pro punishing protesters forcing some to fight in the very war they want to stop. and crisis of democracies, a warning to the world from french president macron, and his message to donald trump after being wrapped up in the mar-a-lago case. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. and we begin with our politics lead. and just in, special master of the trump mar-a-lago documents case opens the door to hearing witness testimony. this, coming after yet another legal defeat for former president donald trump. three judges from the 11th circuit court of appeals unanimously reversed district judge aleene cannon s decision. three-judge panel, one obama and three trump appointees. a special master s review of that subset, about 100 records is now partially stopped after judge cannon amended her ruling today. and just a short time ago, a special master deliver a new order to trump s legal team to prove one notable aspect in the former president s public claims. an in
residents are urged to stay inside. our team is on the ground, crews mobilize before sunrise and senior meteorologist is here tracking ian in new york city. todd: phil keating, where we begin our coverage in st. petersburg, we got the latest update the hurricane has been downgraded to a tropical storm, what are you seeing right now? good morning, had u.s. coast guard helicopter land across the water at tampa general, now flying off, they have a real busy day doing search and rescue operations all day, still unknown whether they have numerous people that need to be rescued or whether the day will actually be better than they feared. here in tampa right now issue most people are still sleeping after a night of heavy pounding rain and wind, but for the most part, the bulk of the storm right now, not raining here issue mostly moved east by now, slamming around orlando and the east coast along i-95 corridor and the winds here, you can see, not too blustery, only maybe in the 2
this is absolutely nuts. ainsley: that is new video already showing the storm s power as it brings devastating floods down it the key west area. we expect to see more of those, tossing planes around like toys. todd: we have team coverage now. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez. we start with fox weather correspondent robert ray in fort myers. robert? ainsley: trouble obviously with his microphone. we can t hear you, robert. right now, it does look bad. fox weather correspondent nicole valdez continues our coverage, she is in tampa. we are only starting to rapidly see conditions deteriorating here for the tampa bay area as hurricane ian, that now category 4 storm. you just mentioned with winds at 155 miles per hour. it is teetering on a category 5 storm. you heard governor ron desantis there saying our emergency management officials are planning and preparing to see a category 5 storm. that is how seriously they are taking this situation knowing what we could se
are among four people to die in a helicopter crash on australia s gold coast three others are critically injured. brazil s new presidentjoins thousands of mourners paying their respects to football legend pele at the santos stadium. and coming up, we ve been talking to a guide dogs charity that s recruiting for more volunteers to tackle a shortage of trainers. that afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. downing street has admitted that the nhs is facing an unprecedented challenge but insists the government is doing everything possible to ease pressure. senior doctors have spoken of the unsustainable pressure facing the nhs with some a&es described as being in a complete state of crisis . labour criticised the government s management of the health service, while the liberal democrats called for parliament to be recalled early. here s our health correspondent katharine da costa. receiving. this isn t the first
mass from st peter s. hello and welcome to bbc news. an icy blast is affecting nearly 250 million people in the us and canada, as one of the most severe winter storms in living memory takes hold with snow blizzards, strong winds and freezing temperatures. at least 19 people have died. more than 1.5 million american households and businesses are without electricity, and thousands of flights have been cancelled. the us state of montana registered a record breaking low of minus 45 celsius. nomia iqbal reports. for much of america, this is the coldest christmas eve. millions of them had plans to get away for the holidays. but the powerful bomb cyclone has thrown everything into chaos, causing car accidents, destroying power lines, leaving millions without electricity. the warning is, don t travel unless you need to. don t travel under these conditions unless you have to. because anything can happen at any moment, and you ve got to be on your toes. some places like new york have