it with a us—based panda of its own, but mrs thatcher said pandas weren't happy omens for politicians this afternoon. plenty of sunshine around and a few showers too. the next batch of rain pushes up to the south—west and turns to snow. it will be transient snow tending to turn back to rain at the end of the night. it will be cold across scotland. the risk of ice and temperatures around freezing. further south, much milder. that mild airwill be further south, much milder. that mild air will be across england and wales, in particular, throughout saturday and sunday, whereas you can see the blues across much of scotla nd see the blues across much of scotland and northern ireland. for saturday, a windy day for all, particularly across the south and west. 0utbreaks particularly across the south and west. 0utbrea ks of particularly across the south and west. outbreaks of rain across scotland. this falling as snow over the higher ground, further rain across southern and south—western england. in—between, a good slice of sunshine. it will feel very pleasant in fact, ten to 13 across england

but seriously, you didn't like pandas? who doesn't like pandas?ichelle: she just doesn't want them on her plane. that is the line. high in the mountain of western china a camera reported a rare sight. not once but twice. le mord 12 -- leopard 1200 miles above sea level. they are increasingly moving where the snow leopards are found. jo the best known animals in the chesapeake bay but they are in maryland, right? not florida. one didn't get the memo. but a fisherman found one near tampa this week. it had scientists tag that showed from the chesapeake bay area. sometimes crabs are found as far south as north carolina. but rarely do they go to florida. maybe somebody sent out a memo. there are fun things to do in florida. he is working to get it back to the smithsonian environmental research center and back home. michelle: a lot of work for crab cakes. jonathan: the g.p.s. was way off. michelle: now check in with larry smith to see what is coming up new at 5:00. >> the singing bus driver who realized a life-long dream coming up. plus, only on 7 -- d.

the giant panda is used to the local weather and you can tell loves the snow according to the panda houseng on some branches there. nothing like a cute panda and snow. >> rolling around having the time of his life. >> life is good. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm phillip mena. thanks for watching "early today". the news continues right here on nbc and our nbc stations. somehow we always leave packing to the last minute. time to break these bad boys out no i have a couple of things to wash we got this- come on. even on quick cycle, tide pods cleans great 6x the cleaning power, even in the quick cycle let's go did you just get up uh-huh it's got to be tide the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. francisco.. >>> good wednesday morning to you as we t

isn't that the mom >> i was questioning i was thinking it's the panda cub but it's the mom.s like the royal family >> that's right. >> the lovable panda, whatever it is. >> they got just over two inches at the national zoo. >> that's more than dusting >> lots to roll around in the baby panda, let's have a look at what's going on. you know what? the snow, yes, it is pulled its way out, and we are now being left with cold bitter cold, bundle up. take my advice. we've got really cold conditions that are going to be hitting us late tonight and into tomorrow. so this is pulling its way out, low pressure system heading to the northeast, we'll see a few flying flurry here and there, other than that, not much going to be happening. we're looking at fairly clear skies once we get into with a few clouds, still have winter weather alerts, to the west, winter weather advisory includes grant pen delton, and this is where we have this in effect until 9:00 and areas of the ear, they still dealing with winter weather advisories and a winter storm as well. when all of that is pulled out. her

one of china's most famous giant pandas has been found again. of china. his tracker collar scanned and id checked, tao tao is found to be in good health, weighing in at 115 kilograms. translation: his fur and subcutaneous fat is all quite good. we didn't find any external parasites. he is very clean and very pretty. there's not much abrasion on his teeth. tao tao was born in captivity in 2010. but he was raised by his mother without human contact in the hope it would improve his chances of survival and improve his fighting skills. his good physical condition indicates he is living a healthy and independent life in the wild. tao tao will continue to be monitored. but there doesn't seem to be any doubt that this giant panda is living well in the wild. nicola carroll, bbc news. a reminder of our top story to be violent clashes across iran between anti—government protesters and security forces after three days of largely peaceful demonstration. videos of social media show to demonstrate is being shot in the western town of the rude. stay with us on

