iam in i am in stroud, where it is snowing. it may not be real but it is probably as close as many of us will get to a white christmas. a cloudy and damp day, murky in the west, rain crossing the north of the country. tonight and tomorrow the wind becomes a feature. details later. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of december. junior doctors in england are about to start a three day strike in a dispute over pay. they ll walk out from seven o clock this morning, after five weeks of negotiations failed to reach an agreement. this time of year is traditionally one of the nhs s most busy periods. our health correspondent sharon barbour has the details. hospitals across england, already struggling with the pressures that winter brings, are bracing themselves, as tens of thousands ofjunior doctors walk out for three days. whose nhs? our nhs! dr greenhaus, a surgical registrar. he s already qualified to undertake major knee and hip surgery. every time that i go and see a patien
it s good to be back with you on this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, former trump chavp chief of staff mark meadows is trying to move his georgia case to federal court. the skepticism we re hearing from the judge. overseas, national security adviser jake sullivan is back in the middle east and in the middle of a diplomatic high wire act. the big change israel just announced during his trip. and payback, the senate just passed a major bill granting back pay to hundreds of service members who had their promotions held up for months by republican senator tommy tuberville. and how one florida beach city is using something called tiger dams. they re 2 feet high, 50 feet long, and they re using them to fight back against potential flooding. we expect a storm this weekend that will affect the entire east coast. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments, but we start in georgia where an appeals court heard mark meadows arguments
he is the best player on the planet again. novak djokovic tying the all-time men s record for grand slam titles with 22 wins. he called australian open with the biggest victory of his life capping off an emotional journey. one year ago would novak djokovic to write for the open and was told his visa was canceled because he was not exempt from the vaccination against covid. the dispute became an international incident and ended with the deportation from australia. above identifying the impact of the coronavirus restrictions in our reduction. jason chaffetz as a sports analysis, tennis fan, what is your reaction. jason: i love tennis to win ten times australia is amazing the way the government treated the premier athlete in all of sports this guy is the goat of tennis. he is unbelievable, to deny him and kick him out of the country and what we did in the united states did not allow him to come in and for the way the aussies, i love australia i lived in australia for a year wi
The National Health service this winter. A number of hospitals have declared critical incidents. Three people have died after fire broke out at a hotel in perth in scotland. Emergency services, including 21 Ambulance Crews and nine fire trucks, were called to the incident. Thousands have waited in line to pay their respects to Brazilian Football legend pele, whos lying in state at the ground of his former club, santos. The three time world cup winner died at the age of 82 on 29 december. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are Kevin Schofield, whos Political Editor of huffpost uk and eleanor langford, political reporter at politicshome. Tomorrows front pages, starting with. You the ft leads with its annual survey of uk economists, finding a majority believe the recession here will be worse than in other countries. The i reports comments by a leading health boss that extreme pressure on hospitals will continue for at least ano