i'm michael hill, in for hari sreenivasan. we will be bringing you more of our favorite stories today. the weekd newshour team has selected some of their best nature and environmental reporting from the past year and hari will have those stories coming up. but we begin with the ne that archbishop desmond tutu has died at the age of 90. tutu's passionate voice helped end south africa's brutal apartheid regime that oppressed its black majority for decades. >> we raise r hands and we say, "we will be free, all of us, black and white together, for we are marching to freedom. >> hill: archbishop desmond tutu was an anglican bishop and a leader of the anti-apartheid movement in south africa. born in 19, he followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a high school teacher. he then switched paths to become an anglican priest. tutu was on the frontline fighting for freedom and equality in south africa, where racially segregated apartheid began in 1948. >> we know, we know, we shall overco the evil. >> hill: in 1984, tutu won the nobel

host: you mentioned harry reid in his home state and on capitol hill. i will let you think of your favorite story from capitol hill and i share this one story from back in his home state before he came to congress. the paragraph in the wall street journal notes he was appointed the top gambling regulator in the late 1970's, job which he had held in 1981, face to face with organized crime and built a reputation for toughness, teaming up with the fbi to set up a sting operation everyman tried to drive him. he veered off script and tried to choke the would be briber. that's one story about him from back in the day. net your favorite story about your time with him? caller: guest: i will not quote it to let -- directly on air but there was the 2013 incident where there was a meeting between the party leaders in the house and the senate and there was a back-and-forth between harry reid and then speaker were minority leader at the time john boehner. it ultimately led to expletives being exchanged and what's fascinating is this is a famous exchange over the yea

avoid that pleasant hill stretch. highway 17 is also seeing major delays at this hour. >>> be sure to download our nbc bay area app. you'll get minute by minute updates on the storm and you can use our radar to find out when the rain will hit your neighborhood. >>> holiday travel hitting overdrive today as people try to make it to their destinations. this year air travel is forging ahead at near record levels despite the spread of the omicron variant. cierra johnson is live at sfo. i would imagine it's getting pretty busy out there. >> reporter: good morning, marcus. yeah, we do a lot of live shots here at sfo about the changes in the testing protocol and changes to international travel. it's typically not this busy at 6:30 in the morning. we've seen a lot more cars, a lot more ride share cars coming through dropping folks off and people really moving with a sense of purpose this morning as we approach that holiday travel. today a very busy day anticipated for folks because christmas is just a couple of days away. if

into the afternoon, that rain and hill snow become confined to the hills of scotland. something a little bit drier further south — a legacy of cloud, mind you. and there will be some brightness for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, closer to that weather front. and again, it's going to another cold day across northern areas, particularly where we have any lying snow over the hills, versus something much milder across the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front in the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and the hill snow with it. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells — a recipe for some mist and fog — but further south, into the south—west, we've got a new weather front working its way in. so some milder, wetter, windier weather arriving here. instead, a cold night to come across the north. so here it is, this new area of low pressure is a weather front swiping the south—west and then the south of the country as we move through th

there's a full closure of the pleasant hill road below the highway way. you can still get on the westbound on ramp without any issues. please be safe out there. >>> good morning to you. the last five trading days of the year usher in the santa claus rally on wall street. this morning that rally set to start, it looks like. markets set to extend gains to a third straight day. stocks rising yesterday as investors looked past jitters about the omicron variant. the s&p 500 is now just 1% away from its recent record high. we're going to get a slew of economic data, reports of jobless claims, personal income and spending, durable goods, new home sales and consumer sentiment. the markets are closed tomorrow on christmas eve for the christmas holiday. meantime, apple is closed or has closed at least seven more retail stores since tuesday according to a report from bloomberg due to a rise in covid cases among employees. the company usually calls for shutdowns in their stores when about 10% of staff have tested positive. apple recently reinstated its mask policy fo

