danny savage, bbc news, malham in north yorkshire.s defended his record on tackling grooming gangs in the uk during his time as director of public prosecutions, after scathing criticism on social media from the multi—billionaire elon musk and calls from opposition parties for a national inquiry. debate on grooming gangs has been reignited over historical cases of child sexual exploitation in oldham and whether there should be a local or government—led inquiry. in a moment we'll report on what people in oldham think of the debate and also on why elon musk is getting involved. but first, here's our political editor, chris mason. it'll be the fastest to 100 miles an hour. the world's richest man, elon musk, the billionaire entrepreneur. rockets, electric cars, tesla and he owns the social media site x, too. mr musk is a businessman with a growing drive for politics and a growing habit of claiming the british government, the prime minister is incompetent. he accused keir starmer of being complicit in the rape of britain and that he should

back in malham, the focus was on keeping warm. simon was getting through with his log deliveries.best to fulfil your orders if you can, but sometimes, it can be a bit challenging. yeah, about there somewhere, stuart... and his customers were grateful. we still have two or three i days' supply left, so if simon hadn't got to us today, - we would have been starting to sweat by the end - of the week, you know! the snow isn't likely to go anywhere for a good few days. freezing temperatures are forecast here until the weekend. danny savage in north yorkshire. meanwhile in the us, more than 60 million americans are in the grip of a huge winter storm that could bring the heaviest snow and lowest temperatures in a decade. several inches of snow have fallen in eastern parts of the us. what's known as a polar vortex is sweeping down from the arctic. missouri, kansas and kentucky are among those declaring a state of emergency. let's go live to washington and speak to senior meteorologist matthew cappucci. matthew, just how bad is it where you are?— matthew, just how bad is it where you are?

back in malham, the focus was on keeping warm. simon was getting through with his log deliveries.now, you've got to try your best to fulfil your orders if you can, but sometimes, it can be a bit challenging. yeah, about there somewhere, stuart... and his customers were grateful. we still have two or three days' supply left, so if simon hadn't got to us today, we would have been starting to sweat by the end of the week, you know! the snow isn't likely to go anywhere for a good few days. freezing temperatures are forecast here until the weekend. since some of the worst affected areas would have had nearly 36 hours of snowfall up until this morning, although it has been cleared down here in the lower lying areas, there are still plenty around, you don't need to go too high to find those road still blocked by snow drifts, and some isolated farmhouses and communities still cut off. going forward, the main problem over the next few days, the forecast is to be extremely cold, sunny during the day, clear at night. temperatures in some weather apps is or —10 on wednesday and thursday night