Johnson and jackson mayor Chokwe Lumumba. And in california, nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes amidst the fifth worst fire fueled by climate change. The fatal blazes are now the fifth largest in california history. There was an awful lot of smoke that came along with the fires. At one point on my property, when the fires got to a very dry area, and sounded like water going over niagara falls. Int is the sound of the fire a particular area. Amy but many farms in the area have stayed open. We will go to california to talk about the fires and the farm workers, some of whom have been forced to continue working despite hazardous air quality. All that and more, coming up. In alabama, Democrat Doug Jones and republican roy moore are locked in a tight and increasingly controversial race to fill the Alabama Senate seat left vacant by attorney general jeff sessions. Polling shows the two candidates are neck in neck ahead of tuesdays special election, despite moore being
Had on their im dealing with all of this is the news hour live from london coming up that it may put the highlights russias growing influence in the middle east visiting syria egypt and turkey all in one day. This is the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital continues to draw anger sending thousands into the streets in lebanon. A near miss in new york as a bangladeshi man targets the subway with a homemade bomb that injures him and three other spots thats what our country is doing again were dreaming big. President trump launches a new us with a mission to lead the way through an eventual mission to mars. In spore the most lucrative competition in Club Football underlines its blockbuster status grandmother the defending champions right i will play currie son jim in the last sixteen of the champions. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial withdrawal of us troops from syria he made that announcement during a surprise visit to syria where he held talks with pre
In the Champions League draw. Arguably the draw wasnt the kindest to chelsea though theyll face five time winners barcelona. Well look at how others fared not a huge amount of snow. Temperatures falling away quickly. It isa temperatures falling away quickly. It is a we are worried about this evening and overnight and into tomorrow. I will have more later. Thank you, darren. Mount hope. It is now the tallest mountain in the country after being re measured. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Snow and freezing temperatures are continuing to cause widespread disruption in many parts of the uk and across the channel. Heathrow airport is trying to clear a backlog of hundreds of flights, the port of calais is closed, while roads and rail have been affected. Its all making travel difficult and even hazardous. Tens of thousands of pupils are having an unexpected day off after the cold weather prompted local authorities to shut their schools. A large swathe of Central England and most of wal
Suffer burns. The explosion happened near times square this morning. At least three other people were injured. Reporter we are outside of the Port Authority bus terminal in manhattan, about a block west of times square. This is where this terrorist incident took place this morning, about 7 20 a. M. According to the nypd Police Commissioner james oneill, the device exploded inside a tunnel connecting two of the major subway lines where passengers connect and the suspect can be seen on Surveillance Video walking eastbound in that tunnel and then the explosion. The suspect himself suffered serious burns in that explosion. The only other known injuries at this time considered minor described by the fire commissioner as a ringing in the ears. To me it wasnt that loud. Like i said, it sounded more like a gun shot or something going off. And then you see the smoke. Reporter mayor bill de blasio and Governor Andrew Cuomo both spoke about the most effective way for new yorkers to defeat this ki
Good afternoon. Lets go right to meg oliver who is live in new york city with the very latest. Reporter business is back to normal around the Port Authority bus terminal behind me. But earlier today commuters ran out of the building yelling there is a bomb. Grainy is you are valence shows surveillance shows the the moment a bomb went off in a busy pedestrian walkway during the height of new york citys rush hour. The suspect is identified as 27 year old akayed ullah was taken into custody with nonlife threatening injuries and burns. Three others also suffered minor injuries. He intentionally detonated the device. Reporter police say the suspect was in brooklyn and is believed to be originally from bangladesh. At this point in time, all we know of is one individual who thank god was unsuccessful. It shook a little bit. You didnt really hear it too much but you felt the shake. Reporter the incident triggered a Massive Police response. Nypd is flooding the area with officers keeping people