waiting for the first train of the day at birmingham new street, is the rail network gradually reopens after day one of the biggest strike in 30 years. with trains out of place and some night shift workers absent, there are still lots of disruption, even though there is no strike today. i even though there is no strike toda . . , even though there is no strike toda . ., , ., today. i arrived here this morning at 6:45am _ today. i arrived here this morning at 6:45am i'm — today. i arrived here this morning at 6:45am. i'm not _ today. i arrived here this morning at 6:45am. i'm not going - today. i arrived here this morning at 6:45am. i'm not going to - today. i arrived here this morning at 6:45am. i'm not going to get l at 6:45am. i'm not going to get destination until two hours later than normal. and it's a bit annoying. than normal. and it's a bit annoying-— than normal. and it's a bit anno in. ., , than normal. and it's a bit anno inc. ., , ., annoying. travellers coming into london had _ annoying. travellers coming into london had mixed _ annoying. travellers coming into london h

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then there is the civil rights movements direct action campaign in birmingham. Ùand during the course of that campaign, when martin luther king is taken to jail and writes the famous letter from the birmingham jail, the weight of the civil rights cause is coming down on kennedy and his presidency. and it looks like he is going to have to act, he's very reluctant to act and do anything other than to protect civil rights marchers. i've always wondered why he did it at that moment. and it turns out that bobby kennedy, who was his brother's chief aide, most trusted and close adviser, goes down south to alabama and meets with george wallace and meets with horrific resistance down there. people are hurling epithets that him and treating him certainly not like he's the attorney general of the united states. but interestingly enough, a more poignant for episode for bobby kennedy comes when he meets with james baldwin, the novelist and a group of african american entertainers and artists at bobby kennedy's father's penthouse in manhattan. it is a very uncomfortable situ

and one of us to birmingham post-docs one of my one of my heroes a guy called harry randall had actually studied physics and astrophysics at the university of gerdingen. thy not abbas's dance clarem on gates who gertigen and physique and they always went to germany to the german german universities to study physics and and chemistry and after chemistry and and randall had read a report a hypothetical piece by hurts the great astrophysicist in germany, not the herds of hers and higher cars, but the guy who put postulated in about radio waves and how it could be made more powerful in the future. and what casing could you put around it and the two billed boys and i two heroes and university of birmingham figured that after reading hertz's suggestive article, they would encase it with copper and surrounded with with bess. steel, which we got from a local scrap yard. put together and then tried this experiment out it looking at something across the bay of offers of a seven river near near bristol. i won't go into the funny story of what happens there. ladies and gentlemen, but by the time tha

we can cross live to birmingham and our correspondent, phil mackie. what more have you been able to find out about the circumstances leading up out about the circumstances leading up to this explosion? and what exactly happened? it up to this explosion? and what exactly happened?— up to this explosion? and what exactly happened? it was a gas explosion. _ exactly happened? it was a gas explosion, but _ exactly happened? it was a gas explosion, but they _ exactly happened? it was a gas explosion, but they don't i exactly happened? it was a gas explosion, but they don't know| exactly happened? it was a gas i explosion, but they don't know what caused it, which is why investigators are around the rubble of the house. it is a short terrace. the house were the explosion happened, completely destroyed. the blast came out into the street, not a car over, which has been damaged, it is now back up right. at the moment fire investigators and investigators from the gas company. the police here are manning the cordons, this is a fire investigation. we heard this

kimberlin, doctor david kimberlin, a pediatric infectious disease chair at the university of alabama birmingham will talk about the cdc and the decision to allow covid-19 vaccines for children. which just got underway yesterday. there is more ahead. >> sign up for our newsletter using the qr code on your screen. book tv, every sunday on c-span2 or anytime online on book tv.org. television for serious readers. american history tv saturday on c-span two exploring the people and events that tell the american story. 11:00 a.m. eastern, south carolina professor on the 1960's civil rights movement and the involvement of martin luther king jr.. then, at 2:00 p.m.. harry truman signed the presidential succession act of 1947 after death. expand the american story, watch american history tv saturday on c-span2 and find the full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org. c-span has unfiltered coverage of the house january 6 committee hearings investigating the attack on the capital. go to c-span.org/january 6 to watch the latest videos of the hearings, briefings and all of our c

