what do you want to hear from the government today, charlotte? ~ , , ., . ., charlotte?p in the right direction, - charlotte? whilst it is a welcome step in the right direction, there | step in the right direction, there has been a shift in thinking, especially when it comes to lower rise buildings. my part of the development is under 18 metres, so it is very much welcomed but there are i think three key things that are i think three key things that are missing. that is that it doesn�*t even look at buildings under 11 metres and we know that there are tonnes of those in the uk. it doesn�*t look at all of the issues with fire safety. so it is going to approach cladding, but that is the tip of the iceberg. i mean, two thirds of our bill will come from fire safety issues outside of cladding. and also, it doesn�*t approach interim costs, as well. as i mentioned, my development is approaching a bill of 500000 and we simply can�*t afford to pay it. people are going bankrupt and losing their homes based on interim costs. so i want to see much more focus on those three areas whe

charlotte: there's an awful lot to choose from, isn't there?hink you should be looking at the microsofts and adobes of this world, those are great long-term names. guy: what kind of performance are you expect in this year out of your equity portfolios? charlotte: i wish i could say we will have another 20% year, but i expect that is not what we will be looking at. as you have rates moving up, that is going to make it more difficult to get the valuations we saw last year. the reopening benefit has also come through, so markets are probably looking a bit more subdued this year. i think that means a less spectacular year for equities, but certainly not expect in going backwards as we go beyond perhaps a new variant. alix: based on that and your outlook and what you would like, how much do you need to be in cash to take advantage of any kind of volatility that we are going to see? charlotte: we did sort of tactically take up our cash positions into year end based on the uncertainty of the new variant, which seems to be coming out is not as severe a

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oh, and standing outside, westminster is london correspondence or charlotte shall some pill, charlotte, a boisterous session that we just saw there at this has been built as the prime minister's make or break moment, but it looks like he'll survive another day. the sun, even speculations for several days, has even a week now about the prime minister's future all his days numbered. this is the prime minister, whose face repeated cools from the opposition to go a number of several members of his own policy. it will say publicly called for his resign, and yesterday we learn. there is now a criminal investigation into these allegations of gatherings during times of coven restrictions. this is a prime minister under immense pressure. but it does look to nights like he lives to fight another day. he said repeatedly and again to day that he won't resign slave. his political fight really is in the hands of members of his own party with the de decide to hold a vote of no confidence. and the thinking certainly is that they are waiting to hear the findings of an internal inquiry into these gather

thank you, charlotte. germany has reported its highest ever 7 day incidence rate of cove at 19 cases registering over 900 infections. 410-0000 people . health authorities recorded 164000 new cases in a single 24 hour period. the rise is largely being driven by the alma chron variant shows the olaf shells has argued in supportive vaccine mandate. as part of germany strategy to slow the spread of corona virus. lawmakers in parliament have debated compulsory vaccines legislation already passed, requiring vaccines for health care workers, starting in march, unvaccinated staff could be shut out. even fire did of your chief little editor and michela christner sent as this assessment from berlin. germany is still months away from any mandatory vaccination if it will come in the end. i told him that despite its heading of a deeper into the, on the con crisis, the german chance that would have so it's is in favor. so is the majority of diamonds, but and peas here, us bit on the details that proposals on the table that range from a flat out mandatory vaccination starting at the age of $181.00

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good evening to you, charlotte. well, political theater, the best you can get on the planet, we saw the defector there with the union jack across his face. what were his motives in? how damaging is it to the prime minister? or brittany gave a number of motive. all have been extremely heavy body blow to the prime minister just to read you just a few read an interview. he said that the policy prime minister, conservative party was trying to defend the indefensible. he was talking that particularly about party gators. it's called, hey, this series of allegations about gatherings held at number 10. he said that there's been fall too many issues where i felt like we've been on the wrong side and then proceeded to name a number of controversy surrounding the conservative party dating back money. some of them finally and alexa relaxer resignation to the prime minister, he said, you prime minister boris johnson, the conservative party as a whole has shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership the party deserves. i

and go straight to brussels and speak to our correspondent charlotte davinsky. charlotte. good afternoon. i'm with these talks and i wonder way, what is the look for them? do you think? well, it's difficult to say we saw the delegates meeting this morning shaking hands indicating that this is a very business like meeting between nato and the russia council. as you said, this is a meeting that hasn't taken place for more than 2 years, and they are now in the nitty gritty of those negotiations. but in terms of optimism, as we've already seen from talked earlier this week in geneva, the what held between russia and us representatives. not really anything concrete coming out to that meeting more. so i and suggesting what the red lines are rather than finding and compromise on a way forward. and in regards to those talks which both sides described as being frank and business. like the suggestion was, there was a little, there wasn't that much optimism following them. we do not see any significant reason for optimism. the only thing that deserves positive assessment is the way t

