nights. let me just begin by happy holidays everybody. although i ve got to be honest the country did not get up to the best start this week. a huge gust of wind knocked over the national christmas tree in washington on tuesday per the sad part is that happen just as a bite and was getting ready to wish everyone a happy easter. yes, america is to be a shining city on a hill but now we are a blinken tree on the ground. the christmas decorations are up at the white house to get the feel for the bite until it s impossible to tell what is fake snow and what is real cocaine. speaking of hunter, the bidens chose not to hang stockings over the fireplace for the grandkids. some say it s because they d not to bring attention to hunter s love child. we cannot confirm that but we do know there will not be a nativity set at the white house ensure they cannot find three wise men and a virgin. back here in the apple, thousands of pro- palestinian protesters flooded rockefeller center
nights. let me just begin by happy holidays everybody. although i ve got to be honest the country did not get up to the best start this week. a huge gust of wind knocked over the national christmas tree in washington on tuesday per the sad part is that happen just as a bite and was getting ready to wish everyone a happy easter. yes, america is to be a shining city on a hill but now we are a blinken tree on the ground. the christmas decorations are up at the white house to get the feel for the bite until it s impossible to tell what is fake snow and what is real cocaine. speaking of hunter, the bidens chose not to hang stockings over the fireplace for the grandkids. some say it s because they d not to bring attention to hunter s love child. we cannot confirm that but we do know there will not be a nativity set at the white house ensure they cannot find three wise men and a virgin. back here in the apple, thousands of pro- palestinian protesters flooded rockefeller center
nights. let me just begin by happy holidays everybody. although i ve got to be honest the country did not get up to the best start this week. a huge gust of wind knocked over the national christmas tree in washington on tuesday per the sad part is that happen just as a bite and was getting ready to wish everyone a happy easter. yes, america is to be a shining city on a hill but now we are a blinken tree on the ground. the christmas decorations are up at the white house to get the feel for the bite until it s impossible to tell what is fake snow and what is real cocaine. speaking of hunter, the bidens chose not to hang stockings over the fireplace for the grandkids. some say it s because they d not to bring attention to hunter s love child. we cannot confirm that but we do know there will not be a nativity set at the white house ensure they cannot find three wise men and a virgin. back here in the apple, thousands of pro- palestinian protesters flooded rockefeller cent
a very warm welcome. president biden has warned that a continuation of the conflict in gaza would only play into hamas s ideology. in what appears to be a softening of the us stance, mr biden said on social media, and without mentioning israel, that continuing down the path of terror, killing and war is to give hamas what they seek. it comes as intelligence chiefs from the us, israel and egypt are continuing talks in qatar to try to further extend the current six day pause. earlier, 12 more hostages were released from gaza bringing the total number now freed to more than 80. tuesday s hostage handover included 10 israeli citizens, and two thai nationals. in return, israel has released another 30 palestinian prisoners. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from israeli jails, since the truce began on friday. tal heinrich, spokesperson to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, told the bbc, the israelis are willing
elsewhere, clear spells and cold, below freezing pretty much across most of the country. but notice there s a weather front here bumping into that cold early in the morning. so there is a possibility of some wintry showers, for example, across dartmoor and exmoor through the early hours of thursday and through thursday morning itself. so it could be quite wintry here for a time. but for most of us, we re talking about rain, pretty chilly as well. and in fact, it could end up being pretty cloudy, grey, rainy across most of southern england. sunshine for the midlands, for wales, for northern ireland, many western parts of the uk. but again, some wintry showers, mostly of rain but occasionally sleet or snow across eastern areas of the uk and every bit as cold, three or four degrees celsius. and then thursday evening, a really chilly evening will follow. and we re approaching the peak of the cold really through thursday and friday. the wind is coming out of the east, northeast. s