hey, everybody. good morning again, and welcome to way too early, the show that knows some of the fire crews here in california that could use a lot of that east coast rain. i m jacob soboroff on this thursday, september 2nd. we re going to start right now with the news. the reinformants of hurricane ida is hitting the northeast with flash flood warnings and tornadoes hitting new york, new jersey, and philadelphia. the gronks declared states of emergency, calling on residents to stay inside. fire and rescue crews across the region have responded to numerous water rescues and evacuations because of the high water levels. there have been at least five weather-related fatalities, four in new york city and one in passaic, new jersey. the national weather advisory cle claired a flash flood emergencying for new jersey, first ever last night. it shattered a record set just last week. this is video of water rushed into an apartment on east 22nd street in manhattan. most subway line
currently we have got some rain pushing across the south east, clearing through this morning. behind it, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of the showers heavy and thundery in northern and central scotland. another breezy day. details later. the parents of a young person at the heart of allegations against a bbc presenter are standing by their account, according the sun newspaper, after a lawyer representing the individual said their claims were rubbish. the newspaper first reported that the unnamed presenter had allegedly paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos last week. our correspondent charlotte gallagher has the latest. after days of damaging headlines, allegations and rumours, this story of a bbc presenter allegedly paying thousands for sexually explicit images is still dominating front pages. now a statement on behalf of the young person at the centre of this. they ve called the allegations, by their mother, rubbish. their lawyer says, nothing inappropriat
diego costa then extended chelsea s lead with his 50th premier league goal. he added a 51st in the 89th minute before another ex chelsea player ryan bertrand gave the scoreline an air of respectability in added time. conte‘s men coping perfectly with the psychological pressure of a title run in. we are playing with this pressure from a long time, but it s normal because when you play and when you have to fight, and you are fighting for the title, it s normal to have this type of pressure. you must be ready for this mental effort also, not only physical effort but also mental effort. but, yeah, it s not easy, not easy, but we are fighting and we are ready to fight from now until the end. over in spain, atletico madrid s faint title aspirations have surely been snuffed after they were beaten 1 0 at home to villareal. they stay seven points behind the top two having played two games more than real madrid and one game more than barcelona. former england captain tony adams‘ ba
new data showing easyjet passengers and those flying from gatwick were the worst affected. and coming soon from your iphone, the first ginger icon from the emerging library. it is nothing, apparently. now it s time for sportsday. good evening, i m olly foster live st the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday, here s what s coming up on the programme tonight. where are the british medals? robbie grabarz could grab one over the weekend, use into the highjump final. there wasn t too much to shout about in the 100 hurdles. porter says she s embarrassed to go out in the first round. ijust did not want i just did not want to ijust did not want to miss out on this opportunity, i wanted to put my best foot forward, it s so embarrassing to come here and run like that. the crowd will be behind dina asher smith tonight as she chases a dream medal in the 200 metres. i m lizzie greenwood hughes and i ll have the rest of the day s sports news. including a look ahead to the star