groundhog movie every time the weather man bill murray wakes up in that hotel he is staying at they are playing this song. come on in. ainsley: i wonder if more people watch it today than any other year. i haven t seen that movie in years. brian: the movie or janice dean who is going to be covering it. steve: that s why the connection. bill murray was a tv weather man and every year janice goes to punxsutawney out in pennsylvania. janice, this year, i think it s the coldest day you have been there. currently 14 degrees there and feels like 8. ainsley: what a cute hat. janice: you know it s all about the fashion, are guys. you know what? it may be 15 degrees but i m feeling the love and the warmth here in glob bler s knob. this is the first time i have been here. gets more exciting if that s possible. a town of 6,000 people. on this day 20 to 30,000 people gather on this small little hill in punxsutawney, pennsylvania to see the groundhog, the progress prognosticator
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how local lad sean longstaff has these newcastle fans dreaming, as the club reach a first final since 1999. it s official liverpool has become the host of this year s eurovision song contest in a special handover ceremony in the city. it isa it is a dry and bright day in the south and east, but expect some rain in the north and west. the strong winds will gradually ease. good morning. it s wednesday, 1st february. hundreds of thousands of workers are going on strike today, in the biggest day of industrial action in more than a decade. among them are more than 100,000 teachers in england and wales. teachers in some parts of scotland are also taking action in a separate dispute. unions say more than 23,000 schools could be disrupted, with many having to close. 0ur education reporter vanessa clarke has more. it s been a familiar sight in scotland for months. but for the first time in seven years, teachers in england, and teachers and support staff in wales, are joining the act
leaders run our country. they go on endlessly about democracy but do their best to it avoid democracy s most bask requirements like free speech and representative government. the prime minister of italy a few years ago bragged to the world economic forum about his plans to bring more social justice to the country meaning he would import more migrants from the third world into europe. we are saving lives at sea! oh, saving lives. you are such a good person. the question is: the people who live in italy think of that idea? what? the prime minister didn t care. quote: are you following this you? run a country in the name of people. you are not a king. you are an elected leader. but it s dangerous to it allow the opinion of those people to influence your decisions. does that familiar? that s the kind of democracy we live in, a fake one. in fact there is no majority in any country on the planet earth of that thinks open borders are a good idea or considers global warming the big