spells and temperatures slowly creeping up after that cold start. the lighter wind away from scotland may not feel quite as cold. by friday the showers are going at a north sea coastal areas. all of the snow has been in the north and west, but it will be a dry and clear and sunny day once the fog clears away. into the weekend, that is when the temperatures will be edging up in the north and west. fort william on sunday, warmer than it will be in buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy y fogg . ly |ng e increas hir . s ham king buc by buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy by sunday as well. that s the bbc news on the 18th of january. more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight which is just getting under way right now on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one and it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. thank you, sophie, and welcome to bbc london. the latest on another
we begin with the fallout from the historic supreme court ruling. the conservative majority overturned roe v. wade and ended the constitutional right to an abortion. in a narrow vote, this decision reverses nearly 50 years of court precedent. the reaction was swift and emotional. everything from victory celebrations to outrage outside of the nation s highest court. writing for the majority, justice samuel alito argued quote, roe was egregiously wrong from the start, its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and its decision has had damaging consequences, and far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, roe and casey have inflamed debate and deepened division. abortion rights lie with the states and the impact on women will be immediate and far reaching. nearly half of all states have trigger laws or other plans in place to ban or severely limit abortion starting now. president biden calls the decision a tragic error. state law is banning abortion are aut
this where are my pants but als just does politics make people are you people talk politics. is the really the chicken at a question. nobody wants to feet, nancy or joe or beto for breakfast. first there is beto, an unemployed and unemployed caree politician, he had up press conference a day after that texas for shooting him only to grandstand for political reasons this guy is the political in speak of full pot combined. sit down. you are out of line. you are doing nothing. your offering nothing. this is totally predictable. you are out of line. sir, you are out of line. or sir, you are out of line. you see, beta data was freeloader. he could have been a personal injury lawyer but he lacked integrity. he saw a horrible event and sai how can i benefit from this as you know, he s running for governor of texas after failing that before. and feeling a bunch of things including his friday test. the only thing doesn t fail at is making an of himself. so yesterday he puts on
6th committee to testify. what we know about that. and burn bits. senators just announced a bipartisan bill to help veterans exposed to the toxic pits that have been linked to cancer. an iraq war veteran explains what this means for those that served. we will, though, start in seoul, the first stop on the president s trip to asia. and white house correspondent carol lee is with us. and i m joined by geoff bennett. this is his first stop. what s he done so far? and talk to me about the need for this government or the desire for this government to try to move away from some of the more integral parts of the economy? move them away from reliance on autocratic governments like china? that was a key message that the president had today, after he arrived in south korea, when he went to the samsung factory, which is a model for a factory that samsung is going to build in texas. that s what the president was emphasizing. he noted the economic alliances are a way to have a check o
democrats are still on his side with the white house pleading for congress for $61 billion more in aid, but congressional republicans are not moved. speaker mike johnson even avoided posing for a picture with zelenskyy today. instead telling the wartime leader that the u.s. border must come first. zelenskyy is meeting with president biden right now as you saw. we should hear from both of them again at the white house in about an hour. what can they say to change the mind of republican lawmakers and if they cannot, what will happen to ukraine and how soon? first, let s find out how moscow is viewing this. joining us is keir simons from moscow and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles from capitol hill. chief, keir, excuse me. i ll just call you chief from now on. how is putin seeing this? is he watching this closely? he absolutely is. he hasn t said that himself but his spokesman, the kremlin spokesman, has been clear they are watching closely. kremlin officials w