The state had everfaced swathes of countryside and thousands of homes have been destroyed. And the accountants who disappeared leaving thousands of lorry drivers owing money to the taxman. Thats in inside out in half an hour. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. Harvey weinstein has been been kicked out of the academy that runs the oscars. In a statement, the board said he no longer merited the respect of his colleagues. It follows a series of Sexual Assault accusations against the producer including rape some of which he has denied. Mr weinstein has been denounced by many of the celebrities he launched to stardom and called a depraved predator by his own brother. Peter bowes reports from los angeles. He once ruled the roost. One of the most powerful men in hollywood. Harvey weinstein. The movie mogul, the studio boss credited with scores of oscar wins and nominations. But now branded a rapist, and a serial sexual predator, the hollywood producer has been kicked out of the worlds most
Firms must not and can not tell workers what to wear. Johanna konta has been knocked out the Australian Open. She lost her quarter final to Serena Williams 6 2 6 3 in just over an hour in melbourne. She was the last brit left in the competition. Also this morning well be hearing a toy story with a difference. Which ones yours . I would say this is lego, this is not. Ok, this is lego . This is lego. Well find out how one of the worlds best known brands is counting the cost of counterfeits in china. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Once again today with starting off with some patchy freezing fog and it is particularly dense across parts of the south. Its also slippery underfoot so take extra ca re. Its also slippery underfoot so take extra care. There will be some sunshine around today, also some drizzle and strong winds in the north west. Ill put all that together in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Mps have stepped up demands for the government to publish its pl
Visible injuries. The motive and circumstances surrounding the death are under investigation. The mans identity has not been released. This is the citys 34th homicide of the year. Today in the bays bob redell following the breaking news story this morning. His live report is coming up in 30 minutes. Happening today, this san jose father is expected in court. He is accuse of severely abusing his 6week of old infant daughter. Today in the bays kris sanchez has been comping this story. She join us live from san jose. Kris, this little girl is fighting more life this morning. Shes in Critical Condition. Reporter she is. She has 14 different fractures in her little body including a Skull Fracture that doctors told investigators could not have happened by accident. We expect well learn more about that later today but the babys father 32yearold Matthew Zabala, was arrested at the family home in san joses burbank neighborhood. He is now here at the main jail and will appear before a judge toda
Its going to be nice. What were looking at today an saw for yesterday is what were going to be eing for the weekend. Temperatures below average and cooler than where they should be. Yes, a nice way to round out august. In fact, the last full week is upcoming week so just get ready. September is right around the corner. That means fall and spice pumpkin lattes. 61 . San francisco. 60 in the south bay. 60 in the trivalley approximately later on this afternoon, youre going to feel the difference. 60s and 70s for most of us. And there will be a few of us that let into the low agencys for today. Cooler for the weekend and next week we will have details in ten minutes. Lets toss things over to mike. Easy driving right now. All around the bay. We had earlier crashes. Those mostly have cleared except for the activity after the fire off the ashby avenue offramp from westbound 80. Slowing past the offramp which is still reportedly closed. The bay bridge toll plaza has your metering lightses on.
Were going to have a taste of fall. Were just a month away from, yes, autumn, the a word, we said it. The marine layer is up to 2200 feet. That means the clouds arent going the clear until about lunchtime today. 60 degrees in san jose. 61 in palo alto. Same from San Francisco. Later on this afternoon we will see a mix of sun and clouds. Look at the highs. 77 in san jose today. You know its going to be a cool day when fairfield is in the 70s. We will talk about even more cooling for the next week or so, coming up in a bit. Lets toss things over to mike tracking the morning commute. Very light flow. Friday we will have a lighter flow. Right now, 4 31, we have no problems on the roadway except for a couple of crashes which left debris. This one in San Francisco, 101. Just off of 280 northbound. Southbound 101 that transition right there. Earlier koran into the guardrail and left debris on the roadway. Chp is on scene. We dont see slowing but if that happens on the transition you take it w