we ve got our own show to make, so let s get on with this episode of newscast. newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, it s james here in the studio in westminster. and it s chris in westminster, too. here we are, and one story that s dominated this week, chris, hasn t it, which has been this post office scandal? but there s one story going to dominate next week, i think, quite likely, in so much as we can forecast. what s that? it is rwanda. so it s the return of the conversation about how you deal with illegal migration. and the government is keen to have this idea of sending folk to rwanda. as newscasters will be aware, it s been getting relatively long in the tooth as an idea, but it hasn t yet happened for a million and one legal reasons. there are also very transparent differences of opinion within the conservative party about how you do it, how you make it work, can you make it work, and what s the best way of making it work? there was a bit of a to do before christmas
of msnbc, a tsunami warning in japan after earthquakes erupted off the west coast. the 7.6 quake causing mass blackouts and crippling communications. first responders are racing against the clock to locate the injured. plus, the israel-hamas war expected to go on for many more months as the first major drawdown of troops since the war began. what the next phase of the war will look like. former president trump s legal battles in the new year, what his appeal could look like after he was removed from colorado and maine, and the the latest on the slew of high stakes trials set to begin this year. happy new year to you. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, i m frances rivera reporting from new york city. we start with breaking news out of western japan where a powerful earthquake hit overnight disrupting kplun communications. as tsunami warnings rang up and down japan s western coast. now, japanese officials are warning the aftershocks could continue for up to a week. we want to brin
at the rafah boarder crossing near the gaza/egyptian border. the you haven t seen this video, it came in a short while to cnn. it shows crowds running as gunfire is ringing out in the streets. meanwhile, fears of a growing escalation in the middle east are also on the broadcast this evening. an iranian drone struck a commercial ship in the indian ocean on saturday. a u.s. defense official says a fire broke out on the chemical tanker with nearly two dozen crew members on board, but no one was hurt. the strike comes as newly declassified u.s. intelligence suggests iran has been deeply involved in a series of houthi rebel attacks on ships in the red sea. we have reporters covering this. will rippley is live in tel aviv with more on the outbreak of violence at the rafah crossing, and more than gunfire, will. it seems like out-and-out chaos breaking out outside that crossing area. what can you tell us? reporter: a lot of factors lead up to this. the rafah crossing is one of the
watters primetime. tonight oh, that was the grossest thing i have ever heard in my life. let s go. democrats shoot a gay porn video in the senate. oh. all rising inside t-mobile arena to pay their respects. trump jumps out to the largest lead a palestinian has had in 20 years. [screams] jesse: i feel like going, oh, my finger. just kidding. jesse: the heart senate building has produced some of washington s biggest fireworks from condoleezza rice testifying in front of the 9/11 commission or james comey lying through his teeth about the russia hoax, to kavanaugh s confirmation hearing right in room 216. we drank beer. my friends and i, boys and girls, we drank beer, i like beer, still like beer. we drank beer. jesse: last week broke the mold. a gay sex tape. not that there is anything wrong with that. well, actually, in this case, there is. the sex tape was so graphic, kind of made us miss the blue dress. a young man was caught naked on all fours receiving wh