we were continuing down the hill, we received mortar fire on the hill, we saw 10 or 12, a couple of salvos, five rounds each of mortar rounds. two squad members in my unit and pretty badly wounded. i ran to help them and do what i could. when i got down there, one whose entrails were blown out and his stomach, his guts were showing and the other had a shoulder and chest wound and they were screaming loudly and i didn't know what to do in the company commander told me to let the medics handle it. it is hard to not be able to help somebody but if i moved him i would hurt them more so i went to the position, medics picked him up, and - this is july 27th, july 27th, started at 8:45 in the morning but we could hear 8:45. >> this belongs - >> at that time i was in the 20 ninth infantry and this is kind of a blow by blow account. it took a day from get from ginger you to where we were in hey jong. it wasn't one night, the next morning, the 20 sixth, we camped out in the 20 seventh we went in to take haydon. >> such a vivid memory. >> i sleep with it every night and wake up with it every morning.

into the afternoon, that rain and hill snow become confined to the hills of scotland. something a little bit drier further south — a legacy of cloud, mind you. and there will be some brightness for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, closer to that weather front. and again, it's going to another cold day across northern areas, particularly where we have any lying snow over the hills, versus something much milder across the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front in the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and the hill snow with it. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells — a recipe for some mist and fog — but further south, into the south—west, we've got a new weather front working its way in. so some milder, wetter, windier weather arriving here. instead, a cold night to come across the north. so here it is, this new area of low pressure is a weather front swiping the south—west and then the south of the country as we move through th

he patiently said to me, it's not hill 15. it was hill 913. humble through and through, he didn't share that his injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down. rather he joked that i got the name of the hill wrong. he went on to say that what's important is that we're in the right state, meaning iowa, at the right time, and right now. senator dole's legacy was secured that day on the italian mountain side. as second lieutenant of the 10th mountain division, as he pulled his radio operator to safety, bob's right shoulder was nearly blown away. the hit paralyzed him from the neck down. he waited for hours in pouring rain, bleeding and in pain, before being carried down the mountain. bob dole was eventually sent home to kansas in a body cast. he endured years of surgery, infections, rehabilitation, in relentless pursuit to walk again, and he did walk again. he learned how to write with his left hand, his right arm remaining paralyzed. bob never forgot the people who helped him along the way -- a doctor in chicago or the medical professionals in

he patiently said to me, it's not hill 15, it was hill 913. humbled through and through. he didn't share that his injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down. rather, he joked that i got the name of the hill wrong. he went on to say that what's important is that we're in the right state, meaning iowa, at the right time and right now. senator dole's legacy was secured that day on the italian mountainside, as 2nd lieutenant of the 10th mountain division as he pulled his radio operator to safety, bob's right shoulder was nearly blown away. the hit paralyzed him from the neck down. he waited for hours in pouring rain, bleeding and in pain, before being carried down the mountain. bob dole was eventually sent home to kansas in a body cast. he endured years of surgery, infections, rehabilitation, in relentless pursuit to walk again and he did walk again. he learned how to write with his left hand. his right arm remaining paralyzed. bob never forgot the people who helped him along the way. a doctor in chicago, or the medical professionals in italy. they made it possible to ser

rather, he joked that i got the name of the hill wrong. he went on to say that what's important is we are at the right state, meaning iowa, at the right time and right now. senator dole's legacy was secured that today on the mountainside as the second lieutenant of the tenth mountain divisionr as he pulled his radio operator to safety his right shoulder was nearly blown away. the hit paralyzed him from the neck down. he waited for hours in the pouring rain bleeding and in pain before being carried down the mountain. bob dole was eventually sent home to kansas anybody cast. he endured years of surgery, infections, rehabilitation and relentless pursuit to walk again, and he did. he learned how to write with his left hand. his right arm remaining paralyzed. he never forgot the people that helped him along the way. a doctor in chicago t or the medical professionals in italy. they made it possible to serve later on in elected office. even though senator dole endured more than his share of hardship, he surely didn't take away his sense of humor.

