and inland a few miles, the atlantic city airport 65.here could be a spotty shower in the far north western suburbs, otherwise the fog developments again like this morning with lows between 50 and 54 degrees, once that fog burns off, mid to late morning the sun goes to work and since we are going to be at 54 in philadelphia, nodes temperatures quickly go up to 75, that would be record breaking for the city tomorrow. and near records for all the surrounding locations in the lower 70s and again another cool day at the shore of 58. this ridge of warm and that has bubbled up the eastern seaboard with may like temperatures we sit around for tomorrow and again on saturday. the second half of the weekend on sunday. cold front coming through pushing the jet stream back to the south and the chilly northwest wind sets non-back to normal in the 40s. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast 75 and fog to record warmth tomorrow and saturday late day rain and thunderstormed come in at 6:00 a line of downpoured and thunderstorms with the front that

government troops have regained control of the city's airport. resistance from is militants. the airport is strategically important in the battle to recapture the western half of mosul. government forces retook the eastern side, across the river tigris, last month. quentin somerville has been on the move with them. before the attack came the air strikes, rockets and artillery. it's day five of the offensive to retake western mosul. slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected is car bomb, which lies torched on the route. these armoured columns are now moving forward to mosul airport. the attack for the airport is under way. all night long we've heard coalition aircraft and iraqi artillery slam this area just to the north of us. and in daylight, they didn't let up. this factory flew the is flag yesterday. today it burned. in less than four hours iraqi forces had breached the airport perimeter, but is fought back. first, the huge roadside bomb. it killed an iraqi officer. despite the air strikes, is fighters were still putting up resistance.

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself.ing would be nearly so fast. this was a victory two years in the making. but it's more than that. these troops, once humiliated by is, today celebrated, a moment of redemption for them and for iraq. quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosul‘s southern front. well, the wider fight against so—called islamic state, and the security of the region has been discussed today at a major security conference in munich, and our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is there. what lyse doucet, is there. sense that you get of the wi fight? what sense that you get of the wider fight? everyone here, including british officials, warned the iraqi administration that the fight was not just military. who administration that the fight was notjust military. who is going to run mosul once is is defeated there? you have various groups on the ground. without a power—sharing agreement now, mosul will be plunged into another wave of violence and extremism. there are questions too about what happens in syr

the next town over overlooks the city airport and the city itself. will not be quite so fast. thousands of prison officers atjails in london and south—east england are to get a pay increase of between £3,000—5,000. ministers have made the offer to try to boost recruitment and to retain workers in prisons — which are under pressure from violence and staff shortages. but there'll be no extra pay for senior officers. here's our home affairs correspondent, june kelly. this is how many officers it takes to contain one violent prisoner. every working day, staff are fighting simply to keep control. the £12 million in extra pay announced today is aimed at bringing in new recruits and paying some existing staff more. here in wandsworth jail in south london, officers will benefit. the offer is limited to prisons in the capital and the south—east. a divisive move, according to the prison officers association, who compare it to trying to put a plaster over a gaping wound. we're going to welcome additional money for our members, of course we are. but we don't thi

atlantic city airport 71 and reading wilmington and mt.ocono 73 and the poconoss spring like skiing at 23u6. and we are still at this hour. 62 up in the misdemeanors and 71 in allentown and 71 in trenton and 66 in millville. with the wind out of the south the ocean again just 43 degrees, that really throws the numbers back into the 40s and 50s at the shore and expect that again tomorrow. if you are venturing to the shore to bring a jacket despite 5 miles inland in the 70s. a sprinkle in the poconos or the lehigh valley and the patchy late fog very manies with the lows unseasonably warm with the south wind continuing. as we look at the map after that burns off with the sun, 72 in allentown and aand 72 in wilmington and 75 in philadelphia that would be record breaking and 60s along the immediate shore line. the jet stream buckling up into canada over the great lakes that will stay in play for tomorrow and for the first part of the weekend. may like temperatures in the 70s but a strong front comes in late saturday afternoon and pulls the jet