. —— at queens and birmingham. fierce fighting is continuing in the east of ukraine as russia continues its advance into the country's industrial heartland. all three bridges leading into the embattled city of severodonetsk have been destroyed, with authorities saying it's now all but cut off. taking severodonetsk and nearby lysychansk would give moscow control of the entire luhansk region. our correspondentjoe inwood is monitoring events from the capital, kyiv. explosions. how much more of this can severodonetsk take? russian artillery is turning the old industrial city into a wasteland. there have been fears of it being cut off. the destruction of not one, not two but all three bridges linking it to the rest of ukrainian territory make that fear almost a reality. could severodonetsk be heading the same direction as the southern port city of mariupol — once a thriving industrial centre, which has now been utterly destroyed? translation: the price of this battle is very high. _ it's just scary. we tell our partne

and that means that temperatures in london and in birmingham could get over 30 celsius on friday. but further north and west across much of northern ireland and scotland, they'll stick in the low 20s in celsius. at the moment, we do still have this area of low pressure giving us swathes of cloud, some outbreaks of rain — most of it quite light and patchy — across much of western scotland, northern ireland. this will help to keep the temperatures mild here overnight tonight, but underneath the clear skies, temperatures will drop back into single figures, mid—single figures locally, perhaps, across england and wales. so a locally chilly start to the day here. but here, of course, we'll see lots of sunshine throughout the day on tuesday, some fair weather cloud building through the afternoon. further north and west with still all of this cloud around, some outbreaks of rain for western areas of scotland. eastern areas of scotland, though, should see some sunny spells emerge at times. temperatures peaking in the southeast of england at around 25 celsius. the pollen levels, of co

let's go on a musical touraround birmingham. on record, as the album is called, was the idea ofjez collins, the founder of the birmingham music archive, and has been created as part of the birmingham 2022 festival. so, it'sjazz, rock, hip—hop, rap, grime, whatever it might be, and the idea, really, i suppose, was just to say, actually, birmingham is a city of music, and it is a music city, and we wanted to record these songs, these artists, and capture them on record just to celebrate this brilliant city. and i think we've done that. this double grammy award winner is another artist on the album. born in nigeria, the jazz musician now calls birmingham home along with his wife kate and named his son after the road where they live. it is an honour and privilege to be part of history. i am glad i have got my name into it among great musicians and artists. great historians. the album also introduces new and upcoming artists. i am super happy and super excited. i am also happy to kind of be representing disabled artists. cos i live

birmingham and during the course of that campaign when martin luther king is taken to jail and writes the famous letter from the birmingham jail the the weight of the civil rights cause is coming down on kennedy in this presidency, and it looks like he's going to have to act he's very reluctant to act to do anything except for protect civil rights marchers. and i want i've always wondered why he did it at that moment. and it turns out that bobby kennedy who was his his brother's chief aide most trusted and close advisor goes down south to alabama and meets with george wallace and meets with just horrific resistance down there. you know, people are hurling episode him and and treating him certainly not like he's the attorney general of the united states, but interestingly enough a more. poignant episode for bobby kennedy comes when he meets with with james baldwin the novelist and a group of african-american entertainers and artists at bobby. kennedy's father's penthouse. in manhattan and it is a very uncomfortable situation where they're confronting bobby kennedy with the racism that

johnson—thompson are among the 72 athletes chosen to represent hosts england at the commonwealth games in birmingham next month. asher—smith, the world 200—metre champion, will compete in the 100 metres and the 4 by 100 relay, whilejohnson—thompson will defend the commonwealth heptathlon title that she won four years ago on the gold coast. olympic medallists keely hodgkinson and holly bradshaw are also in the squad. for more on everything else, you could head to the bbc sport website, but that is all the sport for now. here in aberdeenshire, 26 degrees was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland. the next few days will be cooler. we've got more rain in the forecast. we still have some cloud in the north and northwest of scotland, but it's the clouded france that we need to keep a close eye on. that's been producing some thundery downpours. that will trigger some more showers. we will see those showers developing, some of them will be heavy and thundery. scotland and northern ireland may have a dry day, not quite as warm as wednesday. the weather's changing because presser is falling, wh

