Britains elise is disqualified from the 1,000 metre speed skating heat ending her 0lympic dream. Good morning, it is tuesday the 20th of february. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 0xfams chief executive has apologised to mps this morning over the way the charity handled claims of Sexual Misconduct by its staff in haiti. Mark goldring said he was sorry for comments in which he appeared to downplay the seriousness of the allegations. The International Development committee has called an urgent questions have been asked about how 0xfa m questions have been asked about how 0xfam handled their staff. He was asked by the Committee Chairman if he would apologise for the actions of the charitys workers in haiti and his comments in a newspaper which appeared to downplay the seriousness of those allegations. appeared to downplay the seriousness of those allegations. I do apologise. I was thinking under stress. I had given many interviews. I made many decisions to try and lead 0xfams response. I was
Ican hear i can hear you all groaning. And you too. Lets talk about Elise Christie. Yes, all overfor her in young chang, she leaves another winter Olympic Games empty handed. Thanks 0lly, and susan has all the weather. Good afternoon, this will cool you down, this is what is coming all the way from siberia, a biting easterly wind, this should make a difference to the way things also coming up. The pressure of dealing with debt when suffering from Mental Health problems. A charity says thousands of people are being pursued for money while in hospital. Good afternoon. This is afternoon live. I am simon mccoy. The chief executive of oxfam has said sorry for the way he defended the charity after claims of Sexual Misconduct. Mark goldring had accused people of gunning for the organisation, declaring that no one had murdered babies in their cots. Appearing before mps, he revealed that thereve been 26 new reports of misconduct since the haiti revelations emerged. The scandal has taken its tol
An explosion at high school and bronx. There are reports of extension damage at jfk high high, that explosion happened about 8 00 oclock this evening, take a look behind me this is jfk high school in the bronx. We are told this is one of two entrances to the school. The explosion happened on the sixth floor, about eight pm. Some of the custodian workers believe that it was a gas explosion. Take a look at some of the pictures we shot on the ground of Emergency Responders here at the high school. What we understand to be the case is about apm contractors to be the case is about apm contractors were working at a sixth floor construction using a blowtorch, apparently apparently they hit a gas line thats when custodians who smelled an overwhelming smell of gas, 15 people were in the building at the time. Police tell us three were injured with nonlifethreatening injuries hospital. Emergency responders search the entire building and there still an emergency alarm going off at the school. You
We rely on our courage. The kind of courage that shows up when we need it. And when cancer is least expecting it. Courage. Just one reason more of us are surviving cancer than dying from it. Give now to the american cancer society. Joele hannah fletcher. Will you marry me . Yes. Oh, my god. Jojo chose jordan, surprising so many of us. We will have to wait and see if a wedding happens in 2017. Welcome back to our year end roundtable. Jond guessing. There were plenty of weddings that did happen this year. Dean and nina. Lets start with one of my favorites. Kevin hart, he had a big year, multiple movies released. But his biggest moment was wedding in april. They tied the knot as did eva longoria and jose beston. Whose wedding you have leaked to have gone to . Kevin hart. Had a party. Yes. Kevin a buddy of mine. Dances on demand. Like, he is a good time. Did a great speech. Had everyone laughing. Party. Wonderful. Rather be there. No offense, eva. Sweet as can be. More romantic. That would
Well kick things off with a check on what youll face outside with chuck bell and Sheena Parveen looking at that forecast this morning. Hey, everybody is working for the weekend. Right . Absolutely right even though ive got to work on super bowl sunday. Oh, you do . Drew the short straw, didnt i . But its in the morning so ill still have time to get out and enjoy a little bit of my sunday afternoon. I already am starting to salivate with what im going to make for super bowl sunday. Hot sausage sandwiches. The one time of the year that i treat myself to that. Outside for today, before i forget what im actually here for, cold and dry this morning. Sunshine back this afternoon and if youre going to be doing stuff outside this weekend, just know it is going to be on the cold side today tonight and tomorrow. Sunday is looking so nice indeed. More of the details on todays temperatures lets go over to sheena. A cold start but by this afternoon in the low 40s. 33 by 7 00 a. M. , so just make th