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for example, the london city airport was outbid.ave regulatory controls from the west, particularly from the us and including some european deals. then if you have the controls within china and what we have seen is concerned over capital outflow from china and that has caused some transactions from being pulled as a result of china saying we do not wa nt result of china saying we do not want this to happen. all this money flowing out of mainland china is an issue while there currency is getting weaker. perhaps a crackdown from that point of view? getting weaker. perhaps a crackdown from that point of view?” getting weaker. perhaps a crackdown from that point of view? i think it isa from that point of view? i think it is a concern and there are clearly proposals discussed in china about additional scrutiny around transaction of $1 billion or more and also transactions regarded as purely financial rather than having industrial logic behind them. purely financial rather than having industrial logic behind themm this year ahead, 2017, a

same for wilmington and 64 degrees the old record 66 and further off for trenton and atlantic city airport. but no matter what it's warm for this time of year. stormtracker 6 live double scan you see the edge of the rain entering western and southern parts of lancaster county and that is overspreading the region and no severe weather with this. this area ahead of the main low that is way towards the midsection of the country, we'll have a couple of waves of rain as they pass through and also we'll spike the temperatures for the first day of march. tomorrow nearing records again, you can see the temperatures back into the 70s here during the day tomorrow. breaks of sun in the middle part of the day and we start with downpours and storms and end with downpours and storms with the sandwich in between of the warm weather. between now and midnight there were rounds of light rain. and a secondary area of showers and the rumble of thunder. and the cold front that the storms are strong and some isolated severe. we look at future tracker 6 we'll let you know what to think in the full accuweather fo

poconos, reading and allentown and 70s in southern areas and wilmington and dover and atlantic city airport all breaking their recorded as well. we'll drop how it feels by 50 to 60 degrees over the next 36 to 48 hours. 34 reading and 40 philadelphia, and still in the mid-40s in southern areas, by tomorrow morning the low is deepening and bringing down cold air. already in the 20s for much of the area and still above freezing at the shore and not only the temperatures dropping and the winds kick up with the storm gusting 35 to 40 miles per hour tomorrow and blowing the sn snow. windchills in the teens and throughout the day tomorrow. not only is it going to be dangerous with the whipping winds and snow, but it is also brutal on bare skin and the sun departs tomorrow afternoon and the heavy wet snow have you to remove and tough on the back and heart. little if any melting in the afternoon and anything that does tend to be soft is going to freeze solid as windchills dip into the single digits by tomorrow night. when meteorologist, cecily tynan comes back we'll have the look at the latest snowf

they gained full control of the city's airport. 750,000 people are believed to be trapped in the western part of the city. the eastern part was fully liberated last month. >>> the dakota access pipeline is fizzling out. today a new one will begin locally. we will tell you about a bay area company that protesters are targeting. protesters were told to clear out by yesterday. officials say there are fears the camp pwroupbdz will flood during snow meltoff. for six months, protesters tried to stop construction of an oil pipeline the standing rock sioux said could contaminate their drinking water. spo is one of the largest investors to supply oil through the dakota pipeline. >>> a developing story we are following. many passengers from sfo to jfk are wondering if their civil rights were violated. when delta flight left in new york, they were met by customs and border protection at the doors of the airplane. they were checking passenger i.d.s as thief came off the plane. we asked what was going on. >> he said it's not for you to worry about. he said we do it from time to time. >> a customs bor

atlantic city airport, 73. dover 74. and the poconos, 63. philadelphia two degrees short of the record, 73 is above normal and even now mild. in trenton, allentown, 60. cape may ocean temperature 43. currently 48-degrees. we have changes on the way. satellite 6 and action radar showing showers across the poconos right now. there is a storm system in the wings bringing heavy snow across the plains returning us to winter over the weekend. i have details on the timing of that in the full forecast. jim? >> let's switch to "action news" reporter dann cuellar who knows how to take advantage of the night high atop logan circle. tell us your story. >> normally it would be unheard of to be on a rooftop lounge in february without a winter coated, but that's where we are, the assembly rooftop lounge where even now at 11:00 at night people are enjoying the remarkable weather as so many across the city were earlier. the notion of a warm evening in february brought endless possibilities, to sway your child on the swing or letting them play in the sand box

