the people of the don valley, the people affected, theyjust feel it's too little too late.ery well. the prime minister has declared he needs the votes of constituencies like don valley, he needs the votes of communities like those affected by the floods in yorkshire and yet when those communities needed the prime minister, took him a week to respond. he should have been there sooner? you should have been there much sooner, yeah. and what that's created is a vacuum for his opponents in the run—up to the general election to... you know, make themselves look credible. but thatjeremy corbyn was able to write a letter and retweet the front page of the yorkshire post where we carried the headline "this is not a national emergency"... you know, mrjohnson could have acted much quicker. he could have been proactive. he could have been on the front foot. as i said, i tweeted a couple of days ago. people in communities across the north who mrjohnson needs in this election will see the way he's responding to these floods as a proxy for how he might treat them the future. as you cover t

got flooding issues around the country and there are still severe flood warnings in force for the don valleyo wednesday, we've got a transient ridge of high pressure which will help to settle things down. 0ne pressure which will help to settle things down. one area of low pressure clearing out towards the north sea but there is another lurking in the winds ready to move in from the atlantic. this evening, still outbreaks of showery rain but gradually through the night they will ease and fate. if you continuing to feed into northern scotla nd continuing to feed into northern scotland which could be wintry, still a few showers as well for wales but lighter winds, clear skies, the recipe for a widespread frost. that's particularly for the northern half of the uk, the further south you can the more likely those temperatures will drop away so far but many will wake up to a scene like this on wednesday morning frosty with mist and fog in places but it shouldn't be too extensive. wednesday for many will be a fine, dry day with lengthy spells of crisp autumn sunshine from the word go. a few showers

have flooding issues around the country and there are still severe flood warnings in force for the don valleye a transient ridge of high pressure which will help settle things down. one area of low pressure clearing out towards the north sea but there is another lurking in the wings ready to move in from the atlantic. this evening, still some outbreaks of shari rain but gradually through the night they would tend to ease with a few feeding into northern scotland over the high ground, still a few showers as well for wells but later wins clear skies, the recipe for a widespread frost particularly for the northern half of the uk, the further south you come, the more likely the temperatures will drop away so far. but many will wake up toa away so far. but many will wake up to a scene like this on wednesday morning. frosty predicts there some mist and fog in places but it should not be too extensive. wednesday for many will be of fine dry day with lengthy spells of crisp autumn sunshine from the word go. still some showers feeding into northern scotla nd some showers feeding into northern scotland

we still had several severe flood warnings in force for the don valley, those areas struggling to copeh recent flooding and rain. some showery rain forecast this afternoon. this is the recent rainfall, they are gradually drifting southwards, there are some sunny spells on offer. it is tied into this area of low pressure gradually drifting towards the north sea, a transient ridge of high pressure following behind but another weather system waiting in the winds. for the rest of the afternoon, further showers feeding on, drifting southwards, some could be wintry over the higher ground in parts of scotland, some sunshine, but you will all notice the blustery winter evident down irish sea and north sea coast, but even inland it is not helping. we mayjust about squeeze out a double—digit temperature the further south you come. into this evening, the transient ridge of high pressure edges in, it will help settle things down. many showers ease and fate, still some feeding into scotland, some for wales. under clear skies, a perfect recipe for frost, especially for the far north of the uk. furth

200 light dragoons, who are doing a fantasticjob in remediating some of the flood defences in the don valley them today. my strongest impression is of communities coming together. and helping each other. and i want to thank all of those communities i saw today in stein firth, fishlike, and elsewhere. i think people are really showing the best spirit of this country. i made clear throughout my time there, obviously the government stands ready to support in any way we can. what is it with you and laura? laura cannot get a microphone into her hand, you could not get your headphones on a couple of minutes ago, a trivial observation about borisjohnson ago, a trivial observation about boris johnson standing at that leg turn in coventry, one of our collea g u es turn in coventry, one of our colleagues pointed out that she reckons that the font that is underneath the lectin about getting brexit done is the same font as only falls and horses. really! -- only fools and horses. i have learned not to comment on fonts after enraging the comic sans community. we are a passionate constituency.” the comic s

as you know, 200 like to doing a fantasticjob in remediating some of the flood defences in the don valleynce to thank them today. but my strongest impression is of communities coming together. and helping each other. i wa nt to together. and helping each other. i want to thank all of those communities i saw today in stain further and fishla ke and communities i saw today in stain further and fishlake and elsewhere. i think people really showing the best spirit of this country. i made clear throughout my time there that the government stands ready to support in anyway that we can. and i hope that people understand the m essa g es of messages of reassurance that we can get. the effect of flooding is terrible, we are compensating with funds for homeowners and households, and also funds for businesses as well and stand ready to ensure that where there are gaps and problems in insurance, then we will sort it out. your second question was about the election. and, all i would say there, laura, is of course we need to get brexit done. i make no apology for mentioning it. it has been paralysed in

