Humankind. I feel like we take a lot for granted. Remember a couple of weeks ago, nasa rammed a spaceship into an asteroid to to try to knock it off course . Well, it worked they did it. It worked even better than they expected. Its off course. If dinosaurs could have figured this out, theyd be alive today. [ laughter ] but they didnt. It really is hard to believe. We live in a country where scientists, who are smart enough to target and hit an asteroid that is 11 million miles away live right next door to people who are so dim, they think vaccines turn you into a refrigerator magnet. [ laughter ] i guess it keeps us on our toes. The successful test means that in the future, we could probably alter the path of an asteroid to make it miss earth. Or we just let the asteroid hit us. Depending upon how things keep going from here. [ laughter ] did you get home in time to watch the dodgers game last night, guillermo . I know you were worried you might not make it. Guillermo yeah, fourth inn
is the army said the target was an anti ms. also. live now to our middle east correspondent, yolande knell. more strikes number. at least 15 people have been killed in gaza through the course of the day. that air strike a few hours ago was in the south of the gaza strip. two men were killed in their car and you can see in pictures, that car was on fire. the is really military says that they were transporting anti tank missiles but it s a confusing picture because don t militant group in gaza has said they were members of their organisation. there are some local sources saying that perhaps these two men were just relatives who were farmers in that area. at the same time, we ve had the israeli prime minister coming out in the past two hours, speaking about israel s operation in the gaza strip, saying that he had ordered that cherry action as early as last week in response to the rocket fire that took place just over a week ago. he said the idea was that this cuts off the top of
crisis averted, he got some new ties. this is our moment this is our time steve: this is the moment, that is their town. 47 degrees, going for a daytime high of 60 degrees. we are going to be talking very shortly about another stadium, arrowhead stadium in kansas city. the kansas city chiefs are going to have their big parade today around midday. they will have a rally, as well. you have so much gear. steve: my friend sent me all of this stuff. brian: he left the price on, too. does he want to be reimbursed? [laughter] steve: i m going to sell it. super bowl champions, kansas city chiefs. this is a good one. look at that. ainsley: for your corona lights. this was bryan steil the dogs ate brian: special thanks to vineyard vines. i almost got the right color so i can wear it again. ainsley: that was nice of them to do that. congratulations to you. the snow is coming in tomorrow so it s a perfect day for them to celebrate. steve: in kansas city it c
Off tonight with arsenal looking for seasonal jeweller by off tonight with arsenal looking for seasonaljeweller by replacing liveable in the Top Four Champions League places. Seasonaljoy. Liverpool. Six breakfast presenters, what could possibly go wrong . And carol has the weather. The forecast for the next few days is mild. Rain at times. Also windy across the north west. The brightest conditions in the east and north east. Good morning. First, our main story. Hundreds of miles of roadworks have been suspended by highways england as the great christmas getaway begins. Today is predicted to be the busiest travel day of the festive period, with millions of extra vehicles taking to the roads. Theres good news for rail travellers as planned strike action on the west coast mainline has been called off. Our reporter Kathryn Stanczyszyn is at the racs headquarters in walsall. How is it looking . It looks like it might be the calm before the storm. Still looking pretty quiet out there. And in