Organs has helped a record eight different people. The parents ofjemima layzell, who died in 2012, say they are proud of her special legacy. And, on track to do the double can chris froome add the Vuelta Espana title to his Tour De France victory earlier this year . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. At least 1a people have been killed and more than a Million People have been affected by the destruction wrought by Hurricane Irma as it barrels through the caribbean. Millions of people are still under threat. The massive storm one of the most powerful Atlantic Hurricanes ever recorded was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the British Virgin islands overnight. Cuba is the next country in its path its due to hit the island later today. Irma is then expected to make landfall in the United States over the weekend. Jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. Hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. The british territory of the turks Caicos Isla
Cartels have left them overpaying for goods. Hello, i am robin adams with the sport. Barcelona just cannot stop winning. Its 52 games without a loss now for the la liga leaders which is a club record. Ill have a roundup from todays matches in spain later in the program for you. Ugandas president is celebrating his fifth election victory while his main opponent remains under house arrest. The 71yearold president won 60. 8 of the vote in thursdays election, allowing him to extend his 30year rule. His main rival, who has been detained since four times since monday, won 35. 4 and has condemned the election as a sham. European union and commonwealth observers have criticized the polls which was marred by lengthy delays and violence. Reporter police surrounded the house of Opposition Leader as the vote count was completed. And the results announced. Two other key opposition politicians were also under what they called house arrest. But Police Called preventive arrangements. At the National V
Burning. 46 to 52 inland and the spread around the bay is 48 to 51 and the coast is 46 to 49. Leyla gulen . We have a sigalert in effect in oakland, northbound 880, with video shots from northbound 880 at 5 the avenue where a big rig hit the yellow barrels that hold the sand to block off lanes during construction. It looks like it is a mess. The sigalert is in we if equity for the next hour and a half. We will have 5th avenue blocked off until that time. We still have delays, though, because of the offramp shut down. You can take oak street instead and hopefully it will be cleaned up but they mopping things up. Drive time traffic across the richmond and san rafael bridge is six Miles Per Hours and across the dumbarton you are looking at 11 minutes there is a high wound advisory along benicia bridge this morning and black ice is reported. A lock outside, the bay bridge plaza shows traffic smooth from the maze into San Francisco. Kristen and eric . If you are flying today you will want t
Could hit a patch of it. Be aair. It is out there. It is very, very cold. Good chance of more patches forming and the ones that are out there could be there for a while. Keep it in mind. Slow down. Napa will be among the cold of the places this morning, with all 55 beds filled at the fairgrounds that will close its doors at 8 00 this only and will reopen at 5 00. In santa clara county, at least four deaths are attributed to the cold snap with officials warning that the homeless are facing life threatening weather. The Winter Weather across the country will make it hard on commuters and air travelers. The mix of snow and ice creating pileup after pileup. And near milwaukee a 30 car crash shut down interstate i94. It was bad. White out conditions snagging drivers in pennsylvania where a 50car wreck outside philadelphia killed a man. Near new york city, 20 cars, the collision created a pile of destruction. Slippery streets from wisconsin to virginia and all way into new england will make
Cleared. Again, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Police Department today demanding justice and calling for change. These protests reignited after a u. S. Justice Department Report accused the police and courts in ferguson of racial bias. Meanwhile, there was violence wednesday night. Someone shot two Police Officers both who are out of the hospital now. But authorities are now on the hunt to find out who did it. Lets go straight to our correspondent Jason Carroll on the ground in ferguson, missouri. Jason, we understand the crowds have cleared. So the mood is peaceful and calm at this moment, yes . Reporter absolutely peaceful and calm and certainly this is a community that can use some peace and calm for once in direct contrast to what happened last night when two of those officers were shot after a protest here in front of the ferguson Police Department. A cnn source telling cnn that or a source telling cnn that they have that Law Enforcement officials have identified two po