Everybody, welcome back. Lets get a check on the day ahead before we toss it over morning joe. President obama will increase access and affordability of high Speed Internet and the Boston School board will vote on a measure to add 40 minutes to elementary and middle school kids. It will earn teachers and additional 4,000 bucks a year. That will do it. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning, everyone it is wednesday, january 14th welcome to morning joe. With us on set we have msnbc analyst former democratic congressman harold ford wallace
white house correspondent for the wall street journal and on capitol hill times reporter Jeremy Peters as well. So we begin this morning with few developments in the paris terrorist attacks. In the new video released overnight the head of al qaeda in yemen claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attack which took place one week ago today. The new issue of the satirical features the Prophet Muhammad on the cover, it is sparking additional terro
Tonight, the pressure on the president , and just moments ago, he arrived at the capitol. The crisis at the border. Tent cities going up to house children separated from their parents. Children now in detention facilities. Some kept in cages. And in some cases, parents are being deported, sent home without their children. President trump today hugging the American Flag, doubling down on his zero tolerance policy. The president just arriving on the hill to shouting, and what he just said. Also tonight, the tornado touching down late today. The tornado watch, as we come on the air. As severe storms now hit several sa states. The airport meltdown. The airline forced to cancel over 2,000 flights. Why hundreds of passengers have been sleeping at the airport for n n thviohatad natio
ho had parked across a handicap spot. Tonight, the new body cam just out, and what it reveals. And fighting back. The woman jogging, attacked in broad daylight. You can see her taking on the suspect. And what she
This is bbc news. The headlines at 11 00 a special investigation reveals a 17 year old who pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a six year old boy had want of his plans a year before carrying them out. It could be anything. Push them offered. And they would die from falling 100 feet. The first person from the uk to date from coronavirus isa from the uk to date from coronavirus is a British National. Scotland finance secretary resigns after sending messages to a 16 year old boy on social media. This is what
the end result is. A day after he was acquitted in his impeachment trial, President Trump accuses the democrats of a witch hunt. I am spartacus. Tributes to kirk douglas who has died at the age of 103. At 11 30am we will be looking at the headlines from the papers. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. We begin with a special investigation to the case of a six year old boy thrown from the balcony of the date modern gallery
in august last year. Bbc news has uncovered new informat
Today at six a furious political row, as Greater Manchester refuses to accept the highest covid alert level. The citys mayor and other local leaders say no 10s plans are flawed and unfair, sacrificing jobs in the region. This is an important moment. Greater manchester will stand firm. We are fighting back for fairness and for the health of our people. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread across the country, ministers say any delay will cost lives. So that we can deal with this virus. From saturday, london, york, essex, parts of derbyshire and other areas will be placed on high alert no household mixing indoors. And well be looking at why englands test and trace system is having such trouble reaching covid contacts. Also tonight. The marstons brewery plans to cut more than 2,000 jobs at its pubs. It says the 10pm curfew is partly to blame. The brand new covid mega lab in Milton Keynes a bbc investigation into allegations that there have been safety breaches. Italy is put on t
Tonight at ten urgent action is needed to control the pandemic, or there could be many thousands of new cases every day within a month. The governments chief Scientists Say all four nations of the uk now face a Tipping Point and the public have to respect the Health Guidelines. If we dont do enough, the virus will take off, and at the moment, that is the path that we are clearly on, and if we do not change course, then we are going to find ourselves in a very difficult problem. Cases are increasing. Hospitalisations are following. Deaths unfortunately will follow that, and there is the potential for these to move very fast. In bolton, where tougher restrictions have been in place for the past two weeks, people complain of continued uncertainty. People are quite scared to, you know, go out. Were given so much contradictory information, im now at the point where i dont know what to think. Officials have raised the level of alert, and with the number of cases on the rise, expect more inst