The british explorer ben saunders prepares to make the first solo, unsupported crossing of antarctica after his friend died making the same attempt last year. And england beat brazil in the world cup semi final its the under 17s and a hat trick from Rhian Brewster sends the favourites crashing out. The uks economy grew slightly more than predicted in the three months to september increasing the likelihood that the bank of england will increase Interest Rates next week. According to the initial assessment by the office for National Statistics the economy expanded by 0. 4 with strong performances in the services and manufacturing industries. The construction sector, however, continued to perform poorly. Our economics correspondent andy verity has the details. This Cardboard Box maker in leamington is in one segment of the economy that is now growing more quickly than it did ten years ago. Manufacturing. The orders have been coming in fast enough that it is hitting obstacles to further gr
Gainesville, florida, clergy, congressmen, hip hop and gospel artists as well as civil rights activists have come together over the past few hours to get voters to the polls. Just a short time ago i talked to a number of folks who have gathered here, nine days before election day. I asked them why they think this thing is going to be so close. I think the election here in florida is going to be one of these bushgore deals. I look for it to be youre thinking recount . I dont know about recount, but we hope its about more than 537. Yes, yes. Thank you. Well get back to politics in a moment. Right now, though, we turn to the latest on Hurricane Sandy and for that, weve got it all covered here. Nbc meteorologist dylan dreyer with the forecast and White House Correspondent Mike Viquiera standing by with the latest on the president who just got a briefing at fema headquarters. And nbcs thanh truong is on the beach in rehoboth, did he dext lets start with dylan dreyer with the latest advisory
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Many of us heading to the airport for this holiday season, and abc news has learned tonight about a Record Number of guns confiscated in the security lines. 37 in just one week. So what kind of guns and why the surge . Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila starts us off. Reporter this guy is clearly not going to make his plane because just like a Record Number of travelers this year, he brought a gun to the airport, this one. Thats right, nearly 1,750 times, tsa screeners have pulled luggage from the Security Belt because it carried a gun, often loaded, carried by some otherwise smart people. There is bill russell, nba legend. This is his confiscated weapon. Or the wife of noted gunadvocate ted nugent, she was carrying this piece through dallas. What are people thinking . Virtually everybody says i forgot or i got a different bag than i usually have. Reporter the number of guns confiscated by the tsa has skyrocketed from 660 in 2005 to double that in 2011, and nearly triple in 2