Scientists say our oceans have hit their hottest recorded temperature largely because of Climate Change, with alarming implications for the planet. This week the average daily global Sea Surface Temperature hit almost 21 degrees celsius. Thats far above the average for the time of year and it beats the previous record set in 2016. The oceans are a vital regulator of the earths climate. Heres our climate editor, justin rowlatt. Theyve been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century. And for the last 50 or so years, theyve shown a slow but steady increase up about a third of a degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19, which is four Degrees Higher than it should be. Its been a similar pattern globally. Rising Sea Temperatures and increasing numbers of marine heatwaves. And it has just reached a new peak 20. 96 degrees celsius, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever record
going up as it has in other parts of the uk. one of the key bottlenecks for treatment is diagnosis, so ct scan, x rays, mris and one of the big ideas are community diagnostic centrers so if you are going for a cancer scan, centrers so if you are going for a cancerscan, ratherthan centrers so if you are going for a cancer scan, rather than going into hospital you might be sent to a new centre which could be in a shopping centre, there are already 11a of these in england. we have had this announce. 0f these in england. we have had this announce. of another 13 but the interesting thing there, eight of those are going to be run by the private sector, now it is not the first time we have seen this, but it does represent a big increase, about a tripling of the number run by private sector companies and it is part of this wider plan, as you staid relaxing the rules about allow hospitals to commission more service from the private sector. 50 to hospitals to commission more service from the pri
explain why indeed there is no prosecution as a result of this. how unusual it is. because of a memo that s bb there since 1973. in the department of justice. about prosecuting a president. he ll walk through that. and explain why he couldn t just say there s nothing here. there is a lot of evidence that there was an effort by the president to obstruct this investigation. and what obstruction of justice really means. he s seasoned and able witness. you mention 1973. you staid. you testified against nixon in 1973. you were subpoenaed. they re calling this a friendly subpoena. if so was it a friendly subpoena? i don t think it is. i actually had a friendly subpoena. when i testified before the senate. in this situation i know from my own testimony in working with
i mean, newt gingrich who i don t hold up as a great example of much at least had the courage of his convictions to get out there and pass bills. that s not what these guys are about. they re about obstruction and as you staid, richard, manufactured crises. this, i think, is a poll-tested position that boehner it s a new position. boehner has finally figured out how you can sound reasonable. he should have been saying this all along. he should have been saying, hey, look, if the democratic senate, if the senate passes something, we ll take a look at it. instead, he was always jumping out there saying no, no, no, right at the start. when he didn t have to because the senate wasn t going to be able to pass most of what we were talking about. right. so no leadership is actually his best form of leadership. exactly. and that is why it s very zen. that is why he is actually in accomplished politician. that s how you get to be house speaker of this crazy mess that is today s