bret: let s all have town hall. vivek is going to be on this show little bit later. beers and town hall. thanks, jesse. bret: good evening, welcome to des moines iowa, i m bret baier. five days away from the first in the nation iowa caucuses. tonight at 9:00 p.m., we will hold the third of this week s candidate town hall meetings right here and our guest tonight on this stage former president donald trump. we ll have more on that in just a moment. but, we are following two major stories at this hour. hunter biden makes a surprise appearance at the congressional hearing today up on capitol hill on whether he should be charged with contempt of congress. but we begin with a late afternoon surprise. this one in the 2024 campaign. republican presidential candidate chris christie is suspending his campaign and is dropping out of this race. christie making that announcement just minutes ago. you saw it live on the five. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is here in de
high pressure that is across england and wales and across scandinavia as well. there will be a huge amount of rain on them. on saturday, clouding up rain on them. on saturday, clouding up to scotland and northern ireland but we should see some bright or hazy sunny spells coming through. one or two spots of rain possible, more especially later in the day. for england and wales it is warm in the sunshine and temperatures could reach 18 to 21 degrees. perhaps a bit lower than that given the onshore winds around the north sea coast. similar story on sunday, the cloud could be thick enough for a few patches of rain across the north west. there will be occasional brighter spells, west. there will be occasional brighterspells, but west. there will be occasional brighter spells, but england and wales, fine and dry david temperatures getting into the low 20s in the warmer spots. it could be received the warmest weather of the year so far this weekend, but that doesn t say that much be
queen s platinum jubilee. we re live from buckingham palace on all pageantry for today. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. and we begin with america s gun violence epidemic only growing worse. in the last few hours we learned at least three people were killed and 11 more wounded in a mass shooting in philadelphia. police tell cnn wpvi, they believe there were multiple shooters firing into a crowd. two guns were recovered at the scene. a philadelphia police officer was within about 10 to 15 yards of one of the shooters at the time. the officer opened fire. it is not clear if the suspect was hit. the district where this happened has a number of popular bars and restaurants which draw large weekend crowds. police said there have been no arrests. in wisconsin an investigation is underway after a former judge was shot and killed inside his own home in what officials are calling a targeted attack. and now we are learning that the suspe
we take to the skies with the what red arrows as they prepare for the fly past at buckingham palace. hello and welcome to bbc news. flight cancellations are continuing at british airports as the industry struggles with staff shortages. british airways has dropped 124 short haul services from heathrow today, but says passengers were given advance notice. the transport secretary, grant shapps, is meeting with airline bosses this afternoon, after saying he hasn t seen enough progress in tackling the disruption. airlines have blamed the government for tough covid restrictions and a lack of support. unions have warned that the situation could get worse before it gets better. our correspondent dan johnson reports. as you can see, the case is packed, everything ready to go, but we have nowhere to go. steve s bags are packed, he said goodbye to the parrot, but there was a nasty surprise very early this morning. the e mail came through at two o clock this morning. he and his wife s fl