birmingham. cheering.lation, which is the youngest in europe. it also looked at its diversity. there are people here who can trace their heritage to all of the commonwealth nations. most of the venues already exist and simply need an upgrade. the benefits to the city are huge. not only is this the opportunity to re—position the city of birmingham nationally and internationally, but the economic benefit, it'll generate over half a billion gross for the city of birmingham and over £1 billion for the uk as a whole. so this is a fantastic opportunity. a wonderful christmas present for the city of birmingham. it's all about the legacy, notjust the stadia and the infrastructure. these teenagers could be participants in 2022. it's great. i thought it would be a great opportunity for me to aim for to get to the 2022 commonwealth games. i'd love to be a part of it with my team england and ijust think it's a great opportunity for me as a person to aim for something in my hometown. there are already fantastic facilit

it's official — birmingham will be the 2022 host. the only city on the commonwealth games shortlist. manchester city and manchester united are free her, the fa have no to charge them over milkgate. the six nations is some months away, but two of england's stars might miss the tournament. good evening. there is another major sports event event coming to the uk, and it will be the most expensive since the london olympics five years ago. birmingham has convinced the commonwealth games federation that they can afford the £750 million that they have budgeted for the 2022 games. in return, the city has been praised for its dynamism and diversity. not that that gave it the edge over it's rivals. because there weren't any. birmingham was the only bidding city. phil mackie was at today's announcement. it hardly came as a surprise, birmingham was the only bidder, but there was genuine joy when the announcement was made. it is my great pleasure to announce that the host of the 2022 commonwealth games will be birmingham! cheering the bid focused

birmingham. cheering.urope. it also looked at its diversity. there are people here who can trace their heritage to all of the commonwealth nations. most of the venues already exist and simply need an upgrade. the benefits to the city are huge. not only is this the opportunity to re—position the city of birmingham nationally and internationally, but the economic benefit, it'll generate over £0.5 billion gross for the city of birmingham and over £1 billion for the uk as a whole. so this is a fantastic opportunity. a wonderful christmas present for the city of birmingham. it's all about the legacy, notjust the stadia and infrastructure. these teenagers could be participants in 2022. it's great. i thought it would be a great opportunity for me to aim for to get to the 2022 commonwealth games. i'd love to be a part of it with my team england and it's a great opportunity for me as a person to aim for something in my hometown. there are already fantastic facilities here in birmingham like the high—performance cen

it's official — birmingham will be the 2022 host.re the only city on the commonwealth games shortlist. and united and city won't cry over spilled milk. the fa will take no action after that tunnel incident at old trafford. dreams do come true — we hearfrom the ball boy who was caught up in bristol city celebrations. also coming up in the programme. what next for the world champion billyjoe saunders after another successful title defence. good evening. there is another major sports event event coming to the uk, and it will be the most expensive since the london olympics five years ago. birmingham has convinced the commonwealth games federation that they can afford the £750 million that they have budgeted for the 2022 games. in return, the city has been praised for its dynamism and diversity. not that that gave it the edge over it's rivals. . . because there weren't any. birmingham was the only bidding city. phil mackie was at todays announcement. it hardly came as a surprise, but there was genuinejoy it hardly came as a surprise, but

i think the sport needs it, birmingham needs it. i'mjust super sport needs it, birmingham needs it.. and people buying lottery tickets i yes it wasn't that long ago there were 170 issues that the commonwealth games were asking you about, what was the most worrying of those and how did you iron it out? there is always a broad range of issues in a bid. what even needs to remember is normally the process takes remember is normally the process ta ke 5 two remember is normally the process takes two to three years to finalise ina bid takes two to three years to finalise in a bid process. we managed to get there in about six months. so there isa there in about six months. so there is a broad range of small and large issues, financial—related issues, around ensuring the village could be supplied in time and a lot of small details about particular venues, what sports would be where and what the capacities would be. a broad range of questions which the federation perfectly are entitled to ask, particularly in circumstances where the games had been granted to durban, who had fallen away and th

