hospitals are asked to find 4,000 extra emergency beds in england to deal with a potential wave of 0micron patients as admissions hit the highest levels since march. and a government promise has been made to get 8 million lateral flow test kits into pharmacies by tomorrow after reports of shortages. is the premier league title race over already? victory over brentford puts manchester city eight points clear at the top as one of their biggest rivals falters. it may be the end of december but at six o clock this morning it is 15 degrees in some parts of the country. exceptionally mild weather continues and will continue to see the year out. the full forecast here on breakfast. it s thursday, the 30th of december. our main story. ghislaine maxwell has been found guilty of grooming and trafficking underage girls for the convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein. jurors found her guilty of five of the six charges she faced. it means she could spend the rest of her life behind bars. alee
consumer confidence rises as president biden declares christmas shipping problems solved. we re also working to un- stick bottlenecks between the ports and the stores. yuccas: day three and still no verdict. the jury remains out in the manslaughter trial of a former minnesota police officer. the capitol riot investigation: why the house select committee wants to speak to a republican congressman who is a top ally of former president trump. the war on cancer: how close are we to a vaccine for breast cancer? and a new york school teaches lessons in kindness, both inside and outside the classroom. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell reporting from the nation s capital. yuccas: good evening, to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. i m jamie yuccas in for norah o donnell. we begin tonight with a major milestone in the fight against covid. the f.d.a. has authorized the first anti-viral pill to treat the virus, though the white house war
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. police in the us say they ve arrested the parents of a teenager accused of killing four of his fellow students in a school shooting in the state of michigan earlier this week. james and jennifer crumbley themselves face charges of involuntary manslaughter. they went into hiding following the shooting their lawyer says they did so for their own safety. they were found in a building in detroit. prosecutors say their fifteen year old son ethan carried out the mass shooting on tuesday with a semi automatic pistol bought by his father. peter bowes reports. james and jennifer crumbley, accused of sharing the blame for a mass shooting allegedly carried out by their 15 year old son. ethan crumbley has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges and first degree murder after prosecutors say he shot and killed four classmates on tuesday. but prosecutors also say his parents are culpable for ignoring several warning signs
day. overnight, rain returns to east anglia in south east england. clear skies for scotland and northern england, allows a touch of frost and the risk of some icy stretches to take us into sunday. sunday stays quite cloudy for east scotland with outbreaks of rain on and off. the best of the weather will be further west although they could be some scattered showers here and there. generally pretty chilly for most pertaining a tad milderfor southern wales and south west england. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the parents of a us teenager accused of killing four students, have been arrested after going on the run. south african scientists say the new coronavirus variant omicron appears to be spreading more than twice as fast as the delta variant. unvaccinated british mums who were severely ill with coronavirus, encourage pregnant women to get their covid jab in the uk. president biden says he does not accept moscow s demands over ukraine as russian troops mass on the