Israeli forces mass on the border with gaza, as Military Leaders consider plans for a possible Ground Invasion palestinians continue Firing Barrages of rockets into israel, mostly at tel aviv. This is a painful day. David cameron is grilled by mps over his controversial lobbying of government figures, on behalf of a business which has now gone bust he insists he abided by the rules. And why this stretch of a river in Greater Manchester has been named as the most plastic polluted in the uk. And coming up on the bbc news channel. Uefa confirm porto will host the Champions League final between Manchester City and chelsea the game was moved from istanbul due to coronovirus restrictions on travelling fans from the uk. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The Prime Minister says he is anxious about the spread of the Indian Coronavirus Variant in parts of the uk, and says he cant rule anything out. Bolton has one of the highest rates of the indian variant. Most of the infections
yeah. i m deeply concerned about the way he uses that justification and what it means when there s a real national security issue we have to deal with. with respect to reporters and information in particular, and sort of the worries about whether or not reporters will be ensnared in that, i think there is a distinction between the president s rhetoric and what we re seeing in terms of actual prosecution. there was there has been an uptick in leaks both in terms of the number but i think more substantial observation of the last couple of years is in terms of the scope. it has to do with the way information is retained and digital information. or an unauthorized disclosure of classified information is far more damaging because somebody with download a million and a half documents as opposed to walk out of the building with a few files in a briefcase or whatever. so the scope is different. interestingly, the policies of the justice department, in terms of the actual
center with more. we ll be down close to freezing. you see the wind. i ve zoomed in on the flags. these are flags on top of the state house. they are blowing out of the west. that will be in place tonight and tomorrow as well. let s give you a peek at the temperatures. we re getting down in the 30s. it won t take long to get to the mid 30s and low 40s. factor in the wind it will feel cooler. 30s. plenty of sunshine but breezy. that s gonna be the theme as we go through the day. i say breezy, i should be using the term windy especially the middle part of the day. we ll see gusts even as high as 30 especially at lakes. it will grab your attention. when your temperatures are in the 40s, you throw a 30-mile-an-hour wind on top of it, it s cold. that s where we re going tomorrow and this wind is gonna be in play not only tomorrow but as we go through the week. so winter has not left us by any means. i will explain more about that up in a little bit. hundreds at south carolina
question of the, but when. so needless to say, it is a lot of anxiety here on wall street. the questions of what are the implications of the coronavirus if it comes here to the u.s. what does that mean for the economy. and already, we have heard from a number of companies issuing the warnings of how it will affect their sales. today, mastercard said a 2% to 3% hit in first quarter, because it is expecting people to spend lez money, less money and they are going to be out there shopping less and one trader said that he is going to be surprised if any company is not untouched by the coronavirus. thank you, alison kosik. thank you so much as the health officials are warning that the coronavirus is certainly going to become a pandemic and the u.s. needs to be better prepared for it. and moments ago health and human services secretary alex azar felt compelled to come before the cameras. this is seen as aggressively as how president trump is responding to the outbreak. secret
carolina needs to come together an be strong for what has happened. police believe he acted alone alone. witnesses report he asked for the pastor of the church. a relative of the pastor gave a chilling account of the shooting. i spoke with the one of the survivors, and she said that he had loaded reloaded five different times. and her son was trying to talk him out of doing that act of killing people. and he just said i have to do it. he said you rape our women and you re taking over our country. and you have to go. members of the community gathered today for a prayer vigil honoring the victims, speaking today at the white house, president obama said he knew several members of the church personally, including the pastor. to say our thoughts and prayers are with them doesn t do enough to convey the heartache and sadness and the anger that we feel. there s something particularly heartbreaking when this happens in a place of peace. craig, let me start with you, what