on this fall. the yeas are 52. the nays are 48. the nomination of amy coney barrett of indiana to be an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states is confirmed. just breaking the senate has voted to confirm judge amy coney barrett to the supreme court. the vote was 52 to 48 our washington correspondent julie meyer or kelli meyer joins us now live with the latest. kelly, i guess this was a bit of a foregone conclusion hot. yeah grant vicki good evening. you know republicans knew they go going into this night they had the votes they needed to confirm. judge amy coney barrett to become the next justice on the supreme court. but they are celebrating tonight as they head to. the white house president trump has just made it official that they will be doing is swearing in at the white house at 09:00pm eastern here so we re preparing for that they just wrapped up counting the votes on capitol hill as you said 52 yes to 48 no. all democrats opposing this confirma
our director jeff says keep going. december 17th, 2018. look at that. roll that. thank you very much. kind of a nice day here, especially after it s been raining. welcome back, by the way. thank you. went and did some christmas shopping, a little christmas cheer. this one time about 25 years ago i m at ocean beach about 9:00 at night. back to the ocean, and a wave came and knocked me over. it s dangerous out there. it is. we have a reminder of that. never turn your back on the ocean. and today is one of those days with the high co people are being warned at ocean beach to stay away today. reporter: that s right. we saw a park ranger drive by and wave at us. he s keeping an eye out here. there have been people going out on the beach. it looks like the tide is going out, but take a look at these waves. some of them are pretty high. we have seen some really impressive waves out here so far. earlier when we were out in the 5:00, 6:00 hour, the surf was coming
that s pretty significant, breakers running 25 to 40 feet, those are very high waves, please exercise extreme caution. if you are heading to the beach tonight or tomorrow or just don t do it. futurecast shows the reign ending around nine or 10, partly cloudy skies overnight through tomorrow morning, headlines soaking rainfall continues for the next couple hours, skies clear but the surf will stay rough through the day on monday. we ll talk about totals and what to expect for the work week coming up in a few minutes. all right, see you then. let s talk about the high surf warnings for our coast, waves might even reach 25 to 40 feet high, kpix 5 s katie nielsen is at ocean beach where beachgoers are told to stay off the sand. reporter: juliet, that s our they are because of the increasing frequency and size of the waves that we are seeing, we haven t seen any of the massive waves but the national weather service predicted for today, city emergency managers say they do exp
restaurant insolvencies jump in the uk by a quarter as diners chose to stay at home. that s over 1,200 restaurant closures. so we d like to know are you eating out less? if so, why? what is most important to you when eating out? get in touch just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing britain s prime minister theresa may will today appear before mps and say a new brexit referendum would break faith with the electorate who chose to leave the european union in 2016. her own plans for exiting the eu have so far failed to unite politiicans and has led to growing support for what campaigners have termed a peoples vote. but she will insist this would do irrepairable damage to the integrity of british politics. here s our political correspondent chris mason. postponing a vote she would have lost, facing a confidence vote to oust her, and then an eu summit long on drama and confrontation but short on breakthroughs. at least the prime minister has found someone willing to play ball over th
sport s personality of the year. the team sky rider became only the third britain ever to win the tour de france. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. theresa may will set out her opposition to another brexit referendum today, warning mps that it would cause irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics . two of the prime minister s senior allies have denied reports over the weekend they d been discussing the possibility of holding another vote. but others have been publicly asking that she puts brexit back into the hands of the commons, and looks at a series of options to break the deadlock. the prime minister will say that another referendum on the eu would break faith with the british people , but this morning work and pensions secretary amber rudd said that the government should consider all options . at 3.30 today, the prime minister will address the commons about the recent brussels summit, and will come under pressure to name the date for a vote on