scots favoring independence. we will take the local temperature in the capital, denver -- edinburgh. ♪ to our viewers, welcome. we begin tonight with the deadly coronavirus. it is now a global health emergency. the who making that announcement at a press conference moments ago in geneva, switzerland. it is a call on cocountries to coordinate their response to the virus. the majority of those infected are in china. every province of mainland china now has at least one confirmed case of the virus. it was who's third meeting in a week over whether to label it a global health crisis. it declined to do so twice last week. let's hear more from that press coconference. >> the main reason for this declaration is not because of what is happening in china, but because of what is happening in other countries. our greatest concern is the virurus to spread to countries with weaker health systems which are ill-prepared to deal with it. anchor: i am joined by a doctor who is a molecular biologist. he joins me from newcastle. th

hugo shows for the 1st time in 5 years 51 percent a majority of scots now believe that their country should become an independent nation w.'s u.k. correspondent she went to edinburgh to take the political temperature. in the capital edinburgh more than 70 percent voted to remain in the e.u. . as did most members of the wild once. these hardy winter ultra swimmers a staunch supporters of europe and the furious that scotland is being dragged out of you. and feeling that we're being torn out of the e.u. . with our consent tree and it's horrible and says why don't we start off england and unfortunately. yes give us our independence he can we can look after ourselves the s.n.p. is scotland's leading political party it's calling for open borders with scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. . we have had a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs then scotland would be welcome in the european

as a separate nation but scots have been favored independence in the past. the last independence referendum in scotland so the remain side win comfortably with the vote share of 55 percent and even today opinion polls don't show a sustained majority for independence the nationalist hope that this will change once britain leaves the e.u. and that will persuade a majority of scots to go their own way. the s.n.p. is scotland's leading political party it's calling for open borders with england scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. . we have had a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs then scotland would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence something the conservative government in london is keen to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation of it happened only 5 years ago rat

and that will persuade a majority of scots to go their own way. the s.n.p. is scotland's leading political party it's calling for open borders with england scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. . we have had a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things britain leaves the european union and scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs there would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence. something the conservative government in london the scheme to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation event that happened only 5 years ago rather than the spending over time as politicians going over and over having referendum after a friend them after a friend well i don't see any but the scottish nationalists are not about to back down. protesters in glasgow have renewed calls for independence. from. the conservative government may have a majority in the union parliament we

45% of scots voted for the snp in the 2019 election and 45% of scots voted for independence in 2014. simply haven't changed and i refer, further add in 2014, with the independence referendum hanging on the back of the edinburgh agreement, which was signed by alex hammond and nicola sturgeon, the then deputy leader, and it said that both parties would respect the outcome of the referendum, and that has not happened. the scottish secretaries have anticipated that the scottish parliament will refuse legislative consent for the european withdrawal bill. he said, and i quote, "that is something that we "is that they do not support brexit." when consenters refuse today, how will his government demonstrate that respect? what we are respecting is the democratic outcome of referendums, which you do not respect. the referendum in 2016 was the united kingdom referendum and we voted to leave the european union. we're respecting that. the uk government have ignored scottish peoples' voices and votes in every election of referendum since 2016, careening on with both brexit and austerity. can the s

52 percent to 48 however in scotland that result was heavily in favor of remain with 62 percent of scots wanting to stay in the e.u. and that has been the rallying cry for the s.n.p. in the years since and the party's clear remain stance helped secure gains in the recent general election returning almost 50 m.p.'s. a future where only one parliament and the government accountable to the people of scotland are responsible for the decisions and the international partnerships that sheep herd direction under destiny a future where we continue to be an open welcoming place to live study and work and a valued member of the european family of nations meet no mystique after tonight that future is only open to eyes with independence or joining us now to discuss the scottish angle to rex it is actor and campaign of brian cox brian many thanks for joining us this evening i should say it's a sad evening for many people in scotland i mean what's the feeling from people that you've spoken to. well i think everybody's of the same anyone has for scottish independence is of the same mind and of the same

and closer to home, the signs are that the scots and the welsh will withhold their consent from thisroblem or a political one? it is more of a political one. i don‘t think we‘ve had a piece of legislation go through without the consent of both the scottish and the welsh before. and the main political issue here is the scots, because the snp are obviously pushing this line that we have a mandate for another referendum, because of the outcome of the general election, and they will use brexit to try and strengthen that cause. and, if we think as far back as last month, there was a queen‘s speech, and there were other bills in that queen‘s speech that focused on life after brexit. the government will presumably need to get past this year. the government will need to get them past this year, but there is tearing hurry, because as i said, until we reach the end of the year, we are essentially in the single market, in the customs union, we still have freedom of movement, so, all those things about trade bills and all those things to do with our new immigration policy, will need to be in pla