she delivered the panda to garner press. she said, quote, i am not taking a panda with me.politicians are not happy omens. she meant it. >> she did. in this bitter cold, it's critical, of course, to stay safe and warm. a police department in virginia wants to make sure children are well protected. news4's kristin wright tells us about happy feet. >> reporter: you feel it. the deep winter freeze. layers are a must. and socks. >> we do have socks like the avengers for boys. "star wars." >> reporter: carter is on the case collecting nice, warm socks for boys and girls in the community. it all started his colleague was working a school crossing. >> a young male approached and he noticed he was not wearing socks. he stated that he did not have any. >> reporter: so, fair oaks district station in fairfax started a sock drive. they've got a big, big pile so far, all kinds. >> i'm really, really impressed by the outpouring of people helping out with the situation. people are always in need and we're here to help in any way we can. >> reporter: they're asking for new socks to fit ele

one of china's most famous giant pandas has been found again.ns of china. his tracker collar scanned and id checked, tao tao is found to be in good health, weighing in at 115 kilograms. translation: his fur and subcutaneous fat is all quite good. we didn't find any external parasites. he is very clean and very pretty. there's not much abrasion on his teeth. tao tao was born in captivity in 2010. but he was raised by his mother without human contact in the hope it would improve his chances of survival and improve his fighting skills. his good physical condition indicates he is living a healthy and independent life in the wild. tao tao will continue to be monitored. but there doesn't seem to be any doubt that this giant panda is living well in the wild. nicola carroll, bbc news. hi there. 2017 is finishing on a flourish in the guise of storm dylan. looking at the atlantic, 12 hours ago storm dylan it didn't exist but since then this area of low pressure has formed and it it has deepened as it has been racing towards the british isles. this nasty h

now babita — an unlikely use for something panda—related is sparking discussion online.s signed a deal with a panda reserve to use the bears' droppings to make toilet paper. the waste will be put through a sixty—stage process before being turned into tissue. a box of the paper — which will be marketed under the panda poo brand — is expected to sell for $6.5. now if you're heading to the pacific island of palau you'll be signing up to a new pledge. from this month, all travellers will be asked to sign an agreement not to harm the environment. palau is an archipelago of over 500 islands and has seen firsthand the impact of global warming. so now the government is asking to all visitors to help preserve the stunningly beautiful islands and explore lightly. i spoke to the president of palau, tommy rememgesau, and asked him if, at this early stage, there was any evidence that tourists were behaving differently having signed the pledge. as you know, the ocean is like a sick person so we do have to partner in the challenge to not only restores the damages but really to prevent

we love pandas, don't we?ng and that will be extensive across many central, southern and eastern areas in england. dense enough to cause delays on roads and some of our airports, even, but not in the short—term. some fog already forming in parts the midlands earlier in the day which is a sign it will be very dense indeed. this is the forecast. you can see the extent of the fog, some patches elsewhere but in the north west of scotla nd elsewhere but in the north west of scotland and northern ireland more ofa scotland and northern ireland more of a breeze so no majorfor problems here and temperatures dipping down to zero in the fog so it may be freezing. central southern england for sure, southwest, east freezing. central southern england forsure, southwest, east anglia, parts of northern england just about. in some sports that fog will last all morning and into the afternoon. with the lack of sunshine and warm it up it will feel incredibly cold. if the cloud breaks and the fog clears we will see temperatures up

one of china's most famous giant pandas has been found again.tains of china. his tracker collar scanned and id checked, tao tao is found to be in good health, weighing in at 115 kilograms. translation: it is all quite good. we didn't find any external parasites. he is very clean and very pretty. there's not much abrasion on his teeth. he was born in captivity in 2010. but he was raised by his mother without human contact in the hope it would improve his chances of survival and improve his fighting skills. his good physical condition indicates he is living a healthy and independent life in the wild. tao tao will continue to be monitored. but there doesn't seem to be any doubt that this giant pandas living well in the wild. nicola carroll, bbc news. now, can waterfalls freeze? some canadians predict that niagara falls may freeze this winter, as the temperature continues to fall in what has been an unusually cold winterfor what has been an unusually cold winter for the country. a what has been an unusually cold winterfor the country. a polar vortex

