merry almost christmas. it had our names on it. how cool. makes me feel special and grateful to be here. the stockings made me think of it. my sweet mother, 91 years old, make as stocking for every member of our family with our names on it. she just got a great grand baby, cooper, she made one for hip. it s her first great grand baby and we have the new edition, sarah, to our family because my nephew got married and i talked to her last night. i m like what are you doing, mom? i m furiously working on the stockings. the clock is ticking. nicole: i love the holidays because it s all about family being together and reminiscing about old traditions making new traditions. will: i saw this internet meme my wife shared with me from instagram and said whatever it is you re doing, whatever it is you do, i don t know what you do for christmas, that is what your kids will do. so in, you think about, i don t know that we really have that big of traditions but we do every year. wha
And coming up in the sport on bbc news fighting for their futures. Five sports begin their appeals against the withdrawal of funding by uk sport. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The number of patients on Hospital Wards has been at levels deemed to be unsafe in nine out of ten nhs trusts in england this winter, thats according to the bbcs analysis of nhs figures. The pressure on beds has meant many patients have been at a higher risk of infection and delays in getting treated. Up to date figures arent available for the rest of the uk. Nhs england says the main problem is finding Alternative Care for patients who were medically well but frail. Our Correspondentjohn Maguire has been to a hospital in somerset to see just how much pressure the nhs is under. Ask staff here how the winter is going, and they use words such as busy, challenging, demanding. Drjohn tipping shows me how they track exactly whats happening here in the emergency department. It allows us to see what
instead. the super pac has been trying to keep him off the ballot by reminding folks that blankenship was convicted of a misdemeanor charge for violating mine safety standards after the deadly disaster. but, his probation ends at 12 oh 1:00 a.m. i m excited about both, but being free is much more important, but one of my goals is to make sure that all americans are more free because of what i experienced in the prosecution, it was totally inappropriate. so low-key primary day for blankenship. i just saw him and he said he was waking up from a long nap but we do expect him in hq shortly. now to make toby in indiana. this republican primary and indiana shaped up as a battle of trump supporters involving two sitting congressmen and a wealthy businessman who brands himself as a political outsider even though he stayed in the
presidency. it s a battle of trump. can he convince enough of his base to come on board? let s be honest about this, this is an uphill fight for donald trump, trying to pull this off for strange. a couple things to keep in mind. this is the preliminary. a runoff next week. the preliminary vote, strange came in second. he starts out six points behind moore. the third candidate, mo brooks is eliminated but he eliminated roy moore. he s thrown his support behind moore, so here s the challenge for trump. roy moore already has a lot of the anti-establishment support. he has another anti-establishment candidate backing him. can trump come down there on behalf of the establishment candidate, the guy who mitch mcconnell wants, the guy who the disgraced former government appoint appointed, an establishment figure. can trump give that credibility to an establishment figure against an anti-establishment figure? keep this in mind. nationally, donald trump, we know he s been struggling, 38%
not at all because many people feel the same way. you don t think it underminds it? no, they did not come to me. number of people close to trump registered in two stat. steve bannon and in addition to trump s in-law, jared kushner. it came after trump this morning zr issued this you wiultimatum. tonight we are seeing an emerging battle of trump s agenda and the republicans push of cutting entitlement and medicare and giving businesses tax cuts. there is a battle of trump himself. and the 2017 popular vote.