time now for all the sports news in sport today. centre. coming up on this programme: holder's real madrid will have to overcome french giants paris st germain in the champions league round of 16 if they're to continue their bid for a third straight title. egypt's mohamed salah is voted by you to be the bbc‘s african footballer of the year for 2017. and jothohn floremce remains on course for back to back world surfing titles as he progresses at pipeline in hawaii. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with football and the draw for the last 16 of the european champions league which has thrown up a couple of cracking ties. the pick of the games, which will take place in mid—february, is 12—time winners and defending champions real madrid up against big spending paris st germain. the other tie which really stands out is chelsea against barcelona. austin halewood reports. for some teamsjust for some teams just making it into the hat for the last 16 is a dream come true. but for others, it

time now for all the sports news in sport today.re. coming up on this programme: russia has been banned from february's winter olympics but clean athletes can compete as neutrals. atletico madrid draw with chelsea but fail to make it through to the knockout stages of the champions league. and england take the second ashes test against australia to a decisive final day in adelaide as they look to level the series. hello and welcome to the programme. lots to get through. but we start with the news that russia has been banned from competing at next year's winter 0lympics. the international olympic committee fronted the media in lausanne earlier and explained their decision after a 17 month investigation headed up by the former president of switzerland, samuel schmid. here's the president of the international olympic committee thomas bach. the report clearly lays out an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the olympic games and sport. the report includes, in particular, the manipulation of the anti— doping lab retreat at the 0lympic

i am rico hizon, sport today is up next.ident trump says the united states faces a new era of competition with rival powers such as china and russia. several people have been killed and more than 100 others injured after a high—speed passenger train crashes off a bridge near seattle, in the north—west of america. police in lebanon have arrested an uber driver in connection with the murder of a 30—year—old british diplomat in beirut. the body of rebecca dykes, who worked at the british embassy in the city, was found beside a motorway over the weekend. officers say she had been strangled and sexually assaulted. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin somerville reports. becky dykes fell in love with lebanon. she had onlyjust moved here full—time, but she was deeply committed to her work, helping the country cope with the influx of refugees from syria. there was a final night out before she returned home for christmas — a colleague's leaving do at this bar here in gemmayzeh. at around midnight, she called a taxi, an uber, to take

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. of the dutch cup. the commonwealth games in 2022. but he's no match for milos raonic. dismissed their entire coaching staff. knocked out of the dutch cup on wednesday in the round of 16. hennie spijkerman and the legendary dutch forward dennis bergkamp. have the requisite confidence that our ambitions will be realised". and will take charge of the team on sunday. exactly who they want. there are many candidates. are not in the frame for the ajax job. job. that last bit is the crux of everything. you have to adapt to the philosophy. philosophy. to a manager who changes the principles would be 4—3—3 system. local derby at old trafford. after united allegedly labelled city's celebrations as disrepectful. jose mourinho‘s direction. eyewitnesses". on thursday with the early kick off seeing eibar beat girona 4—1. against malaga to help his side out ofthe relegation zone. the 2022 commonwealth games. to meet promises contained in its bid. 0ur sports editor dan roan has this report. the host of the 2022 commonwealth games will be bu

it is a very dark day for russian sport, today. the big question now is what they will do. l their retaliation be? they have already said they will appeal in the court of arbitration for sport, but it has been said that vladimir putin is considering more dramatic measures, such as tomb boycott the winter olympics, forbidding any russian athlete to participate. many critics will say that the ioc should have done as last summer, before the rio olympics. they have done it now and the ratification should not be underestimated. now to football news. —— and the ramifications. tuesday brought the completion to four of the eight groups as the champions league moves towards the last 16 knockout stage. the big news is that atletico madrid who've played in two of the past four finals have failed to make the knockout phase and our football reporterjohn bennett has been explaining what happened to diego simeone‘s side. i think the champions league will miss atletico madrid. they did well in the night, getting a 1—1 draw at sta mford in the night, getting a 1—1 draw at stamford bridge. th

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.te goals from crystal palace against watford takes them out of the relegation zone for the first time this season. the russian olympic committee gives its approval to athletes who want to compete as neutrals at february's winter olympics. and, with the third ashes test in perth just over 24 hours away, can england stop the australians from regaining the urn? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that two late goals from crystal palace at home to watford has taken them out of the relegation zone for the first time this season. marco silva's side had looked set to collect all three points, but it was roy hodgson's team who struck with goals from bakary sako and james mcarthur in the dying minutes. this, just moments after tom cleverly had received a red card for a second bookable offence for the hornets. the results takes palace up to 17th, and gives them hope for survival, having lost their opening seven games of the season, in which time they didn't even score a g