live in birmingham alabama and we are here on c-span2 and c-span radio with the result.e report website with the white house shock. we are going to continue to watch the scene in birmingham and rejoice who has been following all of this thank you for staying with us. what did you hear from the speech tonight? >> what is clear is doug jones ran the race as a pretty standard issue democrat and that was reflected. he didn't just give the speech and then talk about why partisanship. jones did talk a little bit about that on the trail but most of the positions are those you would expect of a standard democrat even though he was running any deep states like alabama. the one exception to that, he's more conservativhe ismore conser typical democrat. one thing here if you are looking ahead, expect jones to vote like a typical democrat. he's not going to be as conservativconservatives even ae like joe manchin is what appears to be the outcome. >> 1954 paying tribute to a number of staffers including the debate for those responsible for the ads. he raised a lot of outside money. bu

labourare also not the governor should be based in birmingham. about creating two new institutions, the national investment bank and the strategic investment bank and those might be birmingham. a separate financial hub in britain's second city and as someone who is hopelessly part of the london bubble, when i go to places like birmingham six for party conferences, it always strikes me that they have these really big financial centres in our major cities, it is notjust in london. we have centres cities, it is notjust in london. we have ce ntres a cross cities, it is notjust in london. we have centres across the country and i like the idea of decentralisation and less focus on london. but i worry that this idea that the governor should be based in birmingham, that is just fluff. it doesn't matter. he will spend his time in london all the time anyway. in terms of building new infrastructure, it is interesting and exciting, it will not win many votes a nd and exciting, it will not win many votes and i am sure people in the bank of england will be hor

for birmingham, the first global sports event to take place in the city.n to create a uk's largest permanent athletics stadium. it really will be a showcase for the diverse and youthful community of birmingham. interesting to see the legacy as well. we will hear from all those stakeholders tomorrow morning. the head of us soccer says north america will be the perfect place to host the world cup in 2026. the us, mexico and canada are putting together a bid — the deadline for which is march next year — to stage first edition of fifa's expanded 48—team tournament. america last hosted the tournment in 1994 which was the most attendence world cup ever. the bbc‘s sports news correspodent richard conway is in new york. not long now until we know who will host the 2026 world cup. here in the united states, they have dreams. dreams of recreating what they did backin dreams of recreating what they did back in 1994. the last time the tournament was staged. the decision is due in june. tournament was staged. the decision is due injune. over the next few months, we wil

now, i do think one of the things i'll be watching on election night is shelby county in birmingham and that's where roy moore won 63% of the vote in 2012 but lost in the primary. that's an affluent -- the birmingham suburbs, that's where people -- that's the target-rich environment for doug jones. if he's going to win, he's got to do well there. >> he's got to gin up the african-american vote and comments that he made about slavery and harkening back to the days of slavery when we really had family values. and then, also, he's got to get white voters and those white voters are most likely gk to oi be, if this happens, moderate american women who are offended about what has just taken place and if some of these women cross over, that's really what we're going to be watching on election night. >> joining us now from birmingham, alabama, is nbc's own vaughn hilliard. vaughn, you've basically moved to alabama in the last month. what are your takeaways sitting here two days away from this election? >> exactly. if we're looking at statics, i think we should be looking at some of those 2012 c

six people have died in a serious crash in birmingham.tomatic enrolment in company pension schemes. south africa's governing anc is due to vote for a new leader. in a close contest that has exposed deep divisions. those are the headlines. now, dateline london. hello and a very warm welcome to dateline london, i'mjane hill. this week we reflect on some movement, finally, in the brexit talks and ask whether the election of a democrat in alabama really is a blow to donald trump. my guests this week, the american writer stephanie baker

birmingham.t kept secret but whispers the moment they had been waiting for, an assembly to rememberfor local had been waiting for, an assembly to remember for local schoolchildren this morning with official confirmation their city would be staging its first global sports event. the man in charge of the movement told me they had found an ideal host. i think birmingham will bring diversity, it will bring a journey over the next four years of working with the host city to run the game is right, run it for the people, by the people. birmingham beat liverpool to be the candidate after original choice durban was stripped of the choice for financial difficulties but no other rivals emerged. come 2022, this stadium will host the finest athletes. for people like heather painting, it is added motivation. —— paton. people like heather painting, it is added motivation. -- paton. to compete here in 2022 is a massive goal of mine. organisers insist the games will transform venues like this and help regenerate

