nashville and the vote to expel three democratic lawmakers from the state house when jose diaz-balart reports starts now. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i m jose diaz-balart right now unfolding in tennessee, demonstrators are flocking to the state capitol as republicans push to expel three democrats for participating in a gun safety protest inside the general assembly we ll take you live to nashville. in missouri, at least five people were killed after a massive tornado ripped through the southeastern region of that state as yet another string of wild weather tears through the country. we are following new developments in the special counsel s probe into former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election former vice president mike pence now one step closer to testifying before the grand jury this morning, u.s. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are in taiwan as beijing pushes back against the recent show of solidarity we ll take
good morning, everyone. it is wednesday, march 15th. thank you for waking up with us. here are five things to know this morning there are new tensions between the u.s. and russia over the downing of a u.s. surveillance drone. they clipped the drone over the black sea forcing it to crash. russia denies the accusation claiming the drone fell on us own. yeah. and another day of jitters over the fate of america s banking system seem to be easing slightly. stocks of some regional banks bouncing back after suffering declines. fallout is far from over. doj and scc investigating the collapse of silicon valley bank. also this morning high stakes case over abortion pills set to get its day in court. a federal judge in amarillo, texas, will hear arguments over a lawsuit that could disrupt access to the pills nationwide. protests are planned outside the courthouse. also the faa is convening a rare safety summit after seven close calls at airports. the faa says the flight cros
just how long the cold air is set to last so do keep tuned to the forecast. now, lyons is happening? the area of high pressure is moving towards the west allowing for a northerly wind and some cold fronts to sink southwards. introducing that really cold, acted feeling air mostly on sunday night and into the start of next week. let s backtrack to now and there is a bit of sunshine out towards the south coast. this is gosport. it is the exception rather than the rule this afternoon because for most of us it is rather cloudy and really very dull. there will be some brighter spells developing, mostly for north eastern areas of scotland, aberdeenshire, angus and east anglia, some brighter spells here. for most of us, cloud and drizzle. some showers across the northern ireland. elsewhere, dry. temperatures around the seasonal average. it is the wind that keeps going overnight tonight. it is feeding in all of the cloud from the north sea so always cloudier towards eastern areas. tem
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce prepares for his last show on radio 2. it s entirely within the bbc s right to ask me to step away a little early and gardening leave is a known concept in broadcasting and in many other areas. good morning. the bbc understands that some energy firms are expecting the government to keep support at, or near, current levels and they are amending their bills with that expectation in mind. the typical energy bill for a household in the uk is set to rise to £3,000 a year from april, but there are calls for the government to keep its current level of support. that support currently means the government is limiting the typical bill to £2,500 a year, plus a £400 winter discount. that support is due to end in april and fuel poverty campaigners say that means the number of households struggling to afford bills could rise from 6.7 million to 8.4 million. a treasury source said it wouldn t comment on speculation, but the chancellorjeremy hunt told the
as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. borisjohnson may have misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic. that s according to mps investigating the former prime minister s conduct. the privileges committee says evidence strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to mrjohnson, and identified four examples where he may have misled the house of commons. mrjohnson said there was no evidence he knowingly misled parliament. our political correspondent, iain watson is at westminster. joining me now is caroline slocock director of the independent think basically the privilege committee just be clear who they are as a committee of eight mps appointed by the whole house of commons and are answerable to the house of commons. the conservative majority on a committee so borisjohnson s party, some of his own mps in majority on a committee of its chaired by harri