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hi, are othello. the epa previously said nor folk southern was completely responsible for cleanup efforts. now the agency says they will review. it is set to start in minutes. we will go to senior correspondent live. communications breakdown has a cleanup stalled in a bunch of contaminated soil and water stuck with nowhere to go. particularly the water used to fight the fires was supposed to go till waste disposal company outside of houston. half a million gallons already delivered. a judge in harris county texas said no one told local leadership and until they can learn all the details harris county will not take anymore east palestinian water. one thing that i want to share that i think the public should know is that i learned about this, not from a regulatory agency, not from the company, but from a member of the press and that is unacceptable. a lot of the soil, 15 truckloads, 210 tons went to a disposable facility in wayne county commission. they also were ....
said about six truckloads of soil were headed to michigan. officials in michigan said they never received a warning about those shipments. a representative saying our priority is to keep the people we represent safe. with me now is congresswoman dingle. how did you find out about these reported shipments to your state and what can you do? it began in the grapevine late afternoon yesterday that we have two different sites in my district. one is an injection well, which is accepting liquids. the other is a contamination site in belleville township. i quickly made some calls. the governor was not aware of this either. we spoke to each other very quickly. we learned that the governor of ohio had posted it on his website that they were headed for here. i called everybody. i called the epa, the norfolk southern and demanded answers. we very quickly realized that no one had been given a heads-up that it was coming here. there are issues related to the injection well, specifi ....
injured after a car crash. the government prepares to set out plans to ban migrants who cross the channel in small boats from ever returning to the uk. in turkey, train carriages provide shelter for those homeless after last month s devastating earthquake. more than 50,000 people are confirmed dead. and, a new discovery, about sir ernest shackleton s famous ship, the endurance, in the frozen wastes of antarctica. and coming up on the bbc news channel: novak djokovic pulls out of the first big atp event of the year in california. the world number one s vaccination status at the heart of it. good afternoon. in the last hour, wayne couzens, the former metropolitan police officer who murdered sarah everard, has been sentenced to 19 months in prison for indecent exposure. couzens is already serving a full life sentence for ms everard s death, after abducting and raping her in south london two years ago. the court heard that in the weeks leading up to that attack, he committed at l ....
he scores early, as manchester united put three past nottingham forest, in the away leg of their league cup semi final. and we catch up with radio one extra s dj ace to find out why he s campaigning for more black and asian heritage organ donors. good morning. there is a touch of frost in western areas first thing. for many it will be a dry day with sunny spells, a little bit of cloud, and some showers in the east. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday, 26th january. ukraine s president zelensky has described the decision to send dozens of powerful nato battle tanks to the country, as an important step on the path to victory. commitments from germany, the us and the uk, follow weeks of diplomatic deadlock about the supply of heavy weaponry. president zelensky said the free world was united as never before, but that it was essential for the equipment to arrive quickly. our correspondent robin brant reports. for months, he s campaigned for these, i ....
battle over everything from immigration policy to inflation. before it all happens, republicans will first have to elect a new speaker. kevin mccarthy is having big problems with his bid for the position. minutes ago he said he won t drop out, and even though the house could go to a second vote for the first time in a hundred years. wow. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is poised to make history. before a very different reason. hello. this is outnumbered. happy new year. i m harris faulkner here with my cohost, and a leg up on you. also joining us today, kennedy, dr. janette nesheiwat, and bill hemmer. watch out! at least 14 members of kevin mccarthy s own political party say they have doubts of whether they are going to support him for speaker. five of those are firm nos at this point. with the g.o.p. holding the slimmest of majorities already in the house, kevin mccarthy can only afford to lose four votes. so he s already upside down right now. if he can t marsha ....