birmingham.g diversity, it will bring a journey over the next four years of working with the host city to run a games right, run a games for the people, by the people. birmingham beat liverpool to be britain‘s candidate after the original choice durban was stripped of the games for financial difficulties but no other rivals emerged. come 2022, the alexandra stadium will host some of the world‘s finest athletes. for those who train here, like hurdler heather paton, today‘s news is added motivation. i narrowly missed out for the 2018 commonwealth games in gold coast. i only got one of the qualifying times rather than the two that we needed. so, now, to compete here in 2022 is a massive goal of mine. 0rganisers insist the games will transform venues like this and help regenerate this part of birmingham with the athletes‘ village creating 1000 homes. the 11 days of sporting action will cost £750 million to stage, it‘s the most expensive sports event to be held in britain since london 2012, and a quar

games in 2022.m birmingham will host the commonwealth games in 2022.fficial, they have been praised for their cultural diversity and ambitious spirit and they have been picked for the games, but they were the only option. thank you very much. all the weather this afternoon with sarah. and the run of mild weather continues? yes that's right. it is very mild even on the winter solstice. the sun is setting on the shortest day of the year, but things are remaining quiet and cloudy. all the details to the run up to christmas in about half an hour. also coming up — people buying new—build houses in england will no longer be obliged to enter leasehold agreements. we'll be analysing how the government's plans will work. hello everyone this is afternoon live, i'm martine croxall. the prime minister theresa may has called for ‘proper investigation‘ into the officer accused of making comments that led to the sacking of the first secretary of state, damian green. the dismissal of mr green has prompted a furious backlash from some conservative mps who are angry abo

phil mackie is in birmingham and sent this report the immediate aftermath of the crash.rewn across four lanes. medics were desperately trying to save lives, but five people were already dead, and a sixth was dying. the rest of the footage is too graphic to show. in daylight, the scale of what happened became clearer. three of the people who died were in this taxi. astonishingly, the man and the woman in the small car crushed between it and the wall walked away with minor injuries. the sound of the crash woke many of the people who live nearby. got out of bed, looked out the window and just saw loads of people running towards where the crash was. and then the police officers telling everyone to get back, get back, so i guess people were trying to help people. they pulled two people out of the taxi. i didn't realise it was a taxi until today, but they pulled two people out of the taxi, resuscitating them straightaway for about 25 minutes. they took one in the ambulance. i didn't see them take the second one away, so i don't know if they didn't make it, but yes it was havoc

the two most serious we re in birmingham?re taken to the major trauma centre, special centre at the queen elizabeth hospital. world leaders in dealing with dramatic injuries. less seriously injured patients taken to ta ken to another taken to another hospital to give the queen elizabeth hospital breathing space. they were taken to heartlands. every worker aged 18 or over will begin saving into a workplace pension — unless they opt out. that's under government plans being unveiled today. at the moment, employers must enrol staff aged 22 and over into a pension plan if they earn more than £10,000 a year. ministers say they want to reduce the minimum age to 18 — a move that could affect around 900,000 young people. but the changes won't kick in until the mid 2020s, as our business correspondent joe lynam reports. olly browning is 21 and, like many young people, he hasn't started saving for his retirement. if the government has its way, he would soon be automatically enrolled for a pension at his company. it's not really crossed

the high court in birmingham is considering whether the men suspected of carrying out the birmingham a new inquest, due to held next year. lawyers for relatives of the victims said there had never been a ‘full and independent investigation' into what happened. two of the men wrongly jailed for the attack, have told the bbc they also want the perpetrators brought to justice as our correspondent sima kotecha reports. these faces are a reminder of what happened in birmingham more than a0 years ago. two bombs exploded inside to pubs, killing 21 people. today, the families of those victims are challenging the system. they want the inquest next year to include the names of the suspects, something the coroner has decided against. this is our one and only opportunity to get to the truth, and the perpetrators must be brought into scope. otherwise, there's no point in having an inquest. it was birmingham's deadliest attack, and those responsible have never been prosecuted. instead, these men, who became known as the birmingham six, were wrongly imprisoned for the crime. now, in a rare intervie

police investigate what they call a harrowing car crash in birmingham. plans are revealed to lower the age at which young people are automatically a row —— involved in pension schemes. information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the kremlin says. also in the next hour. prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if there are long pauses between the answers, you will probably get the face. let me see the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. in half an hour here on bbc news — bbc sport will have a round—up of all the day's sports events with sportsday. good evening and welcome to bbc news. a british embassy worker has been killed in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes was found by the side of a road in the city yesterday. what we know? lebanese police believe rebecca dykes was murdered on friday night. her body was found on friday night. her body was fou