has she gone to the hill to say i need you to do this? >> she has been to the hill. she has been to the hill the most and passed more tiebreaking votes. >> harris: over these issues. i know over the voting rights, crime, border, haven't seen her on the hill for that specifically for these issues. >> to your point there are issues this white house how to deal with the border. how they treated the haitian migrants who should have been offered protective status in the united states. with that being said we cannot look at this border in a vacuum and say we have to chop it to the white house. even when donald trump was in the white house his problem was trying to get members of capitol hill to do something. >> harris: i'll take it as a no from you that she hasn't been to the hill on these specific points because that's what our reporting shows. jason. >> harris, i am not surprised. i am not going to sit here and defend kamala harris but joe biden ran on open borders. in the first 100 days of his administration he enacted 94 executive actions on immigration. among them was

15 or was it hill 13? and then bob dole would chime in, kind of interrupting me with some witty remark, more oftene than not i flubbed the name of that hill in my introduction of this presidential candidate to the voters of iowa. he patiently said to me it is not hill 15, it was hill 913. humble through and through. he didn't share that his injuries left him paralyzed from the neck down. rather he joked i got the name of the hill wrong. he went on to say that what is important is that we are in the right state, meaning iowa, at the right time and right now. center dole's legacy as he pulled his radio operator to safety, bob's right shoulder was nearly blown away. the hit paralyzed him from the neck down. he waited for hours in down the mountain. bob dole was eventually sent him to kansas in a body cast. heio endured years of surgery, infections, rehabilitation and relentless pursuit to walk again. and he did walk again. he learned how to write with his left hand, his right arm remaining paralyzed. bob neve

india company's mission was to attack and seize hill 913, a small hill located just to the northwest of the town. and that hill covered, it was the dominating feature and covered the terrain at the mouth of the valley that the u.s. forces needed to cross. the company, including second lieutenant dole and his second platoon commenced the attack on the early morning hours of 14 february 1945, less than 30 days before d.e. day, celebrating the end of the war in europe in may. after only going a short distance, one of the men in front of the column in lieutenant dole's platoon stepped on a land mine, triggering an explosion that shattered the stillness of the morning. the world exploded around lieutenant dole and his company as machine guns began to fire and grenades and mortars filled the air as german soldiers concealed in their defensive position opened fire on the 10th mountain. the company commander called lieutenant dole and told him to continue the attack. he gave his platoon the mission to take out the german machine gun nest. lieutenant dole assembled the assault squad and posit

i'm michael hill, in for hari sreenivasan. hari and the newshour weekend team have left us some christmas gifts-- a selection of some of their favorite arts, entertainment, and technology stories from this year. despite the challenges of covid-19, artists and authors tried out ideas that sometimes sprang from the need to work and communicate in new ways. hari will have those stories from the creative world, coming up. but, we begin with today's news headlines. this holiday weekend, the spread of omicron covid-19 variant led to staffing shortages and delays in airline travel, with 900 flights cancelled today in the u.s., after nearly 700 cancellations yesterday. more than 5,700 flights around the world were canceled from friday to sunday, according to flight aware. the northern chinese city of xi'an, in its third day of strict lockdown, had the highest number of flight cancellations. the united kingdom reported a record 122,000 new cases yesterday. in london, residents lined up to get vaccinated at centers where health workers

into the afternoon, the rain and hill snow becomes confined to the hills of scotland. something a bit drier in the south, a legacy of cloud, mind you. some brightness for northern ireland, wales and the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, close to the weather front. again, another cold day across northern areas, particularly with any lying snow over the hills. again something much milder in the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front to the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and hill snow when it. elsewhere, lots of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells, a recipe for mist and fog. further south, into the south—west, a new weather front working its way in. milder, wetter and windy weather arriving here. a cold night to come across the north. here it is, the new area of low pressure, a weather front swiping the south—west and the south of the country as we move through the day. most of the impact will be felt across france but we will still have enough wind and rain for it to be noticea

