Supporting the community and our partners to keep things moving. 0k, assistant chief fire officer for norfolk fire and rescue, thank you very much. Lets stay with the weather and get an update. Hello there, just about all of us have seen some rain over the last 2a hours, but in places, particularly Eastern England, there has been an awful lot. You can see on the radar picture the way in which this rain continues throughout a good part of the afternoon. For east anglia, weve had reports of flooding, some very poor travelling conditions. That rain easing off over the coming hours and then we have a brief, dry interlude during tonight. But it doesnt last long. Through the small hours of monday, rain returns from the west. Winds will strengthen. A fairly cool night in eastern areas, but turning milder across the west as cloud and rain arrives. Also very brisk winds. We could see wind gusts of 60 70 mph for a time across the Western Isles of scotland. This wet weather pushes its way eastwar
The leader of plaid cymru says he expects a referendum on welsh independence within a decade, and says he sees the nations future as a member of the eu. Adam price told his partys annual conference in swa nsea his partys annual conference in swansea but they need to look beyond brexit and he offered disillusioned voters a new political home. Wales will live and thrive as a european nation, or it will die as a british backwater. That is the choice we face, and on that choice our fate depends. Meanwhile, the green party have gathered in newport with their c0 have gathered in newport with their co leader, jonathan bartley, opening the party conference. In his speech, he stated the green party would abolish the home office and replace it with a ministry for sanctuary. Before setting out the pa rtys sanctuary. Before setting out the partys position on another brexit referendum. We may disagree with those on the other side of the debate over europe. We may disagree with the corruption of the
Amy is the Trump Administration moves to restore the federal Death Penalty, we will speak with sister Helen Prejean, leading Death Penalty activist, the Academy Awardwinning film dead man walking was based on her life. But first we speak to Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Sonia Nazario about how corruption, viviolence, and u. S. Foreign policy are fueling the migrant crisis. Mostly fleeing some of the most violent countries honored, honduras, guatemala, el salvador. In recent years i focused on the most of those who are coming here from Central America immigrant children, kids who are trying to get into the United States and flee the violence. Amy all of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Flights have resumed at Hong Kong International airport after it was effectively shut down for two days due to a takeover by prodemocracy protesters. Tuesday saw new clashes between protesters and police forces, with sever
The committee will now come to order. Before we start, we have two witness panels. Senator brown and i will give our opening remarks and then we will hear from Senators Gardner and merkley. Once the senators have finished their statements, we will proceed with our second panel of witnesses. Today, we will hear from witnesses about the challenges that state sanctioned businesses havee cannabis business when attempting to access mainstream Financial Services. Marijuana or cannabis is currently considered a schedule one drug. Being categorized as a schedule one drug means that distribution, sale, of marijuana or marijuanadrug products is illegal under federal law, and any proceeds from cannabisrelated activities remain subject to u. S. Andnt laundering laws, such as the antilaundering control act. In the last several years, many states have used referendums that have legalized the marijuana and some form, whether recreational or medical use. Currently, there are 11 states, plus the distri
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