mother agrees and plans to use house party herself when gracie heads to college this fall. >> how are your grades? do you have a boyfriend. >> what does he look like? does he want to talk to the rest of us? >> scope him out. >> exactly. >> reporter: but for a little while longer, gracie will live at home having house parties every day. katie beck, nbc news, los angeles. >>> up next tonight, a historic discovery. a hidden chamber underground at the site of an ancient church. wait till you see what they found. stay with us. >>> we're back now as promised with that discovery in london that we're just now learning about this easter. it's at the site of a historic church, a secret underground tomb locked away for century abc found by accident. it sounds like something out of the movies and nbc's matt bradley tells us what was inside. >> reporter: this easter, a resurrection of a different kind. a london museum announced a discovery of near biblical proportions. a secret crypt hiding the remains of five archbishops, anglican church leaders dating back more than 400 years. builders discovere

carrie gracie, bbc news. the authorities in russia now say eight people have been detained on suspicion of involvement in the saint petersburg metro bombing. 13 people were killed and dozens wounded in the terror attack. six people have been arrested in st petersburg itself and two people in moscow. memorial gatherings have been held in st petersburg and moscow today. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, has said that if the party wins the next election, it'll provide free school meals for every primary school pupil in england, and it will pay for them by charging vat on private school fees. jeremy corbyn says it will improve the health and performance of young children. currently, children in england are eligible for free school meals in theirfirst three years of primary school. but critics say labour's sums don't add up. the highest court in england has ruled that any parent who takes their child out of school during term—time could be fined or even face prosecution. a man from the isle of wight had argued h

carrie gracie, bbc news. tim: if you are the kind of grit theirhas to teeth if you see a grammatical error, we have just the story for you. one of have to address our own producers as well. of streets the signs and shop fronts. we have tracked down the mysterious individual, who describes himself as a grammar vigilante. reporter: he is the banksy of bad punctuation, roaming the streets of bristol righting wrongs. >> i'm a grammar vigilante. i've been doing it for quite a lot of years now. i think it is a cause worth pursuing. reporter: at home, he makes sticky punctuation marks. he has even invented a tool which he calls the apostrophizer. a quick demo on a dining-room wall. >> apply this end here. reporter: by day he is a highly qualified professional. only his family know what he is up to after dark. he started his campaign 13 years ago. this was the first sign he tackled, "amy's nail's." apostrophe deleted. elsewhere he has added to them, leaving his mark all over bristol. there are some people who say we

carrie gracie, bbc news, guangzhou. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we ask asian—americans in new york what they think about the new alliance between president trump and asia. also coming up, you might have heard of meals on wheels. but wait until you meet the man who will send you a poem on his bike. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. the eiffel tower's birthday is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm mariko 0i in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: russia is in mourning after an explosion on a metro train in st

carrie gracie, bbc news, guangzhou. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @benmbland. coming up injust a couple of minutes, sally has all the latest business news in world business report. morning. we've got some rain working its way in from the west but, before we take a look at that, let's look back at some of the highlights of monday. yes, it's a wet glow behind me, but it doesn't tell the whole story. the warmest place yesterday was cambridge show, with lots of lushai and sunshine. # sky. a great atmospheric shot from argyll and bute as the rain clouds gathered. the rain pushed eastwards and will continue to do so over the next few hours. towards dawn it will be sitting in the south—east corner. behind it, some clearer skies, a fresher start to the day across scotland and northern ireland. more cloud, though, into the south—west. and for wales, the odd spot or two of rain still at 8am. the bulk of the rain probably sitting across the south coast up into oxfordshire, east anglia an

carrie gracie, bbc news, guangzhou. mathias svalina rides his bike for long distances and writes surrealist poetry. he's combined the two into a sort ofjob. he's travelling the us, writing dreams for customers, and delivering them direct to their door. the bbc caught up with him in richmond, virginia. this is the one thing i'm good at. i have a very limited skillset, which involves writing repetitive, brief, surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. one of the nice things about writing dreams is that the tropes that would seem awful in writing realist narrative are fine. so, "then, suddenly, a penguin walks into the room." you know, in a jack reacher novel that's not going to work, but in a dream text, perfectly acceptable. penguins are allowed to walk into your room at any point ina dream. so, this past month i had 47 subscribers, and my intention every morning was to write 47 unique dreams every day. sometimes i don't get there and i double up and some people dream the same dream. every once in a while i'll

carrie gracie, bbc news. this is newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: generations apart — chinese—american family tells us what they think of donald trump, as the two countries leaders go face to face for the first time. 55 years of hatred and rage, as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power, the power to influence. today is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss to everybody who loves art. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. i'm kasia madera in london. our top stories: china's president has arrived in florida and held his first meeting with donald trump. the americans have previously said they want china to use its influence to curtail north korea's missile programme. the basque separatist movement, eta, says it plans to unilaterally disarm on saturday, formally ending decades of conflict against the

