before. let s start this a half hour with the latest from sudan. so many through the course of the day let s start with the british nationals getting out because the foreign office said more than 300 british nationals have embarked on flights leaving sudan at the end of the date there will be eight flights. the airstrip being used in sudan, north of khartoum, is beginning to break up. that is what the bbc has been told, sparking fears over how long that runway will last. some of that detail has come from the most senior british commander in charge of that operation in sudan, brigadier dan reeves and had been talking to the bbc about so many different aspects of the operation from the runway to haul full the flights are to those questions around who actually gets on. it s here in the of that interview. some other countries have acted more quickly, some countries like france in particular have escorted his people out. people are terrified. is not the right thing to do? this peo
. right know, on msnbc, the massive winter storm bringing holiday travel to a virtual standstill, a dangerous weather system marching across the midwest, toward the east coast, as we come on the air. high winds and bitter cold keeping planes on the ground and many cars off the roads. threats now of a so-called flash freeze, in parts of new england, as heavy rain turns to ice. we ve got the latest forecast, with our reporters standing by. also this hour, new fallout from the final report of the january 6th committee, what committee members are telling us about how it all came together, and what former president trump is saying after the panel said squarely that he is the one to blame. plus, the clock ticking down to a government shutdown. the house voting now on a bill to keep everything open before the midnight deadline. our nbc news reporting on the last-minute vote wrangling on capitol hill. good to be with you. we start this hour with the latest on this monster storm t
that fell between midnight and 6am. and you can see how extensive that was in the intensity of the rain but some areas actually had hardly any painful at all and this is the problem with showers, they are very hit and miss. and next cause for concern is the showers in the south east. there is a number weather warning for heavy rain and thunderstorms throughout the day today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres injust today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres in just an today. we could see as much as 50 millimetres injust an hour and may be as much as 100 millimetres plus before the days through the plenty of showers through the afternoon, quite a lot of cloud generally through england and wales. the best of the sunshine in the east of scotland and parts of northern ireland. noticeably fresher here. and if you dodged the showers further south and east with some sunshine you could see temperatures peaking at 25 c. through the evening and overnight most showers fading awa
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