one day this panda will move to a panda preserve in china. only about 1,800 pandas live in china's wildderness. >>> students took a lot of selfies with the lamas. organizers say sis is way for students to distress before finals next week. he's been caring for lamas for the past 35 years, and he says the animals have a special contact with each other. >> i can open and know i can love these guys. and the lamas know they can do the same thing. >> everyone is living as one. cal has brought those lamas to campus for the past nine years. >>> one last time want to update the weather forecast for you. >> meteorologist sandhya patel standing by. >> tomorrow morning you're going to have to look out for the winds. the winds will remain up as we head into the morning commute. we do have a wind advisory until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. the wind gusts 40 to 50 miles an hour, not out of the question. we could see some more trees going down, certainly the possibility of power outages out there. live doppler 7 show yugoslavingr skies tomorrow afternoon. here's you

. >> panda god sglorj she was named god aerial marriage to first cub born in france.was like a reboot. like ghost busters. >> panda god mother. >> he's named yawn meng which means dream come true he may not be a hubling fan of god mother because when they attempted to pet the little guy he got rambunctious. >> got a little sassy. >> oh, >> damage. >> get off him. >> french media says the cub >> listen. >> look what they have him sitting in. they have all these people around and it's turf terrible no it bamboo. bren. bamboo is tear ibling. everyone knows. small good. bamboo bad. that's all you need to know about france if you're a pa panda. >> watch him sunday morning. >> 7:30 a.m. >> that's right redskins need to win games. >> or playing for pride at this point. >> back after this >> well, look, it's been a good week and better night for roy moore. the president is clearly in for him in blood red alabama anointed and news today one of the accusers penned in a line or two after signature in high school yearbook doesn't do much in the realm of public opinion. they hold

one of china's most famous giant pandas has been found again.re on the bike and his fat, it is all quite good. we didn't find his fat, it is all quite good. we didn'tfind any his fat, it is all quite good. we didn't find any external parasites. he is very clean and very pretty. there's not much operation on his teeth. —— aberration. there's not much operation on his teeth. -- aberration. he was born in captivity in 2010. but he was raised by his mother without human contact in the hope it would improve his chances of survival and improve his fighting skills. his good physical condition indicates he is living a healthy and independent life in the wild. name—macro will continue to be monitored. but there doesn't seem to be any doubt that this giant pandas living well in the wild. nicola carroll, bbc news. here is a job which is not for the faint—hearted. these power workers in graduate in china on top of the world's highest power cables. they have to walk out over a gorge. the line gets rather steep. they need excellent balance, quite a bit of str

we have a panda. she underlined it three times. i am not taking a panda with me.led that she meant not love omens. this was suggested to margaret thatcher and we have just learned about it because of the release of the national archives, as we get at this time of year when they are no longer secret and can be publicised. she thought this was not a good idea because it would remind people of a previous conservative.” fear, drs say it, that has more to do with it. —— their isa it. the late edward heath brought a paperback from china. they were a big thing at that time. now i am happy to say i think they are flourishing in key parts of the world. that era has something to do with it. it is extraordinary that it was such an issue that a former prime minister should be underlining it in her private memos. and that it was even secret, all this time. to be honest, i don't blame her. you don't know what a panda might do. sitting next to her eating me peanuts. finally, the sun. that saves oui’ peanuts. finally, the sun. that saves our bacon. fry up and rejoice. rashes are

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.nd affecting the northern half of the uk and higherground affecting the northern half of the uk and higher ground we have had quite a significant accumulations so far this morning. across southern areas, a different story, heavy showers and thunderstorms across the south rattling on but the snow continuing at the moment, about ten centimetres around glasgow but pretty picturesque scenes, this from derbyshire. continuing to ease but the risk of wintry showers across parts of scotland and the far north—west of england. farther south and the risk of some showers but drier and blustery winds with brighter skies, temperatures about six to 8 degrees, chillier farther north. the list of other snow through tonight, into the hills but otherwise a rain spreading from the south and enter the weekend for many it should be drier articulate on new year's eve with sunny spells but the risk was up until midnight.