king's letter from birmingham jail, he is in jail, he wasn't given any paper to write from. so, he wrote that most amazing letter on the margins and the edges of newspapers that he was collecting. a the message is so powerful i, the knowledge of what that courageous, industrious mandate to make sure that the truth got out. thank you very much, congressman clyburn. >> thank you. >> and thank all of you for being here today. >> did you know, you can listen to lectures in history on the go? stream it as a podcast anywhere, anytime. you're watching american history tv. >> >> hi, welcome to dallas. >> 84 players started in january. it's four months later and it is the final eight. dallas, the coliseum and it is the fifth 100,000 dollar tennis championships. i >> am not going to take time on the podium, apologizing for the fact i can't play this bloody. game >> more out of state spectators and for any event ever in dallas. we'll see the top six players on the scoreboard to battle for the first prize money, the cadillac and the w c championship diamond ring. >> it has been very exh

in the birmingham 0pen classic, she won the match and she has never made it beyond the round before. canada's becca moreno was pushed all the way through. there are 12 more nations league matches this evening, a couple are already under way, including scotland's game in armenia, they are approaching full time. scotland won the reverse fixture at hampden park 2—0 last week. after a terrible start, went down early. that was their most recent one. about five minutes left on the clock there. england have been blowing hot and cold in their nations league matches, defeat to hungary, draws against germany and italy and this evening they face the hungarians again at molineux. 0ur football reporter alex howell is there. alex, to think that 12 months ago gareth southgate's team were riding a wave of goodwill towards the euro final, they really need to sign off from this fortnight with a win. a few grumblings of discontent. yes, that is right- — a few grumblings of discontent. yes, that is right. there _ a few grumblings of discontent. yes, that is right. there are _ a few grumblings of dis

she has had a rotator cuff imagery —— injury in her shoulder so we did not see her run in birmingham sadly up against dina asher smith. so really there could be an argument for each of them and i think probably looking towards elaine thompson here but shauna saying she wants to focus heavily on the 200 now and really wants to take the gold at the world championships which is only five weeks away. so i think they will have to start showing their cards and really excited about that race. laura mir has run faster than anyone else in that 1500 metre field this evening. but not this season. tia. evening. but not this season. no, she has not _ evening. but not this season. no, she has not had _ evening. but not this season. no, she has not had a _ evening. but not this season. tirr, she has not had a great start of the season but she will be the first to admit it did not go to plan. he was hoping to go to the world indoors and sadly had to withdraw earlier on this year with an injury. and it's taken her a long time to get back from that calf injury. really worked hard and she has actually

mark easton, bbc news, birmingham. well, we can speak now to dan wilson craw, who's deputy director from the campaigning group, generation rent. it represents five million people in the uk living in private rented households, many of whom are young, and have been priced out of affording their own homes. thanks for coming on the programme. good evening, thanks for having me. what do you make of the plans announced by borisjohnson today? well, the right to buy announcement means it is full of practical difficulties. it won't help most of the people who are hoping to buy a home, but most dangerously, it risks losing, as a society, more of the permanently affordable homes for rent that we need. there are more than 1 rent that we need. there are more than1 million households waiting for homes like this. so we really need a much more ambitious programme of house—building proposals. t5 the of house-building proposals. is the solution, for you, _ of house-building proposals. is the solution, for you, rather _ of house-buildi

let's go on a musical touraround birmingham. on record, as the album is called, was the idea ofjez collins, the founder of the birmingham music archive, and has been created as part of the birmingham 2022 festival. so, it'sjazz, rock, hip—hop, rap, grime, whatever it might be, and the idea, really, i suppose, was just to say, actually, birmingham is a city of music, and it is a music city, and we wanted to record these songs, these artists, and capture them on record just to celebrate this brilliant city. and i think we've done that. this double grammy award winner is another artist on the album. born in nigeria, the jazz musician now calls birmingham home along with his wife kate and named his son after the raid where they live. it is kate and named his son after the raid where they live.— raid where they live. it is an honour- _ raid where they live. it is an honour. part _ raid where they live. it is an honour. part of _ raid where they live. it is an honour. part of history. - raid where they live. it is an honour. part

