Thank you very much, everybody. The sandman. My wife asked me why the sandman . First lady. Because he put the battery to sleep. A lot of people dont know that. The yankees fans know that. Watched it for a long time. Thank you for coming. The first lady and i are delighted to welcome you to the white house. We present the nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to american baseball legend, maybe the greatest pitcher of all time, big argument, you see the greatest peach are . Reliever we want . There is a real question he may be the greatest pitcher in the history of baseball, Mariano Rivera. When you hear the stats you know why i say that. I want to congratulate you on this extraordinary achievement. On behalf of this whole country, thank you very much. [applause] we are delighted to be joined by Vice President mike pence and his wonderful wife karen. Along with many members of our distinguished and hardworking and very successful cabinet. Thank you for bein
And im adrian for again this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes aid workers begin to move syrians desperate for medical care from a rebel held area of the capital damascus. The government of the philippines reaches out to help people displaced by storms and Political Violence in morocco we. May have my extends its detention of two loiters journalists by another two weeks and im far as well have all the sport including iraq or it has been smashed in one of the most grueling races and thats where. We begin in syria where aid workers have begun evacuating critically ill patients from eastern guta in the capital damascus eighteen people have died while waiting east and goes as one of syrias last remaining rebel strongholds its been under a government siege since twenty thirteen it has been the target of hundreds of airstrikes and artillery attacks thats caused severe food medical shortages for around four hundred thousand people who are trapped that last mo
All the premier leagues top sides ease to victory. Celtic extend their unbeaten domestic run to 57 games with a 2 0 win over rangers in the First Old Firm derby of the season at ibrox. Chantal blaak of the netherlands recovers from a crash to become road race world champion. Britains Hannah Barnes led for a while, but could only finish 14th. Also coming up in the programme. Leicester narrowly beat harlequins in a thriller. And well be live injersey to find out more about a new fast and furious version of the triathlon. Hello and welcome to the programme. Plenty to come across a wide range of sports but well start with the premier league and there were several eye catching matches today. Our football reporterjohn bennett is with me here to cover all the big talking points. John, lets start with the derby at the london stadium between west ham and spurs. Quite a game. Great game to start the day, they were cruising, 3 0 up, tottenham, then the sending off of serge aurier and the goal bac
Maneuver around noell saunders, wdbj7. Carilion is in the more training with their workers. Theyre also reachinig out to more drone operator and emergency help with the campaign. Advocates for Domestic Violence victims in virginia are praising a bill that keeps guns out of the hands of accused abusers. It prevents anyone under a permanent protective order from having a firearm. The house bill now moves to the full floor for a vote. The move is a rare compromise for lawmakers from both parties in richmond. Some critics though, still arent satisfied because the bill still allows those barred to keep a gun for 24 hours after being served. An escaped inmate from Henrico County has been caught in florida, three days after running away. Police say james booth took off his gps monitoring device to leave the state. He was found hiding in a shed in palm coast yesterday afternoon. Officers were able to find him after witnesses say he left the scene of a crash booth pleaded guilty to manufacturin
Market. Were watching two stories developing overseas this morning. Egyptian helicopters fired rockets at militant in the sinai peninsula. A security official saying 13 rockets were fired near the gaza border and the strike targeted militant weapons stores. 18 people were killed. Attacks have increased since Mohamed Morsi was ousted from the the presidency. An israeli missile test caused international alarm. The objects fell into the mediterranean see. It tested an anti Missile System carried out by the u. S. In a matter of hours, president obama takes his case to the house leadership. House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will join the president. The president is pushing to punish syria for the august chemical weapons attack that killed more than 1400 people. Also today, secretary of state john kerry will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He has been the White House Point man. Senators john mccain and Lindsey Graham met with the president. Mc