sarah smith, thank you so much. know you newswatch viewers have a real attention to detail and accuracy, and one eagle—eyed viewer took exception to this piece of output on the news channel last week. keep an eye on the text in the red banner. and councils changed the lighting around the towns. some have been dimmed. others are on timers. it all cuts down on light pollution without compromising on safety, they say. if you didn't spot the mistake there, listen to what paul bowden had to say. "the breaking news display at the bottom of our screens often has to include a possessive. i noticed that the standard bbc news practice these days is to simply add an apostrophe to singular words that happen to end in s, but in english this is only done for plurals. your approach is simply wrong. you today use the word wales' note the apostrophe to mean, of wales. no, it's wales's add an apostrophe s, please." thank you for all your comments this week. if you want to share your opinion about what you see or hear on bbc news, on

sarah smith, thank— immunity from prosecution.given more powers to create different tax bands similar to scotland. setting out his economic strategy, he said the priority for wales was to receive a fairer funding settlement from the uk government. we can't take for granted somehow that changing the uk government from blue to red will resolve some of those deep problems that we have in wales. and plaid cymru is the party that will stand up for issues such as fairfunding. we're talking about the budgets in the senedd today. we've lost hundreds of millions of pounds from that budget because of the unfairness of the funding settlement. animal rights activists have welcomed a decision by the south korean parliament to ban the breeding and sale of dogs for their meat. the measure was passed without opposition, and will come into force in three years. eating dog meat has been part of south korean culture, but has become less popular in recent times. spare a thought for the people of inuvik right up in the northwest territories of canada.

sarah smith there. thank you _ it. indeed. sarah smith there. thank you for _ it. indeed. thank you forjoining us. backj thank you forjoining us. back to you in dc. great conversations there. i want to go back to a panel because we do have an interesting note. different reports coming around our confirming that vivek ramaswamy is suspending his campaign for the republican nomination. we saw this news just coming through and we have heard the former president commending him. for making a splash, if you will, in this context. the last numbers we saw, he was in around 7.8%, so clearly not a particularly strong showing in a fourth—place, sorry that perhaps it was clear to him and his team that moving onto the next primary in new hampshire would not make much sense. timing does matter. this is more likely than not to give an extra boost to former president trump because of vivek ramaswamy was the sort of campaign as a mini me to him. not really going that hard after donald trump either, one might say, on the stage. by getting out now, he is able to stay in trouble's good graces

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sarah smith, bbc news, manchester, new hampshire. rt has rejected a bid to stop the nation's first execution using nitrogen gas. kenneth eugene smith, who was convicted of murder in 1989, is due to be put to death in alabama on thursday. subject to a final appeal he will be killed by having an airtight mask strapped to his face and being forced to breath pure nitrogen. the un has urged a stay of execution, saying the procedure could amount to torture. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voice-over: bbc news - i bringing you different stories from across the uk. usually sorting a day out takes gary flint a lot of planning. but he has not had nearly as much work to do before coming to castleton.— to castleton. normally i'd have to castleton. normally i'd have to do research, _ to castleton. normally i'd have to do research, quite _ to castleton. normally i'd havej to do research, quite extensive research — to do research, quite extensive research online to make the day pleasurable for myself and any family— pleasurable

sarah smith, bbc news, manchester, new hampshire.t award nominations. # back to my ways like 2019 # not 24 hours since my ex did dead it they include one for artist of the year, a category in which six of the ten nominees are female. that's in stark contrast to last year, when there was an all—male best artist line—up after the merging of the male and female categories. after the resulting criticism, the organisers expanded the artist of the year category from five to ten slots this year. now, have a look at this image from kenya, the world's last two northern white rhinos — the final survivors of a species almost wiped out by illegal poaching. both are female, but there is now a glimmer of hope for the future, after scientists successfully achieved a surrogate ivf pregnancy in the closely—related southern white rhino. here's our science editor, rebecca morelle. the last two northern white rhinos left on the planet. najin and fatu, a mother and daughter, living in a reserve in kenya. the species is all but extinct. now, a fertility b

