smollett who folded debbie s international media, but could not fill us. it turned out smollett was a. late one night in subzero temperatures, he decided to venture out for a sandwich in downtown chicago when he was as people are accosted by two two from africa who somehow recognized him for his part in series called empire. because i that s a currently huge with muscle heads from nigeria. by the way, these two african right-wing maniacs also guess that he had vote for hillary clinton and they hated that so as trump voters did that, they started pummeling him about the face and screaming this is maga country pair because they re angry, and they re always angry these racist poured bleach on him, threw a noose around his neck, and then ran off into the night howling with demented gle for that is how smollett described it. he said this maga country an he punched me right in the face. i was just jumped. we are going to be honest with you, we had some questions about the story
hgppy message for you this morning. happy new year! in other news, two men have been charged with the murder of cody fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. it s a very happy new yearfor arsenalfans. their team are seven points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating brighton. a hero s welcome for gary mckee. he s raises £1 million by running 365 marathons one every day in 2022. we start the new year with quite a bit of snowfall sunshine elsewhere, mixed in with some showers. we have your forecast for the start of the new year here on a breakfast. happy new year. it s sunday the 1st of january. our top story: cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023, with large crowds gathering for fireworks and light displays, many for the first time since the start of the pandemic. in london, big ben signaled the start of a spectacular display, which included a tribute to queen elizabeth. louisa pilbeam reports. big ben bongs.
of uk jobs. on bbc london, we meet the specialist police team in london s busiest hospital trauma ward, working alongside medics on newsnight at 10:30pm. we speak to a relative of the three of the hostages released by hamas as a humanitarian truce gets under way in gaza. we will also hear from an aid worker on the ground there. good evening from tel aviv, on a significant day in the war between israel and hamas. in this square over the last almost seven weeks, the families of israeli hostages have gathered for information about their loved ones. it s quiet now. well, today, there was good news. 13 of the captives are now back with their families, as well as 39 palestinians, held in israeli jails. the successful swap came after a pause in the fighting in gaza early this morning a temporary ceasefire lasting initially for four days, allowing the hostage deal as well as aid into the territory. hamas also released ten thai nationals and one citizen from the philippines who were
republican race, the former governor of a. off. he announced that he today is a candidate for president and joins us right now. governor, good to have you. good to be with you, neil. neil: what do you think of what s going on, governor in this whole drama? well, it s a sad day that we have a former president that is being hauled in to court. the spectacle of it is being seen globally. it s not becoming our democracy and our traditions. that bothers everyone. now, you know, the indictment that has been brought, i m a former federal prosecutor. ed based upon the facts that i know now, i wouldn t bring that case. now, we re a little bit handicapped because we don t have a copy of the indictment. that will be unsealed later. so we ought to wait to see what