good afternoon. may the 8th was the last time we saw any rain across this beautiful landscape, the mumbles in south wales. hard to tell how dry it is because you can see the green course on the landscape but for much of the uk the same story, scant rainfall in the best part of the month. you can see the crack to ground in hampshire. why is it so dry and when will it rain again? high pressure is holding the weather study at the moment and it s not going anywhere in a hurry, by the end of the week this, which has been quite a menace and brought heavy rain into madeira and will bring it into spain and portugal, will push our way, but it looks dry for the rest of the week. the weather is not the same under the high pressure full sun, there is slow burning, lingering cloud holding temperatures back. this afternoon it will be further back towards the east coast but many eastern counties are seeing temperatures capped in the high teens, further west with clearer skies and more sunsh
in other news, large parts of southern california are struck by record breaking blizzards and freezing temperatures. you can see the hollywood sign, which i can assure you is behind me, for miles around, but today it is blanketed by a wall of fog, and dense and very heavy rain. and roald dahl s multi million selling childrens books are to be printed in their original form, after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. hello there, and a very warm welcome to the programme. president biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed, for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support, to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility . james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down
tonight in which he attempts to explain his listening of lies. he says not by trying to trick anyone. i ve been a terrible liar what i tried to debates american people is that i made mistakes. this wasn t about tricking anybody. we will tell you the law he says he regrets every day. plus, the classic children s book, charlie and the chocolate factory, matilda, and james in the giant peach are getting re-writes. the publisher is cutting it where it s like that, ugly, and whites. is the time to update outdated books or is it best luke malone? we ll talk about all that tonight. but first let s get to today s politics. of mark mckinnon, former adviser to george w. bush. and john mccain, we are sub cnn s john berman. also political analysts, natasha alpert. and former u.s. attorney, harry lippman. i, guys great to have all be here tonight. hello, happy presidents day. okay mark let s talk about what was presidents day. rhonda scent is seems to want to be president. there he
and healthy new years eve. we are continuing to follow the breaking news out of the vatican. pope benedict the 16th has died at the age of 95. the vatican says the retired pope passed away early this morning. his funeral will be held on january 5th in st. peters square. presided over by pope francis. that is the man who became leader of the catholic church after benedict resigned from the role in 2013. msnbc looks back on his life and legacy. it was a resignation that shocked the catholic church. pope benedict, less than eight years after his election, he became the first pope and seven centuries to voluntarily retire. he said that he lacked the strength of mind and body to do the job. he felt like he was being prevented from being the pope in a way that he felt the pope should be present for the people of god. he was born joseph rat singer in wartime germany. in the deeply catholic weijia bavaria. he and his brother george people became priests. both eventually landed
is over. just ask the falcons, one second they were almost super bowl champs and the next thing you know they are watching brady hold the trophy. you can t brag about a victory that hasn t happened. and you can t hype up a bill that hasn t done a darn thing yet. unless you are joe biden. today our commander-in-chief, who is taking a victory lap over his massive infrastructure spending bill. my partisan infrastructure law that i signed and it was a once in a generation investment in our nation s roads, bridges, railroads, ports, airports, water systems, and high speed internet, i really mean it. this is like a new industrial revolution. jesse: primetime launched an investigation into joe biden s new industrial revolution. a trillion dollars and a year later, and biden s broken ground on one project. a heated sidewalk in a small new hampshire town. and the project is not even close to finished and it won t be before winter. the city of berlin, new hampshire, has a 17% pov