just outside birmingham. police say a gunman opened fire at attendees of a church pot luck dinner last night. a 71-year-old man in custody as nadia romero reports for us, the alleged gunman was stopped and subdued and held down by another parishioner. >> we are getting reports of a possible active shooter. >> three people are dead after a shooting thursday night at a church in vest tave yeah hills, alabama, a suburb of birmingham. >> active shooter incident with injuries. at least three patients. >> police say the church was hosting a potluck dinner when the suspect, a 71-year-old man attending the event, opened fire. >> at some point, he produced a handgun and began shooting, striking three victims. >> best estimate we have is the parish hall. shooter has been held down but the scene is not secure. >> investigators say after opening fire, he was held down by another person at the event. >> we can't get radio reception. multiple people down. >> police identifying the victims as 84-year-old walter rainy who di

after a shooting inside a church near birmingham. investigators say the man just started shooting during a pot luck dinner on thursday. cnn national correspondent nadia romero is here with the latest for us. nadia, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, victor, as you mentioned, the third victim now dying from the shooting that happened last night inside of the church behind me, and what's a really nice tree lined neighborhood. people tell me that they just didn't expect it to happen here. we know that there was a pot luck dinner for boomers, so we're talking senior citizens that would come out, bring their own dishes and fellowship inside of the church, and this happened on a regular basis. the 71-year-old suspect who hasn't been named yet was a regular. he would come to these kind of church events. it wasn't suspicious to see him there, until of course he pulled out a handgun, started shooting, killing three people. two of those people later dying at the hospital, including a person today. now, we spoke with the bishop of the ch

whilst at the birmingham classic, katie boulter is due out third on centre court yesterday 20—year—old british player jack draper produced the biggest win of his career at queen's as he beat a top—20 player for the first time in the shape of taylor fritz. and with british number one cam norrie knocked out, andy murray pulling out, draper who isjust inside the world's top 100 could be one to watch this summer as harriet dart could be, after reaching the second round of the birmingham classic, after a breakthrough year, reaching her first wta quarter—final in nottingham last week. she says being happier off the court has led to improved performances. the third golf major of the year — the us open — gets undereway on thursday and the winner of this years uspga championshipjustin thomas says its "sad" that the build up to the tournament has been dominated by talks of golf�*s civil war. players from the pga tour and the breakaway liv series will tee up together. you can't go anywhere without somebody bringing it up, but that is just one of the things i spoke to earlier, it is sad,

the philadelphia stars face off against the birmingham stallions on fox. rachel: at 7:30 p.m. tonight. all right. still ahead, as they famously say, come on, baby, shake that -- do that what? we're going to go -- do you remember what it is? >> no. rachel: conga. we're going to see who can finish the lyrics of famous songs. that's the contest, with john brennan from real world los angeles. stay with us. ♪ before treating your chronic migraine— 15 or more headache days a month, each lasting 4 hours or more you're not the only one with questions about botox®. botox® prevents headaches in adults with chronic migraine before they even start—with about 10 minutes of treatment once every 3 months. so, ask your doctor if botox® is right for you, and if a sample is available. effects of botox® may spread hours to weeks after injection causing serious symptoms. alert your doctor right away, as difficulty swallowing, speaking, breathing, eye problems, or muscle weakness can be signs of a life-threatening condition. side effects may include allergic reactions, neck and injection

man is in hospital with life—threatening injuries following a gas explosion that destroyed a house in birmingham and damaged at least three others. former prime minister sirjohn major is giving evidence at a public inquiry looking into how thousands of people were infected with hiv or hepatitis c through contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s. suffered incredibly bad luck. and in sport we'll be live at wimbledon as the first day of the tournament is under way. novak djokovic is on centre court now and he'll be followed by emma raducanu. and then andy murray. welcome to the programme. good afternoon and welcome. the leaders of the g7 group of nations have promised they will stand with ukraine "for as long as it takes" — as they announced they would step up sanctions on russia. president zelenskyjoined the summit remotely, and told the leaders he needed more weapons and air defence systems and wanted the war to be over by the end of the year. in a bbc interview, borisjohnson said western democracies had to resist tyranny today, just as they had defeated nazi germany in the last century. the g7 su

