look in on people who might be vulnerable, an elderly neighbour or someone with very young children. this is the heatwave we have had, the second one this summer, if you like. we only had the last 13 weeks ago. climate change experts have been telling us yet again that we should be expecting more of these events as the climate changes, as the planet warms up. certainly, so far, the people we have been speaking to on the beach, as far as they are concerned, they are very much enjoying it. i did ask them how high do you like it, how what do you want it to go and they said maybe 31, 32 is the maximum and certainly thatis 31, 32 is the maximum and certainly that is what the weather forecasts are saying over the next few days, we could get into the low 30s. they say no harder than that because that would make a british summer that little bit too uncomfortable for them. , u, little bit too uncomfortable for them. , ., ~ , time for a look at the weather. here s nick miller. more on
across the country, people have been digesting news of boris johnson s resignation. jayne mccubbin has been to the lancashire town of garstang, which falls within defence secretary ben wallace s constituency. resigned? carol. honestly? ..was stunned. i cannot believe it. is that right? you re winding me up! val chuffed. yay! we don t talk about politics. you wanna hit the pub again, don t ya? yeah. the pub might get frisky for this lot. take care! ..because pals val and dot might be smiling, but they do not see eye to eye. we only have a fool running the country at the present. i know, but who else would have done what he has done covid, brexit? - who else got all that? no-one the last few years of pandemic politics have had all the stomach churning turns of a blackpool big dipper, as have the last 48 hours in westminster. enough to make you giddy. a lot of people like borisjohnson here, they liked the wit. i thought he was a charismatic person. i did like him. but, you know, there
think it s a society and joey probably sees it in the courts all the time that we are quick to convict. i mean, if there s an allegation then he is absolutely guilty right away. and that in myself i think accelerated in the trump era where we re digesting news so quick, decisions so quick right now it s crazy. it should be shelved, should be paused and should be a deep investigation to this. t all. we have actually developed sort of some criteria by which to decide whether or not an accusation that remains an accusation is credible. if they told somebody before they developed the motive in this particular circumstances. so i do think that there is i m not questioning whether she is but out of the blue accusations and what we are seeing here. no, no, no. let s be very clear and then i ll stop talking. bottom line, i m not questioning whether she s telling the truth or not but let s not run quickly to, you know, conviction because
good morning. we begin with lingering misery caused by hurricane irene. you re looking at live pictures now from patterson, new jersey, where crews are actually going door-to-door rescuing people from their homes. that water, by the way, coming from the passaic river is supposed to crest today at its highest level since 1903. a pretty eye-catching image of how massive the storm was. this is coming to us from nasa. it s an animated satellite of irene as it s churning up the eastern seaboard like a buzz saw. at last check, 5 million people are still without power. throughout the morning, the death toll has been jumping as well. 38 people are now confirmed dead in 11 states and it could get even higher. three navy ships off the coast of new york to help with search and rescue missions and reps from the obama administration are going to fan out across three of the hardest hit states, virginia, north carolina, and vermont. let s go ahead and start there where floodwaters have dest
has had a rough day, to say the least. after being closed for the mlk holiday the markets are digesting news that steve jobs is taking a medical leave of s absence, the second one in two years. christine romans joins me now for the latest on a. christine, it may be callous that some people are fearing the worst for steve jobs but the reality is i think most people are just trying to digest what is happening to steve jobs versus what happens to apple because there are very few companies on the planet that are so connected to the guy who leads them. in the note, the memo he sent to his team yesterday was a short note. but at the end he said, you know, i love apple. and you think how often do you see a ceo of a company close a note by saying i love apple. he is a co-founder. he is the driving force between oh we behind so much of its innovation. he has really changed the way we consume our music, the way we handle our computers. i mean, this is a very important