In Northern Ireland and the best of the uk. The travel show in half an hour, here on bbc news. Our top story today engineers have spent the night pumping thousands of gallons of water from the toddbrook reservoir, in derbyshire which is threatening to burst through a dam and flood the town beneath it. Attempts have been made to shore up the dam at Whaley Bridge, which was damaged on thursday, and yesterday raf helicopters spent hours trying to reinforce the structure. The Authorities Say there is a substantial threat to life if it fails completely, and a Severe Weather warning remains in place for the areas seen here in red. Borisjohnson visited the area last night to meet some of the 1,500 residents whove been evacuated so far, and to talk to teams about the work theyre doing to repair the damage. It is looking dodgy but stable is how i would describe it. The Chinook Helicopters have done hugejob bringing in aggregate, and you still cannot tell that the hole has been filled. So there
Washington with the latest. sot John Dickerson can she weather a full days worth of testimony in front of a committee that even some republicans have said is aiming to hurt her politically. If she can do that she will be on stable ground after what was a pretty shaky summer. The republicanled committee will try to find out why the u. S. Chose to remain in benghazi despite the escalation in violence sot rep. Trey Gowdy Benghazi Committee chairman, rsc what i want to know is while violence was going up in libya why was our security profile going down standup weijia jiang cbs news washington, d. C. clinton willlso face questions from lawmakers on whether she was aware of requests for additional security at the consulate where the attacks took place. Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time, has already gone on the defensive during two previous testimonies sot clinton from may 2013 the factcts we had four dead americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for
And the first Asian American Vice President. She says voters have sent americas children a clear message to dream with ambition. While i may be the first woman in this office, i will not be the last, because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities. Once again, donald trump heads for the golf course. His Campaign Still refuses to admit defeat. Its the first full day since joe biden became president elect of the United States. When he spoke to his supporters last night in delaware he said it was time to stop treating opponents as our enemies. Today he has been seen again but this time taking a private moment to attend church in greenfield. Mr trump has still not conceeded the election. He has been on the move as well today. Again he has gone to play golf, as he did yesterday when the results were coming in. In his victory speech mr biden said his administration would marshal the forces of decency, fairness, science and hope. Well have reaction to t
And Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a Tuesday Morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. And im matt lauer alongside al roker and Natalie Morales. Welcome back. Youve been talking about that story out in colorado for the better part of a week. You got to see the damage firsthand. We really did. Its stunning. You have to see it as well. When you see it in person, not within the confines of your television set, it literally takes your breath away. Good to have you back. Well see that interview with the Vice President coming up. Were baby crazy around here. On monday we began our weeklong series called born. We shared amazing moments when couples had their babies live on tv. Well, this morning, not to be outdone, a live conception. Before your mind goes crazy with that, were in an operating room as a couple undergoes in vitro fertilization procedure. Could be Pretty Amazing to see. Before that, the rapidly changing situation in na
If you look at elections since 2000, average statewide turnouts in a primary are 22 percent, so the 20.1 percent turnout to this year's primaries was just under the average.