there will probably be mist and hill fog patches developing here and there. still quite cool across the east but milder air working in westwards with temperatures up to 12 and that is the start of the milder transition. on sunday, again, a lot of cloud around, winds picking upm around, winds picking up particularly across western areas and still the cloud thick enough for a little rain at times but temperatures rising, 13 in belfast and 1a in cardiff and london. that's your weather. this is bbc news — the headlines: under investigation — the three government staff gatherings that took place while coronavirus restrictions were in force on meeting indoors. it comes as tighter restrictions are announced in england to prevent the increasing spread of the omicron variant. the health secretary insists that the government hasn't lost credibility. if it carries on at that rate, you could have one million infections through community transmission by end of the month. delays to many hospital treatments in england are the worst on record — nhs leaders say patients

we're coming up a winding hill and coming over the crest of the hill, i can see the pass about a half a mile ahead going down. and the road wound through the -- down to the right and then went across the rice paddy, then along the foot of a hill that we'll call the north mountain or north hill. which the north koreans were entrenched on and ready for us. and up the road further about another 300, 400, 500 yards, up through a pass. so, when i came around the hill, i saw three burning vehicles, one at the pass and two more about 300 to 500 yards down the road toward our direction burning. and also saw another burning that i got distracted from for a moment, but it turned out to be an orange-colored jeep that was our air-to-ground jeep that was burning on the corner of the roa and not far from where the general's monument is. then about -- as we were continuing down the hill, we received mortar fire on the hill that we had just come the back of. we had seen maybe 8 or 10 or 12. we reached a couple of salvos, about five rounds each of mortar rounds. and they landed a little above us, but

hill: here is my view on that. we have a huge country with a lot of differences in space concentration, urban versus rural, work conditions, and that all needs to be taken into account, where is obviously in europe, you have a much more concentrated, dense urban population, and that has to be taken into account vis-a-vis some conditions here in the u.s. that is why i think a state-by-state decisions here are the way to go in the united states. lisa: you are speaking with is ahead of day two on capitol hill for chair powell and treasury secretary janet yellen. is there a question you have that was not answered with respect to inflation, with respect to the fed's response, as we heard from powell? rep. hill: first, i was glad to hear jay powell finally, after a year of urging him, be more excepting of the fact that inflation might not be transitory and that he was going to retire the term. first and foremost, i think that is important to accept the possibility that we have higher inflation expectations that are not b

into the afternoon, the rain and hill snow becomes confined to the hills of scotland. something a bit drier in the south, a legacy of cloud, mind you. some brightness for northern ireland, wales and the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, close to the weather front. again, another cold day across northern areas, particularly with any lying snow over the hills. something much milder in the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front to the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and hill snow when it. hill snow with it. elsewhere, lots of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells, a recipe for mist and fog. furthersouth, into the south—west, a new weather front working its way in. milder, wetter and windy weather arriving here. a cold night to come across the north. here it is, the new area of low pressure, a weather front swiping the south—west and the south of the country as we move through the day. most of the impact will be felt across france but we will still have enough wind and rain for it t

morgan hill down through gilroy highway 17 is also pretty wet along that line. the route between santa cruz and san jose. some showers between san mateo and san jose between freeman san jose and of course in those upper elevations, you're noticing some heavy rainfall intensity. so these are the areas to watch is where's rain is actively falling current temperatures are in the 40's to 50's. so it's cool. it is wet. you've got to be prepared for both of those things. but it's not going to stay wet through the day today. we'll just stay on the cooler side in fact, skies are going to clear out really nicely not too long from now will be set up for plenty of sun this afternoon with highs in the 50's reyna, thank you for that. looking for to the sun. right. let's get a look at your morning commute traveling from the east bay into the city. little under. >> 11 minutes for your drive time with slick conditions out there. so definitely take your time as you're commuting 70 over janet across towards the peninsula. little under 14 minutes with slick bridge conditions and l

into the afternoon, that rain and hill snow becomes confined to the hills of scotland. something a little bit drier further south — a legacy of cloud, mind you. and there will be some brightness for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, close to that weather front. and again, it's going to another cold day across northern areas, particularly where we have any lying snow over the hills, versus again something much milder across the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front in the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and the hill snow with it. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells — a recipe for some mist and fog — but further south, into the south—west, we've got a new weather front working its way in. so some milder, wetter, windier weather arriving here. instead, a cold night to come across the north. so here it is, this new area of low pressure is a weather front swiping the south—west and then the south of the country as we move throu

