streets of san francisco. this time a former fire commissioner was allegedly attacked by a homeless man with a metal pipe. but the suspect s attorney claims it was the fire commissioner who was the aggressor, after he sprayed the homeless man with bear spray. we re going to go deeper into this story to see what it says about the homeless situation in san francisco. plus, teachers union president, randi weingarten is here after a contentious hearing on capitol hill afbout whether teachers unions stayed closed too long after the pandemic. and steven spielberg said he made a mistake in this rerelease of his classic film et , and he ll never do it again. et phone home? et phone home. okay. we ll talk about that. but we begin tonight with that attack on the streets of san francisco. we warn you, this video is disturbing to watch. prosecutors say former san francisco fire department commissioner was seriously injured after being attacked on april 5th by a suspect with
pregnancy and during childbirth. that number is soaring, and some groups are hit worse than others. coming soon to a florida beach near you, a 5,000 mile wide blob of seaweed. and frankly, guys, it stinks. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our money lead and a $30 billion, with a b, dollar rescue than. america s largest banks announced they are going to step in to try to prevent what could lead to a domino effect that would theoretically wreck the economy. the group of banks are all going to provide a $30 billion rescue for san francisco based first republic bank. first republic saw its stock plummet after two other banks failed over the weekend. and moody s downgraded its outlook for the entire banking industry. stocks rebounded today over the rescue news, the dow closing up 373 points, signaling that experts are, at least for now, breathing a sigh of relief that further economic damage may be avoided or at least delayed. our business correspond
providing £7.5 billion in support for the sector over the next two years. new government figures show that more than 45,700, people arrived in the uk in 2022 by crossing the channel on small boats. the last crossings of the year happened on christmas day when 90 people made the journey from france in two boats. now on bbc news it s time for review 2022, and it s been a year where health news has again dominated the headlines. our correspondent, dominic hughes, looks back now on some of the biggest challenges faced this year by the uk s health services. was 2022 of the year we finally learned to live with covid? at the start of the year, driven by the highly infectious omicron variant, the virus still had us in its clutches. even as the new year s eve fireworks faded into the night, an estimated one in every 15 people in the uk would have tested positive for covid. it is because of the threat from omicron that i announced on wednesday that we would move to plan b in england.
this is bbc world news, the headlines russia has launched another barrage of missiles at cities across ukraine. the mayor of kyiv has said that one person has been killed and 11 people have been taken to hospital in the capital kyiv. the former pope, benedict the sixteenth, has died at the age of 95. he led the catholic church for nearly eight years until he resigned in 2013. his body will lie in state in st peter s basilica from monday. the world health organisation has said that chinese officials must share more real time information on covid in the country, as infections surge. england has become the latest country to control arrivals from china. celebrations have begun to mark the start of twenty twenty three with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour. large public fireworks events have returned in many major cities across the world for first time after the covid pandemic. you are watching bbc news. it s time for review 2022 , in a year domin
there is still a long way to go in the battle against inflation for families up and in the country who are seeing food price inflation of nearly 17% and that is causing a massive hike in the cost of the weekly shop. church of england bishops won t back a change allowing priests to marry same sex couples, sources tell the bbc. government plans to scrap thousands of eu era laws by the end of this year will be challenged in the commons today. britain s emma raducanu is in second round action at the australian open tennis. she s up against the american coco gauff. welcome. we begin this morning with breaking news coming to us in the last few minutes from ukraine. the country s interior minister denys monastyrskyy died in a helicopter crash in a suburb of kyiv. mr monastyrskyy was travelling with his deputy interior minister and a state secretary they have all been killed in a helicopter crash next to a kindergarten in brovary, east of kyiv. 16 people have been killed in total,