a nine year old girl found stabbed on thursday evening. the us state of kentucky is hit by its worst floods for decades, killing at least 25 people. good morning from birmingham, and the commonwealth games on the busiest day so far in terms of medals, as scotland celebrate victory over england in a dramatic showdown between two friends in the pool. a humid start for england and wales, some a humid start for england and wales, some rain a humid start for england and wales, some rain around. brighterfor scotland some rain around. brighterfor scotland and northern ireland. the full forecast coming up on breakfast. it s sunday 31st july. our main story: england s lionesses have a chance to make history this afternoon when they take on germany in the european championship final at wembley. a win would secure both the first major trophy for the team and the first football honour for the nation since the men s world cup victory in 1966. john s at wembley stadium for us this mor
here but let s show you all these people dressed up in red trying. kate is having a real comeback at the moment. let s talk quickly about this, we were talking about this yesterday and mike is in birmingham, as you know, the big giant ball that make bull that was at the centre of the opening ceremony. yesterday if you were watching you would see that mike what inside it and had a look around saw how it worked but also revealed that because part of the bodyis revealed that because part of the body is covered in foam the plan was that the middle and the foam will be recyclable the end of the games and that brought crider response yesterday our viewers, particularly on e mail to launch a campaign to save the bull. so, mike, it is all on you. save the bull. i know. wow!
chicken wire, wood, a little bit of steel reinforcement. almost 350 pounds. 30 pounds of news print has gone in on the paper-mache shell, just itself. reporter: how long have you been working on it? almost two weeks now. last four days actually detailing the outside. we ll build the fabric plume or the crown on top of the pineapple. reporter: we have our own anderson cooper who s going to be with kathy fwrgriffin in tim square. they re laughing at us now. you re in hawaii. they have the big giant ball in times square. do you think you re going to overtake it? the pineapple is a symbol of welcome. we welcome everyone. this is bigger than life. this is hawaii to us. this is hawaii. reporter: if you can t make it to hawaii in terms for new year s eve, the resort is going to put on its website a link to the u-stream of the pineapple dropping life midnight local time on new year s eve. in the meantime, i m sad because it s going to be my last standup of the year without pants.