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. are on the brink of surrendering the ashes urn. day five of the third ashes test gets under way shortly in perth. at 2—0 down in the series, the tourists will resume on 132—11, still 127 runs short of making australia bat again. it's a question of survivalfor england, but it seems as though lady luck could be on their side. we were going to be crossing to our reporter andy swiss at the waca, but due to adverse weather conditions, that's not happening. so rather than speaking to andy, let's hear from the players ahead of a potentially decisive fifth day.

now it is time for sport today, see you soon. hello.tre. coming up on this programme: holders, manchester united, knocked out of the english league cup with a late korey smith goal sealing second tier bristol city a semi—final place. bayern munich knock holders borussia dortmund out of the german cup and move through to the quarter—finals. hello. a lot to come. in the night's other tie, alvaro morata scored a late winner for chelsea as they beat bournemouth 2—1 at stamford bridge. chelsea will now face arsenal in the semi—finals, while bristol city's reward for beating manchester united is a two—legged semi—final against manchester city. what a night at ashton gate. lee johnson's bristol city

so hello, i'm sarah mulkerrins and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.and keep their momentum going heading into day two of the third ashes test against australia? roger federer is the bbc 0verseas sports personality for 2017. and we show you what it's like to compete in one of the world's toughest yacht races. well, there's only one place to start and that's at the third ashes test between australia and england in perth. play on day two is set to start within the hour — england will resume on 305/4 after a positive first day for the tourists. 0ur correspondent andy swiss is at the waca for us.

sport today is coming up next. competing for the title of uk city of culture 2021, with the winner to be announced this week. the year long celebration of arts, music and culture, has boosted local economies, proving a huge success for the current holder, hull. in the first of five profiles of the contenders, colleen harris takes a look at the city of coventry. music: ghost town by the specials. this is a city that has embraced its reputation for peace and reconciliation. transformed by post—war immigration, coventry‘s culture has been shaped by its history. the cathedral symbolises its resilience. what stands today in my home city are the ruins from a campaign of bombing during the blitz. archive: the martyred city of coventry. it was also the heart of the british car industry. its decline turned it into a ghost town. yeah, most of the songs written down here, off the first album. the song became an anthem for a generation, written by the specials. the coventry band captured racial tensions of the early ‘80s throu

time now for all the sports news in sport today.d this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: manchester city break premier league records as they convincingly see off rivals manchester united at old trafford. barcelona are five points clear at the top of la liga with a victory at villareal. and ronnie 0'sullivan wins the uk snooker championship for a record equalling sixth time. first, manchester city's record breaking season goes from strength to strength. they continued their unbeaten run in the english premier league, with a 2—1victory over rivals manchester united. pep guardiola's side also ended united's a0 match unbeaten run at old trafford. city went ahead through david silva on 42 minutes — only for united to be handed a lifeline in first—half stoppage time, when poor defending allowed marcus rashford to level. nine minutes after the break, nicolas 0tamendi scored the winner. it's a 14th victory on the trot for city — a new premier league record for consecutive wins in the same season.

hello and thanks for joining us on sport today.e start our show down under, where england are on the brink of surrendering the ashes urn. day five of the third ashes test gets under way shortly in perth. at 2—0 down in the series, the tourists will resume on 13241, still 127 runs short of making australia bat again. it's a question of survivalfor england, but it seems as though lady luck could be on their side. we were going to be crossing to our reporter andy swiss at the waca, but due to adverse weather conditions, that's not happening. so rather than speaking to andy, let's hear from the players ahead of a potentially decisive fifth day. we will try to put the rain to the back of our mind. we thought it would be more of a washout than it was. haven't seen a huge amount of rain in the time i've been at perth. the two guys at the crease spent a lot of time there in the first innings, slightly different conditions, we have do believe we can stay in the series and get over the line. tomorrow it will be tough, i'm sure there will be

i mike edwards and this is sport today. coming up, the draw for russia 2018 gets closer. we had to moscow with the rest of the footballing contingent involved in next yea r‘s world footballing contingent involved in next year's world cup. former england manager sam alla rdyce next year's world cup. former england manager sam allardyce is confirmed as the new man in charge of nearly side everton. —— premier league side. and tiger woods is back on the course in the bahamas. hello, and thanks for joining on the course in the bahamas. hello, and thanks forjoining us. there is only one place to start, in russia, because we are less than 2a hours away for the draw for the 2018 world cup. the tournament will see 32 teams hosted in 11 cities across the country, with nations drawn from four pot according to their fifa rankings. almost seven years on from the moment russia were awarded the 2018 world cup, the tournament is about to ta ke world cup, the tournament is about to take shape. for the 32 teams who have, fight, friday's draw will decide who they are going to face, and were