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself.in, though, the going won't be nearly so fast. this was a victory two years in the making. but it is more than that. these troops, once humiliated by is, today celebrated a moment of redemption, for them and for iraq. quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosul‘s southern front. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump held a campaign—style rally in florida over the weekend, using the event to make a strong defence of his first four weeks in office. but it was his comments about sweden that caused some confusion. have a listen. look at what's happening last night in sweden. sweden! who would believe this? sweden! they took in large numbers. they're having problems like they never thought possible. well, all day people have been trying to fathom what the president was referencing. the former swedish prime minister carl bildt tweeted "sweden? terror attack? what has he been smoking? questions abound." 0ur correspondent david willis is in washington, where the white h

city of mosul from the islamic state group. their first objective appears to be mosul‘s airport. trump in which he appeared to suggest there'd been an immigration—related security incident in sweden on friday. mr trump himself has tweeted that he based his comments on a fox news television report about rising crime in the country. colombia's president has condemned an explosion near the bullring in the capital, bogota. around 30 people, mostly police, were injured while preparing for protests by animal rights groups against sunday's bullfight. officials said they had no evidence the attack was related to bullfighting. time now for dateline london.

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in just the last 12 hours, the iraqi military retook the city's airport from isis fighters. right now us and iraqi forces are dropping one bomb every 8 minutes in the area in an effort to gain control of the city thats been under isis control since 2014. the eastern region of that city has already been liberated. jummy, larry back upstairs to you. we just two days now until the oscars! hollywood is in final preparation mode - making sure that red carpet looks just right. and guess who i glitz and glamour this weekend... our own kidd o'shea! what do you think sucks up the most power in your home? are pretty obvious-- but there's something else you don't even think about when you leave your home. consumer reporter john matarese shows us the surpising culprit...so you don't waste your money. 0-10 117-128 time now for weather - 2 more 70 days (warmest today) - rain/thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon - 2 more 70 days (warmest today) - rain/thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon - breezy & cooler sunday today: mostly sunny and very warm. highs: 73-78 winds: s 5-15 g 20 mph tonight: mainly

right now, sustained out of the northwest, 14 miles per hour in philadelphia, 15 at the atlantic city airportading and the poconos reporting 20 miles per hour. add that to the air temperature, it feels like 18 in philadelphia, 14 in allentown, 17 in wilmington, 15 in trenton, 18 in atlantic city, the windchill in the poconos three degrees below zero. winter is back. we have a cold shot lasting through the day tomorrow. satellite 6 and action radar showing energy moving through. that's out of here. the skies are clearing out nicely. tomorrow, loads of sunshine. it will be cold all day long. we have a bit of a breeze. the windchill at 9:00 in the morning, 17 in philadelphia, 8 in lancaster, 10 in allentown, 0 in the poconos. it stays cold even in the afternoon, windchills generally hovering in the 20s. sunday, clouds up first half of the day but it feels a lot more comfortable, windchills in the afternoon mid to upper 30s. temperatures in the mid 40s sunday. we continue to warm up next week and i track a potent storm system tuesday and wednesday. it's slow moving, dynamic and comes in pieces. f

reading 60 degrees right now in wilmington, upper 50's down to the south and in beach haven atlantic city airportth-northwesterly wind, it is equally as warm at the shore in those locations. and in fact we take a look at the numbers this month so far and when you calculate this past weekend, philadelphia's running almost six and half degrees above normal for the month. the same for allentown. the same for wilmington. the same for atlantic city. and despite that that trenton's down to 4.9 above normal, that is still nothing to shake your head at. as we take a look at satellite and radar there's that crystal clear blue sky. we look to the west. there are high cirrus clouds coming in and they will arrive late tonight and be around here during the day on tuesday. sole, for tonight it's mainly clear before they all arrive. much cooler, though, we're going to drop back into the 20's in most of the suburbs so that is going to feel very chilly after that 70 degrees yesterday 32 in philadelphia for tonight and just above freezing for dover, cape may pan the atlantic city airport. we look at your hour by h

