Secretary of state mike compare arrives in the u. K. I made tensions with china over hong kong and 5 g. Technology. And mollys opposition calls for a pause in protests calling on the president to step down while regional mediators try to end the crisis and people seemed with the sports Human Rights Watch school only unishe premier league to take saudi arabias human rights record into account when considering the countrys take over good from new calls the United States. Thank you for joining us our newly released Intelligence Report has found the British Government actively avoided looking into evidence of russian interference in the u. K. Politics it says the government failed to take action even after evidence emerged that moscow tried to influence. 2014 Scottish Independence referendum the report also indicates the kremlin meddled in the 2016 brecks it vote but its hard to prove while the u. K. Was slow to recognize this threat and the report warns russias cyber capability pauses wha
In the past decade, ten us states have given parents an option on school choice. If they choose to they can opt to send their children to Private Schools and in return they will get some tax relief to help offset those fees. That gives countless families says jo, particularly those who live in inner cities with underperforming schools the chance to attend a Private School. Makes it more affordable. But this side of the pond, the opposition wants to go the other way. Labour say they will add vat to Private School fees and wont strip schools of their charitable status, which would deny them the 80 relief they got on business rates. That Change Say Labour would generate up to £1. 5 billion in additional revenue. The daily mail says today that will unfairly punish the smaller independent schools. Good one for this for one panel. Joe supports it. And since leaving parliamentjustine has campaigned for social mobility, equality of opportunity. So lets see how they view this. Why is offering
Im aaron gilchrist. Im eun yang. Before we get to the forecast, we have district wide delays. Page and Frederick County schools in virginia are on eye twohour delay. Berkeley and jefferson schools in virginia are on a twohour delay. Sheena, today is the best day temperature wise . You know, i think that might be a stretch but, yes. Its all relative. Yes. When you say that, you dont mean the morning temperatures, you mean the afternoon temperatures, but i want to talk about this first. We have some snow and a wintry mix in florida. Now this is a rare event, but that shows you how far south that cold air has gone and if we zoom out, this is our next weather system, our next storm is going to remain off shore. Its starting to organize off shore. Well be on the edge of it. And that could give part of the area some snow overnight. Not everybody. Look at these temperatures right now. This is not the wind the area. Dulles is 3 degrees. Manassas, 1 degree right now. Leesburg and gaithersburg c
Today, we are asking you is there a role for congress in the gymnastics of use scandal . In the easternes or central times on, you can call 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific regions, you can call 202 7488001. And if you or a Family Member or an amateur or collegiate athlete, there is a special line for you, 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media come on twitter cspanwj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. At theake a look headline from you today about those efforts in congress. Imposes is going to regulation that requires new requirements on amateur sports organizations, something that would coincide with increased public pressure to address a scandal within the olympic community. Enduredese women have too much, which is why we must do more to protect our amateur athletes so that this never happens again. Joining us on the phone today is the author of that story, niel. Sl good morning. About what congress is doing in the wake of the Sexual Abuse Scandal.
Here to talk about his recent piece about drugfree zones and sentencing. We are talking about it as part of our spotlight on magazines series. Thank you for joining us today. Guest thanks for having me. Host what made you want to have a look at this topic in particular . Guest the reason we started looking into this is the Tennessee Legislature is considering shrinking the size of their drugfree school zones. They considered it last year at are doing it again this year. Several states have also done this. Drugfree school zone laws exist in all 50 states, including the district of columbia. Basically, they enhance drug charges if you are caught with drugs near a school. They also include things like libraries, parks, rec centers. The size of them they have a fairly large size. In tennessee, the size around schools is 1000 feet, which is about three city blocks from any School Property or library. The reason tennessee is looking at reforming this is because a lot of criminal justice advo