and as theo leggett now reports, dismantling a nuclear power plant is a challenging — and costly — processr station? physicists would say the call but for me it is the control room. half a century ago nuclear—power seemed like science fiction brought to life. cheap plea energy. sufficient energy to generate... britain open the world ‘s first commercial nuclear station in 1950 ‘s first commercial nuclear station ini950 and ‘s first commercial nuclear station in 1950 and more were built soon afterwards. —— 1956. but they do not last for ever. this one in eastern england were shut down in 2002. demolition works have been under way for some time but they will carry on on to the next century. this was once a cutting edge facilities but 110w once a cutting edge facilities but now it is obsolete. large parts had the demolished by pulling apart and nuclear facility is not easy. because of the use of the building, there were levels of contamination, all of this work is stuff that has not been done before on nuclear sites so we developed processes that meant it was done in a safe and proficient mann

our business correspondent theo leggett has been asking, could we be about to go back to the future? as the great bird looks ready to fly, as the great bird looks ready to fly, and fly she did. in 1969 concorde took to the skies for the first time. it was a technological marvel. the world's only commercial aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound. concorde offered its passengers something truly unique, the chance to sit in luxury and babysit champagne while crossing the atla ntic babysit champagne while crossing the atlantic from london to new york in less tha n atlantic from london to new york in less than four hours but concorde had her problems as well —— maybe sit chapaigne. she was also very noisy and so wasn't allowed to fly many of the routes she was designed for. not only that, she was extremely costly to run and use a lot of fuel, which is why the only place you can see her now is in museums like this one. three smooth landings and it was over. concorde was retired in 2003. its reputation tarnished by a terrible accident three years before, and its costs no longer justi

by 2050, that figure is expected to triple to ike leggett's on sister died from these symptoms -- syndromeast year. >> it is one of the most devastating challenges we have in our society. kevin: montgomery county offers these information charts that can help first responders. they also offer bright yellow bracelets if a resident with dementia gets lost. nasa buys know who they are and where they live. this man's late wife benefited from the bracelet numerous times. >> i would get phone calls from the police, we found your wife. at montgomery general hospital as a jane doe. kevin: montgomery county fire will train firefighters and paramedics about how to spot signs of dementia and treat those with it as the police expand their public annoce >> the quality of life for those living with dementia is at the very core of our mission to protect and serve. kevin: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. roomba navigates your entire home. cleaning up pet hair and debris for up to 2 hours. which means your floors are always clean. you and roomba, from irobo

at home in silver spring.ng they will be presented with awards for montgomery county executive ike leggettls. now that's going to happenheng n tonight from 7:00 to 8:00 that's cool. >>> also today the washington wg caps will spread holiday cheerir to children in the hospital.re h they'll visit young patientsnt at medstar georgetown thisis afternoon.n. they'll bring blankets handd out capitol g they'll also paint with the kids and autograph the paintings. that's this afternoon from t 1:30 to 2:30. >> very cool.y >> great way top send their time. very gracious of them to doraci that.ou >> yes. 4:53 is the time. good morning gary.ng gary. >> good morning -- good monday morning to you and to you allu there. temperatures out thereema right now just so you know when we get going temperatures m are right around frpeeezing inni town, a lot of 20's north and n west, lower 30's down to theohe south. sout wind chill now it's a littleit cooler out there with the windt chill factor. it's not muchil of a wind butd u there's enough to make eightke little colder than the a ectual temperature.er feels like

the bbc‘s theo leggett has a timeline of key events in the next 12 months.nt—elect donald trump enters the white house. 0nlookers will be keen to see if he follows through with plans to restrict trade and inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the us economy. fast—forward a couple of months and we will see the first big development in the brexit story. the uk prime minister says she'll trigger article 50 by the end of march. this is when britain can start formal negotiations with the european union and we may begin to see what the new relationship could look like in years to come. this is, of course, crucial to the future of the eu project. france is one other country which will be paying close attention. in april it will hold elections. the far—right candidate marine le pen is riding high on the wave of sentiment which is sweeping the globe. she is a staunch eurosceptic so there could be bad news for brussels is she is voted into power. in germany it is a similar picture. recent events have seen chancellor angela merkel come under fire for her open doo

theo leggett is in our business newsroom.lready, but long overdue for people struggling with slow service in rural areas. absolutely. the government's target is by the end of next year, government's target is by the end of next yea r, 95% government's target is by the end of next year, 95% of the country should have so—called superfast broadband. what does that mean? a broadband speed of 24 megabits per second. enough for several people in the house to stream video at the same time. 95% sounds good and the government is on track, bt is on track to deliver that. but that last 596 is track to deliver that. but that last 5% is people in remote areas, rural areas, hardest to connect. this is extra money to help that process. where is it from? 150 million from cost savings and the rest from bt which is subsidised to set up the infrastructure for this. if enough people sign up to superfast broadband, it has to give some of that back. that is why it 290 million is coming from it. we have to be careful about this because what the gov

here's the bbc‘s theo leggett with a timeline of key events in the next 12 months.d trump takes the reigns in the white house, and onlookers will be keen to see if he follows through with his plan to restrict trade and inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the us economy. fast—forward a couple of months and we'll see the first big development in the brexit story. the uk prime minister says she'll trigger article 50 by the end of the march. this is when britain can start formal negotiations with the european union. and we'll begin to see what the new relationship could look like in years to come. this is, of course, crucial to the future of the eu project. france is one other country which will be paying close attention. in april, it'll hold the first round of its presidential election. the far—right candidate marine le pen is riding high on a wave of anti—establishment politics which is currently sweeping the globe. the leader of the front national is a staunch eurosceptic, so there could be some further bad news for brussels if she's voted into power. in germ