unfortunately, charlotte, who doesn't want to hear while the skipper has to say that again. didn't force longsville asthma deep. i've only thought about that and best charlotte says the bathroom is far too filthy, but insists it's not her turn to clean it for her. it's simply a matter of fairness. it's cramped on board and the sparks flying of them run it all for the main challenge is sometimes the patience is needed and it's not necessarily my strong point to avoid the sneaks or it's ve the ghost, right? it's not normally something that's going to cause a huge route where you're going to say the next day. i can't stand that person because they were so out of order. it's not usually that bad with me, that is in me. and despite the router, we still look forward to seeing each other the next year who model of us when i reckon is completely normal on something. you'd also experience sharing such a small space with parents, relatives, or partners, globes yet, la, leader. at the letter from from odin, aunt does every one as the 5 minutes. i know it's really bothered here is no ob

i'm best not good. charlotte is says the bathroom is far too filthy, but insists it's not her turn to clean it for her. it's simply a matter of fairness, it's cramped on board and the sparks are flying of them run at all for the main challenge is sometimes the patience is needed and that's not necessarily my strong point to avoid the sneaks or it's v the ghost, right? it's not normally something that's going to cause a huge route where you're going to say the next day. i can't stand that person because they were so out of order. it's not usually that bad with me, that's as in me. and despite the route, as we still look forward to seeing each other in the next year, hope all of us when i reckon it's completely normal on something, you'd also experience sharing such a small space with parents, relatives, or partners, globes yet. but either at the letter from, from your aunt does everyone as the 5 minutes. i know it's really bothered, here is no obligation to adapt. would change herself because i want to log on to one party soon. i gotta go to finalize videos. i reckon i don't want you c

for more, let's bring in our correspondence. charlotte shell, some pill in london, charlotte, 150000 lives, lost, recovered 19. how are people reacting to this? clearly a very somber milestone here in the u. k. and of course there are different ways of measuring this death, tall one, suggesting that it could in fact, even higher clearly, extremely tragic, this milestone now. now the prime minister has really sustained on twitter. he said the crew virus is taken, what he called a terrible hold on our country. he said each and every one of those who died is a profound loss to the families, friends and communities affected and he took them. i meant to really stress how getting the job getting the 1st and 2nd vaccine is really the pop out of this pandemic. now that has, of course, been criticism over through the course of the pandemic over the government handling of this crisis and a spokes person for the campaign group. bereaved families, the justice which supports families who lost loved ones to cove. it has been very critical of this milestone. they said that in public inquiry into th

in london. gave it to you charlotte. we saw it to day boris johnson in the political fight of his life. do you think that he will survive while brenda, this is undoubtedly a perilous moment for the prime minister. there is a huge amount of anger. up and down the country, the conservative party boars. johnson's party has been pummeled in the poles in recent we can also crucially a lot of anger within the prime minister's own party. now why it's not crucial. well, you had bad that the prime minister won't resign. the question now is, will that be a vote of no confidence triggered by members of his own party and it's been feverish speculation over the last 24 hours. as you mentioned over whether the threshold, the number of letters of no confident that needs to be received to trigger that vote has come close yet. no, that's not yet clear. we suddenly know it's not yet been met. the box we know number is and then the department have publicly said they have submitted as a lesson. the question then will be will the prime minis

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let's go right to our correspondence in london of charlotte. charlotte shall some pillow standing by for a sy, charlotte, we saw a boy's johnson addressing parliament there earlier. tell us more about how he defended his position. well, it was no doubt may call day break for the prime minister in the wake of the succession of allegations. regarding gatherings in downing street in the prime minister, there was a different man for the one we saw yesterday wearing an interview where he was pinned down on a number of details regarding what he noted. a party that he said to have attended for 25 minutes. he appeared defeated today a bit more defiance while he repeated apologized apologies for missing judgments. he really did come out fighting a little bit. he deflected questions that were direct to that him about party game, to being called here in the main. what he really wanted to to champion was the government's record on vaccine roll out to jobs and so on. whether it will be enough to, to impress m p 's, members of his own party, who apparently are lining up to express discontent at th

