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to avoid being captured. the head of scotland s state run ferry network has told the bbc that rising passenger numbers, more intense storms and a lack of new vessels have combined to cause a deterioration in the service. robbie drummond s comments will pile more pressure on the scottish government over the botched purchase of two ferries which are under construction but are years late and millions of pounds over budget. our scotland editor james cook has that story. please ensure you have all your belongings with you. thank you for travelling with caledonian macbrayne. scotland s ferries are in hot water. they keep breaking down and someone has bungled the building of boats to replace them. but what does that mean for the islanders who rely on the service? we set off on a journey to find out. first stop, the isle of arran, in the firth of clyde, where getting to the mainland can be a struggle, even in an emergency. so, that was me, having had a mini stroke at the weeken ....
manus: warm welcome to the show, the first of 2018. what does they year hold for you? do you want to have a haven? it is the year of the dog in japan. what does it mean for markets? will we see more financial market tremors? last year posted the best performance since 2009. the japanese are on holiday. you have the msci excluding japan. it beat the estimates. of ve got a question mark from china.umbers philippines remained in expansion or a territory. expansionary territory. it is a big week for markets. hint this translates into bitcoin. this is where bitcoin started a year ago. $998. we are starting the year with a decline. it is the first year we are seeing a get in bitcoin since 2015. estimate is around 15,000. you have competition from ethereum and rebel. and ripple. deal,ficit with the tax along with the balance of payment numbers in the u.s.. this might give you something else to hold onto. the dollar positioning turned long for the first time in six months ....
the all the money controversy made the a lister a target at last night s critics choice awards. we ll have the latest. first though the friday warmup after weeks of subfreezing temperatures mother nature giving us a a break. don t get used to snowflakes and winter like weather could be right around the corner. good day at 9a starts now. you know what else is right around the corner? the weekend. yes. wisdom the weekend has not yet begun. but you messed it up. this is your chance much. i was going to give him the phrase doesn t fit you can t say it. i m not going to steal wisdom s line. oh, my gosh. [ laughter ] it s friday. this is a mess. it s friday it s friday. it is january 12th. glad you re here for good day. it s good to see everybody. ahead this morning protecting yourself from the flu. the virus is hitting the nation hard this year so this morning we re finding out why it s so severe a anything you can do besides that flu shot that ....
(clapping) and back in 2004 you look back and now 11 years and think oh gosh a for begun conclusion you know that was not the case it took uncommon leadership we had that in our city attorney dennis herrera that was an honor to work with him side by side welcome our city attorney dennis herrera (clapping.) happy pride. thank you kate and mayor ed lee i m sure with the great weather we re going to or have this weekend what a wonderful, wonderful today i had justice harry stewart in my office remember where we were 11 years ago and about the challenges that we knew we were going to face as and began this battle looked at gavin newsom and we stood on the steps mid-market over the course of the years we ve had ups and downstairs all of us collectively never waived in doing what was right as ii think back we ve uttered the words in this building about the arc of history bends towards justice well, today, it. came to fruition (clapping.) i think we need to call a special ....
special recollection to the plaintiffs and our good friend mary for her tremendous leadership in the united states supreme court but we we saw a culmination of something i ve said repeating in the course of 11 years the beauty of making the law to make a difference in people s lives we saw that over the course but it wouldn t have happened without the human faces of all of you if you han or have the opportunity to go and read judicious kennedy s opinion this morning i ll encourage you to read the introduction it talks about the history of a marriage the history of discrimination to the lgbt community has dealt with and you get a sense of the power of humanity and the ability to change people s lives today everybody succeeded in bring justice to the thousands and thousands of lgbt families and individuals that have suffered from melissa and today it stops. (clapping.) that s due to the effort of all of you think about the progress 22 and prop 6815 years ago now how man ....