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the bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives aren't the fbi launched operation tin panda in spring. fox5's tisha lewis joins us live from northeast with the story. tisha. > reporter: well, tony, we're here at atf headquarters and for the first time we're hearing details and new went into this bust in operation tin panda. we do know that this investigation centered on the blood gangs and their criminal and illegal activity across northern virginia, the district and the maryland. we're also learning that more than 70 illegal guns were recovered in this bust. >> the investigation lasted about seven months culminated yesterday with the takedown of more than 20 search warrants, multiple arrests across the northern virginia, the district, maryland and elsewhere. we used a lot of investigative techniques in this case. we involved a lot of electronic media, surveillance, physical surveillance, enforcement operations like search warrants arrest warrants, physical searches. >> i think that this investigation is a great example of how a concerted effort can have real impact on violent

>> they got two inches of snow at the zoo there on saturday and the pandas are, like, snow?it. >> here she goes! how adorable. >> that is the cutest thing. i can watch that all day. >> look! she's going -- no hill? i'll just do some somersaults. >> oh, bears. >>> we need more. we need a 24-hour camera on them. they have a panda cam, but sometimes it's not very active. >> because they're bears. >> they sleep a lot. >> i guess they don't have too much to be playing with. >> i know, right. >> except if there's snow, and we don't have snow for the panda bears this week and we do have flurry chances this week going into thursday and other than that, it will get cold around here and coldest air so far arrives on wednesday. wednesday will be kind of bitter cold just because of the morning windchills will be in the single digis a digits and flurries possible. if the weekend snow got you excited about snow coming, you'll have to wait longer. >> 43 is the temperature in washington, and 43 manassas, we have the humane rescue line for adoption and otherwise, if you are walking the dog w

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.ernoon, with plenty of sunshine around. a few showers as well, but this evening, the next batch of rain pushes up from the south—west, turning to snow for the higher ground in wales and across northern ireland as it bumps into some cold air. but it will be transient snow, turning back to rain by the end of the night. it will be cold across scotland. here, a risk of icy temperatures around freezing. further south, much milder. that mild air will be across england and wales throughout saturday and sunday, whereas you can see the blue colours across scotland and northern ireland, where it remains chilly. for saturday, a windy day for all, particularly across the south and west. outbreaks of rain across scotland, with falling snow across higher ground. but in between, a good slice of sunshine. it will feel very pleasant across england and wales. cooler than that, though, further north. in many parts of the uk, with a warning of more to come. roads were closed in a number of areas hit by sn

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.w will be the biggest hazard with an amber warning to be prepared across the south pennines region. snow falling across northern england into central and southern scotland, even at low levels but gradually the snow, rain and sleet will move east and so things improving in the north, but further showers of snow in scotland and later in the north pennines but further south, rain tears with sunny spells in the afternoon. still cold in scotland and the far north of england. this evening and tonight, rain spreading into wales and the south—west of england, which means it will be a wet start to the weekend but gradually drier and brighter weather particularly on sunday, although the risk of showers for the last day of 2017. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: heavy snow and icy conditions are expected to cause severe disruption to travel, in parts of northern england and scotland. the rac says driving would be very difficult, if not impossible, in the worst—affected areas. glasgow airpo

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.hrough the weekend. still a lot going on with outbreaks of rain spreading from the west overnight. hill snow for wales and the north of england. a little smile at low—level is in northern ireland. generally speaking, mild air from is in northern ireland. generally speaking, mild airfrom the is in northern ireland. generally speaking, mild air from the south. still chilly across scotland and north england tomorrow morning. through tomorrow, this is and patchy rain with hill snow across scotland will continue to move north. to the south of that, brighter skies and a scattering of showers. 0n the south coast, some rain, but very mild. 13 degrees in the south west. into new year's eve, very heavy rain towards the south—east. strong wind at first, too. gayle ‘s great time across northern ireland and scotland, and then a mixture of sunshine and showers. at midnight, clear skies for many but a few showers in the west. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. weather warnings for ice are in pla

lord zuckerman, president of the london zoological society, suggested that chia chia the panda couldhia, to mate it with us—based ching ching. but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians there is an awful lot of weather out there and some more serious stuff on there and some more serious stuff on the way. starve will bring us up—to—date with the latest. what is going on? thank you, carol. it's been severe at times across the south, certainly, and in the north where we had some heavy snow across glasgow. we are looking at this area of rain moving up this evening and overnight. could be a little bit of transient snow on its leading edge. it should turn generally back to rain here. much milderfurther south, five to eight celsius. the mild airwill be south, five to eight celsius. the mild air will be across england and wales for saturday and on into sunday, but there is going to be a lot of rain moving in the next couple of days, on a strong south—westerly or westerly wind which will be strong at times. for saturday, apart from the north which will have further r

