borisjohnson urges energy companies to act in the national interest and do more to cut rising bills as he meets energy bosses at downing street. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of burglaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. the crisis of local swimming pools the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past 3 years. hello and welcome to bbc news at 5:00pm. an amber heat warning for large parts of england and wales has come into force, as temperatures look likely to peak at 37 degrees celsius over the next four days. the met office has also warned there s an exceptional risk of fires spreading in many places and water companies believe a drought could be declared soon. celestina 0lulode has this report. this is what emergency services want to prevent. tinderbox dry conditions helped cause these fires last month. london fire brigade said it needs the public s help to prevent grass fires.
americas remain in mexico a silent policy and whether high school football coach can be fired for praying on the field. trace: progressives are urging the president and his party to dramatically reshape the court, even if it means using extreme measures like killing the filibuster or impeaching conservative justices. dana: on deck with a let s begin on capitol hill as this all settles in. good morning to you both. emotions as we sat are still running high on the hill even though congress is out this week. plenty of democrats have been on the airwaves talking about how they feel about this ruling. most of them are still trying to encourage voters to get out the vote this november. others are taking it much further. saying that the g.o.p. is going to rig the election. they are calling to abolish the filibuster. they re even raising this question about whether or not it s time to impeach the justices. watch. you think lying in a confirmation hearing is an impeachable off
This is valid for thursday and into friday. Deep floodwaters are possible, damage to homes and businesses from the flash floods and River Flooding too. That is still to come. Its not happening at the moment. The weather is in the process of going downhill. This is the Rainfall Accumulation we have been showing you this graphic for the last two or three days. You can see the signs for a fair amount of rainfall, but there are distinct spots in the uk and it looks like the south east could see heavy rain too. But it is really this part of the country we are focusing on. For today, the wet weather spreads into southern and western parts of the uk. The rain doesnt even necessarily have to be torrential at any moment, it is more that it will be very persistent in certain parts of the country over the next few days. Early on thursday, the heaviest rain is across the north of england and the lakes in two parts of scotland and northern ireland. In the south, there is even a bit of brightness in
hi, bret, how are you doing? bret: good. i appreciate it. good evening, welcome to washington. breaking tonight, actually moments ago, president biden telling democratic donors in boston, quote: if trump wasn t running, i m not sure i would be running. insisting democrats cannot let the former president win. we ll talk more about the president s messaging later in the show. meantime today on capitol hill, jewish students at some of the top colleges and universities in the country said they are in fear for their lives on campus. those students and some top administrators appeared on capitol hill today. the educators were grilled about their school s failure to provide protection in the midst of anti-semitic incidents. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is live on capitol hill tonight with the latest. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. tonight, the presidents of those universities are defending their actions, even as jewish students who aren t on thei
forces attacked two sites in syria. including a command and control center. it comes after dozens of attacks on u.s. forces in the region and as israel s war with hamas intensifies. israeli ground forces battling hamas militants inside gaza city. hospitals at the breaking point. matt gutman on the ground in israel. also, that deadly helicopter crash in the mediterranean sea near cyprus. we just learned five special operations soldiers were killed in a refueling training mission in the middle of the night. why those soldiers were in the area. jay o brien standing by at the white house with late reporting. here at home, the fast moving deadly fire engulfing a new york city apartment building. an entire family killed. more than a dozen hurt. in the west, a massive inferno shutting down a massive portion of a freeway in los angeles. the governor declares a state of emergency, bracing for a nightmare commute that could last for a while. jaclyn lee from the scene in los angel