Athletes of the decade. 23time grand slam champion Serena Williams acing the competition on the female side. And lebron james was crowned king on the mens side. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, december 30th. Good morning, everyone. Great to have andrea here. We do begin this half hour with the monster storm covering much of the eastern u. S. The weather radar shows snow from kansas to canada and along the border. Theres rain falling now from the great lakes all the way down to the coast and down into the southeast. Its making the return from christmas or the trip for new years a misery for many. Abcs rob marciano reports. Reporter a major winter storm now reaching east across the country, bringing winddriven snow, ice, and rain as millions continue to travel this holiday week. Weve got to make sure that we Pay Attention to the everchanging road conditions. Reporter 32 million under weather alerts from kansas to maine. Heavy snow, low visibility, and high winds making
This is the cbs evening news. Axelrod good evening. Im jim axelrod. An unbearable sixday stretch of funerals for the victims of the newtown shooting wrapped up today with the last three. Mourners at the funeral of josephine gay wore purple. Her favorite color. A horsedrawn coach carried the casket of sixyearold ana marquezgreene, remembered as a girl who never walked from room to room. She danced. Sixyearold Emilie Parker was buried in utah, remembered for the markers and paper emilie always had with her because as she would say, i have so many ideas of things to draw, its hard to remember them all. Newtowns police chief is talking publicly about the shooting for the first time. The chief and his captain sat down with Elaine Quijano this morning who joins us now. Good evening elaine. Reporter good evening to you, jim. Well, police chief Michael Kehoe and captain joe rios arrived at sandy hook elementary within minutes of the call. We needed to break into the school to get in. Because t
Falls to a record low. Release. And looking for life on mars nasa launches a rover to bring back rock samples from the red planet. And coming up on bbc news a blow to the us open, as world number one Ashleigh Barty pulls out, citing concerns over travelling during the pandemic. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. People in the uk with coronavirus symptoms will now have to self isolate for ten days rather than just a week as ministers attempt to prevent a new spike in infections. The extension comes into force immediately and brings us into line with World Health Organization guidance. It comes as new figures show that england had the highest level of excess deaths in europe between the end of february and mid june. Excess deaths are the number of all people who die above the average recorded in previous years and are seen by many experts as the most reliable measure of the impact of the pandemic. The Health Secretary matt hancock has warned that new countries could be ad
Its back to school for scotlands pupils, as the first minister announces everyone will be back in the classroom by mid august. The number of Rape Convictions in england and wales falls to a record low. And lift off and looking for life on mars nasa launches a rover to bring back rock samples from the red planet. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. People in the uk with coronavirus symptoms will now have to self isolate for ten days rather than just a week as ministers attempt to prevent a new spike in infections. The extension comes into force immediately and brings us into line with World Health Organisation guidance. It comes as new figures show that england had the highest level of excess deaths in europe between the end of february and mid june. Excess deaths are the number of all people who die above the average recorded in previous years, and are seen by many experts as the most reliable measure of the impact of the pandemic. Health secretary matt hancock has warned that new
John lewis got as a four year old kid and to do a lifetime to keep moving, and keep moving in the right direction. And keep bringing other people to move. And to do it without hatred in his heart. With a song to be able to sing and dance. As his brother freddie said, keep moving to the ballot box even if its a mailbox, and keep moving to the beloved committee, john lewis was many things but he was a man. A friend in sunshine and storm, a friend in sunshine and storm, a friend who would walk the stony roads that he asked you to walk. He would brave the rods he asked you to be ripped by, always keeping his eyes on the prize, always believing none of us would be free until all of us are equal. Ijust loved him. I a lwa ys of us are equal. Ijust loved him. I always will. And im so grateful that he stayed true to form. Hes gone up yonder and left of swift marching orders. I suggest since hes close enough to god to keep his eye on the sparrow and us, we salute, sit up, and march on. Former pr