sarah smith, bbc news, manchester, new hampshire. leslie vinjamuri, who is the director of the us and americas programme at chatham house. i asked whether this is game—over for nikki haley. it certainly looks like donald trump is set to get that republican nomination, which i think for many people has been what they've expected — certainly that's been the headline. but, you know, a couple of things here. one is that that's very far from translating into a win in november. and i think what we saw in new hampshire were independent voters turning up voting for nikki haley, those who have been sceptical of donald trump turning up voting for nikki haley. so, you know, although it was a resounding defeat for her in that state, it certainly showed that there's still many voters who don't want donald trump. and those are people that this former president will need to have on his side, if he wants to win in november. the other thing here is that we've got 30—some days, more than 30 days between now and south carolina. nikki haley said she's g

sarah smith, thanks forjoining us.hannel and the bbc news website. the final cost of the hinkley point c nuclear plant being built in somerset could hit £46 billion, soaring by about a third — according to edf, the french firm developing it. the completion could also be delayed. it comes after the government announced plans for a big expansion in nuclear power as part of its plans to combat climate change. our business editor simonjack is with me. spiralling costs. by by2020 by 2020 to 18 months ago, it was 26 billion, the price tag, but today it is £35 billion so you put that in the money today, it could be £46 billion, planning changes, more concrete and steel, pandemic, or being blamed, and edf will shoulder the cost because they agreed in 2016 for a higher price at which they were to supply electricity and they will take the risk but it is not just their problem because the government would like to build an identical plant at sizewell in suffolk and customers will be on the hook a bit more and it will be added to t

sarah smith, thank you. lyse doucet is here.se deaths of its soldiers, it�*s still tyring to find ways to pause israel�*s war in gaza and bring home the remaining hostages held by hamas, which is regarded as a terrorist organistion by many western government including the uk — what�*s the latest? in the last hour the us top diplomat, antony blinken said that the united states was a very, very actively pursuing this. we focused on these talks briefly last night, but what is new today is their only details provided by the prime minister of qatar, which is playing a pivotal role in these discussions. he said in washington that they were now ready to present a framework to hamas after a weekend of talks in paris, involving spy chiefs from israel, the united states and egypt. the prime minister spoke of good progress, he said, in achieving a ceasefire which would allow 100 hostages being held by hamas in gaza, in exchange for thousands of palestinian prisoners and the delivery of more aid. it has to be said that today there is a less

and next week, we'll be speaking to the north america editor for bbc news sarah smith. so if you've got any questions or comments you'd like to put to her, please let us know. now, in the wake of the attacks by hamas on october the seventh, has israel been guilty of genocide against the palestinians? that's the view of the government of south africa. and they've brought a case to that effect to the international court ofjustice, the top united nations court. lawyers present their argument at the icj in the netherlands on thursday of last week, and israel laid out its defense the following day. for the past 96 days, israel has subjected gaza to what has been described as one of the heaviest conventional bombing campaigns in the history of modern warfare. the entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately curated, decontextualized and manipulative description of the reality of current hostilities. thousands of viewers contacted the bbc arguing that there was a disparity in the airtime given to those two sides of the argument, both as broadcast on the bbc news channel and i

our north america editor sarah smith is in washington. d all _ what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all of _ what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all of their _ what more can you tell us? airlines have grounded all of their boeing i have grounded all of their boeing 737 max 9 lanai after that incident and they have just confirmed they have found loose bolts on the door plugs of several of their aeroplanes and in fact the bbc news partner in america cbs say sources have told them loose bolts have been found on them loose bolts have been found on the door plugs of at least five united aeroplanes. it was of course an alaskan aeroplane that suffered a dramatic midair blow out on friday but all 737 max 9s have been grounded and you can understand why after the door plugs fell off midair and it was found in the back garden of a teacher in portland, oregon, today. just to explain, the door plug is what is used when you have an airliner that doesn't need all of the emergency exits all the way along the fusillade saw where

