A warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. The traditional christmas dinner in the uk is likely to cost more due to extreme weather conditions hitting supply of turkeys and some veg. Whats on the menu in your home . Are your festive traditions changing . Tell us what you think. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. So lets get started. Two years after the murder of the maltese journalist daphne ca ruana galizia, a volley of resignations has thrown the government into crisis. Three senior politicians have stood down and angry crowds have called for the Prime Minister to resign as police step up their investigation into the murder. Now out of government are the chief of staff to the Prime Minister, the tourism minister and the economy minister. All deny involvement in the death of ms caruana galizia, who had been investigating corruptio on the island. Corruption. Rich preston reports. O
Including a van carrying seven people and multiple people were taken to the hospital. Our annie yu is lie on the scene in herndon now. She has the latest. Annie. Reporter maureen and steve, that crash happened at this intersection behind me. This is centreville road and frying pan proceed here in herndon, virginia. It was shut down to traffic for hours and it reopened early this morning. But police say it all started around 8 oclock last night when this man, em knocked on n the door of a home on autumn drive which is not too far from here. They say a young child answered the door. The man assaulted that child, then fled in a stolen vehicle. He then crashed into a man at a nearby shopping center, carjacked that guy, assaulted him and then he left the scene. Now, officers responding to the child assault call spotted him on the road and after a pursuit, the suspect crashed into a van carrying seven people near this major intersection. He then got out of the car, ran into the woods and tha
Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. It will likely be another morning of record low temperatures in the much of the country. It sketches frtretches from the the south and a National Weather service says its going to stay this way at least through the middle of the week. Were in washington where it is also below zero. Good morning. Below freezing. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Yeah, you said it. The windchill here in washington currently is a bone chilling 2 degrees and we certainly feel it. A similar story playing throughout the country as people from montana to florida, texas to new england are under windchill warnings or advisories this morning. 90 of the nation started freezing causing all sorts of dangerous conditions. These are firefighters in massachusetts fighting flames while icicles form on their helmets. In houston temperatures in the low 20s are far from normal. Residents are still putting their home
In this deep freeze for nearly a week and i think we are starting to suffer from cold stress. Temperatures are well below zero. We have 6 a. M. , 10 00 a. M. Temperatures going from 14 to may be degrees by late morning. Then at least it is drive for the day. For the day. Even in the afternoon, like this morning, make sure the kids are really warm if they will be waiting at the bus stop by themselves and not able to wait inside your car. As far as Road Conditions go, we are in the green. What, late you wednesday, thursday, we will see this postal storm in some areas of the northeast with blizzard conditions. More on that, coming up. Main breaks, as larry mentioned. Three of them south of the beltway. John lewis out there at the scene. This is a water main break that occurr traffic now able to get by in each direction. Traffic north and southbound to and from takoma park squeezing by to the right. You will find that we have a water main break on wheeler road with water getting with traff
Sorry but it may be too little too late. Well tell you why. Dawned the dawgs home. Later a wild end the rose bowl. Georgia needing Double Overtime to punch their ticket to the National Championship game. The bug dogs are the underdogs going into next weeks champion schill because they have to face alabama. Well have all the highlights as good day at 9a starts now. 12 degrees outside at 9 00 oclock on this new years day after new years day. Right. Everybody shaking off cobwebs of new year. Hold on. Let me drink my tea. Utoh. 12 degrees outside. 42 inside today. Well huddle for warmth. Glad youre with us. A minute past the hour. Hope awed great new years. Welcome back everybody. Hopefully getting back not swing of things. Schools in d. C. Open tomorrow. It is january 2nd. Glad to be with ahead this morning new year in the Nations Capital what does the mayor have in store for 2018. We sat down with her 30 minutes ago. What she told us is coming you. Lets continue to talk about it. The wea