iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
president zelensky went inside congress on capitol hill. he is there pleading with lawmakers for more money for the war, republicans will not sign off on that until they get security on the border. negotiations have stalled. zelensky s visit seen as a hail mary. joint news conference with the president and cover that live for you. first i want to get to this. breaking news also. moments ago harvard s governing body announced its unanimous decision, he said, not to oust the school s embattled president. a week after she appeared to testify in defense of students calling for jewish genocide. it was weak testimony at that. good morning, everybody. a big two hours. i m bill hemmer. good morning and morning to you, partner. dana: great. i am dana perino, this is america s newsroom. we do have a hopping two hours for you. claudine gay will remain in office despite her hesitancy to condemn calls for the mass murder of jews calling it a matter of context. bill: we re told the m
the heat in the second ashes test in adelaide. just four wickets needed for victory. good morning. it isa it is a chilly start to the day and for some a frosty one. a fair bit of cloud producing drizzle. there is also some fog. the better chance of more of us are seeing some sunshine today. details coming up. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of december. the prime minister is facing fresh questions, after a photograph showed him with 18 other people in the garden of number 10 in may of last year, when strict social distancing measures were in place. cheese and wine can be seen in the picture published in today s guardian but a government spokesperson insists it was a work meeting and not in breach of any covid rules. matt graveling reports. gathered in the garden of number 10. this photo, published in today s guardian, appears to show the prime minister,
raducanw a fitting end to a fairytale year we ll look back on a that remarkable victory in the us open with teenage tennis star emma raducanu. i would never have expected it, but i would never have expected it, but i am just i would never have expected it, but i am just really grateful. all the hard i am just really grateful. all the hard work i am just really grateful. all the hard work that i ve done at some point hard work that i ve done at some point in hard work that i ve done at some point in my hard work that i ve done at some point in my life just all paid off in such point in my life just all paid off in such a point in my life just all paid off in such a great year. good morning. i cold and frosty start, a lot of cloud with brighter breaks. is it going to be a white christmas? it might be for some. details later. good morning. it s monday, the 20th of december. our main story. downing street has defended the prime minister, after a photograph showed him with
we don t have some special bye that we got to get out of town by the 20th of december. congressman, the criticism is not all coming from members of the democratic party. here s what your republican colleague in the senate, senator scott brown, said just today. the house republicans plan to scuttle the deal to help middle class families is irresponsible and wrong. the sa hard-working americans and stop unemployment benits for those out of work. during this time of divided government, both parties need to be reasonable and come to the negotiating table in good faith. we cannot allow rigid partisan ideology and unwillingness to compromise stand in the way of working together. what s your response to your republican colleague? well, what i would say, picking out his own words, he said we need to negotiate, we need to come to the table to compromise. that s the only thing we re asking. we re saying, you guys want a two-month deal, that s not in the interest of the american recovery.