Headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, the weather system in the gulf of mexico this morning could strengthen into the first hurricane of the storm season as early as tomorrow. Flash flood warnings are in effect from texas to florida as residents prepare for high winds and dangerous flooding. Marc liverman is here in new york. Marc, how much of a threat is this going to be . Good morning, annemarie. Still too early to say how and where things will be impacted. One thing is for sure. The storm soon to be named barry is going to take a big toll. Storm watches and warnings are now in place in states along the gulf of mexico. The entire coastal area of louisiana is at play. A large storm system is brewing over the gulf of mexico. This weekend its expected to develop into hurricane barry, the first of the 2019 season. On wednesday new orleans got a possible preview of whats to come, an extensive downpour that caused flooding in just three hours. Pretty
Of life threatening floods. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they out easy, but because they are hard. And coming up in half an hour, the click team looks at the technology that helped put man on the moon. The israel palestine supporter everywhere. It is that thing, good morning and welcome to bbc news. The mail on sunday has published more leaked messages sent by britains former ambassador to the united states. In one of them, Sir Kim Darroch suggests that President Trump pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal last year to spite barack obama describing it as an act of diplomatic vandalism. The documents were published, despite a warning from police to the media not to print the leaked material. Both conservative leadership contenders have defended the rights of the press to publish the document. Jeremy hunt described it as a vital part of british democracy. We have to remember that the official secrets act is there for a reason, and it is th
Points at the s p. The dow up 72 points the nasdaq looking to be higher by 32 points in asia we saw a pull back from yesterdays gains off the china u. S. Trade truce hang seng is off just a fraction over in europe, european equities are mostly higher the dax is up by 0. 8 . Perhaps europe is still digesting the news that Christine Lagarde will head the ecb. The first woman to do so treasury yields fell back below 2 yesterday and remains there right now. 1. 895 the global story here, the benchmark german bund yield has fallen to a new record low, negative 0. 385 right now. It was negative 0. 4 earlier. The italian tenyear has gone from 2. 8 to 1. 7 in the space of about three weeks. Lagardes appointment seen not just in the german bund yield as not potential hawk, she will be more dovish, but someone who can operate politically and avoid a clash on the italian budget. Both appointments being European Commission president and ecb president being german and french shows the power brokers,
Date. And it comes in response to the chemical attack that killed dozens earlier this week. Heres perspective for you. Syria is in western asia, bord thrg Mediterranean Sea. Theres a longlasting civil war. The president authorized the firing of 59 cruise missiles from the Mediterranean Sea to the alsherrod air field. Thats where it initiated the chemical attack that killed dozens of people. There have been no reports of any casualties, nor were any people or assets targeted. The pentagon was in contact prior to the attack. Rex tillerson said theres no role for assad to govern the syrian people. And President Trump said this was a quote Vital National security interest. Heres what the president had to say from palm beach, california. Previous attempts at changing assads behavior have all faild and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies. Pennsylvania congressman bo
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