nicola sturgeon now sees brexit as an opportunity to persuade pro—eu scots they would be better off withthat scotland voted to be part of in 2014 ceases to exist. and that's the reality. you say you want an independence referendum this year. that would be before we know what our future, what the uk's future relationship with the eu is going to be. how can you ask people to make a choice when they don't know what the alternative is? i think we know the direction of travel. we know that we have a uk government setting a course of divergence and deregulation that will threaten our economy and threaten the very fabric of our society. i think it's disappointing that the snp government doesn't now really want to get on with making a success of brexit, it wants to frustrate it, almost to see scotland fail outside of the eu, if that helps the independence agenda. the scottish parliament are refusing to lower the eu flag, as scotland voted to remain. that brexit debate may be over — arguments over scottish independence are certainly not. sarah smith, bbc news, edinburgh. in wales, where the major

feelings about scottish independence with a 2014 referendum failing now a new poll shows 51 percent of scots want to go it alone correspondent there get mass went to edinburgh or to learn about more about this divisive issue. in the capital more than 70 percent voted to remain in the e.u. . as did most members of the wild once. these hog the wind. and the furious that scotland is being dragged out of the. feeling that it would be. the e.u. . without her consent and it's horrible this is a subtle. and. yes. the s.n.p. is scotland's leading political party it's cooling for open borders with scotland's top trading partner as well as an independent scotland rejoining the e.u. . a lot of extremely generous and friendly overtures from other european governments saying that if things. the european union in scotland takes political control of the sort of affairs. there would be welcome in the european union but that would require a new referendum on scottish independence something the conservative government in london is keen to avoid. that referendum was a once in a lifetime once in a generation of

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scot-free at watson. yeah, young man, you are strong. >> joe: ka'imi fairbairn is trotting out on to the field. bill o'brien has made the decision that let's take care of business right now. 3 for 3 on field goal attempts in overtime for fairbairn. coming into this game he had never attempt a postseason field goal. now he has a chance to win a wild card game in overtime with a 28-yard attempt. will this cap an all-time thriller here? and a time-out will be used by buffalo. and to consider where houston was just lingering in that third quarter when they trailed 16-0, and the offense looked like it wasn't going anywhere -- >> booger: what did we talk about? somebody had to step up and make a play. first it was watt, then it was mercilus. then the adjustments they made an offense. bill o'brien getting deshaun watson on the edge. throwing the football to deandre hopkins underneath. you got to give bill o'brien and this team a lot of credit for the guts, the heart they showed here in the second half, and j.j.

champion john higgins breezed through his first round match against barry hawkins. 6frames toi. the scotr in the quarterfinals let's have a look at some of the day's other headlines england spinnerjack leach is heading home from the tour of south africa to recover fully from the illnesses he's had over the last few weeks. the team's medical staff don't think he'll be fit enough to play in the final two tests tyson fury says he'll knock out deontay wilder in the second round of their world heavyweigth title rematch in las vegas next month. their 2018 fight ended in a draw. qique setien says taking charge of barcelona is beyond his wildest dreams. the former real betis manager takes over at the spanish champions after ernesto valverde was sacked yesterday on sunday, wayne warren became the oldest world darts champion at 57, but he's still not been paid. players at the bdo tournament had been warned that poor ticket sales would see a reduction in prize money... and though they will get some...organisers won't say how much. tomos dafydd has more. back into herbert having achieved a lifetime

the scot lost to van gerwen in the 2014 final but the 49—year—old is finally world champ, and £500,000d of the rest of the team, goodbye. —— from me and the rest of the team. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. tonight we have foster and forster with us. with me are the writer and broadcaster dawn foster, and sunday times journalist katherine forster. it is like we organise it! i'm very sorry. it is great, i love it, it's like foster and forster investigate. i look a bit drab in contrast. many of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the metro goes with protests to be held nationwide as railfare rises come into force that will see some commuters paying more than £100 extra this year. the ft leads with a warning from economists that any bounce to the uk economy following borisjohnson‘s decisive election victory could swiftly fizzle out as uncertainties from brexit continue to curb business investment. the guardian goes with the australian bushfires, saying the devastating fires have prompted new questions on whether the current gover

the couple's shock decision to step back from their roles as senior members of the royal family over scots the couple's future with reporter. i. am going home free glad you could join me angry protests have erupted in iran after the government admitted that its forces accidentally shot down a ukrainian passenger jet killing 176 people now in tech round thousands of demonstrators many of them students slammed the government for initially denying that it was behind the disaster protesters say changes are needed to address people's grief and frustration. don't with the lawyers come any must step down the cry of angry students in front of the american beer university and to run strong criticism of iran's supreme leader. the revolutionary guards are deployed. leave us alone at last the crowd chants. but the guards don't comply. tear gas is used to disperse the protesters. earlier iran's military commander in chief and try to quell ill feeling the tragedy had left him inconsolable how many said. but for some iranians the headlines said it's all shame said one. unforgivable read another alongside