into the afternoon, that rain and hill snow become confined to the hills of scotland. something a little bit drier further south — a legacy of cloud, mind you. and there will be some brightness for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, closer to that weather front. and again, it's going to another cold day across northern areas, particularly where we have any lying snow over the hills, versus something much milder across the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front in the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and the hill snow with it. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells — a recipe for some mist and fog — but further south, into the south—west, we've got a new weather front working its way in. so some milder, wetter, windier weather arriving here. instead, a cold night to come across the north. so here it is, this new area of low pressure is a weather front swiping the south—west and then the south of the country as we move through th

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if you want to do it immediately, you have to go to capitol hill. host: we are talking about financial conflicts of interest among members and senior staff. the reporting of insider on this,1 for republic -- 202-748-8000 for republicans. free democrats, 202-748-8001. for independents and others is 202-748-8002. you have done quite the service at this graphically robust report at businessinsider.com. "we rated every member on the financial -- they get a green rating, yellow means caution and their actions are borderline. red means danger that a member has multiple issues that could oppose -- expose them to ethical problems. typically among the red, what was the biggest problem? guest: multiple problems. to give you a sense of scope, we have so far found 49 members of congress who to one extent or another have violated the act, where we have found them doing so here in this calendar year. likewise we found 182 senior-level staffers who have violated the disclosure provisions of the stock act. that information coupled with a variety of other different

in livermore hills along san antonio valley road. told the roads are slick. i certainly believe that. also tracking road closures in sierra because of heavy snow, parts of 80 and 50 closed tonight. love that shot, tells you don't go up there, you'll see nothing. >>> becoming a millionaire would be quite the christmas gift. $400 million, might check the stocking in case santa stuffed the winning ticket in there this morning. winning numbers, 27, 29, 45, 55, 58 and 2. there you have it. let us know if you win. >>> holiday tradition that lights up night and lifts spirits of children spending christmas in one new york hospital. joe fryer shows us. >> reporter: the sirens that blared through westchester county, new york, felt more like music, soundtrack to accompany the stream of first responders who illuminated the children's hospital. brightening the holiday for young patients. >> what did you think of the parade? >> loved it. >> when you were watching the parade, what did you do? >> i was dancing. >> reporter: really, she was dancing, we've got the video. what

here's the beverly hills police chief. >> the beverly hills community let me reassure you this is one of the most protected and patrolled cities in the world. crimes of any kind will not be tolerated here. let this be a message to anyone thinking of committing a crime in beverly hills, you will be caught and brought to justice. >> the family asked justice be served but in california that's a tall order and the suspect in the killing is a prime example, 29-year-old maynard has been a career criminal his entire adult life and yet he continues to walk free. in june of 2010 he was charged with robbery and struck a plea deal for a lesser offense, successfully he was arrested for assault. prosecutors dropped the case for insufficient evidence, two years later the da's office again declined to prosecute a burglary case, two years after that maynard was finally convicted of felony robbery and sentenced to 5 years. he served four and when he got out he was immediately arrested for felony robbery and under the 3 strikes law he should have been sentenced to 9 years and would still be in prison.

that's going to bring another round of rain and hill snow. you can see it here showing up on that pressure chart. it will be very wet across northern ireland, parts of scotland, western england and wales to start this morning. quite quickly, though, it will brighten up across northern ireland with sunshine and showers. this band of rain will continue its journey eastwards through the day, eventually crossing most of england. we will see some snow over the pennines as well. there could be a bit of a hang back with the rain for east anglia in the far southeast, otherwise, it brightens up for many of us with some good spells of sunshine. most of the showers will be in the north and the west, some of these heavy and frequent, and there will be some wintriness over the high ground. a cold day to come, we could see nine or ten celsius in the far southwest. it stays breezy with blustery showers, wintry on the hills through monday night. and then it turns a little bit drier, but clear and cold for many of us. and then in the southwest, we start to se

