Check out this video of an 18wheeler in flames on a north texas highway near dallas. Truck burn itsf out cause its loaded with chemicals. As you can see there, part of the interstate was closed down due to the smoke and the flames. No injuries were reported and no evacuations are under way. Authorities are investigating what caused that fire. You can see all the damage on the grass nearby. An investigation is under way in puerto rico after the tragic death of a toddler aboard a cruise ship docked in san juan. The little girl had been playing with her grandfather when she slipped away and fell to her death. Heres abcs erielle reshef. Reporter authorities in puerto rico investigating a grim scene as an indiana family grieves the death of a 1yearold little girl who fell overboard from a Royal Caribbean cruise. Investigators say the toddler and her grandfather were playing on deck 11 of the freedom of the seas cruise ship while it was docked in san juan on sunday afternoon when she plummet
Morning. Plus, the news overnight about Prescription Drug prices. What a judge has now decided. A revelation from a dancing parrot. What the bird is teaching us about the human brain. And early in the morning or after work . The best time of the day to work out if you want the best results. Good tuesday morning, everyone. We begin with the record flooding that slammed the midatlantic. The cleanup is just beginning this morning. The washington, d. C. Area got socked and got soaked with nearly one months worth of rain in one morning. The rainfall breaking a 148yearold record. Meanwhile, the next big concern is a possible Tropical Storm brewing in the gulf of mexico. It could impact millions of americans this week. Abcs trevor ault begins our coverage. Trevor, good morning. Reporter good morning, janai and kenneth. You know d. C. Is notorious for bad traffic but monday morning, you would have needed a boat to get through some of these roads. This morning, the d. C. Metro area trying to dr
Busy accident and emergency units. The nhs considers making mobile drunk tanks a permanent feature across england. And in half an hour, and in halfan hour, i and in half an hour, i will be looking back on a momentous year in politics that saw the brexit negotiations getting under way, and, oh, yeah, that general snap election. That is the year in politics with me, ellie price. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Weather warnings are in place for parts of Northern England and scotland today after heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected large parts of the uk. Glasgow airport was closed for a few hours, with flights suspended, but has now reopened. The temperature plunged to 12c in the Scottish Highlands overnight and forecasters say driving conditions will remain difficult for the rest of the day. Judith moritz reports. Grounded at glasgow, flights at the citys airport were suspended after snow settled quickly overnight. The airport reopened by mid morning, but managers have apol
Eve. The strongest of the winds will be closer to the centre of storm dyla n. Be closer to the centre of storm dylan. There it is on the pressure chart. The strongest part. Its gcioss chart. The strongest part. Its across Northern Ireland. The next few hours will see wind strengthened. Thats enough to cause some damage, flying debris. Certainly travel disruption. The strongest winds through the coming hours will spread into parts of scotla nd hours will spread into parts of scotland and Northern England. The wind enough to cause some damage and disruption but things will gradually improve through the day. A full forecast coming up just after seven. The security minister ben wallace has said the government should consider taxing internet firms unless they are more willing to co operate in tackling the threat of terrorism in the uk. tx viz in an interview in the sunday times, in an interview in the sunday times, mr wallace said technology fims that refused the Security Services access to
Every year will end. No dealfor britain is better than a bad dealfor britain. The pm confirmed britain would come out of the eu Single Market but there would be a transition period from eu membership to whatever is agreed after. And she said parliament would be given a vote on a final deal. But it was Parliament Getting a say on the start of negotiating that deal which was the big news a few days later. Gina miller the government got taken to court for wanting to trigger article 50, the mechanism to leave the eu, without having to ask mps first. By a majority of 8 3, the Supreme Court rules that the government cannot trigger article 50 without an act of parliament authorising it to do so. No Prime Minister, no government, can expect to be unanswerable or unchallenged. Parliament alone is sovereign and parliament was given that very vote a few weeks later. The ayes to the right, 494. The noes to the left, 122. Hear, hear an historic vote today. And it got through by a large majority at