2 Feb 2011

Checkpoint Top Stories for Wednesday 2 February 2011

From Checkpoint, 5:00 pm on 2 February 2011

The Prime Minister John Key has announced this year's general election will be on November the 26th and has again ruled out working with Winston Peters if New Zealand First gets into parliament. The worst storm in living memory hits the north Queensland coast and in Egypt thousands of angry protesters stayed on the streets of the capital overnight despite President Hosni Mubarak's announcement he will end his 30 year rule.