our north america editor sarah smith is live in new hampshire now.ation. there is already speculation about when nikki haley might have to pull out of this race and that would leave donald trump to be crowned as the republican candidate, setting up a rematch withjoe biden. which would be a repeat of the 2020 election. nikki haley... cheering and applause. when is defeat really a victory? nikki haley thinks it's when you lose by a bit less than the polls predicted. this race is farfrom over... despite losing in the state she had the best chance of winning, she insists she will battle on. well, i'm a fighter. cheering. and i'm scrappy. and now we're the last one standing next to donald trump. cheering. and to the victor, sour grapes. donald trump is angry that nikki haley will not drop out and that she's claiming credit for being his sole remaining competitor. this is not your typical victory speech, but let's not have somebody take victory when she had a very bad night. she had a very night. as the campaign continues nikki haley argue she is the candi

this is what he had to say to sarah smith on the latest americast podcast.ping out of the race, vivek ramaswamy, senator tim scott, who had previously run, ron desantis, were all backing trump. he had the support going into today. and i think that matters. look, this is the first time, by the way, that a candidate has won both iowa and new hampshire since 1976. so there's ways that you can feel good about yourself if you're the candidate and the team. but i think there is an element of "you were supposed to win," but they haven't let it down yet. there's nothing where someone is saying, "wow, that was really close." they've continued to meet the expectations bar that was set. you can hear more of that interview with sean spicer a former cabinet minister has called on rishi sunak to be replaced as prime minister. on rishi sunak to be replaced sir simon clarke, a close on rishi sunak to be replaced ally of the former prime minister liz truss, wrote in the telegraph newspaper that unless the conservatives find a new leader they will be "massacred" at the genera

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our north america editor sarah smith has more.ion room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learned of the attack yesterday, mr biden vowed the us will respond. we shall respond. now he needs to decide what that response will be. his secretary of state warning other actors not to get involved. from the outset, we've been very clear in warning that anyone looking to take advantage of conflict in the middle east and try to expand it, don't do it. the us has not said which militia group it believes is responsible for the attack on their base injordan or why the deadly drone was not intercepted. president biden�*s opponents lay the blame on him and are demanding he target iran itself in r

our north america editor sarah smith reports from des moines on the latest victory for the former presidentorcade is rolling once more, as the trump show never stops. moving from triumph in iowa to a trial in new york. where a court will decide how much donald trump must pay in damages for defamation to a writer, ejean carroll, who he sexually assaulted decades ago. # god bless the usa...# last night he looked like the cat that got the cream or maybe the king regaining his crown. donald trump was practically inhaling the adoration. # proud to be an american, where at least i know i'm free. ..# knowing he'd won support beyond his usual base, including women, college graduates and younger voters. # god bless the usa!# he's already talking about being back in the white house. so we are going to come together. we're going to drill, baby, drill, right away. drill, baby, drill. we're going to seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is impatient to get this nomination wrapped up so he can take the fight tojoe biden. he's not the republican presidential candidate yet, but he might be soon. an

sarah smith is our north america editor.what we heard from the white house and the pentagon today. but the us administration has been talking tough for days about this warning that there would be consequences, as they call it, if the houthis didn't stop their attacks on ships in the red sea. and we heard that again from the white house today, saying these attacks have to stop or the houthis will bear the consequences. now, right now, the us secretary of state, their equivalent of the foreign secretary, antony blinken, is on his way back from a really extensive trip around the middle east. and one of his key objectives there was to try and stop the israel—gaza war from escalating. right from the beginning, the us has been most worried about this conflict spreading and drawing in other countries. yet at the same time, whilst he was there, antony blinken also said, "it is particularly important "that we respond when we are faced with aggression like that "that we are seeing from the houthis". so, he is drawing a clear line ther

