And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
Were grabbing our stuff and the explosion hit. And it hit you like a shock wave. Up in flames, a massive gas explosion rocks kansas city. Investigators are looking into whether a gas leak may have triggered the fire. More than a dozen people were injured and even cadaver dogs were brought in to make sure no one was buried underneath. A search for the people is going on right now and will for some time. Oscar pistorius is back in south africa court this morning for a second day of his bail hearing. His girlfriend model Reeva Steenkamp was shot to death. Jesse jackson jr. Will plead guilty for misusing Campaign Funds. This is nod an abstraction. People will lose their jobs. Hundreds of people are stranded on a highway in north los angeles. As Pope Benedict prepares to step down the buzz is blowing that an american could be next in line. Apple is the latest victim of Cyber Attacks with the same malware that hit twitter and facebook. All that you want a cat fight . Oh we have a cat fight.
. Welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is on assignment. At bea ma is awarning people will lose their jobs and services will be slashed with budget cuts. We are nine days away from the deep automatic spending cuts. Bill plante is at the white house. Bill, good morning. Reporter good morning and good morning out west. Well, republican congressional leaders say that if the cuts happen theyll be the president s fault even though some of their members want the cuts. The president says that he doesnt want the cuts either. In the next few hours hell be talking to local tv reporters to as one official here put it continue to turn up the pressure on republicans to compromise. This is not an abstraction. People will lose their jobs. Reporter with just over a week until the cuts take effect the president s placing the blame for the sequester squarely at the doorstep of republicans in congress. Last thing our families can afford right now is pain imposed unnecessarily by partisan recklessn
Want to get a look at our forecast this hour. Tom kierein is here with that. Even though these are the waning days of winter, february is not giving it up yet. Its cold this morning. Down near freezing most of the region. Roadways have dried out. The pavement dried out overnight from yesterdays rain. Right now, around the metro area, its at or below freezing. Including Prince Georges County, district of columbia. Generally low to mid30s there as well as near the Chesapeake Bay waters and the tidal potomac. Windchills is the other big story. The winds are gusting to 20, 25 miles an hour. So our windchills this morning are down into the teens, low and mid20s. Most of the region. Layer up, its going to be near freezing through 7 00 a. M. Wind gusting 20 to 25 and near 30 mile an hour gusts by noontime. By then, into the mid30s. Hometown forecast reston in fairfax county, only 35 degrees. A few clouds coming in with a gusty wind. Im back with a look at the rest of the day. A look at traffi