And debris all over the streets. The power lines are down. I assure you the damage especially down to the southeast is substantial. About 10,000 people checked in shelters last night and had about 500 open and that considers a low number considering how many people are in harms way of Hurricane Maria category four feeling the force of it now in puerto rico. Abc news san juan, puerto rico. Back here Tropical Storm jose is still causing heavy surf and dangerous rip currents on the east coast and that could continue for a few days and the work to clean up the battered beaches is underway. David murphy will join us in a moment but first gray hall in North Wildwood with the situation there. Reporter well rick, i can tell you this is not a good situation, the erosion is bad here. And in fact, the worst the mayor has seen in 10 years and the crews are here and assessing the situation and hope to start to reneckish the sand here at low tide but the erosion is bad and the sea is really rough. I
Growing Leisure Boat Industry. From small, human powered, two giant super yachts. And its one of the highlights of the Sporting Calendar, as the top teams enter the fa cup, and one of the worlds most successful managers Pep Guardiola gets his first taste of its magic tonight. The sounds of stonehenge and why they could reveal some of the secrets of the historic site. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Will it be the sound of ice scrapers echoing around the south and east today . It is a day of contrast. While some have frosts, temperatures down to 6, for others it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in15 it is cloudy and wet. The forecast coming up in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The us President Elect donald trump is due to meet intelligence chiefs today, to discuss claims that russia tried to interfere in the american president ial election. Hes faced criticism from both republicans and democrats about his approach to the allegations, and less than 24 h
Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Donald trump will meet with the heads of the Us Intelligence Services Later today, over claims that russia interfered in the american president ial election. The heads of the cia, fbi and National Intelligence all insist the kremlin ordered a cyber attack to help mrtrumps campaign. But the President Elect has made his doubts very public, in a series of comments on social media. Last night, the outgoing Vice President , joe biden, told the President Elect to grow up, saying it was absolutely mindless not to have faith in intelligence agencies. Daniel boettcher has the latest. Us intelligence is convinced russia tried to influence the American Election by hacking Democratic Party e mails. President elect donald trump has not only dismissed that, but set himself on a Collision Course with the intelligence agencies. Their determination to show that theyre right was made clear at a Congressional Committee hearing. The hacking was only one p
Quorum call mr. Merkley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oregon. Mr. Merkley mr. President , i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Merkley merkley thank you. ,mr. President. I wanted to make a few comments on what has transpired here on the floor of the senate. First, some enormously good work has been done with regard to addressing the disaster caused by hurricane sandy. I know in a number of states, unprecedented devastation has occurred and we should respond extremely quickly, more quickly than we have. And i hope the house will immediately take up this this package. Certainly, Disaster Relief delayed is Disaster Relief denied. So i hope the house will, indeed, move extremely quickly to address the devastation throughout the northeast. Mr. President , i also wanted to note that tonight, 55 senators stood up and said as we assist the victims of hurricane sandy, we should also assist the victims of unprecedented drought a
At a hospital in an area with the highest covid rates in the country. The doubters out there who dont believe in it, its here. And this is very busy, the nurses dont stop. I personally dont cope well in the lockdown situation, i hate every minute of it, but id be the first to say that our restrictions now are probably not tight enough because were getting too many patients coming in. Hopes that families will be allowed to visit residents in all care homes before christmas after successful trials for Rapid Testing of visitors. A bbc investigation uncovers evidence of an underground network in kenya, that snatches babies from their mothers and sells them for a profit. Three, two, one, zero. Ignition. Launch of the space taxi a private rocket carries four astronauts to the space station. And saves nasa billions of dollars. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A second Coronavirus Vaccine has been found to be highly effective at preventing covid i9 infections. Interim results suggest it