Now at 5 30, big problems for the big dig. The nuts that hold up the tunnel lights are cracking, and now workers are trying to figure out how many are actually broken. What they do know is that there are nearly a thousand of the nuts in the tunnels that have to be swapped out. The tunnels are safe. The lighting structures are safe. To be perfectly honest with you, if we felt for a second that anything would become dislodged and fall to the roadway, we would have closed the tunnel. Reporter state highway chief insists these lights would not fall despite the fact that 900 of the nuts holding them up are cracked or compromisedp. At no time was anything in jeopardy of falling. There is a redundant system for the lights. Reporter about a month ago during a routine inspection, workers found one of the nuts was cracked so the d. O. T. Ordered more inspections with a focus on these. Small piece. The design worked. Reporter a few years lack, lights came crashing down. He still doesnt know exact
List, and one of them traveled to yemen to train with islamist militants. In the last few minutes, president Francois Hollande has revealed that france has been the target of terrorist plots for several months. Translator anything can happen at any time. At the present time, we should do everything to guarantee protection of our citizens. Reporter very good morning, and welcome to paris. It has been a dramatic morning here in france. Police searches were ongoing throughout the night about 40 or 50 miles northnortheast of paris, but this morning the two men they were searching, said and Cherif Kouachi broke cover, stealing a peugeot 206 car, a dramatic car chase in inclement weather. Police vans racing down the motorway in pursuit of this car. There was an exchange of gunfire. They were desperately trying to stop them arriving here in paris, heading towards the northeast corner. They holed up in dammartinengoele. Its a little village, a Hill Top Village of some 8,000 people. There is an
Suspects have said they are ready for martyrdom. President Francois Hollande has been speaking in the last couple of hours. He revealed that france has been a target of terrorist plots for several months. Translator we knew that anything could happen at any time. As we stand here at the present time we should do everything to guarantee the protection of our citizens. A very warm welcome to our special coverage of dramatic events in dammartin. A small town north of paris, where hundreds of French Police and special forces have converged on an Industrial Estate, where the two suspects in wednesdays attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo appear to be preparing to make their last stand. Cherif kouachi and said kouachi are believed to be holding one hostage inside the offices of a printing business. Were getting many reports from the scene that suggest police have been in contact with the two gunmen and they have expressed their readiness for martyrdom. Now, the french president Fra
Protesters. Remember, always wash your hands before you eat. Texas sounds the alarm over the spread of ebola, as a victim of the virus receives treatment in dallas. Aarons here with all the business, including a look at the impact of that ebola virus on African Tourism. Yeah, absolutely. Needless to say, its been hit extremely hard. But here is the problem for the continent. Because even thousands of miles away from that outbreak in west africa, countries like south africa are now reporting a drop in foreign visitors. So weve got a special report from freetown in sierra leone. A very warm welcome to gmt. Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. In washington, and 7 00 p. M. In hong kong, where the prodemocracy street protests seem to be at a crossroads. Do they take seriously the authoritys offer of talks, or do they continue to put bodies on the streets and demand the resignation of the chief minister . Well, right now, as you can see from these live pictures, there are still crowds on t
The table. Theyre saying were rejecting our own number because that shuts down government and only then will we go to the table. Congressmen and women have been playing political pingpong here, sending the bill back and forth between the house of representatives and the senate with no agreement. But the deadline to get that bill through has now passed and the government is in shutdown. What happens next is a question everyone here is asking. Katie watson, bbc news, in washington. Well, lets get straight to washington and i guess americans on the east coast just beginning to wake up to this partial shutdown. What sort of reaction has there been already . Well, some workers that weve spoken to have been told to come in for about four hours this morning, thats government workers, to effectively clean their desk, tell some their contacts they wont be in, and they dont know how long theyll be in for. So thats the impact obviously as people come to work here in washington, d. C. Well be hear