hi, charlotte. the findings of an internal inquiry that's being conducted into those reported breaches of locked on regulations. it could be released as soon as this evening or tomorrow. it's not yet clear, but will they be made public? well, this is absolutely and moving situation this evening. and to clarify, there are the 2 investigations now going on in tandem earlier. today we have this hammer blow announcement for the prime minister that the police will be investigating a number of alleged gatherings. and then of course, there is this in town and report which you were talking about as well, which has been running for several weeks now. and we had understood that due to this police report, the internal report would be pushed back for a while. it appears now that that isn't the case. as you say, there are reports emerging that it could be handed to to number 10 as soon as evening, perhaps tomorrow morning. and if that is the case, the prime minister has promised to address m p 's in the house of

dashti there in london in charlotte. if i could start with you, please just tell us what's happening right now where you are and the feeling on the streets and pirates. while the procession of protesters is just gone past is here on their way to pulaski italy. and you might be able see now the police cummins are just following them behind. there is a huge police presence and he on the streets of paris and the procession that just passed me is one of several that are taking place across the city today as well. as many others taking place across france, there is a mixture of issues here, but one of the big issues is that vaccine, passport that's going to come into play from monday now protested, had hoped add that the constitutional counsel here in france would throw it out on a technicality, but that hasn't happened and it means, as you mentioned there from monday, anybody age 16 rover will have to be fully vaccinated or have recovered from cobra within the last 6 months to be able to access very basic things like going t

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charlotte: when i was, like, younge before theater club, i thought i could become an engineer, and...s you curve balls, where i still have a lot to go in my life, and this is just another step. ♪ ♪ william: if you're starting a new year, at, like, a new school, a new everything. and my mom said that she asked my school and told them, "why don't you guys got a theater club?" ♪ okay, that's it, okay, bye. ♪ (speaking mandarin) charlotte: i don't wanna always be around asian people, because i know that if i always be with asian people, i won't be ready for... being me, being let go to the real world, but, like, literally, there's, like, one asian in my class. it's mostly white girls. (sighs): i just feel like i can't be myself around them. i have to be, like, perfect- it's hard. jack: i think that's pretty nice, actually, to know different ethnicities after being in 99.99% asian. i don't want a cheez-it, thank you. ♪ how's theater club, like, now that ms. young has taken over? (woman singing "circle of life" from the lionking) (repeating line) (playing rhythm) okay, i'm just gonna go in

okay, thanks that i, charlotte, archie charlotte, pinsky, they're in brussels. ah, that britain's her prime minister parish johnson has admitted that he did attend the dining street party at the height of k with 19 lockdown in 2020. he apologized to britain. so at the time we're not even allowed to go into one of his homes while arguing. he thought it was a work event. i appreciate the, the point that he's making about the event that i attended. i want to, i want to repeat that. i think it was a work event. if politicians form perhaps both sides of the aisle or concern they'd like to see, not just an apology from bars, johnson but resignation as well because this seems to be a common theme. now of course, because our minds back to roughly the spring of 2022 years ago now we had the whole country. in fact, most of the world locked down almost completely and we've seen in the u. k. again and again. revelations of politicians, particularly conservative politicians, those close downing street having christmas parties, for example, while people can see that dying rel

hi charlotte. the findings of an internal inquiry that's being conducted into those reported breaches of locked on regulations. it could be released as soon as this evening or tomorrow. it's not yet clear, but will they be made public? well, this is absolutely and moving situation this evening, and to clarify, there are the 2 investigations now going on in tandem earlier today we have this hammer blow announcement for the prime minister that the police will be investigating a number of invest alleged gatherings. and then of course, there is this in town and report which you were talking about as well, which has been running for several weeks now. and we had understood that due to this police report, the internal report would be pushed back for a while. it appears now that that isn't the case. as you say, there are reports emerging that it could be handed to to number 10 as soon as evening, perhaps tomorrow morning. and if that is the case, the prime minister has promised to address m p 's in the ho

so charlotte just run through then. what was said that yes or quite a lot to digest from that press conference with the nato secretary general jen stoughton. but i wanna talk you through some of the main point. she said that this was not an easy discussion, but that is why it was so important. she said that the exchanges was serious and direct and he said that that itself was positive. and he said that the main focus discussions was not just the situation in ukraine. but also on european security in general, but he did say that they were significant bridges still on these issues, saying that that not going to be easy to bridge in the future. but that all nato allies had sat down was a positive sign with the russian council. he said there was discussion over russia's proposals back in december where russia has outlined wood. it's red lines are in regards to ne to expansion and also in terms of troops and weapons. in ne, 2 countries send it to the alliance since 1997. and he reaffirmed that nato had an open door policy, w