bbc correspondent sarah smith says his campaign was not strong enough, strong, the similarity of ideas with trump's ideas, on the contrary, played against him. this is a very unusual and truly extraordinary situation, when one of the leading candidates drops out of the race so early. only one state, iowa, has voted so far. and ron desantis came in second there, getting 30% less than. trump. the vote here in new hampshire is on tuesday, and it will be a race between just two candidates, donald trump and nikki haley. it is interesting to remember what was passed at this time last year. that ron desantis has every chance to win the republican nomination, but then he ran a not-so-successful campaign in which he looked very tense, awkward and not very attractive to voters. his political promises were very similar to what trump offered, but voters don't want someone like trump, they want trump, as donald trump himself pointed out during a campaign speech here in new hampshire, and he knows that now the fight will be between him and... haley, who, although showing good results here in new ham

sarah smith, and capitol hill in washington, thank you.ters are receding, our midlands correspondent phil mackie has been to see some of the people caught up in the floods. remember this — nick lupton's house surrounded by floods and defended by the wall he built? the film we took last week has been viewed more than 30 million times. today, the house is attached to the mainland again. welcome. glad to see it so dry, at last. yes, dry is good. after being stranded inside for a week, the waters receded and we got to see the defenses close up. you can see previously we had a little bit of damp coming up the wall. oh, it's always a relief when the river goes down. we're into the recovery now. there's a fewjobs to do, even though the wall is keeping it away from the house. during storm henk, a torrent of water began pouring in. but the walls kept it out. nick built his flood wall 30 centimetres higher than the record level, but it may not be enough in the future. in the old days, we used to put these temporary barriers up here, which used to ta

here's our north america editor sarah smith.idents complete immunity from prosecution, notjust when they are in office but forever afterwards, so he says he cannot be tried for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election result. his lawyer in court even suggested that, hypothetically, a president could order the murder of a political rival and still escape a criminal trial. and then on the other side, prosecutors are arguing that acts that they want to try donald trump for, election interference, were not official presidential actions and therefore not covered by any kind of immunity. donald trump himself of course has always insisted this is a purely political prosecution that it is designed simply to stop him being re—elected to the white house later this year. i think they feel this is the way they're going to try and win, and that's not the way it goes. it will be bedlam in the country. it is very bad thing, it is very bad precedent, as we said, it is the opening of a pandora's box, you know, it's a very sad thing that's happ

the state plummeting to as low as minus 30, turnout could be a factor. 0ur north american editor, sarah smithsupport than all his rivals combined. voters are flocking to him, driven in part by those criminal indictments against him, which many think are deeply unjust, but mainly the economy, voters who say they feel much worse off since donald trump left the white house. will that drive them to caucus sites given that outside its going to feel like -30? clearing a path to victory in iowa can be hard work. challengers like ron desantis, taking on donald trump, are trying to win over voters just a few dozen at a time. thank you! the mckinnon family braved a blizzard to get here. they�*ve supported donald trump before, but this year their votes are up for grabs. donald trump had some big promises in 2016. build the wall, and have mexico pay for it. drain the swamp, eliminate the debt, hold hillary accountable, all those. and none of those promises were fulfilled. after the event, the mckinnons invited us into their home to hear them discuss the big decision they have to make. why is trump so far

our north america editor sarah smith has the story.ump show never stops. moving from triumph in iowa to a trial in new york. where a court will decide how much donald trump must pay in damages for defamation to a writer, ejean carroll, who he sexually assaulted decades ago. # god bless the usa...# last night he looked like the cat that got the cream or maybe the king regaining his crown. donald trump was practically inhaling the adoration. # proud to be an american, where at least i know i'm free...# knowing he'd won support beyond his usual base, including women, college graduates and younger voters. # god bless the usa!# he's already talking about being back in the white house. so we are going to come together. we're going to drill, baby, drill, right away. drill, baby, drill. we're going to seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is impatient to get this nomination wrapped up so he can take the fight tojoe biden. he's not the republican presidential candidate yet, but he might be soon. and he's behaving as though he has alread

