For example, it seems to have worked tonight to stop the Trump Administration from stealing your mailbox, from literally snatching your local mailbox off that corner in your neighborhood where it has been forever. You may have seen some of these pictures this week of trucks going around, flatbed trucks with a whole bunch of our mailboxes piled up in the back as workers unbolt them from the sidewalk, remove them, put them in a truck and drive them away. Theyve been going around unbolting these things and taking them. But apparently as of tonight, they are going to stop doing that, at least for now, at least until after the election because of the pushback theyve had against it. And this is important as a matter of principle, and i think in terms of understanding where were at as americans, its also like a substantively interesting and important part of this story we have been covering now for a few weeks. But lets in all of the coverage that weve done about the Postal Service and the pr
And pushing back sometimes does. For example, it seems to have worked tonight to stop the Trump Administration from stealing your mailbox. From, literally, snatching your local mailbox off that corner in your neighborhood where it has been forever. You may have seen some of these pictures this week. Flatbed trucks with a whole bunch of our mailboxes piled up in the back, as workers unbolt them from the sidewalk, remove them, put them in a truck, and drive them away. Theyve been going around, unbolting these things and taking them. But apparently, as of tonight, they are going to stop doing that. At least, for now. At least, until after the election. Because of the pushback theyve had against it. And this is important, as a matter of principle and, i think, in terms of understanding where were at, as americans. Its, also, like a substantively interesting and important part of this story we have been covering now for a few weeks. But lets in all of the coverage that weve done about the P
More help is needed. Nasa fires up the engines of its megarocket, which it hopes will send american astronauts back to the moon. Socially distanced celebrations in the premier league. James maddison and Leicester City show that the message is getting through, as they move up to second in the league. Good morning. It is a sundae of sunny spells for many of us. A bit more of a breeze north and west, and thatis more of a breeze north and west, and that is where we will see most of the showers. I will have all the details coming up shortly. Its sunday the 17th of january. Our top story ten new Mass Vaccination Centres across england are set to open tomorrow to help meet the governments target of offering vaccines to the most vulnerable groups by the middle of february. Theyjoin seven other regional hubs already in operation. Our science correspondent Rebecca Morelle has more. Blackburn cathedral, transforming from a place of worship into an nhs mass Vaccination Centre. Last minute preparat
Coming our way. Im tracking how long heatwave will stick alert in your alert forecast. Boosters, and when you can get a shot in the arm. Just one hour from right now, a flex alert will take effect across california. Cal iso is asking to to conserve energy from 4 009 0 from 4 009 00, due to heat and strain on the power grid. The on on that they are issuing an Emergency Alert watch that comes comes from 5 008 00 which comes comes the day before what is a predicted shortfall. We spoke with pg e and asked if you can expect Public Safety power shut off. Even though we are seeing incredibly high temperatures we look at multiple factors when calling. It is not just heat, it it includes red flag warnings, y warnings, humidity levels, winds, and multiple other factos other factors. So at this time, none are in the works. In the past hour, governor gavin newsom spoke out about this stretch of dangerous heat and how the drought impacts the power grid list. Drought means less megawatts. Megawatts.
Traders say that the vix illustrates the central bank as backstopping the markets so that means theres less demand for downside protection. Speaking of Central Banks, we have two key decisions to watch today. The bank of england is expected to withhold fresh monetary stimulus as the start of the new year gets under way. Forecasters say that the Economic Data is still too mixed to try and trump inflation worries. The ecb also expected to stay steady, holding its key rate at. 75 . Policymakers are seeing refraining as the eurozone economy shows signs of stabilizing. We are going to bring you both decisions as soon as they are announced. And the ecb reports comes out 45 minutes later. First, breaking news out of washington. Today, president obama is going to be announcing his plans to nominate jacob lew as the next treasury secretary. The president will be making that announcement at 1 30 eastern time in an event in the east room of the white house. John harwood joins us now with more on