Wed love to hear what you think. Send your views and post your comments by visiting gb news. Com rac. But first, heres the news with tatiana sanchez. The news with tatiana sanchez. Good morning. The top stories an mp has given up the conservative party whip after claims he misused campaign funds. Mark menzies. Claims he misused campaign funds. Mark menzies. He is alleged to have used thousands of pounds of donations to fund his medical expenses, including £14,000 transferred to his personal Bank Accounts. The Times Newspaper also reports he made a late night phone call to an aide asking for help because hed been locked up in a flat by what he described as bad people who were demanding £5,000 for his release. In a statement, menzies has denied the allegations. Hell sit as an independent in the house of commons while the claims are being investigated , and the being investigated, and the government has promised to do whatever it needs to do to get flights off the ground. After peers de
Radio. World leaders from nearly 100 nations are making their way to south africa to honor one man Nelson Mandela. A Public Memorial Service will be held for the iconic leader tomorrow. Ali velshi is in johannesburg with more on the di dignitaries arriving in south africa. The dignitaries are coming. Some are still on their way. I was on the plane with jimmy carter, he spoke to me, he said in all the years he has known Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela never thanked him for what the American Government did to end apartheid. Here is why. I would say after i had many talks with Nelson Mandela, i never heard him say that he was grateful to the United States. He was greafer to cuba, he was greafer t grateful to ott spoke up for him when he was still in prison. He was grateful to others who condemned the apartheid regime. But i dont think he felt his freedom and the change that took place in south africa was attributable to the United States. Bottom line is you know tony, you and i scwuf discu
New york city. Early today starts right now. This is early today for thursday, december 5. Good morning. Im mara schiavocampo. A brutal weather system is bearing down across the u. S. More than 30 Million People are in the path of this arctic invasion, snow, ice and extraordinary drops of temperature are expected and it is not over yet. Reporter the big chill is bringing a brutal mix of ice, snow and subzero temperatures to 27 states. In minnesota nearly three feet of snow in two days. It is going to be a white christmas. Reporter the arctic blast burying cars. By friday it could be 20 degrees below zero. States from california to mississippi to kentucky are bracing for pockets of record cold. We havent seen this in a while this early in the season. Reporter temperatures could plummet 40 degrees below normal. In denver it went from nearly 60 degrees to 6 in one day. Perfect for the polar bear at the zoo. The deep freeze is crippling californias citrus crop. 80 of the fruit is still on
Ashley good afternoon, everybody. Im ashley webster. Lori im lori rothman. We knew they were coming, but after unsuccessful talks with congressional leaders the president signaling sequestration is set to hit by days end. The wall street journal joins us on washingtons and the military to deal. Ashley wild swings for the market to finish of the week. Stocks clawing back after being down more than 100 points in todays session. The dow yet again within striking distance of a new alltime closing high. Lori and Cyber Security fears realized. Mcafee gives fox business exclusive access to its control center as engineers track the latest threat. Updating you now on the stock market as we do every 15 minutes, its back to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to check in with Nicole Petallides. Close to session highs. Reporter close to session highs, close to alltime highs, another exciting day on wall street. Dow jones industrials up 46 points at 14,101, the ethier index taking a breather.