200 marathons in the last year to highlight the issue of water overconsumption. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where mass protests have been taking place in several cities after prime minister benjamin netanyahu sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant. mr gallant was dismissed after he called for controversial plans to overhaul the justice system to be scrapped. (os)these are pictures of the scenes in tel aviv tonight. as you can see, protesters are gathering momentum. we have seen these sorts of scenes over the last couple of days where tens of thousands of protesters returning to the streets on sunday night, waving israeli flags following mr gallant dismissal. he s been accused of behaving like a dictator and through destroying the security of israel. the opposition also describing mr gallant sacking as a new low for the government and a move that harms national security. a lot of tense scenes in israel tonight. for more, we can hearfrom the
marathons in the last year to highlight the issue of water overconsumption. hello, and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where prime minister benjamin netenyahu has sacked his defence minister, yoav gallant, after he called on the government to suspend overhauling the judiciary. these are pictures from tel aviv tonight. you can see there the scale of the protest. you can see there the scale of the protest. it follows months of protests over the plans, which will makes it harder for courts to remove a leader deemed unfit for office. campaigners say they threaten the country s democracy, but mr netenyahu insists they re responsible . i m joined now by barak ravid, who is a journalist and middle east correspondent for the digital news website axios in tel aviv. it s great to get you on the programme today. it s great to get you on the programme today. explain to us exactly what s at stake here why is there opposition to these laws? the scale of the protest i
of water overconsumption hello and welcome to the programme. we begin today in israel, where prime minister benjamin netenyahu has sacked his defense minister, yoav gallant, after he called on the government to suspend overhauling the judiciary. these are live pictures from tel aviv tonight. the skill of the protests have been growing and mass protests that are been taking place in several cities in the country. after dissecting his defence minister. let me show you these live pictures from israel. tens of thousands of protestors returned to the streets on sunday night waving israeli flags following the dismissal of defence minister yoav gallant. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu removed mr gallant after he called on the prime minister to halt legislation on his proposed changes to the judiciary. the controversial bill has divided the country; many see it as a threat to israeli democracy earlier i spoke to barak ravid, who is a journalist and middle east correspon
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Forecast for new york city. Hurricaneforce winds of 75 Miles Per Hour created blinding whiteout conditions in virginia. 11 states plus washington, d. C. Have now declared snow emergencies. Tonight, coastal communities are flooded, hundreds remain stranded on highways, power is out in many areas. Planes, trains, and buses are going nowhere. We have a team of reporters covering the storm beginning in new york with marlie hall. Reporter pie 4 00 this afternoon, new york city was on lockdown, no cars allowed or buses and many trains stopped. This is why. There is a travel ban in the city until further notice. This is a very big keel. Reporter with 50mileanhour wind and more than two feet of snow and ice, mayor bill de blasio said new yorkers need to listen. People have to take scrr seriously whats going on here and recognize theres a lot of danger and a lot of disruption thats going to occur because of this storm. The mayor was heavily criticized for overreacting, closing roads and shuttin