and wilmington 12 and atlantic city airport 11 and and poconos got 9 inches of snow but the windchillegrees below zero right now. satellite 6 along with action radar showing the storm system a fast mover east of cape cod and they will blizzard conditions overpass mass and more than a foot of snow. continue its pull out and as it does it moves east. 18 in philadelphia and 12 in allentown and atlantic city 21 grees as drop down into the single digits overnight and tomorrow it won't be as windy as today but wind gusts upes per and increasing high thin clouds and 11:00 feels like 16 degrees and feels like 24 degrees at 5:00 and then the winds easing up. mostly cloudy skies tomorrow night and another wave of low pressure that will bring us light rain on sunday and again lots of clouds much theexclusive accuweather seven-day forecast tomorrow increasing 2 is the high and we are back in the 40s for the weekend and light rain on sunday. and behind that system. the winds pick up on gusts near 50r hour and 47 degrees andnds ease for a seaine's day. partly sunny and 46 and on wednesday increasin

record high is 68 set back in 1948 and wilmington 67, and trenton 68 and allentown 63 and atlantic city airport73 degrees. that is the record high set in 161. but all of them within a few degrees of the record be then a back door front sunday night with cloud cover and monday temperatures not as warm for presidents day but still on the mild side, 53 degrees and loads of sunshine and tuesday we start the day with sun and clouds are rolling in with the high of 50 degrees and wednesday mostly sloid and the possible of a shower or two. and at this point it doesn't look to be an organized system. a high of 55 degrees and behind that temperatures back up into the 60s and thursday partly cloudy skies with a high of 60 degrees, this is a big weekend at the ski resorts, if you head there you won't need winter coats with temperatures in the 50s in the poconos. >>> abc world news tonight with david muir is next on channel 6. "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with ducis rogers and adam joseph and join us for a special report at 11:00 on channel 6. >>> strategists are predicting 2017 to be a year o

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself., though, the going won't be nearly so fast. this was a victory two years in the making. but it is more than that. these troops, once humiliated by is, today celebrated a moment of redemption, for them and for iraq. quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosul‘s southern front. the white house has been trying to clarify remarks by president trump, who appeared to suggest during a rally in florida, that sweden had suffered a recent security incident. it hadn't. the former swedish prime minister carl bildt wondered on twitter what mr trump had been smoking. the president himself tweeted that he had based his comments on a fox news report about rising crime and immigration in sweden. 0ur correspondent, laura bicker, reports. this is a us holiday weekend to celebrate past presidents. but, in new york and elsewhere, some decided to hold protests about the new one. it's been a difficult first month for donald trump. he took time out to step into the sunshine state and hold a rally with his support

day, philadelphia and wilmington tying the record highs of 68 and 66 and trenton and atlantic city airportcords but 10 degrees above normal. and this is an appropriate end to the warmest february on record. the warmest temperature 44.1 degrees, close to 8 degrees above normal. and we start march with warm air. philadelphia 61 and allentown 62 and cape may the cool spot with the wind off the ocean 49 degrees. the poconos 52 and double scan live radar showing this is the first of three rounds of rain, as it pushes in it is just a short wave. a piece of energy on the flow that is out of the southwest aloft. that is the direction of the wind that pulls up the warm air tomorrow. and the bigger event is waiting in the plane plains and this low pressure is coming up over iowa. and they have tornado watches and warnings and that is the cold front moving through late in the day tomorrow and tomorrow evening. future tracker 6 showing 9:00 tonight showers around mainly south of philadelphia. a break in the action at midnight and tomorrow morning the latter part of the commute this could come with thu

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself.n in, the going will not be nearly so fast. as we have heard, eastern mosul was liberated by government forces two months ago, we got this view on life in that part of the city. the long awaited operation to take the western side of most was happening, in this side there is mixed feelings about people who are happy about the news of the operation. suicide attacks took place. and this year ‘s presence has been increased, however that has not stopped people from coming out to the market. we're so happy that our brothers in the iraqi army are liberating our brothers in the west. the westerners had been heard by the tragedies of is. they have really suffered from hunger and thirst. so we are so happy about the start of the operation. thank god we are in high—spirited and there is good relationship between mr g forces and the people, we feel safe, god willing things will be stable sooi'i. a senior member of the new us administration has distanced himself from donald trump's assessment of th

