gary 0'donoghue has this report. winds of more than 100 mph drove the flames across more than 1600 acres of suburban colorado, which would normally have snow on the ground at this time of year. the fires spread quickly through homes and businesses, leading to the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. the emergency services did their best, but the sheer speed of the fire took everyone by surprise. coming down this road, the ditches and things and the trees, they're all up in flames. like, there's embers everywhere. packed myself, my cat and... just keep our fingers crossed. local officials declared a state of emergency, unlocking federal funds to help fight the blaze, and the governor spoke to president biden. this was a disaster in fast motion, all over the course of half a day, nearly all the damage, many families having minutes, minutes to get whatever they could — their pets, their kids — into the car and leave. the last 2a hours have been devastating. remarkably, no—one died in the fires, and as dawn broke o

gary 0'donoghue, our north american correspondent. let's take a look at some of today's other news.peared at tullamore district court charged with the murder of the irish primary school teacher, ashling murphy. jozef puska is accused of killing her last week in county 0ffaly. the body of ms murphy, a talented musician and teacher, was found on the banks of the grand canal in tullamore last wednesday. international aid work has been stepped up in tonga, after the damage caused by the volcanic eruption and the tsunami. new pictures show the islands covered in a layer of volcanic ash, while in coastal areas waves tore down trees and ripped through buildings. international telephone links have now been restored in many areas and ships carrying aid are expected to arrive by friday. a belgian court has sentenced a vietnamese man to 15 years injail, after ruling he was the ringleader in the trafficking of 39 migrants found dead in a lorry in the uk. the victims, all vietnamese, were discovered on an industrial estate in essex in 2019. vo van hong was found guilty of having led a cross—chan

gary 0'donoghue, bbc news.ak to joe wertz, he's the climate and environment editor for colorado public radio. a big change in the weather. a thing is going to get better now than, say, 2a hours ago? yes, definitely. it is snowing right now. we have a lot of winter storms that have moved through, particularly in the area the fire was out. that is definitely helping crews on the ground. it has teamed down the wins as well as added some moisture, that has been a big help. moisture, that has been a big hel. , ., , , , moisture, that has been a big hel. , ., _ , ., help. obviously very important now, but help. obviously very important now. but the — help. obviously very important now, but the snow _ help. obviously very important now, but the snow probably i help. obviously very important| now, but the snow probably too late for many people. hunters of people have lost homes are. absolutely. look, colorado is in a multi—year decade—long drought. the conditions are really, really dry here and the moisture helps, but

this push on voting rights after the aniversary of the attack on congress. 0ur correspondent gary 0'donoghue republicans across the country to have the results overturned, to block, to change the rules even running up to that date of the capital maca attack where members of congress are trying to overturn things. he sees this as an attempt to change the rules around the country since the election. these two bills represent a pushback against that — and while there is enough democratic support, 50 plus one to get that through this and that, there isn't enough republican support to overcome the potential filibuster, and that's the problem he's facing. a lot of people have been hoping for this kind of a speech sometime ago. there was a lot of focus by the white house on the other big legislative priorities — the info doctor bill, the build back better bill, earlier the american recovery plan — they believe the white house dropped the ball on this, and now it's too late. that's why you've seen some civil rights groups and individuals give a pass to the speech today, because they believe it's doo

gary 0'donoghue in washington.countable all those involved in that attack a year ago. whatever their status, there can't be different rules for there can't be different rules for the powerful and the powerless, he said. is that a hint there to go after donald trump? it said. is that a hint there to go after donald trump? it certainly is t in: to after donald trump? it certainly is trying to address _ after donald trump? it certainly is trying to address empiricism - after donald trump? it certainly is trying to address empiricism he i after donald trump? it certainly is l trying to address empiricism he has faced, particularfrom the trying to address empiricism he has faced, particular from the left here, from democrat politicians, that he has not been pursuing people other than the foot soldiers, if you like, who stormed the capital itself. he has not been going far enough up the food chain to the organisers. he is saying he is going to do that if he can, take it where the evidence leads, but no commitment in any

gary 0'donoghue is in washington with more on president biden�*s strategy.accinated and bear in mind there are still 35 million people in this country who have not had a single vaccine urging them to get vaccine and urging them to get a booster who have not had one so far. saying there are plenty of those available for all americans and their continuing to urge testing and their continuing to urge testing and their continuing to urge testing and the difficulty with the testing is it's been a bit of a mess and the president again today suggesting that these half—billion tests that the federal government sends out the peoples homes that website will be available sometime this month but not really specifying when that will be and also the guidance on isolation if you do test positive some confusion over that's whether it's a five day isolation with a test or not a test and y not you should be able to move freely after five days. there's still some problems with the messaging. 0ne problems with the messaging. one thing on the numbers is that many is a somewhat w

earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent gary o donoghue on capitol hill.inevitable that the parties would accuse each other of playing politics. it was a political event. this was not a day out of the races. this was a battle for the political control of power in the united states. of course it was a political event. so i don't think that is terribly surprising. what the democrats and whatjoe biden is trying to do is say it goes beyond that, it goes on to a ram or playing of national importance, nationalsignificance, importance, national significance, something invoking importance, nationalsignificance, something invoking the constitution which is something that all americans are meant to believe in and believe is sacred and trying to elevate it to that plane as a way of trying to appeal to those who are a bit more worried about the nature of what happened on that day even if they might not be supportive of his. it is seven minutes past the hour as it is seven minutes past the hour as i talk to you. it was exactly seven minutes past the hour at this time t

deployed at the border but denies it's planning military action. 0ur washington correspondent gary 0'donoghuence russia began its buildup of troops on the ukrainian border america has been threatening wide ranging economic sanctions, if vladimir putin went ahead with the invasion. now the us president is predicting that his russian counterpart will make a move on ukraine, testing the west and while us troops would not be involved, the president said the consequences would be deadly. the consequences would be deadl . w, ., the consequences would be deadl . ., ., ., deadly. the cost of going into ukraine in _ deadly. the cost of going into ukraine in terms _ deadly. the cost of going into ukraine in terms of— deadly. the cost of going into ukraine in terms of physical l ukraine in terms of physical loss of life for the russians, they will be able to prevail over time but it will be heavy. it will be real, it will be consequential. fist it will be real, it will be consequential. at home the administration's _ consequential. at home the administration's handling i consequential. at home the admini

gary 0'donoghue, bbc news at the white house.edophile, jeffrey epstein — was found guilty last month of several charges including one of sex trafficking. but the verdict has been thrown into doubt after a juror revealed in a media interview that he'd used his own experience of being abused, to influence his fellowjury members. the biggest iceberg in the world, known as a68, has been slowly melting after breaking away from antarctica in 2017. now scientists have calculated how much water it's thought to have fed into the ocean. the a68 covered an area of about 2,300 square miles. it eventually drifted into the south atlantic where it began to collapse. it's reckoned the ice was at one point releasing one and a half trillion litres of fresh water into the ocean every day. that's nearly eight times the daily water consumption of the us. researchers say the iceberg will have altered ocean currents in the south atlantic as it melted, and the dust it deposited will have boosted the production of plankton. i want to bring you more of yo

and according to acting deputy attorney general richard donoghue's notes from the conversation, trumpot much the justice department could do. >> trump also plotted with another justice department official jeffrey clark to oust the acting attorney general after rosen's repeated refusals to go along with trump's fraudulent allegations, but that scheme imploded at a dramatic white house showdown on january 3rd. >> this was a scene straight out of "apprentice." trump has rosen and clark vie for the job of attorney general of the united states and the president is told that if he replaces rosen with clark, there are going to be huge consequences. number of top officials at the justice department would resign. there were probably going to be hundreds of other resignations of political appointees across the country as a result of this. it was a murder/suicide pact is the way this was described during this meeting. >> trump decided that the effort would not be worth the embarrassment of mass resignations and abandoned the plot. he then pinned hopes to overturn the election on mike pence based

gary 0'donoghue, bbc news at the white house. the headlines on bbc news... classrooms, and working from home guidance is dropped, as england moves away from plan b coronavirus restrictions. the prime minister vows to fight any leadership challenge, as mps await a crucial report into downing street parties. the first plane carrying aid lands in tonga, on a runway newly cleared of ash, following saturday's volcanic eruption and tsunami. more now on the easing of covid restrictions in england. joining us is dr silvana mccaffrey, a gp in kington in herefordshire, and the clinical director for north and west herefordshire primary care network. thank you very much for taking the time to talk to us today. and, first of all, then, the move from plan b to plan am, is it the right move at the right time? i to plan am, is it the right move at the right time?— the right time? i think that it -oses the right time? i think that it poses some _ the right time? i think that it poses some challenges. - the right time? | think that it| poses some challenges. yes. the right ti