that is sadly all we have four today's edition of sport today. —— for.and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello once again. there were certainly enough gaps in the cloud in the first part of the night for our weather watchers to get a really good view of the night's super moon. after what had been a pretty reasonable day, especially so across parts of northern ireland, scotland, the north of england, probably the best of the sunshine here. that's not to say we start the new day with plenty of gaps around because we have weather fronts not a million miles away and there may be enough cloud for there to be the odd spot of rain across the far north of scotland, showers running through the western side of scotland and down through the irish sea. out east, bit of a concern about how dense some of the fog patches will be, not first thing, some may linger in east anglia, the south—east and central and southern england but elsewhere, a cooler not start, as you would expect for the start of the year and essentially it's a dry one. that's not the case f

time now for all the sports news in sport today.and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: claudio bravo to the rescue as manchester city move through to the english league cup semi finals after a 11—3 win on penalties over leicester city. former wimbledon champion marion bartoli is making a tennis coming, more than four years after retiring. and we talk to the men's surfing world champion john john florence after he makes it back to back championships. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news manchester city have moved through to the semi—finals of the english league cup after a tense penalty shootout win over leicester city. the match finished level at the end of normal time afterjamie vardy‘s penalty in the7th minute of stoppage time cancelled out bernardo silva's opener. pep guardiola whose side have gone 16 matches undefeated in the league made nine changes to the team that beat tottenham on saturday but it was goalkeeper claudio bravo who saved riyahd mahrez‘s

this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. ballon d'or for the fifth time matching his great rival lionel messi. after a week which saw him hospitalised, south africa's keenan davidse leads after the first round of thejo'burg open. and five time winner ronnie o'sullivan struggles, but eventually progreses to the quarter finals of the uk snooker championship. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the news that cristiano ronaldo has won the ballon d'or for a record—equalling fifth time in a poll of football writers from around the world. his latest victory means he joins lionel messi on the most number of wins and it comes at the end of a year in which he helped real madrid to a 33rd spanish league title and 12th european cup victory. ronaldo also scored 15 goals for portugal as the european champions qualified for next year's world cup finals as john bennett reports. it's official. footballjournalists from around the world have voted cristiano ronaldo the world's test player this year. year started well

time now for all the sports news, in sport today.ews at two o'clock. —— golestani. hello. i mike edwards and this is sport today. coming up, the draw for russia 2018 gets closer. we had to moscow with the rest of the footballing contingent involved in next yea r‘s world footballing contingent involved in next year's world cup. former england manager sam alla rdyce next year's world cup. former england manager sam allardyce is confirmed as the new man in charge of nearly side everton. —— premier league side. and tiger woods is back on the course in the bahamas. hello, and thanks for joining on the course in the bahamas. hello, and thanks forjoining us. there is only one place to start, in russia, because we are less than 2a hours away for the draw for the 2018 world cup. the tournament will see 32 teams hosted in 11 cities across the country, with nations drawn from four pot according to their fifa rankings. almost seven years on from the moment russia were awarded the 2018 world cup, the tournament is about

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. of the dutch cup. the commonwealth games. but he's no match for milos raonic. dismissed their entire coaching staff.

hello, this is sport today from the bbc sport centre.ool qualify for the last 16 of the champions league, as phillipe coutinho scores a hat—trick in their 7—0 win over spartak moscow. russia will allow neutral athletes to compete at next year's winter olympics after the ioc banned the country from competing in south korea due to a state—sponsored doping programme. and england head to perth for the third test against australia knowing they're on the brink of losing the ashes after the hosts won the second test to take a 2—0 lead in the 5—match series. hello and welcome to the programme where we start with champions league football in europe and liverpool have qualified for the knockout stages top of group e after a 7—0 victory over spartak moscow at anfield. jurgen klopp‘s side move through to the last 16 with phillipe coutinho grabbing the first of his hat—trick from the penalty spot before adding two more while sadio mane notched a double, the first of which was a wonderful volley and add in a goal each from roberto firmino and mohamed

that is all from sports today tonight.he country but by the time we reach sunday things will turn milder. we still get some wintry pictures in from parts of the country. there is still some snow lying around here and there. i think the real story for the next few days will be for the cloud amount to increase and rather than smelly leftovers it will turn green and grey a cross leftovers it will turn green and grey across the uk. through the weekend there will be milder off the atla ntic weekend there will be milder off the atlantic and the wind will freshen, temperatures will reach double figures. saturday will still be quite a cold day. frost develops other across the country. there are clear skies and by the early hours of saturday morning in some rural areas could drop to minus six celsius. in the city centre, around minus two, depending on where you are. this saturday. a chilly start with lots of sunshine. crisp winter weather out there for most of us, particularly northern, eastern and southern areas. notice that acros