there are still severe flood warnings in force for the don valley. 0ne high pressure which will help to settle things down. one area of low pressure clearing up towards the north sea bought there is another lurking in the winds ready to move in from the atlantic. this evening, still some outbreaks of showery rainbow gradually through the day they will ease and fate. still if you continuing to feed into scotland which could be wintry, still if few showers for wales but later winds are showers for wales but later winds a re clear showers for wales but later winds are clear skies, the recipe for a widespread frost. particularly for the northern part of the uk, the further south you can temperatures won't drop away so far. many will wa ke won't drop away so far. many will wake up to scenes like this on wednesday. frosty with mist and fog in places but it shouldn't be too expensive. wednesday for many will bea expensive. wednesday for many will be a fine and dry day with lengthy spells of crisp autumn sunshine from the word go. still a few showers feeding

first of all, on the floods, they are obviously appalling and i was in the don valley on saturday talkingldn't sell a place, can't move, can't get insurance. they are in very difficult situations, as many others are. what would i have done differently? first of all, convene cobra immediately to release money. this is disaster emergency money that can be released through the formula after lord bell win. that would mean the local authorities have the money immediately. to deal with the disaster that the floods are. but, secondly, iwould be far more assertive and assiduous about flood protection, flood defences, and planning and also the role of the fire and rescue service in this. first of all, flood defences are a mixture of upstream river management to ensure that flood plains are there and work, they are there for a purpose because we are getting increasing levels of unusually very, very heavy rain at various times of the year, particularly in the north—west of britain. secondly, that the flood defences that have been so grievously cut back over the years need to be put in place and that

conservatives would back off unlike the brexit have a free run it is seats like ashfield or maybe don valley strongly leave and the calculation there is maybe these people who cannot bring themselves to vote for the conservative they might vote for the conservative they might vote for the brexit party so it is very unpredictable all over the country. it's just under six weeks until the general election and if you're unsure how to register to vote, you can find out how by visiting our website at bbc.co.uk/news or on the bbc news app. victims of the contaminated blood scandal have written to the prime minister asking for an urgent meeting to discuss financial support. it's thought tens of thousands were infected with hiv and hepatitis c after being given blood products on the nhs in the 1970s and ‘80s. in a letter seen by this programme, campaigners say some families have been left struggling to make ends meet after losing loved ones or being forced to give up work to care for their relatives. this all comes on the final day of the first stage of a major public inquiry into the scandal. 0ur re

the prime minister has declared that he needs the votes of constituencies like don valley and those affectedeen there much sooner. what that has created is a vacuum sooner. what that has created is a vacuum for his opponents in the run—up to the general election to make themselves look credible, but jeremy corbyn was able to write a letter and retweet the front page of the yorkshire post where we carried the yorkshire post where we carried the headline "this is not a national emergency", mrjohnson could have acted much quicker and could have been on the front foot and as i said, i tweeted a couple of days ago, people in communities across the north that mrjohnson needs ahead of this general election will see the way he has responded to these flats as a proxy for how he might treat them in the future. —— these floods. you will be covering how people have been affected by these floods. do you think it is really tricky, i'm looking at when you covered the floods in 2015 and 2016, how difficult is it for people to recover from that? 2016, how difficult is it for people to recoverfrom that? it 20

. >>> and anderson valley vineyard has become a popular spot for more than just wine connoisseurs. don ford reports it is attracting an unexpected visitor with a taste for pinot. >> reporter: vineyards in sonoma county have been living alongside coyotes, foxes, and bobcats for years. now, there are bears. navarro vineyards stretches for more than 1000 acres. they serve customers from around the world. after dark, one customer keeps sneaking back in. this got. >> we know it is a big male. he is a sizable fellow. we saw a lot of eating grapes. he will plug them right off the vine. they go after the pricey grapes too. they like the pinot noir. >> reporter: megan is a wildlife ecology specializing in bears. she says he is not alone. >> what we are seeing now is the trend for black bears moving on into the greater parts of sonoma county. if you are a bear, this is where you want to be. we have grapes, orchard, organic produce, livestock, honey, compost. so, it is kind of bare mecca. >> reporter: the signs are showing up more and more. cameras are capturing the bears moving around. giant pop

also in places like portola valley and this is the snow that's rushed up to the sierra. you can see it in don nor and they are saying if you're not already up there you don't want to get on the roads. this is a winter storm warning that goes until 7:00 p.m. on thursday. there as snow levels have dropped about 2000''. . we had some nasty gusts last night. this is future cast as we do have some of those scattered showers and we'll roll through. here we are as we get into thursday morning and now we're starting to see some clearing in there. even better as we start to see some sunshine in there and then we get into saturday and you start to see this next system getting its act together as those showers continue. temperatures stay well below average in the low to mid 50s and here is a quick look at your extended forecast. we can see the scattered showers today clearing t keep y handy kind of a day. >>> the first rainstorm of the season brought all kinds of problems with infrastructure. still ahead, more on when parts of the bay area could get even more rain later in the day. >> plus... >> we're t

