Its ability to compromise. If the United States senate still the worlds greatest lucrative body . Deliberative body . Give us a call. The numbers are on the screen. You can also catch up with us on social media on twitter or facebook or send us an email. A very good Tuesday Morning to you. We begin by asking is the United States senate bill the worlds greatest deliberative body . Here are a few headlines on the dedication ceremony yesterday. Engaging in nostalgia for a senate. That is the story in the Washington Post today. And from the boston globe and there is a picture their of the president hugging the late senator ted kennedys wife at the dedication ceremony there. And one other story from the Christian Science monitor, the headline. The new center, dedicated to the memory of the late demo attic senator kennedy democratic senator kennedy aims at americas youth. We want to know how you think the senate has possibly changed from senator ted kennedy time. Also, a bit about the dedica
Further below 8 . We now have the lowest Unemployment Rate in four years at 7. 7 . Were following the markets to see if it has an impact as well. Cnn has now learned that pentagon officials are reworking their plans for possible military action against syria. That is after now confirmed reports emerging from syria that forces loyal to president Bashir Al Assad are preparing bombs with chemical weapons. Syrian soldiers fighting with rebels for control over the outskirts of damascus. Now, witnesses tell cnn that 30 people were killed today in street battles across syria. Were also learning about a car bombing in the city of homs and a horrible, horrible discovery. Dozens of bodies believed to be victims of a massacre. The same time rebel fighters, they are taking on Syrian Forces literally house to house in the countrys largest city. That is aleppo, and that is where we find our arwa damon today. Reporter for two months the streets here have been a war zone. Part of a bigger battle for c
Her death. Good afternoon, i am brian flores, in for tori campbell. The wind toppled trees. In antioch a man and his son were nearly hit by a tree. Good afternoon, alex. This oak tree was uprooted last night and came crashing down in the home here in antioch. A father and his son were in the back bedroom we are showing you right here. Branches suddenly burst through the ceiling. He is laughing and plowing this morning. But it was a scary night for one and a halfyearold jordan. He was just crying. Jordan and his father were both stunned as a large tree came crashing into their bedroom last night. I thought i was dreaming. I couldnt believe it happened. Reporter the branch missed jordan but his father suffered scrapes on his back and had to be treated at the hospital. His injuries though were minor and olivo is grateful he got up off the bed at the last second. Watch would have happened if you didnt jump out of the way. I was sitting right here. And the branch was like coming through her
Bosnia has marked the 25th anniversary of the srebrenica massacre, in which 8000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys were murdered. A former Islamic State Group Fighter from britain dies in the notorious hasakah prison, where many is fighters are held. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are martin lipton, whos the chief Sports Reporter at the sun and the author and journalist Yasmin Alibhai brown. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. The sunday telegraph reports that taxes will be cut next year under government plans for what its calling a post brexit economic revolution. And like almost all of tomorrows papers has tributes to footballer Jack Charlton on the front page. The sunday times writes that the home secretary fears cultural sensitivities prevented police from tackling illegal sweatshops in britains fast fashion industry. The observer leads on a story from a leaked government document apparently showing the 20 councils most
Good morning. Could we be paying more for trains despite using then less. We get the numbers for millions ofjourneys. Less. We get the numbers for millions of journeys. Campaigners say we need a different deal in a post pandemic world. Theyre partying in paris as psg reach the Champions League final for the very first time after beating rb leipzig last night. There is a rainbow in the sky this morning. If you are lucky enough to get a ccess morning. If you are lucky enough to get access to the pot of gold at the bottom of it and you have spare cash to get a private island, i have one, two, maybe three ideas for you later in the programme. We are in for an unusual spell of weather in the next few days. Storm allen is coming our way. The risk of coastal flooding as well. All the details later in the programme. Its wednesday, the 19th of august. Our top story. University leaders say they need urgent Financial Support from the government to cope with a rise in student numbers after the u t