my father grew up without any shoes, very poorfamily in guyana, british guyana.aican and they, like so many immigrants before them, moved halfway across the world in order to give their children a better life. and they came first to england because that was the mother country. and then eventually they went to canada. and that's where i spent the first 15 years of my life. we always used to come back to england, you know, during the summers, because my father was a great fan of cricket, because in those days the west indies would bash england and he took great delight and we would all sit and watch how the west indies had thrashed england. and so i grew up in a caribbean household, eating jerk chicken and so on. just very much that immigrant thing. talking politics much? oh, i don't know if we did so much more. so what does he think? what does your mother think about your politics now? well, you know, ithink they think that my small c conservatism is quite like theirs because it used to be the case that families who vote on the left could be small c conservatives.

the james webb space telescope, will take off from french guyana. you're watching bbc news. in bbc news it is the travel show. they're exploring japan to find out how exhibition delete my accessibility has improved in the wake of this year's paralympics in tokyo. oh, wow. look at the size of this place. this is tokyo stadium and it was home to the football, the rugby, and the pentathlon during the olympics. and i'm glad to finally be here. japan's delayed summer of sport finally got under way in 2021. my name's steve brown and i was supposed to come over the paralympic coverage. not being able to make it out was a huge blow. the whole thing about sport, it's not just about watching it, it's about feeling it, that immersive experience. before i was a presenter, i was captain of the london 2012 rugby wheelchair team. and when i was in hospital sport was what got me out. it was definitely the building blocks to the person that i have become. tokyo holds a special place in paralympic history. it was all the way back at the 1964 games that the term paralympic was first used. but

. >> the james webb telescope launched from french guyana, will take 30 days to reach destination and study some of the first stars and galaxies. silicon valley had a big hand, mountain view scientists helped with what powered it. find the full story at nbcbayarea.com, search james webb telescope. >>> oakland had a violent christmas, including a officer-involved shooting, 500 block of 98th ave. man waved gun at responding officers and officer fired, no one was hit, suspect arrested and officer placed on leave, standard procedure. >>> rain and snow putting a dent in the historic drought, and it's a welcome relief for farmers. for impact on california's hard-hit wine industry -- >> reporter: this is america's premier wine growing area, some of the most expensive farmland in the country. but like the rest of california, this past growing season napa valley suffered through the state's driest rainfall year in more than a century. how serious is this compared to other years. >> as serious as i've seen it. >> reporter: had to run operations with some reservoirs practically empty. dried out.

the james webb telescope launched on christmas from the esa's port in french guyana.e the way we see the cosmos. cnn's kristin fisher reports. >> reporter: after nearly two decades' worth of work and about $10 billion, it all boiled down to one moment on christmas morning and it worked. the webb space telescope successfully launched from french guyana and is now heading to a point about a million miles away from earth. but this is really only the beginning of the journey for the web space telescope. yes, an incredible achievement for nasa, the european space agency, and the canadian space agency, the three partners involved with the webb space telescope. it is now embarking on what is called the 29 days on edge. mars rovers have the seven minutes of terror when the ground loses communication with the rover? this is the 29 days on edge, the time in which it's going to take to really know if all of those more than 300 single points of failure of the telescope, if they're going to work. so over the next few days and weeks, the telescope is going to be unfolding like an o

launched from french guyana, help us learn more about the galaxy, this time to orbit the sun instead of the earth. it unfolded in space. sped up is slightly. will take about 30 days to reach destination a million miles from earth to study some of the first stars and galaxies. silicon valley had a hand in the mission, helped model and develop technology that developed it. check out the story on nbcbayarea.com and search for james webb telescope. >>> coming up, covid surge hit a popular music group. yes, them. we're learning about the bts members who tested positive for the virus. >>> plus, setting records, then breaking them. one festive house giving the gris walds a run for their money. >>> rain pushing south but we're not in the clear. and look at all the snow. plenty on the way. what to expect heading into sunday, coming up in just a bit. stay with us. when you have xfinity xfi, you have peace of mind built in at no extra cost. advanced security helps keep your family protected online. pause wifi whenever for ultimate control with the xfinity app. and family-safe browsing gives par

he is headed for guyana. >>> a special surprise for a young boy battling cancer.ame together to give him a christmas eve he will never forget. emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbers for your parents, siblings and neighbors. pick a place to meet your family if you are not together and can't go home. remind your parents to pack an emergency supply kit. making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. >>> it was a wonderful christmas surprise for a brave little boy in san mateo. >> he is battling stage three cancer. christmas characters showed up on his front lawn. they brought him presents, danced and posed for pictures. a family friend says she just wanted alexander to forget about his cancer for one day and have a really good time. >> the message is, putting love into action. always. you don't need a ton of

