Tomorrow for the high, likely to be the hottest day of the year to date. Outside there will be cloudy northern and western areas, mist and fog patches, occasional spots of drizzle. Otherwise quite a night with temperatures between 1a and 17. The reason the weather is hot at the moment is down to a ridge in the jet stream allowing the wind to come up from the south, and that is boosting temperatures particularly across england and wales. The details for friday, these north western areas will start the day with low cloud, mist and fog and occasional patches of drizzle. Later in the day we will see more general heavy rain arriving in the most areas of the country should see sunny spells at times but england and wales will have the best of the sunshine and highest temperatures, widely in the mid to high 20s but in the hot spots, 31 or even 32 is possible. In the weekend we will see cooler and fresher air spread from the north west moving across from the atlantic so temperatures are forecas
And the one and only steve kornacki is here to kick off election night coverage as we get our very first exit polls in the california recall. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes. It s election night in america. Just a few hours from now polls will close in the recall election of california governor gavin newsom. First huge election of this year. We ll have more on it in a bit with steve kornacki at the big board. Of course once those votes come in, right, they get counted and we go through the mechanics of the election, the actual mechanics of which how you go from votes being cast to the winner being certified, you know, that s kind of opaque. We think of it just as a process where, you know, people cast their votes and then some stuff happens and then we get the final number and the person with the most votes wins. We learned last year that it s more complicated than that. There s an entire process. It s staffed by people, you know, overwhelmingl
On the impact on afghan families settled in the uk who are desperate to help loved ones who they believe are stuck in limbo. New research suggests that the protection given by two doses of the pfizer and astrazeneca covid vaccines starts to wear off within six months. And it s a golden start in tokyo for paralympics gb as cyclist dame storey takes the 15th gold of her career in her eighth games a public consultation is getting under way to ask if beavers should be re introduced to england s rivers once widespread in britain they were hunted to extinction 400 years ago. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. President biden has rejected british calls to extend the united states airlift from afghanistan beyond the 31st of august saying it would be too dangerous. In a televised address from the white house last night, president biden said each day of operations brings added risk to our troops of an attack by extremists linked to the islamic state grou
His publicist says he passed away peacefully in a london hospital earlier today tributes have been pouring in from across the music world a number of important developments. The us insists its august 31 to be out afghanistan stays despite the uk and others asking it to extend. And ther taliban says the road to kabul aiport is now now closed to afghans. This is a statement earlier. Really trying to control the situation. Their way up to the airport has been closed now and afghans are not allowed to go there now and foreigners are allowed to go but we have stopped afghan nationals from going and we are we assuring you to come to your homes and come back to yourjobs and come back to your normal life. There is no dangerfor you. Here s our correspondent secunder kermani with the latest from kabul. Thousands remain in dire conditions outside the airport including whole families. Many of them have no permission to travel or permission to board one of these evacuation flights but they are