by an earlier we spoke to the w london correspondent, charlotte shell, so pill and asked how likely boris johnson is to weather the storm. there is an enormous amount of anger that is allegation of the allegation of essentially the people who made the rules. one then following the rules themselves, but it won't be the public who decides the prime minister's future at this particular juncture. of course, he has the option to resign. if the findings of that internal report or the police investigation of the damning he's so far, absolutely ruled out the question of resigning. so the real question now is will his own members upon design and 8th and the conservative party turn on him? and that is very much open the debates at them. i'm well enough members of his own party decide that they don't have enough confidence in him. now, of course, the longer this drags along the longer this is the more damaging this is for the party. many themes to be waiting for the outcome of the inquiry this su great inquiry before deciding on the prime minister's future. if that is indeed released, we could see p

so grade report with the w correspondence charlotte chelsea pill in london. welcome charlotte, i'm or what else are you hearing about the main points of the so great report. so this report reads of british public has been waiting for weeks to get our hands on to truly understand the nature of this long line of alleged gatherings that took place while the british public was under coded restrictions. and now indeed, it has just been released as you've made clear, this is essentially a watered down version of what we were 1st hoping to see, which was meant to outline the nature of these gatherings, attendance and so on. we don't have any of that in line with police requests for minimal details to be included on the gatherings that they themselves are investigating. so it is a, a p to down version. that doesn't mean though that it doesn't still pack a punch. there are a number of incredibly difficult statements for prime minister boris johnson. and he looking at the culture within that number 10, the culture that he led and the nature of the behavior that went on

w comes from the charlotte chosen po. welcome charlotte. this was a shadow, old appearance before a parliament to how did mister johnson at defend his position? well, this had been billed as a make or break day for the prime minister, given the less level of criticism that has been leveled at him over this series of allegations involving gatherings at downing street. he was a much more defiant figure today than the prime minister that we saw yesterday into yesterday. he was really being ruled on the details of what he knew, particularly about one gathering in particular that he's known to have attended. and he appeared pretty defeated in that interview today though, came out fighting, deflected a series of questions on party gate as it's being called here, which dominated prime ministers questions. as i'm sure you can imagine. he referred back to what many in his government have been over the last few weeks. the investigation that is ongoing into these allegations saying we will have to wait for the findings. and that was really came to str

. >> elwyn lopez back with us now from charlotte at a staging area for the largest utility provider there. we know power outage is a huge concern tonight, and resources from other parts of the country are pouring in to help out as they brace for this storm. >> reporter: that's right, whit. hundred of these trucks are fueling up to make sure they can roll out as soon as the storm passes. and of the 10,000 responding, 4,000 came from other states as far as texas and oklahoma. whit? >> elwyn, thank you. let's get to meteorologist danielle breezy from our afill why the in nashville. danielle, good evening. walk us through the timing on this dangerous weather system. >> reporter: whit, this is a high-impact and dangerous winter storm targeting a large part of the country. take a look. we've got weather alerts stretching from texas all the way to maine. a winter storm warning from little rock to buffalo, and wind alerts in effect for the east coast, including the new york city area. the snow and ice really get going early tomorrow morning from mississippi to georgia and the carolinas. travel wi

we can go to london to did up your correspondent charlottes at chelsea pill or charlotte, is this the prime minister's make or break moment suddenly being billed as such. later, in fact, it has been for several weeks with every new allegations surrounding a gathering attended either by the prime minister or some of his colleagues. additional pressure is being heaped on prime minister boris johnson. and then of course yesterdays, you mentioned this announcement of a police investigation into potentially criminal wrongdoing with a hammer below for this prime minister. now whether or not it's make or break that depends on what his own members of it, what is a members of his own party decide his future is essentially in their hands. and the feeling is that many a waiting for the findings of the c grey report that's that report as being lead internally into the allegations of those gatherings. and as you say, those findings are expected imminently. there was speculation. it could be today possibly tomorrow, possibly monday, but whatever that report details that's going to be scrutinized ve

