leftovers! this week, i am on canada pacific coast where vancouver lies in the shadow of the mountain range that is the only barrier between the city and one of the worlds most advanced wildernesses. surrounded by water, every year, thousands of people travel here to marvel at the whales as they danced along the whales as they danced along the coastline, returning after a long winter away. british columbia is the most bio diverse territory all of canada. it has seals, and as sea lions and hundreds of other species living in these very waters. it s also home to the biggest port in the entire country of vancouver. and we bring animals and humans you bring animals and humans you bring them in such close quarters, problems can arise. more boats means more underwater noise, which can confuse animals, leading them into trouble. last year alone, the local marine mammals helped over hundred animals to safety. some were injured and others simply confused. two of them ended up here.
Were in this canadian city that were so proud of. Canada is a very energetic and enthusiastic global activist. We believe in doing what we can to try to bring peace and prosperity and freedom to all people in the world. Even as we do that, we are always mindful of the work we have to do here in canada to make our country a better place. One of the things that we feel we havent done very well and that were working on to do better is our relationship with the Indigenous People in canada. For that reason we like to make a point of opening Important International summits like this one with anme acknowledgement o the indigenous presence in canada. Im pleased well be able to open our meeting today with an indigenous welcome. He is going to start things off in a way that should bode well for our deliberations today. Deana, please. [ applause ] [ speaking Foreign Language ] i said good day to you all. My name means the cannibal woman. Its a big woman from the mountains. I earn that name on our
The areas of the country that need them the most. Last year in birmingham, iannounced them the most. Last year in birmingham, i announced the first six Opportunity Areas. These are the places that are facing some of the Biggest Challenges for young people growing up. Where we are working inside and also outside of our schools with local communities and charities, and with employers like edf energy in west somerset. Grant thornton in norwich. Royals race in derby. Not just to thornton in norwich. Royals race in derby. Notjust to raise education i attainment in the School System but also to raise sights and broaden horizons for those young people through men touring and work experience. And since then, i have doubled the number of Opportunity Areas that we are working in. Because i am determined that we will apply the lessons that we are learning from them and on what works to boost opportunity for young people in other parts of the country. But there are other children missing out as we
Im kirk yuhnke. Im meagan ohalloran. Between president elect donald trump and president obama. Donald trump arrived in washington, d. C. Just a few hours ago. He and the president are discussing the transition of power. You watch this live here on fox about 15 minutes ago. They met over an hour the two just talked about how that meeting went. Take a listen. My number one priority in the coming two months is facilitate a transition that ensures our president elect is successful. They werent the only ones meeting today. Vice president elect mike pence is also sitting down with Vice President biden today. And Melania Trump will meet privately with the first lady. And were learning that donald trump has already reached out to the Prime Minister of the uk. Apparently Prime Minister theresea may spoke with trump on the phone today, and he spoke about his personal connection with the uk. And Prime Minister may washington when he takes office, stressing the importance of the us and uk relation
Side as well and neighbors tell us that awol men and a young boy may have perished in this fire all this breaking out about 730 this with a neighbor said the family was there getting ready for were getting ready for school and i hasnt made several attempts to savor went in i couldnt do nothing the smoke i couldnt breathe i tried i am so sorry it was a crazy feed of her thing as i was emergency were doing chest compressions on him and then they said we got a go now we got to do now they put him in the ambulance it was a horrible scene up. Once again those neighbors the woman in the young boy is being held up by ems crews they died here no confirmation from our fire officials cause of this fire the neighbors tell us that they believe they were gas cans being stored in the back of the home and all of that may have contributed generally box 31 a tough day for a lot of people their protest is starting outside of the State Capitol here in denver and i has to do a president the way he may han