counterpart xijinping, getting ready to host his chinese counterpart xi jinping, for two days of talks in his resort in florida. from trade to currency, to north korea, there is a lot on the table for the leaders of the world s two largest economies. and as the masters gets underway there are concerns about the world number one dustinjohnson, who concerns about the world number one dustin johnson, who fell downstairs and injured his back. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news. a father has lost a landmark case at the supreme court in a dispute about taking his child out of school without permission. jon platt, from the isle of wight, refused to pay a fine after he took his daughter to florida, and had won previous court cases. but today, the supreme court ruled unanimously that it is disruptive to a child s education to remove them from school during term time. the prime minister theresa may welcomed the ruling, saying it recognised the importance of children attending s
next contests. but their rivals are working to gain some ground. this week it s the early presidential contest switch. we just won nevada! it s the democrats turn in the deep south, while the republicans are out weststn we re going to keep winning. we re going to make america great again. donald trump is still riding high. after winning south carolina. delegates winning evangelical voters. we won by a lot. it was sort of record-setting. reporter: the gop pack is down to five contenders. jeb bush, out. the two cuban american freshman senators left to battle it out to become the trump alternative. donald trump has demonstrad he has a relative high floor of support. reporter: nevada caucus winner hillary clinton is favored in south carolina, she s already focused on the super tuesday states, like texas. where she rallied over the weekend. we never doubted each other. reporter: it was also another big rally for bernie sanders in greenville, south carolina. he got
not exactly something for bing crosby song. not quite especially not in the south where christmas was ruined for many americans. abc s kenneth moton has the latest. reporter: holiday weather for the record books. this christmas morning the weather threat continues for parts of the south with heavy rain causing flood watches. we woke up to civiv defense pounding on our door telling us we had 20 minutes to leave our homes. reporter: people evacuat their homes to escape floodwaters from the s sth thehe weather turned deadly. more than a dozen killed when 24 tornadoes. and one stretched 150 miles destroying homes and lives. if you look at the damage here, it is as bad as any tornado that we ve had and i ve been through a lot of them. reporter: in wisconsin, crews are working overtime to restoto power after strong winds wreaked havoc in other parts of the a heavy downfall in omaha, nebraska, caused a traffic nightmare before christmas.s. it s impossible for me to get
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