. >>> two people are dead, another injured after a shooting inside a church near birmingham, alabama. parishioners were attending a pot luck dinner. we'll take you to the scene for an update on that investigation. >>> first though, can that bipartisan group of senators come to a final agreement on a plan to strengthen gun laws in this country? we're going to take a look at the issue that is holding them up there. was a real sense of progress but right now, there's real frustration. where does it stand? that's next. tration. where does it stand? that's next. you're pretty particular about keeping a healthy body. what goes on it. usually. and in it. mostly. here to meet those high standards is the walgreens health and wellness brand. over 2000 high quality products. rigorously tested by us. real world tested by you. and delivered to your door in as little as one hour. think he's posting about all that ancient roman coinage? no, he's seizing the moment with merrill. moving his money into his investment account in real time and that's... how you collect coins. your money never stops worki

in oxford, a professor of international migration at the university of birmingham. and in new zealand, and author and former refugee. welcome and thank you for joining us. behares, let me start with you today. when we talk about the displacement crisis in the world today we must talk about something that's been in the news a lot, especially this week, it's this very controversial plan in the uk . there's this agreement between the british government and rwanda in which some refugees and asylum seekers would be sent to rwanda to have their asylum claims process to their. many who oppose this plan say that the plan mirrors australia's use of offshore detention centers, that was a plan that saw people being sent to detention centers on the pacific islands of nauru and manus, you yourself were held at an offshore detention center on manus island for six years, so how concerned are you about the kind of precedent this uk rwanda agreement could set? >> thank you for having me. i think it's horrific news and for many years, advocates and australia were warning that was --

minute they weren't >> reporter: happened at saint stephen's episcopal church in a picturesque suburb of birmingham authorities releasing a mugshot of the alleged gunman, robert smith, an occasional church attendee who opened fire at a potluck dinner >> at some point he produced a handgun, began shooting, striking three victims. >> reporter: all three were killed, ranging in age from 75 to 84 years old. >> can describe the situation in which a fellow parishioner subdued the shooter? how critical was that in saving lives? >> it was extremely critical in saving lives. the person that subdued the suspect in my opinion is a hero. >> reporter: police didn't reveal a motive and the county sheriff office said the shooter has no booking history there. hundreds came out for a church service this morning, sad and shaken >> especially with a church environment, a place you consider to be safe and a place of refuge, is now kind of violated in a way. >> reporter: a minister here now has direct ties to two church shootings he tells me he went to seminal school with two people murdered at the horrific church mass

emma simpson, bbc news, birmingham. let's cross live to salford, where ben boulos is reporting good morning. you've been reporting on the cost of living crisis for some time now but what are people been saying to you today? it’s some time now but what are people been saying to you today?— been saying to you today? it's very much what — been saying to you today? it's very much what we _ been saying to you today? it's very much what we were _ been saying to you today? it's very much what we were hearing - been saying to you today? it's very much what we were hearing in - been saying to you today? it's very much what we were hearing in that report, those pressures are really taking hold. we've got some tempting fruit and veg on offer for you here this morning, some fresh tomatoes, peppers and some aubergines and on a gorgeous day like this, people may be tempted to go out, visit their local market, go for a shop or get an ice cream but the shadow looms large of the cost of living pressures. so much so that the survey

you're talking about a neighborhood, jose, about ten minutes south of birmingham, vestavia hills. it is immaculately man cured lawns, beautiful homes, quiet, safe space. according to the police department on their website this is what they list that this community is rated as one of the safest community in the state of alabama, a place where you can raise families and have businesses and just feel comfortable and insulated and yet here we are right now talking about another shooting. there is the statement on your screen right there. consistently rated as one of the safest communities in alabama, a wonderful place to raise your family, work and own a business. residents here, jose, that we talked to are beyond stunned. they are having a difficult time trying to understand how this could happen here. here's one woman in the aftermath of the shooting. >> shocking and horrible, like just, i don't know, quite alarming that something like this would happen, you know, the tragedy a few weeks ago with the children and now churches. >> reporter: jose, in the context of the conversations t