this is what he had to say to sarah smith on the latest americast podcast.ng out of the race, vivek ramaswamy, senator tim scott, who had previously run, ron desantis, were all backing trump. he had the support going into today. and i think that matters. look, this is the first time, by the way, that a candidate has won both iowa and new hampshire since 1976. so there's ways that you can feel good about yourself if you're the candidate and the team. but i think there is an element of "you were supposed to win," but they haven't let it down yet. there's nothing where someone is saying, "wow, that was really close." they've continued to meet the expectations bar that was set. you can hear more of that interview with sean spicer on the latest episode of americast, available on bbc sounds. earlier, natasha lindstaedt, a professor at the department of government at the university of essex, spoke about the significance of this result. he is going to be the candidate, for sure. this was a closer win by only 11 points in new hampshire. he won by over 30 points in io

from iowa, our north america editor, sarah smith, reports.s the trump show never stops. moving from triumph in iowa to a trial in new york. where a court will decide how much donald trump must pay in damages for defamation to a writer, ejean carroll, who he sexually assaulted decades ago. # god bless the usa...# last night he looked like the cat that got the cream or maybe the king regaining his crown. donald trump was practically inhaling the adoration. # proud to be an american, where at least i know i'm free. ..# knowing he'd won support beyond his usual base, including women, college graduates and younger voters. # god bless the usa!# he's already talking about being back in the white house. so we are going to come together. we're going to drill, baby, drill, right away. drill, baby, drill. we're going to seal up the border. you can tell donald trump is impatient to get this nomination wrapped up so he can take the fight tojoe biden. he's not the republican presidential candidate yet, but he might be soon. and he's behaving as though he h

sarah smith, thank you for that.are still under way in iowa although the result is projected to be quite a phenomenal win for the former president, donald trump, plenty of folks are still caucusing in the final results are far from coming in, the battle for second place from nikki haley and ron desantis. we will speak to helen humphrey who has been monitoring those results as they come in. what is the latest position? we they come in. what is the latest position?— they come in. what is the latest osition? . ., ., , latest position? we are roughly approaching — latest position? we are roughly approaching the _ latest position? we are roughly approaching the halfway - latest position? we are roughly approaching the halfway mark, | approaching the halfway mark, 46% of precincts countered by my estimation 800 precincts to report as you were mentioning their katrina from what we have seen with those results, 52.2% for donald trump, ron desantis in second position right now, incredibly close, jockeying between these two ca

from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest.biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learned of the attack yesterday, mr biden vowed the us will respond. now he needs to decide what that response will be. his secretary of state warning other actors not to get involved. from the outset, we have been very clear in warning that anyone looking to take advantage of conflict in the middle east and try to expand it, don�*t do it. the us has not said which militia group it believes is responsible for the attack on their base injordan of the deadly drone was not intercepted. president biden�*s opponents laid the blame on him and are demanding he target iran itself in response. senator lindsey graham wrote

sarah smith, bbc news washington.correspondent has been following events and said this update. been following events and said this update-— this update. antony blinken said the us _ this update. antony blinken said the us response i this update. antony blinken said the us response would| this update. antony blinken i said the us response would be decisive a haemorrhoid a lot of language we heard from president biden that they would respond at a time and in a manner of their choosing. there was a of bit new language as well and that was about seeing the response could come in stages. and over a period of time. but does not sound like the kind of thing that some of the kind of thing that some of the most hawkish senators here in washington republicans a pinpoint for some of those putting pressure on president biden for an attack on iran itself. the politics of washington is playing into how the administration responds in the administration responds in the middle east, president biden knows he will have to show this is a

