Westport, there was a tree down. That was recorded at 436. We will expect these winds to be gusting upwards of 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour, the next couple of hours. This is picking up have finished over an inch in terms of the total. Jc there s breaking news involving the future of the u. S. Supreme Court Following the death of justice antonin scalia. Ed harding is live at the breaking news desk. We have just heard from the president. He is begin right now in california. He says he is candidates in mind, and says he will exercise his rights and nominate a replacement. Nominate somebody who even then they my politics if they disagree with my politics say will served with honor on the court. President ial candidates say they will block the nomination. Jc right now, a New Hampshire couple is in jail accused of stealing thousands of dollars worth of jewelry from an elderly neighbor. They stole valuables worth more than 100,000 from the 70yearold woman. They worked on jobs for her and had acce
Tire. No matter where you drive potholes are difficult to avoid. Coming down south to the pothole. That was it. Between connecticut and nevada they call it pothole hell. You have lanes going this way and this way and trying to avoid the pothole at the same time. Two large potholes on the inner loop of the beltway created a mess of the commute and made many drivers mad. Like other transportation agencies the maryland state Highway Association was asking drivers to report potholes and asking for patience. In the coming days motorists on i95, 495, i270 and other roads will be seeing the mobile pothole reprayer crew and improve ride quality for hundreds of thousands of motorists. For now, peter like peter seems to understand. It took time to get to the hos. Perspective. You have to. No one was hurt. Structural damage. That was it. Local transportation Officials Say the priority today was making roads safe. Clearing and the snow and ice off the surface. They say that the moisture from today
Forget to my mankind forward, the firefighter who was lighting the Business World on fire. Ask them. They will tell you. If you do not think fearless at 50 when you think aarp, you do not know aarp. And now, bbc world news america. Katty this is bbc world news america. Reporting from washington, i am katty kay. Denmark passes a controversial new Law Allowing Police to seize viables rum asylumseekers. In brazil, this carnaval comes against warnings about the zika virus, and its impact on pregnant women. Peter rabbit gets a new story. The works of Beatrix Potter will be published for the first time. Katty welcome to our viewers on Public Television and american around the globe. Denmark became the latest european country to take tough measures to discourage refugees from entering the state. The Danish Parliament voted to allow the police to seize valuables from asylumseekers and extend the time for them to bring their families to threeyears. Human Rights Groups compare it to the confisca
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff more people and places along the snowbound east coast got back to normal and got back to work today. But the death toll rose to 45, and in washington d. C. , especially, there was still a lot of digging out to do. The Nations Capital lurched slowly back to life on this third day after the great blizzard. Federal offices remained closed, but work crews were out early to clear more snow, and the mayor sounded cautiously optimistic. We have finished two full days of plowing and removal and our crews made Good Progress through the night. Theyve gotten down to asphalt on all major arteries, woodruff washingtons subway system was also back to near normal operations, albeit with some delays. But many side streets remained unplowed,
Welcome to the program. We begin in hong kong where riot police have been sent in to clear the main government building of prodemocracy protesters. It happened a day after dozens of demonstrators broke in to the compound. There have been protests for six days now demanding electoral reforms. Rob mcbride joins us live now. We understand the protests continue. Bring us u uptodate with whats happening there now. Reporter thats right, there are still several thousand protesters here outside the main government headquarters. And the in the certainty of hong kong. The demonstrators rushed the barricades and got inside but they have been cleared arrested and facing charges, their supporters here are not going away. If anything their numbers have grown today. Joined by students they began this frost after a week of strikes on the university campuses, but also ordinary people. Bringing extra supplies of water. We understand a lot of the stores have actually sold out of bottled water. People als