. >> students from birmingham, alabama, traveling to the bay area with a nonprofit organization became the latest victims of a smash and grab. this is a local in and out last week, founders of the nonprofit known is cultivating hope foundation. they say that the thieves made off with $18,000 worth of equipment and >> electronics from 2 of their cars conference. taylor bisacky shares their story. >> we were all in shock and said there was immediate kind of wrestling aroun. to figure out, you know, who who got, you know, what take and steve douglas and alan ronna wicks are co-founders of nonprofit cultivating hope foundation. >> which creates experiences for teens from birmingham, alabama, to inspire students to dream bigger. they brought a group of 8 students to the bay area last week and on the first day of their trip, they became victims of a smash-and-grab while they were inside a san leandro and restaurant we went in. we ordered our food. and while while we are waiting for it. >> security guard came in not with a lot of hurt and say we must say that kind of came in and said, are tho

this is something that happened in a suburb of birmingham, and in an area that a lot of people weren't expecting to see yet another shooting. and we spoke with u.s. former senator doug jones, former senator for the state of alabama, and he lived just down the street from the church, and he talks about why this was so shocking for him to learn about this last night. take a listen. >> this area has car burglaries and home burglaries, those kind of things, but not the kind of violence we have seen at this church last night. i think it is probably shaken the community. i hope it shakes them into action. >> reporter: and, boris, what we're hearing from people at this church, at st. stephen's, people in the neighborhood, everyone saying they hope that because a place of worship has turned into yet another crime scene, that this will mean action, that lawmakers will do something so that we can stop seeing these crime scenes at churches. boris? >> nadia romero, thanks so much for the details. >>> we want to update you on the investigation into the massacre in uvalde, texas. 20 of the 21 people

here he is. >> birmingham community area is known as the city of churches. there's a church everywhere. we have such affinity for our faith and houses of worship, regardless of your religion, something happens there, you expect that to be the safest place you can be. goes to show that no community is immune from this kind of gun violence that we see playing out across the country. no one is immune. >> but in the weeks following the mass shootings in buffalo and uvalde, there's still no gun reform deal in washington. senate negotiators are stuck on how to structure federal funding for state red flag laws and how to close the so-called boyfriend loophole that refers to the fact that laws ban the purchase of guns by people convicted of domestic violence against someone they're married to, live with or have a child with, but not if the victim is a dating partner. >>> well, this sunday, colombians will head to the polls once again in a runoff election to pick their next president. they'll choose between a former gorilla fighter and self proclaimed king of tictok.

emma simpson, bbc news, birmingham. ben'sjust outside our studios here in salford. ben, you'll be bringing us much more on this throughout the morning. people are feeling in their homes and daily lives about the cost of living? and daily lives about the cost of livin: ? . and daily lives about the cost of livin? . ., , , , and daily lives about the cost of livin? . , , , living? yeah, absolutely, this is something _ living? yeah, absolutely, this is something which _ living? yeah, absolutely, this is something which is _ living? yeah, absolutely, this is something which is affecting - living? yeah, absolutely, this is| something which is affecting the decisions people are making every single day and on a gorgeous day like this the temptation is to go out and spend, do things, buy things, but the reality is people have less money to be able to do what they normally would and we are hearing about the cutbacks. we will be looking at the decision people are making about what they spend on food for example, and what they are

