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Will to fund frontline forces as constituents asked me to ask Prime Minister . I think my honorable friend is right. Because we made the pledge in our manifesto that there be no further reductions in Armed Services numbers, and i think thats right. With a visit to present him with the extra commitment we are making throughout this parliament we can now have a strategic defense and security review that looks at options for how to make this country even safer. The way the chancellor of the defense secretary have set it up is to make sure we include in this looking at options for counterterrorism, for intelligence and security as well as defense assets to make sure we do everything we can at this time of heightened security to keep a britain is safe. A combination of changes made to the state pension in 1995 and 2011 will mean that many women born in the 1950s will not have the kind of retirement that they hoped for. Given a senior Civil Servants and the judges and even members of Parliam
Controllers voice that that pilot survived this crash. He took off from this airport, and they believe he quickly lost power and went down. Reporter the Traffic Controller sounding the alarm. Weve got the emergency vehicles on their way. When they got there, they saw this. The pilot is out. Are you sooersz serious . Hes out . Thats wonderful. Reporter from our chopper you can see the pilot surrounded by Emergency Personnel making sure he was okay. The Redwood City Police and fire and the Sheriffs Department got here very quickly. Airport staff was here on duty. The pilot got out and was standing next to the airplane when they got there. Reporter the small db 1 sky lark eric crashed near holly street and highway 101 near the san carlos airport. Drivers on the road may have seen it go down. We think it lost power on take off and land north of the airplane. Reporter that air, all 17 acres of it is own by the airport for this reason, to provide a clear zone just in case planes go down. Thi
Return to texas on saturday and until then the white house says the president will be donating 1 million of his personal money to storm relief effort. Fox news correspondent Steve Harrigan is in hardhit beaumont texas with our report tonight. Rescue after rescue continues in texas even as harvey has now been downgraded to a tropical depression. Rising waters still nearly impossible to escape. Agencies throughout local state and federal government are in hand to help put agents with the u. S. Border patrol wearing a body cam after this rescue in houston. Others who are just beginning to face the brunt of the aftermath relying on volunteers with boats from out of state. Soon more help will arrive. Today two navy ships are speeding on their way to the gulf coast with around 700 marines aboard while on the ground doortodoor searches begin in houston. We are finding out to see how much damage there is, if theres any civilians that have been left behind. Latest numbers for graham. The death
Return to texas on saturday and until then the white house says the president will be donating 1 million of his personal money to storm relief effort. Fox news correspondent Steve Harrigan is in hardhit beaumont texas with our report tonight. Rescue after rescue continues in texas even as harvey has now been downgraded to a tropical depression. Rising waters still nearly impossible to escape. Agencies throughout local state and federal government are in hand to help put agents with the u. S. Border patrol wearing a body cam after this rescue in houston. Others who are just beginning to face the brunt of the aftermath relying on volunteers with boats from out of state. Soon more help will arrive. Today two navy ships are speeding on their way to the gulf coast with around 700 marines aboard while on the ground doortodoor searches begin in houston. We are finding out to see how much damage there is, if theres any civilians that have been left behind. Latest numbers for graham. The death