this week, the bbc�*s north america editor sarah smith on the us presidential election.ve some viewers had enough of the contest already? and the peculiar challenges of reporting on one particular candidate for president. first storm isha and storm jocleyn this week caused considerable damage to many parts of the uk with heavy rain and strong winds, also resulting in two deaths on sunday. here�*s part of the bbc�*s coverage that day. if you do come near the coast, please make sure that

first to washington and our north america editor, sarah smith. without the us, would they? almost certainly not. _ without the us, would they? almost certainly not, but _ without the us, would they? almost certainly not, but here _ without the us, would they? almost certainly not, but here officials - certainly not, but here officials will not speculate in public about what they describe as potential future military operations. that's what we heard from the white house and the pentagon today. but the us administration has been talking tough for days about this, warning that there would be consequences, as they call it, if the houthis didn't stop their attacks on ships in the red sea, and we heard that again from the white house today, saying these attacks have to all the houthis will bear the consequences. right now the us secretary of state, their equivalent of the foreign secretary, antony blinken, is on his way back from an extensive trip around the middle east and one of his key objectives was to try to stop the israel gaza war escalating. th

main rivals, winning more votes than his two main competitors combined. 0ur north america editor sarah smithect and more importantly that the republican party still belongs to him. it's not that they want donald trump like policies, they want to trump the man. and it's not despite his outrageous rhetoric and all his mounting legal problems that they love him, they love him because of all of those things and they really do love him. like because of all of those things and they really do love him.— they really do love him. like the cat that got _ they really do love him. like the cat that got the _ they really do love him. like the cat that got the cream _ they really do love him. like the cat that got the cream or - they really do love him. like the cat that got the cream or the - they really do love him. like the l cat that got the cream or the king regaining his crown, donald trump was practically inhaling the adoration. knowing he had won support beyond his usual base, including women, college graduates and younger voters. he is already talking about being back in the white house. 50 talki

sarah smith, thank you so much.wn as twitter. you can call us. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us for now. thank you forjoining us. do think about getting in touch and perhaps even coming on the programme. we'll be back to hear more of your thoughts about how the bbc covers the news next week. goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and rachel burden. our headlines today... donald trump is ordered to pay more than $80 million in a defamation case brought by a us writer. the former president brands the verdict a witch hunt. a big rise in the number of illegal vapes being seized at uk ports and airports — with four times more being found last year compared to 2022. in sport, huge boots to fill at liverpool as the search begins for a new manager following jurgen klopp's shock announcement that he will be leaving at the end of the season. spoiler alert — the second series of traitors ended last night. what was it like to be part of it? we'll speaking to so

we can speak now to our north america editor sarah smith who is at donald trump's watch party in des

sarah smith, bbc news, washington.ndreds of tractors to blockade motorways around paris, to stop food deliveries getting through. similar demonstrations are taking place across france, in protest at red tape, falling incomes and competition from imports. rishi sunak�*s flagship bill, which would see some asylum seekers sent to rwanda, has cleared its first major hurdle in the house of lords, despite facing strong criticism. peers voted by a majority of 122 against a liberal democrat motion to scrap the legislation. a strike by train drivers will cause disruption on some of the busiest commuter routes in the south of england today. members of the aslef union are walking out as part of their long—running dispute over pay and working conditions. other parts of the country will be affected by strikes later this week. police in bristol are questioning two more men, in connection with the fatal stabbings of two teenagers. 16—year—old max dixon, and mason rist, who was 15, were attacked on saturday night. fiona lamdin has thi

