Leaders drop points at home for the first time this season in a 1 1 draw with west brom. Good morning. More of us seeing our first snow of the season this morning. It is frosty, it is icy, there are difficult travelling conditions and the cold weather will see us conditions and the cold weather will see us out of the year. Forecast coming up. Good morning. Its monday, the 28th of december. Our top story. Hospitals across the uk say theyre facing intense pressure, as the number of Coronavirus Infections continues to rise. Three ambulance trusts in the south of england are urging people to only call 999 if theres a genuine emergency. London Ambulance Service says boxing day was one of the busiest 2a hours in its history. And in scotland, Doctors Say Health services could be overwhelmed if the relaxation of covid restrictions for christmas triggers a surge in cases. With this report, heres andy moore. Health services across the country are under pressure, and in some areas such as wales a
Brandnew hour of americas news headquarters im eric shawn. I am laura ingle and for arthel neville, the federal and local Law Enforcement are going to hold a News Conference at 5 00 p. M. Eastern and we will bring that to live once it starts. Meantime Authorities Say they believe the suspect died in the blast as eric mentioned, Nashville Police are working to identify Human Remains Found near the scene. Earlier today city leaders commended those six incredibly brave Nashville Police officers who helped evacuate the downtown area minutes before the parked rv exploded saving thousands of lives. Charles watson is live in nashville with the very latest. What we know. As you can imagine the six Nashville Police officers are being called an extremely danges situation putting their own lives on the line to protect others for the First Time Since the blast were hearing from the officers who say they were on the scene for no more than a few minutes when they first heard the audio warning coming
Kennedy and police releasing this new video showing an officer walking away just moments before the bomb went off. You can see the intensity of the blast. The six Nashville Police officers, who are being hailed as heroes for evacuating the surrounding area and putting their own lives at risk, spoke out yesterday. At that time, we set up our cars to set up as much of a barricade as we can to keep people out. In the explosion happened, i was thrown forward, knocked to the ground, but i was able to catch myself. I was fine. Kennedy unreal. Lives for us in nashville with the very latest, charles . Hi it, kennedy. There are a lot of Unanswered Questions about that Christmas Day explosion here in nashville, including why it happened. Federal investigators are working to piece together a motive as their investigation moves forward. Authority say they are looking into the hundreds of tips and processing evidence to try and figure out what led 63yearold Anthony Quinn warner to blow up his rv in
And a Record Number of people, nearly 125,000 are hospitalized this morning with coronavirus. The situation becoming so severe in los angeles that several hospitals have had to turn patients away because of a shortage of oxygen. Just alarming in america in 2020. One of the latest victims of the outbreak, republican congressman luke letlo of louisiana, he was set to be sworn in this weekend, he died just two weeks after his diagno diagnosis. Also this morning, the uk has just approved the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine with the first doses to be given on monday. This could be a game changer in the effort to vaccinate many countries, since this vaccine is much cheaper, also easier to store and transport than the two approved here in the u. S. Already. Were going to get a live report from london on the latest in just a moment. But lets begin with cnns athena jones. That on the news of the uk variant, which is more easily transmissible, now present here in the u. S. And signs that its already
Testing his grip on the party as his term expires. Now, the house also passed a measure increasing stimulus checks for most americans from 600 to 2,000. President trump stayed on the sidelines during stimulus talks. Now hes championing bigger checks, even tweeting so just before 2 00 a. M. But Senate Republicans all of a sudden rediscovering fiscal conservatism have resisted this for months. Keep in mind, american livelihoods are at stake, including Restaurant Owners in kentucky, home of the home state of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. They are agonizing over the huge lost revenue on new years eve because of pandemic restrictions. The first shutting down was, you know, i think pretty emotionally taxing on not only Small Business owners or any Business Owners and employees, so were just hunkering down and hoping to get through it. Right now, it is unclear whether the bigger relief checks can pass the Republican Controlled Senate, but a vote could further divide President Trump