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.ht snow forecast. hello. today brought snow for some of us, but the weather is turning less wintry through the next few days. rain pushing north and east during the night. some snow for high ground in wales and northern england, and maybe at low levels in northern ireland. milder towards the south, but northern areas, scotland and north—east england, cold enough for frost and some icy stretches to ta ke for frost and some icy stretches to take us into tomorrow morning. tomorrow, cold to start in the north and this band of wet weather turning to snow over high ground in scotland. brighter behind with rain into the south—west later. blustery, and a range of temperatures. into new year's eve, wet weather in the south—east at first with strong wind. and then things improve. bright skies and sunshine, a scattering of hefty showers continuing into the evening. for most places, at midnight it will be dry. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. weather warnings for ice are in place across par

come true that could also be taken as a reflection of franco chinese relations the panda cub was born in august that francis zoo in sun in your home in the water valley its parents are here on loan from china until the year twenty twenty two. germany. and italy trained to be an architect he then went on to study painting and wound up combining the two to become a panorama artist and that means that he creates huge three hundred sixty degree panorama pictures most often of historical or natural scenes and he displays them such a viewer can literally get lost in them a kind of art experience if you will and most recently his pictures of the berlin wall or new for in bag have drawn large crowds and now he's gone back to the challenge of nature and created an amazon jungle in hanover. gigantic trees that seem to touch the sky and the chirping of exotic birds it's the amazon rain forest and it's in the german city of hanover. this three hundred sixty degree panorama is the latest project by artist the arctic r.c.c. he spent three years preparing this tropical illusion. assisi traveled to t

>> with a bunch of panda bears? [ laughter ] >> oh, no.ut i'm sure the panda would like to have had more snow. >> me, too. we were looking at it. our forecast for 2 to 4 inches is exactly what we have. i'd like to have 6 to 12 inches. a couple feet. >> let's do that again. >> i know. we're going to get not just colder the next few days. we have a couple chances for snow. nothing like what we saw the last couple days. want to show you now. you know we're tracking lights, christmas lights. this is on east broad street in the falls church area, a really cool house. you know we're going to be at houses again. we'll be at one this week on thursday, as a matter of fact. you can catch us on our doug's holiday lights. i've been asking for lights. if you have a great house you know of, you want me to visit that house send me a facebook picture of that house at facebook.com/doug kammerer. that one there, love that one in fairfax county. >>> sunshine, cool but not too cold. average temperatures in the 40s. 47 degrees winds out south at 7 miles per ho

bread, and this woman is able to kind of make a panda bread, but it turned out evil and people get atty funny laugh out of it. >> those idyllic country roads in england. we hear so much about them and now we get to see it. they really are as cute and quaint and beautiful as we thought they were, except in this case this woman comes around the corner to spot three guys in a van. they are blocking the road. she gives them a beep. see what they are up to? >> i grew up in countrysides just like this. go down these streets and people would be dumping all kinds of huge things on the side. >> looks like they've already unloaded an ironing board, clothes rack. now two guys are trying to offload a refrigerator. she stops, one guy approaches and she rolls down her window. >> what do you think you're doing? it's illegal. >> got a camera. got a camera. give me your camera. give me your camera! >> get off! get off! >> one guy jumps on the hood of the car. >> nice move. >> she continues to reverse down this country lane. that's wendy gordon behind the wheel of this car. this happened last year. sh

