From one of their new signings. And good morning. The weekend ahead is looking fine, plenty of dry weather, sunny spells for many of us as well. They will bring you the full forecast shortly. Good morning. Its saturday, the 17th of august, our main story. The World Health Organization is asking countries with Mpox Vaccine stockpiles to donate them to nations with ongoing outbreaks. A wave of infections has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic Of Congo as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads. It comes as a company which manufactures one of the vaccines says it needs orders to be placed quickly so it can meet demand. Our reporter Leigh Milner has the story. In the democratic republic of the congo, hospitals like this one are filling up with patients who have mpox. Originally known as monkey pox, the disease can be passed on by close physical contact with anyone with the infection. It causes flu like symptoms and blisters, which is usually clear up into or thre
Boy george, welcome to this cultural life. Thank you. You were born George Odowd in 1961 and you grew up in South London in a Working Class Irish family. Tell me about family life. What was it like Growing Up . Well, i used to think that my family were the most insane family on the planet because we had, like, chickens, we had, like, dogs, you know, we were we stood out. We were like the hillbillies of the road. But Growing Up, ijust thought we were the maddest bunch ever. Did you feel irish Growing Up . Very i mean, my name is odowd. I grew up in the 70s, with all the bombing and, you know, Kids At School would be making comments and you were very aware of the fact that you were irish 0. I used to get called 0loud. Laughs. George oloud that was my name at school. And what were your interests at school . In fact, what was your education like . My education was probably spoilt by my behaviour. I wasnt a particularly compliant kid because at home, my dad ruled the roost you know, what
Washington tonight. Well, the folks in butler, pennsylvaniannsylvan, about to e their Fighter Return by trump says hes heading to finish that rally. And Christopher Wray Sorstophert of apologized to trump for these comments. Theres. Some question about whether or not its aow, bullet or shrapnelthat, you kno, that hit his ear. But is it too late . Wer Theho Tree to talk to the. Treated trump shortly after the shooting. And college doesnt have the star power. We all know that of michelle obama. But theyr re working overtime overtime tou her relatable. Spece are cooking, but we have a very special guest, very specia harris. L Senator Kamala , hi, guys. But first, Karma Chameleon. Thats the focus of tonightsf o angle. Nion so changing your hairstyle, your fashion sense, even on issues, on big issues. Well, thats called being a human being. Ing toe but to change factst is something quite different. And right. Rs Kamala Harris is a cadre oF High paid consultants and Fat Cat Donorson are fran
According to a statement released by the Press Office, the pope is having scheduled surgical intervention for diverticulitis. It can cause inflammation, discomfort and in some cases internal bleeding. Its a common medical problem for many aging adults. The 84yearold attended the traditional Sunday Mass before the procedure started. During the mass he said he would go to hungary in september, and asked attendees to pray for him. The pope appeared strong and in good spirits. The vatican Press Office is expected to release a statement later today, updating the public on his condition after surgery. This does come after a very busy time period for the pope, just last week he met with u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken and held a large mass on tuesday. Alicia. Alicia Trey Yingst in jerusalem. Thank you. Griff. Griff alicia, the Blue Angels are celebrating their 75th Anniversary. Griff im so excited i jumped the gun on the Blue Angels, just talked to their commander in the last segment
And honoring our President Dwight d. Eisenhower, it was dedicated in September Of 2020 during the pandemic, not a lot of americans knew it, but here weve got dozens of tourists on this gorgeous day coming down here to take a Look at it, checking us out. Its going to be a wonderful saturday. Jacqui love to see it and last night got to kick it off right with a few hot dogs on my roof and hopefully nor cookout to come later on this weekend. All right, some tense moments in massachusetts this morning, were going to start with you. A group of heavily armed men were just arrested a short time ago after a standoff with police that shut down part of americas busiest highway, i95. Lucas tomlinson is covering it from our d. C. Bureau. Hi, Massachusetts State police say 11 suspects some armed, are now in custody after an armed standoff that closed i95 outside of boston both directions on a busy Holiday Weekend. 95 is now open. 1 30 a. M. , a group of heavily armed men dressed in military uniforms