there's been travel disruption across the country — birmingham and stansted airports have closed becausef heavy snow. the bbc has learnt that nazanin zagari—ratcliffe, the british woman imprisoned in iran, will not have to appear in court today. it follows recent talks between borisjohnson and the iranian president earlier today. the brexit secretary has warned that the uk could still refuse to pay its divorce bill if it doesn't get a trade deal with the eu. so, number one, no deal means that we won't be paying the money. disgraced celebrity publicist max clifford has died in hospital at the age of 7a. he had been serving an eight—year sentence for historical sex offences. and at 4:30pm, the latest in our series on bbc news, 100 women. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. heavy snow has hit much of the uk, causing disruption to roads, railways and airports. at heathrow airport, over 100 flights have been cancelled so far today. there have also been cancellations and severe delays at stansted, birmingham international, east midlands and belfast international airports. a number of motor

the west midlands, birmingham.rther south, generally north of the m4 corridor, but we could see what snow in heavy bursts across southern areas too and pushing into the east midlands. there is the snowfall there. more over their holes. thank you very much, stav. —— more over the hills. i do not fancy our chances of getting south today. sometime later, we will hopefully get back. anyway... the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is due to meet the iranian president, hassan rouhani, this morning on the second day of his visit to the country. he'll continue to press for the release of nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—irainian aid worker who's been held prisoner in the country since april, 2016. she denies charges of trying to overthrow the iranian government. but she faces the possibility of a further court appearance today, after mrjohnson appeared last month to contradict her claim she was on holiday in iran at the time of her arrest. i am sure it will make a difference. i am sure him being there, i'm sure him ra

birmingham's turned to deliver the event and prove it is worth it. korea.lobkov made the announcement in moscow on thursday. athletes to take part. are in top form. at the secret garden in china. of the podium. 50 and 97. in his first two runs. raibu katayama was second best while yuto totsuka was third. 75 run. bronze for china. freestyle skiing world cup victory, almost three years after his first. table. second, overtaking canada in the last section to claim the win. last section to claim the win. three—time olympic champion kotika hosau. hosau. over the short course, looking at time of 56 seconds. time of 56 seconds. australia with the ashes already gone. —— cricketers. the fourth test begins on boxing day in melbourne. begins on boxing day in melbourne. side has been david malone, the top run scorer, averaging over 50. run scorer, averaging over 50. we all have our places to play for. all have our places to play for. all have our legacy to leave, if you want to put it like that. want to put it like that. will be fantastic, 90 to 100,000 people. people.

more on the serious car crash in birmingham early this morning.ppened on the afterjunction. it happened at belgrave middleway. police described it as a harrowing scene. i have just arrived here described it as a harrowing scene. i havejust arrived here in described it as a harrowing scene. i have just arrived here in the last five minutes. i can see some damaged ca i’s five minutes. i can see some damaged cars in the underpass but i am assuming those are the cars that only suffered minor damage because they don't work that bad. the ambulance service have told us six vehicles involved. a man and a woman inside the first car, extensive damage, but by a miracle the man and a woman got out and suffered minor injuries and were taken to the hospital. a black taxi on its side, the driver pronounced dead at the scene. a man and a woman were in the black cab, expedited by the emergency services. the man died at the scene. the woman taken to hospital and has died now. third car, all men, three of four dead at the scene, the other in critical condition. thre

this is a major, major dual carriageway 3% of birmingham.ident took place is that the edge of an underpass. speculation as to whether people drive along it quite quickly, we don't know if that was the cause. it isa we don't know if that was the cause. it is a very fast moving carriageway. just around it is the police cordoned. all of this road will be closed at least for the remainder of the day as the police investigate. a major investigation is ongoing so i can't imagine traffic will be moving through this area any time in the nearfuture. just to underline the scale of what happened, at one stage there were a0 firefighters at the scene and clearly a lot of ambulance crews as well. absolutely. 40 firefighters and five ambulances and a hazardous area response team. there are several police cars, at least three orfourand several police cars, at least three orfour and several several police cars, at least three or four and several police manning the cordoned and even more in forensic suits. a major, major emergency services response. these are

