It is listening to critics of its flagship welfare reform in a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. Well keep you up to date with all the developments in the us pipe bomb inquiry a man has been arrested, and the Justice Department is due to hold a News Conference at 7. 30 at 8245, film criticjason solomons will give his verdict on the weeks new releases, including Bohemian Rhapsody in the film review. And well take an early look at tomorrows newspapers with the author and broadcaster Natalie Haynes and deputy Political Editor at the independent, rob merrick. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im hugh ferris. The headlines this evening. Title bid take two. Lewis hamilton needs just five points for a fifth World Championship at the mexico grand prix. Ben stokes hopes his england performances are his legacy as he promises to look forward after being acqui
found me all the way in hawaii. this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. glor: good evening. the southern california wildfires have led to a new natural disaster. they destroyed the trees and shrubs that form a natural barrier against mudslides. rapidly moving rivers of mud are now blamed for at least eight deaths in santa barbara county as they swept homes off their foundations. 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and carter evans is on the scene tonight. reporter: as crews continue to dig out here, the search for victims is still under way, and it will likely continue into the night. not everyone has been accounted for yet, but dozens were saved. one by one firefighters rescued victims from the muck and debris. they carried out this teenage girl on a stretcher. she had been trapped in her flooded home for hours. survivors were driven to higher ground. is the worst i ve ever seen it. we thought the fire was terrible. this is absolute devastation. report
i don t know how coach even found me all the way in hawaii. this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. ground. is the worst i ve ever seen it. we thought the fire was terrible. this is absolute devastation. reporter: in december the thomas fire burned more than a quarter milon acres here. when the rains began, those barren hillside exacerbated the problem. homes and streets in the exclusive montecito community were buried under feet of mud and debris. oh, my god, it is 100% covered in mud. reporter: it made for a nation mare morning commute across southern california as cars and trucks on several major roads got stuck in the mud. this is the normally busy 101 freeway. at one point today up to 30 miles of it were shut down. some of the roadway was covered in debris and mud up to three feet deep. i m driving down the road 60mph, and the mudslide comes out of nowhere, out of the bushes here, and it comes out three, four seconds and hits my car, pushes me over, th
feeling like one, right now in hunt pocono work this cold air persisting into the early winter weather advisory in east affect for the entire area runs until saturday afternoon, as we will see precipitation starting off as snowfall, storm scan three, quiet for now, cloud deck is increasing with more moisture building in so what to expect from saturday s storm overnight tonight, snow begins, mainly after midnight for most of us, we will see a light period of accumulation and then by 7:00 o clock in the city and surrounding county we will see a change over to complete, and some freezing rain. by 9:00 o clock hour changing over to all rain, so we will talk about accumulations and when conditions will start to improve, and some, 60-degree temperatures, in store for our sunday all that is coming up in a few. until those temperatures pen to the is gearing up for this latest blast of winter, eyewitness news was in norristown today where trucks were loading up. crews are ready fo
this is the cbs evening news with jeff glor. glor: and this is our western edition. good evening. the southern california wildfires have led to a new natural disaster. they destroyed the trees and shrubs that form a natural barrier against mudslides. rapidly moving rivers of mud are now blamed for at least eight deaths in santa barbara county as they swept homes off their foundations. more than 20,000 people have been ordered to evacuate and carter evans is on the scene tonight. from the mud here the rescue effort is still underway. authorities say at least 300 people are still trapped, some 50 were plucked from the mud by helicopter. one by one, firefighters rescued victims from the muck and debris. they carried out a girl on a stretcher, she and others had been trapped in the mud for several hours. survivors were driven to higher ground. this is the worse i have ever seen. we thought the fire was terrible than is absolute desolation. the thomas fire burned more