The eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning. Its friday 5th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Chairman of the parole board has apologised unreservedly for not telling of the release ofjohn worboys. He was jailed in 2009. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than a hundred rapes and sexual assaults. This morning a Cross Party Group of mps has written to thejustice secretary to call for an investigation as to whether the voices of victims were heard in the decision to release him on parole. The parole Board Chairman said he recognised there was a lack of transparency and would hold a Public Consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For six years, john worboys cruised smart areas of london in his black cab, looking for women to drug and rape. When he was finally caught, thejudge said h
Candidates are making pops in morning nevada. Marco rubio held a rally in reno. About 800 people filled the pepper mills tuscany ballroom. The president ial hopeful is endorsed by mark hutchison. Congressman mark em day and senator dean heller. Ted cruz has asked for the resignation of his communications director. This follows posting of a video on twitter that falsely depicted marco rubio, quote, dismissing the wisdom of the bible, end quote. Rick tyler apologize today rubio in a Facebook Post last night calling the attack inaccurate. An angry rubio demanded Conference Today saying the falsehood was part of a pattern from the cruz campaign. None of you have heard me three the kind of i sums at marco rubio that he throws at me every single day. Go the same. This was a grave error of judgment. The news story was false. If it was true, we are not the candidate that will question the faith of another candidate. Ted cruz is spending the next two days in the silver state. He will be at the
Up to the 6th floor there are black curtains across the room. The an attorney representing seven women in alleged Sexual Misconduct cases with and involving mr. Cosby requested to stay. He wanted a chance to talk to mrs. Cosby. Whether or not she has to answer a lot of questions depends on marital privilege too. They have been up there all day and we dont know how much they have accomplished and whether they are going to tell us when it is over. Ed and heather, back to you. Ed no bail for a teenager accused of stabbing another teen in dorchester. Heather now new information to what lead to the violence. Todd . Reporter heather, the victims uncle calls it a tragedy to both families. The victim is just 15 years old and he is deion hopkins. The defendant in this case is just 16 years old. This booking photo. He was allowed to hide. The prosecutors say the incident happened on sunday afternoon when popes girlfriend got into an argument with the victim. Pope then went into his home on colum
I heard the gunshots. I cock not look out the window. I just grabbed my grandchild and grab the child under the bed with me. Reporter it was just before 9 30 last night gunfire rang out on the 200 block of north simpson in west philadelphia. It was like rapid gunshots. Very scary. Very scary. I just could be sitting in my living room and i could have got shot. Eight shots in all were fired. Minute or so later, 19th District Police received a report of a 14yearold shot in the back at 60th near 59. Not quite sure how he got there. We do have some interviews from friends of his who were quickly in the area so they found him lying there. Reporter no one there heard gunshots. Police are trying to figure out if the 14yearold was hit in the barrage of bullets fired on north simpson. For him to run that distance in the condition he was in we dont any thats possible. Could he have been driven to that location and dumb out of a car its possible. This 19 year old who does not want to be identifie
Intersection is closed for construction work on the south bay bart extension. The problems is may cause for you commuters and for nearby businesses. Mornings on 2 begins right now. Were following a fast moving sixalarm fire in pacifica thats threatening 80 to 90 homes. Coming up what firefighters are telling brian flores about this breaking situation. Good morning. Welcome to mornings on 2. Its monday january 26th. Im tori campbell. Im dave clark. Steve, you are following the weather out there in pacifica . Here we are talking about a grass fire in january. Come on. About 11 to 8 miles an hour. Daly city, a couple of people said they can smell the smoke. A few gusts to 15. Its out of the eastsoutheast. Thats an offshore direction. This will give us a partly cloudy morning and mostly cloudy afternoon. This is our best and only hope for rain is right here coming up. I never thought i would say that, end of january hoping to get rain from the south. 30s, 40s and 50s. 30s for some. Woodsid