if you are on yourway to birmingham you in the morning.r way to birmingham airport, your jaw flights are suspended. careful on the roads because we had a guest who has not been able to get in this morning, so is clearly quite treacherous on some roads. don't travel if you don't need to. students in england are being encouraged to study for undergraduate degrees in two years rather than three. the university's ministerjo johnson says these shorter courses will save thousands of pounds in tuition fees — even though universities would be able to charge nearly £2000 more per year. andy moore reports. it was a conservative manifesto promise to introduce more two—year degree courses. implementing that plan has proved tough going. the universities say it will mean major changes to their schedules, with the prospect of the same or less money in income. by the government's own admission, the pickup so far has been pitiful, with only 0.2% of students on fast—tracked degrees. the new scheme would see students paying more for each individual year of t

the headlines at 11:00: the first of six victims in this morning's car crash in birmingham has been named locally as taxi driver, imtiaz mohammed. a british woman, rebecca dykes, who worked at the uk embassy in beirut has been killed. police sources say she was strangled. information from the cia helped russian security services stop a terror attack on a cathedral in st petersburg, the white house confirms. athlete, mo farah, wins this year's bbc sports personality of the year. he says he was surprised at the result. and shortly after 11:30, we'll be looking at tomorrow's front pages in the papers. within the last hour the first of the six victims has been named locally. police investigators are trying to find out what caused the crash. firefighters have described the scene as challenging and horrific. the immediate aftermath of the crash. debris strewn across four lanes. medics were desperately trying to save lives, but five people were already dead, and a sixth was dying. the rest of the footage is too graphic to show. in daylight, the scale of what happened became clearer. three of the

an investigation is under way following a multi—crash vehicle in central birmingham in which six peopleere killed — and a man is critically injured. police described the scene as "harrowing". all of our thoughts are with the families of those that are injured and deceased at this time, especially in the run up to christmas. plans to automatically enrol hundreds of thousands of young people in workplace pensions for the first time, to help them save for retirement. sirius out of military savings, the report warns defence will fail to pay for new ships, and weapons. england's ashes hopes are fading — captainjoe root one of four men out already with still a day to bat to save the series. also in the next hour, prince harry takes on a new role as a journalist — interviewing the former us president barack obama. if you start using pauses, you'll probably get the face. the interview was recorded as part of the today programme's guest editor series to be broadcast later this year. in halfan in half an hour, click investigates the weird world of quantum computing. six people have died, and a se

six people have died in a serious crash on one of birmingham's main roads.automatic enrolment in company pension schemes to 18 in enrolment in company pension schemes to18ina enrolment in company pension schemes to 18 in a move to offer more people financial security in old age. serious doubts over military savings, mps warn the ministry of defence will struggle to pay for new equipment. and prince harry has interviewed former us president barack 0bama is part of his guest editorship of the today programme on radio a. more from me at the top of the hour, but now the latest news from across the channel. hello, welcome to politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. 0n today's programme, eu leaders give the green light to move on to phase two of the brexit talks. when will the eu and uk start discussing trade and the transition period? former european parliament president martin schultz says that the eu should become a united states of europe by 2025. is that realistic? could brexit hasten the process? and, was the doner a

six people have died in a serious crash on one of birmingham's main roads. a0 firefighters and five ambulances were sent to the scene, which the fire service said was spread over some distance. the government wants to lower the age for automatic enrolment in company pension schemes — from 22 to 18 — in a move to offer more people financial security in retirement. south africa's governing anc is due to vote for a new leader today, in a close contest that has exposed deep divisions in the party. mps have expressed doubt that the ministry of defence will be able to afford all new military equipment it plans to buy. a report says the mod will struggle to make the necessary savings it needs to pay forjets, warships and armoured vehicles. she is the flagship of the royal navy. hms queen elizabeth, commissioned by her majesty the queen earlier this month. at 218m long, she has space for a0 jet planes but defence in this century doesn't come cheap. the biggest warship the british navy has ever had cost more than £3 billion. another aircraft carrier is being built in

