Please give us a ring. Let us hear elianas voice, let us hear that youre 0k, both 0k. And, you know, we need to talk. Lets have a meeting. That full interview before 11. And sexting, online pornography, staying safe online, tra nsgender issues should these topics be included in new sex and Relationship Education guidelines for schools in england . Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Throughout the programme, well bring you the latest breaking news and developing stories. At around 10 15, were expecting sentencing of 25 year old Arthur Collins, found guilty of carrying out an acid attack in a london nightclub in april. He was convicted last month of five counts of grievous bodily harm with intent, and nine counts of actual bodily harm against 1a people after throwing acid in the face of a man during an argument. We will bring that to you as soon as it happens. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Use the hashtag victoria live and if you te
Its tuesday 19th december. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The royal navys new £3 billion Aircraft Carrier, hms Queen Elizabeth, is leaking. The navys future flagship, which was commissioned by the queen earlier this month, has a problem with one of its propeller shafts. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. Earlier this month, amid much fanfare, the royal navys largest, most expensive warship was being commissioned into service by the queen. I name this ship Queen Elizabeth. Hailed as the most powerful capable warship ever to raise the white ensign. But what the navy did not say at the time was that she was leaking. According to the sun newspaper, a fault with a seal around one of the ships propeller shafts has left her taking on up to 200 litres of water every hour. The problem was first identified during her sea trials earlier this year. A royal Navy Spokesman insisted the fault was now scheduled for repair and that it would not prevent the 65,000 tonne wars
And here too i will refer to my fathers 1959 address. He worried then about californias dangerously overcrowded prisons. A he talked about identifying those prisoners who should never be released to prey again on an innocent public, but he also said, we should also determine whether some prisoners are now kept confined after punishment has served its purpose. We face these same questions today what purposes should punishment serve and for how long should a person be confined to jail or prison, for a few days a few years or for life . In response to a large increase in crimes beginning in the 1970s, the legislature and the people, through ballot initiatives, dramatically lengthened sentences and added a host of new crimes and penalty enhancements. Today, californias legal codes contain more than 5,000 separate criminal provisions and over 400 penalty enhancements, an arcane and complex mix that only the most exquisitely trained specialist can fathom. And funding has grown proportionatel
Donald ritie, thank you for ing with us on america history. The senate jority leader i not a position in the constitution. How did the job evolve . That puzzles a lot of people. We once had a former speaker of the house contact us and say i was the president pro perso ray in the pro tempore but not the majority leader because e speakers of e usee the nate majority leader as their equivalent, their functional equivalent on the senate side. Ofourse the speaker of the house is written ito the constution, and the president pro tempore is. But no mention of a majority leader or minority leader and thats because the constitutn did n ancipatepolitical parts. I think they thoughat it was probably gng to happen, but they didnwant to encoure litica parties. Theyake no provision for it. And for most ofthe history of thesenate we had no jority lead. Om 1789 until 1913 there was noajit leader ofth senate. There re chairmen committees who wld sort of take care of things on the floor, there were th a
In january. Next, we look at the historical role of the Senate Majority leader and its four former leaders, robert byrd, harold baker, and we hear from Donald Richie and mitch mcconnell. Donald richie, thank you for being with us. The Senate Majority leader is not a position in the constitution. How did the job evolve . We looked at a former speaker of the house, who contacted us and say why is the president pro tem a matter of succession but not the majority leader . That is the functional equivalent. The speaker of the house is written into the constitution, to president pro tem is as well. No mention of a majority or minority leader. The constitution did not anticipate political parties. We had no majority leader in the history of the senate from 1839 to 1914. For most of the history of the senate, we did not have a majority leader. There were chairmen of committees who would take care of things on the floor, and the chairman of Party Conferences that would open up and close things