what it is done is it has caused a problem in the lower valley of the river don.etely bone dry. the swimming pool completely bone dry. the swimming pool, white home, my business —— my home... the girland pool, white home, my business —— my home... the girl and the team who work with me, you know, yeah... that is just incredibly awful. i work with me, you know, yeah... that isjust incredibly awful. i mean, to this damage because not only to your business, your livelihood, but also to your home as well. i presume you have got insurance? not that that is a huge consolation to you as you stand no. yes. after fighting so ha rd to stand no. yes. after fighting so hard to go to the environment agency here, i was interviewed this morning on the today programme, whether it was also the chief executive of the environment agency. my direct appeal to him was, get somebody on the ground here because they were here physically yesterday. please, please, get them here. get them to assess the situation. go to the pumps in. the water won't go anywhere without those pumps. he said y

." >> rare is the artist who, like don, could comfortably raise four kids in the napa valley. >> but, though many are called, few are chosen. tim's artistic hopes were disappointed. >> it wasn't happening. it wasn't happening. >> so he and rachel lowered their sights and hustled up any work-like murals that might help cover the rent. >> we were, you know, doing murals, and that's all the income we had. >> reporter: murals doesn't pay all that well. >> no, it doesn't pay much at all. >> she was under-girding and supporting, loving, and directing tim. >> don hatfield thought his daughter would outgrow tim. after all, rachel, unlike tim, buckled down and went to college. >> you know, graduates at top of her class at sonoma state, recruited by deloitte and touche and they started her out at $80k. "we want you --" "not, i wanna do a little business of my own," you know? and she and tim would run around and do stuff. >> reporter: paint murals and so forth? >> yeah. >> reporter: were they any good? >> not really. >> but she loved him nonetheless. fourteen years this went on. rachel wanted to

don imus said to. me although at meal time men get the 1st pick of the food and women take what's left of. the area around shinsho is sometimes called the valley of mountaineers. the village is surrounded by the peaks of the karakoram range with some of the world's tallest mountains. those who grew up here seem to have mountaineering in their blood including women but unlike the men who often work as guides or porters the women have seldom been able to use their mountain climbing skills professionally. these women have decided to step up their climbing game. there were all model is so mean a bike the 1st pakistani woman to climb mount everest. for the better for her show who directed ali is an experienced climber who's conquered for 8000 metre peaks he runs a mountain nearing school in shell and offers training courses specially designed for women from. you know refuse to accept issues and i was always told me that women would too weak to climb mountains and we had people when i saw all of you here so it gave me confidence in those you know with g.o.p. she may go through that city the my father is a mountain there and my sister also enjoys cli

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even some of the coastal locations but again don the santa cruz mountains a little bit by kind of hover a bit here comes overnight, fills up those valleys then for the overnight hours on sunday. we should see this all clear out by the afternoon. so for today we expect 60 to san francisco, scattered clouds fog, mostly sunny for oakland at 6373 san jose, mostly sunny and mild across the greater bay here, here's our mid to upper 70's you can see in london. for santa rosa 78 livermore 7774 going on for concord 65 chilly degrees for billy whoa and 73 for san jose. more on your forecast coming up in just a bit party. all right dave thanks look back to the news this morning after being evacuated from their homes for a little over a week. >>because of the kincade fire the people of healdsburg are finally getting back to normal. on friday, the city celebrated its welcome home party its downtown plaza. while the fire to destroy several homes. the community promises to stay strong and they're grateful that no lives were lost. >>i did go my lot of love in this town and together mass of people pulling for each other is really meat your neighbor or m

valley is slow getting up to sunnydale, and cupertino. you are getting on the freeway around mountain view and that looks good. you can see the tracks between here is not too bad. don. contra costa county traffic is slow. 101 is moderate. we have a middle-of-the-road commute and you might expect the slowdowns here at the toll plaza. let's go back to the desk. >>> parents in oakland disrupted a school board meeting again. they are fed up over a number of issues including the district's plan to close schools. they are outside of the elementary school to tell us what happened when those parents confronted the school board. >> reporter: it got so rowdy that they moved the meeting to an upstairs conference room away from the public. i want to show you the video of how things went last night. a large group showed up to protest school closures, charter schools, and police treatment of protesters at a meeting last month. parents and police clashed and one woman showed up in crutches and she said several parents were injured last month and are still recovering. they plan to sue the district. they said they plan to review those officers' actions. >> i was severely injured. f