Hello and welcome to bbc news. Jeffrey epstein died from suicide by hanging thats the reported conclusion of the autopsy into the death of the disgraced american financier. He was found dead in his cell last saturday while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Investigations have been taking place into why epstein was taken off suicide watch a few days before his death. I asked our north america correspondent peter bowes whether the findings of the autopsy settle the questions about how he died once and for all. Well, theres been a considerable amount of speculation over the last week including many conspiracy theories about the way he died. There was a newspaper report here a few days ago that suggested he may well have had injuries typical of someone who had been strangled, although those injuries in fact could have also been found from someone older who had taken their own life through hanging. Well we now know officially that that is the cause of death, suicide through hanging
And the drama kicks into high gear with the return of the bachelor. Season 22 is already shaping up to be unlike any of its predecessors. Well have a complete wrap up with our Senior National bachelor analyst. It is tuesday, january 2nd. From abc news, this is world news now. Oh, we forgot the chief senior bachelor global contributor. Were going to start things off with breaking news. Passengers were stuck in long lines as Customs Computers were down for hours. This happens as travelers return from the busy holiday weekend. You see some of images were getting in there. Some of the lines were more than four hours long. Imagine facing that after coming off the long flight. Now travelers complained that they missed connections and were given little information. A Customs Agency says the disruption did not affect the standards for security screening, and it does not believe the outage was malicious in any way. The system is back on line and all airports probably have quite a bit of a backu
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These flames. Many of the cars just burst into flames due to the intense heat from that one fire. It ended up putting virtually the entire parking garage up in flames. 1400 cars. Luckily no serious injuries reported. A thousand cars. 1,400. Back here in the u. S. , theres a brandnew champion for the me too movement. Gretchen carlson is taking over. Heres abcs linsey davis. Miss america is Gretchen Carlson. Reporter here she is, Gretchen Carlson, the 1989 winner is taking over the pageant after sam haskell resigned after leaked emails exposing alleged crude, sexist and derogatory comments. 2013 miss America Mallory hagan belittled for her weight and love life. Having someone bully you, belittle you, demain you, degrade you in any way is not okay. Reporter both she and carlson are among the 50 former miss americas who demanded haskell and others step down, describing a toxic environment, something carlson says she experienced first hand at fox news. You fear youre not going to be believe
Who let the dogs out the dogs do it again. And the georgia bulldogs on their way to their first championship game in decades after a thrilling Double Overtime rose bowl win. Deflected. Georgia bracing to face powerhouse alabama. Who will be crowned the champs of College Football . Who let the dogs out who let the dogs out and good morning, america. Happy new year. Sure is a happy one for those georgia bulldogs. Especially deb roberts and amy robach. You know, theyre big uga fans and in fact, deb was at the game last night and amy is here talking about that. But boy, it is cold outside. Check out what happened new years eve. A Million People here in times square. I do not know how they lasted in that cold. Ten degrees out there. How did they do it . Thats times square this morning. They learned. They learn fast. There is no avoiding that bonechilling cold this morning as many head back to work. Take a look at these images. Were going to show you Niagara Falls frozen over. Thats Niagara