. >> plus see how giant panda entertains itself. must admit finds it entertaining, as well.y morning. >> all about the panda joe you snow. >> he's having a good time. >> welcome. winter is coming, game every thrones fans. any weather that may come, there is a possibility we see some flakes flying. so highs only approach or ever so slightly exceed 40's through the upcoming weekends. we do again have the chance of snow showers. guys? >> all right katie thank you now for a look at newspaper headlines across the region. >> reports three homes damaged by fire late last night in allentown, believed the flames broke out in vacant home along the 300 block of north ninth street. neighbors were evacuated and at this time, there are no reports of injuries. >> and the press of atlantic city on line game something a jackpot for revenue in ac. internet gambling has raised $204.2 million through october of this year. that's up nearly 27% over last year. but, expert say that boom is actually doing very little to actually bring jobs, or tourists to the seaside resort >> bucks county courier

>> panda. bill: let's see a show of hands. panda, favorite animal? we ares panda claus.w you what's going on as we work on into the evening. we will see temperatures drop into the 20's and the mid-30's. the temperatures will play a big role in the coming days because a weather system will be working through tomorrow night and into early saturday. that will potentially bring may be in the form of snowflakes flying around the area. as we look at the feels-like temperature's, tomorrow, the numbers only go into the upper 30's as we head into the afternoon. as the actual0's high. as we get into tomorrow night and saturday and the weekend, it will be much, much cooler. the focus will be on a couple things. as we get into friday evening and early saturday morning, that is what we will be watching. the further east and southeast you are, the better chance you have of sneak -- of seeing snowflakes. it doesn't look like it will be a big snow maker. it will be moves even by 50 miles, it could make a major difference. something we are watching closely. of you areffect all chilly tem

this is the second winter there for this particular panda.he panda has become accustomed to the local weather with distinctive four seasons, but it is as you see here especially fond of the snow. so cute, right? that's all for us today on the 4 on 2:00. frank and julie are jewel -- 4 on 2. frank and julie coming up next. >>> weekdays on ktvu it's all about you. >>> ktvu fox 2 news at 5:00 starts now. >>> homes destroyed and neighborhoods changed forever. flames pushed by strong winds for thousands of people to evacuate across several southern california counties. homeowners who stayed watched as their homes burned. >> i've had this location. this was going to be my die in it house,. the only thing is the house -- house. the only thing is the house died before i did. >> a state of emergency has been declared in ventura county where wildfires exploded overnight because of strong winds and bone dry conditions. tonight, the fires are at 0% containment. thousands of people have been evacuated. they raced to get their loved ones, pets and horses to

>> no. ( laughter ) >> but kung fu panda isn't the only liberal prepper.re. a help l.a. survival company is selling $5,000 luxury bugout bags. who would buy that? >> ben affleck is a client. >> ben affleck has a client? >> yeah. >> when batman as a doomsday back we're (bleep). his bag had nothing but necessities. >> caviar and champagne coozie. >> after i dropped five gs i was ready to show rick austin that liberals can be just as prepared for the apocalypse as conservatives. >> that's useless, worthless, won't work, won't work, that's a piece of (bleep). >> this, poker. >> that's the most useless thing i've seen. >> i'll play online poker. >> with what? >> uh, my phone. >> in a doomsday scenario, the phone's already dead. >> it's okay, i was going to upgrade it to the 8, anyway. how would a conservative replace my bad-ass liberal survival bag? >> i can show you how to ced up a shelter. i'm going to crawl down in here. >> how long do you have to stay under there? >> we can stay under here and sleep all night if you want to. >> cool, i'll keep prepping. wha

there is a debate going on in the administration between the panda huggers and the panda punchers. a panda puncher and hit china. there are many in this administration not just in the state department that are more china huggers. they get more with sugar than vinegar. that's why the administration has been public low called out china on that particular oil shipment. they have the pictures. they put out the pictures. what they didn't say is we believe that this ship is linked to china. they have known this for sometime. president trump has been briefed on it, but probably heard it on fox news and it refreshed his memory and he said we have to tweet that. >> the president talks a lot about his expertise in business and in a tweet this morning he offered some advice to the u.s. postal service. here's what he said. why is the u.s. postal service which is losing many billions of dollars a year while charging amazon and others so little to deliver packages making amazon richer and the post office dumber and poorer. coe jeff bezos has been a target in the past and also owns "the washingto