sport today is coming up next. the top stories this hour.emen's capital, hours after houthi rebels killed the man who ruled the country for decades, ali abdullah saleh. britain and the european union have failed for now to reach agreement to move onto the second phase of brexit negotiations. the uk wastes seven million tons of food each year and now a major retailer is aiming to help in the battle to cut that waste by continuing to sell food beyond its best before date. the east of england co—op has 125 stores and will now sell dried and tinned foods for 10p when they reach the date they are best eaten by. our business correspondent, emma simpson has been to one store in colchester. everything we eat has a shelf life, but would you be willing to buy food which is past its best? plenty of shoppers at this small convenience store did, once they found out the price. they‘ re 10p, for a whole bag of pistachios. oh, my life! 10p. right, yeah. i'll have them. yeah? got a deal? yeah. here's how it works... any tinned or dried goods passed the best

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre.ance champion chris froome insists he has done nothing wrong, after an adverse test result. it is a record 15th consecutive premier league victory for manchester city. and history weighs heavily in australia's favour, heading into the decisive third ashes test in perth. welcome to the programme. four—time tour de france winner chris froome is facing the prospect of being banned from cycling after an adverse drugs test. froome registered twice the limit of a medication used to treat asthma during the vuelta in spain in september. cycling's world governing body has launched an investigation. chris froome has told the bbc that he understands this will come as a big shock to a lot of people, but insists he hasn't broken any rules. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports. having come to dominate

but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport today team — goodbye.all we have had in four years. we've had lots of scenes coming in from our weather watchers. this one taken in leicestershire showing the depth of the snow there. scenes like that across many central parts the country — this one coming in from shropshire. in terms of snow depths, we have had 33 centimetres of snow, sennybridge in mid wales. widely over ten centimetres. it has caused significant disruption. and during monday morning, ice, i think, is going to be the main hazard. but during the day our attention also turns to this area of low pressure affecting portugal, spain and france, and the northern edge of that could well bring some heavy rain and strong winds into the south—east of england, perhaps a bit of snow and also sleet mixed in. but ice developing quite widely during monday morning, so for the rush hour do take care on the roads — there could well be some slippery surfaces around. let's take a look at monday morning in a bit more detail then. we are going to see that mix

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.iddle of the week. and although we will see cold air through the middle of the country, there is still the risk over the next few days of some snow and also further ice. and we are starting wednesday morning off with the risk of ice across scotland and england. that is because we have overnight rain moving through, falling on freezing surfaces, then skies will clear for a time during wednesday morning before the next bout of rain moves in. so this is where we will see the ice risk ahead of this next rain band. and it will be quite showery pushing into much of scotland and north—west england and northern ireland, quite a messy commute to work in the morning. a lot of standing water around because there will be a little bit of snow melt as those temperatures will be a little less cold than we have had over the last few mornings. snow will be falling over the mountains of scotland and maybe a little bit of sleetiness over the higher ground of wales, too. but generally speaking, it is goin

from me and the magnificent sport today team, goodbye for now. hello there. snow and ice rather than the strength of the wind. but for a while on thursday we had a gust of 90mph in the far north of scotland, all due of course to storm caroline. the centre of that storm is heading away from scotland and over towards scandinavia. but around that area of low pressure we've still got very windy weather right now. very quickly we're drawing down some much colder air, rapidly down across the whole of the country. so we've had some snow already. there will be more of that and some icy conditions continuing into friday. keep up to date with any travel disruption on bbc local radio. snow not unusual across northern scotland at this time of year. there will be more snow piling up. blizzards in the hills as well. probably largely dry and sunny and frosty into the central belt. more snow showers for northern ireland getting blown over the irish sea into north—west england and the north—west midland and wales. it's here we could see most of the disruption into the morning

but, from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.oming down again for the next few days, and into the start of the weekend. and for thursday, its low pressure which dominates the scene. tightly packed isoba rs across the country meaning fairly windy, and they'll be blowing in lots of showers, particularly to western areas of the country. and these showers will be of a wintry mix during the overnight period and first thing on thursday. some snow to the higher ground of scotland, northern ireland, northern england, wales, maybe the south—west of england, and some wet sleetiness down to lower levels for a time, too. so, first thing on thursday, we are again looking at an ice risk, particularly from the midlands, north wales northwards, so watch out for these. there could even be some lying snow around on some of the higher routes, for example the pennines and across scotland. but we start thursday off on quite an unsettled note. it's going to be windy, especially in the west, gales on exposure, showers here and wintry over high ground a

