Good morning. It is the last day of august and some of us are clinging onto a bit of warmth and sunshine but foremost, we will see some rain pushing eastwards and it turns much cooler, just in time for tomorrow, the first of september. Full details here on breakfast. Good morning, thank you forjoining us. Its saturday 31st august. Our top story the chancellor sajid javid has had a row with the Prime Minister after one of his special advisers was sacked. Whitehall sources say sonia khan was questioned about government leaks by borisjohnsons senior adviser, Dominic Cummings. She was then dismissed from downing street, despite no evidence that she was behind the disclosure. Our political reporterjohn owen is in our london newsroom. Another twist in the drama of politics at the moment. A row right at the heart of Boris Johnsons government after more details of the dramatic sacking of sonia khan, an advisor to sajid javid, emerged last night. She was escorted out of downing street on thursd
League. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and water cannons. The event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell gave this update from hong kong. I am beside a couple of officers here. You can see water cannon is being deployed. People here are ducking down beneath the parapet to also avoid tear gas which is being fired. You can see from above. To the right here, you can see the protesters coming in and they are moving forward towards the government headquarters, where they may be able to throw molotov cocktails at closer proximity to the police at times. There goes one now, catching fire on the barricades. This is the violent showdown people predicted when permission was denied to have this march today and also follows the a
To stand outside the house until the family returned and it meant that one day, may be more than one day, standing outside in the snow falling piling up on my head. The stories of cruelty were outnumbered by those of kindness and generosity for all of the children, whatever their experience, it would be one they would never forget. The headlines on bbc news. The governments announced billions of pounds of extra money for schools in england. Borisjohnson warns mps trying to block a no deal brexit that their efforts will only make it more likely. New Research Suggests the increased risk of Breast Cancer from hrt lasts more than a decade after treatment stops now on bbc news its time for the film review. Warm welcome on the film review. To ta ke warm welcome on the film review. To take us to the cinema releases. James kangas with us to us. But have you been watching. And enjoyably intense week of the cinema theyll be talking about Sam Taylor Johnsons drama. And markjenkins wonderfully min
Life. And a 14yearold is alive and well this morning after being trapped under an icy lake for 15 minutes. Theres no really explanation but how god wanted me to live for a reason. Im alive. He is telling his story exclusively to us today, saturday february 7th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Lets get to the top story. That is the weather. In parts of california and washington state, nearly a foot of rain has fallen in Northern California causing flooding problems. This is what they are calling the Pineapple Express bringing strong winds with it knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in sacramento for us. Miguel good morning. Reporter lester the rain has finally let up after pounding the region. Buckets of water overnight. The Sacramento River did rise a couple of in
Life. And a 14yearold is alive and well this morning after being trapped under an icy lake for 15 minutes. Theres no really explanation but how god wanted me to live for a reason. Im alive. He is telling his story exclusively to us today, saturday february 7th 2015. Announcer from nbc news this is today, with lester holt and erica hill. Live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today. Im lester holt. Im erica hill alongside Sheinelle Jones and dylan dreyer. Lets get to the top story. That is the weather. In parts of california and washington state, nearly a foot of rain has fallen in Northern California causing flooding problems. This is what they are calling the Pineapple Express bringing strong winds with it knocking out power to hundreds of thousands. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer is in sacramento for us. Miguel good morning. Reporter lester the rain has finally let up after pounding the region. Buckets of water overnight. The Sacramento River did rise a couple of in