shelby county, the suburbs of birmingham. they have the highest concentration of college graduates in the state. this is a county donald trump got 73% of the vote in when he ran in 2016. if you're jones, you basically want moore in the low 60s. you might want to see him a touch lower but this is the place the jones' campaign thought they could make in route. again, let's see what happens in huntsville. let's see what happens in jefferson. mobile has to be democratic. this is another one. 65%. that's the number for moore in baldwin county when he nearly lost in '12. if you're the jones campaign, you want him there or lower. this -- i say a lot of words here, rachel. this is a close race. >> this is a close race. following along, i picked out counties as places to watch, as well, what i hear you saying basically is that jones is kind of meeting what we assume are his targets in these places and that moore is meeting his targets or exceeding them in the places where he knows that he is strongest. i mean, my notes to myself on sh

a little comparison to birmingham.o back to birmingham, that county almost 13, almost 14% of the electorate in alabama. how did hillary clinton, for example, do in the last presidential contest there. election here obviously.tial - you see the same dynamic. this is what's called the black belt and it's called that for the top soil, deep, black, rich agricultural top soil. it is also a democratic area and where you have a significant african-american population. the base, any stepping stone for any democrat to be competitive has to be here. 14% of the population. birmingham, the suburbs. hillary clinton, 52%. that's a good margin, but it's not good enough. if you go back, you see this throughout. let's go back to the 2012 presidential election. obama 53% here. that is because don't think of it just as birmingham central city, it's because of the suburbs. the democrats win in the city and the suburbs around is where the republicans make their inroads and keep the numbers closer and then the republicans get their margin o

across in the west midlands, in birmingham, the birmingham airport, the flights have been cancelled therehts suspended. we have learned over half an hour or so that the airfield is being cleared and they're expecting progress to be made on a reopening time over the next couple of hours. here in the east midlands, derbyshire police have been telling people recently to stay off the roads, stay home if you can. if you are travelling, please drive slowly. the weather is also affecting local bus services, particularly in leicester where there has been disruption. here at east midlands airport we have been learning that around four there will be another inspection of the runway and hopefully we will have better news for a very disappointed group of travellers behind us here in the departures lounge. is it busy there, are there people stuck waiting for something to happen? absolutely. there was a huge queue inside here when we were there earlier. a lot of people waiting in the queue, there was another couple we spoke to who we re was another couple we spoke to who were saying they arrived here r

six people have died, and a seventh is in a critical condition, after a car crash in central birmingham. six vehicles were involved in the collision which happened just after 1am at an entrance to an underpass, just south of the city centre. four others needed hospital treatment. police described the scene as very difficult and upsetting. tom burridge reports. horrific and upsetting is how the emergency services described the scene. this black taxi flipped onto its side, the driver and a couple on board all died. next to it, the mangled remains of another car. police are now investigating how the vehicles collided with such force killing many of those on board. clearly a very difficult scene for the staff to deal with, to have so many casualties at the same time, 13 people having to be seen in rapid time, including the firstjob finding out who is most seriously injured, that was established very quickly. four men in one of the cars we re quickly. four men in one of the cars were all thrown out of the vehicle. three of them died at the scene, the fourth man is in a critical condition in

his dad worked at a steel mill in birmingham.a staff consul for alabama's esteemed democratic senator. he won perhaps most apparently the conviction of two former klansman in the bombing in the 14th street baptist church. his problem is that alabama is that a truly red state. donald trump learned that in 2016 when he beat hillary clinton by a margin of 63% to 35%. doug jones is support for obamacare, climate change, lgbt rates, does not sit well with alabama voters. >> bret: minutes before the polls close. thank you. overseas, less than two months from the start of the winter olympic games in south korea. as you might imagine, recent tensions with north korea over its nuclear weapons program have pretty much everyone associated with the games extremely concerned. greg palkot shows us how they are getting ready. >> preparing for the worst at the upcoming winter olympic games in south korea. police going through drills at the site 50 miles south of the heavily militarized border between north and south korea. fears pyongyang could

the suburbs outside birmingham. this is the place here, look, donald trump got 73% of the vote in this county in 2016. so moore is running well behind that. a lot of college degrees here. it will still be a moore win, but this is the problem for moore right noychlt is trying to hold off jones, who has the big counties left where he is going to get a lot of big numbers. he needs a place like shelby to come through big. it normally does for republicans. he is only getting 58%. this is a terrible number for a republican in shelby county. if this is what he is getting, that going to be enough to hold off jones? one other place on the map for moore to look. it is baldwin county to eastern shore. this is outside mobile. again, about a quarter of the vote left here. moore wants to probably be at 65% or better. really north of 65%. trump got 77% in this county last year. so, again, 63. he is going to win it, he is going to get votes out of here. but with what jones is going to get out of these other places, is that going to