from me tulsen tollett and the outstanding sport today team, goodbye.isles at the moment. that‘s not to say that it‘s completely dull by any means at all. a glorious end to the day captured by a number of our weather watchers. but elsewhere, well, it was one of those. the cloud sat there, so did the fog in some locations. but there is a sign of a change on the way. already we‘re seeing the cloud and rain associated with this weather front moving into the northern and western parts of scotland. it will continue its journey a bit further south during the course of the night. first thing on wednesday, quite a variety to the temperatures. where the cloud pops away, two degrees or so in the east. 0ut towards the west, fully exposed to the moist south—westerlies coming in from the atlantic, well, it‘s nine, ten or 11 degrees. here we are first thing on wednesday. hill fog to be had if the cloud is broken overnight. there is the chance of the odd patch of fog. so bear that in mind. and enough about some of the cloud across the western facing hills and coasts f

but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye.een making the headlines the last couple of days, it has been exceptionally heavy across parts of england and wales. winter wonderland scenes like this in parts of wales, it looks beautiful but can be so disruptive, like the snow we saw in the south—east of england on monday. now, the wintry weather continues through the overnight through eastern coastal areas and to some extent as well across south—west wales, into cornwall and devon. elsewhere, a bitterly cold night under clear skies. these are towns and city values. out in the countryside, and where there's lying snow, easily minus double digit figures. we're going to see some freezing mist and fog as well to greet us for tuesday morning. so watch out for lying snow and ice, which could be quite widespread where we've got snow and where there's been some snow melt during the course of monday. some treacherous conditions out there on untreated roads and pavements and cycle routes, you'll see a cold, frosty start across the board. a f

hello, this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. are run done by bristol city. the holders out of the league cup. a six sacking. and birmingham gets the green light. they will finally host the commonwealth games in 2022. good evening. the championship side bristol city will now play manchester city with a place in the final. a chance to bend the ear of the special one and try to find that edge. jose mourinho was not feeling overly generous despite ten changes. ibrahimovic was back alongside marcus rashford. their hosts were finding their range. nothing seemed to worry jose mourinho for now but that soon changed after the break. joe bryan, bristol born and bred, did something spectacular. the championship side holding their own. that man zlatan ibrahimovic could not be held back the long and united were level and now searching for a winner. lukaku denied twice. maybe nowjose mourinho was nervous. and with good reason will stop with time disappearing, korey smith got the match—winner for bristol city. the moment dreams are made of. ch

the golden gate weather services xfinity "sports today live" 15 inch the 32nd driest start to the rainy season. not the driest ever. >> thanks much. >> still to come country joe mcdonald famous for his anti vietnam war >>> facebook is getting rid of its feature design to stop the spread of fake news. the social network was putting red flag icons next to articles identified adds false but says the effort has not helped there were too few fact checkers and took too many click for users to determine why content was disputed. facebook will instead show related articles from reputable news context. >>> coming up we're staying on the busy travel times of the year. the new call for vigilant homeland security and taking precautions before the holidays. >>> and the holidays get off to an early start in the south bay, the kids getting a hand and how you can still help if you wish. ♪ this little home of mine, ♪ i'm gonna let it shine. ♪ it's energy saving time, ♪ i'm gonna reduce mine. ♪ californians all align ♪ to let our great state shine. ♪ let it shine, ♪ the power's ours to let it shine! ♪ un

sports. since then the effort has been tide up in court. governor chris christie had a front-row seat at the u.s. supreme court today as the justices heard arguments. >> new jersey wants to appropriately regulate sports gaming, and here's why. we want to do it because 65% of the people in the state of new jersey voted they want to do it and we already have a long experience of over 40 years of casino gaming in our state where we've shown that we can very appropriately regulate gambling in the state. >> making the case against sports betting, the ncaa argues that it undermines the integrity of sports. >>> also today at the supreme court the justices allowed the latest version of president trump's travel ban to go into effect. seven of the nine justices the ban can take effect despite the continued challenges. issued in september the latest version of the ban applies to people from chad, iran, libya, somalia, syria and yemen. >> get ready for some drastic weather changes. >> tell us a little more kate. you're talking snow flakes by the end of the week? that's right. and you would hardly believe it because we're talkin

we had a story in sports today about english premier league football. what club do you support? to me? >> i'm a west london boy. i take that in good stride. i'm a fan of brent. much less known west london team. >> very loyal to his team. i like that. >> live from london. thanks so much. >>> check on weather now with nbc meteorologist. >> you still don't know that other team. >> stop it, bill. take it away. >> she doesn't know any teams. >>> if she can name one player on the brentwood team. >> it's not brentwood. >> that's los angeles. >> stick to weather. >> that's where angelina jolie lives. >>> across the pennsylvania and also new york now watching a lot of school delays in here because of the snow that fell overnight. about 1-2 inches at most. light and fluffy snow. little heavier snow in northeast portions of ohio. watch that winter storm warning. not heavy. cold enough to stick everywhere accept the treated roads. roads and major roads that are salted are wet. everything is slick. new york city had a brief snow. now it stopped. a little bit coming back in. looks like we're