la cuenta regresiva hacia una nueva era de la observaciÓn espacial, el exitoso despegue desde la guyanauyas imÁgenes del universo son legendarias, tambiÉn tiene un parasol del tamaÑo de un campo de tenis diseÑado para bloquear el calor del sol, tan grande que tuvo que doblarse para entrar en el cohete, por eso en el espacio el primer reto de la misiÓn era lograr que se separara del lo que desatÓ la primera ovaciÓn en el centro de control, asÍ ante la mirada del mundo abrÍa su panel solar y el jÚbilo se libÓo entre los cientÍficos. >> un procedimiento delicado que tomarÁ semanas el plan es que el telescopio inicie sus observaciones en el verano. >> vamos a descubrir cosas que no sabÍamos que existÍan, tambiÉn vamos a descubrir mÁs sobre nuestro origen, de nuestro planeta cÓmo llegamos aquÍ. >> james web serÁ una ventana al tiempo hacia las primeras galaxias una extensiÓn de nuestros ojos en el espacio para analizar a las planetas lejanos y tambiÉn a otros en nuestro vecindario que quizÁ podrÍan sorprendernos con noticias de vida. un proyecto donde colaboran la nasa y las agencias espacia

move over hubble, the james webb telescope will launch christmas morning from french guyana..a.s.a. spent $10 billion to build it. if all goes well, we could see the universe as it looked right after the big bang. how cool is that? here's cbs' mark strassmann. >> reporter: from the perch a million miles beyond earth, the james webb space telescope will glimpse the dawn of time like nothing before us. >> the universe is a 13.8 billion-year story and we're missing key paragraphs in the very first chapter. >> reporter: n.a.s.a. astrophysicist amber straughn hopes webb's discoveries will fill in the blanks. >> we hopefully will be able to see the first galaxies for the very first time.coveries will fn in blanks. >> we hop >> reporter: the gold plated mirrors will align to create one mirror, 21 feet across, six times larger than the one on the hubble space telescope. for more than three decades, hubble has given us stunning humbling views of the universe. but webb will search for heat signatures of the very first light after the big bang. >> we are looking for the faintest objects

galaxies, but a 13000000000 years old. marie palo is live for us that the launch site and crew in french guyana manuel. excitement really building surely for what this telecom telescope could uncover in space. that's absolutely right. there's a lot of excitement here. we'll set the scene for you a little bit because we are at the area and space control room with a great view of the control room outside, just above the control room at the guy in the space center in the city of korea. and like you said, there's a ton of excitement here. this is where all of the area and 5 rocket component sequences will be operated from from the moment. that rocket lifts off with the james web space telescope sitting at the top of that rocket up until the telescope separates from the rockets ferry at around 27 minutes after lift off, there's a lot of excitement here in the room today. there's this also a general sense of nervousness, i would say maybe a little bit of tension, which is completely understandable. this is a historic and monumental mission that's 25 years in the making. we're talking about 25 years w

man, iraq below has more from the launch site, in choral french, guyana. it's one of the most highly anticipated space missions in recent memory. after more than 2 decades of setbacks and delays, the james web space telescope is finally cleared for launch and expectations at the speech center in french kiana or hi. and i think i speak for everyone to say that we're, we're really excited to see it launch and i think everyone's done everything they can to make it a successful launch as well. web is the most powerful space telescope ever built its mission to pier back 13500000000 years ago to the early stages of our universe . scientists say the potential for new discoveries could up and everything we know about our place in the cosmos. we're really trying to look further back in time and, you know, examine how some of those 1st galaxies formed where we're trying to rewrite some of the astronomy votes that exist right now. at the space museum in the city of crew, a new generation of astronomers anxiously await lift on one. and the excitement is just as high f

the james webb space telescope, will take off from french guyana. you're watching bbc news.

telescope is now expected to launch next friday from the european space agency space port in french guyanae a month to get into orbit around the sun, a million miles from earth. the telescope's mirrors and sensors are more sensitive than the hubble telescope. to go far back into time, billions of light years in the past even planets outside of our scholar system, potentially finding one which might sustain life. >> we know that planets of all sizes are out there. and we want to find one that have similar temperatures. and sizes. ever to see if they could ever being anything like earth. >> telescope is named after james webb, nasa's second administrator who oversaw the mercury and gemini programs. that wraps this hour of "cnn newsroom." i'm kim brunhuber if you're in united states or canada, "new day saturday" is next. for everyone else, stay tuned for "marketplace asia." it's the you are my diamond sale. get 25% off everything. ♪ this is how we shine... at zales. the diamond store. ♪ you pour your heart into everything you do, which is a lot. so take care of that heart with lipton. because

