the greens are up by 18. ukip is down by 25. that is the scoreboard. let s pause for the news. hello, here is a summary of the bbc news. first results are coming in from voting in local elections for 248 english councils and six mayors, also for eleven councils in northern ireland, but councils there will begin counting in the morning. jessica parker reports. results coming in, some smiles and cheers. but there is disappointment too for labour, they have lost control of hartlepool and the wirral. but not everyone is upbeat. labour have lost control hartlepool and wirral. overall, the party so far are looking at a small net loss of seats. it is not looking good. this is going to be a very difficult night for labour. we have been out and about across the borough and the message we are getting loud and clear is all about brexit. and the residents are telling us they are going to make sure there is some change because of their dissatisfaction. the tories are looking at initial ne
we have such programs here in nebraska between our different campuses, between the community colleges and our state and the university. we actually have a unique program where we are piloting reverse transfer of credit back to trinity college is so someone who did not complete their associates degree in actually used some of their university courses for that purpose. the more dialogue there is between institutions the more efficient it is in the more cost is reduced as you point out. host: dr. linder you said earlier $300 million for research at the university of nebraska lincoln. what is the university researching and what are the different areas and what is the main focus? guest: obviously there are a variety of areas but being that we are in an agricultural state some of our focuses are on how you properly use water resources and how you grow food with less water. we face a population crisis in this world. we will have more and more mouths that need to be fed and they
you re used to seeing the republicans like this. washington is about lobby, not parties so much. there are a bunch of provisions in that bill that i really do not like. we are moving backwards on wall street reform. wall street has dominated the white house. this is really congress at its absolute worst. there are deep divisions. had i been able to draft my own legislation and get it passed without any republican votes, i suspect it would be slightly different. the 113th congress is wrapping up its lame duck session with a trillion dollar spending package that is nearly in the bag. the senate is in session and majority leader for a little longer, senator harry reid, says he hopes for a vote on the deal today. in a nail-biter late last night the so-called bill passed the house narrowly averting a government shutdown. that was driven in large part by senator elizabeth warren who made no secret for her distaste for the deal. when the next bailout comes, a lot
planned. will president obama join the thousands coming to washington? i ll ask his press secretary, josh earnest, who joins me live this hour. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s follow the breaking news right now, including the frightening situation in portland, oregon. a school shooting, three victims. prompted a lockdown as police look for the suspect or suspects. we re covering the breaking news much more this hour with our correspondents and our guests. let s begin with our justice department, pamela brown, who has the very latest on the breaking news on this shooting near the school in portland. pamela, what are you finding out? reporter: we know it is a very active scene there. the investigation is just beginning in this shooting situation at this portland, oregon, high school, rosemary anderson high school. earlier today, right outside of school campus, there was a shooting. three students were shot. we ve learned that right after that, they r
trump. these are live pictures from los angeles where you can see police are still on the streets there as well as demonstrators. we also have live pictures from portland, oregon. this was really the site of some of the most tense moments overnight. police declared these demonstrations actually a riot in portland after demonstrators threw projectiles at officers and smashed car and store front windows. also, on the portland twitter feed, the police warned rioting is a class c felony. the damage that we saw in portland, but we saw thousands and thousands of people on the streets once again all across the country. for the first time, donald trump has responded directly to this. he did it in a tweet, and he blamed the media. he wrote, just had a very open and successful presidential election. now professional protesters incited by the media are protesting. very unfair. however, most of the protest across the country overnight were peaceful. cnn s anna cabrera walked alongside