but some good news, birmingham airport has now reopened in the last hour so. here at east midlands airport, and the last 15 minutes or so we have learned that they are expecting flights to resume shortly, there was an inspection of the runway that took place in the last hour and that has been in positive which means a lot of people behind me who are frustrated as a result of these delays will hopefully be on their way. they are expecting flights resume here shortly, we expect, in the next 15 minutes through to half an hourorso, the next 15 minutes through to half an hour or so, hopefully. hopefully be somebody‘s will last till the next night i spoke there has been heavy demand today. thanks for that update. 0ur correspondentjoe lynam has been following the impact of today's severe weather. i was talking to a colleague here whose parents are flying in from denmark, due to land at 12, they hadn't even let the murk that afternoon. presumably that is being repeated all over those places connecting to the uk? the weather is quite poor in continental europe as well,

doug jones needs that up here and here in jefferson county, birmingham. a very large piece of the state. young people, college educated, particularly african-americans have to turn out for doug jones for him to have a prayer. look at the race with bob vance. down here in mobile, actually went democratic. that's why the president was down here in pensacola, florida, speaking to the mobile media market trying to get republicans to stick with roy moore in this race. let's watch. if this is blue tonight, late into the night, doug jones has a chance. also up here, madison county, up here in huntsville area. look at this, bob vance won it in the chief justice race in 2012 at a time mitt romney was winning it quite handily in the presidential race. roy moore has been vulnerable, but let's look back. that's how doug jones would have to do it. african-american turnout way up. suburban republicans outside here, shelby county, outside of birmingham, suburban republicans saying i can't vote for roy moore and coming over to the democratic side. for roy moore, i want t

he's at doug jones' headquarters, the democrat in birmingham, alabama. alex. >> reporter: hi, there, jake. doug jones has had a pretty busy day, after voting early this morning on the outskirts of birmingham, he went around to different polling stations, shaging hands with the voters. now with less than an hour before the polls close, he's doing the same. once the polls close, he will come here to this hotel which is serving as his election headquarters. the campaign has a suite for him. he will be watching the returns come in with his staff and with his family. now, as for prepared remarks, what we can expect from doug jones later tonight, i'm told they have not prepared any sort of speech yet, that once the candidate here, he'll sit down with his campaign team. they'll go over what they want to say. win or lose, according to the campaign chairman, i'm told jones will go back to a theme he has been hitting pretty hard on the campaign trail, one of unity and one of working together. and then i'm told we're expecting at some point tonight, moore and jones

my colleague katty kay joined me from birmingham, alabama, for the state of the race. katty: how did it happen that a state election in alabama and the world media is down here? roy moore, who had views outside the mainstream of american politics, and now allegations of sexual abuse. but also because it has applications far beyond this state. he has the possibility of going to washington, wreaking havoc there, or we could see a democrat win in this race today , in which case that would be the first time in over two decades. either way this race is fascinating. my colleague nick bryant has been looking at the latest. nick: just when you thought american politics couldn't get weirder, judge roy moore rides to the polling station on horseback and then sets it to music. he has come to personify the polarization of this political age. to his female accusers, he is a sexual predator who molested teenage girls in his 30's. to his fans, he is a crusading evangelical, a firebrand populist in the mold of donald trump. roy moore: i want to make america great again with president

out for 3 years now but still on parole, he works at garrison steele just outside birmingham, making $28,000 a year, taking home about $380 a week. it allows him to live, and pay his monthly $40 parole fee. in order to vote, he'll need to be *pardoned* and pay nearly $4,000 in restitution. >> as long as i'm paying fines, as long as i'm paying restitution, long as i'm actively doing this then i should be able to vote. >> but alabama law stands in his way. lanier's burglary offenses fall into a group of felonies called crimes of "moral turpitude" listed in the alabama constitution, crimes that require full payment of fines and fees before voting rights are restored. for decades the decision about which ex-felons could vote was left up to individual registrars in alabama's 67 . secretary of state john merr state capitol in 2015 that concerned him >> i felt as though we needed a uniform list instead of one that was being used by the registrars from time to time depending on what they thought was appropriate. >> so merrill formed a task force and in august alabama governor kay ivey signed

