temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr
good evening. i m norah o donnell, and we are coming on the air on this wednesday night following a number of breaking stories involving the u.s. military, including that drone strike in iraq that the pentagon says killed a high-ranking commander of kataib hezbollah. that is the iranian-backed militia that is blamed for the death of three soldiers in jordan. the united states says the commander killed is responsible for directly planning and participating in terrorist attacks against american forces in the middle east. there have been 168 attacks on u.s. service members in iraq, syria, and jordan since october. the strike targeted a single car on a busy street in the eastern part of the iraqi capital. this is the first time since the deaths of those soldiers that the united states has targeted a specific person after a major strike last week against buildings and weapons depots. the president has vowed that attacks on these militia groups will continue as long as the u.s.
katai hezbollah is not to be confused with lebanese hezbollah. the administration isn t necessarily taking away yet their major capabilities but they are sending a clear message in targeting a senior commander that the administration will try to degrade their capabilities as well as part of their ongoing efforts, but clearly, the intention here is to try to deter and actually in the wake of those three american service member deaths, hezbollah put out a statement saying they were standing down their operations, would no longer carry out attacks against u.s. forces. now, remember, there have been some 160, 170 attacks against u.s. coalition forces since october 7th. since the war in gaza began. major question now is whether what we re seeing in terms of reaction or these strikes from the u.s. will actually serve to deter because we have seen a handful of strikes since that retaliation on friday. more than 100 strikes against u.s. forces from many different groups. thanks so
landslides. more on a potentially historic storm impacting millions this morning. plus, breaking news out of the middle east. the u.s. military revealing new details about the scope of damage from those retaliatory strikes in iraq and syria, and not ruling out more strikes including potentially inside iran. also ahead, lawmakers finally unveiling that long-awaited bipartisan border bill, but it s already facing a partisan wall with the house speaker calling it dead on arrival. this as house republicans push forward today with their effort to impeach the secretary of homeland security. we ll have the latest from capitol hill. hello. it s 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. a potentially historic storm impacting millions this morning. 38 million under flood alerts across california, warned of life-threatening conditions with evacuations under way. we re seeing torrential rain, high-speed wins leading to dangerous spinouts and landslides. it is still co
response after the deadly drone attack in jordan a week ago today. the president will not tolerate attacks on american troops. and neither will i. the attacks on iran back positions in iraq and syria escalating the nation s involvement in the middle east. starting shortly after president biden attended the dignified transfer of the three u.s. soldiers killed on a base in jordan. this hour we are joined by white house national security spokesman jon kirby and south: republican senator lindsey graham who says the strike so far do not go far enough. then, new pressure and senate negotiators to close a deal refresh aid to israel and ukraine while stemming the flow of migrants illegally crossing the u.s./mexico border calls grow to deport this accused of attacking police officers in times square. they were let loose on no bail. our freedom of justice system is upside down. it fails every day by exchanging the tune of the blue states top leader. our sunday panel addresses t