gracie fell 30 feet into a well. the dachshund's owners reported the fall when they couldn't pull her out with a ladder. in less than an hour, gracie was safely back with her owners and with a new outfit on looking quite pretty in her tutu. >> she's like, put that on. >> we didn't just drop our dog in the well, but here is the cute dog in a dress. >> can you give it to us every day. that's the antidote for global unrest right now. >>> ahead, first lady melania trump jumps into action. why you may soon have to tip your uber driver? come on. when "early today" comes back in two. the smoother the skin, you are in it. so find a venus smooth that contours to curves, flexes for comfort, and has a disposable made for you. skin smoothing venus razors. venus oh, it's actually...s your sfx: (short balloon squeal) it's ver... sfx: (balloon squeals) ok can we... sfx: (balloon squeals) i'm being so serious right now... i really want to know how your coffee is. it's... sfx: (balloon squeals) hahahaha, i had a 2nd balloon goodbye!

carrie gracie, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: clashes in argentina's capital, as workers hold a 24—hour strike againstjob cuts and the government's economic policies. 55 years of hatred and rage, as theyjump up on the statue. this funeral became a massive demonstration of black power, the power to influence. today is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picasso's works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and it's a sad loss to everybody who loves art. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the us is considering taking immediate military action in syria, following the suspected chemical weapons attack this week. president donald trump is meeting the chinese president, xijinping, at his florida retreat, for their first face—to—face talks since the us elections. the basque militant group eta has confirmed to the bbc that it is unilaterally handing over its weapons. although a ceasefire has been in place since 2011, this means an offi

carrie gracie, bbc news. the highest court in england and wales has ruled that any parent who takes their child out of school during term time could be fined, or even face prosecution. a man from the isle of wight had argued he could take his daughter out of school because she attended regularly. jon platt had originally refused to pay a fine, after taking his daughter for an unauthorised holiday. the supreme court, in overruling a high court judgment, said parents need to act within school rules. here's our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys. jon platt took his case to the highest court and lost, but today, defiant, he said for him this was about his rights as a parent. the issue is no longer — if ever it was — about term time holidays, it's about the state taking the rights of parents away when it comes to making decisions about their children. later, jon told me he has no regrets. his daughter had attendance of more than 90%. he won't plead guilty when it goes back to the magistrates and could face a

carrie gracie, bbc news, guangzhou. more on the bbc news channel throughout the night. here on bbc one, it's time for the news where you are. hello, you're watching bbc news. the time is 10.30pm. i'm olly foster at the bbc sport centre, these are our headlines tonight: david moyes says sorry but the fa want him to explain why he threatened to slap a female reporter. over three months before the tournament starts, mark samspon has picked his women‘ euro squad, and not everyone is happy. and how a tv viewer cost the american golfer lexi thompson the first major of the year. the football association will ask david moyes to explain the comments he made to a bbc reporter last month. the sunderland manager has apologised to vicky sparks after telling her ?she might get a slap". after telling her "she might get a slap". he had taken exception to her line of questioning about whether he was feeling the pressure after their match against burnley. the remarks were made after their tv interview had finished. just getting a wee bit naughty at the end there. just watch yourself. y

gracie gregory is one of 25 children on the autism spectrum that received stem cells from her own core blood. >> the core blood the babies blood left over in the placeent aor after birth, after the baby is born and contains lots of different kinds of cells. the hope is that the cells will help to rebuild connections in the brain. in their study 70% of the children including gracie, who had the treatment when she was 5 saw improvement. >> before the study autism affected probably 75% of our day. and now autism maybe affects 10% of our day. >> was it the stem cells? all we know is that something happened to her. whether it was the stem cells or a natural progression at this point, she got better. she became more socially connected and affection nate. >> it super charged her learning curve. >> it was a small study only 25 kids but the rye searchers started to plan a larger study. in other health news we are learning about the dangers of ohio dating and a study shows people overweight and that heart disease losing and then gaining weight back may be more harmful than not gaining weight. th