and we reflect on the life and the legacy robert archibald — the only scot to play in the nba. horrible that we have lost scotland's most prolific basketball figure. the latest six nations and premier league transfer news to come too but let's bring you up to speed from melbourne where an injury hit roger federer said it was a match to forget as novak djokovic blew him away to reach the australian open finalfor the 8th time. he's won the other seven. the favourites in the women's draw though were both beaten in their semi finals. with a round up of thursday's action — including a couple of brits through to finals — here'sjohn watson. yes, hello, and welcome to a daily event of the australian open here in melbourne. temperatures a scorching 39 degrees and it said to get hotter tomorrow. plague under way though, the party is over this year. beaten by sofia kenin of the united states, and there was another upset any second women's semi final, simona halep beaten by garbine muguruza. it means that we will see a first time winner in the women's singles this year. the defending chevy

la lakers legend kobe bryant was killed in a helicopter crash — not long after the only scot to play — also passed away at the age of 39. this week, all euroleague games are holding a moment's silence to remember them. described as a trailblazer, archibald forged a successful career with the likes of the toronto raptors and orlando magic. hope webb has been meeting those who spotted his talent at a young age and learning about his legacy in scotland. in terms of basketball he's a warrior. every time he got a new challenge she would step on the face of it. did not get there by luck, he got there by talent and hard work. success seem to follow him around andi success seem to follow him around and i think that's part and parcel of certain players. robert archibald was a baxter ball giant in all senses was a baxter ball giant in all senses of the word coming in at a staggering six tall. he was able to achieve what no scottish player before him had managed after being selected to play for the memphis grizzlies and the 2002 nba draft. but as primitive journey started a queen and high schoo

most dramatic, in scots valley. >> hailstorm, thunder and lightning, went out and made snowballs and>> happening now, cal trans crews keeping eyen the 80, traffic is sparse but chains are required. when weather like this hits, track with live doppler 7 on the abc7 news app. tap the weather tab. >>> new at 11, 14-year-old girl is safe thank goodness after using social media to escape her kidnappers. >> rescued from hotel in south bay. live in san jose, damn. >> reporter: dan, ama, san jose police arrested three men in connection to the crime. officers say the 14-year-old girl used snapchat to alert her friends. led to her location and that's when police were called. a suspicious circumstance led san jose police to the ez 8 motel, found 55-year-old vazquez leaving a room on the second floor, victim, 14-year-old girl, inside. >> nobody taking nobody's young daughter and kidnapping her like that, that's just is not right. >> reporter: joshua holmes didn't know about the crime that started in cap toll la where vazquez met the girl, drugged her, called two other men. vasquez, salvador and

so he'd have to win 2 trials in order to walk away scot free trials are risky businesses and anything can happen at a trial and even though he. powered in one sense by the hung jury he was smart enough to know that it's not a guarantee next. in the end we were able to come to a deal in which are mere pled to 20 years he would have to serve 85 percent of that time so 17 years before he can apply for parole he's been in for 3 so he gets credit for all of that so he'll be out in 14 years will be 36 years old he can resume his life with his right now he has a 3 year old song he can marry you can go to college he can have a life and he ultimately decided that pleading to be responsible for the death of genesis for conan rashid clarke was in his best interests. he went in an open forum took an oath to tell the truth and said i shot the bullet that killed back girl. somewhere the truth exists. seen. in. the sea was a stray bullet it didn't have the name down was gone my family knew things aren't seen the room when i 1st found out when the same enormous pain in the letter agonies to see expla

most dramatic, in scots valley. >> hailstorm, thunder and lightning, went out and made snowballs and fooled around it in. >> happening now, cal trans crews keeping eyen the 80, traffic is sparse but chains are required. when weather like this hits, track with live doppler 7 on the abc7 news app. tap the weather tab. >>> new at 11, 14-year-old girl is safe thank goodness after using social media to escape her kidnappers. >> rescued from hotel in south bay. live in san jose, damn. >> reporter: dan, ama, san jose police arrested three men in connection to the crime. officers say the 14-year-old girl used snapchat to alert her friends. led to her location and that's when police were called. a suspicious circumstance led san jose police to the ez 8 motel, found 55-year-old vazquez leaving a room on the second floor, victim, 14-year-old girl, inside. >> nobody taking nobody's young daughter and kidnapping her like that, that's just is not right. >> reporter: joshua holmes didn't know about the crime that started in cap toll la where vazquez met the girl, drugged her, called two other men.

