throughout the programme. it s tuesday, the 9th of january. our main story. two formerjustice secretaries one conservative, the other labour are leading calls for the government to introduce legislation to quash the convictions of those caught up in the post office it scandal. the postal affairs minister, kevin hollinrake, said various options were being looked at to speed up appeals and compensate the victims. he said more talks would be held today and he hoped to announced a solution very shortly. here s our political correspondent, peter saull. i m the sub postmaster, so i m locked in and everyone else is locked out. so if you want to see my account. this is a scandal going back decades, and now a tv drama watched by millions has pushed it to the top of the political agenda. i know it s probably me because i m really rubbish with technology, but.| ve declared my cash, i ve declared my stock, i ve done it all three times and i still can t get it to balance. mr bates vs
all the rain we haven t started 2024. still some flood warnings in force across much of northern, central and southern england but they are starting to come down in number now. it will be a cold day. temperatures as low as 10 first thing across parts of the highlands of scotland but thankfully mostly dry. some icy stretches around first high pressure holds onto my web whether today and for the next few days, keeping the weather fronts at bay. we have some areas of cloud, this in the south west is producing showers, wintry over the likes of dartmoor, could be a couple of centimetres of snow, some rain and sleet to the channel islands. most looking dry, a bit more cloud for eastern scotland, north east england, could bring an isolated shower and some lingering fog patches across the north of scotland, especially around the moray firth, temperatures can stay there below freezing. the rest of us three to 6 degrees but when you add on the wind chill, the wind coming from the northeast or e
martha? we ll see which way we go throughout the day. back to you in new york. martha: fascinating in ohio and it is a battleground here as well today because hurricane sandy is already creating a travel nightmare across the country. these are scenes you re looking at now. ocean city, mayor land, we have up right now. the military is being brought in to help the situation to the extent they can. mother nature package powerful punch up the east coast. the breadth of this storm is enormous and the reality is, looks like it will be with us for some time over the next 48 hours, dumping tons of rain. i seen estimates rain we haven t seen in the likes of 50 years to as much as 500 years. historic storm is what we re dealing with here and we re waiting for it to make itself known in stronger way. this is point pleasant beach, new jersey. this area kra was hit very hard last year, same time, same weekend a halloween storm batters the east coast.
to the surface because of rainfall itself and then winds blow. we could still be talking another ten hours before some of these crews get buckets in the air to try to get lines back up on those poles. so here s the radar now. myrtle beach and just west of you, that s where the center of the eye is. conway saw heavier rainfall earlier. still, this area through here is the fire hose of rain we haven t been able to get away from. it hasn t moved for 24 hours. we now know there are spots that have 30 inches of rain already on the ground in places that are still flooding. flash flood emergencies going on here. officials saying don t leave your home, it is that dangerous. if you re not in danger in your home, please don t leave it. we don t need you on the roadways, it is simply that bad. everywhere you see purple, that s a foot of rain or more. everywhere you see white, two feet of rain or more. and that s still to come. slightly good news with the