for visible, right now wilmington, everybody else pretty much in good shape, exception atlantic city airport just over mile visibility at this hour. so keep that in mind early this morning, so for this afternoon between 3:00 and 7:00 best chance to see strong to severe thunderstorms, some gusty winds maybe six off miles per hour, maybe even some small hail. high of 72 for philadelphia. not a record. seventy-nine is the records. low 60s at the shore. and the poconos. talk about that cooler air, for sunday, and then warming up again next week, show you the seven day in a few minutes, jan, back to you. >> thank you, justin. time now 6:03, and time to get a check on the roads, to amanda mueller at the cbs-3 traffic center, good morning, amanda. >> good morning, jan. couple things to talk about on the roadways this morning, starting with the accident here east ridge pike, conshohocken road, police are on the scene there, so be ready for some delays in that area. and moving onto bryn mawr, weaver water main break at morris avenue between new gulph road and cab err sham road. just to avoid that are

government forces have ultered western muscle -- mos for the first time in taking full control of the city airport for it is part of the ongoing offensive to recapture the city from the islamic state group. eastern mosul was t declared fully liberated last year but many remain trapped. marine le pen is refusing to speak to police. the far right leader is wanted for questioning over a fake jobs scandal. it is alleged she made illegal parliament repayments to her staff in france. her personal ascendant -- assistant has been charged with breach of trust. she was summoned last wednesday for questioning but refused to attend. sherding to her lawyer, will not speak to police and laughter the french elections. i'm joined by our french politics editor. she says she is refusing to speak to police. is this legal? can she do this? >> for you and me, it is illegal. you have to go and be questioned by the police. but marine le pen is a member of the european parliament and has parliamentary immunity. she would have been questioned only in a certain way. she can say i'm not going to the police. this is still le

and 61 was the record in allentown and 70 off better in wilmington and dover and the atlantic city airport. future tracker at midnight the cold air started to push in from the northern and 40 in philadelphia and 44 in millville and as we get into the morning rush, 7:00 a.m., temperatures are plummeting into the 20s all wait south as wilmington and philadelphia as well as trenton still hugging on to the 40s along the store and it stays rain there the longest and in addition to the temperatures going way down, the wins go way down with this storm. winds gusting between 30 and 40 miles per hour, kind of blow that snow around creating the whiteout conditions and harsh windchills staying in the teens tomorrow and then dropping into the single digits as we get into thursday night. meteorologist cecily tynan comes back she'll look at the expected snowfall map and numbers are bumped up in the area. >> philadelphia street's department is stocked with tons of salt and they will start to salt primary and secondary roads overnight and trucks will be dispatched to keep road as clear as possible and bec

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself.re on in, though, the going won't be nearly so fast. this was a victory two years in the making. but it is more than that. these troops, once humiliated by is, today celebrated a moment of redemption, for them and for iraq. quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosul‘s southern front. well, the wider fight against so—called islamic state, and the security of the region has been talked about a major security conference in munich. and our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is there. well, iraq's prime minister abadi was here in munich before he rushed back to baghdad to launch the start of the mosul offensive. and everyone he saw here, including british officials, warn him that the fight is not just military. who is going to run mosul after is is defeated there? 0n the ground, you have iraq—backed militias, us—backed iraqi army, kurdish fighters. without a power—sharing agreement now, mosul will be plunged into another wave of violence and extremism. questions, too, over what happe

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself.e going will not be nearly so fast. i've been speaking to tom robinson, the emergency team leader at oxfam. we are looking at an approximate population within mosul on the western side of 750,000 civilians and planning figures at the moment are approximately 250,000 that we are expecting to be displaced from mosul itself. having seen people flee from eastern mosul, what sort of indication does that give you of the kind of help they will need and the condition they will be in? the civilians are fleeing very horrific conditions. they are having to cross frontlines from within mosul to is controlled territory and quite often they are coming out with nothing more than the clothes on their back, very much caught up with the crossfire from is and the iraqi security forces as well. it's a very dangerous situation for civilians to be fleeing and arriving in a state of real desperation, so a lot of work for the humanitarians on this front. yes, what sort of preparations are you making? at 0xfam

