Inspired the foundation of the National Trust. And ben has the weekend weather. Good morning. The weather does not particularly look inspiring this weekend. There will be some rain at times and it will be blustery as well. All the details in 15 minutes. All the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Motorists should think long and hard before buying a diesel car, thats the message from the Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling. Hes Urging Drivers to consider a less polluting vehicle instead. Four in ten cars on britains roads are diesel. Under labour they had been billed as the clean alternative to petrol with reduced fuel taxes. Now theyre said to be one of the reasons for increasing levels of Air Pollution. Lets get more on this with our correspondent Nick Quraishi whos in central london. Chris grayling is using these comments in the daily mail to distance himself from what labour did when it was in power. In 2001, gordon brown as chancellor cut the tax on low sulp
to the peninsula. and, so we re just concerned in regards to the highway 60. eight and potential for highway one to lock in the monterey peninsula here. meanwhile, officials in the northeastern united states are expecting as much as 2 to 3 inches of snow per hour in some parts of the region. the governor of new york and new jersey have declared a state of emergency in several counties, and officials are urging drivers to stay off the roads during the storm. meteorologist britley ritz has the latest forecast, so, britley weather problems for the u.s. from coast to coast? what do you see? absolutely, we have a lot to talk about, we noticed that rain is starting to pick up across the california coast line with this next ar. it is light to moderate, right, now but expected to pick up through the latter part of the morning and into the afternoon. with an additional 1 to 2 inches, widespread, on top of what we ve already picked up through wednesday. isolated up to four inches, possible
former defense secretary leon panetta, thank you, sir. you bet. right now, there is a major winter storm that is it s just making a mess. oh, goody. it is now or will soon impact 100 million people across this country. it s dumping snow and freezing rain and ice, a lot of it across the south where ice accumulation could linger into the weekend. travel is a mess. more than 4,000 flights have been canceled today, and officials in multiple states are urging drivers to stay off the road. the storm already leaving more than 260,000 customers without power. it is far from over. cnn meteorologist derek van dan is in indianapolis where up to 10 inches of snow could fall. yeah, we see you in the thick of it. how s it looking? well, victor, alisyn, that s almost a third of the population in the u.s. i mean, that s staggering. think about that. you know, we re here in indianapolis, and we have got
responding to crashes that involve the three vehicles. this happened on i 64 in virginia. police say the injuries from this incredible crash range from minor to life-threatening. thirty-five people transported to hospitals for treatment. they say is a huge collision caused by heavy fog and ice. officials are urging drivers to be cautious. when you said rain and gusty winds, with this rainy weather also cause foggy weather? we are tracking to systems across the country could slow down or delay travel the next couple of days. here s what we are looking at. central california running pacific northwest, this is one system that will continue to
agreement. most of the democratic leadership are certain it spells the beginning of the end for president trump, not all are convinced. and filings this week there s nothing definitive but nothing that exonerates the president either. republicans need more info. before i m making a public pronouncement, i want to have all of the information before us. i want us to finish our work on the senate intelligence committee. political analysts say this new document will only serve to further entrench everyone s previously held views. mercy and evidence of that today. arthel: thank you. eric: a winter storm is slamming parts of the southeast. it s bringing heavy snow or and freezing rain to north carolina virginia. that means more than 200,000 people are without power. north carolina s governor has been urging drivers to stay off