Although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you k
In 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you know . Its not for the faint of heart. The politics, the money, the press, the media, the scrutiny, are all larger. I teach new jersey politic
time for a look at the weather prospects with helen willetts. ferocious was the word to describe the winds last night in the south, but i want to look at october s rainfall because although it has been average, we are heading in the right direction, if you like. it has actually been well above average in northern ireland and the rainfall figures for last night and yesterday are still being collated. changeable describes our weather for the next few days, another area of deep pressure barrels and tomorrow. that rain hangs around in the south. more low pressure on thursday before finally, a drier day on friday, but it doesn t last, with more rain waiting in the wings. heading in the right direction, as i say. this chart shows the accumulation of rainfall over the coming few days. the blues get deeper as that rainfall the total up, perhaps as much as 50 millimetres in many places by the end of the week, particularly higher ground, but a good 20 or 30 at lower levels. the showers
elizabeth makes its final journey. you re looking at the pictures of the mile in central london. here in a few hours the queen s casket will be moved from buckingham palace to westminster hall where the queen will lie in state until her funeral on monday. king charles, prince harry and prince william will walk behind the casket as it makes its way. first on cnn we learned that the royals had dinner together at buckingham palace last night after receiving the casket. standing by along this morning s procession route, nada bashir and nina dos santos at buckingham palace. nina, what can we expect today? reporter: a big day, visible day. more junior members of the royal family. many of them, john, gathered here at buckingham palace for that intimate gathering to bid good-bye to the monarch. the queen is survived by 4 children, 8 children and 12 great grandchildren. we ll see prominent members of that family walk behind her coffin later on today. we re expecting the coffin, wh
Something goes wrong so quickly and actually a direct line that can be drawn between the choices she made to not tell the whole truth about the scale of her ambition led to the catastrophic results that we saw in the markets in the days and weeks after her mini budget. harry cole from the sun newspaper, talking about liz truss and matt hancock. just a reminder now of the headlines here on bbc news. conditions at a migrant processing centre in kent are described as wretched as a watchdog calls on the government to get a grip of the situation. there is more debate about a windfall tax after the oil giant bp reports global profits of more than £7 billion in the three months to september. and, as we were just hearing, former health secretary matt hancock has been suspended as a conservative mp after revealing he is going to be on i m a celebrity get me out of here.