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thousands under evacuation workers right now, and according to governor gavin newsom, 17 confirmed dead right at this hour. cnns nick watt, joins us with all the latest on the los angeles river which in normal times his river in name only. what is the latest, nick? >> you are right anderson. this is normally just a trickle. in fact there is usually a homeless encampment in what is the l. a. river. those people have had to flee to higher ground. you know, californians just arent used to...

of big ben, where the countdown was projected within the london eye in the lead—up to midnight. a spectacular firework display lit up the skies for around 12 minutes in what was thought to be the largest display in europe, with over 12,000 fireworks. there were tributes to the late queen elizabeth, to ukraines resistance against russian invasion, and 50 years of pride celebrations. the display returned to the banks of the river thames for the first time since the beginning of the pan...

summit frank sinatra there, and lots of kissing as well. people ringing in the new year in style in new york. some great hats as well. several thousand people there in times square. last year the pandemic restrictions meant a limited crowd. like many cities, coming back, the revellers, on new years eve in new york. lots of happy people that. times square is in new york city and the figure of about 20,000 people expected so they all seem to be having a great time there. live music an...

n people.bide thatn is , until the media blew their cover and biden takingn a page out of the waters a playbook, trying to pinss the blame on his assistant . e leakin >> sorry, johnny."t an anonymous source leaking to the washington post thatlongi the presidents longtime executive secretary mametivey hd inadvertently mishandled the documents setting off this growing scandaocl. >>l and now president biden getting frustrated with his friends in the liberal press over his little garage sh...

conservative cabinet minister justine greening and ron christie former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. it has been a fractious few days, nato allies openly criticising the decisions in berlin, the german chancellor refusing to send his tanks, unless the united states also had skin in the game. but out of delay and a whole lot of diplomatic wrangling, has come a momentous decision. nearly 100 nato tanks, will be sent in the coming month to the front line and the bord...

john berman. we have new developments on the u. s contractor killed by a drone strike in syria. we are now seeing video of an iranian military facility engulfed in flames. this is after president biden authorized a retaliatory strike retaliation. from what the u. s says was this iranian backed one way drone attack an attack that killed an american contractor and wounded five u. s service members. president biden is in canada this morning. were waiting to hear from him on all this. also...

judge blocks the fda approval of a key abortion medication. how the biden administration is planning to respond and china simulating strikes against taiwan after the nations president visited the us were live in beijing as tensions escalate. all right. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im christine romans. this is early start this morning. justice department officials are racing to find out how top secret u. s military documents were leaked online. the i...

welcome to the programme. cities around the world have been welcoming in 2023 — with the latest new year celebrations taking place across the united states, canada, the caribbean and latin america. this was rio dejaneiro in brazil — crowds gathered on its copacabana beach — watching the spectacular fireworks display there. this year is in contrast to the previous two years, when celebrations were scaled back because of the pandemic. the bbc�*s louisa pilbeam looks back on how t...

>> the most scary thing in my life, but thank you, god, that we are here. >> we couldnt see anything. it just went white. everything went white. explosions were happening. it was terrifying. for biden this is a political gift. it turns out apparently he is not alone in perhaps inadvertently taking classified documents. >> i dont know how this happened. we need to get to the bottom of it. >> this is an example of our leaders not following the rules they write themselves. they are pr...

hgppy message for you this morning... happy new year! in other news, two men have been charged with the murder of cody fisher who was stabbed to death in a nightclub in birmingham on boxing day. its a very happy new yearfor arsenalfans. their team are seven points clear at the top of the premier league, after beating brighton. a heros welcome for gary mckee. hes raises £1 million by running 365 marathons — one every day in 2022. we start the new year with quite a bit of snowfall sun...