months. thank you for joining us. we ve got the latest on the coronavirus vaccine in just a moment at first we will begin with a live look outside. cloudy, gray skies after rain poured down on much of the area today. chp is already responding to several accidents and they are telling drivers to slow down. this was the scene in san francisco today. people covered up and try to stay warm. but the question is will we stay dry? only for about the next couple of hours. we are on the tail end of this right now and it looks like it is really busy when you look at the doppler radar. let s take a look at the last frame. this is very spotty. we ve got some showers moving through the south bay, a few that will develop in marin, and then things pretty much wind down. as soon as the sun goes down we will start to turn off the majority of the showers. by the time we get to around seven read clock we will effectively be done. we ve gotten over an inch of rain in the city so far and i
their mitts, his talents set him apart. flags fly a half mast across russia in tribute those who died when a military plane bound for syria crashed into the black sea. also this hour, millions of shoppers head to the high street for the boxing day sales. these were the crowds flocking into selfridges in london as bargain hunters turned out to bag cut price deals, although trade could be down due to pre christmas discounts. and coming up in half an hour, we celebrate the lives of those who left us this year,including muhammed ali, in review 2016: we remember: part one. welcome to bbc news. a merry christmas to you, as well. the music world has been paying tribute to george michael, who died last night, from suspected heart failure, at the age of 53. the singer sold more than 100 million albums in a career spanning nearly four decades. he leapt to fame with the pop duo wham, enjoying global success in the eighties, before leaving to forge a successful solo career. but he strugg
front-runners at both parties. they aim to take back momentum. donald trump and hillary clinton need not worry, not only win new york but to dominate in the empire state. as promised trump is out with the new nickname for hillary clinton. critics say it is not one of his best. you can judge for yourself. i thought it was pretty good. you will hear more on the campaign trail. let s go to lori rothman on floor of new york stock exchange. what is driving stocks today? melissa, what stubborn resistance at the 18,000 mark. i think it crossed the mark something like 40 times. we did close above 18,000 for first time really in quite a while. the driver was oil and earnings. you have oil coming down. real interesting oil, energy, material stocks were among the leaders in the session today. as you know oil and stocks have been moving in tandem. we re starting to see that separate that is key. cheap oil looking better for economic growth. we can go on with that debate. oil was really
A 58-year-old man has been jailed for life after he kidnapped a woman and made her drive to Northampton, before threatening shop staff with a gun and defecating is his own hand in a bid to scare of people trying to detain him.