the telescope that will delve deeper into the universe than ever before will be launched into orbit within hours. and breakfast regulars hughie and freddie find out how the money they ve raised is bringing christmas cheer to children in hospital. and while it remains a dream for another year for and while it remains a dream for another yearfor many of and while it remains a dream for another year for many of us, for one or two it is already a white christmas and there is still more snow in the forecast. join me for all of the details here on your christmas day breakfast. good morning. it s christmas day, 25th december. our main story: the queen s televised christmas day message is expected to be a very personal one the first since her husband, prince philip, died in april at the age of 99. the queen will spend the day at windsor castle after deciding not to travel to sandringham for her traditional family gathering. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell reports. the que
hello and welcome, if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one of the greatest scientific missions of modern times has taken a giant leap forward in the last hour, with the launch of the james webb space telescope. the £10 billion project has taken 30 years to reach this moment. the telescope was launched from kourou in french guiana. it s the most powerful ever built, and the developers hope it will reveal stars and galaxies from the birth of the universe, as well as distant planets which could provide evidence of life beyond earth. our science correspondent rebecca morelle reports. and we have engine start. and lift off. the start of a blockbuster astronomy mission. james webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe. inside this rocket is the biggest telescope ever sent into space. punching a hole through the clouds. 20 seconds into the flight. this is the james webb space telescope. it s a successor to hubble, but 100 times more powerful. after three d
a major nightmare on one of the busiest travel days of the year. hundreds of flights canceled across the country. what you need to know heading home for the holidays. all of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names they never let poor rudolph griff: you are looking at our beautiful tree on fox square, watching fox and friends first . i am griff jenkins. benjamin: i am benjamin hall in for carley shimkus and todd piro. can i say how special it is, first christmas and moving to the states. if i get sentimental for a moment, to you and my washington colleagues, such an incredible move and you and i, i m looking to you for all the advice on what to do and where to go. griff: do everything different than i did. i got lucky to have two gorgeous daughters, 20, and 16. new york is excited and ecstatic to have you. been and i share an office, it is honor and pleasure to do so integrate reporting, you will be a great success here in washington and by the wa
versus america s jewish population. in newly released interview excerpts the former president uses anti-semitic tropes to describe his disappointment with his low support amongst jewish voters. the jewish people in the united states either don t like israel or don t care about israel. i mean, you look at the new york times, the new york times hates israel, hates them. and they re jewish people that run the new york times. also this hour, new reporting from the new york times inside the concentrated among trump allies to do whatever they cannot to talk to the january 6th committee and try to run out the clock on their investigation. i did invoke my fifth amendment rights to every question not because i have done anything wrong but because i am fully aware of the house democrats long history of fabricating perjury charges on the basis of comments that are innocuous, immaterial, or irrelevant. plus, what may be the most intriguing political development involving
come under the spotlight. and president biden is in kentucky meeting some of those affected by what the governor says are the worst tornadoes ever seen there. we start in the uk which has recorded its highest number of daily covid infections since the start of the pandemic. here s prime minister borisjohnson. if omicron continues to building across the whole of our united kingdom with over covid 19 cases today, the highest ever daily number of reported. and the doubling rate of omicron in some regions is now down to less than two days and i m afraid we re also seeing the inevitable increase in hospitalisations, up by 10% nationally week on week and up by almost a third in london. so more than 78 and a half thousand new cases in the past 2a hours recorded in the uk. that s 10 thousand more than the previous record injanuary. but while cases are at a record high (ani)the number of deaths the number of deaths 165 in the past 2a hours is significantly lower than during th