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Paralympian of all time. she achieved the milestone by winning the c5 time trial in tokyo overnight, as andy swiss reports. it was, she said, a dream come true. for dame sarah storey, another extraordinary landmark on whats been a remarkable journey. storey began the time trial knowing another gold would equal the all—time british record. as she powered around the 24 kilometre course, it was never really in doubt. storey reaching the finish a minute and a half faster than anyone else — and h...

We are not abandoning you, we, the allies you worked with, the veterans who served side by side with you. we wore the same uniform. we shared meals. we worked together. you all enabled us to do our mission in afghanistan. we are committed to not leaving you behind. >> you talk about hope, kristen. do the afghans that youre working with now still have hope, do you think? >> i heard from my own interpreter who, again, ive been working with him for more than ten years over barriers in this visa pro...

Was put round her neck. she has still got one more race to come on thursday were she hopes to pick up another gold medal and that gold will make her the most decorated of all time in a paralympic gb, more gold medals than any paralympic athlete has one more gold medals. but from one dame to another, heres dame katherine grainger, giving more of an insight into sarah storey. 0h, she is, she is generally one—of—a—kind. this is her eat paralympic games, she is talking about paris which will b...

Refugees into the u.s. on its flights. about 400 refugees per plane. and many of them are traveling with just the clothes on their back. >> this was unlike any other. these were people who had stories of what they left behind, the people they left behind, the uncertainty where they were going. there were a lot of language barriers so the communication was more, you know, unfortunately not with the face because we have masks but with the eyes just trying to give people comfort and, you know, a fr...

And there is no way at night with the parish completely dark that we could get on the highway and safely respond or for that matter with all of the physical barriers we would make very much progress. >> what are the residents saying when they call? >> were giving very few calls surprisingly. however, we had one individual that needed to be taken to the hospital. he was pinned by a tree. other than that, were not aware and have not yet documented any fatalities or serious injuries. there was at l...

Stronger in biloxi, but the wind is definitely picking up. its knocked a couple of us over as we have walked around trying to cover the story. >> tom, what are you seeing in terms of water on the ground, something you know really, really well having covered katrina? that was the problem, we had all this water from the surge, and it was just soaking into the ground. i can see behind you that were starting to see more water on the ground at this 7:00 hour. >> yeah, you know, i had a chance to inte...

Trace: back with continuing coverage of hurricane ida. caroline is on canal street. reporter: the rain is dumping, one thing i have been impressed with on canal street, there has been very little flooding. a lot of folks have these borders. others are stand bagging throughout the street. the streets are not flooded yet but water has been coming in sideways all day, rain bands are maybe a little farther apart it is getting hard to stay on your feet. sometimes i have to grab on to the wall. trace:...

Stability even after the us has left. meanwhile in other headlines today. hurricane ida, landed a category 4 hurricane, and blew through south east louisiana maximum recorded sustained winds of over 240 kilometres an hour. today the search and rescue teams were fanning out across the state to assess the scale of the damage. and it is widespread. there have been reports of people climbing into attics to escape the rising waters flood. its not as bad as katrina, which devestated new orleans 16 yea...

To three hours a week. hello and welcome to the programme. it is some storm that reverses the flow of the mississippi river! hurricane ida landed a category 4 hurricane and blew through south—east louisiana with such force that at times they recorded sustained winds of over isomph. today the search and rescue teams were fanning out across the state to assess the scale of the damage. and it is widespread. there have been reports of people climbing into attics to escape the rising waters flood. ...

We can also tell you that your window of time is closing. it is rapidly closing. and just like we said yesterday, by the time you go to bed tonight you need to be where you intend to ride this storm out. >> reporter: unfortunately, this area is no stranger to strong hurricanes. they are very familiar, of course, benchmark storms being katrina. we cant forget about the year of 2020 where four named storms wreaked havoc on the state of louisiana. remember that completely altered the natural barrie...