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that is when this telescope is going to lift off in an arian 5 rocket from french guyana.elescope's journey. from there it has to travel about six months and it's going to unfold like an origami in space. there are still a lot of places where something could go wrong. hopefully it all goes right. >> a lot of work. we're watching the animation of the origami unfolding. it's going to be a delicate process. at what point do you think we'll start seeing the images and data sent back from this telescope? >> it's going to take about six months because it's going about a million miles away from earth. and because it's so far, it's going to be 100 times more powerful than the hubble space telescope but also means that if something goes wrong, astronauts are not going to be able to fly out and fix it like they did for the hubble space telescope. so really is a very nerve-racking day tomorrow but for the next six months or so until we get those first images back. >> fingers crossed for six months is a long time. i wouldn't want that kind of arthritis. kristin fisher, thanks for the

the member states, 14 are independent nations -- jamaica, guyana, etc.caribbean community really laid the foundation for its reparation claim way back in 2001 at the united nations world conference against -- we consciously embraced that conference is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue reparations. under the issue of reparations and international agenda. 12 years later in 2013, our heads of government came together in summit and agreed that we are going to lunch reparations claim called native genocide or the genocide against the indigenous come original orders of the caribbean, and for african enslavement. we're going to launch that claim not only against britain, but against all of the european powers that were implicated in the genocide in african enslavement. we established a caricom reparation commission. that commission is guided by a mysterious subcommittee on reparations headed by the prime minister of barbos. we have made our claims to the national government of western europe, including britain. needless to say, our initial approach to

a 32 minute launch window from french guyana opens at 4:20 our time tomorrow morning. >> santa clausng sthrought the sky a bit early for some unsuspecting families in flori da, over a beach near jacksonville. santa was dropping candy to little kids running after him. this santa's technique has improved from last christmas when he got stuck on the power lines while he was paragliding. we didn't need to shade him. he learned, and he is back and better than ever. >> that is one way to dodge the powerlines, going to the beach. we took that christmas spirit and just made it into a ball of coal. you called it. you new it was florida. mike: it was a good one for florida this time. >> doesn't heaven too -- happen too often. >> you too? >> as an ex florida resident, i get to say that. tough love. mike: both of you have experienced it, you know. my goodness. let me show you something that is very un florida like. this is from zephyr cove. look at all of the snow coming down sideways in the sierra. this is at lake level. don't forget, 12 feet of snow is possible. a more in-depth forecast coming

the james webb space telescope lifted off from the french guyana yesterday morning. the making and it will take 10 days for its mirror to unfold and then another six months to get it all calibrated. the telescope is powerful enough to find new galaxies and give scientists a look at deep space planets. well, of the solar system. we're familiar with well expect to see weird things. we hadn't seen before those would be pretty obvious. they'll probably be different molecules. they'll be different chemistry that we've seen in planets and our solar system and elsewhere. it's going to be a bit before the public gets to see this work of this 10 billion dollar project. it could be a year before the telescope delivers its first images. forming on abc 7 mornings reluctant to return to church how covid is impacting church attendance here in the bay area and across the country. we're taking a live look outside from our camera looking at the golden gate bridge a few people out and about on this sunday morning. and you might see some raindrops there as well. lisa argen has a look a

successfully launched an hour ago, the countdown there was in french, they blasted off from french guyana telescope is not only bigger and more sophisticated than the iconic hubble space telescope, it's the most powerful space telescope ever. it's so powerful in fact that it should be able to detect infrared light from the earliest instances of the universe almost all of the way back to the big bang. the telescope will be able to study the atmospheres of the planet, outside of our solar system. system it's up there. hey joshie... wrinkles send the wrong message. help prevent them with downy wrinkleguard. feel the difference with downy. age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. there's so much new in the new chicken & bacon ranch, but the clock is ticking, so we gotta hurry! there's new rotisserie-style chicken, new peppercorn ranch, new hickory-smoked bacon, new- did you just spike the footlong? sorry, i didn't want the delay of game. save big. order through the app. clerk: hello, how can i? save big. sore throat p