Treats and well hear why grandparents treats could be bad for their grandchildrens health. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The army in zimbabwe has seized control of the country but is denying its staged a coup against Robert Mugabe, whos been president for the last 37 years. Loud explosions and gunfire were heard during a night of tension in the capital, harare. Armoured vehicles have now been deployed around parliament and government buildings. Soldiers seized the headquarters of the countrys National Broadcaster and an army general appeared on television to say the military is targeting what he described as criminals around president mugabe. The army say the president is being kept safe. The president of south africa, jacob zuma, has urged zimbabwes government and its military to resolve what he called a political impasse amicably. The latest events were sparked by the sacking last week of one of the countrys Vice President s, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who mugabe accused of pl
Commute. Light sprinkles, from pelham and back down towards kingsboro right now. Otherwise a lot of this rainfall is going to be weakening as it slowly spreads towards the east here. So some pockets of rain are possible between now and mid to late morning. This may be a little bit overdone. You get the point. Area of rain, taper off by midday. Just a leftover shower during the arch and some breaks in sunshine will come out. So the evening drier with just an isolated shower leftover. 68 in boston right now. Low to mid60s for a lot of us. We come out of the 60s to about 74 by lunchtime and ice laid shower, wind off the ocean, breaks of sunshine. Mid70s for the ride home, low 70s at the coast. Im tracking a warmup. Lets get you on the roads. Good morning. Good morning. A live look at the bridge to start off your tuesday morning. Not too many people on the roads at this hour. It is smooth sailing as you make and into the city. To our south, route 3 north to brain trooe is an easy ride. Tha
From. Good morning to you. 6 00 right now on the dot. It is tuesday, august 2nd. Danielle is tracking some areas of rain. Yes, its a little bit of a damp start across parts of central massachusetts, especially with areas of rain expanding across wooster county now and just coming inside of 495. Temperatures are running in the 60s at 68 in boston. Light rain extending back along route three. Areas of rain milford as well. Gets some deeper yellows here stretching down to wooster. Inside of 495 with a little bit of light rain. South port, south bridge along the mass turnpike all of this is slowly spreading east. So eastern massachusetts dry for now but these areas of rain will continue to expand eastward and weaken by the time we get to late morning. So 7 00, 7 30, boston, were into it. Not everyone gets into the rain today. By the steadiest rain. Leftover showers from the south shower back down back down to cape cod and brightening skies. 74 by lunchtime and top out in the mid to upper 7
In the hospital. From shootings to assaults to destruction of property, the night only got worse from there. Charlottemecklenburg police tried to move a large glup of protesters away from the middle city by using tear gas. They continued to smash windows, throw rocks and set things on fire. From the air this man is blindsided by a punch from a protester and alley. By midnight most of the crowd are dispersed in different directions. They called in the National Guard to help with protests to carry into a third day. In charlotte, North Carolina, Kristin Hampton for the raycom news network. Brian thats too bad. We will show you more video from the protests overnight in charlotte, every to minutes. Good morning everyone. Im brian duffy. Left of summer. Meteorologist sam roberts is with us with mother natures summer swan song. Okay. Samantha still summer. Im not letting go. I wont let it happen until 10 21 on the dot, right . We soak up every last minute of summer. Heres doppler max, and the
Winds making the weather downright brutal and dangerous. I want to start with that breaking news, the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. His body was discovered at the ranch in texas. You see it on the map pit. The Texas Governor made the announcement a short time ago. Scalia was born in trenton, new jersey and moved to queens as a child. He went to Xavier High School in manhattan. Hes long been known as one of the most deserve Supreme Court justices. Scalia had retired for the evening yesterday and was found dead this morning when he did not show up for breakfast. The cause of his death is unknown. He was 79 years old. We want to jump now to the weather. This in nearly a year and the worst is yet to come. The temperature overnight will drop to two degrees in the city, minus ten in the suburbs. When you factor in the windchill, it is going to feel like 30 degrees below zero in some areas. We have Team Coverage with erica grow. We still have these wind as advisories in effec