Mason good evening, for those of you just joining us, this is a special expanded edition, im anthony mason. Scott pelley had been reporting from the new jersey shore but the hurricane has knocked out our link to him. Hurricane sandy is about to make landfall near Atlantic City, but the impact of this storm is being felt all along the east coast. The governors of 14 states from North Carolina to maine have declared states of emergency. Lets get the latest now from cbs news hurricane consultant David Bernard. David . Good evening, anthony. A lot of trouble up and down the east coast tonight. Sandy is basically not a drop cam system anymore, but the effects are all going to be the same. Lets start with where the storm is right now and, again, we are looking at very strong waves occurring all across ptions of the jersey and also Long Island Sound. Notice just offshore were seeing some of these wave heights still indicated near 45 feet, maybe higher. And even though the storm is here, antho
Unbelievable. Now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. It mattered. Allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. It was the deadliest conflict in human history. World war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. There arent many people who dont have some sort of Family Connection to that war. To mark its end, four presenters from bbc news, including myself, are telling the stories of our relatives the roles they played, what they did, whether here on the home front, in the atlantic or deep in burmasjungle. We start with Mishal Husain and her grandfather. He was one of more than two million men who fought for britain in the indian army. Mishal they served in deserts
and jungles, from african battlefields to asia and in europe. And without what wa
This tonight we have this weather front which is linked to storm alex which is bringing wet weather to a good deal of england and wales and eastern scotland and north east england by the end of the night. For scotla nd england by the end of the night. For scotland and Northern Ireland, clear and cool. For such a deal that looks extremely wet for a good portion of england and wales and also eastern scotla nd england and wales and also eastern scotland turning much wetter. A little bit of dry weather for Northern Ireland but the winds will be strong around irish sea coasts. We could see some brightness into the afternoon for the south east of england. Elsewhere it is going to feel cool. The met office have amber warnings for the rain particularly for wales into south west england, heavy rainfall could see in excess of 50 millimetres, maybe up to 100 millimetres across higher ground. North east scotland could also see the risk of some flooding so disruption likely. The new area of
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It is possible, i suppose, gorilla mums might be a bit chary about you getting too close to their offspring so we getting too close to their offspring so we might have to meet more to find out but a nice story. Great story if you get the opportunity to visit it. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. Hello. After what has been an unseasonably blustery spell of weather, the winds are gradually easing and will continue to do so through the rest of the weekend. Still pretty breezy out there at the moment, some showers around, some slightly longer spells of rain moving out of Northern Ireland into north west england, parts of wales. But as we go through tonight, many of the showers will fade, i think some will return later in the night through south west england, parts of wales and Northern Ireland. And so a relatively cool, fresh feel, particularly in northern scotland. 9 degrees for stornoway, 15 the overnight low in norwich. And then for tomorrow, a bit like today, we wil
The 80th anniversary of the battle of britain, following a Memorial Service at westminster abbey. Now on bbc news. In this special programme, some of the bbcs news presenters have been looking at the roles their families played in the second world war. To come here today and to see where he spent a part of his life a very difficult part of his life is, i have to say, its. Its quite overwhelming. This is one of the earliest pictures ive ever seen of him cos he would only have been about 20. This is where the miners would work. Unbelievable. Now, i remember when i joined the family, how pleased he was that i was from an indian family. It mattered. Allied squadrons take the airfor another great battle over europe. It was the deadliest conflict in human history. World war ii drew in men and women from all over the globe and claimed the lives of around 80 million people. 75 years ago this month, after almost six long years of fighting, the end of the war was officially declared. There arent