A lot of precipitation in a short amount of time. A couple of places over Higher Ground in eastern scotland saw close to four centimetres of snow in just a few hours. The blanket of snow muffled the thunder, which might explain why it sounded like an explosion. There was also lightning, which appeared brighter than normal as it reflected off the snowflakes. So, it may sound like a 70s pop group, but thundersnow is a meteorological phenomenon, though we might have to wait a while until we see it again. Very dramatic, that takes us to the latest weather prospects, wherever you are. Everything this morning, rain, sleet, snow. And lightning. Has been significant snowfall, impressive accumulations behind me in the edinburgh area. It wasntjust scotland, parts of northern and Eastern England is well done to lower levels, we saw accumulations of snow in suffolk and more than that over the pennines. Tied in with this area of low pressure, massive area covering western europe. It has been draggi
Secretary of defense. The question is, is another recently retired general the right choice . Its way too early for this. Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show thats ready to roll up its sleeves, quite literally. Im kasie hunt on this tuesday, december 8th. Well start with the news. Georgias secretary of state has recertified its president ial election results, confirming joe bidens win yet again. Biden has prevailed in three separate countings of the ballots. The initial election tally, a hand recount ordered by the state, and the latest machine recount, which was requested by President Trumps campaign. The results each time have showed biden with a lead of nearly 12,000 votes. In the outcome of the third and final round of recount efforts comes after a tumultuous postelection rift between trump and Republican Leaders of the historically red state. Its been a long 34 days since the election on november 3rd. We have now counted legally cast ballots three times, and the re
Yesterd yesterday. These are not just numbers. Almost every day since the start of the month, the death toll from the pandemic has rivalled even some of the most infamous days in american history, including wars, terrorist attacks and natural disaster. Yeah, its crazy when you think about it. More people died yesterday from covid than passed during 9 11, and it looks like were starting to see that post thanksgiving surge that experts warned us about too. Another 2,100 americans hospitalized yesterday. Across the country, icus are struggling to keep up. In oklahoma, only 3 of icu beds are still available, and three counties in californias Central Valley are out of icu beds entirely. Meantime, San Francisco is expecting to run out of those beds in about two weeks. To be blunt, we have one chance to turn this serious surge around, and that chance is right now. But our window is narrowing and closing fast. And i want to stress the Significant Impact that this surge will have on you, your n
To get it resolved as quickly as possible as well. The easing of Northern Irelands coronavirus rules over christmas the news dominated today by covid and the knock on effects of the virus. Do send us your comments on how this is affecting you on twitter im at Annita Mcveigh or you can get in touch at bbcyourquestions. The easing of Northern Irelands coronavirus rules over christmas will be reduced from five days to Just Christmas day when three households will be allowed to mix. As eu regulators are set to approve the Pfizer Biontech vaccine, we look inside a Mass Vaccination Centre in germany. Brexit talks continue but are still said to be tangled on the topic of fishing rights scotlands first minister calls for the transition to be extended. And coming up this hour. Lewis hamilton is crowned bbc Sports Personality of the year for the second time. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across th
Director as just happened to give the final okay and all expectations are starting monday the u. S. Will be the first country in the world administering now two vaccines. Earlier in the week it was biontech and pfizer that was administered to front line workers. This is an extraordinary accomplishment. And with that hope remains this persistent problem, the u. S. Is in desperate need of extra help. A key model now projects 572,000 americans could die by april. The upward trajectory of cases, deaths and hospital sauizations so consistently awful and fear that people are desensitized to the word record but thats what we have, record highs every week by every metric. Right now congress is working on a saturday to try to get a covid relief bill across the finish line. Loaders say they have been close for a while but sticking tonights remain. And no vote is likely scheduled until after the weekend. So pete maunteen is standing by. Tell me whats happening there. Reporter we are standing by f