Bridge collapsed. A new report states that parts of the morandi bridge were not maintained for 25 years. And climate activist greta ththunberg sets sail for new yok city to attend the u. N. Climate summit. Conditions will be basic, but going by boat will keep her Carbon Footprint small. And not so likable. Facebook under more fire this time for listening into user conversations after long dismissing rumors it engaged in eavesdropping. Laila im laila harrak. A very warm welcome to our viewers on pbs in the United States and to our other viewers around the world. Now, there has been more teargas volleys in hong kong as hundreds of protesters gathered outside a Police Station in yet another violent clash in the territory. Prodemocracy demonstrators were marching through a residential district. The latest clash follows two days of mass protests at hong kongs International Airport, that at times turned violent. Chinas Hong Kong Affairs office condemned the violence yesterday, calling it ter
Sudan celebrates as the military and opposition agree to form a Transitional Government. Will the powersharing deal envi ence . Joe biden and donald trump are trading barbs. To go headtohead, mr. Bw en needs to smocratic voters he is the right pick. Plus, the lifechanging surgeryy for pad patients. By rewiring their nerves, doctors hope to restore crucial movements. Laura for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to world news america. Crowds celebrated in the streets of sudans capital, khartoum, after the military and civilians agree to a powersharing deal. The plan is for a general election to be held after a threeyear transition period. But first the military will be in charge for 21 months, followed by a civilian government. It comes after the ousting of president Omar Albashir in april and a militaryrackdown in june in which 128 people were killed. The bbcs anne soy reports. Anne the moment they have waited for for so long. They risked it all to see this day when the
Representatives, as well as representatives from northern command, because of their singular responsibility for pandemic preparedness and department of defense support to civil authorities. As well as a special operations command. They have responsibility as the coordinating authority for wmd related activities. It is not just an osd body. It is very much one that will , we hope, weve not met yet, but will have active participation from the services, from the combatant commands, so that it has that element of hearing from all parts of department, where are the challenges and what is needed to get after them. Im assuming, like most bodies like this, there is lowerlevel working groups that will feed into this on a regular basis and meet more often. Is e that correct . Yeah, why dont i ask richard and brandi to talk to that. Sure. Just briefly say is somebody who also cochaired the Nuclear Posture review, i think my colleagues, and dr. Vann and i served as the daytoday cochairs working gr
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Developing overnight. We begin with the dramaticma rescue in Montgomery County tont save a metro employee. Mpye a few hours ago that workerkr fell several feet down a dow a shaft. His rescue was caught on camera. Melanie alnwick is live inal bethesda with more. Bethes mel. Reporter good morning, guys. So were live onter g, wisconsin avenue and you can see behind bn me here metro safety investigators are still here h on the scene finishing up u their action report. You see the grate here that iseh just to the left of where theyay are standing. Tain there is underneath there is as utility and a maintenanceaintane shaft and that is where thehe worker festival ofes familiesetts take you to some pictures that of technical rescuets tak tha that had to bea about 1 30 this morning. Morng. Thats when the 911 call nameme that the worker had been been injured in this fall and theyy had to take the ladder truck,ru lay that ladder down, use thatha to hang some ropes onto and a then get those worker