tell the bbc they feel abandoned the government says it s doing all it can to help those still there. more than £200 million of money earmarked to help children catch up after covid lockdowns hasn t been spent the finding of a bbc investigation. and the aim was to receive 105 cards for his 105th birthday but this world war two veteran who now has more than 4,000 and counting. and coming up on bbc news, the latest from the world snooker championship. robert milkins and jack lisowski aim to follow in the footsteps ofjohn higgins and secure their place in the next rounds. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. the former strictly come dancing head judge len goodman, has died at the age of 78. he had been diagnosed with bone cancer and passed away on saturday at a hospice in tunbridge wells in kent, surrounded by his family. the dancer and choreographer became a judge on the first show in 2004 and continued as head judge until his final appearance in 2016.
showers falling across much of the north and east of scotland will have a wintry element. it will feel cold across the board and we will see longer spells of rain as well across southern areas, you can see this mass of blue, affecting wales, south west england. there s been some thunder and lightning as well, slowly sliding southwards and eastwards all the while. further north, it is bright with sunny spells and scattered showers. the showers are being brought on by strong and cold northerly winds. gales and exposure here, some winteriness across scotland. further south, that area of cloud and rain. a bit of sunshine here and there, but cloudy for england and wales. the temperatures range from around five across the northern isles to ii or 12 across the south. notice the map starts to turn blue through tonight, those clear skies with light wind, pretty widespread frost for late april. down to 40 minus five celsius in the north. gardeners and growers, do take note, because yo
following new details about that chinese spy balloon traveling across the country. new video into the cnn newsroom showing the balloon now hovering over asheville, and charlotte, north carolina in the last hour. and it could make it out to sea at any moment. the balloon was first spotted over montana on wednesday. china claims it s a civilian research vessel that blew offcourse, but the u.s. isn t buying that, calling the balloon s flight over u.s. soil an irresponsible act. secretary of state antony blinken postponing a planned trip to beijing in response. cnn s oren liebermann is at pentagon for us. oren, officials say the balloon doesn t currently seem to present a threat, but why is the pentagon also preceding with caution on it? reporter: so the pentagon has said for now that it will not be shooting this down, because of the risks from two different perspectives, first there s the risk to what s below, blow something up at 60,000 feet and that could be scattered over q
oren liebermann at the pentagon. let s go arlette at the white house. reporter: president biden offered his first comments on the situation regarding that chinese spy balloon just moments ago, saying they are prepared to take care of it. president biden has been receiving briefings since tuesday, including potential options relating to how they could address this. here is how he answered reporters questions moments ago. you heard president biden say we are going to take care of it. officials here at the white house say the president is consistently being briefed on the various options they have been presented. one option was the possibility of shooting down this plane. that s something they have not ruled out. previously as he was presented that option, he was warned about the potential impact it could have o and impact it could have here on the ground and affecting people. we will see what else the white house and pentagon has to say later today regarding this balloon. it
administration take to avert this looming catastrophe? former border patrol chief rodney scott and congresswoman claudia tenney joins us ahead. i believe it s about minus 13 out. i m doing ok, the sun is out, feels great. you are supposed to be used to it, but not this, it s frigid. it s not worth it. stay home with the family. went to the grocery store so we won t have to come out. we ll be stuck in the house looking at the snow. john: if folks in chicago tell you it s real cold, it s real cold. at least five people have been killed by the once in a generation storm that has threatened lives and travel plans across the country. john roberts in washington. good to have you here. almost every state is expected to be impacted by the brutal winter storm. more than 200 million americans under warnings or advisories and more than 1.1 million people are without power. subzero temperatures and snow pummelling the midwest. the worst still yet to come for those here on the