despite winning a confidence vote is mario draghi about to once more resign as italy s prime minister? and the lionesses of england roar into the semifinals of the euros after a nailbiter against spain. hello and welcome. president biden has used a visit to massachusetts to issue the latest stark warning on the threat posed by climate change. the us president is using executive powers to usher in measures, including offshore wind farms and expanded flood control. with a heat dome now affecting 28 states, the us is the latest country to swelter with high temperatures. here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. with searing temperatures across much of america it feels like a climate emergency, from new york city to las vegas more than 100 million people being under excessive heat warnings this week. in parts of texas and oklahoma temperatures have topped 46 celsius. joe biden s comments came after a visit to a former coal fired coal plant in massachusetts now being u
towards the west. it will be a muggy start to the day, temperatures 14, 15, 17 degrees first thing tomorrow in london but let s pick up on those showers. the south west of england, wales, through the midlands, there could be a few more reaching the south coast tomorrow, but again, many of us will miss them. of course, what we don t want is an awful lot of rain in a short space of time because that causes flash flooding and i guess there is a possibility of that in some areas tomorrow, but the vast majority of us missing the heaviest of the rain. tomorrow, very modest temperatures, 22 in london, a mere 15 in aberdeen, a cold 12 for our friends 22 in london, a mere 15 in aberdeen, a cold 12 for ourfriends in lerwick. there is a change on the way some good news if you want some rain. a low pressure is approaching on saturday. but at the same this vortex of wind, this low pressure by its virtue is also going to scoop up warmer airfrom the its virtue is also going to scoop up warm
killed. italy s prime and, mario draghi has resigned. the doctors have effectively cured the rare bleeding disorder, haemophilia b. and no ordinary telescope. a first time that scientists will be able to detect the smashing together of neutron stars. welcome to the programme. the foreign secretary, liz truss, says the treasury s economic economic policies have failed to deliver growth for two decades, including the past 12 years of conservative rule. she s rejected concerns that the tax cuts she s promised if she becomes the next prime minister would increase inflation. ms truss and her conservative leadership rival, rishi sunak, are now setting out their pitches to win over the party membership, who will have the deciding vote over the summer. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. his report contains some flashing images. it s going to be a busy six weeks. liz truss has been in the cabinet for the past eight years, but she s fighting this leadership election lik
3 3 our meteorologist kayla novak. Whos from california. Is live outside getting some experience on what its like to be a siouxlander. Kayla. 3 well last night we placed a 2 foot square plywood board on a flat surface and its about a half inch thick so it wont blow away in these blizzard conditions we also marked it with some orange tape so that we could find if after the measuring stick that is clear to read by tenth of an inch. 3 measuring in these conditions is difficult because of all the drifting snow. As you can see here i was falling earlier in snow drift spots that were up to my hips. This is why we put the snow measuring board away from buildings and trees. So that snow does not fall onto it and we also take an average measurements around the board. 3 we measure every hour during the storm and sweep it off for the next measurement. So far today we have gotten 9. 8 inches of snow and this last hour we got measuring snow xxx amount of snow so thats a total of xxx snow here at st
Offices closed at 10 this morning, 3 along with the Tyson Events Center and all three branches of the Public Library among others. The city has also suspended garbage collection and declared a snow emergency. That means on Street Parking is prohibited 3 until the streets have been plowed. Any car left on the streets will be towed at the owners expense. Elsewhere in siouxland. The blizzard forced a planned bond vote 3 for Iowa Lakes Community college to be postponed by a week. That vote will now take place next tuesday february 9th. 3 3 meanwhile. The cleanup is underway here at the siouxland news studios. We received more than 12 inches of snow here. And the winds blew that around into some drifts that were nearly three times that. Thats a tall task. But were still out there giving it our best. Similarly. Snowplows, blade equipped pickup trucks, and even some front end loaders are out in force across siouxland tonight. Trying to clear out roads, driveways and sidewalks. 3 3 lets turn n