he was thrown in in a night march to help bust res wheeler's troopers who were trying to defend leggett's hill. it was on the 20th at the yankee artillery got within a couple miles of east of atlanta and started lobbing shells into downtown. night of july 20th, 21st, sherman's biggest blunder of the campaign. he had a fixation about wrecking the rebel railroads. so even though gerrard's cavalry had wrecked the road, he orders the cavalry division to leave the left flank of mcpherson's army and start riding off toward covington to burn a couple more bridges and tear up more track. this left mcpherson's left flank in the air. mcpherson was alarmed and notified shortly after gerrard headed oit, notified sherman, who didn't care. he didn't rescind gerrard's order. meanwhile, however, mack is worried and starts ordering grenville dodge to send troops down to help guard the flank and also an infantry brigade to guard his wagon trains in the rear at decatur. frank blair's 17th corps held mcpherson's left and warns him on the afternoon and evening of the 21st, watch out for attack. sherman's blun

county executive ike leggett's own sister died from it last devastating challenges we have in the society. kevin: montgomery county provides information cards that can go on a refrigerator to help first-responders pin point dementia patient's medical history. the county offers bright yellow bracelets if a resident with dementia gets lost, passerbys know who they are and where they live. this man's late wife benefited from the bracelet numerous times. >> i think it's important from the police. we found your wife. she is at the general hospital. listed as john doe. kevin: this winter, montgomery county fair will train all 2,700 firefighters and paramedics about how to stop signs of dementia, plus treat those with it as police expand their public announcement efforts. >> quality of life for those living with dementia is at the core of the mission to protect kevin lewis. abc7 news. announcer: this has been a abc7 news breaking news alert. we now rejoin regularly scheduled programming. jonathan: we start with breaking news at 6:00. the man who opened fire inside a d.c. restaurant claimed he wa

ike leggett is holding a ceremony for the winners and the ceremony is tonight at the silver spring pacificerans place. jonathan: a must-win game for the skins tonight. no question about it. alison: if you are going out, you have to layer up. stormwatch7 meteorologist steve rudin at fedex field. this is definitely december football weather. steve: it is december football. a lot of people i think are holding off and coming here extra early because it's so cold. but once you get out here it's not so bad. it feels good out here. a lo tailgating. you're ready for the game, right? >> yeah. let's go, skins. steve: they are ready to go. if you turn the camera around, you can see there are parking spaces up. they opened up the parking lot early. we have panther fans getting ready for the big game. big story tonight is the cold weather. let's talk about the forecast. bundle up. hats, gloves, thick jackets. the nighttime temperatures will fall in the teens, upper to lower teens in the suburbs. middle to upper 20's closer to downtown d.c. the next few days is looking good out there. we are here at the

the new gop-crafted law scaled back the team that the democratic governor leggett can bring into officeuires the senate's approval for top administrators at state agencies and erases the governor's ability to shape election boards statewide. i'm joined now by the reverend dr. william j. barber. this is extraordinary. just everything we've seen happen over the past week or so, were you surprised, having dealt with him all these many years that governor mccrory signed this legislation? >> no, he's been low. and this legislature's been low. they're not even republicans. they are extremists. and they've constantly done things that the courts have overruled. and i believe the courts will skbroefr rule this again. i'm coming fresh from the general assembly. hundreds showed up. people were arrested, joy, for knocking on the door, trying to get into the gallery that's supposed to be open to the public. they were arrested because the legislators on the floor said their voices were too loud so arrested them and took away their first amendment right to protest. this is a cynical session, not a spe

the bbc‘s theo leggett has a timeline of key events in the next 12 months.irst big development in the brexit story. the uk prime minister says she‘ll trigger article 50 by the end of march. this is when britain can start formal negotiations with the european union and we may begin to see what the new relationship could look like in years to come. this is, of course, crucial to the future of the eu project. france is one other country which will be paying close attention. in april it will hold elections. the far—right candidate marine le pen is riding high on nt europe sentiment which is sweeping the globe. —— on the wave of anti—establishment sentiment which is sweeping the globe. she is a staunch eurosceptic so there could be bad news for brussels is she is voted into power. in germany it is a similar picture. recent events have seen chancellor angela merkel come under fire for her open door migrant policy. the public could go to the polls as early as 27th august. the german leader has seen a steady decline in her popularity ratings over the last few years.

we had a 31 up in leggett. next week could be very cold up in the mountains.ared out rapidly here. it will be sunny and nice. but the breeze is going to play into the forecast later today. more likely tonight and into friday. it will be a north wind. will be south, high pressure to the north. that will crank up the breeze. lots of sun and a little warmer. cold morning but the breeze will pick up. temperatures slightly above average here. more 60s now than 50s. 50s and low 60s. the days are now very short. you get to 4:00 and the temperature takes a plunge. it will be nice the next few days and sunday as well. and then a cold and windy pattern looks to be setting up shot monday and tuesday. >> thank you, steve. >> you're welcome. >>> fighting the debilitating effects of depression. when we return, the discovery found in a psychedelic drug. >>> a gunman holding people inside a bank in florida. in just the past few minutes new developments about the hostage situation. kisses deluxe chocolates. with a whole roasted hazelnut, delicate crisps and layers of rich, cre