steelers nation is probably the biggest fan base in all of sports today and they are outraged this morningall. >> yes, they do. >>> all right, there is a wintry mix moving across parts of the northeast this morning, and that may affect your monday commute. meteorologist pedram javahari joins us with the forecast. >> good morning, dave and christine. the final monday of autumn here. it's really going to be a cold one for parts of the northeast here, at least in the early-morning hours. we will get a mixture of rain and snow, but make it up to around 43 degrees for new york city, so not much in the way of anything that will stick around. so, anything you see this morning as far as wintry weather will be just for that early-morning hours. in fact, winter weather advisories across this region are expiring around 7:00 a.m. notice a disturbance comes in, the southern periphery, some rainfall, northern periphery, some snowfall, getting up into the northern portion of new england there. could certainly see additional accumulations in higher elevations, but just a quick-moving system that will exit

sports world. today from wizards and mystics spread holiday cheer at annual family to family gift delivery. including bright beginnings john wall, bradley beal, d deladon gave out purchases. >> it makes our day too because we appreciate what we're doing and where we come from and what type of platform for the community. >> find ago way to give back that's what it's about and seeing the smile on these kids faisz as they're tering that you'll those presents it special for us. >> and it's always a cool event. and kids know they're getting presents you see their faces light up. >> good stuff for them. >> thank you, broad question. >> still cold and tomorrow will be first day ever winter. >> darkest day. >> but it starts getting light beyond that. >> bundle up, everybody. >> all right. >> stay with us jim lokay is up next with the final five. >> good night. >> gop celebrating on the tax reform and saying nice things about the boss. and incomey haley puts the un on notice and he says he won't fire robert pull

out about sexual misconduct by dozens of high-profile men in entertainment, media, business and sports. today the silence breakers were named "time" magazine's person of the year. the cover of the magazine features ashley judd. taylor swift. susan fowler and others who say they've been harassed. many of the women who spoke out helped launch the #metoo movement with millions telling stories of sexual misconduct on social media into i could never have envisioned something that would change the world. i was trying to change my community. >> i thought, you know, if women can just come forward and say "me too," two beautiful words that tarana started, we can start to shape this and get an idea of the magnitude of this issue. >> "time's" person of the year issue hits newsstands coming up on friday. >> a group of bakers is suing the state of new jersey. they want to change a law that bans the sale of home-made baked goods without a license. the law was put in place over public health concerns. new jersey is the only state in the country with the ban. >>> history is being made in north philadelphia.

sports. since then the effort has been tide up in court. governor chris christie had a front-row seat at the u.s. supreme court today as the justices heard arguments. >> new jersey wants to appropriately regulate sports gaming, and here's why. we want to do it because 65% of the people in the state of new jersey voted they want to do it and we already have a long experience of over 40 years of casino gaming in our state where we've shown that we can very appropriately regulate gambling in the state. >> making the case against sports betting, the ncaa argues that it undermines the integrity of sports. >>> also today at the supreme court the justices allowed the latest version of president trump's travel ban to go into effect. seven of the nine justices the ban can take effect despite the continued challenges. issued in september the latest version of the ban applies to people from chad, iran, libya, somalia, syria and yemen. >> get ready for some drastic weather changes. >> tell us a little more kate. you're talking snow flakes by the end of the week? that's right. and you would hardly believe it because we're talkin

new jersey but this has been struck down in court, widely opposed by professional and college sports. todaye sports leagues favor a national law as opposed to individual state laws. and more than a dozen states are watching very closely. legislation ready to launch. if the court decides in favor of new jersey >> it's very clear the federal government overstepped its grounds. i think it violates the tenth amendment. that's why you saw so many governors join as mici on this today it's sports gaming, tomorrow it will be something else >> at least $150 billion is wagered illegally each year, at least that much. legal sports gambling could open the door to major revenue and tax money for the states that's one reason they've joined in support of new jersey already racetrack and casino owners are making preparations the american gaming association weighed in after today's hearing saying states and tribal sovereign nations have proven to be effective facilitators of gambling we're not expecting a decision until the spring experts say scales may be tipping in new jersey's favor. this is really a cas

