in other news, large parts of southern california are struck by record breaking blizzards and freezing temperatures. you can see the hollywood sign, which i can assure you is behind me, for miles around, but today it is blanketed by a wall of fog, and dense and very heavy rain. and roald dahl s multi million selling childrens books are to be printed in their original form, after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. hello there, and a very warm welcome to the programme. president biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed, for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support, to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility . james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down
bad and they were very concerned that throughout the night tonight that we were going to have flooding situation, the situations here and we were going to have heavy up and we were going to have heavy up in the mountains. and what have local officials and the emergency services been telling people? are people told to stay at home? ., , people? are people told to stay at home? . , , at home? that is exactly. i must tell at home? that is exactly. i must tell you at home? that is exactly. i must tell you that - at home? that is exactly. i must tell you that when i l at home? that is exactly. i i must tell you that when i was up must tell you that when i was up there this morning interviewing people in the mountains basically we spoke about that because i had been up about that because i had been up there in that area during stowe s norms before and it was chaotic and there were a lot fewer people there, people who are not stranded because they had been telling everyone all week long do
explosive statements about president obama earlier in the week. he and espn decided to part ways. he didn t decide. espn decided, right? he s saying that a lot of the decision was in his hands. let s start with what espn is saying. they said we have decided to part ways with hank williams, jr. we appreciate his contributions over the past years. he says for his part, after reading hundreds of e-mails, i have made my decision, emphasis on my there, by pulling my opening october 3rd. you, talking to espn, stepped on the toes of the first amendment freedom of speech. therefore, me, my song and all my rowdy friends are out of here. who released the statement first? you know, i would need to go back and double-check to see exactly. i i believe they were almost simultaneous i. that said you reach a certain point as an artist, what hank williams is trying to say, this is who i am. i apologized that s not what he said i m just saying this is how hank williams is saying right