. >> when i was coming to scots valley, there was a guy doing a traffic break and it mellowed everybody out. >> on highway 35, skyline boulevard, snow fell and blanketed the tree limbs. a car got in an accident north of the junction. no one was hurt. the most dramatic event came on tuesday. >> it was a torrential hail storm. we were able to go out in the parking lot and make snow balls. fool around in it. >> reporter: they were having so much fun, no one bothered to take any pictures or video of the hail storm of as much fun as hail and sleet and snow can be, the dangerous weather conditions can be extremely dangerous. the chp was being very vigilant, trying to get everybody to slow down. >> thank you so much. you can track the storm any time on the phone. >> the two reason some conferencegoers want to move their gathering out of city. >>> also ahead, sorting >>> take look. this is all that's left of a dodge charger. the driver was pro announced dead at the seasonable. his passenger and driver of the mercedes were taken to the hospital. we don't know how serious their injuries are. it w

scot morrison said he understood the anger, but was focusi >> concerns obvious looking over the next4/48 hour period. this is a ferocious fire that is still out there and the conditions will be very difficult to containn the next 24 to 48 hours, so that is why the -- that is why evacuate an cz important. there is a sense of dread as to what will happen in the coming hours, at a time where many had planted family holidays, or strandsait for yet another -- australians wait for another fire to blaze through. james: do stay with us on "bbc world news." still to come a, we will have more reaction from the unistd ates for the aack on iran's top general. [inaudible] >> the japanese people are in morning. thousands converge on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced was dead. >> good grave. after half a century of the letting fans around the world, charlie down and the rest of the gang aalling it quits. >> the singer paul simon starts his tour to south africa tomoow, in spite of black activist groups. they say international artist should boycott south africa onto majo

he was german, scot and english.ionnaire we got from the sperm bank about your donor. it was answered by him. describe your personality and character. "i am very easy to get along with and i am a pacifist." i think that's the line that got mommy. i remember you telling me about that. why do you want to be a sperm donor? "besides the money, which is definitely an incentive because i am strapped for cash, i think it would be a very rewarding experience. if i never have kids then i would would want to know i gave that opportunity to another couple. " which option did you choose? identity release. explain why did you choose that option. "it may be interesting to meet my unknown child to see what effects environmental and genetic have played a role in his or her development." "if we could pass a message to the recipients of your semen, "what would that message be?" "do well in school and believe in yourself. hold your head high and be considerate of others." he just seems like a really nice guy. and that's why we chose hi

so he has to win 2 trials in order to walk away scot free trials are risky businesses and anything can happen at a trial and even though he felt empowered in one sense by the hung jury he was smart enough to know that it's not a guarantee next time. in the end we were able to come to a deal in which to me or pled to 20 years he would have to serve 85 percent of that time so 17 years before he can apply for parole he's been in for 3 so he. it's credit for all of that so he'll be out in 14 years will be 36 years old he can resume his life with his right now he has a 3 year old song he can marry you can go to college he can have a life and he ultimately decided that pleading to be responsible for the death of genesis for calling rashid clark was in his best interests. he was in an open forum took an oath to tell the truth and said i shot the bullet that killed back girl. somewhere the truth exists. in. the woods a stray bullet didn't have the name. of things aren't the same when i 1st found out only when the same enormous pain in the agonies to see explained she was brought in on school i

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semites such a person would be called explicitly anti-semitic however and who gets away with this scot free well we invite the israeli ambassador to london mcgregor on the program to refute would you just claim the but if israel is exceptional is that maybe the un security council resolutions you've been writing for weeks. to lose them as regards the trump regime saying it began quite some time ago even looking back through recalling obama and clinton speaking i think it was cleared through spoke of the united states as being the oldest democracy in the world what has happened to the understanding of history itself we see an attempt to sort of refashion sort of world political culture and this has been part of u.s. policy since the dawn of the cold war although it had not been quite successful i mean there's been a lot of scholarly revelations and historical revelations of the role of the cia in funding newspapers and magazines across the world to influence intellectual production. in terms of adopting american definitions of political principles so and i think so the so the concept fo

>>we may see thank you thank you both so much to so that but the scot. >>buses can run too so thank you very much happening simple act of kindness on the first day of the new year. >>pastor dewayne his other people join in on feeding the new we do little things like today, but ultimately do what you can, but but think about the big picture we need to solve this homeless crisis me to get people. >>wonderland into tiny homes into buildings. >>and this is just one of many homeless encampments in this city people here are of course very thankful for the kindness of strangers live in san jose tonight, michelle kingston kron 4 news michelle. thank you very much to step outside see how the dog a bridge looks from the soo choo cam we understand it is down there somewhere just barely see one of the towers looks like the north a of the north tower i can even see it from over here all. >>chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here lawrence a lot of fog, no rain though right yet no rain but a lot of clouds out there, here's a different view this coming from the east