Today, number two, 60 million worth of bitcoins were stole from a Bitcoin Wallet. Bitcoin is not immune to hackers and once they are gone, you cant get them back, think about that. Politics, senator franken will make a statement on the senate floor today, lost support of most fellow democrats, will he resign, dont know. Will he respond to Sexual Harassment charges against him, we dont know that either. When he speaks, you will see and hear it. Veterany company is about to Varney Company is about to begin. Note stuart lets get right to it. Story of the day, Southern California wild fires, ashley, what do we have . Brutal santa ana winds which would fan the flames from fires, now the National Weather say not quite as bad, gusty but not 80 miles an hour. They had to shut down with 101 freeway. Thats the ventura freeway, they cut it down, essentially cutting off northbound traffic from heading to santa. Barbara a from ventura. You can see northwest of downtown los angeles, four major fires
Our latest headlines more than 1100 people are recognised in the new year honours, with knighthoods for the beatles drummer, ringo starr, bee gees singer, barry gibb, and strictly come dancing judge, Darcey Bussell, is made a dame. The labour peer, lord adonis, says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as its infrastructure adviser. He quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been infected by brexit. Thousands of iranian government supporters are attend officially sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti establishment protests. Millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post war generation but not until theyre into their 60s, a report says. More for you at the top of the hour. Now on bbc news the travel show. India. A vast country, home to over a billion people, birthplace of illustrious ancient civilisations and today, a fast emerging global power. 70 years after independence, india is still a diverse, ever evol
Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The former beatles drummer ringo starr, barry gibb of the bee gees, and the former deputy prime minister, nick clegg, have all been knighted in the new year honours list. Starr said it was great to be acknowledged for his music, while gibb said the knighthood was as much his brothers as it is mine. Stars from the world of sport who are recognised include the wales and Lions Rugby Union captain, Sam Warburton, and the world cup winning england cricket captain Heather Knight, who both receive an obe. Our entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba has more details. Twist and shout twist and shout. More than 50 years after beatlemania, the fab fours drummer has been honoured with a knighthood. What would you do if i sang. Recognising ringo starrs half a century long contribution to music. I get by with a little help from my friends. Tragedy former bee Gee Barry Gibb said he was humbled and very proud to be made sir barry. With no one to love you, youre go
Is going to be messy and bloody. It is going to be messy and bloody. It is all every stage of this will follow the trajectory of the preliminary stage, so it looks like amy preliminary stage, so it looks like a my asthma off chaos and recrimination, and tell five minutes until midnight when suddenly it will be resolved and that is because economic reality has to take royalty over political vanity. The extent of the recriminations and poisonous atmosphere is correlated to the need to find a solution to the bitterness that european capitals feel about the uk leaving. But ultimately, there will be a kind of good news, which most of the media will regard asa which most of the media will regard as a surprise, which most of the media will regard as a surprise, even which most of the media will regard as a surprise, even though it was inevitable and somehow or other it will come right in terms of peasant nation. What that will actually mean, your guess is as nation. What that will actually me
Ill have all the details on owe all right. Guys, back to you. As we talk about extreme cold its impacting schools in greater d. C. Region. Couple closures. Arch bish ol carol in d. C. Closed today because of plumbing problems caused by cold and barnaby manner Elementary School oxon hill close because of water main break. Delays in virginia clark county schools delay one hour. Page county schools and Frederick County virginia schools on a two hour delay. In West Virginia, berkley, grant, hardy and Jefferson Country schools youre on hour delay and western maryland, alleghany and Garrett County schools both delayed two hours. For the kids going to school on time there were several chmerkovskiys several chmerkovskiys inclouding good morning, allison, steve, when its cold liking this and theres certain schools in montgomery country without heat and here in Montgomery County buses are affected by the cold. What happened, over the last two weeks kids were on lengthy winter break and none of t