The torture of a mentally disabled man in chicago, streamed on facebook live, as a despicable hate crime. Also, the winner of the bbcs sound of 2017 has been announced. Ray burke. Greg burke. 22 year old south londoner, ray black, has been described as embodying female black britishness. And a more ancient noise. How stonehenge may have sounded, thousands of years ago. Good morning. Its friday 6th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The us President Elect, donald trump, has voiced fresh scepticism about claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election, just hours before hes due to receive a detailed briefing from intelligence chiefs on the alleged cyber attack. He appears to be sticking to the opinion. The in a series of tweets overnight, he said the three intelligence heads have collectively insisted the kremlin ordered the attack to undermine mr trumps opponent, Hillary Clinton and have warned the President Elect against disparaging t
Leadership around the world. Postmaster general make and brennan discussed the future of the u. S. Postal service at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on wednesday. She outlined what policy changes could be made. This is 2. 5 hours. The committee on oversight and government reform comes to order. Thank you for being here. This is important and it affects every american. It is a vital part of the commerce in United States in the United States. We are here to talk about the Postal Service and to ensure options for longterm viability. 40 of the mill volume is carried through the United States Postal Service. Workers are spread throughout the country and it is the backbone of a 1 trillion mailing industry that employs 7. 5 billion people. 7. 5 million people. There is an unprecedented financial crisis. Mail volume has declined by 25 . As a result, the Postal Service has lost money for nine straight years, with nearly a decade of longterm financial challenges. The agency has
Indians. Good morning. Its great to have you here. This is different than being at the ballpark with 30,000 fans. This is fancier than my t shirt. We dont want to be very fancy. Were all about hot dogs for breakfast it is not fancy at all with the surprises we have coming up we did some pregaming before the show. Youll find some of those pictures if you want some hints of what will be coming. We have a hot day ahead. Yesterday 94 was the high at hopkins. We will hit 90 at least today and the record today is 94. Humidity is back. And dew points are near 70. That has been so much of what its one thing when it is hot but when you have the high humidity it makes all the difference. Organized rain to the north. We are not seeing much as we zoom in close. A few showers over the lake. We cannot rule out the possibility of a shower or storm. The forecast picks up on these hit or miss shower chances. And further south later on today. Now its check on the drive. Is good news. In Lorain County we
There she is right there. What is the latest . Good morning, to you. We can tell you that jahi mcmath was moved at 8 00 p. M. Exactly where she is at this hour is still unclear. A hospital spokesperson came out a short time ago and offered their condolences to the family and they also disputed claims that they withheld food that could have helped the teen who was declared brain dead on december 12th three days after she suffered severe complications from other procedures. They say that she was deceased. The family released a video. Theyre not saying where she is because they have received threats about this whole thing. The family forced Childrens Hospital to keep her on a ventilator saying they dont believe the diagnosis, they believe she can recover. They wanted a feeding and breathing tube, but the judge did not make her comply. I think its disingenuous to suggest that we had something to do with that. We have always maintained and the court and the coroner have agreed with us that
Outside the consulate despite the arrest. Fixed presence of the Police Department at the consulate will remain. We cherish our relationships with all the consulates in San Francisco and want them to know that they are safe. Were back here live looking at some of the damage that still remains outside the consulate. The suspect, yan feng did appear in federal court this morning. We understand he will be back in court tomorrow. Reporting live in San Francisco, im jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. Jodi, thank you. Now to the story so many are talking about. The crippling cold is having a major impact both nationally and locally. Some dramatic pictures here. Millions of americans feeling the deep freeze in chicago, which is a video youre looking at. 15 degrees below zero today. Factor in the windchill, chicago feels like minus 40. Roads are dangerous, schools are closed and airports filled with stranded travelers. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is here. Raj, we met with a lot of passenge