marty connors in birmingham. and ralph reed in atlanta. ralph, i want to go to you because your group and others like it try to really mobilize the evangelical vote in alabama tonight for roy moore. but we don't know yet, but it's looking like it's going to be tougher for roy moore than a lot of people thought. he might lose the seat. if that happens, what you take away from this? >> if you look at the exit polls, it indicates that about 44% of the vote is conservative evangelical and they voted 81% for roy moore and only about made teens for doug jones that vote came in for him. i would have frankly expected him to hit a little bit higher. maybe mid 80s. maybe even high 80s. but 81% is enough. what really is going to decide the outcome of this race is two things. number one, how bad is the bleeding in jefferson county and birmingham in those more moderate and centrist suburban republican precincts? the 63% of that vote is in righ now. and it's overwhelmingly jones. >> laura: brutal. both counties look brutal. >> overwhelmingly. >> laura:

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he was in selby yesterday, mubt gumry, birmingham. on the campaign trail, as opposed to the republican in the race that simply is not meeting with potential constituents, is not engaging in interviews. is essentially running a ghost campaign. we have made numerous attempts ever since i got here on november 9th to have that conversation with roy moore, an earnest conversation about these allegations and also about the issues. he calls this a scheme. essentially, he set this up as an us against the world campaign. he's pushed aside these allegations as a scheme by republicans, the washington establishment, the liberals. it should be noted he has a base here who believes him when he says this. we have gone around from every corner of the state over the last month, and i have talked to republican voters who said they believe roy moore. when i ask them, who is the they? who is it that is behind this scheme, is roy moore propagates it to be, they don't have an answer. they say that they're getting paid. i said who are they getting paid by?

shelby county right outside of birmingham. that's a key one there. key traditionally republican countly jones folks think they make in-roads and the southern part of the state, mobile and baldwin county, traditionally especially baldwin, a republican bastion, but is it the type of republican who is allergic to somebody like roy moore? that has to happen if doug jones is going to win this thing, kasie. >> steve, thanks. vaughn hilliard what are you seeing from your vantage point on the ground? roy moore hasn't really been out on the campaign trail. what are you hearing from the candidates are and voters at this point? >> reporter: roy moore, you're not hearing much from roy moore. hasn't been on the campaign trail since tuesday but will appear here in midland city tonight alongside strategist steve bannon. midland city is near dothan. look at the three counties around here. these places went 75% for donald trump one year ago. roy moore is a candidate you're used to -- you korbered enough senate campaigns. the weekend before, they're shoulder to should

and liverpool which birmingham and liverpool which birmingham won in september and in the end they weretly it was not fully compliant so there was a further delay until birmingham could provide the federation with guarantees. but it‘s now over and we expect the official announcement tomorrow. these events are very expensive, i will recover the cost? at £750 million this will be the most expensive sports event in britain since london 2012 and let‘s face it very few councils are overflowing with cash right now. there have been questions raised about the council and its ability to meet these costs because of a dispute with the refuge collectors over and redundancies but apparently there have been guarantees made and there have been guarantees made and the city will be hoping the event recoups some of its costs with sponsorship, ticket sales and broadcasting revenue. fingers crossed this will be now, the decision has been made and we will see the birmingham games in 2022. let‘s get a look at some of the other news, a man who carried out a racist attack on raheem sterling at the weekend has

they beat birmingham city at st andrew‘s for the third season running. bonatini‘s shot was adjudged to have crossed the goalline after the use of goal—line technology. birmingham had harlee dean sent off late on. and wolves held firm for their sixth straight win. manchester united‘s paul pogba will serve a three match ban for his sending off against arsenal on saturday. he was given a straight red card for stamping on hector bellerin — united have decided not to appeal against the decision. so he‘ll miss the manchester derby on sunday — as well as the next two games against bournemouth and west brom. despite sitting in the premier league relegation zone, crystal palace have today announced ambitious plans to transform their stadium selhurst park in a £100 million makeover. the club is to build a 5—tier main stand, which will increase the capacity from 26,000 to more than 34,000, over the course of three years. palace chairman steve parish says he wants to make the revamped stadium an icon of south london. if we do get relegated this year or next year, we