Republicans get their fourth speaker nominee over the finish line, so who is mike johnson and what does his election mean for the chamber . Rapidly running out. Desperation growing in gaza as fuel supplies are almost tapped out why the u. N. Is warning that innocent people are being put at risk. Storm shock. Hurricane otis pummels mexico with a storm. Plus the social struggle, 41 states and the district of the columbia filing suit against meta, the owner of instagram and facebook. I see someone go down a rabbit hole, Mental Health issues, things that she saw on social media were a part of that. How can you help protect your kids right now. Such a Big Conversation among parents. Im excited to get to that report. Well begin with the breaking news out of capitol hill, where the fourth time was the charm. After 22 days, 14 candidates and 4 nominees House Republican united to elect congressman mike johnson of louisiana the new speaker of the house. Johnson became the gop nominee after tom e
Scattered showers developing late, lows in the middle 50s. Wednesday, cloudy, windy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms rain chance 80 . Clouds and a few showers for thursday, cooler with and its free ted cruz may have won iowa, but that might not matter now that the Campaign Shifts to New Hampshire and then here to the palmetto state. Both, very different political landscapes where hell again face donald trump and a newly empowered marco rubio campaign. Jack kuenzie joins us now with more on the tough tasks ahead for the texas senator. Donald trump may have lost in iowabut hes not done by any means in either of the next two states including this one. Trump has much larger polling leads in New Hampshire and South Carolina. Heredr. Ben carson, governor jeb bush and others with poll numbers in the Single Digits remain in the mix. And while the field has diminished by one with last nights withdrawal of former arkansas governor already essentially a three candidate race for t
Think those were his dressing overalls. And that music was not playing. The green acres song. Meanwhile, what is our zip code . Get the typing fingers ready. It is cyber monday. Time to surf the web for a really great deal. If you are a boss, probably not the news you want to hear. Today is the Biggest Online shopping day of the year because people have access to faster Internet Access at the office so buying will be up, productivity probably will be down. Will the day live up to its hype . Well get into that. A preview from tech to fashion, where to get the best deals, too. And then an important warning for parents about the bounce houses that kids seem to just love. According to a new study out today, serious injuries from them are skyrocketing, so coming up what you need to do to keep your children safe. And then is Prince Charles getting a little impatient as he waits to assume the throne . Some tabloids there are reading a deeper meaning into some recent remarks he made, so well h
Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Today at two full steam ahead for hsz. The Prime Minister confirms that the whole of the High Speed Rail plan will go ahead, with the first trains running by the end of the decade. The cabinet has given High Speed Rail the green signal. We are going to get this done. Ill be reporting live from the h52 construction site here in birmingham and getting reaction to the Prime Ministers announcement from the mayor of the West Midlands. The british businessman linked to 11 cofohoviius cases says hes fully recovered
but still in quarantine, after catching the virus in singapore. Poor manufacturing figures, particuarly in the car industry, mean there was no Economic Growth in the last three months of last year. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. As Manchester United apply for a section of safe standing, are we any closer to seeing it rolled out . Thanks, john. And nick miller has all the weather. Concern about heavy snow showers today
Begin in earnest. Well have more from ben in birmingham and we will be talking to one of the leading figures who was involved in the initial review of the project. Health experts have renamed the coronavirus. It is now covid i9. They say there is a realistic chance of containing it but a vaccine could ta ke of containing it but a vaccine could take 18 months to develop. Ministers say that all precautions are being taken. The situation will get worse before it gets better. We will be guided by the science. Being no doubt we will be doing everything thatis doubt we will be doing everything that is effective to tackle this virus and keep people safe. More whether winnings. Virus and keep people safe. More whether winnings. Later in the hour. The Dangerous Levels of air pollution which threatened young out athletes in many Sports Training grounds across england. Its 5pm. Our main story is that the controversial hs2 initially been between london and birmingham has been given the go ahead by