he's a personal trainer and realtor in birmingham, alabama but type 2 diabetes runs in his family >> my grandmother had diabetes, my mom, my sister has it >> he was so busy, he used to grab fast food, sweet tea, energy drinks. >> people see you and think, oh, you work out you're healthy there's nothing wrong with you no, that's not the case. >> not if you're not eating right. >> exactly >> a few years ago, he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and prescribed medicine, but he wanted alternatives so he volunteered for a study at the university of alabama at birmingham looking at two diets he was put on a low-carb diet for three months after tuesday, a box of food arrived with recipes >> so it's eggs with vegetables. >> no carbs. >> no carbs. >> nutrition researcher barbara launched the study five years ago. >> americans tend to eat a lot of sugar and carbohydrates, and you reach a limit to the ability to store those excess calories and that essentially is what ultimately leads to type 2 diabetes >> the white that we're seeing is the fat in between the organs >> that's right. >> the key

the birmingham fire department says they are working to stabilize affected areas. no serious injuries fortunately have been reported. this is a live look at los angeles fox 11. out there with bill. one of the big stories out there tonight the fighters announce a pair of tribute tours to honor late drummer taylor hawkins. both show also take place in september with one in london the other in los angeles. hawkins died march 25th during a south american tour with the band. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report," we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ >> this kind of behavior is obviously behavior that we will not tolerate. threats of violence and actual violence against the justices, of course, strike at the heart of our democracy. we will do everything we can to prevent them and to hold people who do them accountable. >> bret: attorney general merrick garland about this threat, real threat to justice brett kavanaugh. "the washington post" writes it this way: man with weapon arrested near brett kavanaugh's home officials say. according to the affi

great britain's katie boulter was also knocked out at the quaterfinal stage at the birmingham classic. she was beaten in straight sets by the former world number one and 2019 wimbledon champion simona halep. rafael nadal says he intends to play at wimbledon after having nerve treatment for his chronic foot problem. the two—time champion has been practising on grass courts in majorca to test his fitness. he won a record—extending14th french open title earlier this month, but needed multiple injections in his foot throughout the tournament. he'll now head to london and make a final decision on his participation after training and an exhibition match at the hurlingham club. not much time to rest. i know that it's going to be like this if i wanted to try to play wimbledon. i did not have time to now because i have to try to do the treatment if that works, and will be my chance to try to travel to wimbledon and that's what i did. and here i am with some positive news. baroness tanni grey thomson has repeated her calls for an independent safeguarding body to be created to deal with athl

some dramatic i pictures that have come in overnight from birmingham. a man is in hospital with life—threatening injuries after an explosion destroyed a house in birmingham. at least four other people were injured and three more homes were damaged in the blast, which is believed to have been caused by a gas leak. simonjones has the latest. shock and confusion in the aftermath of a huge explosion. a fierce fire takes hold on the residential street. a man was dragged from the burning building by neighbours, and taken to hospital. other people were injured. these pictures released by the west midlands fire service reveal the extent of the destruction. the whole house ripped down, others badly damaged. i was sat at home, i heard a loud explosion, that was just after 8:30pm. immediately went on to social media because that's where you get a lot of information from, to see if there was anything to say what it was. found out quite quickly that people were reporting on social media that there had been an explosion in the house. at that point i decided that as

students from birmingham, alabama, traveling to the bay area with a nonprofit organization became the latest victims of a smash-and-grab robbery at a local in and out last week, said founders of the nonprofit which is known as cultivating hope foundation. >> say that the thieves made off with $18,000 worth of their equipment and electronics from 2 of their vehicles. kron four's taylor. the explains what happened. >> we were all in shock and said there was immediate kind of wrestling around to figure out, you know, who who got, you know, what take and steve douglas and alan ronna wicks are co-founders of nonprofit cultivating hope foundation >> which creates experiences for teens from birmingham, alabama, to inspire students to dream bigger. they brought a group of 8 students to the bay area last week and on the first day of their trip, they became victims of a smash-and-grab while they were inside a san leandro and restaurant we went in. we ordered our food. and while while we are waiting for it. >> security guard came in not with a lot of herd and say we must say that kind of came in