into the afternoon, the rain and hill snow becomes confined to the hills of scotland. something a bit drier in the south, a legacy of cloud, mind you. some brightness for northern ireland, wales and the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, close to the weather front. again, another cold day across northern areas, particularly with any lying snow over the hills. again something much milder in the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front to the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and hill snow when it. elsewhere, lots of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells, a recipe for mist and fog. further south, into the south—west, a new weather front working its way in. milder, wetter and windy weather arriving here. a cold night to come across the north. here it is, the new area of low pressure, a weather front swiping the south—west and the south of the country as we move through the day. most of the impact will be felt across france but we will still have enough wind and rain for it to be noticea

avoid pleasant hill all together. i'll have an update coming up in just a few minutes. >>> the south bay synagogue destroyed by flames. >> surreal to see the devastating synagogue up in flames. >> the valuable items that survived and the questions investigators are trying to get to the bottom of this morning. >>> plus, a christmas wishful filled a little early. the special visit one mom made sure her daughter received this year. >>> we're covering the top three sports highlights of 2021. when you have xfinity xfi, you have peace of mind built in at no extra cost. advanced security helps keep your family protected online. pause wifi whenever for ultimate control with the xfinity app. and family-safe browsing gives parents one less thing to worry about. security, control and peace of mind. with xfinity xfi, it's all built in at no extra cost. >>> right now on this thursday morning our micro climate weather alert continues with heavier rain this morning in fremont as you're heading out the door, we have some mid 50s. thr

a capitol hill producer for fox news writing about today on the hill, policy and other congressional leaders to hold a moment of silence at the capitol tonight for 800,000 american lives lost to covid-19. asking you to rate your congressional leadership. larry in houston, texas, next up on the democratic line. caller: thanks for taking my call. really, the democrats, i am kind of disappointed. joe manchin and kyrsten sinema need to change parties, period. i keep hearing people hollering about the debt, the debt. republicans that was in office are responsible for 62% of the national debt. and it is like the democrats do not know how to go ahead and let people understand. republicans will do anything to stay in power, which we have seen with the january 6 insurrection. you know, you get these people that make america great again -- when was america great? for who was a great for? because it was not great for everybody. you know. but as for nancy pelosi, they do need a term limit. the next thing is, keep that dark money out of politics come out of congress. that is the whole problem. ev

we have a band of wet weather pushing east during monday, briefly some snow over northern hills and then it will be replaced by sunshine, blustery showers in western areas, wintry in western parts of scotland and a chilly wind. temperatures similar in many places to what we had on sunday but milder in the south—west of england and south wales. things go downhill on tuesday, this is the next named storm, a rapidly deepening area of low pressure heading to the uk, that has been named by the irish met service where we are more likely to have a bigger impact as far as the uk is concerned, just around 50 mph, stronger around exposed coasts and a possibility of disruption and damage. earlier in the day the strongest winds are in the west with this band of heavy rain that will move further north and east in the uk and into the cold air where we are more likely to have snow in scotland and northern england. more over the southern uplands and highlands. a cold day here, milder in the south—west but the story is the strength of the wind. then as we move into wednesday the area of low pressure

we were coming up a winding hill and coming over the crest in the hill. i could see the pass about half a mile ahead going down into chinju -- i'm sorry, down into hadong. the road went to the right, then across a rice paddy, and to the hill we called the north hill. then up a road further about another three or four or five hundred yards up through a pass that led down to chinju. so when i came down the hill, i saw three burning vehicles, one at the pass and two more about three to five hundred yards down the road toward our direction burning, and i also saw another one burning that i got distracted from for a moment, but it turned out to be an orange-colored jeep that was our air to ground jeep that was burning on the corner of the road and not far from where general shea's monument is. then about -- as we were continuing down the hill, we received mortar fire on the hill that we had just come the back of. we see maybe 8, 10 or 12 -- we received a couple salvos, about five rounds each, of mortar rounds. they landed below us, but they hit two squad membe