, be speaking to the north american editorfor bbc news sarah smith, so if you have any further questions the heaviest conventional bombing campaigns in the history of modern warfare. , ., , , warfare. the entirety of its case hin . es warfare. the entirety of its case hinges on _ warfare. the entirety of its case hinges on a _ warfare. the entirety of its case hinges on a deliberately - warfare. the entirety of its case | hinges on a deliberately curated, decontextualised and manipulative description of the reality of current _ description of the reality of current hostilities. thousands of viewers contacted _ current hostilities. thousands of viewers contacted the _ current hostilities. thousands of viewers contacted the bbc, - current hostilities. thousands of. viewers contacted the bbc, arguing that there was a disparity in the air time that there was a disparity in the airtime given to that there was a disparity in the air time given to those two sides of the argument, both as broadcast on the argument, both as broadcast on the bbc news channel and in the live streams of the court pr

sarah smith, bbc news. if george clooney came asking i would say yes.his year mr— been such a great run of tv so far this year. mr bates versus the post office _ this year. mr bates versus the post office. . ~ ., , . . . office. talk to us about that. that sto has office. talk to us about that. that story has been — office. talk to us about that. that story has been around, _ office. talk to us about that. that story has been around, the - office. talk to us about that. that| story has been around, the papers and doing it, panorama has done it there has been an inquiry going, but it has captured the public imagination and brought to light that may be dry news programmes and documentary cannot. l that may be dry news programmes and documentary cannot.— documentary cannot. i think this drama wouldn't _ documentary cannot. i think this drama wouldn't have _ documentary cannot. i think this drama wouldn't have existed - documentary cannot. i think this - drama wouldn't have existed without the amazing journalism that has been around _ the amazing journalism

smith. i still have them al. just sarah, do you k threatens direct action against humans who sees the stuff with tax on shipping in the red sea? we looked at the growing popularity of europe's fall right policies and they set that aside. some of this is european complementary elections, the, the hello and happy new year to you. well, the change of the year has setting up brought a change in the weather. we have got more wet when the weather tumbling into those western parts of europe. more cloud and rain coming through your hair areas of low pressure already dominating proceedings. i more went and when the weather coming through little to step 2 into some east and past the best of the sunshine, it's down towards the south. a leather on a few showers, disclose that eastern side ultimate, it's radiant chevy, right, some of that tiny little wintery up towards opponents west to sort of ukraine and pushing up towards the baltic states. of course it's got an a very nice thing, basically cold in the coming days cold enough and mos

sarah palin? >> they've never seen that. >> my name is kimmy smith, and i'm all girl. >> as fey continues to leavetina's next chapter. what else is coming from tina fey? a beauty line? >> amy tells me, why do you not have a line of glasses? why do you not sell glasses? it's too late. i can't. i can't sell glasses. >> she's kind of right about that. that's a layup. >> you can't make money selling glasses. >> she really should have a line of glasses. the new "mean girls" movie is in theaters now, and tickets are available online for tina and amy's restless leg comedy tour. girls five-eva hits netflix. thanks for hosting our conversation with a view. don't forget to subscribe to the "sunday sitdown" podcast to hear the full, extended interview with tina fey full of great stories about "saturday night live" and much more. can you find that on apple podcasts or wherever you get yours. and next week a new "sunday sitdown" with coleman domingo, nominated for just about every award you can think of for his starring performance in the acclaimed movie "ruston." could there be an oscar on the way? next week

some such as ralph mcgill, lillian smith, harry golden, james mcbride, debs and braden. and sarah peyton boyle have written about struggle and eloquent and prophetic terms. others have marched with us down streets of the south. they have languished in filthy, roach infested jails, suffering the abuse and brutality of policemen. unlike so many of their moderate brothers and sisters. they have recognized the urgency of the moment and sense, the need for, powerful action, antidotes combat the disease of segregation. let me take of my other disappointment. i have been so greatly disappear with the white church and its leadership. of course there are some notable exceptions. i'm not in mindful of the fact that each of you has taken significant stands on this issue. i commend you, reverend stallings, for your christian stand on this sunday. and while welcoming -- to your worship service on a non segregated basis, i commend the catholic leaders of this state for integrating spring hill college several years ago and. despite these notable exceptions, i must honestly reiterate that i have