our tatton is here to tell us what people are talking about in sports today thank you very much and when of people not talking about christiane i rinaldo folly he's breaking records every second week and he did it again on wednesday the thirty six year old became the first ever player to score six in all of his team's group matches in the u.a.e. for champion's league the moment came during ramadan when i was a bit assia dorman the portuguese strike is called nine goals so far during the campaign and just look at how twitter lights up for christiana rinaldo over one hundred thirty seven thousand tweets using his name alone over the past twenty four hours and you're seeing this particular spike at the time he scored that goal and broke that record one also has a busy schedule on top of the ballon d'or awards ceremony later next week he'll be heading to the united arab emirates with realm of dread as they try to defend the club world cup title it kicked off in the u.a.e. on wednesday between local side al jazeera and oceania champions oakland city from new zealand hardly big names and you c

find out what people are talking about in sports today has peter had a survey of one of the most followed football clubs on the planet you would think both the owner roman druid right but we're talking about brazilian team flamingo who were playing in the final of south american football competition because pursued amerikana they were taking on argentinian side independent ten just take a look at this heat map showing the concentration of tweets across south america using the terms flamengo independent entity matter cannot which is where the game was taking place and sued amerikana the sea even created millions of tweets but that didn't ensure a memorable day out for one team as a nice home and now reports. the. flamingo have an estimated fanbase of dirty three million people worldwide but just sixty three thousand could pack into radio de janeiro's famous maracana stadium for the final of south america's second biggest club competition tensions were high before the game as they face argentinian side independently at a two hundred ten thousand travelling fans from one side was not the sou

political what sort of action would you like to see him because i take what you say the abbotts sports fans today will listen to the evidence and say you know in sochi something obviously if he was going on the air in twenty five athletes have been given lifetime bans i mean people do want to see action die because something did go wrong. sure i think that's right but the question is is it really credible to think that this is specifically a problem with russia and only with russia and i don't think that's the case i as i say i think there are a lot of athletes or a lot of teams there have been reports showing that teams from belgium france turkey have a higher percentage of its athletes with with real questions about about the. this is a may be involved well i don't see there's any talk about banning those countries rather than just any athletes themselves that are out of line and we have to remember how much of the mclaren report is based on the information from just a handful of individuals and they did not accept information from the russian side or any rebuttal from the russian side or an id

i find that people are talking about in sports today is peter thank you very much farley you just cannot seem to separate sports and politics at the moment we discuss the gulf cup and all classico here on news good and mel there is controversy in the sport of chase saudi arabia are set to host a twenty seventeen woold rapid and blitz championships but players from certain countries are almost certain to miss out as it stands qatari players have withdrawn from the tournament often not being issued with visas players from israel and iran have suffered a similar fate although the saudi organizers themselves have tried to play this down several high profile players have also pulled out of the tournament in protest ahead of the event we spoke to mel campaign who's the daily telegraph chess correspondent he says while it is good that the saudis are trying to establish themselves as an international sporting destination it is equally important for chase to host events in places where players from certain countries would not feel excluded. so it's not just atari players who seem to be having pro

. >>> and some unfortunate news coming out of the sports world today. legendary sports caster dick emberg was found dead in his home. got his start accidently in a radio station before getting the weekend sports and disk jockey job. got big break with ucla basketball calling the bruins game over a nine year span. the team won eight ncaa titles. went on to call olympics, final fours, baseball games. often embellishing broadcast with classic oh my. that became so familiar among sports fans. he received a star on the hollywood walk of fame over 60 year career. our thoughts and prayers are with his family and legendary voice will undoubtedly be missed and live on. >> you know you've made it, and, you know, you're a legend when you have a catch phrase like that, oh my. >>> much more ahead on the reaction to the united nations and al franken gives final address and calls on lawmakers to stand up for the truth. those stories and more coming up next. i don't want to sound paranoid, but d'ya think our recent online sales success seems a little... strange? na. eve

hummus our top story in sport today christiane arnaldo given the award as the world's best footballer for fifth time. palestinians are protesting in the occupied territories and what they're calling a day of rage other protests are taking place across the world. they're angry at u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital this was the scene in bethlehem where israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the testers. in occupied east jerusalem israeli soldiers arrested several pounds palestinian protesters at least ninety five people were injured after inhaling tear gas fired by israeli forces. in ramallah in the occupied west bank palestinian protesters have been throwing stones and burning tires earlier hundreds of the march through the streets after friday prayers. and in gaza dozens of protesters were injured after confrontations with israeli security forces amass has called for an uprising al-jazeera has correspondents are in different parts of the palestinian territories hotter abdul hamid is in ramallah in the occupied west bank burnat smi