natalie metcalf will take on the england captaincy for the team's commonwealth games title defence in birmingham next month, as a 12—player squad has been named. england shocked hosts australia to win a first commonwealth gold in 2018. seven players from that victorious side have once again been picked by head coachjess thirlby. metcalf replaces serena guthrie, who announced her pregnancy and retirement from netball in march. it sure was a privilege and i think one thing that we focused on was what we did back in 2018. but for us, it's the next chapter, and we've beenin us, it's the next chapter, and we've been in the moment and present and enjoy thejourney. i been in the moment and present and enjoy the journey. i think that's what we want to do. if we can do that, we're capable of achieving anything. a new era of english netball. that's all the sport for now. see you later. hello. tuesday promises a long day ahead, quite literally the longest day of the year. it is the summer solstice, and for shetland, we're looking at close to a whopping 19 hours of daylight. i can't promise you 19 hours o

and that means that temperatures in london and in birmingham could get over 30 celsius on friday. but further north and west, across much of northern ireland and scotland, they�*ll stick in the low 20s in celsius. at the moment, we do still have this area of low pressure giving us swathes of cloud, some outbreaks of rain — most of it quite light and patchy — across much of western scotland, northern ireland. this will help to keep the temperatures mild here, overnight tonight, but underneath the clear skies, temperatures will drop back into single figures, mid—single figures locally, perhaps, across england and wales. so a locally chilly start to the day here. but here, of course, we�*ll see lots of sunshine throughout the day on tuesday, some fair weather cloud building through the afternoon. further north and west, with still all of this cloud around, some outbreaks of rain for western areas of scotland. eastern areas of scotland, though, should see some sunny spells emerge at times. temperatures peaking in the southeast of england at around 25 celsius. the pollen leve

condition in hospital, after a suspected gas explosion destroyed a house and damaged three others in birmingham. neighbours clambered past flaming debris and through dust and rubble to pull an injured man from the ruins of the home in the kingstanding area. simonjones reports. shock and confusion in the aftermath of a huge explosion. a fierce fire takes hold on the residential street and a man was dragged from this building from neighbours and taken to hospital. other people were injured. these pictures released by the west midlands fire service reveal the extent of the destruction. a whole house ripped down, others badly damaged. i was sat at home, i heard a loud explosion, that was just after 8:30pm. immediately went on to social media because that's where you get a lot of information from, to see if there was anything saying what it was. found out quite quickly that people were reporting on social media that there had been an explosion in a house. at that point, i decided that as the councillor, i should come down. not to be nosy, but to see what i could do to help people. a big police cordo

down that much, so they bounce back up big time tomorrow afternoon with records possible in dallas, birmingham, albany, tampa, new orleans. and then again as we go into the weekend, temperatures hang around, but as you can see by monday temperatures start to come down a bit to still above averages but at least cooler than they've been. lester >> al, thank you very much. >>> as the country awaits the supreme court's ruling on roe v. wade, many women in states with restrictive new abortion laws are looking for other options, even crossing into mexico in growing numbers. here is morgan radford. >> reporter: for many women, this doctor is their last chance. his new mexico practice is one of a few remaining abortion clinics along the u.s.-mexico border, a mile west of the texas state line. >> increase by 100, we do about 250 a month now. >> abortions per month? >> per month. >> reporter: that jump since last september when a texas law banned abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy before that, the state allowed them up to 20 weeks. >> not doing an abortion because you're six weeks or five we

. >> so students from birmingham, alabama, traveling to the bay area with a nonprofit organization became the latest victims of a smash and grab. it happened at a san leandro in and out last week. founders of the nonprofit known as cultivating hope foundation say the thieves made off with $18,000 worth of equipment and electronics. >> from 2 of their vehicles for state of second has their story. >> students traveling from birmingham, alabama, with a nonprofit became the latest victims of a smash-and-grab. while they were inside an in and out restaurant in san leandro. the group of 8 students were on a trip with cultivating hope foundation, an organization that creates experiences to inspire young adults who won in. we ordered our food. and while while we are waiting for it. >> security guard came in not with a lot of herd and say we must say that kind of came in and said, are those your suvs because they just got smashed into co-founders. allen bruneau extend steve douglas, a. >> it happened on the first day of their trip last week. we were all in and said there was immediate kind of wres