lady smith on the delights that await the new black rod.r, goodbye. i want to update you on the next couple of days of weather for the british isles, how do we start on wednesday? not too bad at all, plenty of sunshine force colander northern ireland, more variable cloud perhaps as we go further south and a chilly start with some frost and a chilly start with some frost and fog across those northern areas. the big picture shows there are still weather fronts out in the atla ntic still weather fronts out in the atlantic but we'll be looking towards the continent in the next few days for an influence on the weather. once the mist and fog has gone first up and the frost has dissipated its not a bad day, not dry weather, maybe a shower in the far south—east and the temperatures by comparison to what we're going to see over the next few days or so, certainly into the start of next week, not bad, seven, eight, nine. again, thursday, a chilly start, a bit of mist and fog around i'm sure, bit of mist and fog around i'm sure, bit of mist and fog aro

the house of lords has its first female, she is to be known as the lady usher of the black rod, and she 0lympics performance. winning three medals in one day. with lizzie successfully defending her gold in the skeleton. but what is the skeleton? basically, it is finding yourself down a frozen track on a bobsled at 80 miles an hour. lying facedown! maybe the government will adopt a hard brexit perspective now? in hot water after making disparaging remarks at a gig in glasgow. a tory mp used it to discredit the scottish government‘s budget. when he said, of the first minister, those hands will be in anybody‘s pockets! and finally, parliamentary procedure can be a little baffling, but the government business managers are expected to know all the rules. kelly was promoted to the job last month, but she may not have quite got grips with what‘s what. as amended in the public bill committee, now. now. there we go. she won‘t do that again. and that is it for now, so for me, goodbye. here‘s a quick check on your weekend forecast. a fine weekend to get out and about if you are dressed appropriate

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sarah clarke is the first woman to be appointed as black rod in parliament's 650—year history.s appeal after transport for london introduced an english language test for all of its drivers. the ride—hailing app had initially gone to court after transport for london said all of its drivers should have to prove their ability to speak english and take a test in basic writing and reading. let's have a look at the travel situation now. on the tubes, a part suspension on the bakerloo line is causing severe delays and there are minor delays on the central line. on the roads, the a1 coming in to town is down to one lane for emergency repairs to a burst water main. expected to add to the usual delays. there's a collapsed manhole cover on albert embankment near to tinworth street. goldhawk road remains closed west from shepherds bush green to hammersmith grove for repairs to a burst water main let's have a check on the weather now with good morning. another milestone this morning but with that of course comes the cloud and also the rain. it's feeling quite damp out there this morning. it

doctors placed rods in her legs to help stabilize her bones. she requested blacken casts the colors of her favorite football team and doctors surprised her by not only doing that, but also adding eagles logos on them. >> that makes it a lot better if you got to deal with those casts. >> cool. >> they really care about how they're feeling there and everybody is feeling green. let's take a look outside right now and check the roads for your work. 422 at 29, fine here but reports of an accident on 29 itself. that's collegeville road right by 422. still dry right here on 422. mass transit right now looking ahead until tomorrow, don't forget septa subways are free but expect overcrowding as jeanette has been saying with the regional rails you have to buy this one day pass today and you are going to expect all inbound trains in the morning, outbound will be later in the day but many stations will not be serviced. patco will be on a modified schedule, dave. we'll be going on talking about this throughout the day as jeanette will as well trying to help you out with gettin

decided to join the search and started driving down a back rod when he spotted someone who fit the suspect's description. maroon shirt, black boots. >> he looked like a typical high school student. and for a quick moment, i thought, could this be the person? is this who i need to stop? >> reporter: you see cruz here taken down and handcuffed. and tonight, authorities scouring his social media accounts, searching for clues and a possible motive. >> some of the things that have come to mind are very, very disturbing. >> reporter: sources tell abc news this was cruz's instagram account. this photo shows him holding a pistol. in another, he's holding a large knife. investigators now piecing together the suspect's background. we know he was adopted as a baby. but his adoptive father died when he was just 4 years old. cruz, raised by a single mother. but late last year, she died, as well, unexpectedly, of the flu. cruz then went to live with the family of a friend. the family's lawyer tells us he at one point had been in therapy. cruz brought his ar-15 assault rifle with him. the family's lawyer telling us he kept it locked in a

official as well as bragging about their impact, pressing black voters and making false voter fraud claims. let's take a look at deputy attorney general rod rosenstein explain the lengths to which these russian actors went to conceal their identities. >> the defendants posed as politically and socially active americans, advocating for and against particular candidates. they establish social media pages and groups to communicate one witting americans. they also purchased political advertisements on social media networks. russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities promote political campaigns and stage political rallies. the defendants and their -conspiratorers presented to be grassroot activists. they did not know they consider communitying with russians. after the election, the defendants allegedly staged rallies to support the president elect while simultaneously staging rallies to protest his election. for example, the defendantses or ed one rally to support the president elect and another rally oppose him, both in new same day. caller: i ask myself if i was living in russia today as an russian, as

anti-immigrant, anti-black lives matters, anti-muslim messages in places around the country in an effort to shift the election to donald trump. now, the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein tried to say that there was no evidence that the election was influenced, but frankly, i don't know how he can say something like that given the fact that it was such a close election. a shift of as little as 37 or 38 electoral votes and hillary clinton would be president. so how can you possibly say that this multimillion-dollar sophisticated effort didn't shift the american election. i think this indictment is strong evidence that possibly the election was shifted by russian interference. >> yeah, he said in response to a question, and i have the quote here, there are no allegations in the indictment of any effect on the outcome of the election. so no assertion from him that it didn't, but they are just not listed in the indictment, which may be an important distinction moving forward. >> i agree. >> and really what is so stunning about this indictment is just the level of detail. if you read it. and we actually have some sound from rod rosenstein yesterday. let's play th

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