Apple, everyones darling share, in the bear territory at the moment. Well wait to see what happens monday. Everybody is saying dont panic if youre in for the long haul. The Federal Reserve is expected to meet in september and there is some concern that it will raise rates. Were following some breaking news out of new york city right now where a federal agent has been shot. It happened late this afternoon near huston street in unanimous hatten. Wcbs is in manhattan. Wcbs is reporting that the agent and suspect were both shot. The building is reportedly on lockdown following the shooting. Youre looking at the area live, again a federal agent shot in new york city. Well bring you more information as we get it in. Were following a developing story in france where three people were shot on a high speed train traveling from amsterdam to paris. Police say the 26yearold gun man was armed but was attacked by two americans and the train was stopped. Two of the victims are in critical condition.
Morning. Welcome to the center for American Progress and im Carmel Martin executive Vice President for policy at the action fund and thank you so much for joining us today for an exciting event on womens leadership. Weve arrived at a moment that has the potential to be a pivotal time for women in american politics. In the past six months weve had the first female candidate from a Major Political party run for the presidency of the United States and win the popular vote by a margin of nearly 3 million people. Although women in us policy began 2017, its grim numbers occupying less than 25 percent of elected offices at all levels of government. We also witnessed a historic women led outpouring by progressives into the streets in the wake of Donald Trumps inauguration. And since then weve seen a massive upsurge in the number of women who are coming forward to run for Political Office. Since the start of this year, more than 11,000 women have approached emilys list to discuss their interest
Is going to pick up their phone Behind The Wheel today without even thinking about it . Dont do it because picking up a phone, no matter how nice you are or good you are, accidents like this can happen to anyone on the road by using a phone. And a test which is almost 100 accurate in telling mums to be whether the child theyre carrying has Downs Syndrome is being made available on the nhs from next year. This morning there are yet more warnings it could lead to an increase in the number of abortions. Well get reaction. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until iiam. Throughout the morning, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later in the programme well ask whats going on with ukip and hopefully speak to nigel farage who is annoyed that his only mp allegedly tried to block him getting a knighthood. Should mr farage get a knighthood . Tell me what you think. Our top story today, drivers caught using their phone Behind The Wheel will now face
I think there is a lot you can do. The world is also increasingly normal so increasingly what you do today, what you build, what you say can reverberate not just in this room but around the world. I look forward to the impact you are going to have on women in tech and indians all over. Your work at aei is helping the world, yes it is. She has given back. I want to thank all of you for joining us and invite all of you to join me in thanking sheryl sandberg. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] sunday democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton speaks that the mayors conference in indianapolis. We have live coverage of her remarks beginning at 4 00 pm eastern and later cspans conversation with democratic president ial candidate bernie sanders. You can see that at 6 30 p. M. And 9 30 p. M. Eastern on cspan. This is something not only what i love to do but something that could be really different from the kinds of books that have been written in the past an
Morning. Alabama, good caller the biggest problem we have in this country is a drug problem. It used up the drugs, you stop all the killing and the violence. You have mexicans coming across the border. You either pay 3500 dollars to come across or you have to bring some drugs across. In alabama, if you get address did arrested for drugs, it is two years before you go to trial. If we can stop the drugs, we can stop the violence. Host anthony is also in alabama. Go ahead. I am a 23yearold student at the university of alabama. I wanted to speak on the experience i have had. Me and some friends a year ago tried to play a joke. We were in the neighborhood and we decided to take some fights on each other and see who would stop to help the black guy and who would stop to help the white guy and unfortunately, i did not when they picked a fight with myself and the guys that were with me. They got stopped by a couple of neighbors and chased down. 30 minutes later, we went to a different street a