find out what people are talking about in sports today with peter yeah it's been quite a year for serena williams you want to twenty third grand slam title in january got married and had a baby in september and today less than four months off to daughter alexis olympia was born she made her return to comp it's of action the thirty five year old played an exhibition match against french open. when the un asked the pain at the movie. tennis championships in abu dhabi earlier of the pinko would be the winner in a deciding tie break but serena rustiness can be forgiven her last match was the australian open final when she was already nine weeks pregnant. mother had been aman are. you know i was a little worried out there and then i looked at my my camp and i was like is olympia ok and you know but it's really good i'm excited and you know it's good to be back on the court of course or it isn't the only player to return after having a child although i have made the comeback quite so quickly yvonne goolagong cawley played the nine hundred seventy six a us open final while in the early stages o

arliss find out what people are talking about in sports today is tatiana they might have a folly thank you very much you might be surprised to know what christmas day is a huge occasion for the world sports boscobel is very popular at the spas of the n.b.a. take to the court and was a seventy year old tradition with december twenty fifth often featuring a rematch of last season's finals and this year is no different the champions the golden state warriors face the cavan cavalier with monday's five games set to be viewed in over two hundred countries one player expected not to feature because of injury is golden state stahmann steph curry see seen here however main man of cleveland bron james should play his cave inside have the third best record in the east and will be looking to avenge their four one finals dropping by the warriors who a second in the west let's see just how much of the world are interested in christmas n.b.a. are you just sitting around talking to the biggie putting let's say the hash tag n.b.a. xmas is being used on twitter in our trends map here it shows that there

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so, and massive, massive day of sport today. the manchester derby.rs. outside manchester doesn't have much resonance because london clubs have in dominating the premier league. and we have seen leicester coming through as well. this season, it really does matter. pep guardiola against jose really does matter. pep guardiola againstjose mourinho, but also really does matter. pep guardiola against jose mourinho, but also the top two teams in the premier league. there is a feeling that if city wind... what is the difference, in lebanon five? exactly. and it is always that statistic, the team that wins and is top of the table at christmas is more likely to go on and win the premier league. anyway, i'll be showing you more about that. i have in doing a big piece on the derby today. that's take a look at it yesterday's matches. first yesterday's matches, and a huge win for west brom — they beat chelsea — a first win for them under david moyes too. marko arnotovic‘s first goal for the club arrived in just the sixth minute, but it proved enough to beat the re

sport website. you can see more on today's stories on the bbc news channel.are. good night. hello. this is bbc news. aid workers have begun to move critically—ill children from a rebel—held suburb near the syrian capital, damascus. four patients were taken out of ghouta overnight. another 25 are expected to be moved in the coming days although hundreds more are in urgent need of treatment. some 400,000 residents have been under siege by government forces since 2013. earlier i spoke to ahmad tarakji, the president of the syrian american american medical society, who said there was now hope for many more people. i agree with you. it's a good day for some of the patients, now they have hope that they can be treated. unfortunately as you described, there are hundreds in urgent need of medical treatment and evacuation. unfortunately they are waiting for the unknown. as you highlighted, the working paper and position for the humanitarian needs began several months ago and was shared with the un. unfortunately despite the hope that's been received today, the hope an

radars - the raiders have their playoff hopes, we have all the latest in today's action coming up next . >>> jason is here with sports and jimmy garoppolo looked very good today . >> he looked outstanding and for a guy who did not lead any touchdown drives about as good as you could look. he kept going down the field.>> it was fun to watch. >> did the 49ers find their cornerback of the future finally ? it sure did look that way, jimmy garoppolo playing against the team he grew up rooting for, he grew up about 25 miles from soldier field and his family was on hand for this one. the first quarter play action over the middle to goodwin and this one goes for 20 yards and that drive would end in a robbie gold field goal with 7-6 the bears and 14-9, threads the needle to taylor, a 15 yard gain . another field goal would result from this drive in it is 14-12 and now in the fourth third and nine leading the game- winning drive over the middle to taylor for a big gain. he was with poison the pocket. converting on the third down and if the story was not jimmy garoppolo it would be robbie gold yet five field goals, and it is a

know that the officials from the russian sports ministry are not going to be able to be present or credentialed in these upcoming another step that was included today exclusion of the minister of sports at the time of the sochi olympics and twenty four team as well as his deputy from any participation in all future games as well as the suspension all of the president of the russian olympic committee for as an i.o.c. member now all of that said we have to keep in mind that the i.o.c. has said that this may partially or fully we have to this is pension of the russian olympic team at the commencement of the closing ceremony of these upcoming games provided these decisions are fully respected and implemented by the russian olympic committee and we heard the president of the russian olympic committee make a statement on those comments let's take a listen. she's russian athletes will participate in the olympics under a neutral flag and without the national anthem but this restriction is valid only until the last day of the games we still believe that all restrictions on russia will be cancelled on the final day so that our athletes can march under a russ