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the battle for mosul steps up a gear as the iraqi army retakes the city's airport. the bbc is on the front line. in the last few minutes so—called is have been attacking this position just further ahead. just over nine months of one of the greatest triumph in football history leicester city have fired their manager, claudio ranieri. we will bring you the latest from the french elections. marine le pen remains in front. cute macron be the man to beat her? —— recurred. —— could macron be the man to beat her? and we also have the latest on the german elections. and the latest research is that we need to be eating ten portions of fruit and vegetables in order to stay healthy. we will be bringing you regular updates on the french presidential elections with the first vote just two months away. lots has been going on today. we can show you some of the pictures. here you can see the far right candidate marine le pen, she has been talking about foreign policy. the centralist, emmanuel macron, has picked up the support of france while —— francois bayroux. the police have bee

the next town over overlooks the city airport and the city itself.old boy has been found he was reported missing from a property near the bridge of cally shortly after eleven this morning. a property near the bridge of cally an air and ground search was launched and the child was found close to the property, in the river ericht, an hour later. his family have been informed. in the river ericht, an hour later. president trump has made a strong defence of his first four weeks in office — saying a new spirit of optimism was sweeping the united states. saying a new spirit of optimism addressing thousands of supporters in florida, he repeated pledges to create jobs and improve the nation's security. but his attacks on the media have attracted criticism from a senior republican, as our our washington correspondent, laura bicker, reports. as our our washington correspondent, after a rough first month, president trump stepped into the sunshine state, back on firmer, more friendly ground. back on firmer, more the president of the united states... he defended

troops moved in swiftly sunday retaking the city of mosul, setting their sights on the city's airport. they dropped millions of leaflets warning people that the assault was imminent and calling on islamic state militants to surrender. prime minister al abadi announced the statement on television this morning. he said it's two-fold. >> translator: we call on our brave troops to start the push to liberate the rest of the city and to liberate the people from the oppression and terrorism of isis, he said. >> reporter: as many as 600,000 civilians live in the western part of the city. the assault is taking place conditions they've been living in. according to those who have escaped, basic supplies like food and water are scare. the operation to free mosul began last october in the city's less populated eastern side. by january the iraqi government declared east mosul liberated. >> it's symbolic to isis. earlier this month the top u.s. commander in iraq said the city could be liberated within the next six months. jonathan vigliotti, cbs news, london. >>> overseas in malaysia, four people le

it's the gateway to mosul proper and the city's airport.overed, holmes had become fortresses. —— homes. here is weapons. and hidden inside a house away from surveillance aircraft, another car bomb disguised as an ambulance. the bomb inside was still live. in these streets, though, a critical advantage. there were no civilians. in west mosul there are 750,000 people and thousands of is fighters. it took these men just six hours to take this village, their target. they made good progress but with overwhelming force. beyond here is another town and another village. that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself. from here on m, and the city itself. from here on in, though, the going won't be nearly so fast. this was a victory two years nearly so fast. this was a victory two yea rs in nearly so fast. this was a victory two years in the making. but it's more than that. these troops once humiliated by is today celebrated a moment of redemption for them and for iraq. quentin somerville, bbc news, on mosul‘s southern front. earlier i spoke t

that town overlooks mosul airport and the city itself.g will not be nearly so fast. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at 10:30 and 11:30pm this evening in the papers — our guests joining me tonight are broadcaster natalie haynes and the independent‘s political editor rob merrick. the us company kraft heinz has "amicably agreed" to withdraw its proposal for a merger with unilever, according to a joint statement issued by both companies. unilever owns many familiar brands, including household names such as marmite and persil. with me is our business correspondent joe lynam. what is the background to this? on friday, the biggest ever bid for a british company was submitted by kraft heinz, for unilever. £115 billion, that took a lot of people by surprise, not least of all unilever. they promptly rebuffed the offer by saying basically, it com pletely offer by saying basically, it completely undervalues the company and the cultures were very different. i understand that the bosses of bot

