Reporter according to the San Jose Police officers association, street racing incidents are on the rise and until the department can fully staff traffic enforcement, the union says getting help from the community will be essential. Its very, very important when they do see Something Like that that they call immediately so we can try to get officers out to that area and hopefully prevent another tragedy from occurring. Reporter while nothing can bring the victims back, family members are hopeful the through suspects will do the right thing and turn themselves in. They reached out to so many lives and they always brought smiles to those faces. Reporter Memorial Services are being planned for the two victims, anyone with information on this case is urged to call police. Reporting in san jose, im chris nguyen, abc 7 news. Thank you. Highway 24 had to be closed after a crane doing work at the lafayette bart station hit a power line this morning. It happened just before 5 30. The crane came
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 9pm in brazil where wildfires continue to rage across the amazon rainforest. Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro says his government lacks the resources to fight the fires and said that countries that give money to preserve the amazon interfere with brazils sovereignty. But conservationists have blamed his government for whats happening, saying the president has encouraged the clearing of land by loggers and farmers. The french president Emmanuel Macron added his voice to those concerned. He tweeted our house is burning. Literally. He said wildfires in the amazon were an International Crisis and called on this weekends g7 to address the issue. Camila mota sent this report from sao paulo. Fire in the amazons rainforest. This is happening in the Worlds Largest and most important ecosystem, thats home to three million species of plants and animals and one m
The u. S. Senate is about to gavel in. Senators today will continue working on executive nominations including the u. S. Investor nominee to the united arab emirates. Now to live Senate Coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain dr. Barry black will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Holy god, who loves all and forgets none, thank you for the guidance of your sacred word, a light for dark times. Were grateful you provide wisdom for those who revere you. Send help and strength to our lawmakers that they may strive to honor you in every endeavor. Inspire them to mount up on wings like eagles, running without weariness and walking without fainting. Give them the wisdom to have a conscience void of offense toward you and humanity. Eternal god, hear our intercessions, answer them according to your will, and make us all channels of your mercy and love. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join
Of water. Reporter rob hayes, abc7 news. Coming up at 5 00 youre going to hear from a local man who says he was caught on that same boat when it caught fire and sank, pardon me. That is on abc7 news at 5 00. Hurricane dorian is blasting the bahamas right now. The storm has lost some of its strength but remains a powerful category 4 hurricane. If you look at the radar now, the hurricane is barely moving, just spinning over the islands at this point. It is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the atlantic ocean. When it made landfall with 185 mile an hour winds, it tied a record. So the question now is where will dorian head next . Florida is already seeing some of the rain bands, but it turns to the north that mutts North Carolina and georgia in the path. There are millions of people who have now been told to evacuate. Reporter dan and ama, here in florida the message from officials is simple. Get your lastminute preparations in today because dorian is coming and you need to be
Where pupils have been getting their exa m where pupils have been getting their exam results all morning. Ill be speaking to a careers adviser to find out what to do if you didnt get what you expected. Tens of thousands of ryanair passengers could face disruption today as uk based pilots strike. Our focus on farming continues with a look at the growing threat from criminals, who kill and butcher sheep in fields, in order to sell the meat. And researchers can now see processes deep inside the body thanks to a new type of microscope which captures images at unseen levels of detail. And in Sport England begin the third ashes test against australia at headingley this morning. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im carol walker. Borisjohnson is in paris today to meet the french president , Emmanuel Macron, for brexit talks, as the clock ticks towards britains leaving date of october 31st. Mrjohnson has insisted the backstop which aims to prevent a hard irish border after brexit must