Have british manager, welcome to news asia. Glad you could join us. He highways leading to the indian capital of delhi, blocked as thousands of farmers protest against new agricultural laws passed by. The government. Farmers are demanding a rollback of the laws. Claim me, they removed a government assured grain purchase scheme that acted as a safety net for them. The government has assured the scheme will continue, but farmers convinced these 20000. 00 farmers arent going anywhere. Their trucks and tractors are blocking the major highways near indias capital. Each one of our tractors is loaded with rations up to 4 months. Until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back into the farmers field. Their livelihoods are threatened. They fear that the government will stop buying grain at guarantee prices. The worry is that this could leave them at the mercy of corporations who wont pay enough for their crops. Prime minister, Narendra Modi is trying
Watched operation abolition at screenings hosted by political and civic organizations. Is a sample oft communist propaganda published by organization known as the calmness front. It is at this instant being distributed throughout the United States by dead dedicated, hard core communist agents. Its pamphlet and others like play major role as artillery in one phase of the communist war phasetroy our nation a called by the communists, operation abolition. This is abolition. Gentlemen, francis walker. Mr. Walker operation abolition. This is what the communist call their current discredit its director, j edgar hoover. Has givenist party top priority to operation abolition and has assigned agents trained in propaganda and education to this project. The scenes which you will be by newsreel taken photographers during hearings of the committee on unamerican activities in San Francisco, 12, 13, andon may 14, 1960. During the next few minutes, you will see revealed, the longtime, classic communis
Boston close to zero visibility. Norwood 1 mile. The 50s. The city 54. Mostly cloudy skies and foggy this morning. Fog will break apart by 8 00 or 9 00. Well have clouds for the day and i think eventually were going to see a couple of rain showers. Right now the showers are in new york state so we have a ways to go but theyll catch up with us this afternoon. This evening, isolated. Not widespread. A warm day, low 70s. Christa look at that, 70s. Time for fast track traffic. Rich, probably that fog will delay a lot of people this morning. Rich heres a live shot of the expressway. Thank you. Its foggy here. This will be an issue early on. The metrowest side, the turnpike not as foggy but its there as well. The volume way down. No accidents, no breakdowns in your way. A nice start to a thursday morning ride. On time. Rich kirkland, 7 news today in new england. Methuen High School Student is undergoing an evaluation. Christa the 16yearold told another student he was going to, quote, shoot u
This where you could have made public comment. On item 50 supervisor kim you do have comments, supervisor kim . I wanted to explain my vote prior to. I think if we had more time i would have come to understand from the parameters of being comfortable to vote for this item. I think given the information that i have now if we are forced to take a vote then ill have to take a no vote, but i dont want to take that as being perceived as me being against an em program that could work, i have some questions id like to ask and get a better understanding from the chief in terms of his categorical opposition, instead of hearing it is. Im sorry were not going to have an continuance today, but i have to vote no today not having all the questions to be all the answers to the questions that i have. Supervisor campos. Id like to ask that we move this item to the end of the agenda. Id like to hear from the chief of police what the basis of his opposition is. So i would like to ask that he come and tel
Understand here. Pretrial diverse itself is a program for certain offenders lo level offenders. Misdemeanor offenders and certain misdemeanor charges. Normally what happens is this isnt universal, but first time offenders perhaps on first time misdemeanor charges would be eligible for pretrial diverse. What that means is that person gets released by the court on their own promise to come back, but theyre deferred to the program, and when they come back to court successfully after however long and whatever things theyre supposed to do, their case will be dismissed. Thats the specific program. Thats not applicable to all misdemeanors and charges and not applicable to any felonies. That small segment of people em is not even an issue for them because they get released. Em is only for those people who after court has reviewed the case does not put them on pretrial diverse, but instead keeps them in custody and sets a bail so theyre not eligible for that program. Em is another program, if y