here you can see the red panda. in the background, there's a giant look at him. >> do it again. >> that's may shawn. look at her little butt. >> little butt? >> sorry. >> big butt. >> on a roll there in the snow, right? >> i want to -- >> got 2 inches at the zoo. panda at the zoo in d.c. take what you can get. oh, come on. you know that's cute. >> i think she saw more than it was. >> she's having a good time. >> i want it to snow again to get more panda video. >> exactly. >> oh, man. aaron requested that video actually. >> it's fun. >> i hope you enjoyed the snow. >> pretty to look at. >> i saw kids making snowballs because it was a wetter snow. you could compact it easier. it's mostly gone. a lot of the snowmelted from yesterday's sunshine. the good news is temperatures this morning, they are a little bit above freezing in many areas. but your morning drive, you want the heat on. we're talking about temperatures around freezing. a little bit of a breeze out there making it feel colder. your bus stop, you want the w

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.tory. the team from glasgow university now wants to try the technique on humans. the dog, eva, would have had her leg amputated, were it not for this new approach — and the treatment on her is a world first. our science correspondent pallab ghosh has this exclusive report. there's no holding her back, but last year eva's front right leg was broken in a road accident. her vet tried everything, but nothing worked. her entire leg was going to be amputated. she had not been able to get out and have walks for nine, ten months, other than to the toilet. but to fiona kirkland's delight, her dog was saved by an experimental bone growing technique. it is absolutely fantastic, we're so pleased to have our dog back and fit and healthy. eva's vet showed me the problem. the blood supply to the edge of the bones has failed, so it was not able to heal the break. the scientists coated the dead areas with artificial bone and afterjust six weeks, it was completely mended. the artificial bone mix was mad

this is making gwen happy. >> we know gwen is the biggest panda fan around.nk about that? >> i didn't know that was coming. >> are you going to be able to make it through >> that is so cute. makes me wish i had been at the zoo. i got updated snow totals and i'll tell you exactly what they got at the zoo in the meantime, that snow was finally moving out low pressure system heading to the northeast and pulling all of that with it. new england getting battered and on back side we'll see pretty cold air moving in, and we do have a frontal system that's going to be heading through. right now as you can see, it's even clearing delmarva nicely a little bit there. but other than that we're finally getting a break. we still have a couple of advisories to speak about. now, primarily for areas to our west, winter weather advisory grant mineral within that until 9:00 tomorrow morning, then the eastern edge of delmarva there, they still have a winter weather advisory and a winter restorm warning, some of that ending at 10:00. others until about 9:00 tomorrow morning, temp

nejra: i am going to move smoothly and seamlessly from pandas to italy. country is set on a path to a national election that could lead to a hung parliament and political turbulence. opinion to -- polls but the antiestablishment movement ahead of the democratic policy. still with us to discuss is , professor of finance at the university of chicago school of business here it not going to ask you about pandas, but i want to know what your outlook on italy is. ,we talked about the fact that t could lead to a hung parliament and political turbulence. luigi: the thing in common between italians intend us, we both are cute and do not reproduce. this aside, i think the election is the most important election of 2018 because it will determine the future of italy. that the newalize electoral order that was approved in november is designed to make sure that the five-star movements will not get the majority. as a result, probably nobody will get a majority. the most likely group to get a berlusconi.actually she is back, and if i were to -- he is back, and if i were

times has news of a new celebrity who has taken up residence in tokyo, xiang xiang, the first baby pandahe media before her first public appearance on tuesday. some extreme tourism trending. pictures of a chinese passenger aircraft apparently landing in antarctica have been creating a bit of a stir on line. the 22 people on board are reported to be the first chinese tourists to make a direct flight to the frozen continent. they started in south africa before briefly touching down on an ice—runway, and then taking off again for another six hour trip to the south pole. china says it means tourists will no longer need to ask other countries for visas before heading to the antarctic. and you can see more of that video at bbc.com/news. christmas, a time for family, friends, and festivities. it also involves a lot of food and presents. with the celebrations comes a lot of waste, and it's become a global issue. more than a billion tons of food is wasted every year. just over a quarter of the world's agricultural land is used to produce food that's wasted or lost. food waste also accelerates glo

