Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Snow across country. It has caused disruption as winds bring cold weather from the arctic. The Environment Agency says the first high tide along the east coast of england this morning was not as bad as feared but thousands of homes still face a danger of flooding. Currently there are 11 severe warnings which mean there is a danger to life. This is the picture in skegness were snow has been lighter but Flood Warnings have been issued and soldiers have been deployed to assist where needed. Where some might have been cursing the conditions this morning, others of course have been making the most of it here near birmingham. Meanwhile, in canterbury in kent while it was knowing this morning i is now seems to be more of an issue. This is the scene coming up for you from the roof of the bbc here in london where it has recently started to snow. We we re it has recently started to snow. We were taught to our number of correspondence in the next while
and reality. so i m not worried. some programs go to the united states. so i am looking forward to seeing the new president. meanwhile, jordan s king echoed the dalai lama s sentiment, this while speaking in australia. i have had the opportunity to speak to the president-elect donald trump last week. the synergy was very good in the phone call conversation. i know many members of the transitional team, and, obviously, america e s an institution, so there will be some changes in policy, but not to the extent everybody is panicking about. let s give them the benefit of the doubt. still ahead, bill karins tells us where to expect the worst weather over the holiday weekend. plus, president obama awards his final presidential medals of freedom. some of the biggest names of
hillary are out marching. they will actually walk it off, walk it off and then this situation will find a way to govern somewhere in the middle having moderate right and moderate left because that s what my book is about and that s where we are right now. time will tell, we shall see. oliver mcgee, thank you so much. not trying to throw side on uber drivers, i talk to cab drivers all the time. i m always looking for perspective, i just wasn t sure where you were going with that. oliver, thank you for your time today. right on, brooke. appreciate it. just ahead, we will talk more about the criticism against president-elect trump over specifically white supremacists who cheer him on. a short time from now, president obama awards the medal of freedom to some of the nation s most massive stars michael jordan, ellen degeneres, tom hanks. also just ahead, this school
casualties in the israeli-hamas conflict. we re live in tel aviv and gaza next. first a look at today s planner. texas governor rick perry will announce his plan to step up border security and president obama awards the medal of honor this afternoon. we have more on both big events later on the show. you re watching the daily rundown only on msnbc. vo: this is the summer.