Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
Ghost town. Im 100 ready to leave. The entire town under mandatory Evacuation Orders as flames close in. Were there live this morning with the latest on the overnight firefight. And with fog on the coast and winds dying down firefighters are hoping to gain the upper hand on those fires in sonoma and napa counties. The wildfires are bringing back that smoke to the bay area prompting once again a spare the air alert. The third hour of today in the bay starts right now. And a good morning to you on this tuesday. Im marcus washington. I call this our terrific tuesday. It is terrific for a lot of people. It is National Coffee day and we just happen to be out of coffee here at nbc bay area. Look here. Oh, no. Good thing you are at home because the coffee machine here is broken. Our 6 00 a. M. Producer, hes a little grumpy right now so be careful for the next hour. Uhoh, hes going to get you know now. Nobody messes with our producer. And cheers to you. Hoping for a better tuesday. The firefig
Bracing for the first atmospheric impact of the two people were killed season. It hits the bay today. Yesterday. We are on the storm watch with the suspect was fatally shot on what you need to know. A story we have been following for weeks. Projectiles on highway 101. More cars are damaged. We asked police if they know the london bridge. Chaotic scene in london with a man being armed with a who is responsible. And we are learning more details about the deadly london knife. A bystander ran from the scene bridge attack. We know that the attacker has been arrested before. It is six a. M. With a large blade taken by the on this saturday november 30th. Im devon feely. And im emily turner. Lets go to the weather. There are lots of things to talk about when it comes to the weather. Wind, rain and snow. Perpetrator. The police ended up killing the not as fashion far as you can see from the camera. Nice and clear and about to suspect. The suspect was wearing a hoax change in the next couple of
Im sumi so much going to thank you so much for joining us on news asia today well we start with the heat wave that continues to batter india extreme temperatures across the north and the east of the country have cost hundreds of deaths in the south the searing hot spell has led to severe water shortages the situation has reached a crisis point in chennai this is india 6th biggest city chennais 4 main water reservoirs have dried up take a look at the satellite images from one year ago you can see the water levels there and this is what it looks like now residents are desperate for rain but monsoon season and will not do isnt supposed to come until late in the fall locals are now blaming authorities for failing to recognize the shortage and deal with it early on. Barren and almost bone dry this reservoir is down to its last one percent of water. A shepherd has led his animals to the last few drops. And this is what Red Hills Lake should look like. But now an acute drought has crippled ch