lam i am outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there has been growing opposition from protesters, citing the legitimacy and at the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. within the last hour, scientists at nasa have crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid destroying itself in the process. the mission was designed to test whether space rocks that might threaten earth could be nudged safely out of the way. i know we bring you a lot of harrowing news so have a listen to this. my my goodness! seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. my cosh! four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting four, three, two, one. my gosh! awaiting visual- gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we - gosh! awaiting visual confirmation. we got gosh! awaiting visua
leaders from around the world gather to pay their respects. i m outside where the event will be taking place this afternoon but there was growing opposition from protesters citing the legitimacy and the cost. and work begins to remove the tens of thousands of floral tributes left to honour the queen in central london. welcome to the programme. it sounds like a hollywood film, but in under 15 minutes time, the american space agency, nasa, is going to crash a rocket into an asteroid. it is the agency s first planetary defence mission and scientists there are about to try diverting the path of an asteroid by crashing a spacecraft the size of a small car into it. it s a test to see if something similar could be done if an asteroid was heading towards earth in the future. our science editor rebecca morelle has the details. it s a cataclysmic scenario. an asteroid headed for our planet, with the potential for mass devastation. it s happened before. a space rock wiped out the din
More than 6 Million People will be flying this Holiday Weekend. A million of them will be flying in or out of San Francisco, oakland or san jose airports in. Airport Officials Say they are expecting the longer lines at security and also at checkin as well as heavy traffic getting into the airport. They are saying its worth braving the line. I feel part of iti travel during the year for work. I try to get here early and get suede at the gate. I travel during the year for work. I try to get here early and get situated at the gate. Reporter people who dont travel regularly could lead to longer slower lines so their best advice especiallythis morning as you can see is arrive early. Terminal 3 the line to get through security is about 20 to 25 minutes. They expect that to just get worse throughout the day. No delays at any area airports. Katie nielsen, kpix 5. As we take a live look outside, a beautiful shot of the city of San Francisco. This is the coldest it has been since january. You ca
Cool start out there. Heres our live camera looking out toward oakland in the clear for right now, so we are not seeing that widespread dense fog we saw yesterday but still a few patches developing and we will continue to track a few patches in the short term for this morning. Into the afternoon hours, mostly sunny skies, you can see the temperature trend starting out chilly this morning, 7 00, and then by 3 00 upper 50s all the way to the low to mid60s. We will update your fiveday forecast coming up in a few minutes. Dave. Thank you. At 4 01, sal is off today but we are watching the traffic and the traffic cameras. Take a look at interstate 880 in oakland, right outside the coliseum, nothing, very little traffic and everything nice and smooth on 880. At the bay bridge toll plaza, looking at that right now, again, very little traffic, no problems, everything running smoothly. In union city, dakota road is going to be closed for almost a week for emergency repairs to the rail crossing b
Patchy fog this morning. Chilly out there. Eventually, though, it is going to be a warm afternoon, upper 50s to the mid60s. Here the storm track heading way up to or north, a few high clouds paying the north bay a visit right now but very cold numbers. Check in right now. We will show you fairfield, they are still at 30 degrees, livermore 34, san jose 40 and santa rosa in the mid30s, checking in 35. Also watching this fog bank kind of moving around here and you can see the low visibility reports in novato and up in santa rosa so that fog will continue to move around over the next few hours. Here is our live camera looking out towards San Francisco, out toward the bay bridge and mostly clear skies right now, just a few high clouds will kind of roll into the bay area throughout the morning hours. You can see starting out chilly this morning, 7 00 into the afternoon hours, a nice recovery, upper 50s to the 60s. In fact, our temperature is a nice line here from 60 to 61 to 62, 63 to 64, so