Authority Andrew Bailey is named as the next governor of the bank of england. Without question, he is the right person to lead the bank as we forge a new future outside the eu and level up across our great country. Trains and road travel is severely disrupted on one of the busiest travel days of the year gatwick services are affected and theres disruption in devon and cornwall. Australias pm apologises for going on holiday while the countrys bushfire crisis worsens , fire continues to ravage parts of the country. And the us moves closer to putting its astronauts back into orbit as boeing prepares to launch its new starliner capsule. Good morning and welcome to bbc news live from westminster. Mps will vote on the Prime Ministers brexit plan this afternoon which will take the uk out of the eu by the end of january. Its thought the Withdrawal Agreement bill will easily clear its second reading in the house of commons with the conservatives having won an 80 seat majority at last weeks gene
Days of rainfall across the uk. It is basically the story of autumn and early winter so far as rain sweeps north across the uk. This is yesterday, no one escaped that. This has brought flooding across parts of south east england today. The west about rain has pushed north, but more rain in the forecast of the next couple of days. For some of us, turning drier. But right now, we are dealing with that flooding and disruption, particularly into parts of south east england. So much rain the past couple of days, of a 60 millimetres, the wettest part of the brecon beacons. In east grinstead, over 50 millimetres. A large part of the december rainfall in such a short time, which is why there are so many flood warnings from the environment agency. More rain in the forecast. Go to our website for details of the flood warnings and the met Office Weather warnings. It isa the met Office Weather warnings. It is a bit dry aware it has been wet today, but heavy showers moving in. This rain this aftern
Dangerous driving. Hampering the christmas get away, flooding caused a close to the m 23 in sussex as parts of southern england are inundated. Ina in a moment time for sports day ballistic a look at what else is coming up this evening here on bbc news. We will get reaction from mps after they backed a brexit deal at 7pm in the house of commons earlier today. Were also going to be looking back at how the frontiers of science and space will push this yearin science and space will push this year in review 2019, the year in science, that is at 8 30 p m. And then at 10 a0pm and 11 30 p m. , we ta ke then at 10 a0pm and 11 30 p m. , we take a look at tomorrow mornings front pages in the papers and all reviewers tonight, i have the author and journalist and Lucy Beresford and journalist and Lucy Beresford and broadcaster and psychotherapist. That is all coming up on bbc news but first hear a sports day. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Heres what we have have comin
thank you forjoining us. a day after he was found liable by a new york jury for sexual abuse and defamation, donald trump has faced questions in a live town hall in the us state of new hampshire. the frontrunner for the 2024 republican nomination for the presidency demeaned his accuser, ejean carroll, reiterated his position the 2020 election was rigged, and if he returned to the white house, mr trump said would he pardon many of his supporters who have been jailed for taking part in the january 6 attack on the us capitol. just after the town hall, i spoke to hannah muldavin, who was the spokesperson for the house january 6 committee, and bryan lanza, who served as director of communications for mr trump s transition team. it is great to see you both. right off the bat i want to ask you what you thought about what you what you thought about what you saw. hannah, let s start with you. you saw. hannah, let s start with vow you saw. hannah, let s start with ou. a , with you. as
to be charged with a criminal offence. tonight, mr trump is meeting with his advisors in trump tower, no doubt discussing the charges he is set to face connected to hush money paid to porn actor stormy daniels in the lead up to his campaign for the presidency in 2016. the exact charges he faces will be disclosed in full in court tomorrow. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling it a witch hunt. and in the city, police are on high alert with barricades erected around trump tower and the manhattan criminal court where mr trump will appear tomorrow. bbc news is covering this story from all angles tonight. joining me live to discuss all this, sarah krissoff, former assistant us attorney for the southern district of new york doug jones, former democrat senator for the state of alabama, and pete king, former republican congressman for the state of new york. but first, let s talk to our correspondent michelle fluery, who s in new york. where all the action is happening right now. yo