission. In a warehouse located in an Industrial Area and they stumble upon some fifty thousand liters of formic acid its used to produce speed. Officer rob the fray knows about chemistry and says without a doubt a major past. How much do you thi