gracis por estar con nosotros. ¿cuÁl es la diferencia entre un residente permanente y la ciudadanÍa? >> un residente permanente tiene que renovar su tarjeta de residente cada 10 aÑos y un ciudadano no tiene que renovar ningÚn documento, solamente su pasaporte. el residente permanente todavÍa corre riesgos de ser puesto en deportaciÓn, mÁs un ciudadano no puede ser deportado. ramÓn: por uÉ es importante que la gente se naturalice? >> ya estamos en este paÍs, ya echamos raÍces y es el siguiente paso mÁs lÓgico de establecernos mÁs en el paÍs. ramÓn: una de las preguntas que tenemos que hacer de rigores, cuÁnto cuesta el proceso para la ciudadanÍa y se existe un tipo de ayuda para la gente que no puede pagar esa cantidad? >> sÍ, emigraciÓn subió los precios. ahora cuesta 725. pero las personas pueden calificar para una exenciÓn de pago. ramÓn: cuÉntanos acerca de la feria de la ciudadanÍa que se va a realizar el dÍa de maÑana en la ciudad de san josÉ. >> el dÍa de maÑana vamos a estar ha

gracie henderson was trying to use her arm as make shift plunger. she was tugging and pulling and couldn't get her hand out. so with her free hand she call a blummer he couldn't help so the fire department showed up took the toilet outside and then broke it way sledgehammer and she was able to kind of get free as you see there. >> she didn't look very embarrassed. but any way. gracie jokingly told rescuers to take her into the backyard so neighbors wouldn't see. >> here's the deal. family, right? somebody in her family -- >> of course. >> got the whole thing and posted it on viral. she may have been upset with that family member. >> all right. you hear a commotion on your back porch, right? you look out and watch out! >> all right. you think it's bad when you leave your coffee on top of your car. what about 14 grand? it happened. >>> what were you doing 36 hours ago? these guys have been >> still doing it? >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ la vie est belle. la vie est belle. the eau de parfum, lancôme. customize your free 7-piece gift. available now at boscov

carrie gracie, bbc news. tim: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program with the former favorite , in the french presidential elections caught up in a cloud of corruption allegations, how radical will the country be under the two new front runners? in just over a week, turkey will hold a referendum on whether to grant -- powers making him head of the government executive as well as out-of-state. our correspondent, mark lauren has been to his hometown. >> through the haze above theey's black sea coast, president's family hails from this region. rizzo is the heart of turkey's tea growers. like this man he will always back a local boy. >> he is one of us. other parties were bourgeois, but he speaks our language. he gets aggressive like we do, and tells the world what we want to say. that touch, his o'reilly's now separate men and women. separate men and women. he plans to scrap the prime minister, choose the cabinet , and issue decrees. the blacks the boy has risen to the top, but to become all-powerful he needs to consolid

. >> is that a gracy thing or something? >> that's egg salad. >> really? my sniffer's not working. >>> now for april 19th, 2017, this is "entertainment tonight." >>> how does hollywood's pretty woman do it? decades later, julia roberts is still the world's most beautiful. >> this was a surprise. 26 years after she received the honor for the first time, julia's timeless beauty is recognized again. >> i think as long as everybody smells good and has a smile on their face, then that is -- that's a beauty regime. oh! got moves you've never seen. they're called boobs, ed. it's not natural to be walking down a centerway with people screaming on both sides of you. but that's not to say that it can't be thrilling and exciting as well as terrifying. >> and this "most beautiful" cover makes a recordmaking number five for 49-year-old julia. but the best part? bragging rights over two-time sexiest man alive, george clooney. >> i'm going to mention that in my christmas card to the clooneys this year. >> twitter reaction to the choice is mixed -- some people giving side

firefighters had to remove the toilet and gracie from the home and then destroy the porcelain throne to free her while the new neighbors watched. >>> one -- don't laugh tom. one year of perfect attendance at school is pretty impressive. but how about 13 years of staying present? jackson is a senior at starkville high school in mississippi. and he's currently on graduate with a 13 year record of perfect attendance. that's nearly 2400 days of hitting the books without a sick day or a skip day. ize family says the closest he's ever come to missing school is when his mom got a flat tire on the way to drop him off. luckily, a neighbor saved the day and dropped jackson off at school keeping his perfect record alive. >>> we'll have one final look at the forecast. not so perfect. when we come back. or how high the pollen count, flonase allergy relief keeps your eyes and nose clear. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause nasal congestion and itchy, watery eyes. for relief beyond the nose. flonase. >>> news at 5:00 -- wusa9 news at 5:00 will have new details on the invest