into the afternoon, that rain and hill snow become confined to the hills of scotland. something a little bit drier further south — a legacy of cloud, mind you. and there will be some brightness for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, closer to that weather front. and again, it's going to another cold day across northern areas, particularly where we have any lying snow over the hills, versus something much milder across the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front in the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and the hill snow with it. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells — a recipe for some mist and fog — but further south, into the south—west, we've got a new weather front working its way in. so some milder, wetter, windier weather arriving here. instead, a cold night to come across the north. so here it is, this new area of low pressure is a weather front swiping the south—west and then the south of the country as we move through th

he worked on capitol hill -- you work on capitol hill. when you go to harvard law school and you are the top of your class. there is an intimidation factor. you have to figure out are you going to be good or not. when did you realize you are good at law school kind of things? did you know you are going to be a great law school student and become a potential law school professor? or your nervous the first year or so -- were you nervous the first year or so? >> i talked with someone who was with me in undergrad. we both had great careers after our first year. >> you are in the harvard law review, sometimes you get to clerk on the supreme court for another justice and you clerked for -- >> grover. >> what was that like? >> jack kennedy said he was the smartest man he ever met. >> you went to teach at harvard law school. did you say this is going to be my life? nothing terrible about that. or did you say, maybe someday i will be on the supreme court, a judge? >> i thought maybe someday. anybody who thinks maybe someday , i do not want to say

breezy in the hills overnight. the dry weather will continue. that breezy and dry combination would be in trouble if we hadn't had all of that rain in october and early november. some cooling nadir on this week . still above average as we head into the first weekend of december. and the low level urban pollution has been stuck in place. still going to be with us for the next several days. moderator quality across the board today. were the same wednesday, thursday, friday, and into the weekend, but not bad enough for a spare the air alert, but it won't get much better. temperatures right now, warm, low to mid 60s. 66 degrees in downtown san francisco and san jose. the cosponsor 63 in santa rosa, oakland, and concord. as we head through the rest of tonight, locally dense fog is developing. low 40s for santa rosa and fairfield will be the cool spots , right around 50 degrees around the bay and along the coast. slightly above average for a december morning. the temperature tomorrow afternoon will be way above average. 10 to 15 degrees above normal,

the beverly hills police department is swearing in five new officers . i'm glad there's more police out. it's just this is a place that you trust and you feel safe , and it adds, is a new level of concern, part of the new police chief mark steyn. brooks response to a recent rise in what police call follow home robberies, multiple armed street robberies and smash and grab burglaries. rodeo drive. i think there's a bit of like celebration, too. down on the street. but i think you also have to be careful. just as with any street, you know, especially now. last month, the storefront windows of louie baton and saks fifth avenue were smashed in during attempted burglaries, where police say multiple suspects traveling in several vehicles drove up to the stores and used a sledgehammer to break the front windows. you can't walk into pretty much any store without there being some security there. they're not checking vaccinations. they're just trying to make sure nothing happens. the beverly hills pd also plans to double the number of patrols from two security firm

this hill slide closed one of two southbound lanes on bridge way. that's the main road through the town between molly stones. the tarp here you see was put on after a prior mudslide so you can see it didn't keep things from sliding again overnight. the lane is scheduled to reopen this morning. >>> our storm ranger is on san bruno mountain continuing to scan this rain throughout the bay area. holy cow, you can't see anything there. very foggy. if you haven't already, download the free nbc bay area app that will give you access to the mobile doppler radar. you can put your own zip code in to see when the rain will hit your own neighborhood. >>> the on and off rain led to a few scrooge moments but the rain didn't stop many from outdoor holiday traditions. here is union square with the look at celebrations there. >> reporter: for some families, christmas isn't complete without a visit to union square. >> with covid and the turnout, it's surprising but other people have traditions like us were are the rains prompted people to pull out umbrellas and rain