so paris are corresponding, charlotte dubious sky. is the forest very good one to charlotte's? tell us more than about this vaccine pass debate in france. seems like it's getting quite animated. what exactly triggered the president's outburst? yes, that's right. was an extraordinary couple of days here in france. this is a bill that was supposed to glide through the parliament without a hiccup. it was supposed to be in place by the end of next week, but it's passage so far has been anything but easy. first on monday night, the debate was suspended, and that was simply because the majority party, this is president mack, one's own party, simply couldn't get enough bodies in the chamber for a show of hands to support a motion for the debate to continue into the wee hours of the morning, a hiccup perhaps, and the debates resumed on tuesday, but following that extraordinary intervention by president mac on with an interview that he gave to the french paper, luc, asean that ricocheted right the way through the parliamentary chamber. people were gaston shocked. as you saw there at his

welcome, charlotte. so boris johnson, there are a foursome apology to parliament has that managed to quell the anger of members of his own party. who want him gone in the prime minister that is saying, i get it and i will fix it. outlining a series of measures that he wanted to impose, showing that he understood some of the issues at play here and was prepared to address them over the coming months. now the publication of this report had been billed to the may co brake moment for the prime minister, a time off to which members of his own party would decide on his political future. now that report has now been watered down and lied to the fact that there is a police investigation also ongoing. the c gray report this as its being cool does not go into any detail about any of the alleged gatherings in light of a request from the police not to do so, so it doesn't carry the weight that it once is thought to have done. full members of the prime minister's own posse, they'll have to decide whether it's enough

and that, for the most part excludes the charlotte metro area.in mind that a majority of the people here in downtown are not used to this kind of weather. the national weather service says that this is the most know that the state has seen in nearly three years. many stores and businesses closed yesterday and today because of unsafe driving conditions. some people in the health care field don't have the luxury of staying home. yesterday i work by myself just because, like i told my technicians don't get on the road or anything like it's not worth it like i can handle it. i had maybe, like eight people come in. so a super slow and usually we're super busy because we're doing probably like at my store around like 40 covid shots a day. and now on top of the prescriptions, of course and covid testing, but yesterday was definitely dead. more travelers were able to catch their flights this afternoon as the airport got back to normal. we do know that at least two people have died in car wrecks in south carolina related to the storm. now temperatures wil

here in the charlotte area, significant ice events are rare. the last time we saw this was in december of 2002. >> also why it's really good that people are not out on the roads right now and hopefully the case into the evening hours when things could get colder and worse. michelle, what are you seeing as you track this storm system? >> hi there, aaron. we have heavy rain, snow, the severe stornl just coastal flooding. all of it. we have been tracking the storm since thursday. so this is what it looks like right now on radar. the blue is the snow. you can see the last few frames that cold air filling in the state of tennessee. and then you see the pinks and purples. the yoel lows and greens are ra. that's what we look at right now. you can see that line further to the north. started in the plains and then sort of took a turn to the northeast. right now towards the northeast. winter alerts from new england to the gulf coast starts. the ice storm warning is big concern here near purple. south carolina. that's where we are most concerned with the

, severe ice storm meanwhile, back here in charlotte, severe ice storms are pretty rare. the last significant ice event was in december of 2002 where some spots got up to a half an inch of ice. willie >> kathy park in charlotte kathy, thank you very much let's turn to meteorologist bill karins bill, you've got a beautiful view, but you're looking at an ugly map this morning. >> reporter: yeah. this is an incredible storm. it has so many different aspects. we're shoveling this morning in little rock and memphis. the ice storm has begun in the south. this is the biggest concern. it could last for days with power outages in this area let's look at the radar. the blue is snow the areas of pink shows you the freezing rain. this storm system will be moving all the way up the eastern seaboard over the next 36 hours. the worst drive will be from memphis to nashville it's snowing hard in the mountains and north carolina 81 million people impacted the worst of it, we're concerned with the ice storm warnings in areas of upstate south carolina from greenville almost toward charlotte.

more than 90% of the operations out of charlotte's airport impacted. abc's elwyn lopez leads us off tonight from charlotte. >> reporter: tonight, the far-reaching storm plowing through much of the country, plastering the southeast with a wintry mess. parts of the carolinas smothered in near whiteout conditions leaving more than 100,000 without power. the blast crippling interstates and major roadways. some drivers marooned. others pushing cars along. and tonight in north carolina traffic in the skies coming to a near halt. charlotte douglas international airport leading the world in cancellations, with more than 95% of flights grounded. >> hopefully something will open up, you know, but for right now just a waiting game for me right now. >> it's coming down pretty good here. >> reporter: parts of northern georgia seeing more than four inches of snow. and a short-lived ef-2 tornado kicked up from that same system in fort myers, florida. >> this terrible, fierce storm came through here. it lifted me off my feet. >> reporter: more than two dozen homes des