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carrie gracie found out that he remains an independent voice to this day. translation: 0h translation: oh no, i am in trouble. a failing cameraman as well. born in 1917 and growing up mid— civil war and born in 1917 and growing up mid— civilwarand famine, he born in 1917 and growing up mid— civil war and famine, he dreams of becoming a communist. —— dreamed. the 18—year—old did not listen, but did not get killed either. soon, the communists were ruling china, and he was secretary to chairman mao, who he later described as terrifying and inhumane. but it is dangerous to talk like that now. i think ithinki i think i do understand. when he spoke out about the mistakes of chairman mao, he was expelled from the party and spent eight years in solitary confinement. after chairman mao's death, the party let him back in. but then came the tournament square democracy protests. —— tiananmen square. he spoke out again. after the massacre, the party saw enemies everywhere. he was not trusted. in his 80s and 90s, he and the party finally learned to tole

carrie gracie, bbc news. now, matthias civilina rides his bike for good reasons and also writes poetry, he has combined into a job writes poetry, he has combined into ajob and is writes poetry, he has combined into a job and is travelling the us writing dreams for customers and delivering them directly to their door. the bbc caught up with him in richmond virginia. this is the one thing i am good at. i have a very limited skills at which involves writing repetitive brief surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. 0ne brief surrealist narratives and biking for long distances. one of the nice things about writing dreams is that the tropes that would seem awful in writing realist narrative are fine. so, then suddenly at penguin walk singh to the room, you know, it is in a jack region novel not going to work. but in a dream text perfectly acceptable —— jack reacher. penguins are allowed to walk into your room at any point in a dream. so, this past month i had 47 subscribers and my intention every mo

as our china editor carrie gracie found out in one of those trickier interviews, li rui remains a very independent voice. uh—oh, i'm in trouble. a failing cameraman, too. born in 1917 and growing up mid—civil war and famine, li rui dreamed of becoming a communist. the 18—year—old didn't listen, but didn't get killed either. soon, the communists were ruling china, and he was secretary to chairman mao, who he later described as terrifying and inhumane. but it's dangerous to talk like that now. i think i do understand. when li rui dared spoke out about mao's mistakes, he was expelled from the party and spent eight years in solitary confinement. after mao's death, the party let him back in. but then came the tiananmen square democracy protests. li rui spoke out again. after the massacre, the party saw enemies everywhere. li rui, not trusted. in his 80s and 90s, li rui and the party finally learned to tolerate each other, and he concentrated on writing. but censorship is tightening up again. and his books? not welcome to party leaders. melania trump has accepted damages thought to b

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as our china editor carrie gracie reports, there has been a notable rush of older mothers who had stored their embryos after fertility treatment heartbeat of an imminent arrival, a last ultrasound scan for a 48—year—old mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment — 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos, and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she's about to have her second miracle baby. more good news — it's a boy. she tells me she's thrilled. she's got a daughter already and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. a two child family is still a great novelty here, so a big fuss at the clinic for a special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri dish, and frozen as an embryo for years, until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too long. i couldn't wait to take her home. not e

here's our china editor carrie gracie. heartbeat of an imminent arrival. last ultrasound scan for 48 mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment 16 yea rs child through fertility treatment 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she is about to have her second miracle baby. more good news, it is a boy. she tells me she is thrilled. she has a daughter and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. two child family is still a great novelty here. so a big fuss at the clinic for special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri dish and frozen as an embryo for years. until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too long. i couldn't wait to take her home. not everyone is so lucky. this lady is desperate to have a second child,

as our china editor carrie gracie reports, there has been a notable rush of older mothers, who had stored their embryos after fertility treatment, and are now keen to have bigger families. heartbeat of an imminent arrival, a last ultrasound scan for a 48—year—old mother—to—be. she had herfirst child through fertility treatment — 16 years ago. the hospital kept her frozen embryos, and now that china's one child policy has become a two child policy, she's about to have her second miracle baby. more good news — it's a boy. she tells me she's thrilled. she's got a daughter already and would be happy with another, but the in—laws want a grandson. a two child family is still a great novelty here, so a big fuss at the clinic for a special visitor. especially as this miracle was conceived here in a petri dish, and frozen as an embryo for years, until china's policy changed and she could become somebody‘s little sister. translation: as soon as i heard about the policy change, i was terribly excited. i ran to the hospital immediately. my second child had been frozen there for too lo

in less than an hour, gracy is back with her owners. any injuries -- no injuries, was actually looking pretty nice in that dress for falling 30 feet into the well, gigi. >> we can use a happy dog rescue. thanks for the update. just ahead, first lady melania trump jumped into action. plus why you may soon have to tip your uber driver when "early today" comes back. the smoother the skin, the more comfortable you are in it. flexes for comfort, and has a disposable made for you. skin smoothing venus razors. venus oh, it's actually...s your sfx: (short balloon squeal) it's ver... sfx: (balloon squeals) ok can we... sfx: (balloon squeals) i'm being so serious right now... i really want to know how your coffee is. it's... sfx: (balloon squeals) hahahaha, i had a 2nd balloon goodbye! oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasn't it? yeah. happens to more people than you think. try lactaid, it's real milk, without that annoying lactose. mmm. good right? yeah. lactaid. it's the milk that doesn't mess with you. if youto treat your