[laughter] michelle: also a baby panda in japan. the 6-month-old made her first public appearance today before the invited guests. she will meet her adoring fans starting tomorrow. the public viewing limited to two and a half hours a day so the panda won't be overwhelmed by the visitors. >> how do you know if the panda is overwhelmed? michelle: you can just tell. alison: pope francis marked his 81st birthday over the weekend with what else? a pizza party. joined by children undergoing treatment at the vatican health service. at the party the pope addressed the crowd gathered and thanking them for the birthday wishes. michelle: thin crust or deep dish? jonathan: the pontiff knows howt bill: show after hands? deep dish? michelle: thin crust all the way. jonathan: i like both but i had chicago style deep dish and i made it. bill: i'm a thin crust. alison: i like both. jonathan: you can't go bad with pizza. a lot going on in the forecast. bill: you have the first day of winter, a lot of travel this week. christmas eve and big christmas

now, babita, an unlikely use for something panda—related is sparking discussion online.signing up to a new pledge. from this month, all travellers will be asked to sign an agreement not to harm the environment. palau is an archipelago of over 500 islands and has seen firsthand the impact of global warming. so now, the government is asking all visitors to help preserve the stunningly beautiful islands and "explore lightly. " i spoke to the president of palau, tommy remengesau, and asked him if, at this early stage, there was any evidence that tourists were behaving differently having signed the pledge. as you know, the ocean is like a sick person so we do have to partner in the challenge to not only restores the damages but really to prevent the environment from being further destroyed or damaged. and to do this, we have to do a partnership with the tourists and visitors to palau and therefore we are asking them to please ensure that the environment will not be harmed, that we can maintain the beauty and pristinity of the environment for yourselves and for the children of

the ueno zoo has unveiled a roughly 12 kilos panda cub. get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter. i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. hello. high pressure can bring a fairly settled spell of weather at any time of year and certainly we have a high pressure dominating the scene across a good three quarters of the british isles, not doing just enough to keep the fronts at bay in the far north and north—west of scotland, as you will see. what it can mean is that we start the days on a fairly chilly note. that is not my great concern as we get into the first part of tuesday. it is just how dense the fog is going to be and how widespread that dense fog could well be. i am highlighting a number of areas there. bbc local radio is a good source of local information as to how it will affect your journey. 0n the bigger picture, there are islands of fog that we had quite widely across england and wales and that is not the only source of poor visibility. 0bviously that frontal system coming in with the rain won't help matters, high

theresa may on the play with a panda?!weather intervened for the second and final time to wipe 43.1 overs off the day midway through the afternoon. time to wipe 43.1 overs off the day proceedings time to wipe 43.1 overs off the day will resume ear tomorrow proceedings will resume early tomorrow on the fifth and final day tomorrow on the fifth and final day to try to make up for the last time. alastair cook remained unbeaten on 21m, alastair cook remained unbeaten on 244, with england all out for 491. and there was controversy after play when australian media insinuated that england bowlerjames anderson had tampered with the ball with his thumb. had tampered with the although the umpires raised no objection neither did the australian camp. objection neither did england coach trevor bayliss said he had been to see the umpires after seeing the headlines. he had been to see the umpires as soon as i saw the headlines, i raced into the umpires, and that was their words actually, nothing to worry about, it was a beater. nothing t

but mrs thatcher said pandas were not " happy omens" for politicians.of england. things have calmed down a lot through the afternoon. across the south—west, they are starting to see a change again, with another weather system moving from the south—west overnight, which will bring wet and windy weather. initially, there could be snow over the higher ground. it will revert back to reign as milderair ground. it will revert back to reign as milder air moves up from the south. it will be cold, with a risk of ice to watch out for. during the weekend, the mild air remains in place across england and wales, but it will be cold across scotland and northern ireland. plenty of isobars on the weather map through saturday and sunday, meaning it will be windy. and lots of rain in store. we could be looking at localised flooding across southern and western parts of the country by the end of sunday. on saturday, it is looking decent foremost. there will be snow over the higher ground and maybe some sleet at lower levels, but there will be sunshine for northern ireland