are launching attacks on a neighbourhood in the west of mosul a day after troops recaptured the city's airportll to is in june 2014th and the iraqi military operation to retake it began in october last year. government forces retook the eastern side across the river tigris last month. the river, which splits the city in two, is now the front line. iraqi forces advanced into the western side via the south on sunday, moving in on the airport, and also cutting off exit routes to the syria border to stop is militants from escaping. well, our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville is with the iraqi army in western mosul, and — as he's been doing throughout the week — he's sent a flurry of tweets from the front line. here's a look at part of his story today. and quentin‘s twitter address is of course on—screen there. donald trump, speaking to the conservative wing of the republican party at an event in maryland, has renewed his attack on the media. he said "fake news outlets" where the enemy of the people. he also said he was going ahead with building the wall between the us and mexico. for t

most of this, flirting with 70 or already hitting it, and handful of spots, like dover, atlantic city airport, for example, at 70 degrees right now. it doesn't last long. later tonight, those temperatures nosedive, they plummet, stuck in the 30's for the next few days, thankfully the storm will have long since made its exit come friday, again, still clean up to do, but in a better situation by that point. pair of three's for daytime high. then the rebounds takes place into the weekends, back to flirting with or slightly above 50. probably a rain shower on sunday. but it is not going to be snow. that's for sure. >> a good week to possibly work from home. that will an option for us? >> i wish it was. >> we should probably just stay here overnight to be ready for the snow in the morning. >> we'll be driving in, it is going home. >> what a mess. >> little pj party. well, if you love cheetos, you may want to look at them closely the next time you open a bag >> yom gyms going high tech to not only lose weight but eat healthy. coming up at 5:00. >> cheetos shape flaming hot on ebay. >> the gorilla s

city. taking mosul airport was really just the first step. hese iraqi forces are heading into the city proper. that's when the real battle will begin. a battle in which americans may play an even greater role. and as the fighting continues, we're hearing that more civilians are fleeing the city. overnight from the district in western mosul, about 1,500 people were able to escape from isis. but in other areas, more than 50 people were either killed or wounded when in trying to escape from mosul, they walked through an isis mine field. christi. >> ben wedeman, we appreciate the update. do stay safe in the crew. >>> deep divisions still linger in the democratic party as they now prepare to vote in their next chairman. question, though, can the party heal from bruising primaries and election defeat? >>> and one ohio town is hoping it's put into action. that's next. thout a scratch. maybe it was the day your baby came home. or maybe the day you realized your baby was not a baby anymore. every subaru is built to earn your trust. because we know what

around the surrounding villages that lie just before western mosul‘s outskirts and before the city's airports as this battle gets under way. and we can go to live pictures from al—athba village just to the south of mosul as the iraqi forces continue their offensive around mosul. it isa it is a phenomenally complex military operation. you can see the terrain is pretty inhospitable. reporters there with the troops at the moment. he is tweeting from there and giving updates on the progress of this particular offence. if you want to find it you can go to bbc home page and follow events. president trump has made a robust defence of his first four weeks in office — and insisted that a new spirit of optimism is sweeping the us. speaking to supporters at an airport hanger in florida, he repeated his campaign pledges to create jobs and improve the nation's security. mr trump again turned his fire on the media, accusing the chief executive of sainsbury‘s has joined the growing row over the re—evaluation of business rates — the commercial version of council tax. mike coupe says changes being introduced

they've taken the city's airport, a key staging point in the battle 0ur correspondent quentin sommervilleeir way in. before the attack came the hour strikes, rockets and artillery. —— the air strikes. it is the fifth day of the offensive to to rip the leg—mac retake westernmost all. slowly, the forces make their way past a suspected ids car bomb that lies torched on the route. these armoured columns are now moving forward to the wehave 5 l f . we have heard 1 f . we have heard coalition . all night, we have heard coalition aircraft and iraqi artillery slammed this area just the north of us. in daylight, they didn't let up. this factory flew the ids flag yesterday. today, it burned. —— the islamic state flag. in less than four hours, iraqi forces had breached the airport perimeter, but islamic state fought back. first, a huge roadside bomb. it an fought back. first, a huge roadside bomb. it- an iraqi officer. bomb. it killed an iraqi officer. despite the air strikes, is fighters still putting up resistance. were still putting up resistance. this is the main road to the airport will stop th