i used to wake up every morning same old thing, carry fwren aids up a hill, the same hill, trying to mess cue a medic and being shoot at and i was shooting at them. bedlam. so i would try to figure out -- >> do you have ptsd? >> yeah. very bad case of it, and i didn't know it. here's another one, when i got back -- i didn't know what i wanted to do. when i got back are japan i used to walk the streets until i would drop until i could share somebody who shared my experience with me. i don't know why i did that. when i came back i decided i want to go to school, go and law school. i don't know what i qualify for. i took a bunch of tests through the military. they said to me you must have had a bad childhood. i said why? they said you are i think ay, suicidal, you are aggressive. like a time bomb ready to go off. i said, no, i had a happy childhood, why would you even think that. i had all the range and open space i wanted to roam around in. i was very happy. i had brothers and sisters, and good parents. no, i was happy. so i said, the only thing that happened that was really upsetting

hill second... senna up to fourth, challenging schumacher... damon hill exits the chicane and wins the japanese grand prix, and i've got to stop because i've got a lump in my throat! a real spectacular drive, watch this! looks through a completely clean windscreen, and that is the big advantage, of course, of being in front. # chain, keep us together...# i have no idea... at the moment, it's quite easy. 0k, and now accelerate, accelerate, accelerate...accelerate! it's not really a corner! your driving style is really funny. you're not 100% talent—free, but 80%... i tell you something, i do that lap time in a van. i show you what's really fast levels, 0k? # like a bat of hell, i'll be gone when the morning comes...# 1010.8. # then like a sinner before the gates of heaven...# you try some things and they succeed and sometimes they don't. _ i don't look back on it and say to myself, it was a wild idea i that people didn'tjump on it, because that is not true. - it wasn't good enough - to succeed and that is that. three, two, one... lift—off, we

into the afternoon, the rain and hill snow becomes confined to the hills of scotland. something a bit drier in the south, a legacy of cloud, mind you. some brightness for northern ireland, wales and the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, close to the weather front. again, another cold day across northern areas, particularly with any lying snow over the hills. again something much milder in the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front to the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and hill snow when it. elsewhere, lots of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells, a recipe for mist and fog. furthersouth, into the south—west, a new weather front working its way in. milder, wetter and windy weather arriving here. a cold night to come across the north. here it is, the new area of low pressure, a weather front swiping the south—west and the south of the country as we move through the day. most of the impact will be felt across france but we will still have enough wind and rain for it to be noticeab

the new week from monday, behind it, the air turns colder, so once that rain clears to do with the hill snow, it will turn brighter but in the colder air mass, we will have sunny spells and blustery showers in the showers will be turning increasingly wintry across north—western areas and over hills, but even down to low levels, there could be some snow and hail. temperature —wise, nine or ten in the south, otherwise cold. thereafter, we look to the atlantic, a deepening area of low pressure will hurtle towards our shores to bring us a spell a potentially very wet and very windy weather which could cause some disruption, so stay tuned to the forecast for the latest updates. see you later. this is bbc news with me alice baxter, with the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. pre—departure tests will be required for all uk arrivals from tuesday to stop the spread of the omicron variant, as nigeria is added to the travel red list. the parents of a teenager accused of shooting dead four us high school students using a gun bought by his father appears in court. and, president

, red hill shaft. they ended up pumping fuel into the water system and delivering it to their customers. as a precaution, and i do not want to put our water customers from the board of water supply and the public at risk by pumping fuel into the drinking water, s we shut down that shaft before we detected any amounts of fuel. in the water. stephanie: you have been looking at this issue i understand since 2014, when there was a massive leak of 27,000 gallons of fuel from one of the tanks. does it frustrate you that not more has been done to secure this water source? ernest: we've been working for eight years to ring the alarm bells that this facility needs to be addressed, and needs to be either upgraded to double wall tanks, or completely removed, but for the last eight years our voices haven't been heard. we have urged the regulators, the department of health, u.s. epa, and the navy to take action to prevent a disaster that would impact heavily our drinking water resource. stephanie: the navy has now