Story very frustrating at the minute but there is some sunshine to be had today and it is probably feeling a bit warmer with lighter winds. The best of the sunshine to eastern scotland and north east england and down to the midlands. The cloud thick enough for some drizzle add to the west and that is likely to linger for much of the afternoon. For many it is the wind direction that the issue, still a north westerly across scotland and a lighter westerly elsewhere driving in that cloud. Temperatures further west more subdued this afternoon. 14, 19 west more subdued this afternoon. 1a, 19 degrees. Through this evening we keep the cloud going and it will turn quite mistaken on the west facing coasts and hills. More drizzle as well. A relatively mild start to thursday morning and once again a great start. There could be some window of fine weather into northern ireland and just the north of england ahead of some showers developing in the afternoon. It really is going to be a frustrating st
Over who willjoin and come into the sport, but certainly it gives a big box take to formula 1. Defending champion dominic thiem has pulled out of this month s us open. In a statement on social media, thiem says he will miss the tournament and the rest of the 2021 season, after struggling with a wrist injury he suffered back injune. Andy murray hopes to be there, he s in seonc dround action at the cincinatti open. Murray is up against wimbledon semi finalist hubert hurkacz. The latest score there is 7 6, 6 3. There s a new leader after stage five of the vuelta a espana, but it happened in the most unfortunate circumstances. Estonia s ryan tara may was wearing the red jersey for only the second day, but lost it after getting caught up in this crash just seven miles from the finish. He got left behind as belgium s yasper philipsen claimed his second stage win of the race. Frenchman kenny ellis onde is now the overall leader, five seconds ahead of reigning champion pree moz rog litch. The
even as it is done in heaven. lord, we are grateful that you have surrounded us with the beauty of the earth and the glory of the skies. we praise you for the opportunity to spend our lives for causes greater than ourselves. today, direct the steps of our senators, opening doors that no one can shut and closing doors that no one can open, according to the wisdom of your loving providence. we pray in your great name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to executive session and resume consideration of the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination, department
mounts a new fight to overturn the north carolina bill that did away with the anti-lgbtq bill known as hb2. we will also look at the political crisis in the tar heel state after republican lawmakers waged a legislative coup against the state s democratic governor. is the state of north carolina still a democracy? and we will look at how a group of african-american residents are fighting back against factory hog farms that spray liquid manure on their communities. thisu open the door, and melted sure by the way. you start gagging. i shut my hog operation down. i got out of it. i just could not do another person that way, to make them smell that. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. around the world, millions of workers took to the streets monday for may day, also known as international workers day. this year, in california, tens of thousands of people took to the streets in the bay area, as i