Capitol hill and former president george h. W. Bush sends a letter to the soontobe 45th president missing the inauguration. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters. Rescue efforts are under way in italy where an avalanche buried a small hotel. A rescue squad told reuters many are dead. Jonathan vigliotti is in london with more. Good morning, jonathan zbhood morning, annemarie. Rescuers at this hour are trying to dig their way into this hotel which was literally buried under the snow. The avalanche happened early in the morning while many of the guests were presumably asleep. There were as many as 30 guests inside the hotel at the time. The Protection Agency says theyre still unaccounted for. Video shows how complicated this effort is. A wall of snow three stories high, a road completely cut off. Rescuers had to use skis to get to the sight. Its a popular destination for skiers. The avalanche was likely triggered after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the area
Capitol hill and former president george h. W. Bush sends a letter to the soontobe 45th president apologizing for missing the inauguration. Good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs headquarters. Rescue efforts are under way in italy where an avalanche buried a small hotel. A rescue squad told reuters many are dead. Jonathan vigliotti is in london with more. Good morning, jonathan zbhood morning, annemarie. Rescuers at this hour are trying to dig their way into this hotel which was literally buried under the snow. The avalanche happened early in the morning while many of the guests were presumably asleep. There were as many as 30 guests inside the hotel at the Protection Agency says theyre still unaccounted for. Video shows how complicated this effort is. A wall of snow three stories high, a road completely cut off. Rescuers had to use skis to get to the sight. Its a popular destination for skiers. The avalanche was likely triggered after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the
How president s and Prime Ministers interact matters. A great deal of effort goes into making sure they hit it off. Some relationships, however, barely register. Others become central to both. Into which category this latest iteration will fall, well, today we began to find out. Nothing was allowed to get in the way, not even the oval office lamp. An Executive Order, and it was gone. Back in the room, the bust of churchill. This is the original. After a private meeting in the oval office, a Press Conference, where the compliments really flowed. Today, the United States renews our deep bond with britain, military, financial, cultural and political. One of the great bonds. We pledge our lasting support to this most Special Relationship. I am delighted to be able to congratulate you on what was a stunning election victory. As you say, the invitation is an indication of the strength and importance of the Special Relationship. The relationship that exists between our countries, based on the
The scientists heading off to antarctica to find an answer that could unlock the secrets of the universe. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news a massive night in the premier league. Seven matches including liverpool against leaders chelsea, at anfield. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at 6. The Home Secretary amber rudd has taken the governments criticism of President Trumps controversial ban on citizens from seven mainly muslim countries from travelling to the United States a step further today. She told mps its notjust divisive and wrong, but could end up helping so called Islamic State in its mission to recruit supporters to its cause. Her words came amid worldwide protests against the ban, and a petition here, signed by nearly 1. 7 million people, calling for a state visit by mr trump to be cancelled. Heres our Diplomatic Correspondent james robbins. Days of protest across britain focused first on President Trumps travel bans, then on the early state visit
Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Thanks for getting up early. Great to see so many of you here today. Howard core, lillian pinkiss, bob cohen and of course all the kentuckyians that are here with us. Thousands of students and, of course, its great to be with you this year. Just after i last address third degree conference in 2015, Prime Minister netanyahu gave an important address to congress. He warned about the dangers of then president obamas plan for a nuclear deal with iran. The Obama Administration ignored him. It was hardly the only time israel would feel let down over the last eight years. That culminated in what we saw at the u. N. In december. U. S. israel relationship was in a terrible state when the new administration took office. We all agree on the importance of reaffirming our relationship and charting a new way forward. But first we need to examine what went wrong over the last eight years. And that starts at the beginning. Former president obama and i have ver